The Press-Dispatch
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B-6 Wednesday, Feburar y 24, 2021 The Press-Dispatch SCHOOL Submit school news items: Call: 812-354-8500 Email: schoolnews@pressdispatch.net or bring in a hard copy: 820 E. Poplar Street, Petersburg EAST GIBSON Submit East Gibson news items: Call: 812-354-8500 Email: egnews@pressdispatch.net or bring in a hard copy: 820 E. Poplar Street, Petersburg Petersburg Elementary House Bill 1381 passes to Senate By Janice Barniak As Gibson County prepares for a potential zoning repeal March 2, in a commissioners' meeting at the Gibson County Fairgrounds, Indi- ana House Bill 1381 moved to the State Senate Feb. 18, after passing in a third reading the day before, 58 -38, with local representative Matt Hostettler, (Republican, Fort Branch,) voting against the bill. House Bill 1381 aims to regulate wind and solar industries by setting standards that cannot be superced- ed by local governments through zoning or permitting, according to Josh Clayborne in a meeting with the Area Planning Commission when the topic came up in refer- ence to zoning repeal and the abil- ity to license wind turbines. A movement to regulate wind turbines was ultimately cited by former commissioners as the im- petus to reconsider zoning after a long hiatus and eventually pass it last year. Two commissioners who passed zoning, Gerald Bledsoe and Steve Bottoms, did not win re-election last November against opponents that promised zoning repeal. According to Clayborne, even if zoning were not repealed HB1381, if passed, would supercede the zon- ing code, and the county would be unable to license wind farms, though they would have to meet the standards in the bill. Indiana House of Representa- tives members proposed seven amendments to the bill, but the only amendment that passed was one Gibson County's locals were in- terested in—it included language that specified wind farm and solar farm devices "must be installed in a manner so as to minimize and miti- gate impacts to...weather and dop- plar radar." Previously dopplar radar was not specifically protected, with the language including microwave signals, GPS, military defense ra- dar, radio reception and television signals. The bill does not say to what ex- tent the wind company must miti- gate the impact, however, and does not include how far away the in- stallation would be from weather radar, something commissioners passed in a zoning code, last year, after much debate with a wind ener- gy company on whether the coun- ty would consider a curtailment agreement—that's an agreement with the wind company to stop tur- bines during potentially hazardous weather. The bill in the Indiana Senate will be sponsored by Sen. Mark Messmer, who represents Gibson County, and Sen. Eric Koch. Downward coronavirus trend continues this week By Janice Barniak Gibson County's COVID-19 posi- tivity rate dropped to 6.3 percent as of Monday, putting the county sol- idly in the "yellow" positivity cate- gory, though the level has to stay low for two weeks before the advi- sory, currently at level orange, lifts further restrictions on the county. According to the Indiana State Dept. of Health, numbers have been declining since January, but even more sharply since Jan. 14, when cases went from 39 in one day at the beginning of February to sin- gle-digit days, with Feb. 4 having five cases, Feb. 6, six cases, Feb. 7, seven cases, with Feb. 19 affording only one new positive case and Feb. 17 being a day with no new cases. It's unclear how the ability to get out of the house might have affect- ed locals, however, both in the abil- ity to get tested for coronavirus and the chance to spread it. The county is at 81 deaths, and one thing the snow definitely af- fected was the ability to get vac- cinations. The Feb. 16 and Feb. 17 vaccine clinics were cancelled and all the appointments moved forward by exactly a week, with patients keeping their same time slot, according to the Gibson Coun- ty Health Dept. in a Feb. 15 press release. Gibson County, according to the Indiana State Dept. of Health, is now up to 4,700 first-round vac- cines given against coronavirus. LUNCH MENU HIGH SCHOOL Wednesday, Feb. 24 Chicken Giggles, Mashed Potatoes, White Gravy, But- tered Corn, Fruit and Milk Thursday, Feb. 25 Hot Dog On Bun, Tater Tots, Baked Beans, Fruit and Milk Friday, Feb. 26 Cheesy Chicken and Rice Or Macaroni and Cheese, Tortilla Chips, Salsa, Tossed Salad, Green Beans, Fruit and Milk Monday, March 1 Sausage Patties, Pancakes, Syrup, Smile Tots, V-Blend Juice, Fruit and Milk Tuesday, March 2 Stuffed Crust