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It was one of many projects being done as part of the 13th Annual Pike County United Way Day of Caring. More than 170 volunteers participated and donated 1,026 man hours. Denise Kinney, director of Pike County United Way, said it is the second most volunteers to participate. Among the 171 volunteers were 42 Pike Central seniors who are mem- bers of the Pike Central National Honor Society. See additional photos on page 5. Subscribe or renew during October Bargain Period The Press-Dispatch is offering a year's subscription at a $ 3 discount for anywhere in the United States. That is $ 3 off your only source for the news that affects you. Wheth- er it is your local officials making decisions that will affect your water bill, the road in front of your house and how much you will pay in taxes, or decisions affecting your child's school. It is also your only source for news about your neighbors and acquain- tances as well as providing a historical per- spective with the History page. 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NET/EDITION ENHANCES YOUR NEWS AND INFORMATION NETedition can now be added to your print edition for $5 a year, or stand-alone for $ 32. NETedition offers the same look and feel as the print edition, but with added vid- eo, more color photos and interactive con- tent. Subscribers get the added benefit of getting it at 6 a.m. on Wednesday morning at www.pressdispatch.net/edition. You may use the subscription form on page A-3 to sign up for NETedition. Please include your e-mail address and a pass- word. Once your registration is complete, you will receive an e-mail with your sign- on information. PC Homecoming activities Pike Central High School freshman Cody Davis (left) and sophomore Alan Evans (right) take part in a tug-of-war contest during a break in the powder puff football action on Wednesday, Sept. 20. Ed Cahill photo Business Expo, Prides Creek Halloween next week By Andy Heuring Spurgeon will celebrate their 150th an- niversary of the town being named Spur- geon with a festival this weekend featur- ing musical entertainment, a parade and other fun activities. It starts at 5 p.m. on Friday, September 29 with a pork chop dinner, carnival rides and a flea market that will be open both days. At dark on Friday night, they will have a G-rated moving and a cartoon in the park. Saturday morning starts with a biscuits and gravy breakfast at 7 a.m. and will run throughout the day. A car show is set for 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. and a poker run starts at 10 a.m. The parade will start at 12:30 p.m., with line-up beginning at noon. Saturday's musical entertainment will begin with Spurgeon native DeWayne Spaw at 1:30 p.m., followed by the Swamp Billy Band. Brian King will perform at 5 p.m., then Harold Stuckey and the Woodsboro Band will take the stage at 7 p.m. Other activities will include face painting, clowns and Batman being on the grounds. The New Liberty Church will be serv- ing sandwiches and other goodies at 4 p.m. BUSINESS/HEALTH EXPO IS THURSDAY, OCT. 5 The Sixth Annual Pike County Chamber of Commerce Business/Health Expo is set for 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. at the Old Petersburg Gym on Walnut St. There will be numer- ous local and area businesses set up with prizes and giveaways. Also, free flu shots are being made available by Walgreens and United Way. Spurgeon Sesquicentennial celebration begins Friday By Andy Heuring Pike County will receive $566,318.06 to pave roads with this summer. It is similar to a grant they received last year. However, Winslow and Petersburg will not receive funding from the Cross- roads Grant. Commissioner Jeff Nelson said the county was glad to get the money. He also said he understood there were many more cities, towns and counties applying for the paving grants this year. Pike County had requested $ 990,000. Governor Eric Holcomb was in Jasper last week to make the an- nouncement of which communi- ties received the grants. The In- diana Department of Transporta- tion doled out more than $150 mil- lion in matching grants for local road projects throughout Indiana. In all, 396 Indiana cities, towns and counties received grant mon- ey this year. INDOT's news release ex- plained 467 communities had ap- plied for the funds, which was a 48 percent increase over last year. Community Crossroads was creat- ed by the Indiana General Assem- bly in 2016. Funds for the program are awarded from the state local road and bridge matching grant County to receive $566,318 in paving funds By Ed Cahill The percentage of Pike Coun- ty School Corporation students in grades 3-8 who passed both the English language arts and math sections of the annual ISTEP test fell from 44.6 percent in 2016 to 42.4 percent in 2017. According to results released by the Indiana Department of Ed- ucation earlier this month, 56.8 percent of students in grades 3- 8 passed the English language arts section, down from 62.3 per- cent in 2016, and 50.3 percent of students in grades 3-8 passed the math section, down from 53.4 per- cent in 2016. "Trying to go through the infor- mation, we know this is not where we want our corporation to be," Pike County School Superinten- dent Suzanne Blake told the PC- SC's Board of School Trustees during its monthly meeting on Tuesday, Sept. 19. "We know we have improvement to make. The test changed, the type of ques- tions changed – we've got to change with it." "Trying to do the same old re- mediation that we've always done or teaching the same way we've al- ways done – the same questioning strategies in the classroom – we're not going to get the new results," Blake added. "So we have to al- ISTEP results take dip in 2017