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Noon-4 p.m. Williams selected as 2019 Lilly Scholarship recipient by Pike County Community Foundation The Pike County Commu- nity Foundation has selected Nicholas "Kyle" Williams, of Petersburg, as the recipient of the 2019 Pike County Lil- ly Endowment Community Scholarship. The scholar- ship provides full tuition, re- quired fees, and an annu- al stipend of up to $ 900 for required books and equip- ment for four years of full- time undergradu- ate study leading to a bach- elor's degree. Kyle is the son of Angie and Chet Williams. He is a senior at Pike Central High School and plans to study bi- ology at an Indiana college of his choice, with a career goal to become a hand surgeon. In addition to excelling ac- ademically, he has been in- volved in pep band, musical productions, jazz band and swing choir. Kyle has also been a member of the tennis team and played baseball. He is involved in the Nation- al Honor Society, Key Club and Spanish Club. He is em- ployed at the Smokehouse in Petersburg and complet- ed an internship with the Pike County prosecutor's of- fice. In his free time, he vol- unteers with the Petersburg Little League program. The Community Founda- tion nominated the recipient to receive the scholarship from a pool of five finalists. The Lily Endowment Com- munity Scholarship Program is a statewide program ad- ministered by local commu- nity foundations through- out Indiana. The Commu- nity Foundation adminis- ters the program locally in conjunction with the Com- munity Foundation Alliance (the governing body) and local high schools, and In- dependent Colleges of Indi- ana (ICI) provides statewide oversight of the program. The Lilly Endowment is an Indianapolis-based, private philanthropic foundation, created in 1937 by members of the Lilly Family. In keep- ing with the wishes of the founding members, the Lil- ly Endowment exists to sup- port the causes of education, religion and community de- velopment. Since the pro- gram was first intro- duced in 1998, Lilly Endow- ment has remained stead- fast in its belief that education at all levels is in- dispensable to the person- al, civic and economic well- being of Indiana residents and communities. The Pike County Com- munity Foundation is one of nine county affiliates of the Community Foundation Al- liance. Each year, the Foun- dation collaborates with Pike Central High School and the Indiana Academy to nom- inate a student for the Lil- ly Endowment Community Scholar award. some of their $ 390,000 bal- ance on hand to pay down a portion of the loan to re- duce their interest cost. He said paying $250,000 down could save them more than $100,000 in interest costs and lower the amount of their yearly payment from about $ 67,000 to less than $50,000. Representatives of the Jefferson-Marion Township said they had always been told they had to have three years of operating balance on hand. Willis said he talked with state level officials who said that was not a requirement. Young and others rep- resenting Jefferson-Mari- on Fire District said they would have not problem us- ing some of that balance for a down payment on the loan. But they had always thought they couldn't. Willis said Pike County's attorney Val Fleig had not been able to review the res- olution until the morning be- fore the meeting. He said Fleig had a few problems with the way it was written. Eventually, it was decid- ed to table the resolution until the January meeting, which would allow them to work out changes in the res- olution and determine how much of a down payment they wanted to make. That would also allow them to get an exact amount on the tax levy increase. TIMETABLE FOR LIBRARY EXPANSION PRESENTED TO COUNCIL Librarian Stephanie Raw- lins presented the coun- ty council with a proposed timetable for the a nearly $ 800,000 expansion to the Petersburg branch of the Pike County Library. Some of the dates includ- ed completing final plans and specs on January 16, 2019; advertising for bids on January 23; receiving bids on February 12; awarding contract on March 12; start- ing construction on April 8; completing construction on September 27; and occupy- ing the facility on October 14, 2019. Rawlins told a story about a veteran who came into the library and needed to have a Russian document translat- ed for him. "He came into my library. Your library, our library. My staff struggled to help him. . . I sat down with him and said what do you need. It took me five minutes to help him with his transaction. What if we weren't there for him? What if we didn't have the technol- ogy for him? "If we weren't there, this wouldn't be able to happen. This expansion will provide a space anybody and every- body can come and enjoy the public library," said Rawlins. The council has not act- ed on the library's request for permission to spend the money on an expansion. Judy Gumbel, with the Pike County 4-H Council and Auditor-elect, gave a fi- nancial report to the coun- ty council on the 2018 4-H Fair. She said it made a profit of $21,000 after all the dona- tions. She added this is the first time in many years the fair had been profitable. She told them this was allowing them to move for- ward on expanding the fairgrounds amphithe- ater. Gumbel said Lex Nix- on had volunteered to do about $15,000 of excavation on the project. Rich Wil- liams designed the expan- sion, which he said would increase the dirt area from about 100 by 60 feet to 170 feet by 100 feet. Williams said they would be able to do it without removing any dirt because as they dug in- to the banks in the area, that dirt would be used to raise the level of the main base. Gumbel said the project should be able to be com- pleted with little or no cost to the county. She said it will allow them to have a bigger event that will draw a bigger crowd. In other business, the council approved a $40,000 transfer request by the High- way Department to move from machinery and equip- ment to fuel and oil. "Is that just to refill your fuel tanks at the end of the year? " asked Willis. Pike County has a central fueling system located at the highway department. It is used by the Highway, EMS, Sheriff's Office and others. Councilmen also ap- proved making environmen- tal health specialist Aman- da Howald a full-time em- ployee. County health nurse Amy Gladish showed the council some of the messes with which Howald has had to deal. She added the position is a "stressful job. When you have to tell people they have to clean up their place, it can be stressful," said Gladish. She said Howald does a great job and is making a difference in the county, but she needs more hours to keep up with the demand. It was approved by a 4-3 vote, with Greg Willis, Den- nis Bishop and Randy Har- ris voting against it. Councilmen also ap- proved the Assessor's Office taking over and using a ve- hicle previously used by the Emergency Management Agency director. Assessor Mike Good- paster said the cost of op- erating the vehicle would be less cost to the county than paying mileage. He al- so said it was unfair to pay his employees only 38 cents a mile for mileage on coun- ty roads. That rate is set by the state for state vehicle us- age, which is highway miles. Goodpaster said Pike County was the only county of 17 that does their own as- sessment and doesn't have a vehicle. The next council meeting is scheduled for 8:30 a.m. Tuesday, January 8. CO. COUNCIL Continued from page 1