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The Press-Dispatch Wednesday, Januar y 30, 2019 A-3 LOCAL Call: 812-354-8500 Email: news@pressdispatch.net or bring in a hard copy: 820 E. Poplar Street, Petersburg NEWS BRIEFS NARFE meeting slated for Feb. 13 The Patoka Valley Chapter of NARFE will meet on Wednesday, February 13, 2019, at noon for the monthly meeting. The meeting will take place at the Schnitzel- bank Restaurant in Jasper. All active and retired fed- eral employees are invited to attend. Upcoming event? We want to know! Do you have an upcoming event? Send it to news@ pressdispatch.net or call 812-354-8500. READER GUIDE Subscriptions: Change of address: subscribers changing addresses will please give old address as well as new one along with phone number. We cannot guarantee prompt change unless this is done. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to The Press-Dispatch., P.O. Box 68, Petersburg, IN 47567-0068 or e-mail to subscribe@ pressdispatch.net. 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(USPS 205-620) Contact us: Phone: ................................................................... 812-354-8500 Fax: ....................................................................... 812-354-2014 E-mail: Andy Heuring, Editor editor@pressdispatch.net Advertising ads@pressdispatch.net General News news@pressdispatch.net Sports sports@pressdispatch.net Subscription Services subscribe@pressdispatch.net Is it TIME for your next eye exam? 8–7 . Mon. 8–noon . Tues. 10–7 . Wed. 8–5 . Thur. 8–5 . Fri. Locally Owned and Operated Dr. Clint Shoultz 715 S. 9th Street, Petersburg 812-354-9400 MARRIAGE LICENSES Randy D. Hayes, 55, of 6136 N. Co Rd 200 E., Peters- burg, son of Jimmie F. and Vonda Hayes, to Pamela Ma- rie Capehart, 55, of 6136 N. Co Rd 200 E., Petersburg, daughter of Austin and Shirley Capehart. Justin Michael Bromm, 23, of 7221 W. State Road 65 Petersburg, son of Scott Bromm and Kristine Benson, to Jordan Emily Hoffman, 23, of 7221 W. State Road 65, Petersburg, daughter of Andrew Hoffman and Me- lissa Cannon. Kyle D. Hartley, 36, of 900 E. Cherry St., Apt 2, Pe- tersburg, son of Cleneth and Kathy Hartley, to Heath- er Michelle Cox, 25, of 900 E. Cherry St., Apt 2, Pe- tersburg, daughter of Donald and Lori Cox. PC fairs well in District Solo and Ensemble Contest Pike Central High School band stu- dents participated in the District Solo and Ensemble Contest at Southridge High School on Saturday, Jan. 26. Eight soloists or ensembles from Pike Central received gold ratings while four soloists and ensembles re- ceived silver ratings. Receiving gold ratings were: • Evan McGuire, junior – French Horn. • Hunter Willis, junior – Percussion. • Abbie Harrison, freshman – Per- cussion. • Maggie McDonald, senior; Kyle Williams, senior; and Ben Hess, senior – Saxophone Trio. • Charlotte Dudenhoeffer, sopho- more – Clarinet. • Alyx Powers, sophomore – French Horn. • Evan McGuire, junior; Ashley Dulworth, senior; Alyx Powers, soph- omore; and Amellia Bailey, freshman – French Horn Quartet. • Amellia Bailey, freshman – French Horn. Receiving silver ratings were: • Ashley Dulworth, senior – French Horn. • Morgan Sallee, freshman – Clar- inet. • Ethan Huck, sophomore – Tuba. • Klayton Kixmiller, junior; Caleb Cockerham, senior; Ethan Huck, soph- omore; Jeremy Peer, freshman; and Al- ex Edrington, freshman – Brass Quin- tet. To qualify for the State Solo and Ensemble Contest, which will be held on Saturday, Feb. 23 at North Central High School in Indianapolis, students must perform a Group I solo, meaning that it comes from a specific list set by the Indiana State School Music Asso- ciation. Three soloists and one ensemble from Pike Central High School are ad- vancing to the State Solo and Ensem- ble Contest: • Evan McGuire, junior – French Horn. • Abbie Harrison, freshman – Per- cussionist. • Hunter Willis, junior – Percus- sionist. • Ben Hess, senior; Maggie McDon- ald, senior; and Kyle Williams, senior – Saxophone trio. The Pike Central High School saxophone trio of, from left to right, seniors Ben Hess, Maggie McDon- ald and Kyle Williams qualified to advance to the State Solo and Ensemble Contest, which will be held on Saturday, Feb. 23, at North Central High School in Indianapolis. Submitted photo Pictured above are three members of the Pike Central High School band who qualified as soloists to advance to the State Solo and Ensemble Contest, which will be held on Saturday, Feb. 23, at North Cen- tral High School in Indianapolis. They are, from left to right, Evan McGuire (French horn), Hunter Wil- lis (percussion) and Abbie Harrison (percussion). Submitted photo Pike County's jobless rate fell to 3.5 percent in December By Ed Cahill Pike County's jobless rate fell to 3.5 percent in