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A-6 Local Wednesday, July 5, 2017 The Press-Dispatch The Press-Dispatch Purdue Extension | Pike County July 2017 C-9 PIKE COUNT Y Local Faces. Countless Connections. July 2017 The Press-Dispatch Pike County 4-H News By Sarah Hopkins, 4-H Youth Development Educator It is the policy of the Purdue Univer- sity Cooperative Extension Service that all persons have equal oppor- tunity and access to its educational programs, servic- es, activities, and facilities without regard to race, re- ligion, color, sex, age, national origin or ancestry, marital status, pa- rental status, sexual orientation, dis- ability, or status as a veteran. Purdue University is an Af- firmative Action in- stitution. This mate- rial may be avail- able in alternative formats. Purdue University Cooperative Extension Service – Pike Co. Office Courthouse — 801 E Main St, Petersburg, IN 47567-1249 Ph. 812-354-6838 Fax 812-354-8028 2017 Pike County 4-H Fair! The Pike County 4-H Fair is just around the corner! For many folks, the smells and sounds of the fair bring back memories of animals, hand-made projects, and ribbons. The 4-H Fair is a great celebration of the hard work many 4-H members put into their projects. Take a close look at the 4-H project and you can often see the time, commitment, and skill that it took to produce the end result. Take a look at the 4-H member and you will see so much more! A comprehensive study of pos- itive youth development showed that compared to their peers, 4-H members are four times more likely to contribute to their communities, two times more likely to be civical- ly active, and two times more likely to make healthier choices. Addition- ally, the numerous life skills youth learn through 4-H are carried into adulthood. When you take a look at the 4-H projects at the 2017 Pike County 4-H, take note of the 4-H member exhibiting the project and watch 4-H grow our future busi- ness owners, skilled laborers, and leaders. 4-H Fair Livestock Plan to check out the livestock exhibits at the Pike County 4-H Fair! Livestock will be in the barns for viewing begin- ning in the afternoon of Sunday, July 9 until the afternoon of Friday, July 14. Be sure to come out for the livestock shows and auction! • Contesting Horse Show: Sunday, July 9 at 7 p.m. • Goat Show: Monday, July 10 at 9 a.m. • Pleasure Horse Show: Monday, July 10 at 7 p.m. • Poultry Show: Tuesday, July 11 at 9 a.m. • Swine Show: Tuesday, July 11 at 6:30 p.m. • Rabbit Show: Wednesday, July 12 at 9 a.m. • Beef and Dairy Shows: Wednesday, July 12 at 6 p.m. • Supreme Showmanship Contests: Thursday, July 13 at 9 a.m. • Livestock Auction: Friday, July 14 at 5:30 p.m. (Buyer reg- istration begins at 4:30 p.m.) 4-H Fair Building Exhibits Be sure to stop in the 4-H Building to see the many proj- ects created by very talented 4-H members! The building will be open for viewing during the following times: • Monday, July 10 : 6 -9 p.m. • Tuesday, July 11: 6 -9 p.m. • Wednesday, July 12: 6 -9 p.m. • Thursday, July 13: 6 -9 p.m. IMPORTANT 4-H FAIR EXHIBITOR REMINDERS Note: The Pike County Extension office will be operating from the Pike County 4-H Fairgrounds from Friday, July 7 through Friday, July 14. You can call us at 812-354-1462 during the 4-H Fair. 4-H MEMBERS: • Everyone exhibiting at the Pike County 4-H Fair is asked to help with Fairgrounds Cleanup. There will be a cleanup on Friday, July 7 from 8 a.m.-8 p.m. If you have not already helped with a cleanup, please make plans to come out and help us prepare for the 2017 4-H Fair. • Remember you can bring your 4-H Build- ing projects with you and check them in during Fairgrounds Cleanup Day on July 7. Regular 4-H Building project check-in will be on Sat- urday, July 8 from 8am-10am. Project judging begins at 10 :30 a.m. • Remember to bring your animals to the 4-H Fairgrounds for check-in between 7 and 11 a.m. on Sunday, July 9. All animals must be checked and cleared by the vet before coming onto the fairgrounds. • Livestock and 4-H Building projects need to be checked-out on Friday, July 14 after the livestock auction. • If you are planning to stay with your animal overnight at the fairgrounds, be sure to com- plete an overnight form, which can be picked up from the Pike County Extension office. • If you are planning to auction an animal at the fair, keep in mind that auction numbers will be drawn on July 7 during Fairgrounds Cleanup. If you are not able to help with cleanup that day, then your auction number will be as- signed. • Carefully review the 4-H Scoop or Mini Scoop to make sure you have everything re- quired for your project before coming to the fair. Tentative move-in date for Petersburg Fire Department set for August 5 By Ed Cahill The Petersburg Volunteer Fire Depart- ment could be moving into its new digs on Illinois Street as early as Saturday, Aug. 5 – a little over 10 months since ground was broken for the 9,281-square-foot building. Petersburg Mayor R.C. Klipsch an- nounced the fire department's tentative move-in date during a meeting of the city's board of public works and safety on Mon- day, July 3. "If you've been by there, you know that we're getting close," Klipsch said. Klipsch told fellow board members Fran Lewis and John Melhiser that the fire de- partment's officers had met the previous evening, and had compiled a list of items that they felt needed to be addressed. "I went over that and answered it the