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Don't miss out on this great offer at The Gooch LIMITED TIME OFFER! Offer Valid for a Limited Time! Power and performance built around you LG G Pad X8.3 LTE New 2-yr. activation required TECH CENTER Continued from page 1 those successful businesses in Pike County to increase economic growth. With more economic growth for new business, this will in- crease capital investment, jobs, tax revenue and better quality-of-life. Willis said, "The biggest cheerleader for the Entre- preneur Center is our com- munity. Many residents, faculty members, organi- zations and students are strong advocates for the Entrepreneur Center and see the positive future im- pact to Pike County. As the Fundraising Campaign be- gins, we ask the communi- ty to continue their support." One supporter is Scott Willis, a resident of Pike County. He said, "Several of the former Pike Central Project Lead The Way stu- dents, who are now college students, have expressed a strong desire to move back to Pike County and estab- lish companies. Many of these same students have al- ready started forming busi- ness ventures while they are freshman and sophomores in college and would like to bring them back to Pike County in the near future. To not get a small business incubator in Pike County es- tablished in the next 12-18 months will most likely re- sult in further opportunities lost for the area as these stu- dents will go elsewhere to establish their businesses." Mick Hetman is also sup- portive of the Entrepreneur Center. "The Elmer Buchta En- trepreneurial & Technolo- gy Center would host and showcase new technology, products and processes. For instance, drone technol- ogy and real-time crop data gathering lends a competi- tive edge. Farmers can ben- efit from the Center. Robot- ics competitions for all ag- es can be hosted at the Cen- ter. Generating excitement for new tech and innovation will inspire the next genera- tion to follow their dreams. In the long term, the Center can be affiliated with other similar facilities state and nationwide. I feel it's our collective duty to embrace and empower the next gen- eration of innovators," said Hetman. Joe Dedman has been a passionate cheerleader for the Entrepreneur Center since the very beginning idea of its existence. Ded- man stated, "The opening of the Center will help us retain the great talent that our local high school pro- duces. It will provide those sharp young minds with an environment that will enable them to turn their entrepre- neurial ideas into business- es that will drive our re- gion's future." "Please join us in the ex- citement of assisting the community's young innova- tors as we begin a Fundrais- ing Campaign," said Willis. Anyone interested in con- tributing can contact Wil- lis at 812-354-2271 or pike- growth@frontier.com. By Andy Heuring Pike County is preparing for the Indiana Bicenten- nial celebration next year. Indiana became a state in 1816 and much of 2016 will be spent celebrating that 200th year. A statewide committee has been coordinating a statewide celebration. Pike County Chamber of Com- merce Director Leslie Teg- meyer has been coordinat- ing the local effort. She said it is pretty much being left up to the individual counties to organize their events. The state's main thrust is to set up the Bicentennial Torch Relay, which features an Olympic style torch. It will start in Indiana's first state capital, Corydon, on September 10. The torch will arrive in Pike County on Tuesday, September 13 and continue for a total of more than 2,300 miles throughout Indiana, crossing all 92 Indi- ana counties. Tegmeyer said in Pike County there will be 20 dif- ferent torch bearers. She en- courages nominations for torchbearers and nomina- tion forms are available at the Chamber of Commerce office on Main St., Peters- burg. In all, about 1,600 differ- ent people will carry the torch. Tegmeyer said there will be an entourage going with the torch that will include a mobile museum. But beyond the torch tour- ing all 92 counties, each county is going to have their own festivals and events. Some of the Bicentenni- al projects in Pike County include two at the History Center. One is a scrapbook that will be a day in the life of Pike County. It basically will have a person each day of the year photograph and document their activities for that day. Also, The Play- ers Club, which is a local ac- tors group, plans to do re-en- actments of notable people from Pike County's history. Former Pike County res- ident Art Miley is writing a book profiling numerous Pike County residents over the past 200 years who had significant achievements in their chosen fields, includ- ing major league baseball players, U.S. senators, Gen- eral Motors executives and one of America's earliest fe- male PhD theoretical phys- icists. Tegmeyer said festivals and other events during 2016 can get the Bicenten- nial designation. The desig- nation gets the event listed on the Bicentennial events webpage and in a guide