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The Press-Dispatch Wednesday, Februar y 12, 2020 A-3 LOCAL Call: 812-354-8500 Email: news@pressdispatch.net or bring in a hard copy: 820 E. Poplar Street, Petersburg NEWS BRIEFS Blue Jean Center will host Sunday dinner Feb. 16 The Blue Jeans Community Center in Monroe City will host Sunday dinner, February 16, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. The menu will include: Fried chicken, crazy meat- balls, mashed potatoes, green beans, apple salad, bread and desserts. Carry-outs available. All proceeds benefit the center. Polar Plunge set for Feb. 29 The 2020 Polar Plunge in Petersburg is scheduled for noon on Saturday, February 29 at Prides Creek Park Beach. Participants can register online at polarplungeIN. org or you can show up between 10 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. to register. Entry fee is $75 in donations to par- ticipate. Proceeds from the Plunge are used to fund Special Olympics Indiana. Since 1969, Special Olympics Indiana has grown to more than 18,000 athletes. Correction to Health Dept. food inspections Pike County Health Dept. corrections to the 4th Quarter food inspection report, which was published on Wednesday, Feb. 5 in The Press Dispatch are: No. 423 Smokehouse — 2 Critical violations: Ready-to-eat food products not date-labeled (corrected); biofilm ob- served in ice machine (corrected: machine serviced within 48 hours of inspection); 1 Non-critical violation: Working containers not labeled (corrected). READER GUIDE Subscriptions: Change of address: subscribers changing addresses will please give old address as well as new one along with phone number. We cannot guarantee prompt change unless this is done. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to The Press-Dispatch., P.O. Box 68, Petersburg, IN 47567-0068 or e-mail to subscribe@ pressdispatch.net. Subscription rates: One year: $31 for Pike County and all 475/476 zip codes; $34 in the state of Indiana; $51 elsewhere in the USA. Paid in advance. 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(USPS 205-620) Contact us: Phone: .................................................................. 812-354-8500 Fax: ....................................................................... 812-354-2014 E-mail: Andy Heuring, Editor editor@pressdispatch.net Advertising ads@pressdispatch.net General News news@pressdispatch.net Sports sports@pressdispatch.net Subscription Services subscribe@pressdispatch.net 2020 Women of the Heartland March 7 Pre-register online at www.mhhcc.org and click on "Classes & Events" or call Memorial Hospital at 812-996-2352. Pre-registration is required by March 2, 2020. All women who attend will receive a gift certificate for a free blood screening including total cholesterol, HDL, LDL, triglyceride, and glucose levels at Memorial Hospital Outpatient Labs. RSVP Saturday, March 7, 2020 9:00 - 11:30 a.m. (EST) Venue 1408 1408 N. Main Street Huntingburg, IN 47542 PLEASE JOIN US Donations will be accepted for the Integrative Medicine program at the PhillipŽR. Dawkins Heart &ŽVascular Center at Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center. ADMISSION FEE Depression: Turning on the Light Jodi Richardson Director of Behavioral Health & Social Work Services Bone Health & Osteoporosis: The Skeleton in the Closet Breast Health: Early Detection and Surgery Dr. Jennifer Lueken Obstetrician & Gynecologist Dr. Megan Stevenson General Surgeon Pike Central students excel at SkillsUSA regional SkillsUSA regional com- petition was at Vincennes University on Saturday, Feb. 8, with Pike Central High School's precision machin- ing students taking several of the top spots. Sam Henson won the top prize of a $2,500 scholar- ship to VU and Joel Henson won the second place $1,000 scholarship. Dalton Goslee placed third and won a $500 schol- arship. Anthony Marret, fourth place, won a $500 scholar- ship. Alec Frederick compet- ed in the CNC division and won the second place schol- arship of $1,000. Their instructor is Mark Scott. The students compet- ed against others from the Southern Indiana Career and Technical Center and Princeton High School. The contest was in the School of Technology CNC machining lab at Vincennes University, which hosted the regional SkillsUSA machining com- petition for high school stu- dents enrolled in machining programs in Southern Indi- ana. The SkillsUSA Champion- ships is the platform for the best career and technical students in the nation. Con- tests begin locally, then con- tinue through the state and national levels. The top five in each category advance to the State finals in Indianapo- lis on April 17 and 18, where more than 350 high school students and guests from all over Indiana will compete. SkillsUSA is a partner- ship of students, teachers and industry representa- tives working together to en- sure America has a skilled workforce and that each stu- dent excels while prepar- ing for careers in technical, skilled and service occupa- tions. The events include lo- cal, state and national com- petitions in which students demonstrate occupational and leadership skills. At the annual national-level Skill- sUSA Championships, near- ly 6,000 students compete in 99 occupational and leader- ship skill areas. SkillsUSA programs al- so help to establish indus- try standards for job skill training in the lab and class- room, and promote commu- nity service. SkillsUSA is recognized by the U.S. De- partment of Education and is cited as a "success mod- el of employer-driven youth development training pro- gram" by the U.S. Depart- ment of Labor. The Precision Machining students competed in the SkillsUSA regional competition at VU on Saturday. Pictured (l to r): Anthony Marrett, fourth place, Dalton Goslee, third place, Alec Frederick, second place in CNC Milling, Joel Henson, second place, and Sam Henson, first place. Historic preservation contest kicks off with digital format Ring in the new year and decade by entering a re- vamped historic preserva- tion photo contest. The annual contest, run by the DNR Division of His- toric Preservation and Ar- chaeology, has been held since 2005 using a tradi- tional print format to pro- mote Indiana's historic re- sources. While the purpose remains the same, this year the contest is moving to ac- cepting only digital submis- sions; printed photos will not be accepted. As in previous years, all subjects of photos must be at least 50 years old and in Indiana. Photos can be black and white or color and must have been taken within the last two years. Each photog- rapher may enter up to three images, and an entry form is required for each photo. Images should be emailed to aborland@dnr.IN.gov and must be JPEG files that are 10mb or smaller. Partici- pates will only be able to send one photo and one en- try form per email. Participants will need to select one of five contest cat- egories on the entry form in which to enter their photo: Color, Black and White, Kids (younger than age 18), Artistic, and Altered Image. Go to dnr.IN.gov/histor- ic/3994.htm for parameters of the Altered Image catego- ry, contest guidelines, and the entry form. The entry deadline is April 3.