best that I could, and sent a copy to Rich (Coan) and Ross (Elmore) and Jon (Craig) and Greg Martz," Klipsch said. "In fact, I was on the phone with Greg this evening, going over each one of those items. But we're talking about moving-in dates now, things like that." (Martz is the managing partner for GM Development of Indianapolis, which is fi- nancing the estimated $775,000 building. The Petersburg Fire Territory's execu- tive board will pay back that money over a 20 -year period, according to the terms of a lease-purchase agreement.) Klipsch told the board that the building – which he had hoped would be ready for occupancy on Saturday, July 1 – was rap- idly nearing completion. "We can see a light at the end of the tun- nel," Klipsch said. "A lot of the appliances and things were put in last week, and we're down to finishing touches right now. So if you haven't been in there, you're really go- ing to be surprised when you go in." Klipsch said that the fire department is planning to host an open house "probably in mid-September." "I would like for those guys to do that, plan that, set the whole thing up, whatev- er they want to do," Klipsch said. "That's the plan right now." Klipsch noted that the project is expect- ed to come in at or under budget, even in- cluding some additional concrete that was added last week to extend the parking lot around the side of the building. "As we went along, I just kept saying, 'Well, how much would it be to do this? How much would it be to do that? ' and we were actually coming in under budget in a lot of areas," Klipsch said. Klipsch estimated that the final cost of the building would average approximate- ly $ 82 per square foot. "(Martz) told me he just couldn't be- lieve it," Klipsch said. "He's working on one in Lake County right now, and he told me the cost of that was going to push $400 a square foot," Klipsch said. "He said if we had gone with a bond attorney, issued a bond, used contractors, like, from India- napolis, where he does a lot of work, the exact same building would have had a cost somewhere between $220 and $240 a square foot." "Now, is it perfect? " Klipsch added. "Oh, it's probably not perfect. But look at it. It's something to be proud of. It really is." In other action, the city's common coun- cil approved a sub-recipient contract with the Southern Indiana Development Com- mission to provide administrative servic- es for an owner occupied housing rehabil- itation grant for which the city is applying. "Essentially, you apply for the grant and then you hire SIDC to do all the admin- istration of the grant for you," said SIDC executive director Greg Jones. "We hire the contractors. We hire the lead inspec- tors. We hire people to do the needs as- sessments, and the administration will be completed by SIDC." Jones noted that the city was applying for a grant of $ 350,000, and that the max- imum amount that SIDC would receive is $ 82,180. "That's within the allowable grant per- centages that are set by the Indiana Hous- ing and Community Development Author- ity," Jones added. "Everything else will go towards construction." Council president Fran Lewis said that she was unclear about the city's matching portion of the grant – $40,000 – which, ac- cording to the grant application, is split equally between the city and community donations. Jones said that the $40,000 amount was set up that way in the application in order to raise the city's score. "There's two different scores that you're looking to raise in your application," Jones said. "One score is for community funding, which would mean you're looking at com- munity groups in the region that would be willing to support you. And then there is a section for what the actual applicant is putting towards the project. Since you're the applicant, that would be your portion." "So you have two numbers there that you have some control over in this process," Jones added. "You would have to put in $20,000 in both of those to get the max- imum score." "And what if we're not able to raise that? " Lewis asked. "Then you just get a lower score on that little section there," Jones replied. Klipsch noted, however, that the city would hedge its bet by budgeting the full $40,000 match amount in its 2018 -19 bud- get. "We thought, all along, 10 percent of $ 350,000 was $ 35,000, that we had already See FIRE DEPT. on page 10 Luker arrested following crash A rural Winslow woman was arrested following a two-vehicle crash on CR 550 N. near the Minnis Lake Addition on Friday afternoon. Sara Luker, 38, of 163 E. CR 475 S., was driving east on CR 550 N. in a 2009 Dodge Caravan, when she went left of center at the crest of a hill and collided with Sandi J. Wade, 35, of 5591 N. CR 550 W., Petersburg, who was driving west on CR 550 N. in a Saturn Vue. Pike County Deputy Sheriff Buck Seger said Luker told him she had just received a text message. Deputy Seger said while talking with Luker, he noticed the odor of alcohol. She failed two of three field sobriety tests and tested 0.085 percent for blood alcohol content. The legal limit in Indiana is 0.08 percent. Luker was taken into custody on a charge of operating a vehicle while in- toxicated. Wade was checked at the scene by Pike County EMS for a wrist injury. Damaged was estimated at between $10,000 and $25,000 in the 5:18 p.m. crash. Jeff Burns who lives on CR 550 N. near the crash site said it is common for people to be driving too fast on CR 550 N.