be- ing published. One event already listed is the A za- lea Fest in Petersburg. Teg- meyer said anyone want- ing to get their event list- ed could stop by the Cham- ber of Commerce office and she will help with the regis- tration. They have also put togeth- er a Pike County Bicenten- nial 2016 Calendar that fea- tures pictures of places and events, such as Sweet Sul- phur Springs, Otwell Mill, Pike County Ferry, Gener- al Store in Spurgeon, Pike County Poor Farm, Stendal in the late 1800s and others. Tegmeyer said a plan- ning committee is meeting monthly at the History Cen- ter. For more information, call the Pike County Cham- ber of Commerce at 812- 354-8155. County preparing for IN Bicentennial By Andy Heuring A 30 -year-old Evansville man was arrested on charg- es of domestic battery, child molesting and drunken driv- ing after police were called to an Otwell area residence Saturday night. Gregory Ollie Scott, 30, of 6201 Petersburg Rd., Evans- ville, was arrested by Pike County Deputy Sheriff Buck Seger late Saturday. Deputy Seger said he was dispatched to an Otwell ar- ea residence after a report of domestic battery. He said when he arrived, the wom- an said she and Scott had gotten into an argument over messages on his cell- phone. Then, he refused to leave her residence and as she was trying to get him to leave, Scott punched her in the face twice and shoved his thumb into her right eye. She said during the alterca- tion, her wrist was injured. While Deputy Seger was taking the report, police put out an alert to be watching for Scott. Winslow Deputy Town Marshal Steve Nel- son located Scott driving south on Highway 61 near Winslow. He stopped Scott and was assisted by Pike Coun- ty Deputy Paul Collier, who noticed signs of intoxication. Deputy Collier said Scott failed field sobriety tests and was taken to the Pike Coun- ty Jail, where he tested 0.2 percent for blood alcohol content. The legal limit in Indiana is 0.08 percent. Deputy Seger said police were not able to interview Scott at the time because of his level of intoxication. Scott was also accused of child molesting. Scott arrested for battery, molesting, DUI Force Academy. "It was a beautiful place. I wish I could have had time to en- joy it more," said Houchins. During the second year, he participated in clinic rota- tions, including emergency room and surgical special- ties. "At the end of the year, you walked with a master's degree from Nebraska and got commissioned." "I didn't have to be the brightest guy in the room, just the most determined. "I came in as an Airman, went through all the ranks. Airman, Airman First Class, Senior Airman, Staff Sgt., Technical Sgt. in 2006." Then when he graduated from the Physician Assistant program, he was promoted to Lieutenant. He was sent to Tinker Air Force Base in Oklahoma City, where he worked in family medicine, basically as a nurse practitioner on that base. "Essentially, it was a small family practice with about 2,000 patients from ages 7 to 77." He became a Captain in September 2010 and in Au- gust 2011, he was sent to Kuwait, where he served at Camp Buehring. Even though it was only about 30 minutes from the border of Iraq, he said it was much different than his previous deployment. "It was during the draw down." Instead of combat injuries, they most- ly were doing checkups and taking care of acute prob- lems as the soldiers were being sent home from Iraq. "We would go from no one to 4,000 patients overnight." He returned to the Unit- ed States in 2012 and went to Travis Air Force Base in the Bay area of California. He was accepted into an Orthopedic Surgery Fel- lowship as a Physician As- sistant. A fter graduating from that, he and his family were sent to Germany to the Landstuhl Regional Medical Center at Ramstein, where he is now. He is the Staff Orthope- dic Physician Assistant, Of- ficer in Charger of the Brace Shop and Orthotics, and the Cast Shop. The medical center ser- vices soldiers from Iraq, Syria, Europe and A frica. "We see a fair amount of sport injuries. They are do- ing what airmen do. They are working out and playing sports, and getting injured. I don't see a lot of combat inju- ries. We see all of the active duty and their family mem- bers from all over Europe." Houchins and his wife, Jennifer (Readle), also a Pike Central graduate, and their children, Morgan, Kenadie and Harper, live at Ramstein. Andy and Jenni- fer were married in 1998. "They have been with me everywhere I have gone, except for when I was de- ployed," said Houchins. HOUCHINS Continued from page 1 Otwell Christmas decorations go up Members of the Jefferson Township Ruritan were out Friday morning put- ting up Otwell's Christmas decorations. Bob Rhodes said they have 18 new decorations, thanks to $11,000 in donations this year. It brings their total of decorations to 43. Above: Kevin Schnarr, Chris Himsel and Jerry Traylor put a decoration in place. Roger Knight, Rhodes, Gary Pride and Scott Pride al- so helped Friday morning. US Air Force Major Andrew Houchins