The Press-Dispatch
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A-6 Wednesday, August 18, 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 Winslow Elementary School LUNCH MENU PIKE CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL Wednesday, Aug. 18 Chicken Drumstick, Whole Grain Dinner Roll, Mashed Potatoes, Green Beans, Fruit, Fruit Juice and Milk Thursday, Aug. 19 Spaghetti And Meat Sauce, Garden Salad, Fresh Veggies, Rice Krisp- ie Treat, Fruit, Fruit Juice and Milk Friday, Aug. 20 Macaroni And Cheese, Seasoned Steak Fries, Baked Beans, Fruit, Fruit Juice and Milk Monday, Aug. 23 Turkey Corn Dog, But- tered Carrots, Crinkle Cut Fries, Fruit, Fruit Juice and Milk Tuesday, Aug. 24 Pork Chop, Whole Grain Dinner Roll, Scalloped Po- tatoes, Green Beans, Fruit, Fruit Juice and Milk Wednesday, Aug. 25 Bosco Cheese Sticks, Marinara Sauce, Gar- den Salad, Buttered Corn, Fruit, Fruit Juice and Milk MIDDLE SCHOOL Wednesday, Aug. 18 Chicken Drumstick, Whole Grain Dinner Roll, Mashed Potatoes, Green Beans, Fruit and Milk Thursday, Aug. 19 Spaghetti And Meat Sauce, Garden Salad, Fresh Veggies, Rice Krisp- ie Treat, Fruit and Milk Friday, Aug. 20 Macaroni And Cheese, Seasoned Steak Fries, Baked Beans, Fruit and Milk Monday, Aug. 23 Turkey Corn Dog, But- tered Carrots, Crinkle Cut Fries, Fruit and Milk Tuesday, Aug. 24 Pork Chop, Whole Grain Dinner Roll, Scalloped Po- tatoes, Green Beans, Fruit and Milk Wednesday, Aug. 25 Bosco Cheese Sticks, Marinara Sauce, Garden Salad, Buttered Corn, Fruit and Milk WINSLOW ELEMENTARY Wednesday, Aug. 18 Chicken Drumstick, Whole Grain Dinner Roll, Mashed Potatoes, Green Beans, Fruit and Milk Thursday, Aug. 19 Spaghetti And Meat Sauce, Garden Salad, Fresh Veggies, Rice Krispy Treat, Fruit and Milk Friday, Aug. 20 Macaroni And Cheese, Seasoned Steak Fries, Baked Beans, Fruit and Milk Monday, Aug. 23 Turkey Corn Dog, But- tered Carrots, Crinkle Cut Fries, Fruit and Milk Tuesday, Aug. 24 Pork Chop, Whole Grain Dinner Roll, Scalloped Po- tatoes, Green Beans, Fruit and Milk Wednesday, Aug. 25 Bosco Cheese Sticks, Marinara Sauce, Garden Salad, Buttered Corn, Fruit and Milk PETERSBURG ELEMENTARY Wednesday, Aug. 18 Chicken Drumstick, Whole Grain Dinner Roll, Mashed Potatoes, Green Beans, Fruit and Milk Thursday, Aug. 19 Spaghetti And Meat Sauce, Garden Salad, Fresh Veggies, Rice Krispy Treat, Fruit and Milk Friday, Aug. 20 Macaroni And Cheese, Seasoned Steak Fries, Baked Beans, Fruit and Milk Monday, Aug. 23 Turkey Corn Dog, But- tered Carrots, Crinkle Cut Fries, Fruit and Milk Tuesday, Aug. 24 Pork Chop, Whole Grain Dinner Roll, Scalloped Po- tatoes, Green Beans, Fruit and Milk Wednesday, Aug. 25 Bosco Cheese Sticks, Marinara Sauce, Garden Salad, Buttered Corn, Fruit and Milk Gibson Co. Comm. Foundation hosts workshop Aug. 27 The Gibson County Commu- nity Foundation is announcing a free, public workshop featur- ing Treasure McKenzie, con- sultant/trainer of the Bridges Out of Poverty Model, on Fri- day, Aug. 27, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., at the Toyota Events Cen- ter in Princeton. This work- shop will consist of a compre- hensive approach to under- standing poverty. Bridges Out of Poverty uses the lens of eco- nomic class, and provides con- crete tools and strategies for a community to alleviate pov- erty. This training assists em- ployers, community organiza- tions, social service agencies and individuals in gaining in- sight and strategies. Compli- mentary lunch and refresh- ments will be provided. Registration by Aug. 18 is required to attend. Visit this link to register: https://bit. ly/3f W7Ad1. A fter receiving a Commu- nity Leadership Implementa- tion Grant from Lilly Endow- ment, Inc. as part of its sev- enth phase of the Giving In- diana Funds for Tomorrow initiative (GIF T VII), the Gib- son County Community Foun- dation collected data, hosted community forums, and se- lected the cycle of poverty as its focus for utilizing GIF T VII Implementation Grant dollars. Mrs. Emily Hudson's class is excited for the first day of kindergarten. The students followed "Pete the Cat's" paw prints on a tour of the school building. First graders Trey Fiscus and Annabeth Jones en- joy the monkey bars during recess their first week of school Chad Atkins and Jarin Wright have a good time climbing during second grade recess. County's COVID cases higher than this time last year By Janice Barniak Gibson County learned in a presentation by Diane Hornby Tuesday that with the county being in the red, and the high- est COVID numbers in the state, the health department has ramped