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Located on the square in Jasper 812.482.3200 Mon.-Fri. 10am-5:30pm, Sat. 10am-4pm Follow us on JUST Fine Clothing and Shoes • Unique Home Decor • Accessories • Gifts BOGO BOGO Get ready for graduation, weddings or any special occasion. Dress Sale Dress Sale All dresses: buy one, get one of the same or lesser value FREE. Wednesday – Saturday, May 11-14 Wednesday – Saturday, May 18-21 Little Miss Ages 5-8 at time of pageant Junior Miss Ages 9-12 at time of pageant TO SIGN UP CALL DANIELLE HOUTSCH 812-582-2938 MISS FIRECRACKER Little SUNDAY, JUNE 26 at 5PM & Junior By Sherri Sebella Amy Gladish, Pike Co. Health Department Nurse, sees the endless opportu- nities that the nursing field has given her and the oppor- tunity for others interested in Nursing. "I started off wanting to go into dental hygiene," Gladish said. "A fter I got accepted into the program, I wasn't sure it was what I wanted to do and decided to take a year off and then decided to go into nursing. It takes between two and four plus years to become a nurse. Nursing school is not for the weak. You have to be very dedicated. I have a lot of respect for the ones who balance work and fam- ilies while going to nursing school, or the parents who are going through the nurs- ing program." Gladish graduated from the nursing program in 1999. "I'm glad I chose nurs- ing," Gladish said. "It has so many areas you can go into. The opportunities are end- less. If you get burnt out in one area, you can go into something completely dif- ferent with the same col- lege degree." Gladish got into the pub- lic health aspect of nurs- ing after spending time as a nurse in a physician's office, long-term care, behavioral health, and health manage- ment before landing at the Pike County Health Depart- ment, where she has been the past 15 years. "This position opened up and where I was at that point in my life, it was close to home and steady hours, so here I am," Gladish said. "Facing the COVID pan- demic was the most chal- lenging yet rewarding time in her nursing career, ac- cording to Gladish. "It was difficult during COVID," Gladish said. "You prepare for pandemics, but never something that lasts this long. At the height of the pandemic, I was work- ing 24/7. I was doing a lot of contact tracing for positive cases, education and self care, educating the public on prevention, and giving thousands of vaccine shots for COVID." Gladish felt rewarded in her career upon seeing the relief in people's faces after getting the COVID vaccine. "They said it gave them back their freedom," Glad- ish said. "I was shocked by the pandemic. We get so ma- ny emails about different things happening around the world, but you never think it's going to happen here, or last so long. I hope that what we take from this pandemic is to manufacture things ourselves and not be so dependent on other countries; to become more self-sufficient. There will be lessons learned from this." Gladish does not feel that COVID is over by any means. "COVID was my cra- ziest experience as a nurse," Gladish said. "We're still on edge. I don't think it's proba- bly over. It's starting to pick up a bit. I think there will be waves of ups and downs. I wish it was seasonal at some point in time, but in reality, it is a virus and it's probably not going to disappear." National Nurses Week Pike Co. Health Dept. Nurse Amy Gladish sees nursing field as opportunity for many Those wanting to get into the field of nursing need to prepare themselves for what it entails. "Be prepared to study and study hard," Glad- ish said. "There were many nights I fell asleep on my books and woke up in the morning back in my books. It's a great feeling that you are helping someone." "Healthcare will always be needed. It's not a profes- sion that will go away. Every day is different. You make a lot of connections with a lot of people. I like that I am making an impact in my community. I have met lots and lots of wonderful people being a nurse." RESCUE Continued from page 1 cue experience but need to be trained in swift water rescues, which is planned for this Fall. "We are not trying to re- place anything that fire or po- lice does," Henry said. "We're just trying to supplement. The equipment will all be used by police and fire. We just want to help get what we need. We have some guys who have the same interest and there is a need in the county. There is too much water, to not have a search and rescue team." Pike County Search and Rescue Team is asking the community for help in fund- ing this project. They intend to raise $50,000 to outfit, train, and implement this program. Funding will go towards the purchase of all equipment needed by the team, including one swift water rescue boat, as well as, one rescue Jon boat. "The Department of Natural Resources helps when they can, but they are so