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A-4 Local Wednesday, April 25, 2018 The Press-Dispatch SLEEP IS POWER. CLOSEOUT FLOOR MODEL SAVE UP TO 50 % * WHILE SUPPLIES LAST O N S E L E C T T E M P U R - P E D I C ® F L O O R M O D E L S *Limited time only, while supplies last. Select models only. Savings level dependent on model and size. Availability of models varies by retailer. Cannot be combined with any other offer, coupon or discount. See store for details. © 2018 Tempur-Pedic North America, LLC. All rights reserved. WWW.ENGLERTSHOMECOMFORTCENTER.COM HOME COMFORT CENTER Paid for by candidate COUNTY COUNCIL DISTRICT 2 Lemond CHARLES READY TO WORK FOR YOU! As a local business owner for 43 years, I will bring my knowledge of what it takes to be successful in this area to the Pike County Council. Vote MOOSE LODGE Dining Specials 5pm-8pm 115 Pike Ave., Petersburg OR ORDER FROM MENU FRIDAY 04-27-18 SATURDAY 04-28-18 Fish and Shrimp Basket. Only $7.50. Breaded Tenderloin with Fries. 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Lucky Clovers 4-H Club holding Drive Through Rabies Clinic, April 26 The Lucky Clovers 4-H Club will be holding a Drive through Rabies Clinic on Thursday, April 26 from 6 - 7:30 p.m. at the Otwell Community Center. Veterinarian will be available to give Rabies or Dis- temper shots for $12 each. For more information, call 812-354-2230. Friday night community prayer this Friday There will be a Community prayer, Friday, April 27 at 7 p.m. at The Gathering Place, 207 E. Lafayette Street, Winslow. The speaker for the evening will be Tammy Powers, and praise and worship will be lead by Alyx Powers. Everyone is welcome. For more infor- mation, call 812-789 -6396. Petersburg City-Wide Yard Sale set for May 12 The Petersburg City-Wide Yard Sale is set for Sat- urday, May 12. For those having yard sales, The Press-Dispatch will once again offer yard signs that correspond with their location on the map printed in the May 9 edition. The cost of line ads start at $4 for 20 words. See B-12 for more details. Lockhart Township Mother's Day Dinner Lockhart Township Community Center will have a Mother's Day Dinner. It is scheduled for 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Sunday, May 13. Tickets are $10 each (under 5 free) and the dinner will include chicken, ham, mashed potatoes, green beans, corn, salad, roll, dessert and drink. Tickets are available by calling Teresa at 812-617-3020 or Mike at 812-486 -8680. meet less than three weeks earlier. Theising also placed 10th in the 50 -yard butterfly with a season-best time of 1:26.86, an improvement over his sea- son-opening time of 1:35.22. "Swimming with the mid- dle school team has really helped to build Isaac's con- fidence and his strength," Winnie Foster said. "It takes guts to be a disabled kid on a regular team. Mike and Beth never told him he couldn't do anything. They always en- couraged him to push and try." Bohnert said that seeing how hard Theising works – both during practice and at meets – is inspirational not only to his teammates, but to his coaches as well. "It's amazing to watch someone come in and put that much work in, knowing the extra that he has to do to do it," Bohnert said. "He knows from the get-go he's going to be behind every- body, because he can't get that push off the wall like ev- erybody else does. So he's got to swim twice as hard at the beginning just to catch up. It's a lot of fun to watch." Following the season, The- ising began looking to join a summer swim team when Beth Bohnert told him about Mike Chapman, who coach- es the Boonville Aquatic Dol- phins Swim Club – a main- stream swim team that com- petes in meets in Indiana and Kentucky. Theising joined the Boon- ville Aquatic Dolphins Swim Club earlier this month, Chapman said, and makes the almost hour-long trek to practice daily, Monday through Friday. "Isaac is so much fun to coach," Chapman said. "He does anything I ask and works relentlessly for the entire 90 -minute practice." It was during a conversa- tion that Chapman learned that Theising's goal was to compete in the Paralympics. "We decided to go to Fort Wayne so he could be clas- sified and compete," Chap- man said. "Once he was clas- sified, we could start attend- ing Paralympic-sanctioned meets." Theising was evaluat- ed and classified by Glen O'Sullivan, who coaches