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A-6 Local Wednesday, March 4, 2020 The Press-Dispatch Fridays 4pm - Close Popcorn Shrimp Fried Fish Clams Crab Cakes Baked Cajun Fish Peel & Eat Shrimp Butterfly Shrimp On The Buffet! $13.99 Must Present Coupon Exp. 3/31/20 Cannot be used with other discounts or senior special. Good for any size party. Redeemable at in Vincennes & Washington $ 8 49 Lunch Buffet Seafood Buffet Friday Night 11.99 4pm-Close Lunch M-F 11am-4pm • Dinner M-Thu 4pm-close ALL Day Sat-Sun Dinner Buffet $ 10 99 Must Present Coupon Exp. 3/31/20 Cannot be used with other discounts or senior special. Good for any size party. Redeemable at in Vincennes & Washington $ 8 49 Lunch Buffet Seafood Buffet Friday Night 11.99 4pm-Close Lunch M-F 11am-4pm • Dinner M-Thu 4pm-close ALL Day Sat-Sun Dinner Buffet $ 10 99 Must Present Coupon Exp. 3/31/20 Cannot be used with other discounts or senior special. Good for any size party. Redeemable at in Vincennes & Washington $ 8 49 Lunch Buffet Seafood Buffet Friday Night 11.99 4pm-Close Lunch M-F 11am-4pm • Dinner M-Thu 4pm-close ALL Day Sat-Sun Dinner Buffet $ 10 99 Must Present Coupon Exp. 3/31/20 Cannot be used with other discounts or senior special. Good for any size party. Redeemable at in Vincennes & Washington $ 8 49 Lunch Buffet Seafood Buffet Friday Night 11.99 4pm-Close Lunch M-F 11am-4pm • Dinner M-Thu 4pm-close ALL Day Sat-Sun Dinner Buffet $ 10 99 PRIVATE MEDICAID ROOMS AVAILABLE SOON Call for information 812-354-8833 Enhancing Lives Through Innovative Healthcare ™ 309 W. Pike Ave., Petersburg AREA HAPPENINGS Celebrate Recovery–Will meet ev- ery Monday at 6 p.m. at the River of Life Church, 342 E. CR 300 N., Petersburg. For more information, contact Pastor Jim at 812-354-8800. Pike County History Center—Will meet the fourth Monday of each month at the History Center, 1104 Main Street, Pe- tersburg at 6:30 p.m. New members wel- come. For more information, contact Jean- nine Houchins at 812-766 -0463. History Center hours Monday,Thursday, Friday and Saturday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. DAR—Local chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution meet the sec- ond Monday of each month September through June at 6 p.m. at the History Cen- ter in Petersburg. Free Clothing Bank–Oak Grove Church in Oakland City offers a free cloth- ing bank each Tuesday 9 -11 a.m. (Oakland City time) for everyone. They carry new and used clothing. Location is on Morton Street, just past Chuckles. Come to the gymnasium door located at the back of the church. Women's Cancer Support Group – The Lange-Fuhs Cancer Center at Memo- rial Hospital and Health Care Center of- fers a support group for women who have had cancer of any type or are currently un- dergoing cancer treatment. Sessions are the third Tuesday of each month from 6:30 to 8 p.m. in the Lange-Fuhs Cancer Cen- ter Conference Room, located at Memori- al Hospital and Health Care Center's Dor- bett Street entrance. For more informa- tion about the "Women's Support Group," visit www.mhhcc.org and click on "Class- es & Events," or call The Lange-Fuhs Can- cer Center at 812-996 -7488. Winslow Alcoholics Anonymous – will meet every Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. Call 812-789 -8535 for location of the meeting. Al-Anon meeting – Meetings are each Wednesday at 11:30 a.m., located at 424 W. 7th St. in Jasper. For more information, call 812-887-0349. Narcotic Anonymous – Every Wednesday at 7 p.m. at River of Life Fel- lowship Church. Gathering Place—Will be open every Thursday from 2-4 p.m. at 207 Lafayette Street, Winslow for the Food and Cloth- ing Pantry. For more information, call 812-582-5210. Odd Fellows IOOF Pacific Lodge #175 meeting–the second Monday of each month at 7 p.m. All area members are encouraged to attend. Otwell Ruritan–will have its month- ly meetings the second Monday of each month at 7 p.m. Pike Lodge #121 F&AM regular stated meeting–the second Tuesday of each month at 7:30 p.m. All area Masons are invited to attend. Jefferson Township Community Center of Otwell–will have its monthly meetings the first Monday of each month at 6:30 p.m. All members are urged to at- tend. "Creating Hope" For Cancer Pa- tients–Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center is offering Creating Hope® sessions on the first and second Tuesday of each month from 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. These sessions are designed for cancer patients, their families and caregivers. Art materi- als and an instructional book are available at each session. No previous art experi- ence is needed. Sessions are free and are in the Lange-Fuhs Cancer Center Confer- ence Room located at the Dorbett Street entrance of Memorial Hospital, 800 West 9th Street in Jasper. For more information about this class, visit Memorial Hospital's website at www.mhhcc.org and click on "Classes & Events," or call The Lange-Fuhs Cancer Center at 812-996 -7488. Perinatal Loss Support – Expectant parents who suddenly lose their child of- ten experience a wide range of emotions and grief. Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center offers "Perinatal Loss Sup- port" to assist those who have experi- enced the loss of a child (conception to one month of age) through the grieving process, and provide an atmosphere of confidentiality and comfort. For more information about Perinatal Loss Support, contact Theresa O'Bryan, Pastoral Care, at 812-996 -0219 or tobry- an@mhhcc.org. Grief Support Series – The death of a loved one, a child leaving home, over- whelming changes in one's personal life – each can cause profound grief and suf- fering. To offer reassurance and comfort, Memorial Hospital and Health Care Cen- ter has developed a free support program called "Grief Support Series." In this program, participants will learn that grief is normal, examine the various emotions of grief, be encouraged to face the pain, and find ways to make a healthy emotional withdrawal from the loss. Conducting the sessions will be There- sa O'Bryan, Hospital Chaplain, and Tom Holsworth, a clinical psychologist who has served as a co-facilitator of this pro- gram since its inception in 1991. Grief Support Series consists of five weekly sessions on Tuesdays from March 3-31. The class will meet from 6:30 -8:30 p.m. in the hospital Chapel. This program is free, but pre-registration is necessary. For more information or to register, call 812-996 -0219. Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia Caregiver Support Group – Dementia is a brain disorder that seriously affects a person's ability to carry out daily activi- ties. Alzheimer's disease is the most com- mon form of dementia among senior Citi- zens. It involves the parts of the brain that control thought, memory and language. Memorial's Caring Hands Senior Ser- vices sponsors an Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia Caregiver Support Group on the first Wednesday of each month. The next meeting is Wednesday, March 4, from 6:30 -8 p.m. in Board Conference Room A, which is located on the lower level of Memorial Hospital near the Tow- er Café at 800 West 9th Street in Jasper. This support group allows caregivers to come together to share knowledge and experiences in caring for loved ones who are affected by these illnesses. For more information, visit Memori- al Hospital's website at www.mhhcc.org and click on "Classes & Events," or con- tact Mallory Thimling, a Crisis Interven- tion Specialist, at 812-996 -2915 or mthim- lin@mhhcc.org. Pre-registration is not necessary. Heartsaver CPR with AED – Memo- rial Hospital and Health Care Center is of- fering a Heartsaver CPR class from 5:30 - 9:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 5, in the Health and Wellness Classroom at Me- morial Southside Office, 1100 West 12th Avenue in Jasper. This American Heart Association course is designed for lay personnel who serve as rescuers as part of their job re- sponsibilities and for the general public who have direct access to an Automat- ed External Defibrillator (AED). Skills taught include CPR, AED use, and relief of choking in adults, children and infants. In order to complete the course and re- ceive the course completion card, partici- pants must successfully complete a skills evaluation. Pre-registration is required. The fee for the course is $ 65, and the class does require prepayment. For more informa- tion or to register, visit the hospital's web- site at www.mhhcc.org and click "Class- es & Events," or call the Health and Well- ness Department at 812-996 -2399 or toll- free at 800 -852-7279, ext. 2399. Free Lenten Soup Supper and Ser- vice—March 4, at 6:30 p.m., soup, sal- ad and dessert supper before Lenten service at 7:30 p.m. at St. Peter's Luther- an Church in Stendal. "By His Wounds we are Healed" series, learn about "The Wounds of Violating the Sabbath." The Pike County Econom- ic Development Corporation has partnered with investors to introduce The Buchta En- trepreneurship and Tech- nology Center. The facility is being constructed on the I-69 interchange with great visibility. The groundbreak- ing was held on December 9, 2019, and is expected