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The Press-Dispatch Wednesday, May 29, 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 New summer hours for Pike County Health Dept. Beginning June 3, the Pike County Health Depart- ments summer hours will be Monday 8 a.m.-5 p.m., Tuesday 8 a.m.-5 p.m., Wednesday 7 a.m.-7 p.m., and Thursday 8 a.m.-5 p.m., Friday closed. These sum- mer hours are being implemented to help accommo- date the heavy influx of students needing to complete school required vaccines and septic/environmental workload. The health department will resume normal Monday-Friday 8 a.m.-4 p.m. hours September 1. The Pike County Health Department is located at 907 E. Walnut Street, Petersburg. Tri Kappa seeking Little Miss Sweet Corn contestants Tri Kappa of Oakland City is seeking contestants for the Little Miss Sweet Corn Pageant. Girls ages 5 -7 at the time of the contest are eligible. Contest will be Friday, July 26. Contestants are required to perform a talent and will be asked a brief question during an interview. Practices will be on Tuesday evenings. For more information, contact Tammy Schroeder at 812- 664-6648. Oakland City Sweet Corn Festival seeking pageant contestants Oakland City Sweet Corn Festival is seeking pag- eant contestant ages 8 -20 years old. To sign-up or for more information, contact Phoenix Booker at 812-677- 0434 or Jamie Robinson at 812-582-4424. 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. Subscription rates: One year: $31 for Pike County and all 475/476 zip codes; $34 in the state of Indiana; $51 elsewhere in the USA. Paid in advance. Subscriptions taken after noon on Friday will not receive a paper until the second edition after their subscription date. About us: Andy Heuring and John B. Heuring, Publishers Andy Heuring, Editor John B. Heuring, Adv. Mgr. Eric Gogel, Production Mgr. Monica Sinclair, Office Mgr. Cindy Petty, Adv. Sales Pam Lemond, Adv. Sales Matt Haycraft, Adv. Designer • • • Published every Wednesday by the Pike County Publishing Co. Phone: 812-354-8500 820 E. Poplar St., P.O. Box 68, Petersburg, IN 47567-0068 • • • Entered in the Post Office in Petersburg, Indiana for transmission through the mails as Periodical Mail, postage paid at Petersburg, Indiana – published weekly. (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 e Pike County Community Foundation wants to express its heartfelt gratitude to the entire county for their spirit of giving. e 2019 Spring Gala, our 9th annual, was held Saturday night the 11th of May and was an overwhelming success. is yearly event serves several purposes, including bringing the communi - ty together for an evening of conversation with friends, old and new, adding to the funds of the PCCF and honoring our Lilly Endowment Community Scholarship recipient and the many other scholarship recipients. We especially want to thank our sponsors who graciously helped defray the expenses of this yearly event. ose sponsors are IPL and Sisson Steel, Inc. Our appreciation goes to the Glezen Revival Center, National Honor Society, the Advisory Board of the Pike County Commu - nity Foundation, the Friends of the Foundation, everyone who donated an item for the silent auction, all the people who pur- chased those great items and to each and every one of you that purchased a ticket and support- ed the Spring Gala, we say thank you! e suc- cess of this event depends on so many and you never disappoint! Thank You SUMMER SALE SHADES Many styles available that accommodate prescription lenses or inserts. Select SunglaSSeS HALF PRICE Locally Owned and Operated Dr. Clint Shoultz 715 S. 9th Street, Petersburg (812) 354-9400 Mon. 8am-7pm, Tues. 8am-noon, Wed. 10am-7pm, Thurs-Fri. 8am-5pm Call for an appointment or come in and check out our selection. COACH EYEWEAR Summer doesn't have to be harmful to your eyes. Protect your eyes with great-looking fashion and sport sunglasses. Protect your eyes and look great! Cheer camp car wash Kylie Myer and Grace Brandle wash the front of a car Saturday morning. Pike Central cheerleaders were washing cars to raise money to help with the cost of cheer camp this summer. Jones injured in Friday crash A rural Petersburg man suffered facial injuries when he crashed into a ditch on CR 400 N., east of the Prides Creek Park entrance. Tyler Jones, 27, was driving west when he ran off the right side of the road, hitting two mail boxes and a driveway culvert before swerving to the left, going across 400 N. and hit- ting the ditch and tree, according to Pike County Deputy Brad Jenkins. Jenkins said Jones was not wear- ing a seatbelt and his face hit the windshield of his Nissan vehicle. He suffered face and nose injuries. Jenkins said the accident remains under investigation. Jones was taken by ambulance to the hospital. The accident was reported at 12:49 p.m. Friday, May 24. Life Milestones made free CALL: 812-354-8500 Put a free photo with write up on your Family and Class Reunions. Highway 56 to close near Ireland June 4 Highway 56 is scheduled to be closed near Ireland beginning Tues- day, June 4, according to the Indiana Department of Transportation. It was originally scheduled to be closed on May 14, but that has been moved to June 4. Maintenance crews will close S.R. 56, between the junction of U.S. 231 and S.R. 257 in Otwell, as they re- place a drainage culvert. The actual replacement will be between Dubois County Road 600 and CR 550. The operation requires a full closure as crews will be making a full width cut in the pavement to excavate the exist- ing pipe. Once they're finished with the replacement, motorists should ex- pect a rough spot while fill material is compacted under traffic conditions, according to INDOT. The operation is scheduled to take two days, depending upon weather conditions. The closure will not begin un- til all school bus traffic has cleared for the morning and will be open for the afternoon bus schedule. During the closure, local traffic will have ac- cess up to the point of closure, but through traffic will need to use the official detour using S.R. 257, S.R. 64 and U.S. 231. Mills was driving around looking for it and at about 6 p.m. Tuesday found it parked behind the Old Petersburg Gym. He said it was owned by Christina Mattingly and was taken from the ar- ea near 14th and Walnut Sts. On April 30, a camper was stolen from John and Mindi Gayhart's res- idence in Campbelltown. Police said Mindi had been at a work site talking to her husband John and while she was driving to the hardware store to get parts at about 1 p.m., she noticed a camper in front of her and thought "that looks like our camper." When she returned home their camper was gone. A neighbor told them a green pick- up truck backed into their driveway and hooked up to the RV and then just drove away. The neighbor described the two men as a tall skinny blond and a heavy set dark-headed man. The neighbor said he thought it was just someone borrowing the camper for the weekend. The camper is a 28 foot Forest River camper. It has the word Puma in large light blue letters on the front of it and is mostly white in color with dark green trim on the bottom. Anyone seeing the camper or with information about it should call the Pike County Sheriff's Department at 812-354-6024. Continued from page 1 STOLEN