the U.S. Paralympic Swim Team. "He really enjoyed work- ing with Isaac," Chapman said of O'Sullivan. "He told me to 'have fun coaching him' because he was tena- cious. He even taught Isaac a way to start from the side, standing with support. Isaac had never done this before. We practiced it a few times and he did it for every race at the meet." Theising said that his goal for his first-ever trip to the Turnstone Endeavor Games in Fort Wayne was "just to do the best I could." Theising subsequently placed first in the 25 -yard freestyle, the 100 -yard free- style, the 25 -yard butterfly, the 50 -yard butterfly and the 25 -yard breaststroke in the boys' 16 and under age group. "Some of them were pretty close," Theising said. "I was pretty excited." Winnie Foster said that she was "extremely proud" of her son. "He has worked so hard and come so far," she said. "He is one tough, determined kid. It was a very emotional and inspiring experience. Every one of those athletes that competed were amazing overcomers." Theising, whose next meet with the Boonville Aquatic Dolphins will be on Saturday, May 5, and Sunday, May 6, at Castle High School, said that he plans to continue to swim competitively at the high school level. That is good news to Bohnert. "It'll be fun to just continue on, to see his improvements with more practice and lon- ger practices, and a longer season," Bohnert said. "It'll be fun to watch him grow as a swimmer and, also, hope- fully, see him start talking more." Continued from page 1 GOLD Highway 57 slated to be paved from Petersburg to Oakland City Paving Highway 57 from Petersburg to Oakland City was originally sched- uled for the third quar- ter of 2018, according to a schedule sent out recent- ly. However, that start date has been moved up to Mon- day, April 30. The 12-mile stretch of highway has been distressed for the last two years, but this winter was particularly rough on the road. Areas where shal- low potholes were scat- tered have become large ar- eas of broken and missing pavement for several hun- dred feet at a time. Many of the cracks along seams in the pavement have become full of potholes. The Indiana Depart- ment of Transportation on Wednesday, April 18, issued a news release an- nouncing "pavement re- pairs" for the 12-mile stretch would begin on or about Monday, April 30. "Crews will be working to patch, mill and resurface Highway 57." Jason Tiller, spokesman for INDOT, said he did not know why the project was moved up. "There are lots of reasons projects get moved around in the sched- ule. . . Sometimes is seems arbitrary," said Tiller. INDOT warned drivers there would be lane restric- tions in both directions. According to the news re- lease, it is projected work will continue until late Ju- ly or early August. Pike County native is named '2017 Trooper of the District' Through his hard work and dedication to public safe- ty, Trooper Hunter Man- ning has been selected as the "2017 Trooper of the Dis- trict" for the Evansville Dis- trict. Manning received his award Friday, April 20 at the Indiana State Police Spring Awards Ceremony in the Indi- ana Government Center in In- dianapolis. This award is pre- sented to the trooper at each district who has achieved out- standing enforcement efforts in the area of traffic and crim- inal enforcement, case and crash investigation, public in- formation programs and com- munity service, and who has exemplified the professional- ism and integrity expected of an Indiana State Trooper. Manning is a four-year veteran and is currently as- signed to the Evansville Dis- trict All Crimes Policing Unit, which primarily con- centrates on drug interdic- tion and DUI enforcement. During 2017, Manning arrest- ed 103 individuals, resulting in 190 criminal charges. He initiated drug offense inves- tigations, including heroin, methamphetamine, marijua- na and cocaine. Manning's traffic enforcement includ- ed more than 800 traffic con- tacts and 27 driving while in- toxicated arrests. Manning is also a Field Training Officer. Lieutenant Brian Bailey, Commander of the Evansville District, said "Manning's pos- itive attitude and work eth- ic make him an appreciated leader in the Evansville Dis- trict. He is a highly valuable asset to the community and to the Indiana State Police." Trooper Hunter Manning

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