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A-8 Wednesday, April 4, 2012 The Press-Dispatch IP&L - Pike County Schools Annual Recognition Dinner set for May 9 Light and the Pike County School Corporation will con- duct their annual PCSC Rec- ognition Dinner at 6 p.m., Wednesday, May 9, in the Communications Building on the grounds of the local IP&L power plant. This will be the ninth din- Indianapolis Power and ner, an event that celebrates the academic success of pub- lic education in Pike Coun- ty. It has been staged each May since 2004 to honor stu- dents, teachers, staff and ad- ministrators of the Pike Coun- ty School Corporation for out- standing academic achieve- ments during the regular school year. Angie Gray and Mark Flint have helped direct the dinner on behalf of IP&L since its inception. Several awards are given at the banquet. These include: IP&L teacher grant award winners from each elemen- tary, middle and high school; the PCSC Elementary Teach- er-of-the-Year Award; the PC- SC Secondary Teacher-of- the-Year Award; the Distin- guished Pike County School Corporation Alumni Award; recognition of PCSC retir- ees for the 2011-2012 school year; top 10% of the Pike Cen- tral High School senior class; PCHS senior class members of the National Honor Soci- ety; and PCHS vocational/ Local man seriously injured in accident was seriously injured Sun- day night after he was eject- ed from his Ford truck after he ran off the road and hit a culvert along Illinois St. Courtney Davis, 20,of A rural Petersburg man By Andy Heuring he turned on his siren and flashing lights. When Cpl. Wright was at 4981 N. CR375W, Peters- burg, was taken by air am- bulance to Deaconess Hos- pital, where he was being treated in the intensive care unit. Petersburg Police Cpl. Sixth St., he said Davis went out of his sight and then when he got farther south on Illinois St. he said he saw the wreckage. Wright said from the tire stabilized Davis until the EMS arrived. Davis was taken by ambu- Scott Wright said he was on patrol and noticed Davis turn from Highway 61 onto Illinois St. Cpl. Wright said he noticed Davis was jerk- ing at the steering wheel as he made the turn on- to Illinois St. so he turned around and followed him. Cpl. Wright said Davis be- gan to accelerate and af- ter he turned around Davis continued accelerating so marks it appears Davis ran off the right side of the road then over corrected and went left of center off the left side of the road sliding sideways and then hit a cul- vert with the front passen- ger side of the truck while sliding sideways. That im- pact caused the truck to overturn. Davis was eject- ed from the vehicle. Wright said he found Davis against the passenger side of the truck, but not under it. Wright said Davis was unconscious when he found him. He said he and coun- ty police kept him there and Man charged for battery arrested on battery charges accused of hitting his preg- nant girlfriend. Jacob A. McCandless, 23, A rural Winslow man was talked with McCandless's girlfriend Micahela Keller. She told him McCand- less came over and said he wanted to talk to her, but she told him to stay outside. Instead he walked in when of 2334S SR61, Winslow, was arrested last Friday at about 10 p.m. by Pike Coun- ty Deputy Jeff Boger on a preliminary charge of do- mestic battery. Deputy Boger said he she opened the door. Then he sat down in a chair and went to sleep. When she woke him she claimed he got angry started throwing things. She tried to call 911, but he broke her phone and then when she grabbed his medication he hit her in the face with an open hand. She had red marks on her face according to Dep- uty Boger. He then went to talk to McCandless who denied hit- ting her. However because of the marks on her face he was arrested on the domes- tic battery charge. Paper drive this Saturday Right to Life paper/alumi- num-can drive will be Sat- urday, April 7, from 9 a.m. till 2 p.m. at the old K-Mart parking lot in Washington. Bag paper in paper bags The Daviess County only. Sorry no magazines. Right to Life is accepting aluminum cans for recy- cling. For additional infor- mation or if you would like to volunteer contact Louie Kavanaugh at 486-3658. OES BBQ pork dinner April 14 The Otwell Elementary PTO and Staff will be con- ducting a fundraiser with a BBQ meal on April 14 at the Otwell Community Center. Meal will include BBQ pork, fried potatoes, green beans, bread, pickle and drink will be served from SAVE BIG! BUY IT NOW AND . . . . . . . . . . . . Rates As Low As 1.9% On Qualified GM Certified Units 1996 Chevy S10 LS Ext. 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Special rec- ognition will be given to Indi- ana Student Achievement In- stitute "Top-Gainer" award winners Otwell, Winslow and Pike Central High for their performance on state accountability tests; Four- Star and National Blue Rib- bon award winner Otwell El- ementary; and Pike Central High's Project Lead the Way program that was invited to the White House Science Fair by President Obama ear- lier this year. "Each year the banquet draws more than 200 partic- ipants, who are always en- thusiastic and excited for our award winners," said Dr. Mi- chael Harding, Assistant Su- perintendent for Instruction. "Our district is grateful to IP&L for the financial support they give in supporting this function, as well as individu- al student scholarships and teacher grants. Our schools also appreciate the exposure the local newspaper gives this event each year. Our school has been recognized at state and national levels this year. 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