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A-10 Local Wednesday, April 25, 2018 The Press-Dispatch WE ALL USE ENERGY DIFFERENTLY :0634063$&0'108&3"/%*/'03."5*0/ We rely on our electric cooperative for information about safety, e•ciency and renewables. In our community, power is more than electricity. It's the expert information we get from our local Touchstone Energy cooperative. NATIONAL DAY OF Prayer May 3 at Noon at the Pike County Courthouse National Anthem - Sung by the Pike Central Swing Choir Pledge to the Flag - Chuck Froehle Greeting - Rev. Leon D. Pomeroy Opening Prayer - Pastor Jim Gidcumb Scripture - R.C. Klipsch, Mayor of Petersburg "Now I urge you, brothers and sisters, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree in what you say, that there be no divisions among you, and that you be united with the same under- standing and the same conviction." (1 Corinthians 1:10, KJV) Lord's Prayer - Pastor Charles Baxter Prayer of Repentance - Pastor Tammy Powers Prayer in Unison for the Nation - Father Frank Renner O God, You are the one who gave us this promise in 2 Chronicles 7:14; "If my people, who are called by My name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land." Convict the church in America to wake up spiritually, agree clearly, unite visibly and pray extraordinarily for the next great spiritual awakening in America to occur in our generation. Amen. Closing Prayer - Rev. Leon D. Pomeroy Sponsored by: Pike County Ministerial Fellowship UNITY UN I T Y AREA HAPPENINGS Lucky Clovers 4-H Club Rabies Clinic - The Lucky Clovers 4-H Club will be holding a Drive-Thru Rabies Clinic on Thursday, April 26 from 6 -7:30 p.m. at the Otwell Community Center. A veterinarian will be available to give Rabies or Distemper shots for $12 each. For more information, call 812-354-2230. Petersburg Senior Citizens Center - The senior citizens center is open from 8 a.m.-1 p.m. on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday in the Pike County Courthouse basement. Breakfast is served on the first Wednesday of the month, donations accepted to help with the cost. Everyone is welcome. Genealogy Club - Want to know your family his- tory? Do you have relatives that were in the Civil War or the Revolution? Genealogy Club will be at the His- tory Center Saturday mornings in April to help you at no charge from 9 -11 a.m. Al-Anon meeting – Meetings are each Wednesday at 11:30 a.m., located at 424 W. 7th St. in Jasper. For more information, call 812-887-0349. Celebrate Recovery Program – Meets every Sun- day night from 5 to 7 p.m. at 207 Lafayette St. in Win- slow. For more information, call Krystal Breeding 812- 582-2562. Winslow Alcohol Anonymous – will meet every Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. Call 812-789 -8535 for location of the meeting. Narcotic Anonymous – Every Monday at 7 p.m. at River of Life Fellowship Church. For more informa- tion, contact 812-380 -1395. Women's Cancer Support Group - The Lange- Fuhs Cancer Center at Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center offers a support group for women who have had cancer of any type or are currently undergo- ing cancer treatment. . Sessions are the third Tuesday of each month from 6:30 to 8 p.m. in the Lange-Fuhs Cancer Center Confer- ence Room, located at Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center's Dorbett Street entrance. For more information about the "Women's Support Group," visit www.mhhcc.org and click on "Classes & Events," or call The Lange-Fuhs Cancer Center at 812- 996 -7488. Pre-registration is not necessary. REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS James F. McLaughlin and Shirley Jean McLaughlin convey to Kenneth W. Popp and Heather D. Popp, re- al estate as recorded in Pike County. Robert N. Rhodes and Flavius Paris Rhodes con- vey to Damon Blackburn, real estate as recorded in Pike County. Nancy L. McCain conveys to Tyson G. Wiggins, re- al estate as recorded in Pike County. Richard L. Sendelweck conveys to Richard L. Send- elweck and Rita M. Sendelweck, real estate as record- ed in Pike County. Stanley Riesenbeck and Lorendia Riesenbeck con- vey to Robert D. Riesenbeck and Donna Riesenbeck, real estate as recorded in Pike County. Ruth Ann Melhiser and Stella Melhiser convey to Kyler R. Lee and Lacey Lee NM, real estate as record- ed in Pike County. Elisabeth B. Wood conveys to Elisabeth B. Wood, Ronald L. Wood and Sandra T. Ficklin, real estate as recorded in Pike County. Christopher L. Nowark conveys to Emily S. Mincey, real estate as recorded in Pike County. MARRIAGE LICENSES Brittney Ray Coan, 26, of 4610 N. Alford Locust St., Petersburg, daughter of Richy Coan and Susan Hais- lip, to Evan Biesterveld, 27, of 6591 N. CR 500 E., Pe- tersburg, son of Jeffrey Biesterveld and Mary Kim Bi- esterveld. Joseph Keith O'Brien, 29, of 5361 N. CR 500 E., son of Stephen O'Brien and Kelly Sue O'Brien, to Casey L. Mason, 29, of 5361 N. CR 500 E., Petersburg, daugh- ter of Clyde Thompson and Helen Cullivan Haycraft. Scott Martin McCrary, 37, of 9943 E. Dewey St, Ot- well, son of Anthony Dale McCrary and Deanna Lynn Hayes McCrary, to Beth Ann Blue, 35, of 5611 Ander- son Rd., Newburgh, daughter of Donald Jay Hadley and Deborah Kay Simpson Hadley. Heath Aaron Abell, 32, of 421 S. CR 175 E., Winslow, son of Kevin Dewayne Abell and Olevia Mae Boger Norrick, to Bonnie Lynn Stone, 26, of 421 S. CR 175 E., Winslow, daughter of Michael Wayne Stone and Carol Denise Hafford Stone. Bart Alan Jenkins, 