Pizza, Broc- coli With Cheese, Buttered Carrots, Fruit and Milk Wednesday, March 3 Popcorn Chicken, Mashed Potatoes, White Gravy, But- tered Corn, Fruit and Milk MIDDLE SCHOOL Wednesday, Feb. 24 Chicken Giggles, Mashed Potatoes, White Gravy, But- tered Corn, Fruit and Milk Thursday, Feb. 25 Hot Dog On Bun, Tater Tots, Baked Beans, Fruit and Milk Friday, Feb. 26 Cheesy Chicken and Rice Or Macaroni and Cheese, Tortilla Chips, Salsa, Tossed Salad, Green Beans, Fruit and Milk Monday, March 1 Sausage Patties, Pancakes, Syrup, Smile Tots, V-Blend Juice, Fruit and Milk Tuesday, March 2 Stuffed Crust Pizza, Broc- coli With Cheese, Buttered Carrots, Fruit and Milk Wednesday, March 3 Popcorn Chicken, Mashed Potatoes, White Gravy, But- tered Corn, Fruit and Milk WINSLOW ELEMENTARY Wednesday, Feb. 24 Chicken Nuggets, Whole Grain Dinner Roll, Scal- loped Potatoes, Baked Beans, Fruit and Milk Thursday, Feb. 25 Spaghetti With Sauce, Meatballs, Mini Garlic Toast, Garden Salad, Broc- coli Floret, Fruit and Milk Friday, Feb. 26 Grilled Cheese, Seasoned Fries, Celery, Cucumber Slices, Sidekicks (Frozen Fruit Juice) and Milk Monday, March 1 Chicken Corn Dog, Baked Chips, Fresh Broccoli Flo- rets, Baby Carrots, Fruit and Milk Tuesday, March 2 Dr. Seuss' Birthday: Scramble Eggs with Ham, Whole Grain Biscuit, Hash Brown Patty, V-Blend Juice, Fruit and Milk and Holiday Cookie Wednesday, March 3 Barbecue Pork, Dinner Rolls, Baked Beans, Sweet Potato Fries, Fruit and Milk PETERSBURG ELEMENTARY Wednesday, Feb. 24 Hot Dog, Bun, Sea- soned Fries, Broccoli With Cheese, Fruit, Milk and Jel- lo Thursday, Feb. 25 2 Sausage Links, Dutch Waffle, Syrup, Tater Tots, V- Blend Juice, Fruit and Milk Friday, Feb. 26 Macaroni and Cheese, Baked Beans, Green Beans, Sugar Cookie With Icing, Fruit and Milk Monday and March 1 Chicken Corn Dog, Baked Chips, Fresh Broccoli, Baby Carrots, Fruit and Milk Tuesday, March 2 Dr. Seuss' Birthday: Scramble Eggs With Ham, Whole Grain Biscuit, Hash Brown Patty, V-Blend Juice, Fruit, Milk and Holiday Cookie Wednesday, March 3 Barbecue Pork, Dinner Rolls, Baked Beans, Sweet Potato Fries, Fruit and Milk Braylie Conder, third grade, made a huge necklace out of Brain Flakes during inside recess recently. The Wood Memorial Trojans pulled out a 54-51 overtime win on the home court against the Titans on Monday evening. Owen Day, Griffin Parke, Colin Page and Alton Falls got coach Dustin George's team in- to overtime after trailing by eight go- ing into the fourth. An overtime three-pointer by Ti- tan Jaxon Lamb wasn't enough for the Titans as Trojans Colton Page, Gramm Collins and Owen Day got to the line for the win. The team finished with 22-of-24 from the charity stripe. Falls led all scorers with 16 markers and team- mate Colton Page had 15. Griffin Parke finished with a dozen and Ja- cob Elaman and Owen Day each had five. Wood has won five of their last sev- en games, including a 71-11 landslide over Washington Catholic, a 25 -point win over Bloomington Christian and a 21-point victory at Vincennes Rivet. The junior varsity suffered a 51-19 loss, outscoring Gibson Southern 12- 9 in the fourth but getting off on the wrong foot in the early going. Kaden Newton scored a team high 12 points including a three-pointer in the first quarter and nine points in the fourth. Bob Bobbitt had four points and Wil Morton had three points. Titan Eli Chandler led all scorers with 14 followed by Titans Sean De- Long, Isaac O'Neal and Jackson Red- ding with six each. Score by Quarters: Wood Memorial: 12 24 35 48 - 54 Gibson Southern: 13 35 43 48 - 51 Trojans: Falls: 16, Page: 15, Ela- man: 5, Newton 0, Parke: 12, Mor- ton: 0, Day: 5, Collins: 1, Cooper: 0, Lee: 0. Titans: Malone: 4, Reid: 0, Foster: 5, McKee: 12, Bryant: 5, Riggs: 0, Lamb: 13, Hurless: 0, Ziliak: 0, Yanc- ey: 1, Spindler: 0, Brindle: 11. Trojans start sectional on Tuesday The Wood Memorial Trojans (6 - 11) play Cannelton (6 -11) at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 2 in game one, and Day School (6 -5) squares off with NE Dubois (8 -13) in game two at 7 p.m. The winner of game one plays Vincennes Rivet (4-10) at 5:30 p.m. Friday followed by the game two winner playing Springs Valley (9 - 12) at 7 p.m. Winners of games three and four compete for the sectional champion- ship on Saturday, March 6 at 7 pm. Trojans edge Titans in overtime Wood Memorial's Brian Bobbitt and Jon Walker defend Titan Jackson Redding during junior var- sity action at Wood Memorial. Wood Memorial's Jacob Elaman defends against Titan Noah Bryant in early action this past Monday night on the home court with Gibson Southern.