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Manager Cindy Petty, Advertising Sales Pam Lemond, Advertising Sales Matt Haycraft, Advertising Sales Ed Cahill, Sports Editor Eric Gogel, Production Manager Monica Sinclair, Office Manager • • • • • • Published every Wednesday by the Pike County Publishing Co. Telephone 812-354-8500 820 Poplar Street, P.O. Box 68, Petersburg, Indiana 47567 • • • • • • Entered at the Post Office in Petersburg, Indiana for transmis- sion through the mails as Periodical Mail, postage paid at Petersburg, Indiana. Published weekly. (USPS 604-340) NEWS BRIEFS Press-Dispatch office closed July 4 The Press-Dispatch office will be closed Wednesday, July 4 in observation of Independence Day. Pike Health Dept. new summer hours Beginning July 9, the Pike County Health Depart- ments, 907 E. Walnut Street, Petersburg, summer hours will be Monday: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Tuesday: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Wednesday: 7 a.m to 7 p.m., Thursday: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Friday—Closed. These summer hours are being implemented to help accommodate the heavy influx of students needing to complete school required vaccines and septic/environ- mental workload. The Health Dept. will resume nor- mal Monday-Friday 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. hours September 1. Upcoming event? We want to know! Do you have an upcoming event? Send it to news@ pressdispatch.net or call 812-354-8500. REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS Anna Lea Ennis and Arletha Houchins, Personal Rep convey to Donald Ennis, real estate as recorded in Pike County. Anna Lea Ennis and Arletha Houchins, PR convey to Ar- letha Criss, real estate as recorded in Pike County. Jessica Rudolph and Thomas Dysert convey to Jessica Rudolph, real estate as recorded in Pike County. James R. Wood conveys to James R. Wood, David M. Wood, TOD and Geoffrey Wood, TOD, real estate as re- corded in Pike County. Trea L. McCandless, Personal Rep, Terenda A. Wyant, Personal Rep, Mary M. Curtis Estate and Kenneth L. Cur- tis convey to Jeffrey S. Powers and Tama J. Powers, real estate as recorded in Pike County. Billie J. Sakel conveys to Tully J. Sakel and Karen K. Sakel, real estate as recorded in Pike County. Karen Browning, Raleigh Browning, Karen Sue Brown- ing and Sheriff of Pike County convey to Wells Fargo Bank NA and Bear Stearns Companies, real estate as record- ed in Pike County. Sheriff of Pike County, The First State Bank and Jus- tin M. Birk convey to Federal National Mortgage Associ- ation, real estate as recorded in Pike County. Todd M. Dorsey, Wilmington Savings Fund Society FSB, Christiana Trust as Indenture Trustee, New Resi- dential Mortgage Loan Trust and Sheriff of Pike County convey to New Residential Mortgage Loan Trust, real es- tate as recorded in Pike County. Sheriff of Pike County, JPMC Specialty Mortgage LLC, WM Specialty Mortgage LLC and Stancil Edwards con- vey to L SF10 Master Participation Trust and US Bank Trust NA Trustee, real estate as recorded in Pike County. Daniel C. Blake and Suzanne Blake convey to Cary L. Thorne and Sara D. Thorne, real estate as recorded in Pike County. Hwy. 41 (5 miles N. of Vincennes) Mon. – Sat. 9am-5pm • 812-324-9010 Open July 5 Apple Hill Orchard Homegrown Tree-Ripened Peaches Homemade Pies Homemade Peach Ice Cream Jams/Jellies Slushies Donuts Local Produce Sunday, July 22 at the Otwell Community Center from Noon to 5pm Fried Chicken and Drinks will be provided! Bring a covered dish and dessert. Rodney Watts SATURDAY, JULY 7 Starting at 8pm NO COVER CHARGE Open to the public VFW POST 3587 Pull tabs available LIC #144893 812-354-9653 1202 E. Main St., Petersburg, IN Dun Lookin RV grand opening Dun Lookin RV celebrated their grand opening in Petersburg on Saturday with a ribbon cutting and open house. Taking part in the ribbon cutting are front row, (l to r): Pam Harrawood, Hugh Eskew and Krista Robinette, with the Pike County Chamber of Commerce, Chris Shields, head technician with Dun Lookin, Margaret Carroll and Bill Reid, of Dun Lookin, and Sarah McCracken, of the C of C; back row: John Szucs, of Hy-Line RVs, Matt Ervin, Shaun Ault and Henry Reid, of Dun Lookin. Dun Lookin is based in Washington and recently opened the Petersburg location at the corner of Main St. and Nichols Ave. They offer seven different lines of RVs, including Gulf Stream, Columbus, Lacrosse, Puma and multiple lines from Forest River, as well as custom-built models. They are open 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday to Friday and 9 a.m.-4 p.m. on Saturdays. Otwell Miller Academy reports $85K operating loss By Ed Cahill Otwell Miller Academy had an operating loss of al- most $ 85,000 during the first three months of 2018, a financial report released by the charter school shows. According to the report, Otwell Miller Academy had projected it would have a to- tal income of $120,208 dur- ing the months of January, February and March, in- cluding $ 95,176 in state tu- ition support. The school's actual in- come during that period was $75,468 – which in- cluded $ 36,498 in state tu- ition support – resulting in a shortfall of $44,740. The report also project- ed that Otwell Miller Acad- emy would incur total ex- penditures of $197,185 dur- ing the months of January, February and March – or $76,977 less than what it projected it would receive in income. According to the report, the school's actual expen- ditures during the months of January, February and March were $154,679, re- sulting in an operating loss of minus- $79,211. A fter adding $5,437 in de- preciation expenses to that amount, the report shows that Otwell Miller Academy suffered a total operating loss of minus- $ 84,648 dur- ing the first three months of 2018. Otwell Miller Academy exceeded its projected ex- penditures in January, Feb- ruary and March by a to- tal of $24,007 