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C-12 Obituaries Wednesday, July 19, 2017 The Press-Dispatch through stories, songs, games, crafts, snacks and much more. Bring a friend to share in the fun. On Thurs- day night we will have the VBS closing program with our Heavenly Feast Celebra- tion afterwards. Families are welcome and encouraged to attend with their children on Thursday evening. We are looking forward to see- ing all of you there. Irene's Room Food Pan- try is open from 9 -11 a.m. the third Saturday of each month. Use the entrance on the west side of the building. Our Mission Statement: To Know Christ; To Share Christ and To Live Christ. "Sing praise to the Lord, You saints of His, and give thanks at the remembrance Continued from page 1 of His holy name. For His anger is but for a moment, His favor is for life; Weep- ing may endure for a night, but joy comes in the morn- ing. Hear, O Lord and have mercy on me; Lord, be my helper. You have turned for me my mourning into dancing; You have put off my sackcloth and clothed me with gladness, to the end that my glory may sing praise to You and not be si- lent. O Lord my God, I will give thanks to You forever" (Psalm 30 :4,5,10 -12). We look forward to see- ing you at all of our servic- es. Everyone is welcome and encouraged to join us as we gather for praise and wor- ship, celebration and study. Fred J. Grenier, Pastor Corinna Williams, Report- er Pentecostal Presbyterian Nazarene Wesleyan HOUSE OF MERCY CHURCH Corner of East and Porter Winslow Pastor 812-789-5229 A Church with a family atmosphere and God's love. Sunday morning worship service at 10 a.m. with Sun- day school classes at 10 :45 a.m.; Every other Tuesday night, prayer at 7 p.m. A guide at a youth re- treat was wore out and de- cided it was time to hit the sleeping bag. He crawled in- to his sleeping bag and felt ants crawling all over him. It aroused him for a moment, but then he thought it was just a dream. Many who call themselves Christians have in their live that which is un- godly. They hear the Word of God for a moment and are aroused, but then fall right back into that which is un- godly. Are there ants in your live and you just think it is a dream. We at House Of Mercy welcome you to our servic- es. You will be treated in so many ways you are bound to like one. When in Winslow drive by and see what God is doing. Pray for your country, our President and government, your local government, our soldiers and all Pastors. Re- member to pray for the sick and afflicted and those in the nursing homes and hos- pitals and also pray about the elections. Be a friend to your neigh- bors, co-workers, any that you come into contact with. To have a friend you need to be a friend. Jesus said what you give out is what you will receive back. May you find peace and joy in your life this week. God's Servant and friend to Humanity George Bruce, Pastor MAIN STREET PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 10th and Main Streets, Petersburg 812-354-6844 Sunday school 9:15 a.m.; Sunday worship 10 :30 a.m. We have a nursery for chil- dren up to the age of seven and we also have a van route in Petersburg to pick anyone up. Come visit us, our doors are always open to you. One or the other Either we trust in God, and in that case we neither trust in ourselves, nor in our fel- low-men, nor in our circum- stances, nor in anything be- sides; or we do trust in one or more of these, and in that case do not trust in God. Office hours: 9 a.m.-noon, Monday-Friday. Boyd Heldring, Pastor Amy Melhiser, Secretary HUNTINGBURG HOLINESS CHURCH 813 N. Washington St. Huntingburg Pastor 812-354-4273 Sunday morning service and Sunday school 10 a.m.; Sunday evening worship 6 p.m.; Wednesday prayer and praise 7 p.m. Everyone is always wel- come. For information or trans- portation, call the Pastor. Brent S. Myers, Pastor NEW BEGINNING FELLOWSHIP WESLEYAN CHURCH 9th and McCoy, Petersburg Pastor 812-632-0773 Sunday morning worship 10 :30 a.m. You are invited to worship with us. Richard Comer, Pastor OTWELL WESLEYAN CHURCH 2277 N. Mechanics Street Otwell Pastor 812-354-3028 Sunday school 9:30 a.m.; morning worship 10 :30 a.m.; evening worship service 6:30 p.m. Tuesday morning wom- en's Bible study at the fel- lowship hall 10 a.m. Youth meeting first Wednesday of each month at 6 p.m. at the fellowship hall. What Would You Say? Three friends from the lo- cal congregation were asked, "When you're in your cas- ket, and friends and congre- gation members are mourn- ing over you, what would you like them to say? Artie said, " I would like them to say I was a wonder- ful husband, a fine spiritual leader, and a great family man." Merle said: , "I would like them to say I was a wonder- ful teacher and servant of God who made a huge dif- ference in peoples lives." Don said, "I'd like them to say, 'Look! He's moving! '" "In everything you do, put God first, and he will direct you and crown your efforts with success" (Proverbs 3:6 TLB). We invite all of you to come and worship with us. Roy Stilwell, Pastor Pam Lemond, Reporter Last