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Line clas- sifieds and news items are due by 10 a.m. on Monday, Dec. 31. Readers can expect to receive their papers in the mail on Wednes- day. This edition will be available on newsstands and online by Mon- day evening. Ever y year, local elementa- r y school students write Santa Letters to be published in the Press-Dispatch. This year, the hot items on the students' wish lists were smartphones, LOL surpris- es, JoJo Siwa items, gaming systems, Fortnite, LEGO sets and puppies. A few little divas also wished for high heels and makeup for Christmas. Most of the children wanted to know how Mrs. Claus and the reindeer have been doing, and some, who are ver y skepti - cal of the whole Santa idea, had some questions to ask Santa to find out if he is really who he says he is. They all also want- ed to know if they were on the nice list. Many of the letters gener- ously told Santa what Mom and Dad, and all of the other sib- lings wanted, too, while some tattled by telling Santa to bring little brother or sister coal. The family dogs were not forgotten either, as many letters wished for squeaky toys and bones. Letters begin on page D-2 Local children's wishes revealed in letters to Santa RESTORED Jochim revitalizes his grandfather's sleigh for a new generation. See page D-16. Money to be used for paving, blight clearance, rehab funds By James Capozella Months of hard work payed off for Pe- tersburg with successful grant applications for Blight Clearance, Community Crossing paving and Owner Occupied Housing Re- habilitation, totaling more than $750,000. The largest sum was the Blight Clearance Award of $406,000 to restore two buildings the city now owns on Main Street. Under Mayor R.C. Klipsch's update por- tion of Monday's City Council meeting, he announced the city had official notification of the $406,000 Blight Clearance award. He said there was only one million dollars avail- able in the state program and that Peters- burg got nearly half of it. Klipsch said, "The money will be coming soon and then there will be bidding for the work. The construc- tion should begin in the Spring of 2019." He added that several of the eight projects that were on the Stellar plan are completed or progressing. The Blight Clearance money will be used to restore the two store fronts, strengthen the wall next to the Boyd building and re- build both buildings for future use. This grant work has been in the planning stages for some time but was contingent upon the city obtaining ownership of the properties. Petersburg also received a grant of By Ed Cahill The Pike County School Corporation's Board of School Trustees unanimously ap- proved a proposed calendar for the 2019 - 2020 school year during its regular month- ly meeting on Tuesday, Dec. 11. The 2019 -20 school year will begin with a teacher work day on Tuesday, Aug. 6, with the first day for students on Wednesday, Aug. 7. Following a Labor Day holiday on Monday, Sept. 2, Parent-Teacher Confer- ences are scheduled for Wednesday, Oct. 16, with a week-long Fall Break set for Monday, Oct. 21 through Friday, Oct. 25. Thanksgiving Vacation will be Wednesday, Nov. 27 through Friday, Nov. 29. Christmas break will begin on Monday, Dec. 23, and continue through Friday, Jan. 3, 2020, with students scheduled to return to classes on Monday, Jan. 6, 2020. "We considered coming back to school next year on Jan. 2, like is scheduled this current year," said Pike Central High School math teacher Cassi Craig, repre- senting the school corporation's Calendar Committee. "But we noticed Dubois Coun- ty did not do that, and the committee was kind of split, and didn't really strongly fa- vor one plan over the other." "So we surveyed the teachers, and over 77 percent of teachers favored the full two- week Christmas break, because we haven't had that in quite some time," Craig contin- ued. "They opted for the longer one and tacking on two more days in May." Spring Vacation will be Monday, March 23, 2020, through Friday, March 27, 2020 – with students returning to classes on Mon- day, March 30, 2020 – and no school will be held on Good Friday, April 10, 2020. The last day for classes – as well as high school graduation – is scheduled for Fri- day, May 22, 2020. Two snow days – Friday, Feb. 14, 2020, and Monday, Feb. 17, 2020 – are built into the 2019 -2020 school calendar, PCSC Su- perintendent Suzanne Blake noted. Howev- er, school officials hope to utilize e-Learn- ing days whenever classes are cancelled due to inclement weather. "We do have a four-day weekend in Feb- ruary, so we would have that mid-winter break a little bit," Blake said. "If we have e- Learning, we won't have a snow day." Blake noted that the proposed 2019 -20 school calendar was nearly an exact match of the school calendars adopted by the vari- ous school districts in Dubois County, with which Pike County shares special educa- tion and vocational co-operative services. In other business, the school board ap- proved a request by Blake to compensate non-certified employees for e-Learning days – which may be used for Flex Days (professional development time) or as needed due to inclement weather or oth- School calender set for '19-'20 Ever y year, local elementa- r y school students write Santa Letters to be published in the Press-Dispatch. This year, the hot items on the students' wish lists were smartphones, LOL surpris- es, JoJo Siwa items, gaming systems, Fortnite, LEGO sets and puppies. A few little divas also wished for high heels and makeup for Christmas. Most of the children wanted to know how Mrs. Claus and the reindeer have been doing, and some, who are ver y skepti - cal of the whole Santa idea, had some questions to ask Santa to find out if he is really who he says he is. They all also want- ed to know if they were on the nice list. Many of the letters gener- ously told Santa what Mom and Dad, and all of the other sib- lings wanted, too, while some tattled by telling Santa to bring little brother or sister coal. The family dogs were not forgotten either, as many letters wished for squeaky toys and bones. Letters begin on page D-2 Local children's wishes revealed in letters to Santa RESTORED Jochim revitalizes his grandfather's sleigh for a new generation. See page D-16. City receives $750,000+ in grants Owner says production to nearly double in 2020 By Andy Heuring Solar Sources, which has been active in Pike County since the 1970s, was recent- ly purchased by White Stallion Mining, LLC. They plan to open and re-open sev- eral mines in the area and nearly double coal production over the next three years. Steve Chancellor, chairman and CEO of White Stallion Mining, said they purchased 51 percent ownership of Solar Sources back in April 2017, then in October, they pur- chased the remaining portion. Chancellor said Solar's three existing mines "are proceeding on as planned. We are ramping up production at these mines." He added they will be re-opening the Cannelburg Mine. He said they will be opening another mine, between the Bill- ings and Shamrock mines in 2019. Then in 2020, they have plans to open both the Charger surface and underground mines. Plus, they plan to build a wash plant near the Charger Mine, which is located near Pike Central. "Certainly, it will create more jobs over the next 24 months to get everything up to full production. It is pretty exciting. We went through a substantial part of the merg- Solar Sources bought by White Stallion Nelson receives honor from Korea Stanley Nelson was named an Ambassador for Peace by the Korean govern- ment. He received the honor on his 87th birthday. It is one of many medals he earned during his military career. (See related story on page A-2.) PES Christmas program Brody Daffron, Justus Edrington and Jacob Smitson watch over the cradle of baby Jesus during the Petersburg Elementary School's Christmas play. The third, fourth and fifth grades performed before the student body on Thursday and again that night for parents. (See relat- ed photos on page A-11.)