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The Press-Dispatch Wednesday, April 14, 2021 A-3 LOCAL Call: 812-354-8500 Email: news@pressdispatch.net or bring in a hard copy: 820 E. Poplar Street, Petersburg NEWS BRIEFS Mobile food distribution today at Winslow Church of the Nazarene The Winslow Church of the Nazarene, 106 W. Washing- ton Street, Winslow, will be distributing free mixed food boxes on Wednesday, April 14, from 3-5 p.m. EDT. New guidelines: Individuals and families accepting a box are certifying that they are food insecure, lack of money or other resources and are in need of the Farmers to Fami- lies food boxes for their household. Public Library to host Blood Drive April 14 The Pike County Public Library will be hosting an American Red Cross Blood Drive on Wednesday, April 14 from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at the Petersburg branch, 1008 E. Maple Street. To schedule an appointment, call 1-800 -RED CROSS or visit RedCrossBlood.org and enter Pike County Public Library to schedule an appointment. Pike County 4-H Performing Arts Contest Do you know a child with a special talent? The Pike County 4-H Performing Arts Contest will be Friday, April 30 at the 4-H Exhibit Building at Hornady Park. This con- test allows 4-H members to display their talents in three categories, including group acts, musical and non-musi- cal performances. Acts can range from a singing a song, doing a dance with friends, or even juggling or lip sync, and much more. Winners from each category will advance to the area contest with the opportunity to compete at a state level. Performers must be 4-H members to partici- pate and youth can enroll in 4-H online at v2.4honline.com anytime. The deadline to register for the contest is April 23. For more information, call the Pike County Extension Office at 812-354-6838. Sign-ups begin May 1 for summer reading program The Pike County Public Library, 1008 E. Maple Street, Petersburg, summer reading program sign-ups will be- gin May 1 at 10 a.m. The program will run May 1-June 12. CORRECTION The cutline for the left-most photo in the First Baptist Church Egg Hunt photo set misidentified the "sports bun- ny" as Callie Craig in the April 7 edition. We've been in- formed that she is Aria Hook. The center photo is Emmy Middleton and the right-most photo is Kaebri Yon. The Jefferson Township Ruritan Club Hosts Free Will Offering Breakfast Saturday, April 17, 2021 Otwell Community Center Serving begins at 7:00am • Dine In or Carryout Options Available • Meal Includes: Social Distancing and Masks will be enforced both for Dine In Guests and Carryout Lines -Only Making 200 meals- Come early to get your meal! • Biscuits and Gravy • Bacon • Eggs • Hash Browns • Choice of Milk, Juice, Coffee PH: 812-743-2382 HEATING & AIR-CONDITIONING Perry ' s LLC Serving the area since 1950. 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Cool Cash is only available for a limited time. COOL CASH $1,650 REBATES UP TO ON A QUALIFIED HOME COMFORT SYSTEM BY CARRIER ©Carrier Corporation 11/2016. *Purchase of qualifying products required. 0% financing cannot be combined with Cool Cash. 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: $35 for Pike County and all 475/476 zip codes; $38 in the state of Indiana; $55 elsewhere in the USA. Paid in advance. Subscriptions taken after noon on Friday will not receive a paper until the second edition after their subscription date. About us: Andy Heuring and John B. Heuring, Publishers Andy Heuring, Editor John B. Heuring, Adv. Mgr. Eric Gogel, Production Mgr. 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(USPS 205-620) Contact us: Phone: ..........................................................................812-354-8500 Fax: .............................................................................. 812-354-2014 Andy Heuring, Editor ����������������������������������editor@pressdispatch.net Advertising ��������������������������������������������������ads@pressdispatch.net General News ������������������������������������������� news@pressdispatch.net Circulation �����������������������������������������subscribe@pressdispatch.net Bailey selected for Hoosier Girls State Pike Central junior Amellia Bailey will represent Pike Central this year at Hoosier Girls State. Bailey is the daughter of Chris and Ketina Bailey, of Petersburg. Amellia is being sponsored by the local American Legion Auxiliary Post #115. Hoosier Girls State is in its 79th year and is sponsored by the Indiana Department of the American Legion Auxiliary. The 2021 version of the Hoosier Girls State is a week-long exercise in how state and local government works. This year's edition of the Hoosier Girls State will be virtual. Above: Pike Central High School Principal Brian Holland presents Bailey with a certificate for being select- ed for Hoosier Girls State. State approves Pike County Schools' flex day waiver, performance report waiver The State Board of Educa- tion has approved a request by Pike County Schools for a flex- ibility waiver for the 2020 -21 school year and a waiver from the School Corporation Annu- al Performance Report for the 2020 -2021 school year. Pike Schools Superinten- dent Dr. Suzanne Blake said, "This allows us to count hours instead of days, so we do not have to make up the snow days that were used earlier this year." She said it means: 1) On the Flex Day sched- uled for April 23, students will not attend school and do not have to complete eLearning assignments. 