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The Press-Dispatch Wednesday, May 31, 2017 A-3 LOCAL Call: 812-354-8500 Email: news@pressdispatch.net or bring in a hard copy: 820 E. Poplar Street, Petersburg NEWS BRIEFS Petersburg Alumni banquet set for June 10 The Petersburg Alumni Association will be celebrat- ing 145 years since the Petersburg Public School was built in 1872 on Walnut St., near where the Old Peters- burg Gym is now located. Petersburg's annual banquet is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. on June 10 at the Petersburg Elementary School. Tickets can be purchased at Ger- man American Bank and Home Building Savings Bank in Petersburg. They must be purchased by June 2. For more information, call Marsha Shawhan at 812- 354-4912. PORK CHOP DINNER MEAL June 3, 2017 At the Moose Lodge parking lot in Petersburg, IN. • 1 Large Pork Chop • Baked Beans • Cole Slaw $ 10 TICKETS Serving times 11am-2pm Those with tickets should pick up their meals between 11am and Noon if possible to guarantee their meals before running out. Get tickets at History Center Mon, Tue., Thur., Fri., Sat. or contact: Rick Miley at 812-354-4328, Terry Beadles at 812-582-0290 or Sandy McBeth at 812-582-0088. Proceeds from the dinner will go to maintain the history center. We want to thank the Mo e Lodge and all their volunteers once again for all their help in making this ndraiser a success. Foust receives Eagle Scout honor and will graduate June 3 Samuel William Spen- cer Foust, of Troop 148 in Bloomington, received his Eagle Scout rank at a Court of Honor on May 7, at St. Paul United Method- ist Church in Bloomington. Sam is the son of Joel and Kim Foust, grandparents are Al and the late Judy Foust, of Winslow, and Esther and the late Paul Pancake, of Ot- well. He will graduate from Bloomington High School South on June 3. He's been accepted into a Welding Ap- prenticeship program with Local 136 Steamfitters/Pip- efitters Union. Hodge named to Olivet Nazarene University Dean's List Victoria Hodge, of Oak- land City, was named to the Dean's List at Olivet Naza- rene University during the recently completed Spring 2017 semester. To qualify for inclusion on the Dean's List, a student must have been en- rolled as a full-time under- graduate student and must have attained a semester grade point average of 3.50 or higher on a 4.00 grading scale. Samuel William Spencer Foust Student Spotlight Members of the Pike County Emergency Planning Committee and IPL employees conducted a tabletop exercise at Indianapolis Power and Light last week. Damon Mason, Wil Teague, Jeff Harter, Matt Under- wood and Todd Meadors were the plant presenters for the exercise, which was focused on a large spill of anhydrous at the plant. Following the exercise, Damon Mason and Todd Meadors took committee mem- bers Brian Maxwell, Ray Brocks, Holly Bryan, Tonda Dixon, Sheriff Jeremy Britton, James Capozella and Indiana Department of Health representative Seib Maddison on a tour of the hazardous chemical storage and several other operations on the IPL property. James Capozella photo LEPC conducts emergency management exercise at IPL By James Capozella Pike County Local Emergency Plan- ning Committee (LEPC) members participated in a tabletop exercise last Thursday that assessed the capabili- ties, strengths and needs in the event of a large anhydrous tank rupture at Petersburg IP&L facility. Environmen- tal, safety and security personnel, in- cluding Jeff Harter, Will Teague, Matt Underwood, Damon Mason and Todd Meadors, led the discussion with Pike County EMA director and LEPC mem- ber Tonda Dixon presenting the sce- nario. LEPC members participating in the exercise were Brian Maxwell (Chair- man), Ray Brooks, Holly Bryan, Jer- emy Britton, Jada Maxwell, James Capozella and Maddison Seib. Da- mon Mason was the main presenter outlining recently added capabilities in firefighting, on-site incident man- agement, response mechanisms, per- sonnel, equipment and the IP&L haz- mat incident plan. The mission areas presented by Dixon included prevention, protec- tion, mitigation, response and recov- ery. A