in 12 sepa- rate line items – including $11,000 for consulting ser- vices, $ 3,986 for teachers, $ 3,925 for substitute teach- ers and $1,154 for the direc- tor/principal. OMA also over-project- ed its actual expenditures during January, February and March in seven sepa- rate line items by a total of $22,919, including $ 8,738 for charter administrative fees, $ 6,101 for health in- surance and $5,395 for elec- tricity. In addition, according to the report, Otwell Miller Academy had zero expen- ditures in 24 separate line items for which it had pro- jected total expenditures of $43,595, including $14,100 for rent, $ 9,000 for account- ing and payroll services, $5,250 in professional and technical (special ed) ser- vices, $ 3,900 for vehicles and $ 3,000 for data process- ing services. The same report shows that OMA had an operating loss of minus- $576 during the last three months of 2017 – October, November and December – with $137,859 in actual income, including $135,789 in state tuition sup- port, and $137,283 in actual expenditures. Adding in depreciation expenses of $2,507, the school's total operating loss during October, No- vember and December was minus- $ 3,083. Meanwhile, a profit and loss statement for Otwell Miller Academy for July 2017 through March 2018 shows that the school re- ceived a total of $ 353,605.35 in income and had spent a total of $407,048.81 dur- ing that nine-month peri- od, resulting in a negative operating balance of mi- nus- $53,443.46. Attempts to get com- ments from Otwell Miller Academy were unsuccess- ful. "We are aware of OMA's financial situation," wrote Amanda Banks, director of public relations for Grace College & Seminary, which authorized the charter for Otwell Miller Academy, in an email. "We speak with them often and have met with the treasurer and book- keeper recently." "We understand the finan- cial and operational chal- lenges of opening a brand- new school, which are most significant in year one," Banks continued. "While OMA did not meet their en- rollment goal in the 2017- 18 school year, we are opti- mistic that enrollment will increase next year, which would significantly improve the goal of solvency." Petersburg to host public visioning workshop July 10 It has been almost a de- cade since the development of the City of Petersburg's comprehensive plan and approximately five years since the Stellar Strate- gic Investment Plans were presented. City officials are currently working on a 20 -year comprehensive plan that will identify a vi- sion for the future, in ad- dition to goals, policies, and action steps to guide growth and development. The city will be hosting a public visioning work- shop at in Kiefer Hall at Main Street Presbyteri- an Church – located at 910 East Main Street in Peters- burg – from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m., with a brief pre- sentation at 5:15 p.m., on Tuesday, July 10. The meeting will be an open house format, where individuals can stop by for as little as 15 minutes to provide feedback through various visioning exercises. The development of the plan relies heavily on feed- back and input from citi- zens. All ages, residents, business owners, and other interested parties are invit- ed to attend this workshop. "Petersburg needs your help to identify and priori- tize goals for the future of this community," said May- or R.C. Klipsch. "This will be the roadmap for our lead- ers and organizations to fol- low in the coming years." The public visioning workshop in July is just the beginning of this plan- ning effort and will contin- ue throughout the rest of 2018, with final adoption of the plan expected in 2019. The adopted plan will con- tain goals, objectives and an action plan for the loca- tion and quality of future development, infrastruc- ture improvements, need for additional community facilities, economic devel- opment and more. For more information about the update of Peters- burg's comprehensive plan, contact Shari Hayes at 812- 354-3396 or by email at shays@petersburg.in.gov. DOR to send notices to those with outstanding taxes The Indiana Department of Revenue (DOR) will be- gin issuing notices during the week of June 25 to tax- payers who have outstand- ing debt from the 2018 tax season. These notices will be sent to customers via postal service and should not be ignored. If a custom- er receives a request via telephone, email or social media, he or she should be leery. "The Indiana Department of Revenue does not contact customers to collect pay- ments through any other medium than the U.S. mail," said DOR Commissioner Ad- am Krupp. "It is imperative any mail a taxpayer receives from DOR is opened imme- diately to ensure timely re- sponse." Payments can be made through the mail, in-per- son at any of the DOR of- fices, over the telephone or online through DORpay at www.in.gov/dor/dorpay. Taxpayers can make pay- ments using a credit card, electronic check, check, money order, or cash (exact change only). If a customer owes more than $100 and is unable to make payment in full, he or she can set up a payment plan through INtax Pay at www.intaxpay.in.gov or by calling Payment Services at 317-232-2165. For more information, customers may call DOR's automated information line at 317-233-4018 to determine the current balance due on any tax bill. Individuals will need to have their taxpay- er identification number or Social Security number and the liability number or warrant number when call- ing. This information can be found on the notice distrib- uted by DOR. PATRICIA S. LAMBERT Patricia S. (Minnis) Lam- bert, 57, passed away June 29, 2018. She was born No- vember 18, 1960, the daugh- ter of Delbert and Francis Minnis, both deceased. She is survived by her sons, Jared, Jacob and Dylan Lambert; and four siblings, Bill, Jim, D.R., and Pam Min- nis. Whoever said winning is not everything....never had cancer. See additional obituaries on page C-8. Obituaries