49, of 1008 W. CR 350 N., Peters- burg, son of Terry Zane Jenkins and Linda Diane Aus- tin Dorsey, to Barbara Jo Clore, 47, of 1008 W CR 350 N., Petersburg, daughter of Billy Joe Like and Bever- ly Joan Jones Like. Illiana Ruritan Club receives awards Lincolnland District Governor Jim Barger presented the Illiana Ruritan Club a Blue Ribbon Certificate and a gift certificate of $150 to go toward a Ruritan National Convention registration. He then present- ed a pen from Ruritan National for Outstanding President to president Keith Hopper, and a pen and en- velope opener to Beverly Tanner for Outstanding Secretary. Pictured (l to r) are : Lincolnland District Governor Jim Barger, of Allendale, Ill., Club President Keith Hopper, of Otwell, and Club Secretary Beverly Tanner, of Fairfield, Ill. By Ed Cahill Pike County's jobless rate fell to 3.3 percent in March, according to preliminary figures released by the In- diana Department of Work- force Development on Mon- day, April 23. March's 3.3 percent job- less rate was one-half of a percentage point lower than the revised 3.8 percent un- employment rate Pike Coun- ty recorded in February. According to estimates re- leased by the Indiana Depart- ment of Workforce Develop- ment, 6,174 of Pike County's labor force of 6,382 were em- ployed during March, leav- ing 208 persons without jobs. In March 2017, when the county's jobless rate was al- so 3.3 percent, it was estimat- ed that 6,281 of the county's labor force of 6,495 were em- ployed, leaving 214 persons without jobs. In adjoining counties: • Daviess County's job- less rate fell from a revised 3.0 percent in February to a preliminary 2.6 percent in March. In March 2017, Da- viess County's jobless rate was 2.8 percent. • Dubois County's job- less rate fell from a revised 2.6 percent in February to a preliminary 2.3 percent in March. In March 2017, Du- bois County's jobless rate was 2.7 percent. • Gibson County's jobless rate fell from a revised 2.9 percent in February to a re- vised 2.5 percent in March. In March 2017, Gibson Coun- ty's jobless rate was 3.0 per- cent. • Knox County's jobless rate fell from a revised 3.7 percent in February to a preliminary 3.0 percent in March. In March 2017, Knox County's jobless rate was 3.5 percent. • Warrick County's job- less rate fell from a revised 3.2 percent in February to a preliminary 2.8 percent in March. In March 2017, War- rick County's jobless rate was 3.3 percent. Statewide, county non-sea- sonally adjusted unemploy- ment rates decreased in all 92 counties from February to March. LaGrange and Elkhart counties recorded the state's lowest unemployment rate in March at 2.2 percent. Dubois County had the state's sec- ond-lowest jobless rate dur- ing March at 2.3 percent. Vermillion County record- ed the state's highest unem- ployment rate during March at 5.6 percent, followed Lake County at 5.1 percent. The Elkhart-Goshen met- ropolitan statistical area had the state's lowest jobless rate among the state's 13 MSAs in March at 2.2 percent, while the Gary MSA had the state's highest MSA jobless rate in March at 4.7 percent. The jobless rate for the Evansville MSA was 3.0 per- cent in March, which was down four-tenths of a per- centage point from 3.4 per- cent in February. In March 2017, the Evansville MSA's jobless rate was 3.6 percent. According to data pro- vided by the Indiana De- partment of Workforce De- velopment, the Evansville MSA – which includes Gib- son, Posey, Vanderburgh and Warrick counties – had a to- tal of 161,800 jobs in March, an increase of 3,000 jobs from February 2017. From February to March, the Evansville MSA experi- enced significant increases in the mining, logging and construction (+700), profes- sional and businesses servic- es (+400), trade, transpor- tation and utilities (+300), manufacturing (+200) and retail trade (+200) sectors. Indiana's seasonally-ad- justed unemployment rate was unchanged from Febru- ary to March at 3.2 percent, remaining lower than the na- tional jobless rate of 4.1 per- cent. With the exception of one month when it was equal – in October 2014 – Indiana's unemployment rate has been below the U.S. rate for more than four years. The monthly unemploy- ment rate is a U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics indicator that reflects the number of unemployed people seeking employment within the prior four weeks as a percentage of the labor force. Indiana's labor force had a net increase of 7,513 over the previous month, which was the result of 2,077 unem- ployed residents no longer seeking employment with- in the last four weeks, and an increase of 9,590 in res- idents employed. Indiana's total labor force – which in- cludes both Hoosiers em- ployed and those seeking employment – stands at 3.32 million, and the state's 63.8 percent labor force participa- tion rate remains above the national rate of 62.9 percent. In addition, Indiana's ini- tial unemployment insurance claims continue to be at his- torical lows. Statewide, private sec- tor employment has grown by more than 27,300 jobs over the year, and has in- creased by 4,300 jobs over the previous month, primar- ily due to gains in the trade, transportation and utilities (+2,600) and the construc- tion (+1,100) sectors. Gains were partially offset by loss- es in the leisure and hospi- tality (-300) and the finan- cial activities (-200) sectors. Total private employment stands at 2,702,900 and is 14,000 above the December 2017 peak. Jobless rate fell to 3.3 percent in Pike County