Haz-Mat incident involves evac- uation, containment, cleanup and dis- posal, in addition to dispatching emer- gency response personnel, patient care if needed and decontamination options for personnel and vehicles. Mason explained the response plan for IP&L in the event of a spill, an- swered questions from LEPC members regarding hazards and also coordina- tion of efforts by EMS and fire depart- ments. At the conclusion of the exer- cise, a lengthy tour of the several haz- ards, including storage facilities for sul- phuric acid, was given by Mason and Todd Meadors. Mason's recently de- veloped QR codes mounted on struc- tures and buildings allow mobile phone access to specific information such as AED, facility siren meanings, emergen- cy procedures and phone numbers. He also took LEPC members to the emer- gency response quarters where a bat- tery powered jaws of life, a two way ram and battery powered fans are main- tained. Another addition to IPL emer- gency response is a fire buggy with en- closed area capability. Mason said that the emergency re- sponse personnel at IP&L, EMS re- sponders and Petersburg firefighters, some who also work at IP&L, would be a valuable combination in the event of a large Haz-Mat or other emergency in- cident such as the recent car fire out- side the IP&L gate. IP&L environmental department members include Jeff Harter, Will Teague and Dobby Douglass. Safety department members are Matt Un- derwood, Damon Mason, Brent Kress and Amanda Ashworth. Former Pike County Sheriff Todd Meadors is head of IP&L Petersburg Security. Pike County LEPC members represent Pike County EMA, Pike County Sheriff's Office, Petersburg Fire, EMS, nurs- es and the Indiana State Department of Health. Petersburg Elementary School students with perfect attendance for 2016-2017 were, left to right: Serena Cloe, Kaeden Jansen, AnnaMarie O'Brien, Joshua Harker, Kady Gideon, Kylie Meyer, Eliza- beth Stephens, Kelsea Query and Andrew Vanderveer. Back row is: Brena Potts, Zackary Miller, Bren- ton Fryrear, Braden Schultheis, Luke Sale, Loren Huck, Addy Russell, Jaidyn Gogel and Savannah Vanderveer. James Capozella photo Eight Petersburg Elementary School fifth graders were DARE award winners this year. Pictured from left to right, front row: Lexie Onyett, Karley Kavanaugh and Ruby Sallee. Back row: Conner Sutt, Sam Nelson, Chief Deputy Kent Johnson, Graham Mullins and Taylor Gosciniak. James Capozella photo Petersburg Elementary straight As and honor roll Three fifth grade Peters- burg Elementary School grads maintained straight As through 12 quarters, which means they had straight As through the third, fourth and fifth grades. Ella Adams, Lexie Onyett and Arri McDonald were the three students to attain the high distinction. They joined 11 other fifth graders named to the Aca- demic Honor Roll for the 12 quarters in third, fourth and fifth grades. Adams, Onyett and McDonald are joined by Rya Graves, Austin Henson, Karley Kavanaugh, Cobey McKinney, Quade Morton, Graham Mullins, Sam Nel- son, Bode Pressley, Addy Russell, Jamie Sallee and Anna Whitehead. Straight As all year were attained by third grader Heidi Woodford and fifth graders Ella Adams, Austin Henson, Arri McDonald, Graham Mullins and Lexie Onyett. Perfect attendance awards were earned by Ser- ena Cloe, Brenton Fryrear, Kady Gideon, Jaidyn Go- gel, Joshua Harker, Loren Huck, Kaeden Jansen, Ky- lie Maeyer, Zackary Miller, AnnaMarie O'Brien, Brena Potts, Kelsea Query, Ad- dy Russell, Braden Schul- theis, Elizabeth Stephens, Andrew Vanderveer and Sa- vannah Vanderveer. The top fifth grade DARE students at Peters- burg Elementary School were awarded stuffed Li- ons by Pike County Sheriff Chief Deputy Kent John- son. The eight top students were Lexie Onyett, Karley Kavanaugh, Claire Wise- man, Ruby Sallee, Conner Sutt, Sam Nelson, Graham Mullins and Taylor Goscin- iak. MARRIAGE LICENSES Jason Andrew Query, 43, of 629 S. Lakeview Dr., Petersburg, son of Andrew E. Query and Marta Carol Boger Query, to Lisa Renee Wetherald, 45, of 629 S. Lakeview Dr., Petersburg, daughter of Ronald Hugh Wetherald and Rachel Marie Roop Wetherald.