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A-4 Wednesday, June 3, 2020 The Press-Dispatch 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 NEWS BRIEFS Free hand sanitizer refill station offered by Pike County Chamber June 5 The Pike County Chamber of Commerce will be hav- ing a free hand sanitizer refill station on Friday, June 5, from 1-6 p.m., at the Petersburg Hardware parking lot. Refill will be up to 12 oz. per household, while sup- plies last. 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 Fire Dept., 624 E. Illinois Street. For more information or to make an appointment to donate, call 812-354-6257 or sign up online at red- crossblood.org.. 5K Life walk on Saturday, June 27 The Pregnancy Care Center of Washington will be having a 5K Life walk on Saturday, June 27. The walk begins at 9 a.m., with registration opening at 8:15 a.m. The walk starts and ends at the Eastside Park Ki- wanis Cabin in Washington. Cost to benefit the cen- ter is $20 per adult and $10 for children 12 and under. Registration forms are available online at Facebook. com/washpcc, and at the Pregnancy Care Center, 705 Troy Road, Washington. Call 812-257-1041 if you have any questions. If you are unable to walk, you can sponsor someone else who would like to walk. Walkers are encouraged to seek out sponsors. Walkers can have multiple spon- sors. Sponsors can donate any amount they desire to help the center. Forms are available to list sponsors and their donation amount. AUTO • HOME • LIFE • BUSINESS • ANNUITIES • FARM One agent for all your insurance needs. Karan Thacker, AFSP Owner 704 E. Haub Street Haubstadt, IN 47639 THACKER TAX SERVICE 512 S. 8th Avenue Haubstadt, IN 47639 812-615-0071 (office) 812-789-3852 (cell) kthacker01@gmail.com KROEGER NAMED TO DEPAUW UNIVERSITY'S DEAN'S LIST Jonathan Kroeger, of Pe- tersburg, has been named to DePauw University's spring Dean's List. The Dean's List recognizes students who achieve a semester grade point average of 3.5 or high- er on a 4.0 scale. BLEMKER NAMED TO BRESCIA UNIVERSITY DEAN'S LIST Jordan Blemker, Senior, Secondary Math, of Oak- land City, were named to Brescia University Spring 2020 Dean's List for com- pleting at least 12 credit hours with a 3.5 -4.0 GPA. LOCAL STUDENTS NAMED TO UE DEAN'S LIST More than 770 students were named to the Spring 2020 Dean's List at University of Evansville. The following local students made the list: Maya Frederick, major- ing in Statistical and Da- ta Sciences; Adriana Sher- idan, majoring in Religion; Caden Armstrong, majoring in Health Services Adminis- tration; and Rebecca Crow, majoring in Public Health, all of Petersburg. Geordon Terwiske, of Ot- well, majoring in Finance. Kirstin Asbell, of Sten- dal, majoring in Exercise Science. Bailee Speicher, of Oak- land City, majoring in Exer- cise Science. Mitchell Steinkamp, ma- joring in Marketing; Lauren Meyer, majoring in Psychol- ogy; Austin Hopf, majoring in Elementary Education; Elizabeth Bell, majoring in Exercise Science; Katheryn Bell, majoring in Exercise Science; McKenzie Young, majoring in Exercise Sci- ence; and Shaydan Troxler, majoring in Nursing, all of Huntingburg. To qualify for the Dean's List, students must earn a GPA of 3.5 or higher. Student Spotlight TRI-CAP Head Start is now enrolling children ages 3 to 5. Contact Shawna for more details! TRI-Cap's health, housing and education services change lives, empower families, and improve communities. Shawna 812-354-8721 shawna@tri-cap.net www.tri-cap.net Cradle to Crayons Preschool reopens Maria Manges checks the temperature of Daisy Smith before she goes inside. Smith and her sisters returned to preschool for the first time since March, when the Stay-at-Home order was issued, closing schools in Indiana. Manges said they opened Monday morning to 10 children to start with and then hope to increase that number over the next few weeks. IPL unit back on line One of four IPL generating units went back online on Tuesday, May 26. A second unit is in the process of being brought back on line. Courtney Arango of IPL said changing weather conditions and a increase load are the primary drivers in the units being brought back on line. The units were taken offline sever- al weeks ago during the start of the pandemic, when demand for electricity decreased. Primary election resembles practice run By Andy Heuring Pike County's version of the 2020 primary election was really more of a practice run to get ready for the general election in November. Be- sides being a month late due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it was con- ducted with three voting centers for the first time instead of voting polls in 18 precincts throughout the county. This allows people from any pre- cinct to vote in any of the voting cen- ters located at the Otwell Commu- nity Center, Winslow Communi- ty Center and Gospel Center in Pe- tersburg. There were no locally opposed races. The only races on the prima- ry ballot were the Republican nom- ination for State Representative Dis- trict 75 and Democrat nomination for the US District 8 House of Rep- resentative. There was a 20 percent turnout as 1791 votes were cast out of 8,912 registered voters. In Pike County, Ron Drake won the three-way race for the Eighth District House of Representative Democrat nomination. He garnered 313 votes. Mike Webster was second with 154 votes and Thomasina Mari- li was third with 114 votes. The win- ner will face Republican incumbent Larry Buschon. On the Republican ballot, Michael Griffin had 233 votes to 190 votes for Cindy Ledbetter in the State Repre- sentative Dist. 75 race. The winner will face Democrat John Hurley. District-wide results were not available by press time in either of those races. In other races the totals are: REPUBLICAN President Donald Trump 1,032 Bill Weld 39 Governor Eric Holcomb 1,027, US 8th District Larry Bucshon 1,001 State Rep. Dist. 63 Shane Lindauer 497, State Rep Dist 64 Matt Hostettler 78 State Rep. Dist 75 R. Michael Griffin 233 Cindy Ledbetter 190 Clerk Lana Griffith 986 Treasurer Susan ( Wheeler) Brittain 987 Coroner Ray Brooks 923 Surveyor Rich Williams 984 Commissioner Dist. 1 Jeff Nelson 965 Commissioner Dist. 3 Ryan Coleman 970 County Council at-large Dennis Bishop 817 Greg Willis 775 DEMOCRAT President Joseph Biden 509 Michael Bloomberg 10 Pete Buttigieg 23 Tulsi Gabbard 5 Amy Klobuchar 12 Bernie Sanders 61 Tom Steyer 5 Elizabeth Warren 8 Andrew Yang 9 Governor Woodrow Myers 529 US 8th District Ron Drake 313 Thomasina Marsili 114 Mike Webster 154 State Rep. Dist. 63 Teresa Kendall 255 State Rep. Dist 64 Ian R. Gamroth 24 State Rep. Dist. 75 John Hurley 285 Treasurer Jody Hoover 605 Coroner Nick Harris Henson 607 County Council at-Large Todd Meadors 621