The Press-Dispatch
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The Press-Dispatch Wednesday, May 27, 2020 A-3 LOCAL Call: 812-354-8500 Email: news@pressdispatch.net or bring in a hard copy: 820 E. Poplar Street, Petersburg 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. Cindy Petty, Adv. Sales Pam Lemond, Adv. Sales Kate Jones, 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 NEWS BRIEFS Elementary school drive-thru collection Pike County elementary schools will be having a drive-thru collection and return of items on Wednes- day and Thursday. Parents and guardians of Peters- burg and Winslow students can drive through the schools' parking lots between 2 and 6 p.m. on Wednes- day, May 27 and from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Thursday, May 28 to return any textbook or library books and pick up belongings from desks and lockers. All students and families must stay inside their ve- hicles the entire time. Entry into the school building will not be allowed. Pike Co. Library to host blood drive June 26 Pike County Public Library will host a community blood drive with the American Red Cross on June 26, from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., at the Petersburg Branch Library. For more info. or to make an appointment to donate, call 812-354-6257 or sign up online at redcrossblood.org. Upcoming event? We want to know! Do you have an upcoming event? Send it to news@ pressdispatch.net. The Press-Dispatch 812-354-8500 | www.pressdispatch.net *By enrolling in the Birthday Club, you agree to have your name, town and birth- day, or the person's name and town and birthday of whom you are enrolling, printed in e Press-Dispatch on the week in which the birthday occurs. Joining is easy! Visit pressdispatch.net/birthday or send your full name, address, city, state, zip code, phone number and birthdate to birthdayclub@pressdispatch.net.* Each week, a list of birthdays will be published in the paper! You could win a FREE PRIZE from area businesses and a three-month subscription to e Press-Dispatch. MUST RE-ENROLL EVERY YEAR! Join the One WINNER is drawn at the end of each month For 6 generations... our family has served this community as undertakers, caring for family, friends, neighbors, and everyone calling Pike County home. In the coming weeks, we invite you to join us as we share our story, which started 150 years ago in the Otwell community by my great-great-great grandfather, Nick Harris. We are grateful for the opportunity and privilege to have shared in your family history throughout a century and a half of service, and will continue the Harris family commitment to you for generations yet to come. Nick Harris Henson 6th generation Harris undertaker Since 1870 Bugler Keegan Simmons plays "Taps" during the ceremony. Joda Staats salutes during the playing of "Taps." MEMORIAL DAY HONORS Petersburg Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 3587 are at present arms for the Walnut Hills ceremony that featured quest speaker Mark Schlechty. Pictured are (l to r): Jim White, Mike Howard, Steve Pride, Mike Western, James Capozella, Joe Cummings and Ray Stilwell. Not pictured with the VFW were: Jim Free- land, Tim Harden, Chris Kinman, Ross Williams, Don Southwood, Mike Higdon, D.R. Minnis and Re- no Richardson. Andy Heuring photo State Road 56 to close between Otwell and Pike Central Highway 56, between Pike Central and Otwell, will be closed most of June. The Indiana Department of Trans- portation announces they will be clos- ing Highway 56 to replace the bridge decks on two small bridges beginning on or around Monday, June 1. The two projects will take place one after the other and will not be closed at the same time. The first site is on S.R. 56, near the Winslow-Cato Road (CR 475 East). The second site is about a tenth of a mile east of the first site. Dur- ing these two projects, contractors will replace the driving surface on the two bridges at these locations. INDOT said the road will be closed around the clock during these two projects. Local traffic will have ac- cess up to the point of closure, howev- er through traffic will need to use the official detour following S.R. 56, S.R. 57 and S.R. 356. Materials will be de- livered beginning May 27 and traffic may experience some short temporary disruptions up until the project begins. When the first bridge is being done, there is no county road detour avail- able. Highway 356 is the only alterna- tive. However, on the second bridge, CR 500 E. to CR 175 N. to CR 650 E. is an alternative. Work is expected to be complete by the end of June, depending upon weath- er conditions. INDOT urges drivers to slow down and stay alert near crews. Big wheel fun Bowen Potts and Allie Schover were having fun in the parking lot of Autumn Apartments in Petersburg as family members cooked out and visited nearby on Memorial Day.