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These include 24-hour skilled nursing care, short-term rehabilitation, ™ 309 W. Pike Ave., Petersburg FESTIVALS Continued from page 1 53RD SWEET CORN FESTIVAL AUGUST 1-3 The 53rd Sweet Corn Fes- tival is set for August 1-3, but also includes pageants on Friday through Sunday, Ju- ly 26 -28, prior to the Sweet Corn Festival. The Little Miss Pageant is 7 p.m. Friday, July 26, Pre-Teen at 4 p.m. Satur- day, July 27, followed by the Queen Pageant at 6 p.m., all in Wood Memorial High School. The Young Miss Pageant is Sunday, July 28 at 4 p.m. and the Jr. Miss Pag- eant is 5 p.m., both in Wood Memorial High School. The Sweet Corn Festival officially kicks off at 6 p.m. on Thursday, August 1 with a parade. It starts at Harri- son St., goes to Franklin St., then to Highway 64 and con- tinues to Wirth Park. Friday night will feature the band Starbound begin- ning at 6:30 p.m. on the stage at Wirth Park. Saturday has a long list of activities. A cornhole tour- ney starts at 10 a.m. Regis- tration begins at 9 a.m. The Miss Cornflower and Mr. Popcorn is set for 2 p.m. Kids' corn eating contest, for children up to 13 years old, is at 2:30 p.m. There will be kids' games at 2:30 p.m., followed by a pet parade at 3 p.m. Rodney Watts will per- form at 7 p.m. and the adult corn-eating contest for 14 and over is at 8 p.m. Lunches will be served from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Thursday and Friday. The Lions Club evening meals are set for 4 to 9 p.m. and Saturday the meals will be served from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. • WES Handbook • RUA (Responsible Use Agreement)/Internet Agreement–PCHS • AUA (Acceptable Use Agreement)/Internet Agreement–PCMS, PES, WES • PCHS Drug Policy–PCHS A quick video on creat- ing a parent account in Har- mony Family Access can be found at https://vimeo. com/254365306. "We en- courage everyone to cre- ate their parent account be- fore registration, if possi- ble." It can be created at reg- istration if needed. Parents/ Guardians will be given their Registration Codes at reg- istration. These codes will add the child to the parent account and then the parent can complete the registration for that child. Here is the link for Harmony Family Access https://harmony.pcsc.k12. in.us/familyaccess.nsf/hel- lo.xsp. It can also be found at the bottom of all the school corporation websites www. pcsc.k12.in.us. PCHS students will receive an email with instructions on how to create their Harmony Family Access account. They will need to complete this pro- cess and sign off on the Stu- dent Handbook, Chromebook Agreement and Responsible Use Agreement. These are also signed off by the par- ents when they register the student(s). These agree- ments need to be signed off by both the guardian and stu- dent before the student will receive their Chromebook. REGISTRATION DATES AND TIMES: Pike Central Middle School and High School July 31 – 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. August 1 – Noon to 6:00 p.m. August 2 – 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. August 5 – 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Petersburg Elementary School July 31 – Noon to 6:00 p.m. (Focus on Kindergarten and new students) August 1 – 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. August 2 – Noon to 6:00 p.m. August 5 – 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Winslow Elementary School August 1 – 10 :00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. August 2 – 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. August 5 – 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Through some friends, he made contact with a school director who needed a teach- er in Uzbekistan. Despite it being a first grade teach- ing position, he decided to take it. "I had never taught kids that young before. I was dreading it." But he ended up liking it. One of the students he re- members was a little Indi- an girl. "She was so cute. I would have to get onto her about talking too much. I would get onto her and she would just give me a little wink." Nichols said the schools he taught at were all private schools. He said the admin- istration wanted white Eng- lish-speaking teachers, be- cause their clients wanted their kids' teacher to be. "Most of them sent their kids to the private schools so they could learn English and pave the way for them to get into a western uni- versity." A by-product of the private school is, "You had the backing of the parents. When we had parent-teach- er conferences, you had 100 percent attendance by par- ents," said Nichols. While in Uzbekistan, which is one of the inde- pendent states that broke off from the Soviet Union, he learned rock climbing. "I had friends that