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A-4 Local Wednesday, December 11, 2019 The Press-Dispatch NEWS BRIEFS Pike County Public Library upcoming events On Monday, Dec. 23 at the Petersburg Branch, from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. there will be a presentation of the "Grinch." There will be Grinch's favorite snacks avail- able. Everyone is welcome to attend. Retired teachers to hear Senator Messmer State Senator Mark Messmer will present the Sen- ate's plans for increased funding for public education and maintaining the state's share of the public pen- sion for retired teachers to the Pike/Gibson Retired Teachers Association at the Village Inn on Highway 57, between Oakland City and Petersburg, December 12, with the buffet lunch to be served at noon EST. Retirees are welcome to bring a dozen cookies and then select twelve cookies to take home. Extra plates will be provided. Plans call for singing Christmas car- ols and planning a spring outing. Veale Creek Theatre dates have been changed The Veale Creek Theatre presentation of The Story of Ernestina Scrooge by Tom Fuller has been resched- uled to December 13, 14 and 15. 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. 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Golden LivingCenter - Petersburg 309 West Pike Avenue Petersburg, IN 47567 (812) 354-8833 www.GoldenLivingCenters.com/Petersburg 309 W. Pike Ave., Petersburg More PES robotics teams qualify for state finals Petersburg Elementary School had three more ro- botics teams qualify for state finals after a great Saturday in Bloomington. All of PES' teams were in the top five places in the Bloomington competition. "I'm so proud of all of my PES Robotics teams. Every team did so well in Bloom- ington today and were in the top five. We brought home five trophies and earned three spots at state," said Robotics team sponsor Ter- ra Knust. The Petersburg team Pink Pegasus won Excellence and first place teamwork and will be advancing to state. Dab- bing Einsteins won Robot Skills Champion and first place teamwork and will be advancing to state. Flaming Dragons won Design Award. Sour Power was awarded a spot at state due to their high driver skills and program- ming score. Petersburg will host a competition this Saturday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the elementary school, with 35 teams competing, including Winslow. "We would love for the community to come sup- port our teams and see what robotics is all about," said Knust. Admission is free and con- cessions will be available for purchase. PES Flaming Dragons won the Design Award and had a top five finish. Members are: Eli Keek- er, Landon Harvey, Llinkyn Knust, Callie Craig and Draven Barrett. PES Dabbing Einsteins won first place in the Teamwork Challenge and are advancing to state. They were also the Robot Skills Champion. Mem- bers include: Tucker Loveless, Joshua Harker, Ja- cob Harker, Noah Berry and Jackson Burkhart. PES Pink Popcorn had a top five finish. Mem- bers include: Tyler Collins, Zayne Bell, Ellie Ar- nold and Joshua Smith. PES Pink Pegasus won first place in the Team- work Challenge and are advancing to state. They also won the Excellence Award. Members are: Lo- ralei Hoskins, Kady Gideon, Avery Meece, Elle Readle and Eva Cox. PES Sour Power had a top five finish and qual- ified for state. Members are: Karly Gideon, Kade Benner, Channing Sorgius, Kiera Blaize and Zane DeCoursey. PES Pink Pegasus and PES Dabbing Einsteins reacting after learning that their score made them teamwork champions and advanced them to state. Pictured are: Kady Gideon, Elle Readle, Joshua Hark- er and Jacob Harker. Call us at 812-354-8500 or email news@pressdispatch.net GOT NEWS? The Pike County Sher- iff's Department, Peters- burg Police, Indiana State Troopers, Petersburg Ki- wanis and Pike Central Na- tional Honor Society treat- ed about 100 area kids to a pizza and cookie lunch last Wednesday in the Old Pe- tersburg Gym. The students also received a bag of good- ies including winter clothing and toys. Kids from around Pike County ate lunch with area police, a Kiwanis mem- ber or National Honor Soci- ety member then got their bag of goodies from Santa. Above: Tanner Wineinger gets a bag of gifts from Sher- iff Kent Johnson and Santa. At right: Logan Thomas munches on a piece of piz- za while having lunch with Deputy Paul Collier. SHOP WITH A COP