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The Press-Dispatch Wednesday, August 2, 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 Wood Memorial registration begins Wednesday The Wood Memorial High School will begin reg- istration on Wednesday, August 2 with 9th and 10th grade students from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.; Thursday, Au- gust 3, 11th and 12th grade students from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Friday, August 4 from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., Monday, August 7 from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Tuesday, August 8 from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. for all students that were not able to register previously. The Junior High School Orientation and Registra- tion will be Thursday, August 3 from 6 -8 p.m. Oakland City Lions Club blood drive on Aug. 4 There will be a Red Cross Blood Drive at the Oak- land City Lions Sweet Corn Festival at Oakland City Wirth Park on August 4 from 3 to 7 p.m. CDT. Contact Sue at 812-677-0728 to schedule a time. Right to Life paper and can drive this Saturday Right to Life of Daviess and Pike Counties are hav- ing a paper and aluminum can drive on Saturday, Au- gust 5. They ask for paper to be placed in paper bags only. No magazines will be accepted. They will be taking pa- per and aluminum can donations from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Tractor Supply Co. parking lot in Washington, which is at the former K-Mart location. For additional information or if you would like to volunteer, contact Louie Kavanaugh at 812-486 -3658. Miss, Junior and Little Miss Petersburg pageant deadline is August 11 Registration is now open for the very first Little Miss Petersburg and Miss Petersburg pageants. Both pag- eants will be on September 16 as part of the Buffa- lo Trace Festival and will celebrate Petersburg's Bi- centennial. Contestants must be a resident for Petersburg. The deadline is 4 p.m. on Friday, August 11. See www.buffalotracefestival.com/pageants for more information and to register. Dale Grinstead State Farm Agent 211 W. Morton Oakland City, IN Bus: 812-749-6155 dale.grinstead.bylw@statefarm.com beth.svec.kwu1@statefarm.com Please stop by and say, "Hi!" I'm looking forward to serving your needs for insurance and financial services. GET TO A BETTER STATE ™ . CALL ME TODAY. State Farm, Home Office, Bloomington, IL Have a great time SWEET CORN FESTIVAL at the See you at the parade! Have a great Sweet Corn Festival! Oakland City, IN HOMETOWN IGA 122 W. Morton St., Oakland City 812-749-3072 W-B Air & WAter Serving Gibson County Since 1996 12123 E. Hickory Lane, P.O. Box 307, Oakland City, IN 47660 Phone: 812-749-9600 • Fax: 812-749-8367 wbairwater@hotmail.com Jerry W. Wilkins, Owner/Operator Enjoy the Sweet Corn Festival! READER GUIDE Subscriptions: Subscription rates: One year: $30 for Pike and surrounding counties and all 475 and 476 addresses; elsewhere in Indiana $33; out of state $50 Paid in advance. 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Manager Cindy Petty, Advertising Sales Pam Lemond, Advertising Sales Matt Haycraft, 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) OAKLAND CITY Sweet Corn Festival Pike County students head back to school Aug. 9 The first day of school for Pike Coun- ty students is Wednesday, Aug. 9. Following is some useful informa- tion provided by each school's princi- pal for both parents and students. PETERSBURG ELEMENTARY Supervision is provided in the gym or Group Room beginning at 7:45 a.m. each morning. Students should not ar- rive before 7:45 a.m. Buses will unload at 8 a.m. Stu- dents being dropped off in the morn- ing should be dropped off at the circle drive, which is located on the south- west corner of the building (close to the kindergarten playground). Staff will be on duty out there beginning at 7:45 a.m. Parents coming into the building should park in the parking lot – not on the circle drive – to not block the flow of the circle drive. When coming through the circle drive, parents should pull all the way up to the stop sign when they can or all the way up to the car in front of them so five to six cars can be unloaded at a time. Students should not be dropped off where the buses load and unload un- til after the buses have unloaded and have all left for Pike Central. As long as the buses have already left for Pike Central, students may be dropped off directly in front of the school as well as at the circle drive. The tardy bell is at 8:15 a.m. If a stu- dents arrives tardy, a parent needs to sign them in when they enter the build- ing. Please know that one tardy pre- vents a student from having perfect at- tendance for the year. Students catching a bus to Pike Cen- tral in the morning should be at Peters- burg Elementary School a little before 8 a.m. The buses will depart from PES as soon as they unload PES students and make the transition to transport Pike Central students. Breakfast begins at 8 a.m. Students being dropped off and planning to eat breakfast need to arrive early enough to eat. A fternoon dismissal begins with "back drive dismissal" at 3:20 p.m. Back drive dismissal wraps around the back of the school, coming in from the south side. Staff will be on duty out back to help children to their cars. Dismissal for buses and walkers is about 3:25 p.m., or when the buses ar- rive from Pike Central. Students riding the bus from Pike Central who are be- ing picked up at PES will be picked up at the circle drive. They welcome parents to check in with us at the front office with ques- tions and/or concerns. Principal Rick King is pleased to an- nounce that four new teachers will be at PES this year: Jill Hagman will be teaching third grade; Mandy Adams will be teaching fourth grade; and Em- ily Cherry and Mary Anna Arney will be special education teachers In addition, Ryne Biesterveld will be serving as assistant principal at PES this year. Also, Winnie Foster will serve as the school's ECA trea - surer, replacing Mindy Nelson, who has transferred to the middle school's front office. WINSLOW ELEMENTARY Arrival: School starts at 8 a.m. The tardy bell rings at 8:15 a.m. Any