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Rhodes added that school officials may or may not re- veal the identities of the in- dividuals who are hired as teachers any time soon. "There's a little bit of showmanship here," Rhodes said. "I will tell you that our good friends and sponsors up at Grace College like it when we can hold some sus- pense back a little bit. So I think the faculty may be do- ne that way a little bit. We may let some of that out ear- lier and, then again, we may not." Rhodes described the on- going construction of the school building – located on a 2.25 -acre site at the in- tersection of South Highway 257 and East County Road 150 North – as "hurried." "We're just doing every- thing we can to make sure that everything is done, and, of course, done right," Rhodes said. "The issues that pop up – and we have had a number of them – we generally have solutions for. We just have to look and scratch until we figure out what they are." "You can see the hand of God in some of these things," Rhodes added. "I know that sounds a little preachy. But I will tell you, when problems pop up, and dissolve or get dissolved al- most in the same 24-hour pe- riod, either we're the lucki- est bunch of stiffs you've ev- er seen, or there's some di- vine intervention going on here. I don't know which you prefer to believe, but I prefer to believe the former." However, Rhodes said that he was unable to say, for sure, whether or not the school building will be ready for classes by Aug. 9. "First of all, I'll tell you, I don't know," Rhodes said. "Beyond that, I think the best thing that I can say is that this school is going to open. It may not be exactly on time for everybody else's opinion. There may be a lot of little things that we have to put up with at first." One problem that remains to be solved is how school of- ficials will feed the students, since Otwell Miller Acade- my will not have a cafeteria or a kitchen. "Obviously, food service – or, at least, food prepara- tion – is not going to be tak- ing place in that facility," Rhodes said. "That is one of the hurdles we have to fin- ish yet." Rhodes noted that the is- sue of transportation of stu- dents to and from the school also remained unsolved. "The bottom line is that, so far, the news is not bad, and we are opening, and, yes, if everything is okay, transportation will work and use OMA as one of the trans- portation hubs," Rhodes said during the meeting. "We just have to trust in the fact that that's the way the system is scheduled to work." "There are some things we're not going to answer until the day school starts," Rhodes added. Friends of Otwell Elemen- tary legal chairman Elis- abeth Luff told the group that, in her opinion, the Pike County School Corpo- ration should be required to transport students in sixth through 12th grades to and from Otwell Miller Acade- my, if the students' parents designate the charter school as their child care provider. "That's the school corpo- ration's obligation, to pick the child up wherever the provider is located," Luff said. "And they can't say, 'No, we're not going to pick your child up at the charter school because we think the charter school is the spawn of the devil.' They cannot come up with some rea- son why they can't pick up a child at a designated loca- tion if that's the place you put them, anymore than they can say, 'I won't go to your house,' or 'a close prox- imity to your house.'" "If we continue to get re- sistance to our existence, transportation may become a problem," Rhodes added. "But those are things that can be attacked, and there's members of our organiza- tion who are already plan- ning such a response." In addition, Rhodes told the group that Friends of Ot- well Elementary had not yet given up on the possibility of acquiring the former Otwell Elementary School building. "Boys and girls, no one on the board of directors has given up the fight to get the old building back," Rhodes said. "We're not going to give up. We have not only the financial wherewithal and resolve to do it, but, by golly, we're gaining the po- litical clout to get it done." During Monday night's meeting, Luff announced that Friends of Otwell El- ementary president Mike Houtsch, treasurer Michelle Durcholz and secretary Em- ily Willis would be stepping down from their positions and become regular mem- bers of the Friends of Ot- well Elementary's Board of Directors after being ap- pointed to the Otwell Miller Academy School Board, and that Rhodes will be replac- ing Houtsch as president of the organization. In addition, Jenny Byrd and Lou Fort were elected to the OMA School Board as parent representatives. Two teacher representa- tives will be recommended by Fears, while two student representatives will be rec- ommended by the teachers. By Andy Heuring A missing Pike County man, Randy Ennis, was lo- cated Tuesday morning fol- lowing an all-tnight search. Pike County Chief Dep- uty Kent Johnson said area police began looking for En- nis early Monday evening. He said Ennis left for work Monday morning but didn't arrive at work and then didn't come home. At about 