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The Press-Dispatch Wednesday, March 16, 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 Vincennes University to host River Brass Band concert today The Vincennes University Department of Music and Theatre will host a guest concert featuring the River Brass Band on March 16 at 8 p.m. EDT, at VU's Red Skelton Per- forming Arts Center. The performance is free and the public is invited to attend. Final Lenten Prayer Breakfasts are Saturday Saturday is the last day for the Lenten Prayer Breakfasts. This week the men's breakfast will be at The First United Methodist Church in Petersburg and the women's will be at the Free Methodist Church in Peters- burg. The breakfasts start at 8 a.m. Farm Bureau, Inc. Cracker Barrel Session In conjunction with the Pike County Ag Breakfast, Pike County Farm Bu- reau Inc. is again hosting their annu- al Cracker Barrel Session March 19 at 9:30 a.m. at the Otwell Community Cen- ter, with breakfast beginning at 7 a.m. and the Cracker Barrel session start- ing at 9:30 a.m. Senator Mark Mess- mer, 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, sausage, pancakes, maple syr- up, juice and milk) for only $2 and then find out what happened in the 2016 leg- islative session. Winslow flushing hydrants Monday and Tuesday The Town of Winslow will be flushing fire hydrants on Monday, March 21 and Tuesday, March 22. Residents of Winslow are encouraged to not wash light colored clothing on these days. Typically when the hydrants are flushed, it causes water to be temporarily discolored, which can stain light colored clothing. Arm Wrestling Champions and Regions Awards Banquet 2016 Arm Wrestling Champions and Re- gions Awards Banquet March 19 – On Sat- urday, March 19 at the American Legion, 211 E. Washington, Oakland City (1 block East off Main St.), the 2016 Arm Wrestling Champions and Region Award Banquet will take place. The doors open at 5 p.m. CDT. Table games start at 6 p.m. and Arm wres- tling weigh-ins 7 to 8 p.m. Admission is $5 ABATE members and $7 non-members. There will be games, food (beans and corn- bread-bring a dessert), and prizes. John L. Lewis celebration dinner April 1 The 55th John L. Lewis day celebration dinner will be Friday, April 1 starting at 11 a.m. (Oakland City time) at the American Legion 211 E. Washington Street in Oakland City. All retired miners and their spouses, as well as widows and widowers of retired min- ers, are welcome to attend. For more informa- tion, call Roger Myers 812-749 -4739. 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 Museum 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, followed by lunch at the museum café and bak- ery, which has soups, salads, wraps, and sandwiches. Next will be the holo- caust 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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The Pike County Young Farmers, Pike Coun- ty Extension Service and Pike County Farm Bureau are jointly sponsoring the breakfast that begins at 7 a.m. and will continue serv- ing until 10 a.m. at the Ot- well Community Center. Dale Schmitz, of the Pike County Young Farmers, said the $2 fee is roughly what the farmer would get for the products making up the breakfast at market. The breakfast will consist of pan- cakes, syrup, sausage, eggs, milk, juice and coffee. Some agriculture facts: • Agriculture is Ameri- ca's top exporter; • 97 percent of US farms are family owned; • Those feeding livestock of chickens, pigs and cows are the number one custom- ers of Indiana soybeans; • There are about 60,000 farms in Indiana; • More than 14 million acres of land are in use for farming purposes; • There are more than 1,200 dairy farms in Indi- ana; • Indiana ranks second in the United States in ice cream production; • Indiana ranks fifth in soybean production; • Soybean candles and crayons were created in In- diana due to research at Pur- due University. There will be several ag and health related vendors at the event as well. Cracker Barrel session starts at 9 a.m. The Cracker Barrel ses- sion is expected to begin at 9 a.m. State Senator Mark Messmer, as well as State Representatives Tom Wash- burne and Ron Bacon, are expected to attend. They will talk about legislation during the most recent gen- eral assembly and take ques- tions. HOOSIER STATE DELEGATES Juniors Colton Potter (left) and Jonathan Kroeger (center) have been cho- sen as delegates and junior Jared McCord (fight) has been chosen as an alter- nate to represent Pike Central High School during the annual American Le- gion Auxiliary Hoosier Boys State from June 12-18 at Trine University in An- gola, Ind. They are sponsored by Petersburg Kiwanis and the John K. Chap- pell Hoosier Boys State Endowment of the Dubois County Community Foun- dation, a fund established in the memory of John K. Chappell, who served as State Commander from 1952-53. Attendance at Hoosier Boys State is lim- ited to young men with at least one more semester's credits to earn in high school, which is normally between the junior and senior years. A principal or school administrator, in cooperation with a local American Legion post, must recommend delegates. Approximately $13,000 in college scholarships were awarded to Hoosier Boys State delegates in 2015. Ed Cahill photo Juniors Ivy Capehart (left) and Stella D'Esposito (right) will represent Pike Central High School during the annual American Legion Auxiliary Hoosier Girls State from June 19-25 at Trine University in Angola, Ind. Capehart is being sponsored by VFW Ladies Auxiliary Post No. 3587. D'Esposito is be- ing sponsored by American Legion Auxiliary Unit No. 115. To be eligible for Hoosier Girls State, a delegate must be enrolled in an Indiana high school, having completed the junior year or third year, and be returning to the high school level setting the following year; be in the upper half of their class acac- demically; and be sponsored by a Unit of the American Legion Auxiliary, De- partment of Indiana, the local school superintendent, or they are registered with a Home School Association. Ed Cahill photo 812-