stu- dent arriving before 8 a.m. will be un- supervised due to no staff being on du- ty at that time. Buses unload at 8 a.m. and depart for Pike Central at 8:03 a.m. to 8:05 a.m. No cars are to en- ter the bus lane if buses are still pres- ent, morning or afternoon. Parents can drop students off at the corner or Por- ter and East streets while buses are in front of the school. A fter the buses leave for Pike Central in the morning, parents can drop students off in front of the building by entering the bus lane in single file and letting students out at the front door. If parents need to en- ter the building, they must park in ei- ther parking lot and not park in the bus lane. Always have students exit and en- ter your vehicle on the passenger side, not on the traffic side. Dismissal: Walkers and car rid- ers are dismissed at 3:15 p.m. Car rid- ers will be picked up at the front door. Cars should enter the bus lane from Bluff Street and form a line in front of the building. Students will be helped to their respective cars by the staff and the vehicles will be directed to leave using Porter Street to Highway 61. Bus riders are dismissed at 3:30 p.m., or when all buses arrive from Pike Cen- tral. No vehicles are to enter the bus lanes when buses remain in the lane, morning or evening. Remember that Porter Street is a one-way street from Winslow Elementary School to High- way 61. No entry from Highway 61 on- to Porter Street is permitted. Bus Riding: Children riding buses should wait to cross the roadway until the bus has come to a complete stop and the driver has put the STOP arm into position. Always cross in front of the bus after checking left, right, and left again, to make sure all traffic has stopped for a safe crossing. Once on the bus, students are to remain seat- ed and facing forward until the time to get off the bus, whether at school or at home. Students should be as quiet as possible and follow all school rules while on the bus to insure everyone's safety. New Teachers: Principal Ritch Luk- er is pleased to announce that three new teachers will be at WES this year. Miss Kari Schwinghamer will be teaching art and Mrs. Emily Wil- son will be teaching music, while Mrs. Michelle Lemond will return to WES to teach second grade. PIKE CENTRAL MIDDLE SCHOOL The school will be open each morn- ing at 7:45 a.m., with supervision in the gym prior to the start of school. School starts at 8:20 a.m. each morn- ing. School is dismissed at 3:15 p.m. Pickup and dropoff will be in front of the school. Parents should not use the fire lane area for pickup and dropoff due to the buses arriving and depart- ing from there. All students will report to the gym on the first day of school. New teachers at PCMS this year are seventh grade special education teach- er Mark Giesler; Chelsea Terry, who will teach seventh grade math; and Be- atriz Cobo, who will teach family and consumer science and cultures, a new class for eighth graders. PIKE CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL Building hours for students are 8 a.m.-3:30 p.m., unless supervised by a faculty member. Students must re- port to the cafeteria until 8:10 a.m. Par- ents need to drop off and pick up stu- dents in the back of the school build- ing, by the cafeteria and gym doors. Regular school days start at 8:20 a.m. and end at 3:15 p.m. On certain Wednesdays, students are released at 2:45 p.m. for professional develop- ment purposes EXCEP T the first day of school and on Wednesdays when schools are on a two-hour delay. New classes being offered this year at PCHS include computer science, web design, interactive media, culi- nary arts and hospitality food science, and education professions. PCHS prin- cipal Brian Holland said he was also excited that online class opportunities will be offered this year as well. New staff members at PCHS include FACS/business teacher Joe Cum- mings and computer science/CTE teacher Eric Wilson. A parent and/or guardian must no- tify the high school when a student is absent, either by a note or a phone call. The dress code will be followed for every school day. Students will be sent to the office for dress code violations. The cell phone policy will be en- forced. Use will be allowed before school during lunch and after school – not during classes. Cox arrested on OVWI charge By Andy Heuring A Petersburg man was arrested early Sunday morning after police say he drove left of center on Highway 61 in Petersburg near Sycamore St. Darrell G. Cox, 55, of 7068 N. CR 350 E., Peters- burg, was arrested by Pike County Deputy Sheriff Buck Seger at about 4 a.m. Deputy Seger said Cox failed to use a turn signal and then drove left of cen- ter. Deputy Seger noticed indications of meth intox- ication while talking with Cox, who admitted he had taken prescription opi- ates. Cox failed field sobri- ety tests and was taken to the Daviess Community Hospital, where he tested positive for opiates, meth- amphetamine and amphet- amine. He was transported to the Pike County Jail, where he was preliminar- ily charged with operating a vehicle while intoxicated (controlled substance). So. Indiana Leathernecks donate to Honor Flight Chris Fleck, (r) Commandant of South- ern Indiana Leatherneck Detachment #931 representing the Marine Corps League presents a check for $1000 to Pat O'Keefe Fund Raising Chair for Hon- or Flight Southern Indiana. Honor Flight of Southern Indiana represents the 13 southern Indiana counties. To date, they have complet- ed six flights with a seventh sched- uled for October 21, 2017. Honor Flight Southern Indiana flies veterans and their escorts out of the Evansville Airport to Wash- ington DC to see their memorials. All expenses are paid for the veterans. More than 50 veterans from Pike and immediate surrounding coun- ties have participated thus far. They are currently taking applica- tions from veterans from WW II, Ko- rean War, and Vietnam War. The Southern Indiana Leather- necks are challenging other organi- zations and corporations to match or exceed their monetary donation for this cause. For more information, check out their website: HonorFlightSI.org; www.facebook.com/evvhonorflight or call 812-297-4136 or Pat O'Keefe at 812-630-2567.