to be completed in winter 2020. Advanced manufactur- ing, agribusiness and tech- nology fields are growing rapidly in Pike County and the Buchta Technology Cen- ter will include an outstand- ing co-working space, mak- er space with prototyping capabilities and the ability to do small-scale mass pro- duction, along with a train- ing center that will cater to workforce development needs for existing business- es. This Technology Center will be the gateway into our community, where we have cutting-edge innovation, highly-skilled talent, start-up businesses and a training cen- ter for employ- ers. Pike County Economic De- velopment Cor- poration wants to show sup- port of the facility in a vast way and increase fundrais- ing at the same time. There- fore, Pike County Econom- ic Development Corpora- tion is offering a matching gift opportunity of a $1 for $1 match, up to $50,000, for any individual or com- pany that would like to con- tribute. This matching gift is only offered for a limited time; maximize your dona- tion with our matching gift. Every generous donor will be rec- ognized in the fa- cility for genera- tions to come. Once con- struction is com- pleted in win- ter of 2020, the Technology Cen- ter will be an an- chor for talent retention and at- traction. Invest in today's and tomorrow's talent, a leg- acy that will continue to give back to our community and region. If you would like more in- formation about our match- ing gift program, please email Ashley Polen Willis at pikegrowth@pikeco.org, or call 812-354-2271. Down on the Farm 2019 county average yields released Pike County Economic Development Buchta Entrepreneurship and Technology Center By Hans Schmitz Purdue Extension Educator hschmitz@purdue.edu The growing season in 2019 created many issues for local farmers, both live- stock and row crop. An in- sufferably wet spring fol- lowed by a more season- able summer with a drought forming in September, the gamut of Indiana weath- er resulted in delayed first cutting of hay with question- able quality, delays in crop planting and replanting in- to July, and a harvest season with a difficult November for those not completing in Oc- tober before periodic rains returned. Along with all the logistical issues of planting and harvesting a crop, na- tional crop reports of an- ticipated plantings, yields, and bushels on the market received a healthy dose of skepticism. Now that the dust has settled, the Nation- al Agriculture Statistics Ser- vice has released their final reports of average yields on the state, district, and coun- ty level. Those reports serve as the closest estimate of ac- tual yield we can find short of individual farmer yield monitors. Corn yields were down, hitting their second lowest average yield in Posey Coun- ty since 2013 at 176.6 bush- els per acre. Similarly, Gib- son County yields were 179 bushels/acre and Vander- burgh County 167.7 bush- els/acre. Interestingly, Pike County did not have enough corn yield respondents to be able to report a county yield in 2019. The lowest average corn yield since 2013 hap- pened when southern rust came to town early, with Posey County reporting a 144 bushels/ acre average in 2016. Four of the last sev- en years have seen average Posey county corn yields at 190 bushels/ acre or higher, with Gibson County having slightly few- er highs bush- els edging out Posey Coun- ty for higher overall yields since 2016. Vanderburgh County had the best year for soybeans out of the four counties, with an average yield of 60.9 bush- els/acre. Posey tendered a 56.3 bushels/acre average, with Gibson County coming in at 55 bushels/acre, and Pike County 51.8 bushels/ acre. Compared to previous years, these yields were not record-setting bushels still very respectable. The shift to early planted soybeans, in some cases prior to corn planting, helps bolster these yield numbers even with dif- ficult growing conditions. In a shift from the past couple of years, double-crop soy- beans showed their flaws this year, as average yields on late planted soybean di- verged from those of early beans pretty significantly across the area. All four counties could again find enough report- ers to get average wheat yields for wheat harvested in the summer of 2019. Those county yield averages have been available a while longer than the release of corn and soybean numbers last week bushelst are still worthy to report. Posey County aver- aged 67.7 bush- els/acre, with Gibson County measuring 67.4 bushels/acre, Vanderburgh County 63.9 bushels/acre, and Pike Coun- ty 52.1 bush- els/acre. These numbers come in