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The Press-Dispatch Wednesday, Februar y 5, 2020 A-3 LOCAL Call: 812-354-8500 Email: news@pressdispatch.net or bring in a hard copy: 820 E. Poplar Street, Petersburg net edition yeah, it's that fast! Z M www.PressDispatch.net/Subscribe It's The Press-Dispatch. No matter where you live. Delivered every Wednesday morning! Add it for $5 to your current print subscription or stand-alone for $35/year. NEWS BRIEFS United Way of Pike Co. has new phone number The United Way of Pike Co. has a new phone num- ber, 812-582-9781.The landline and previous cell num- ber are no longer available. Polar Plunge set for Feb. 29 The 2020 Polar Plunge in Petersburg is scheduled for noon on Saturday, February 29 at Prides Creek Park Beach. Participants can register online at polarplungeIN. org or you can show up between 10 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. to register. Entry fee is $75 in donations to par- ticipate. Proceeds from the Plunge are used to fund Special Olympics Indiana. Since 1969, Special Olympics Indiana has grown to more than 18,000 athletes. Time to register for Birthday Club If you haven't submitted your birthday within the last 6 months, please register again at www.pressdis- patch.net/birthday. Entrants have a chance to win monthly prizes from local businesses and a three- month subscription to The Press-Dispatch. 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. Dennis Marshall, Sports Editor 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 Congratulations to Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center's DAISY Award Winner! Julie Capehart, RN Julie Capehart has been recognized as Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center's next DAISY Award winner! Jessica has been described as one who goes above the call of duty to see patients achieve wound healing. As a DAISY Award winner, Jessica was gied with a DAISY pin, certificate, award sculpture, and cinnamon rolls for her entire department. The DAISY Award is presented quarterly. For more information or to nominate a nurse for the DAISY Award, please visit www. mhhcc.org. From le to right: Lori Persohn, VP of Patient Services and Chief Nursing Officer; Ryan Taylor, Practice Manager; Julie Capehart, DAISY award winner; and Christy Mehringer, Director of Finance/MPM. LOUIE CAMPBELL Sales Professional lcampbell@patriotonline.com CALL OR TEXT 812-899-6267 @LouieYourCarGuy HWY. 64 W. • PRINCETON "Quite Simply, A Better Experience!" Looking for a Great Deal On Your Next Vehicle? Petersburg snowman judging ends Monday Discover Downtown Pe- tersburg is seeking the pub- lic's votes for the 2020 favor- ite Petersburg Main Street Snowman. Visit the group's Facebook page for photos of each of the entries, then vote using the titled pic- tures by visiting https:// www.surveymonkey.com/ r/9CV5T WG. Voting is open until 11:45 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 9 The winner will be an- nounced on Monday, Feb. 10. Environmental education workshops available online Indiana teachers, youth group leaders, home school parents, and others who want to educate children about the environment can now take a Project Learning Tree (PLT) workshop, online, at their convenience. PLT, for which the Indi- ana DNR Division of For- estry is the state's sponsor, is an international, award- winning environmental edu- cation program for children in grades Pre-K through 12. PLT's activities have been developed by teachers, for teachers. Through PLT, stu- dents gain knowledge and develop critical thinking skills while participating in hands-on, multi-disciplin- ary activities. PLT's well- organized activities teach to Reading, Writing, Social Studies, Math, as well as STEM, and are correlated to both state and national aca- demic standards. Participants in a PLT workshop will learn how to use the activities and receive a digital copy of the PLT K-8 curriculum guide. Other ma- terials and opportunities will become available upon com- pletion of the course. Cost is $40 per person. Four pro- fessional growth points will be awarded upon successful completion of the course. An outline of the course is in- cluded within the introduc- tory pages. To enroll in the course, teachers/youth leaders simply log in to: shop.plt. org. Once the course has been purchased, prospec- tive participants go to "my account>my content" and click on K-8 course "online training" where they will be directed to the actual course. For more information con- tact PLT coordinator Donna Rogler at the DNR Division of Forestry/PLT at 317-234- 5143. Project Learning Tree® (www.plt.org) is the envi- ronmental education pro- gram of the Sustainable Forestry Initiative. PLT pro- vides educators with com- prehensive environmental education curriculum re- sources that can be inte- grated into lesson plans for all grades and subject areas. Developed in 1976, PLT has an international network of more than 500,000 trained educators using PLT mate- rials that cover the total en- vironment. Public comment sought on Statewide Forest Action Plan draft The DNR Division of For- estry is working with con- servation groups and forest stakeholders to update the 2010 Forest Action Plan, a 10 -year strategic document that considers the condi- tions and trends of forest re- sources in the state and pro- vides long-term strategies to address threats. The plan encompasses Indiana's ap- proximately 5 million acres of forestland, 84% of which is privately owned and 16 % of which is owned by public institutions including feder- al, sta te and local govern- ments. Stakeholders including Hoosier National Forest, the DNR Division of Fish & Wildlife, USDA's Natural Re- sources Conservation Ser- vice, and the Indiana Forest & Woodland Owners Asso- ciation, professional forest- er associations. About 30 other conservation and en- vironmental organizations also have contributed to the update process through in- volvement with the Indiana Forest Stewardship Coordi- nating Committee. A draft update of the plan is available for public com- ment at dnr.IN.gov/forest- ry/10319.htm until March 27. The final plan will be re- leased early this summer. A series of public meet- ings will be scheduled to dis- cuss the draft. Dates and lo- cations will be posted online when available. More information about the Forest Action Plan up- date process and engaging Indiana's forest stakehold- ers is available on the For- est Action Plan webpage: dnr.IN.gov/forestry/5436. htm. net edition PressDispatch.net/Subscribe It's the paper. Just digital. PC students advance to state in vocals Several Pike Central students participated in the Indiana School Music Association's vocal solo and ensemble district contest. The ones receiving gold ratings will advance to the state finals. Above are the high school students who earned gold ratings. They are (l to r) Kierstyn Lindley, Kimmie Truitt, Audrey Keepes, Colin Craig, Lauren Young, Emma Russell and Alyx Powers. Craig received a perfect score in the contest. Below are eighth grade students who received gold rating: Taylor Oswalt, Ruby Sallee, Gabby Collins, Rya Graves, Kiersten Purkiser and Kearstan Hartley. They will participate in the state finals in India- napolis on February 22.