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Wednesday, Januar y 11, 2023 The Press-Dispatch A-3 LOCAL Submit news items: Call: 812-354-8500 Email: news@pressdispatch.net Monday 8-7 • Tuesday 8-noon • Wednesday 10-7 • Thursday & Friday 8-5 eye exams • dry eye solutions prescription lenses • eye disease treatment Call to book your appointment today for safe in-offi ce treatment. Don't Neglect Your Eye Health. We're Open to See You Now! Dr. Clint Shoultz 715 S. 9th St., Petersburg 812-354-9400 Locally Owned and Operated Golden Hoosier Award recipient Judy Gumbel listens as Mayor R.C. Klipsch spoke to friends, family and colleagues at the Court House Auditorium, on Thursday, Janu- ary 5, that the award is very prestigious, with a long and expensive vetting process. The Mayor has nominated a few deserving people who did not receive the award, and said Gumbel had been awarded the highest honor given to senior citizens by the state of Indiana. Golden Hoosier Award recipient Judy Gumbel takes time to hug friends, family and colleagues after the celebration reception at the Court House Auditorium on Thurs- day, January 5. Gumbel served in 4-H for more than 25 years and was President of the 4-H Council of Pike County in 2018 through 2019 and will be President again in 2023. NEWS BRIEFS Toyota donates $50,000 to Honor Flight Southern Indiana Honor Flight of south- ern Indiana, Inc. and Toy- ota Indiana, announce that Toyota Indiana is do- nating $50,000 to HFsI to ensure 85 local veterans get to fly to Washing- ton, d.C. for their Honor Flight experience. "We are extremely grateful to Toyota Indi- ana for their generosity and support of our mis- sion." said Jerry Blake, president of Honor Flight of southern Indiana, Inc. "This marks the third financial donation Toy- ota Indiana has given to Honor Flight southern Indiana. We are blessed to have such amazing community support and look forward to our con- tinued relationship be- tween HFsI and Toyota Indiana." "The flight is such a memorable and mean- ingful experience for the service men and women it honors," said Tim Hol- lander, vice president of manufacturing at Toyota Indiana. "We are proud to continue our partner- ship with Honor Flight of southern Indiana to honor and celebrate our nation's veterans in this way." Blue Jeans Community Center to host Sunday brunch The Blue Jeans Com- munity Center in Mon- roe City will host sunday brunch, January 15 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. dine in or carry out. The menu will include biscuits and sausage gra- vy, breakfast casserole, pancakes, bacon, fruit salad and drinks. Car- ry-outs available. all proceeds benefit the center. Josiah Ross Someone You Should Know By Sherri Griffin editor sherri@pressdispatch.net Josiah ross is probably one of the most fascinating 14 year-old kids you will ever meet. Heavily involved in the Pike County 4-H program, ross has hobbies the aver- age 14 year-old would never consider. ross's goal is to someday have his own taxidermy business, while he hopes to get the paperwork to start that business with his dad, Jeremy ross. ross also wants to make an atlatl in the near future, which is a device for throwing a spear or dart that consists of a rod or board with a projection (such as a hook) at the rear end to hold the weapon in place until released. One of ross's goals is to hunt moose, bear and elk someday, as well as hunt in the safari, using archery. Taxidermy is ross's favor- ite hobby at the moment, but he has many, to say the least. When asked why taxidermy was his favorite hobby, ross was quick to answer. "To make money," ross said. "It's money for hunting and hobby supplies. Taxidermy supplies are not cheap. neither are air brush paints and the supplies that go with it." ross has his father to thank for teaching him the taxidermy trade. "My dad was interested in taxidermy and first tried with a mallard when I was five years-old," ross said. "I decided to really get into taxidermy a couple of years ago." "We figured out a 4-H cate- gory to show one of my duck taxidermy pieces," said ross. This past July, the family found a category for ross's taxidermy fish to have a chance at state. It won an or- ange ribbon at state, which is higher than blue. ross plans to enter a duck in that same category at this year's Pike County 4-H Fair. ross learns all of his hob- bies the same way his parents do with their hobbies, by self-learning. ross looks at books, youTube videos, and other how-to videos. His fa - ther, brother and he went to a fly tying class, but they knew most of what was shown that day before even attending the class. ross's mother, Mendy, taught him to sew at a young age, like all of his other sib- lings. ross has also been a part of the George rogers Clark (GrC) volunteer group, since he was a baby. ross has been going to Vincennes rendezvous in May every year, which re-enacts the 18th century revolutionary War. steve Johnson, a fellow volunteer re-enactor for GrC, showed ross how to make jerky from the animals he hunts. ross came home and tried it with his duck from hunting, using small sticks arranged over a fire, and let it sit for hours. ross has his parents and his Papaw, Boyd ross, to thank for getting him inter- ested in painting and making arrows, handmade flintlock guns, and a self-bow. ross's father, Jeremy, is also an art- ist and hand makes things as well. applying these hobbies and talents to daily life, ross hunts with the tools he cre- ates. He fishes with the lures he carved and air brushed, and fixes jerky from the an- imals he has hunted, which have been duck and turkey and deer. To make arrows, ross grows cane, and ages it two days to a month. Fire straightens the cane, then he sands the nodes and sands down the entire cane until smooth, cuts it to length, and cuts a nock which connects the arrow the bowstring. ross then adds his own fletching from the feathers of turkey or other feathered an- imals, halves the arrow part, then seals the arrow with a special oil. ross has experi- mented with feather arrange- ments, which change the way the arrow flies through the air. One other hobby ross en- joys is leather work. He has made his own leather moc- casins, leather bag, gar skin quiver, a raccoon skin quiver, and other items. Josiah ross is definitely someone you should know. Josiah Ross is all smiles with the turkey he recent- ly hunted in his limited spare time. Josiah Ross's current project is working on building a wooden crossbow as one of his many hobbies that keeps him busy Volunteer Reenactor and friend of the Ross Family, Steve Johnson had Josiah Ross help him cut meat for the jerky and vegetables for the stew. The jerky dries on a handmade drying rack created with nearby sticks and sits near the fire for several hours.