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The Press-Dispatch Wednesday, March 2, 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 Pike County Treasurer's Office to be closed today The Pike County Treasurer's Office will be closed Wednesday, March 2, 2016, for training. The office will reopen for regular business hours on Thursday, March 3, 2016. Farm Bureau, Inc. Cracker Barrel Session In conjunction with the Pike County Ag Breakfast, Pike County Farm Bureau Inc. is again hosting their annual Cracker Barrel Session March 19 at 9:30 a.m. at the Otwell Community Center, with breakfast be- ginning at 7 a.m. and the Cracker Barrel session start- ing at 9:30 a.m. Senator Mark Messmer, and Representatives Ron Bacon and Tom Washburne will be available to answer questions, make suggestions, and actively affect the laws and policies that regulate your life. So come on out and get a wonderful farm breakfast (eggs, sau- sage, pancakes, maple syrup, juice and milk) for on- ly $2 and then find out what happened in the 2016 leg- islative session. Post Prom Committee seeking donations The Pike Central 2016 Post Prom Committee is seeking donations for our Post Prom Activities on April 16. Prom registration is complete, with nearly 275 stu- dents planning to attend prom and post prom (the high- est attendance in nearly 10 years). This event is pro- vided at no cost to the students and provides an atmo- sphere free from alcohol and drugs. It's sponsored by the Junior Class parents, with help from generous in- dividuals, businesses and organizations. Donations can be in the form of monetary gifts or gift cards/certificates (ex. gas cards, restaurant). If you would like to donate, mail donations to Connie Fos- ter, 606 N. CR 725 E., Winslow, IN 47598. Contact her at 812-789 -3504 if you have questions. Pike/Gibson Retired Teachers field trip April 6 The Pike/Gibson Retired Teachers will be having a field trip Wednesday, April 6 to the Clabber Girl Mu- seum and the Candles Holocaust Museum in Terre Haute. One does not have to be a retired teacher to participate. The bus will pick up riders at 7:30 a.m. (CDT) at First Baptist Church, 800 W. Faith Blvd., Princeton, and 9 a.m. (EDT) at Lowes, 2700 N. 6th St., Vincennes. They will journey to the Clabber Girl Museum first, fol- lowed by lunch at the museum café and bakery, which has soups, salads, wraps, and sandwiches. Next will be the holocaust museum, with an entrance fee of $5. The bus will return between 3:30 and 4 p.m. To reserve a seat on the bus, send a check for $20 to Pike/Gibson Retired Teachers in care of Carolyn Veale, 2491 E. Co. Rd. 650 N. Petersburg, IN 47567. 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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) PETERSBURG MOOSE #1617 115 Pike Ave, Petersburg ( 812 ) 354-9480 Wear green and win a prize! GUEST NIGHT/ 21 TO ENTER Lucky Charms oh me ST. PATRICK'S PARTY BAND TRIPLE THREAT Saturday, March 12 $5 per couple/$3 per person Kitchen & Dining Room will be open 5-8pm ZZZWHUULNHOVRFRP %LFHQWHQQLDO%ORZ2XW &(/(%5$7,21 6,*18372:,1 %,&(17(11,$/ &200(025$7,9(,7(06 $1'&21&(577,&.(76 35,=(6'5$:1210$5&+ Pike Co. Farm Bureau members meeting March 15 All Pike County Farm Bureau members are en- couraged to attend a re- view of the Indiana Farm Bureau Policy on Tuesday, March 15, at 6:30 p.m. The meeting will be at the new- ly remodeled board room, which is in the Farm Bu- reau Insurance Office at 201 Main St. in Peters- burg. Pizza and drinks will be provided. Call 812-354- 8488 to make your reser- vation. Farm Bureau is a grass- roots organization from Pike County Farm Bu- reau Inc. and all coun- ty Farm Bureau organi- zations up through Indi- ana Farm Bureau and to American Farm Bureau. Policies that are enacted all start at the local level and are put in place to pro- mote agriculture and im- prove the quality of life of Farm Bureau members. The items put in the policy are Farm Bureau's position on items brought forward by local members that af- fect our quality of life, such as property taxes, roads, migrant workers, annexa- tion, schools, GMO label- ing, food safety, crop insur- ance, right to farm, EPA and water control. PUBLIC AUCTION Saturday, March 26 • 10am Hill's Auction Center, Otwell, IN (Hwy 257) To consign or for more information, contact: Hill's Auction Center Wm. Keith Hill (812) 789-6367 Jason Keeker (812) 354-2419 Tractors • Trucks • Cars • Mowers Household • Tools • Farm Equip. We are now accepting consignments for our 42nd Annual Spring Auction. Book Review: 'Puns and Math' By Joseph Dillon Excuse my dear Aunt Sal- ly; she has a problem that is equal to, or greater than, most. Although her math skills are only a fraction of her issues, they are square- ly a negative factor in her un- derstanding of