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We are also asking for your prayers for the new President and their Administration so they will have a conversion to respect the lives of the Unborn. Your continued support for the Right to Life is very important. You never know what little act of kindness to a mother with an unplanned pregnancy may go a long way to saving both their lives. If you are not a member of Daviess, Pike or Martin County Right to Life groups, please consider doing so by sending in a donation to Right to Life at the address below. If you have already renewed your Membership or made a donation, we thank you for Your Continued Support, it is Greatly Appreciated! Right to Life Asks for Your Support! Louis Kavanaugh Jr., President of Daviess & Pike Co. Right to Life P.O. Box 41 Washington, IN 47501 Van McAtee, President of Martin Co. Right to Life P.O. Box 11 Loogootee, IN 47553 Girl Scouts cookie sale Area Girl Scouts and leaders braved the cold Saturday morning to sell cookies in front of Silk Designs. They are, from (l to r) Arteena Rothrock, Elly Townsley, Eva Townsley, Ellen Ricketts and Katie Townsley. They said they hoped to sell out on Saturday, but if they didn't, they would have a stand set up next weekend to sell this year's cookies. The cookies are $5 a box. This is the last year for the Smores and the first year for the Toast Yay cookies, which are getting rave reviews. burg north to the White Riv- er. The project will remove the road down to the dirt and com- pletely rebuild it. It also will in- clude installing new sidewalks along both sides of the road. Petersburg's existing water line is old and any repairs to it required digging through the highway surface. Peters- burg decided to move the line before the road is rebuilt. IN- DOT assisted them with a grant based on need. It was estimated to be a $585,000 project and Pe- tersburg would have to pay $112,000 of that. However, Monday when the bids were opened they ranged from $ 611,0,0694 to $1.05 mil- lion. Klipsch said it has not been determined if Peters- burg's cost will increase pro- portionally or if it will stay at the $112,000. The eight bids received by Petersburg were: Deig Bros. Construction $1,056,531, Infrastructure Systems $ 898,570, Kiefer Bros. $786,695, Koberstein Con- struction $ 943,312, Love Excavating $ 610,694, Meh- ringers PH $ 695,460, Plant Bros. $718,944.50, Ragle Inc. $ 949,307.50. The bids were taken un- der advisement with plans to award the contract at the fol- lowing meeting. Klipsch said there is some urgency be- cause the waterline project needs to be done in conjunc- tion with the Highway 61 proj- ect. "We don't want to get in the way of that project," said Klipsch. "We should start see- ing some movement on that pretty soon," said Klipsch. He said INDOT might begin tree removal along Highway 61 as early as March. It is scheduled to be com- pleted in three phases. The first will be from Highway 57 to the railroad tracks. Phase I could be completed as early as October 2021. "We have a lot going on this year," said Klipsch. Phase I of the sewer plant rehab is waiting on the weath- er to clear. They were sched- uled to begin last week. That project includes the building of an equalization lagoon and headworks. Also set to start this year is the Streetscape project along Main St., Pe- tersburg. It includes install- ing new sidewalks and curbs as well as new light poles. At the same time, Petersburg will be installing a new water main down Main St. Construction of a new water plant is also expected to begin this year. Petersburg is work- ing to put that project out for bids in the near future. Klipsch said the new wa- ter plant won't happen a day to soon. City Services Manager Ross Elmore said last week they started having trouble with water pumps and the wa- ter level in their water towers was dropping. "The last 36 hours have been interesting," said El- more during last Tuesday's meeting. "We started on Sun- day having a little issue at the water plant. We were without the high service pumps, and it allowed tanks to get low. Not dangerously low, but low. He said they got the pumps back online, but the water levels in the tanks weren't increasing. "We were slowly losing wa- ter in the Highway 57 tower," said Elmore. He said they found one of the pumps had pushed the packing out of the pump. He said they switched wells and were able to start getting the water level back to normal levels. He said they will need to re- pair whatever is wrong with the pump. Elmore said they have a couple of small service line leaks that produced ice on the roads. But he said with all the snow plowing they were doing and the extreme weather, they didn't have enough manpow- er to get to the leaks. "Work- ing on them in nine, 10, 11 de- grees is pretty tough." "We are holding it togeth- er with band aids," said May- or Klipsch of Petersburg's wa- ter plant, which is one of the oldest in the state. In other business, Klipsch said they received com- plaints about upholstered furniture being kept outside a residence. He said Peters- burg doesn't have anything in their zoning or litter or- dinance dealing with this is- sue. He said a copy of ordi- nances from other commu- nities dealing with this issue was included in councilmen's packets. He asked them to re- view those ordinances and de- cide if Petersburg wants to ad- dress this. He said they needed to de- cide if this was a problem that needed to be addressed, then decide how to address it. "We will have to be very specif- ic in how we word this," said Klipsch. No action was taken. Police Chief Chuck Baumgart thanked city work- ers for the job they did plow- ing the streets in the recent snows. "It was awesome. You did well," said Councilman Jody Hoover. The next meeting is set for 6:30 p.m. Monday, March 1. WATERLINE Continued from page 1 Polar Plunge set for this weekend Annual Petersburg Po- lar Plunge to benefit Special Olympics Indiana Returns to Prides Creek Park Feb. 27 The Special Olympics' Sig- nature cold-weather fund- raiser supports year-round programs for people with in- tellectual disabilities in the surrounding counties and throughout Indiana. Special Olympics Indiana invites supporters to raise money and awareness by tak- ing part in its 2021 Petersburg Polar Plunge, to be held Satur- day, Feb. 27 at Prides Creek Park (1045 E Co Rd 400 N). On-site registration will be- gin at 11:30 a.m., with small groups scheduled to take the plunge between noon and 3 p.m. Participants are encour- aged to register in advance at www.PolarPlungeIN.org. As the organization's signa- ture fundraiser for more than 20 years, the Polar Plunge directly benefits more than 18,000 Special Olympics ath- letes throughout Indiana and plays a vital role in ensuring that an ever-growing number of children and adults with in- tellectual disabilities continue to benefit from no-cost partici- pation in life-changing sports, health, education, and leader- ship programs. New health and safety pro- tocols designed to limit the spread of COVID-19 will be implemented at all Polar Plunge events this year, in- cluding required face cover- ings and social distancing. Spectators will not be permit- ted to attend, and participants will be screened for symptoms before entering the registra- tion area. More information is available at www.PolarPlunge- IN.org. "Looking back on a chal- lenging year, we are tremen- dously proud of all we accom- plished together with our ath- letes and incredibly grateful to the dedicated supporters who made those accomplish- ments possible by raising a record amount through the 2020 Polar Plunge," said Pres- ident & CEO Jeff Mohler. "As a new year begins, we are op- timistic about the future and — with another successful Polar Plunge season — con- fident that Special Olympics Indiana will continue to grow and to thrive." Petersburg is one of 16 lo- cations set to host an in-per- son Polar Plunge event this winter, with additional op- tions for remote participation also offered to better accom- modate those who want to be a part of the fun without at- tending. At-home participants are challenged to "Earn Your Wings" by registering for a virtual snow angel contest or by signing up for the first an- nual Polar Plunge Run, to be completed and timed on an in- See PLUNGE page 12