The Press-Dispatch
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A-6 Local Wednesday, July 25, 2018 The Press-Dispatch Monday Tuesday Wednesday ursday Friday 'U)LQFK 'U*XUUDP 'U-DLUDWK 'U5HLG 'U%HFN 'U*LOVRQ 'U0F&RUG 'U6FK\PLN 'U%HFN 'U-DLUDWK 'U$G\H 'U%HFN 'U0F&RUG 'U5LFKDUGVRQ 'U&KDFNR 'U*XUUDP 'U1HDKULQJ 'U5HLG 'U%HFN 'U0F&RUG 'U6FK\PLN //DQJ)13& 'U%HFN 'U1HDKULQJ $XGLEHO+HDULQJ &HQWHU 'U$G\H 'U%HFN 'U0F&RUG 'U5LFKDUGVRQ 'U)LQFK 'U*XUUDP 'U1HDKULQJ 'U5HLG 'U%HFN 'U*LOVRQ 'U0F&RUG 'U6FK\PLN 'U%HFN 'U1HDKULQJ 'U$G\H 'U%HFN 'U0F&RUG 'U5LFKDUGVRQ 'U&KDFNR 'U*XUUDP 'U1HDKULQJ 'U5HLG 'U%HFN 'U0F&RUG 'U6FK\PLN 'U%HFN 'U1HDKULQJ $XGLEHO+HDULQJ &HQWHU 'U$G\H 'U%HFN 'U-DQL 'U0F&RUG 'U5LFKDUGVRQ 'U)LQFK 'U*XUUDP 'U1HDKULQJ 'U5HLG 'U%HFN 'U0F&RUG 'U6FK\PLN 'U%HFN 'U1HDKULQJ County's jobless rate rises to 3.6 percent By Ed Cahill Pike County's jobless rate rose to 3.6 percent in June, according to preliminary figures released by the In- diana Department of Work- force Development on Mon- day, July 23. June's 3.6 percent jobless rate was one-half of a per- centage point higher than the revised 3.1 percent un- employment rate Pike Coun- ty recorded in May. According to estimates re- leased by the Indiana Depart- ment of Workforce Develop- ment, 6,300 of Pike County's labor force of 6,533 were em- ployed during May, leaving 233 persons without jobs. In June 2017, when the county's jobless rate was 3.3 percent, it was estimated that 6,426 of the county's la- bor force of 6,646 were em- ployed, leaving 220 persons without jobs. In adjoining counties: • Daviess County's jobless rate rose from a revised 2.6 percent in May to a prelimi- nary 3.1 percent in June. In June 2017, Daviess County's jobless rate was 2.7 percent. • Dubois County's jobless rate rose from a revised 2.3 percent in May to a prelimi- nary 2.7 percent in June. In June 2017, Dubois County's jobless rate was 2.6 percent. • Gibson County's jobless rate rose from a revised 2.6 percent in May to a prelimi- nary 3.0 percent in June. In June 2017, Gibson County's jobless rate was 3.0 percent. • Knox County's jobless rate rose from a revised 3.1 percent in May to a prelim- inary 3.7 percent in June. In June 2017, Knox County's jobless rate was 3.5 percent. • Warrick County's job- less rate rose from a revised 2.8 percent in May to a pre- liminary 3.2 percent in June. In June 2017, Warrick Coun- ty's jobless rate was 3.3 per- cent. Statewide, county non-sea- sonally adjusted unemploy- ment rates increased in all 92 counties from May to June. LaGrange County record- ed the state's lowest unem- ployment rate in June at 2.6 percent. Dubois and Elkhart counties had the state's sec- ond-lowest jobless rate dur- ing June at 2.7 percent. Vermillion County record- ed the state's highest unem- ployment rate during June at 5.6 percent, followed by Fay- ette County at 5.1 percent and Lake and Sullivan coun- ties at 5.0 percent. The Elkhart-Goshen met- ropolitan statistical area had the state's lowest jobless rate among the state's 13 MSAs in June at 2.7 percent, while the Gary MSA and the Terre Haute MSA tied for the state's highest MSA jobless rate in June at 4.7 percent. Stinson's 65th wedding anniversary By Bart Stinson The new president was negotiating a Korean War armistice, the Krem- lin was replacing dead Joe Stalin, and polio par- alyzed 21,000 that sum- mer as Jonas Salk began to try his monkey-tested vaccine on humans. But all Conrad Stinson knew, on June 14, 1953, was that he was at Winslow Chris- tian Church to get mar- ried and he couldn't find the wedding ring. A fter a frantic exchange of phone calls, best friend and future brother-in-law Jim Klipsch hopped in a car to race out to Ayrshire and retrieve the ring. No- body will be shocked to hear Jim Klipsch accused of speeding, but we can prove it in this case, as po- lice pulled him over and wrote him a ticket. Conrad's bride was Donna Potter, the third of four daughters born to Ruth and Preston Potter. Conrad was a town boy; Donna was farm-raised. It was a merger of coal- mining, unionized Dem- ocrats (Stinsons) and rock-ribbed Republican Potters. Preston claimed to be very "nervous" about par- ticipating in the wedding. I think he was afraid he might cry in front of ev- erybody. So he made the couple a proposition: if they would just elope, and forget about the lo- cal wedding, he would let them borrow his pam- pered postwar automobile for their honeymoon. But he had raised stub- born daughters, and Don- na insisted on the church wedding. Thus it was that they caught a Greyhound bus to their honeymoon at Kentucky Lake, which was only eight years old then. There was no Land Between the Lakes, be- cause Lake Barkley wouldn't flood for anoth- er 14 years. Their mar- riage is older, even, than the geology. Three children, six grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren lat- er, the Stinsons are well above replacement fertil- ity. Paul Ehrlich would wince. All three of their off- spring Bart, Christia and Mitchell live in Evans- ville. Nieces and neph- ews from Indianapolis, Texas, California and Alaska joined the Evans- ville Stinsons to celebrate Donna and Conrad's 65th anniversary last month at Harmonie State Park. Over that weekend, three grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren came to see them at the cabin. Conrad's older brother Gerald, 91, of Naples, Fla., also came. Other than a nephew who attended the wedding in his infancy, Gerald was the only one present who witnessed the wedding with his own eyes, and he vouched for the truth of Donna and Conrad's account, every word of it. With This Ring... See JOBS on page 11 Evans ribbon cutting Evans and Son RV celebrated several recent expansions and awards with a ribbon cutting Saturday morning by the Pike County Chamber of Commerce. Nathan Evans said they are currently the number one dealer in sales of RVs in southern Indiana. They currently have 20,000 square feet under roof and 10 acres of RVs and employee 14 people. Above are (l to r) Wes Baumgart, Dave McKinney, Owen Tegmey- er, Connie Rose, Mendi McClellan, Pat Evans, Steve Evans, Nathan Evans, Sara McCracken of the C of C, Gwen Dunn, Robyn Smith, Bren Smith, Hugh Eskew and C of C Executive Director Krista Robinette.