would take me to the mountains. I wasn't very good, but they kind of took me under their wings." It was one of the things he really liked about Uzbeki- stan. "We were real close to the mountains." Nichols said, ideally, he would have liked a career that would keep him out- doors. But he settled on teaching. A fter several years in Uz- bekistan, he took an oppor- tunity to go to South Ko- rea to teach. Again, it was a place he didn't like. "Too ma- ny people, too densely popu- lated," said Nichols. He then went to Myanmar (formerly Burma). It is an area he liked the most. He said the kids were the best and most respect- ful in that country. He was also teaching third graders. Nichols has taught grades one to six in elementary school. But he said third grade is his favorite. "The kids are a little bigger and they can do almost anything the bigger kids can do." He said first and second graders are limited in what they can do. "When kids get to fifth and sixth grade, they get an attitude." Nichols wasn't in Myan- mar when the Tsunami hit that killed more than 13,000 people. He said he was on break and was in Bangkok for a knee operation. "If I hadn't been, I would have been on the beach. One of the things about a Tsunami is before they hit, the ocean pulls way back. I would have been one of the stupid people out there walk- ing out saying, 'wow this is neat, I want to see this.'" Nichols said he and the other teachers were fortu- nate to have been on break. He said when he checked with the other teachers at the school, they all went to the other coast that wasn't affected. Nichols also taught in Turkestan, another for- mer Soviet state, and Alba- nia, which he described as the dirtiest place he has ev- er been. "It could be such a beautiful country." He then returned back to Myanmar, where he taught up until this Spring. He re- turned to Pike County on June 10. He has set up a cab- in in the woods near where his father's house was locat- ed. "I just learned people are just alike whereever you go. I noticed it mostly with kids. They are just the same whereever you go, regard- less of social standing." His yearbooks from the school in Myanmar were nearly identical to the Pike County Schools' yearbooks. Even down to seniors writ- ing dumb things under their senior picture. One message from a senior was "The on- ly thing I'm going to be sign- ing is a tardy sign-in at 8:31 a.m." Nichols said he occasion- ally hears from former stu- dents on Facebook. A cou- ple of girls he taught in el- ementary school contact- ed him. "They are beautiful young women now with fam- ilies. I still have a hard time not thinking of them as lit- tle girls." Nichols said he got tired of not working after just a short time home. So he got a part-time job working with ARC Southwest Indiana. Much of the rest of the time he spends on his front porch listening to the sounds of na- ture, which is where he real- ly always wanted to be. before," said Elmore. He said they have smoke damage in both the garage and house. Arnold said their garage is going to have to be gutted due to the smoke and heat damage. She said the house is being cleaned out for the smoke damage. "We were lucky." A second household was lucky as well when their electrical box caught fire Monday afternoon. Janelle Gray was home and smelled smoke, then found the electrical box had caught fire at 7007 E. CR 475 N., Otwell. Jefferson Township Fire Chief Chris Young said the electrical box had shorted out and melted. "They were lucky to have been home and smelled smoke and were able to find it," said Young. Young said the house is owned by Bob Gray, but that Janelle Gray lives there. He said the fire damage was limited to the electri- cal box. The Indiana Department of Transportation announc- es a shift for the patching and paving project on the cloverleaf at State Road 64 and U.S. 41 in Princeton. Beginning on or around Tuesday, August 6, contrac- tors will shift the ramp clo- sure at this location to begin work on the ramp heading east from S.R. 64 to south- bound U.S. 41. This is the latest update in the proj- ect to repave the cloverleaf ramps at the interchange. Work on the EB S.R. 64 to SB U.S. 41 ramp is expect- ed to last for about a week depending upon weath- er conditions. Rain or oth- er inclement weather could cause a delay. Each ramp will be closed during this project separately. Traffic using EB S.R. 64 can use the remaining open ramps to maneuver to the appropri- ate destination. INDOT urges drivers to slow down and stay alert near crews. Ramp closure from SR 64 to US 41 south in Princeton See Business Box for special services Page B-6 Terry Nichols poses for a picture for the yearbook at a school in Myanmar. He is in the center back row of the third grade class he taught.