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The Press-Dispatch Wednesday, March 11, 2020 A-3 LOCAL Call: 812-354-8500 Email: news@pressdispatch.net or bring in a hard copy: 820 E. Poplar Street, Petersburg NEWS BRIEFS Protecting your children' training March 12 On March 12, from 6 -8 p.m. EDT, at the Otwell Wes- leyan Church, there will be a free training for all mem- bers of the community. The event is hosted by T TR Haven Over The Hilltop, Inc. This is approved for fos- ter parent training hours. Topics covered: • Extent of the problem – who the offenders are and why they molest children. • Common seduction, manipulation and "groom- ing" tactics used by offenders. • Talking to children about abuse and people with "secret touching problems." • Practical child and family "rule" for safety. • Responding to sex-abuse disclosures and report- ing child abuse. Did you know? Every 98 seconds an American is sexually assaulted, every eight minutes that victim is a child. Of sexual abuse cases reported to law en- forcement, 93 percent of juvenile victims knew the per- petrator. Presented by CBI Consulting, Inc. Southwestern In- diana Child Advocacy Center Coalition, Cory Jewell Jensen, M.S. Law Enforcement Investigators. Free weather spotter training March 16 at VUJC The Dubois County Emergency Management Agen- cy, in conjunction with the National Weather Service in Louisville, Ky., will host Severe Weather Spotter Training on March 16 at 6:30 p.m. EDT at Vincennes University Jasper Campus, Classroom Building Lec- ture Hall, 850 College Avenue, Jasper. The training is free of charge and is open to anyone across the region, including weather spotters, emer- gency responders and the general public. The topics covered will include identifying and reporting severe weather, severe weather safety, severe weather clima- tology, thunderstorm types and the related threats. Joe Sullivan, Warning Coordinating Meteorologist with the National Weather Service Office in Louisville, Ky., will be conducting the training. Registration is not re- quired to attend. 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. Continued from page 1 ROBOTICS 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. 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(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 OPEN HOUSE 10:30am Ribbon Cutting 11am-1pm CLIMB A CAT event FREE • Bring the kids to explore our excavating equipment 11am-1pm Food Booth benefiting the Dubois County 4-H 1pm See us in the Ireland St. Patrick's Day Parade Come meet the new owners of Lechner's Excavating! 5274 W. STATE RD. 56 • IRELAND • (812) 481-2756 VISIT LAN CONSTRUCTION AT THE JASPER HOME SHOW! Friday 3-7pm, Saturday 9am-3pm at St. Joseph Parish Hall This Saturday March 14 MARRIAGE LICENSES Elijah Vern Loveland, 21, of 5720 W. CR 200 N., Pe- tersburg, son of Kelley Loveland and Kelly Mulkey, to Samantha Sue Halbrader, 22, of 607 E. Porter St., Win- slow, daughter of Randy and Krista Halbrader. Dylan Lee-Joseph Evans, 21, of 930 E. SR 64, Win- slow, son of Nathanial J. Evans and Rheagen Brown, to Brooke Elizabeth Leek, 24, of 1405 Walnut St., Law- renceville, Ill., daughter of Charles Leek and Nancy Jordan. Joseph A. Dickson, 72, of 6363 E. SR 56, Winslow, son of Gettis L. and Mary A. Dickson, to Devara Chris- tine Krause, 75, of 5908 E. SR 56, Winslow, daughter of Harold D. and Helen E. Hughes. Hill suffers head injury A rural Petersburg woman was injured after her vehicle ran off the road and overturned, hitting sev- eral trees along the side of Highway 56, between Cato and Otwell. Anna Hill, 60, of 2242 N. CR325 W., Petersburg, suffered a laceration to her head. Hill had to be extricated from her Pontiac Grand Am. Indiana State Trooper William Campbell said she was driving east and ran off the right side of the road, overcorrected and lost control. He said shortly after leaving the highway, her vehicle rolled onto its side, slid into a clump of trees and spun around backwards in the field while still on its side. Jefferson Township Fire Department extricated her with the Jaws of Life and she was transported to Memorial Hospital in Jasper by Pike County EMS. The accident was reported at 11:56 a.m. Monday. Petersburg Elementary School's Flaming Dragons in their pit at Lucas Oil Stadium holding the tro- phies they won this season. They are (l to r): Landon Harvey, Draven Barrett, Eli Keeker, Callie Craig, and Llinkyn Knust. Pink Popcorn 38th, Pink Pegasus 39th, Sour Power 40th and Flaming Dragons 56th. "Overall skills rankings (driving plus autonomous) for our teams are great for the season," said PES team sponsor Terra Knust. "Pink Popcorn is ranked 77th and Flaming Dragons is ranked 82nd out of 998 teams in In- diana. That's something to be proud of," said Knust. "It was a great experience for our kids to see all the dif- ferent builds of robots and to meet people from all over the state. The kids had to talk to a lot of people they've nev- er met, come up with game strategies, and do a lot of co- operating and teamwork." "I am proud of my teams for their great attitudes and perseverance at the com- petition. I've had the great privilege to watch these kids grow in so many ways since we began the season in Au- gust. Some of them asked me before the competition was over on Saturday when the next season was going to start and if we could prac- tice over the summer. These kids love robotics and that's why I keep doing it," said Knust. Tractors for Trenton swim lessons begin March 30 Tractors for Trenton swim lessons are getting ready for sign-ups. Lessons will be at Pike Central High School and begin March 30. They will be on the following dates: March 30, 31, April 1, 6, 7 and 8. There will be three classes each night 5:45 -6:05 p.m., 6:10 -6:30 p.m., 6:35 -6:55 p.m.. On the first night parents are asked to arrive 30 minutes before the start of your child's lesson to fill out paperwork. Please post below or private message the Tractors for Trenton Facebook page with your child's name and age and which class you'd like. Amber Traylor said, "Once we re- spond, then you may mail your check with your child's name and class time to TF T. Classes are limited, first come first serve. A child's spot will not be reserved until payment is received. Traylor said they are accepting 1.5 year olds this year if they will cooper- ate. Registration fees are $ 30 plus $25 for each additional child per family. Checks should be made payable to Tractors for Trenton INC. Please mail checks and with your approved class time to Tractors for Trenton, 9357E CR 550N, Otwell, IN 47564. Father arrested after allegations of shooting child with BB gun By Andy Heuring A Petersburg man was arrested on charges of child neglect after a father was accused of shooting his son in the head with a BB gun. Justin Michael Hornby, 1213 E. Main St., Petersburg was arrested Friday af- ternoon on charges of neglect of a de- pendent resulting in bodily injury, a Level 5 felony and domestic battery re- sulting in bodily injury to a person less than 14 years of age, a Level 5 felony. Police officer Scott Arnold was work- ing at Petersburg Elementary School as a School Resource Officer when he was approached by school personnel and told a Hornby had left a wound on the side of a child's head. According to a probable cause affidavit the Depart- ment of Child Services conducted an in- terview with the child and a sibling and both children said Justin has shot the boy with a BB handgun and pinched his stomach with a set of pliers. Petersburg Police Sgt. Chad Mc- Clellan and Officer Wallace assisted the DCS with an interview of Hornby at his residence Friday afternoon. When police first talked with Horn- by at his residence, he denied he had shot the boy with a BB gun. According to the probable cause affidavit, Hornby said the boy was injured by the front sight post on the gun. He said he threw the gun away. They found a small boy's clothes with blood on them in a trash can. According to a probable cause affi- davit, while being interviewed by Sgt. McClellan, Hornby said he was in the shower and didn't know what happened to the boy.