2) Professional Develop- ment activities will be planned for all employees on April 23. 3) The last student day will be May 26. 4) There will be a teacher work day on May 27. 5) The makeup days planned for May 28, June 1 and June 2 are waived for ev- eryone. Pike County schools will al- so not have to publish a school performance report. Blake said this prevents the school from having to duplicate a lot of reports they have already submitted to the state. She also emphasized Pike County students had to take all the tests and benchmarks they would in any other year and that parents will get a re- port on their students' perfor- mance. Blake said they are plan- ning on have a traditional graduation on Friday, May 28; however, it will be outside, with a contingency in case of rain. The prom is planned for June 12. Blake said they're thinking of moving the prom to after graduation was they didn't want to jeopardize stu- dents' ability to take their ex- ams and participate in gradu- ation by having the prom be- fore graduation. This way, they still get to have a tradi- tional prom. BENJAMIN L. WERNER Benjamin L. Werner, 15, of Ferdinand, passed away on Monday, April 12, 2021, at his home. He was born June 28, 2005, in Jasper, to Joseph and Kar- en (Eck) Werner. He was a sophomore at For- est Park High School. He loved farming and Case IH tractors. He enjoyed four-wheeling. He played football at Forest Park and was a member of Dubois County 4-H. He is survived by his par- ents, Joseph and Karen Wer- ner, of Ferdinand; brothers, Nick and William Werner, of Ferdinand; sister, Breanne Werner, of Ferdinand; grand- father, Donald Eck, of Otwell; and several aunts, uncles and cousins. He was preceded in death by his grandparents, Rose and Delmar Werner, and Marga- ret Eck. A Mass of Christian Buri- al will be at 10 a.m. on Thurs- day, April 15, 2021, at St. Fer- dinand Church. Burial will fol- low in the church cemetery. There will be no public visi- tation. Online condolences may be shared at www.becherfuneral- home.com. Obituary See more on page C-7 Two men arrested on drug charges after I-69 wreck By Andy Heuring Two Mt. Vernon men were arrested on drug-related charges after they made a U- turn on I-69 in front of a semi- truck and were hit broadside. Paul Carnahan, 43, of 1431 Odonnell Rd., Mt. Vernon, was charged with operating a vehicle while intoxicated (controlled substance) and possession of marijuana. Robert E. McCarthy, 35, of 8475 Raben Rd., Mt. Vernon, was charged with unlawful possession of a syringe and possession of marijuana. Indiana State Trooper Dustin Stien, in a probable cause affidavit, stated he and Trooper Hunter Manning, along with Petersburg Offi- cers Bryce Manning and Sgt. Chad McClellan, and Pike County Deputy Sheriff Paul Collier, responded to the re- port of a semi and pickup truck crash near the 52-mile marker on I-69 around 5 p.m. on Friday. Trooper Stein said they talked with Carnahan, who was driving, and his passen- ger, McCarthy, both refused medical treatment. According to Trooper Stein, the semi-driver told police he had a dash cam and he emailed the video to police. Trooper Stein said the vid- eo showed Carnahan's truck make a left-hand turn in the middle of the interstate, and the semi-truck couldn't get stopped and hit Carnahan's truck in the driver's side door. Stein said the accident happened at about 20 mph because the truck driver saw Carnahan driving erratically and had slowed down. Trooper Stein and Man- ning said both Carnahan and McCarthy thought they were in Evansville. Carnahan failed field so- briety tests, but tested neg- ative for alcohol. He was tak- en to the Daviess Communi- ty Hospital, where, accord- ing to the probable cause affidavit, he tested positive for Benzodiazepines, am- phetamines, methamphet- amine, marijuana and Bu- prenorphine. During a search of the ve- hicle, police said they found five plastic bags containing a plant material believed to be marijuana, a digital scale and seven plastic bags with broken and whole pills in them. Both McCarthy and Car- nahan were taken into cus- tody.