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The Press-Dispatch Pike County Planter SWCD Newsletter September and October 2017 B- 11 January, February and March 2020 VOLUME 11, ISSUE 1 Special section published quarterly by The Press-Dispatch Pike County Soil and Water Conservation District Newsletter Pike County Soil and Water Conservation District Newsletter Planter Planter Pike County SWCD SUPERVISORS Norman Dillon, Chairman Paul Lake, Vice Chairman Kelly Atkins, Supervisor Tom Rudolph, Supervisor Brad Smith, Supervisor Josh Collins, Associate Supervisor Curtis Prater, Associate Supervisor STAFF Emily Kelly, Agronomic Technician Julie Loehr, Watershed Coordinator Vince Pitstick, NRCS District Conservationist SWCD/NRCS HOURS Monday through Friday 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Due to the nature of the work that the SWCD and NRCS staf f performs, at times there will be no one in the office. Call 812-354-6120 ext. 3 before visiting. Farm Service Agency COUNTY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Amy R. 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Hwy. 41 South Princeton, IN john@kieselent.com • www.kieselent.com (812) 386-6580 Mon-Fri 7:30am-4:30pm, Sat. 8:00am-Noon i n c o r p o r a t e d By James Capozella After a welcome by Soil & Water Conser vation District Chairman Norman Dillon, the 73rd Annual Dinner and Meeting ended on a comical note last Tuesday evening. The Millhouse-catered din- ner was followed by stand-up comedian Craig Tornquist and then concluded with the election of officers. Pike County 4-H Jr. Leader Logan Dillon led the group in the Pledge of Allegiance and SWCD Super visor Brad Smith delivered the Invocation. Tornquist has done clean stand-up comedy across the countr y for 30 years now and has warmed up concert crowds for Jay Leno, Sinbad, Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, Marty Stuart, Lee Greenwood, The Spinners and many more. The featured speaker involved the audience in many ways, singing and joking his way around the stage and tables in the Peters- burg Gospel Center's Steve Fred- erick Memorial activity center. When introducing himself to the large turnout, Tornquist said he had started at age 18 doing 380 shows a year at King's Island and has since entertained audiences across the countr y. The Carmel native graduated from Indiana State University with a degree in Communica- tion Theor y and after stints as executive director of The Loft Teen Center, as president of the Capstone Family Center and also working with SADD, he began his clean stand-up comedy. He is the recipient of the SADD National Distinguished Ser vice Award. Following Tornquist's featured presentation, vice-chairman Paul Lake gave the oath of office to super visors Norman Dillon and Brad Smith, who replaced Tom Rudolph as super visor. Door prizes for those attending the meeting were the centerpieces on each table. Emily Kelly and Erica Burkemper-Fischer became of part of Craig Tornquist's comedy perfor- mance at the Pike County Soil & Water Conservation District's 73rd Annual Dinner and Meet- ing. They attempted to answer loaded questions from Tornquist, who got big laughs out of the participants and all the others in attendance at the Tuesday night meeting. James Capozella photos Above: Arthur and Kathy Harker were sin- gled out for being the most single couple at the SWCD meeting, having been married for 55 years. Their gag prize was a dinner for two from a Kraft mac- aroni and cheese box. Left: Pike County 4-H Jr. Leader Logan Dillon led the 73rd An- nual Dinner and Meet- ing attendees in the "Pledge of Allegiance," with program em- cee Chris Lee (NRCS Princeton CIT Leader). Norman Dillon and Brad Smith were sworn in as supervisors by Paul Lake during the business portion of the Pike County Soil & Water Conservation District's 73rd Annual Dinner and Meet- ing this past Tuesday evening.