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The Press-Dispatch Wednesday, Februar y 17, 2016 A-3 LOCAL Call: 812-354-8500 Email: news@pressdispatch.net or bring in a hard copy: 820 E. Poplar Street, Petersburg NEWS BRIEFS Oakland City Library offers adult coloring Adult coloring is all the rage and coloring with friends is even more fun. The fun returns to the Oak- land City Columbia Twp. Public Library, Tuesday, Feb- ruary 23, at 5:30 p.m. All supplies will be provided and the program is free to all. READER GUIDE Subscriptions: Subscription rates: One year: $27 for Pike and surrounding counties and all 475 and 476 addresses; elsewhere in Indiana $30; out of state $47 Paid in advance. Change of address — subscribers changing addresses will please give their old address as well as new one along with phone number. We cannot guarantee prompt change unless this is done. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to The Press-Dis- patch, P.O. 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Heuring, Advertising Man- ager Cindy Petty, Advertising Sales Pam Lemond, Advertising Sales Fran Petit, Advertising Sales Ed Cahill, Sports Editor Eric Gogel, Production Manager Monica Sinclair, Office Manager • • • • • • Published every Wednesday by the Pike County Publishing Co. Telephone 812-354-8500 820 Poplar Street, P.O. Box 68, Pe - tersburg, Indiana 47567 • • • • • • Entered at the Post Office in Petersburg, Indiana for transmis- sion through the mails as Periodical Mail, postage paid at Petersburg, Indiana. Published weekly. (USPS 604-340) REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS Thomas R. Estey and Jill Ann Estey convey to Jon R. Estey and Kyla J. Estey, real estate as recorded in Pike County. Opal L. Sermersheim conveys to Patricia L. Kend- all, real estate as recorded in Pike County. Jeffrey Ronald Davis conveys to Joseph L. Wilson and Zachary T. Nowark, real estate as recorded in Pike County. Pike County Sheriff and Brandon J. Elliot convey to Wells Fargo Bank NA real estate as recorded in Pike County. John W. Mason, Jr. quitclaims to John W. Mason, Jr. and Jessica Mason, real estate as recorded in Pike County. Bobby Asbell, Larry Asbell and Becky Kirk convey to Jefferson Twp. Pike Co. Ind. Volunteer Fire Dept., real estate in Pike County. Debbie Hale conveys to Eddie W. Russell and Mar- cia S. Russell, real estate as recorded in Pike County. Bruce E. Self II quitclaims to Bruce E. Self II and Jacque J. Self, real estate as recorded in Pike County. Robert L. Chesser and Betty L. Chesser convey to Robert L. Chesser Trust, real estate as recorded in Pike County. Marty Hall conveys to Jason Hickey, Lot. No. 33 in Lobby Subdivision, Town of Winslow. Women's Health Fair At Daviess Community Hospital Tuesday, February 23, 2016 7:00am—10:00am FREE screenings for women 18 and older including: Blood Pressure, BMI, Bone Density, Cholesterol (finger stick), Depression/ Alzheimer's screen, Pulse Oximetry, Hand Massages, and Carbon Monoxide screen. Lab Work for Chem 16 & total cholesterol panel = $40.00 (see below) Glucose & cholesterol = $25.00 (see below) Digital Mammograms (by appointment only). Please call 812.254.8851 to schedule. Deadline is February 12, 2016. Many insurances cover screening mammograms. However, a discounted rate will be given for Mammograms performed on this day. Call for more information. Guest speakers: Sharon Mead, Cancer Navigator (Preventative Screenings) at 8:00am, Dr. Atienza (OBGYN) at 8:30am, Dr. Blemker (Cardiology) at 9:00am, Angie Kribs, Physical Therapist (Pelvic Floor Rehab) 9:30am Refreshments available. Wear Red in honor of Women's Heart Health Month and be entered into a drawing for prizes! * Fas ng for 8—12 hours is necessary for accurate blood work results. It is acceptable to take prescribed medica ons with water. ** The Chemistry Panel includes 16 essen als tests including: Sodium, Potassium, Chloride, Carbon Dioxide, Albumin , Alkaline Phos- phatase , Bilirubin Direct, Bilirubin (Bil) Total, Aspartate Transaminase, Alanine Transaminase, Blood Urea Nitrogen , Total Protein, Calcium, Crea nine, Phosporus and Glucose. All Women from Expectant Moms to Grandmothers Welcome! Vendors include: Daviess County YMCA, Anytime Fitness, Mary Kay, Cherry Ghost Coffee, Stroke Awareness, Daviess County Tobacco Coalition, Vincennes Beauty College, Pace Navigator, Williams Brothers, Villages of Oak Ridge, Eastgate, Information on Lymphodema, Perdue Extension PETERSBURG MOOSE #1617 115 Pike Ave, Petersburg ( 812 ) 354-9480 KARAOKE NIGHT Guest Night SAT., FEBRUARY 20 • 7PM- ? Are you a musical star? Do you enjoy karaoke? Compete and win at your local lodge. Winner at each level can move on to compete at the District, State and National levels. Bring In e Singers Sign-in begins at 6pm District Competition To participate • Solid governance struc- ture • Parent/guardian par- ticipation • Sound administrative management • Relationship with an ed- ucational management or- ganization • Strong educational pro- gram • Qualified and dedicat- ed teachers • Plan to serve students with special needs • Health and safety • Evidence of increasing student achievement • School climate and stu- dent discipline • Sound financial man- agement • Recruitment and admis- sions procedures • School-as-a-choice op- tion • Appropriate facilities • Transportation • Satisfactory reporting relationships Over the past three years, Ball State University has ap- proved only one of 14 char- ter school applications. Ten charter school applications were not approved and three were withdrawn. During a community meeting held on Tuesday, Feb. 9 at the Otwell Com- munity Center, Houtsch announced that pre-enroll- ment had begun. "I think it's been on Face- book for a couple of weeks and it was in the local pa- pers ... last week, and Em- ily also has hard copies at the library, where people can come in and sign up there if they're not comput- er savvy or Facebook sav- vy," Houtsch said. "As of this morning, when I looked, there were 111 pre-enroll- ment responses (and) 140 students pre-enrolled." Houtsch added that, as of Monday, Feb. 8, the pre- enrolled students included 29 preschoolers, 25 kinder- garteners, 21 first graders, 10 second graders, 15 third graders, 18 fourth graders and 15 fifth graders. "So the numbers are there as far as our enroll- ment," Houtsch said. "As soon as we get our charter approved, we should be in good shape as far as num- bers." Friends of Otwell vice president Bob Rhoades, who also serves as chair- man of the group's char- ter submission committee, provided a brief update on the progress that had been made on the application. "Late last week, we kind of had a skull session, and it looked to us like we would be able to have this done on Wednesday," Rhoades said. "That's tomorrow. Obvious- ly, we're going to be a little later than that. Now, we're planning on having this pretty well packaged and ready for reproduction by Friday." "I've told you this before, and I'll tell it to you again, there's a lot of people – some of them right here in this room – that were bet- ting against us ever getting through the month of Sep- tember," Rhoades added. "They never thought we'd get this far. So I think you guys owe yourselves and the guys who have been work- ing to put this together a round of applause, because we're making progress." Houtsch agreed. "It seems like it keeps getting pushed back far- ther and farther, but we are definitely in the final stag- es of getting that togeth- er," Houtsch said. "We're just kind of really re-read- ing and editing it now, look- ing for mistakes and things like that. So that, hopefully, like Bob said, will go in by the end of the week here." "I think we've made real- ly good progress in the last few weeks," Houtsch add- ed. "But, again, I'm look- ing specifically at the char- ter application. That's some- thing that we need to get do- ne and get going before we can do a lot of other things, let's put it like that." Houtsch also announced that he has continued to work with Williams Scots- man, a portable building manufacturer with a branch office in Louisville, Ky., on the design of a temporary building that would be lo- cated adjacent to the Otwell Community Center. "Up here is the final, as far as I'm concerned, at this time, version of revisions to the building that we're looking at," Houtsch said. "I don't expect a whole lot of changes to it until, again, we get our charter in our hands and we decide then how we want to go forward." During the group's Jan- uary community meeting, Houtsch estimated that the cost to set up the build- ing would range from ap- proximately $135,000 to $175,000. "And then, after that, it's around $5,500 a month to rent it, for however long, a year or two years, whatev- er we need to rent it for," he said. "When we get our charter approved, we want to get the building set up and get going, get moving." Jasper attorney Elisabeth Luff, who serves as chair- man of the group's legal committee, reported that she had obtained 501(c)(3) non-profit status for Friends of Otwell earlier the same day. "Other than that, I've spent my day reviewing the charter application, getting all the commas in place," Luff said. "As of today, we are legal." Houtsch noted that work was continuing on contracts between Friends of Otwell and the Jefferson Township Ruritan Club and the Otwell Community Center for the use of their facilities. "Elisabeth has given us a first look at one of those, and then I got the lease for the community center that they're under," Houtsch said. "We do need to kind of look at those contracts with the community cen- ter and the Ruritan, but un- til we have our charter in our hands, I think we've got some time." Friends of Otwell will hold its next community meeting on Tuesday, March 1, starting at 7 p.m., at the Otwell Community Center. CHARTER Continued from page 1 Friends of Otwell vice president Bob Rhoades displays a copy of the group's charter application while speaking during a community meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 9 at the Otwell Community Center. Ed Cahill photo OES TERRIFIC Kids Otwell Elementary's TERRIFIC Kids for the month of January (l to r): Isaac Fair, Arri Mc- Donald, Jacob Pauw and Kylie Jenkins. TERRIF- IC Kids are students in the third through fifth grades who qualify based on the following criteria: Thoughtful, Enthusiastic, Respectful, Responsi- ble, Inclusive, Friendly, Inquisitive and Capable.