5:30 p.m., his wife called the Sheriff's Department and re- ported him missing. Johnson said they later got a call Ennis had been seen at PC-1 Stop at about 7:30 a.m. and was last seen driving north on Highway 61, turning onto CR 400 N. (Prides Creek Road). He said they didn't have a search party out Monday night, but he and Sgt. Dal- las Killian and Deputy Mike Willis searched areas En- nis was known to go. "We checked a lot of fishing holes and places he normally went and backtracked from PC -1 Stop to his home and work," said Johnson. "I didn't drive all night, but a good portion of it." He said they put out alerts to area police departments to be on the lookout for Ennis. Johnson said Denny Ever- soll flew the area in a small plane for a few hours search- ing for Ennis. Tuesday morning police met with Ennis' wife and filled out a missing person's packet. "We hadn't been done with the packet more than 30 minutes. I had gone to check out a possible lead, when we got a call from Ennis' wife saying he had called her and was okay." "Everything worked out for the better and we are ec- static about that," said John- son. Missing man located Tuesday The Salvation Army col- lects and distributes back- packs and school supplies for school children in need in Pike County. Thursday, July 20, from 1-5 p.m., appli- cations will be available at Somebody's Place, 27 W. Lo- cust, Petersburg, for a back- pack, school supplies, new shoes, and a new school out- fit, including a winter coat. Parents should bring a photo ID, proof of address, Social Security cards for everyone in the home, birth certificates for each child going to school, along with monthly expenses and in- come. Clothing and shoe siz- es are needed as well. Delivery of items will be by appointment on Saturday, August 5 at the Petersburg United Methodist Church by the courthouse. People may also donate items at Petersburg Dol- lar General or Petersburg Hardware to see that all chil- dren will have the "Tools for School." Backpacks, folders, two-pocket three-ring bind- ers, dry erase markers, loose leaf paper, spiral note- books (wide rule), compo- sition books, rulers, glue sticks, Elmer's glue, scis- sors, pencil boxes, colored pencils, washable markers, 24 ct. Crayons, No. 2 pencils, ink pens and pencil erasers. Apply for school supplies Thursday Miss Pike County 2017 Bailey Sutt reacts immediately after being announced as Miss Pike County 2017 on Tuesday night. Pike County 4-H Fair Board President Kelly Davis said this year's fair with free rides on the midway from Thursday through Saturday was a big success. "We had crowds that topped anything we have seen in the last 30 years," said Davis. She said the fair was such a success this year they are planning on offering free rides again next year. that need to be completed. "We are hopeful they will be able to move in on August 5." Klipsch also said Peters- burg submitted their appli- cations to the Crossroads paving grant. He said they have requested $247,735 for paving projects. If they re- ceive the grant, Petersburg would only have a 25 per- cent match, while the grant would pay for 75 percent of the cost of that paving. The list of paving projects includes: • Poplar St. from Fifth St. to 11th St. and 11th St. to Mulberry St.; • Walnut St. from Ninth St. to 16th St.; • Lakeview Dr. from Highway 57 to Highway 356; • Spruce St. from Ninth St. to its east end; • White River Ave. from Highway 61 to the county road; • Nichols Ave. from High- way 57 to Highway 56; • 12th St. from Highway 57 to Spruce St. • Fourth St. from Rail- road to Birch St. • Birch St. from 4th St. to 5th St.; • High St. from the coun- ty road to Fifth St.; • Fifth St. from Railroad to 50 feet north of Birch St.; • Third St. from Main St. to Walnut St.; • Fifth St. from Main St. to Illinois St.; • 15th St. from Highway 57 to Highway 356. City Services Manager Bri- an Davis said it was his un- derstanding the Indiana De- partment of Transportation would announce the grant recipients by August 15. In other business, coun- cilman Gary Leavitt said the Circle K convenience store on north Main St. needed to move a stack of mulch on their parking lot, because it blocked the view of Main St. for people trying to pull from Lakeview Dr. onto Main St. "I agree with you. I was on Lakeview Dr. and you are right, you can't see down Main St.," said Klipsch. He said he talked with people at the store about it, but so far nothing had been done. "It is a big issue, you have to move all the way out to be able to see," said Coun- cilman Fran Lewis. In another matter, Klipsch said he has been talking with Duke about the three street lights that fell over when a delivery truck got tangled in a decorative flag on the pole and pulled over three poles on Main St. He said he is looking at various options, including leasing poles. Klipsch said the city has a request to close an alley between Fourth and Fifth streets, and Sycamore and Locust streets. He said they couldn't take action on the matter until a public hearing on the matter had been ad- vertised. The next city council meeting is set for 6:30 p.m. Monday, August 7.