short-staffed," Henry said. "They definitely head our way when there is an incident, but it can take them an hour or more to get here. Swift water rescues on State Road 257 have been the most challenging." "Our first goal is water res- cue, because we are so de- ficient in that," Killian said. "Once we get that started, we will see what needs to be done next and tackle that." The team is researching grant opportunities, various fundraising, and has had one donation so far from the com- pany Far Best in Vincennes and Huntingburg. Those interested in help- ing Pike County to be a saf- er place to live and enjoy the endless recreation possibili- ties by donating to this team, can contact Briar Meadors, Pike County Sheriff's Deputy, at 912-354-4542 or by email at Bmrider4@gmail.com. PRIMARY Continued from page 1 County, those numbers look to increase when it comes time for the General Election in November. As of today, the Pike Coun- ty Sheriff race remains un- contested, with Jason McK- inney running on the Repub- lican ticket. McKinney had 1,018 votes in the primary election on Tuesday. A primary election is the pre-election in which candi- dates are selected to run for office in the general election in November. Primary elec- tions are held to help both the Democratic and Republi- can parties choose the stron- gest candidate to move for- ward. Winners of primary elections do not take a seat in office. They simply win a place on the ballot for the General Election which will take place Tuesday, Novem- ber 8, 2022. Cook charged with criminal mischief and intimidation By James Capozella A call to dispatch by Josh- ua Abell sent Pike County Sheriff deputy Kane Osgath- arp to 1269 W Glezen Elm St. Petersburg on May 1 on a report of damage to a vehi- cle, and verbal threats by Ha- ley Cook, 22, 2530 Hwy 41, Evansville. The report states that Cook was charged with breaking a window out of a 2017 Chevro- let Traverse and threatening Joshua Abell, Mrs. Abell and Mrs. Griffey, the auto owner. A call from Cook to Abell confirmed to deputies that Haley Cook broke the win- dow, threatened to beat all three, put bleach in their gas tanks and tear up Mr. Abell's property until there was noth- ing left, according to the re- port. Cook was charged with criminal mischief and intim- idation based on Cook know- ingly and intentionally dam- aging Griffey's vehicle and al- so communicating a threat to damage property and injure Abell and Griffey. "This has negative impacts with assessment valuation," Willis said. "The main benefit of the solar project is increas- ing our assessed value so we can lower our property taxes." In other business, coun- cil members are still work- ing with the Compensation Review Committee, looking at salaries and recommenda- tions. Jon Craig, President, said they should have informa- tion at the next county meet- ing in June. Council members approved additional appropriations from the non-tax funded Sol- id Waste Budget for Winslow site paving, in the amount of $45,000 in a 7-0 vote. This additional appropriation re- quest is to purchase materials, equipment, and labor to pave the Winslow trash site. This purchase is no cost to the tax- payers of Pike County. The Pike County Commis- sioners also requested an addi- tional appropriation of $5,000 to retain legal services, which the council approved 7-0. Ray Brooks, Pike County Coroner, requested an addi- tional appropriation of $ 800 for fuel, oil, and lubricants for the response/transportation vehicle. The council approved the request 7-0. With Pike County Emergen- cy Medical Services well over the number of runs from last year, Director Chris Young re- quested an additional appro- priation of $ 30,000 from the Public Safety Fund to Fuel, due to rising fuel costs, and said as of April 8, they had a balance of only $1,300 for the remainder of the year. The council approved the request 7-0. Amy Gladish, Pike County Health Department Nurse, re- quested additional appropria- tions to cover overtime during the COVID pandemic. "During the COVID pan- demic, the staff had to work a lot of overtime, Gladish said. "We did not always have funds available to pay all of the over- time and staff could not take time off due to the added workload." The Health Department re- quested to use some of the vaccine reimbursement mon- ey to payout the accumulated time. The council approved the request 7-0. A fter a brief discussion on whether to accept an addi- tional appropriation request or transfer request, the coun- cil decided to transfer $7,727 from the general fund for in- surance reimbursement to repair damages to the Emer- gency Management Agency's 2017 Ford truck. The next Pike County Council meeting will be 8:30 a.m. Tuesday, June 14 at the Pike County Courthouse. The public is encouraged to attend. Amy Gladish has served as the Pike County Health Department Nurse for 15 years.