lowest at least among Gibson and Posey counties since 2011. Because of the prefer- ence of wheat plants for dry conditions during grain fill, even 2012 registered higher wheat yields than last year. Although current sign- ups for farm programs use Risk Management Agency average yields and not the NASS statistics, these yields do still give farmers an idea of any potential farm safety net payouts for 2019. Using the Illinois FAST Tool Cal- culator with these updated yield numbers, payouts for both programs will be ze- ro dollars for corn and soy- bean. The only way for 2019 payments to be adjusted would be for the marketing year average price to drop, as the marketing year for those crops runs until Aug. 31. Since we are around half- way through the marketing year, a relatively major mar- ket disruptor would be re- quired to significantly af- fect the price. Like, um, what is the word? Oh, yes. A pandemic disrupting con- sumption and transporta- tion capabilities. For more information, contact Hans at 812-838 -1331 or hschmitz@ purdue.edu. Area Birth BOONE MICHAEL DURCHOLZ To Colton and Michelle (Houtsch) Durcholz, a son, Boone Michael, born Feb- ruary 29, 2020, at Jasper Memorial Hospital, weigh- ing 8 lbs. 9 oz. and mea- suring 21 1/2 inches long. Maternal grandparents are Mike and Judy Houtsch, of Otwell. Paternal grandpar- ents are Pat and Debbie Durcholz. Great-grand- parents are Jim and Jennie Houtsch, Louis and Mary Ann Schmidt, and Ron and Doris Harden. Boone has a brother, Thaddeus Dur- cholz. There will be a bap- tism on April 19, 2020, at Precious Blood Catho- lic Church in Jasper. God- parents will be Danielle Houtsch and Dustin Ben- oit. Dubois County Museum upcoming events March 14 — Storytime at the Museum. Theme: Dr. Seuss Stories. Sandy Miller will read stories, Amy Wey- er will have crafts and activ- ities for our young visitors. March 24-27 — Muse- um opens 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. for Spring Break. Closed on Monday. March 25 — Free Night at the Museum from 5:30 - 8 p.m. Blake Buechlein and the Jasper Reptile Center at 6:30 p.m. for program on reptiles. March 26 — Dubois Coun- ty Historical Society meets at 6:30 p.m. at the Museum. Historian Bill Bartelt will speak on his book, "Abe's Youth: Shaping the Future President." Call Mary Ann Hayes at 812-482-2847 for reservations for dinner. The museum is open Tues- day through Friday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Sunday 1-4 p.m. Closed on Monday. It is located in Jasper at 2704 N. Newton Street (US 231). Call 812-634-7733. Allow two hours to view exhibits. Visit the museum website at www. duboiscountymuseum.org. violates or infringes up- on the right of it citizens to bear arms in violation of the Constitution of the Unit- ed States and the State of In- diana. "2)That at all times it will defend the people's right to bear arms as established by the United States Supreme Court, and that at all times it will adhere to the limita- tions." It passed by a 4-0 vote. Councilmen approved of the City giving a small tract of land it owned on Vin- cennes Ave. to Pike Coun- ty Progress Partners. This ground, along with the site of the former Ready Mix plant and trailer court is being proposed as a site for an income-based hous- ing complex. Ashley Willis, with the Pike County Eco- nomic Development Corp., said New Hope of New Al- bany is applying for a $1.5 million grant from Indiana Housing and Communi- ty Development Authority and another $500,000 from the Indiana Development to build 11 duplexes at the site. She said it will have 22 fam- ily housing units of two and three bedrooms. However, she said it is de- pendent on New Hope get- ting the grants. Councilman Brian Van- Meter said he had gotten several complaints about potholes at 12th St. and Pop- lar St. "They are pretty big," said VanMeter. Mayor Klipsch agreed. He also said there were some bad potholes at Fifth and Sixth sts. on Poplar. "Can we get some cold mix for those? " asked Klipsch. City Services Manager Ross Elmore said they had some cold mix and they would take care of it. Elmore also complained of several instances of peo- ple driving through their road closed signs, while crews are working on proj- ects. He said it is an ex- tremely dangerous situa- tion, because the workers are focusing on what they are doing instead of vehi- cle traffic since the road is closed. "I'm going to have to get Chuck (Police Chief Chuck Baumgart) involved if it doesn't stop," said Elmore. The next City Council meeting is set for 6:30 p.m. Monday, March 16. Continued from page 1 COUNCIL