up testing with drive-through rapid tests at their Princeton location. "It's been exhausting," Hornby said. While she said the majority of cases are com- ing from the 57 percent of un- vaccinated people, there have been a few breakthrough cas- es, and those are mostly from people in vulnerable popula- tions, like the elderly or can- cer patients, whose immune systems may not have re- sponded as robustly to the vaccine. "The vaccine definitely works," she said, but vaccina- tions have slowed. "We can't seem to get people to get the vaccine...It's all over the place...There's a lot of misin- formation, random stuff going around on the internet." The Delta variant is the prevalent strain locally, she added, which makes sense because during Toyota Motor Manufacturing of Indiana's shutdown, many people went to Florida, and the Delta vari- ant is very present in Florida. This July was worse than last year's July for the num- ber of cases. There were 250 cases in Ju- ly 2021, but only 154 in 2020. The number of cases are only topped by the peak numbers around the holiday season in 2020. But while cases are up, deaths are down she believes. The cases are in younger populations and she believes there are fewer deaths. "The problem right now is they are dying in Evansville and it takes a few months to get those numbers here," she said. The county did lose one younger person in the com- munity she knows of, she add- ed, but the person was unvac- cinated. Pavement project slows Francisco traffic The Indiana Department of Transpor- tation announces a complete road clo- sure on State Road 64 in Francisco for a total pavement replacement project. Beginning on or around Monday, Aug. 16, contractors will begin the first phase of a three-phase project to com- pletely replace the pavement through the town of Francisco. The first phase will begin on the west side of town near Cross Street and the Francisco Elemen- tary School. Workers will completely re- place the roadway from the sub grade to the surface and make repairs to drain- age structures throughout the limits as a part of this project. Phase one is expected to be com- plete by mid-October, depending upon weather conditions. Local traffic will have access up to the point of closure, but through traffic should use the offi- cial detour following I-69, Ind. 168, U.S. 41 and Ind. 64. Phase two will repeat the total pave- ment replacement but on the east side of town, near the railroad track across S.R. 64. Phase three will address the section of the roadway in between the limits of the first two phases, but isn't expected to begin until Spring of 2022. The entire project is scheduled to last until late summer 2022. During the win- ter months, the road will be open. Jail project settles at $24.6 million price tag By Janice Barniak The jail building project budget will be approximately $24.6 mil- lion, $20.4 million of which will be borrowed off projected jail tax reve- nues, Gibson County Council pres- ident Jeremy Overton told the full council in their regular monthly meeting Tuesday. That's down from a projected $43 to $48 million estimate when Amer- ican Structurepoint was contracted to build a jail, he added. The council should expect to spend the full revenue, as the sher- iff has already made many conces- sions on the building project, but the $24.6 million will be after con- tingencies and change orders, he believes. Originally, the best case scenario would have been to be able to meet the requirements and only spend 80 percent of the jail tax revenue that came in. "I don't think that's feasible," he said. As it stands, building on at the existing location is the only in-bud- get option they have. He also let the council know ad- visor Byron Sanders has resigned from the project after this phase af- ter giving the quarterly update to federal courts at the end of July. "Byron was a tremendous amount of help pushing us forward," Over- ton said. He said the jail committee is with- in a few weeks of choosing a plan, though they're trying to get out bid packages for the items that have lon- ger lead times. He said the committee hopes by next month to have the footprint laid out. Remembering Kimber The Princeton community remembered Kimber Breighlynn Sue Hibbs, 5-year-old victim of a drowning at Princeton Aquatic Center Aug. 3. The soon-to-be-kindergartener was pulled, unresponsive, from the pool and attempts to revive her failed. The fundraiser to help her family had raised $6,495 of its $10,000 goal as of Monday, and is available at https://gofund.me/d2f79c22. Photos by Scott Walden