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The Press-Dispatch Wednesday, June 23, 2021 A-3 LOCAL Call: 812-354-8500 Email: news@pressdispatch.net or bring in a hard copy: 820 E. Poplar Street, Petersburg NEWS BRIEFS Gift of Life Banquet on June 17 First Choice Solutions, (FCS), formerly the Pregnancy Care Center, is having their Gift of Life Banquet at 6 p.m. on Thursday, June 17 at the Simon J. Graber Community Building. It is located at 9164 E 875 N, Odon. Doors will open at 5 p.m. Single tickets are $15 and tickets per cou- ple are $25. Monica Kelsey, founder of Safe Haven Baby Boxes, Inc. will be the keynote speaker. A wonderful meal will be included. Mail your check to First Choice Solutions, PO Box 589, Washington, IN 47501, or you may pay online via PayPal, at https://www.paypal. com/paypalme/FirstChoiceSolutions. Add "FCS banquet" in the notes or memo section of the check. Tickets can be mailed, picked up at the door or purchased at the office. Call 812-257-1041 for more in- formation. Pike-Gibson Water spring flushing schedule continues June 21-25 —Mt. Olympus to St. Rd. 56 and all Hazelton area and side roads. Remember these dates can be interrupted with any emergencies PGW may encounter. Customers may experience low pressure for short peri- ods of time during this process and discoloration in water. Check the water before processing any laundry. For ques- tions, contact PGW Office at 812-749 -4916. Magic show at Oakland City- Columbia Twp. Public Library The Oakland City-Columbia Township Public Library will be hosting magician Don Baggett on Tuesday, June 29 at 10 a.m. CDT as part of the summer reading program. The show will be outside at Wirth Park, so families should bring their own blankets or chairs. The event will move to the shelter house in the event of rain. The program is open and free to everyone. Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic Church to host blood drive July 9 The American Red Cross is experiencing a severe blood shortage as the number of trauma cases, organ transplants and elective surgeries rise – and deplete the nation's blood inventory. The Red Cross is working around the clock to meet the extraordinary blood needs of hospitals and pa- tients, but can't do it alone. They need your help. Sign up at redcrossblood.org for the blood drive at Sts. Pe- ter and Paul Catholic Church, 711 Walnut Street, Peters- burg, on July 9 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Time to register for Birthday Club If you haven't submitted your birthday within the last 6 months, please register again at www.pressdispatch. net/birthday. Entrants have a chance to win monthly priz- es from local businesses and a three-month subscription to paper. HEATING AND AIR 812-789-3065 jmcdonald@alltradeheatingandair.net or admin@alltradeheatingandair.net THE INDUSTRY LEADER IN CLEAN AIR, BUT DON'T JUST TAKE OUR WORD FOR IT. The Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America recognizes CleanEffects® as asthma & allergy friendly® Contact: Roger Young at 812 - 766-9170 4th of July Parade Hosted By: The Jefferson Township Ruritan and Jefferson Township Fire Dept. Guidelines: Parade entries must be received by Friday, June 25, 2021. Those after June 25 will be late entries. All late parade entries will be placed at the end of the parade line-up. No parade entries will be allowed after 9:30 a.m. on Saturday, July 3, 2021. Enter parade line-up by turning on Grant Street off Hwy. 257 to former Otwell Elementary School. Parade entrants MUST be in line by 9 a.m. to be judged. No vehicles, other than parade entries, will be allowed past the check-in point. The parade will begin at 10 a.m. Traffic on Highway 257 to immediate north and south of Otwell will be closed during the parade. Candy is welcome to be thrown during the parade; this parade is known for having LOTS of good candy! The parade makes a straight route north on Highway 257 through Otwell and ends on Virgin Street. LOUIE CAMPBELL Sales Professional lcampbell@sfaulknerauto.com CALL OR TEXT 812-899-6267 @LouieYourCarGuy HWY. 64 W. PRINCETON Looking for a Great Deal On Your Next Vehicle? Boy Scouts helping the church The Petersburg Boy Scouts stained a wood fence for the First United Methodist Church recently. Ayden Young, Graham Wieneke, Gary Lukens, Tyler Mason, Dominic Smith, Austin Garland, Dominic Garland, and leaders Todd Garland and Chuck Froehle helped with the project. The Petersburg Scouts meet in the First Meth- odist's fellowship hall. Pregnant... or think you are? Call:1-877-257-1084 or Locally Call: 1-812-354-2814 • Free pregnancy testing • Free counseling and info. on pregnancy options. • Confi dential counseling for women & men who are suff ering from post-abortion syndrome. • Residential Care • Health and assistance referrals. • Training and education. • Assistance in getting baby and maternity clothes washpcc@sbcglobal.net www.washingtonpregnancycenter.com Loogootee man arrested on OVWI charge By Andy Heuring A Loogootee man was ar- rested after his girlfriend called police and told them he had left her house and had been drinking heavily. Andrew L. Zins, 24, of 194 Bridgewater St., Loogootee, was arrested on a charge of operating a vehicle while in- toxicated after police located him sitting on the parking lot of Sunny's 53 in Otwell. Zins told police he and his girlfriend were in an argu- ment and he decided to leave the residence, according to Deputy Willis' report. Willis also said he noticed slurred speech, bloodshot eyes and poor manual dex- terity. Zins failed field sobri- ety tests and was taken to the Pike County Jail, where he tested 0.106 percent for blood alcohol content. The legal lim- it in Indiana for driving is 0.08 percent. DNR investigating reports of sick songbirds Indiana DNR has received reports of sick and dying song- birds from five counties. DNR is working with the Indiana Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory (IN ADDL) and the USGS National Wildlife Health Center to determine the birds' cause of death. The five counties are Mon- roe, Clark, Jefferson, La- Grange and Lake. The affected songbirds showed neurological signs of illness as well as eye swelling and crusty discharge. "Several species are being affected," said Allisyn-Ma- rie Gillet, DNR ornithologist, "including blue jay, Ameri- can Robin, common grackle, Northern Cardinal, Europe- an Starling and a few others. Several samples have been sent to IN ADDL. Gillet said that all bird samples submit- ted have tested negative for avian influenza and West Nile virus. Final laboratory diag- nostic results are pending. The following recommenda- tions are good practice for any- one who experiences sick or dead wild birds on their prop- erty: • Use the DNR sick/dead wildlife reporting tool at on.IN.gov/sickwildlife to alert DNR staff. • Stop feeding birds until the mortality event has con- cluded. • Clean feeders and baths with a 10 percent bleach solu- tion. • Avoid handling birds. If you need to handle birds, wear disposable gloves. • When removing dead birds, wear disposable gloves and place birds and gloves in a sealable plastic bag to dispose with household trash. • Keep pets away from sick or dead birds as a precaution. Additional information will be shared when final diagnos- tic results are received. Pike County's COVID numbers continue to be low By Andy Heuring Pike County has only re- corded two new COVID cas- es in the last seven days. Pam Cosby, of the Pike Health De- partment, told county com- missioners on Monday there were three active cases in Pike County. There have been no COVID deaths in Pike County since March 10, 2021. Statewide, the number of new cases are dropping dra- matically as well. On Monday there, were 197 new cases in Indiana and a total of three deaths. Hospitalizations in Indi- ana due to COVID continue to drop. On Monday, June 21, there were 427 people hospi- talized. Just a week ago, on June 14, that number was 536. On June 7, it was 614 and May 31, it was 705. Cosby said Pike County's seven-day positivity rate was 4.2 percent and it is expected Pike County will return to the blue level after several weeks at the yellow level. There have been 5,384 peo- ple fully vaccinated in Pike County. 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