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The Press-Dispatch Wednesday, June 8, 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 NARFE meeting set for today The National Active and Retired Federal Em- ployees (NARFE) Patoka Valley Chapter #1847 will meet at noon Wednesday, June 8, at the Schnitzel- bank Restaurant in Jas- per. The speaker will be Whitney Hall, of Dubois County Visitors Center. Her topic will be Indiana's Bicentennial. All active and retired federal employees and/or their spouses are encour- aged to attend. Call Rita at 812-604-5089 for more in- formation. Veale Creek Theatre summer musical Veale Creek Theatre will present "Songs for a New World" by Jason Rob- ert Brown on June 9 -11 at 7:30 p.m. and June 12 at 2 p.m. Tickets are $10 and can be reserved by calling Hibbett Sports in Wash- ington at 812-257-0892 or purchased at the door the day of the show. The musical is directed by Tyler Simpson. Blue Jeans Community Center dinner June 12 Blue Jeans Communi- ty Center dinner will be from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sunday, June 12, 2016, serving hot chicken sal- ad, meat loaf, parsley po- tatoes, green beans, slaw, yeast rolls and desserts. All proceeds help keep the center open. Early enrollment for Pike County elementary students Monday, June 20 The Pike County School Corporation will hold an early enrollment for elementary students on Monday, June 20, at Petersburg Elementary and Winslow Elementa- ry from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Transfer students and new students are encour- aged to visit the schools on this date. 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. 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Manager 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, Petersburg, 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) 4 Years My Daddy can do anything! 8 Years Dad doesn't know quite everything. 12 Years Well, naturally Father doesn't understand. 21 Years Oh, Pop's out of date, what do you expect? 25 Years Dad comes up with a good idea now and then. 30 Years I think I'll find out what Dad thinks about it. 35 Years A little patience – let's get Dad's input first. 50 Years What would Dad have thought about that? 60 Years I wish I could talk it over with Dad once more. Through Saturday $ 10 off All Men's Sport Dress Shirts Siebert's Mon-Tues-Thurs.-Fri. 9-5:30; Wed. 9-8; Saturday 9-3; Closed Sunday On The Square Jasper 812-482-5514 Dad, over the years ... Local First Father's Day June 19! Adam Scales (812) 354-8488 adam.scales@infarmbureau.com By Andy Heuring Lori Richardson is the High School Teacher of the Year for Pike County Schools. "If we were in elementa- ry school, she would be the teacher that would get an ap- ple everyday," said Marrisa Harrison, who nominated Richardson. Richardson teaches Proj- ect Lead The Way Biomed- ical Sciences and Life Sci- ences at Pike Central, where she has been teaching for eight years. Some of the classes she teaches are Hu- man Body Systems, Medical Intervention, Biomedical in- novations and Anatomy and Physiology. "I have always wanted to be a teacher as long as I can remember. When I was a little girl playing with Bar- bie dolls I would put them in rows and pretend I was teaching them," said Rich- ardson. "I love it," said Richardson about teaching science now that she does it for real. "It teaches a lot about the human body. It is so fascinat- ing," Richardson said. "Our bodies are fascinating if you think about what we do ev- ery minute just to stay alive." Richardson did not grow up in southern Indiana. She is a native of the Puscarora Mountain area in Pennsyl- vania. "It was very back woods," Richardson said. "When I moved here to Petersburg, I thought you all were big city. You had stoplights and fast food." Richardson said grow- ing up in rural Pennsylva- nia in the 70s and 80s, wom- en weren't encouraged to go to college. She said most got married and had kids. She didn't think her dream to be a teacher was going to happen. "I got no push from my parents or anyone to go to school," Richardson said. "I remember saying I want to be a science teacher and my dad saying what people say about teachers. 'Those who can do, do, and those who can't do, teach.'" She moved to Petersburg and married Donnie Rich- ardson. She said he encour- aged her to go to college and get a degree and be a teach- er. "He really supported me," she said. Richardson started at Vincennes University and after two years transferred to Oakland City University, where she completed her de- gree. Richardson's classes are different than most classes. They are for students inter- ested in the medical field, but not necessarily in being a doctor. Most are looking at a career in a medical-related occupation. "It could be anything from radiology to genetics," said Richardson. She said some kids take them just to learn about their bodies so they can better un- derstand what their doctor is telling them. Much of the learning in her class comes from hands on projects. She said they even do diagnosis. "If you come into my classroom, it doesn't even look like a typical class- room," she said. "We divid- ed it up into teams and work on projects." "She understands it is a hard class, but she works with every single one of us. She prepares us for col- lege and teaches us study- ing skills. She doesn't just follow the book by reading, then notes, then tests. She learns how we handle the lessons. Then becomes cre- ative and finds up-to-date ways for us to learn," wrote Kailee Russell, a student of Richardson, who nominated her for the award. Russell added, "The best teacher teaches from the heart, not the book." Richardson said the most rewarding part of teaching is that "aha moment." "I love the aha moment," Richardson said. "When I'm teaching something and they have never heard of it and they say, 'that is possi- ble' and their eyes light up and they take off and run with that idea." Richardson named the High School Teacher of the Year Lori Richardson Wet fun on a hot day Above: Baylnen Hartin and Cole Brock fill their buckets with water in the Kiefer Splash Park in Pe- tersburg's Hornady Park on Monday. The splash park opened on Memori- al Day weekend and will remain open during day- light hours until the end of summer. Right: Paige Myers chases Emmalou Rusch with a bucket of water through Petersburg's Kiefer Splash Park in Hornady Park on Mon- day afternoon. The splash park is open dur- ing daylight hours all summer.