The Press-Dispatch
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The Press-Dispatch Local Wednesday, Januar y 16, 2019 A- 5 WET basement? f o u n d a t i o n C R ACK S ? uneven concrete? BOWING walls? Wet Walls Trip Points Si ng Water S cking Doors Int. & Ext. Drainage Basement Finish Outs Bowing or Cracked Walls lan-contech.com FREE es mates • Local Contractor • Warran es (812) 481-2756 LLC Fix it – Permanently. 208 E. Main • 812-254-3651 • Washington VISA • Mastercard • Daily's Charge • 90 days Same As Cash Open Mon. - Fri. 9am-5pm • Open Saturday 10am-4pm All Sofas & Sectionals La-Z-Boy Power Recliners starting at ON Closeout on Desks $ 299 La-Z-Boy Recliners While they last. Restonic Bedding Sets $ 399 $ 599 CLEARANCE! CLOSE-OUT Pre-Inventory Clearance We must move out showroom inventory by January 31 Hurry in for this clearance - Free Delivery $ 299 Pike County's own Colton Potter makes his music a ministry at OCU By Kenzie Rudolph Colton Potter, a 2017 Pike Central graduate, son of Steve and Kelly Potter, of Winslow, is now at Oak- land City University making headway as a musician. When Potter was in fifth grade, the Pike Central High School band came to demo instruments to the younger students, and that's when he started playing the flute. He has experienced much growth since then. In seventh grade, Potter started to play around with the bass guitar, since his hands were a little too small for the chords on a regular guitar, and in eighth grade, he started playing in his church band. He was busy with the jazz band, pep band, swing choir and marching bands at Pike Central throughout high school. Even though Potter has had much success with the bass guitar, he still plays the flute some, as he got to do with the Gaither Vocal Band when Oakland City Univer- sity's choir performed with them. Potter first visited Oak- land City before starting college there because his childhood pastor was Marc Grimes, a former campus pastor at OCU. "I always liked the atmosphere...I only applied to here and another place, and their tuition was astro- nomical." His degree is a double ma- jor encompassing Worship Arts and Christian Studies. He does not seem to know where he wants to move af- ter college to use his degree, but he said that he will go where the Lord leads him. At OCU, Potter is involved with the traveling band, The Great Command, the cha- pel band and the pep band, which plays at home basket- ball games. He said, "I like Great Command because it's set up more as the type of, not like a garage band, but more of a traditional band, realisti- cally that's something I want to do, like be in a band that travels and be able to min- ister and draw a paycheck... those are my skills and that's what I'm good at." Potter enjoys playing with the pep band because he gets to play fun songs that he doesn't get to play in church. This year, he is one of the directors leading the band. He is looking to expand the pep band, and he has been contacting local high schools to potentially visit and talk to students about pep band and Oakland City University as a whole. Potter knows that many students involved with mu- sic in high school leave their talent there when they grad- uate. "There are so many peo- ple who were more talented than me in every way who haven't touched their instru- ments since high school... it's sad," he said. He wants to have a future job like Michael Cochren, who leads worship at his church and travels as a mu- sician as well. Potter knows that being a musician is not always fi- nancially sound, but that is what he would like to do if he could pick a dream job. He also has two smaller goals always in the back of his mind. "I always have a goal to get better with my instru- ment and get closer to God. My music is a ministry." Colton Potter performs with his bass guitar. Contributed photo Potter plays the flute with the Gaither Vocal Band. Contributed photo Fidler named to USI Dean's List Chelsea Fidler, of Peters- burg, has achieved a place on the University of South- ern Indiana Dean's List for academic achievement dur- ing the 2018 Fall semester. Fidler is majoring in biol- ogy. She is the daughter of Ron and Dana Fidler, of Pe- tersburg. To achieve this honor, a student must earn at least 3.5 to 4.0 GPA. Ferguson named to IU Dean's List Logan Ferguson, son of Monica Ferguson, of Spur- geon, was named to the In- diana University Dean's List in the School of Informatics, Computing and Engineering for the Fall 2018 semester in recognition of outstanding academic achievement. El- igibility for the Dean's List is reserved for those stu- dents who complete at least 12 graded credit hours in a single semester and earn at least a 3.7 GPA. Chelsea Fidler Logan Ferguson Student Spotlight Robling Tax Service, LLC 303 N. 12th St., Petersburg 812-354-9673 Carol Robling, Jim Robling, Holly Garland-Blake