Decem- ber, according to prelim- inary figures released by the Indiana Department of Workforce Development on Tuesday, Jan. 22. December's 3.5 percent jobless rate was two-tenths of a percentage point lower than the revised 3.7 percent unemployment rate Pike County recorded in Novem- ber. According to estimates released by the Indiana De- partment of Workforce De- velopment, 5,822 of Pike County's labor force of 6,033 were employed during De- cember, leaving 211 persons without jobs. In December 2017, when the county's jobless rate was 3.2 percent, it was estimated that 6,226 of the county's la- bor force of 6,433 were em- ployed, leaving 207 persons without jobs. In adjoining counties: • Daviess County's job- less rate fell from a revised 2.9 percent in November to a preliminary 2.7 percent in December. In December 2017, Daviess County's job- less rate was 2.5 percent. • Dubois County's job- less rate fell from a revised 2.7 percent in November to a preliminary 2.4 percent in December. In December 2017, Dubois County's job- less rate was 2.1 percent. • Gibson County's job- less rate fell from a revised 2.8 percent in November to a preliminary 2.5 percent in December. In December 2017, Gibson County's job- less rate was 2.5 percent. • Knox County's jobless rate fell from a revised 3.5 percent in November to a preliminary 3.3 percent in December. In December 2017, Knox County's jobless rate was 2,8 percent. • Warrick County's job- less rate fell from a revised 3.1 percent in November to a preliminary 2.9 percent in December. In December 2017, Warrick County's job- less rate was 2.7 percent. Statewide, county non- seasonally adjusted unem- ployment rates increased in 13 counties, decreased in 70 counties and remained the same in nine counties from November to December. Tipton County record- ed the state's lowest unem- ployment rate in December at 2.3 percent. Dubois Coun- ty recorded the state's sec- ond-lowest jobless rate dur- ing December at 2.4 per- cent. Vermillion County record- ed the state's highest unem- ployment rate during De- cember at 5.7 percent. Craw- ford and Lake counties had the state's second-highest jobless rate during Decem- ber at 5.2 percent. The Columbus metropol- itan statistical area had the state's lowest jobless rate among the state's 13 MSAs in December at 2.5 percent, while the Gary MSA had the state's highest MSA jobless rate in December at 4.8 per- cent. The jobless rate for the Evansville MSA was 3.1 percent in December, which was a decrease of two-tenths of a percentage point from 3.3 percent in November. In December 2017, the Evans- ville MSA's jobless rate was 2.8 percent. According to data pro- vided by the Indiana De- partment of Workforce De- velopment, the Evansville MSA – which includes Gib- son, Posey, Vanderburgh and Warrick counties – had a total of 165,000 jobs in De- cember, an increase of 800 jobs from December 2017. From November to De- cember, the Evansville MSA experienced decreas- es in the Mining, Logging and Construction (-400), Professional and Business Service (-300) and Trade, Transportation and Utili- ties (-200) sectors. The loss- es were partially offset by in- creases in the Education and Health Services (+200) and Government (+200) sectors. Indiana's seasonally-ad- justed unemployment rate remained the same from November to December at 3.6 percent, three-tenths of a percentage point lower than the national jobless rate of 3.9 percent. With the ex- ception of one month when it was equal – in October 2014 – Indiana's unemployment rate now has been below the U.S. rate for more than five years. The monthly unemploy- ment rate is a U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics indicator that reflects the number of unemployed people seeking employment within the prior four weeks as a percentage of the labor force. Indiana's labor force had a net increase of 1,543 over the previous month, which was the result of an increase of 83 unemployed residents and an increase of 1,460 em- ployed residents. Indiana's total labor force – which in- cludes both Hoosiers em- ployed and those seeking employment – stands at 3.40 million, and the state's 65.1 percent labor force participa- tion rate remains above the national rate of 63.1 percent. Statewide, private sec- tor employment has grown by more than 42,700 over the year, and has increased by 12,200 over the previ- ous month, primarily due to gains in the Private Edu- cational and Health Servic- es (+4,200), Construction (+3,900) and Leisure and Hospitality (+1,500) sectors. Total private employment reached a preliminary re- cord high point of 2,731,600, which is 42,700 above the of- ficial December 2017 peak. In addition, preliminary Construction jobs contin- ue to be at the highest lev- el since April 2008.