the world. If you got all the terrible jokes and puns in that last sentence, you will surely en- joy "Making Math Work," a series of real-world math- ematics books from The Creative Company, that are newly available at your Pike County Public Library. If you didn't appreciate the "by-the-numbers" style of humor, well, never fear, these books are written in an accessible style that will make it easy to understand on your own terms. Ok, I'll stop with the math puns. A f- ter all, I don't want this re- view to be seen as "improp- er." The bottom line is, "Mak- ing Math Work" is an ex- cellent series for those who wish to add to their under- standing of how math real- ly works. Adults who need to work out personal finances or who are building an addi- tion to their home will find this series useful and acces- sible. It's well indexed and the writing style is conver- sational plain English. Anybody who's complet- ed sixth grade should be able to grasp the content in this series independent- ly, without supervision. Ac- cordingly, I recommend it to middle and high school stu- dents who want to nail down practical application of the bewildering classroom math that they've skimmed for years. I predict that this brand- new series will be a hit with Pike County's growing homeschooling communi- ty. It's informal, direct and brief. The six-book series is shelved at Petersburg, but we'll send "Making Math Work" to any branch of the Pike County Public Library upon request. Whenever I consider the variables that this series ad- dresses, I know of no paral- lel. Ok, that's the last of the puns, I promise. Protractor. Joseph Dillon is the pun- prone Teen and Adult Pro- gram Coordinator at the Pike County Public Library. Competition dancers from Stacy's Studio of Dance competed at the Talent On Parade Dance Competition in Indianapo- lis. The studio won the 'Stu- dio Sportsmanship Award' chosen by the TOP Staff and one of only four over- all awards given to an en- tire studio. The studio Production Team 'Hope' won an elite and second place overall ju- nior novice line. The Senior Competition Team 'Love' won an elite and first place overall senior novice large group. The Junior Competi- tion Team 'Faith' won a dia- mond, first place overall ju- nior novice line, and judg- es choice special award 'In- tensity'. Mini Small Group 'Dream' won a diamond and tenth place overall mini competitive small group. Junior Small Group 'Be- lieve' won an elite and third place overall junior novice small group. Senior Small Group 'Achieve' won an elite and first place overall senior novice small group. The studio also had sev- eral solo dancers compete, including: Ava Sturgeon, diamond, third place pho- togenic, sixth place over- all novice, and Top Starz; Emiley Riker, diamond, seventh place photoge- nic, and ninth place over- all competitive; Kayelynn Stroud, elite and second place photogenic; Kellcyn Riker, diamond, first place photogenic, and tenth place overall competitive; Avi- on Murry, diamond, ninth place photogenic, and ninth place top entertainer; Kai- tlyn Miller, elite; Calleigh Wibbeler, elite; Allie Da- vis, diamond, second place overall novice, and Top Starz; Chloe Willis, elite, tenth place overall novice, and third place photoge- nic; Alivia Coleman, elite; Makayla Stanley, elite, fourth place overall nov- ice, and first place photo- genic; Madison Warner, elite and fifth place overall novice; Abby Sutt, (2) dia- mond, second place overall novice, third place photoge- nic, Top Starz, and judges choice special award 'Pow- erful Performance; Lily Willis, elite; Keeley Schell, diamond, elite, fourth place overall novice, and judges choice special award 'Poise and Presence'. The studio will continue their competition season in St. Louis on March 3-6. The studio is owned and operat- ed by Stacy Hawkins. Stacy's Studio of Dance competes at 'Talent On Parade' dance competition TOP Louisville Group Front row: Braelyn Onyett, Brooklyn Query, Haley Hallett, Calleigh Wib- beler, Keira Blaize, Ava Sturgeon, Emiley Riker, Miley Burton and Bren- na Ridao; second row: Avion Murry, Michaela Gray, Alivia Coleman, Emma Hunt, Maddy Gray, Kaydee Streepy and Kayelynn Stroud. Third row: Kadence Vanmeter, Allie Davis, Breanna Hunt, Chloe Willis, Shylee Russell, Jerzey Reibold, Gabby Collins and Kaitlyn Miller; back row: Brooklyn Aldridge, Shelby Ridao, Grace Brandle, Madison Warner, Keeley Schell, Lily Willis, Alexa Rayman, Makayla Stanley and Abby Sutt. Not pic- tured: Kaydee Sims. TOP Louisville Solo Front row: Avion Murry, Calleigh Wibbeler, Ava Sturgeon, Kellcyn Rik- er, Emiley Riker and Kayelynn Stroud; second row: Madison Warner, Allie Davis, Chloe Willis, Alivia Coleman and Kaitlyn Miller; back row: Makayla Stanley, Keeley Schell, Lily Willis and Abby Sutt.