month, President Trump signed an executive order to boost apprentice- ship programs in the United States. These are training programs, offered in a variety of formats, usually by busi- nesses, to convey skills to individuals for specific vocations. It's a great idea, but like all great ide- as, the key is in execution. Currently, 505,000 people have ap- prenticeships through 2,100 programs registered with the government. Pres- ident Trump has committed to a lofty goal of creating 5 million apprentice- ships over the next five years. Truth is, I get nervous whenever I hear about any government initiative that claims to provide what our econ- omy needs. The last thing we need is a new army of government bureaucrats pretending they are going to forecast what kind of jobs we need and then subsidizing businesses and unions to set up train- ing programs. But Trump's plan doesn't appear to do that. It establishes a wide berth for firms, or unions, or trade associations to decide on their own what they need to do. Those who are actually doing the work and do- ing the hiring need to decide themselves who and what they need. Current data from the labor market screams out that we can do a better job building a work force fitting what busi- nesses need. The Labor Department reported 6.04 million job openings in April and 5.05 million hires. So a million jobs are still floating out there looking to be filled. At the same time, there were 6.9 mil- lion unemployed. Sure, you say, they don't have the skills for those mil- lion jobs. But isn't that the point? Isn't this the work we need to do — get those who cant find work trained and motivated? Furthermore, if we care about our nation's future, we've got to look at the deeper social prob- lems leading to pockets of chronic unemployment. There are 1.7 million who are unemployed in the long term, 27 weeks or more. We have a growing population, disproportionately prime- age men, who have just dropped out of the labor force. The black unemployment rate has been double the national average for the last half-century and that is rough- ly where it is today. Black youth ages 16 -19 have an unemployment rate of 27.3 percent. So, if I am nervous about govern- ment bureaucrats planning out ap- prenticeship programs, what can gov- ernment do? Trump is proposing the federal gov- ernment putting up $200 million to help firms makes these apprentice- ships happen. Good, but we can't re- ly on new government spending to be the answer. The answer is removing barriers. Here are two ways. One, consider vocational schools and training as part of education choice. Senators Ted Cruz and Mike Lee in- troduced a bill, the Enhancing Educa- tional Opportunities for All Students Act, in the last Congress that would permit use of Section 1 ed- ucation funds — funds that the federal government gives to school districts to help low-income children — to enable any child to go wherever they want to school. Why should that $14 bil- lion be locked in the pub- lic school system? Give a poor child a voucher, or the equivalent, that can be used to go to a vocational school. Businesses could joint venture and help finance and build the programs to train these kids. So let's dust off and pass the Enhanc- ing Educational Opportunities bill. Ed- ucation Secretary Betsy DeVos is the right person in the right place to help make this happen. Second, let businesses use the funds they spend on training to count toward salary for purposes of the minimum wage. This would allow a firm to hire a young person and pay below minimum wage but also provide training, the val- ue of which would hike the wage above the minimum. This is a way around the damage that minimum wage causes and provide a platform for unskilled youth to get trained. If we use government to make the marketplace more free and flexible, ap- prenticeships can help build a 21st-cen- tury American labor force. Star Parker is an author and presi- dent of CURE, Center for Urban Renew- al and Education. Contact her at www. urbancure.org. Pursuit of the Cure by Star Parker The promise of apprenticeships NORMA EILEEN ATKINS Norma Eileen Atkins, 80, of Jasper, passed away at 10 :10 p.m. on Saturday, Ju- ly 15, 2017, at The Timbers of Jasper. She was born March 20, 1937, in Huntingburg, to Earl and Clois ( Wells) Co- ble. She was a factory work- er, a member of New Hope General Baptist Church in Birdseye, and enjoyed play- ing cards. She was preceded in death by five siblings, Leon, Ken- ny, Red and Wendell Coble, and Nelma "Shorty" Parten- heimer; and two grandsons, Shawn Howe and Daryl Jef- fries. She is survived by five chil- dren, Terry (Donna) Atkins, of Huntingburg, Gary (Bren- da) Atkins, of Dubois, Sher- ry (Rick) Howe, of Taswell, Lou Ann (Greg) Mangin, of Otwell, and Penny At- kins, of Jasper; one brother, Martin Coble, of Martins- ville; by 19 grandchildren, 30 great-grandchildren and four great-great-grandchil- dren. Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday, July 19, 2017, at the Nass & Son Fu- neral Home in Huntingburg, with burial to follow at Bird- seye Cemetery in Birdseye. Visitation was from 3-8 p.m. on Tuesday and will be from 9 a.m. until services on Wednesday at the funer- al home. Condolences may be shared online at www.nas- sandson.com. DONNA K. BR AUN Donna K. Braun, 69, of Haysville, passed away at 1:37 a.m. Sunday, July 16, 2017, at Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center in Jasper. She was born in Jasper on March 11, 1948, to Wil- lard and Eloise ( Wagner) Harder. She married Kenneth Braun on July 31, 1965, at Christ Lutheran Church in Haysville. He preceded her in death on December 8, 2013. Donna was a graduate of Dubois High School and was working at Woopenheimers Restaurant in Haysville. She previously had worked at MasterBrand for many years. She was a member of Christ Lutheran Church and WELCA of Christ Church. She is survived by three daughters, Corinna (Mike) Cox, of Loogootee, Lucinda (Brandon) Grimes, of Loo- gootee and Cassy (Cody) Foster, of Otwell; three sons, Norman (Amy) Braun, of Petersburg, Kenny (Lac- ey) Braun, of Loogootee and Jeremy (Crystal) Braun, of Loogootee; 13 grandchil- dren and 14 great-grandchil- dren; sisters, Sue (Lowell) Dorsam, of Haysville, Mary Jo Emmens, of Hillham, and Sharon Kerns, of Loogootee. Preceding her in death besides her husband is one son, Rodney Braun; one brother, Edward Harder; and one sister, Anna Jeanne Hellums. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday, July 20, 2017, at Christ Lutheran Church in Haysville, with Rev. Timothy Kraemer of- ficiating. Burial will follow in Community Cemetery in Haysville. Visitation will be from 2-8 p.m. on Wednesday at Becher-Kluesner North Chapel in Jasper and on Thursday from 10 a.m. until service time at the church. Memorial contributions may be made to Christ Lu- theran Church or to a favor- ite charity. OBITUARIES Continued from page 11 Tech Tips by Katie Scott, T3 Residential Technical Services Social media and small businesses, part II In last week's article, we discussed the benefits of using social media for small businesses. The advantages are only half of the story, though, there are also negative side effects to consider before jumping in. For people who are used to more traditional ways of marketing, social media marketing to attract custom- ers is a huge shift. Traditionally, busi- ness marketing has been formal, re- lying on product descriptions, now, companies have to keep up with visu- al content and be able to have conver- sations with their customers through a screen. Some companies' unwilling- ness to modernize marketing has cost them a lot of business. It makes it hard- er to be noticed when so many other companies are advertising to hundreds of thousands of people a day. The inability to control the content posted on social media is a high risk to the companies. Consumers can like, repost, comment, or share posts that can turn the tides of a business – not always in a good way. Their comments are posted for the whole world to see, and they can potentially damage a company's reputation quickly. Compa- nies have to be very careful about their posts and what their employees do on- line, in order to not become a newest joke or meme. The worst part is that even if you catch your mistake and de- lete your post, it will never be perma- nently deleted. Employee image is another factor when dealing with social media. The employees of a company represent the company as a whole, and their actions can be detrimental to a small busi- ness. Anything an employee posts re- flects on the company. They can also post content about the company that the public does not need to know. A disgruntled employee can tarnish the reputation of any company with just a few clicks, and that is an unavoidable disadvantage to the modern day busi- ness world. The relative anonymity that goes along with using social media is also a catalyst to negative feedback from customers. Consumers are able to post without any fact-checking or sources required. Other potential customers share the post, and the brand can take a serious hit. The person who posted it probably feels little guilt, but the com- pany can suffer greatly. Even though the post might not have even been true, consumers still remember it. Some businesses do not realize that successfully marketing a company on social media requires a thoroughly thought out strategy. To be successful, these companies have to carefully plan out ways to engage the optimum con- sumers and do so in a positive, mem- orable way. This also requires a large amount of time, and with time comes money, that some companies do not re- alize. While social media may be free, the work it takes to properly use it is not. Although there are negative fea- tures to running a social networking site as a small business, do not let that persuade you from using this power- ful tool. These negatives should be tak- en into account before diving into the realms of Facebook, Twitter, etc. Social media, when used in the cor- rect way, can grow your business expo- nentially, so take both parts of this ar- ticle and use them to your advantage.