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The Press-Dispatch Wednesday, October 18, 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 PCHS Junior Class fundraiser The Pike Central High School Junior Class is cur- rently selling fruit, pecans and tumblers. For more in- formation or to place an order, call Cassi Craig at 812- 354-8478, ext. 480, by October 30. United Way of Pike County funding application United Way of Pike County is now accepting applica- tions for funding. To apply, an organization or agency has to have a 501(c)(3) tax exempt status, serve Pike County and provide human services. For more infor- mation or to receive an application, call 812-789 -2557 or 812-789 -3774. The deadline for completed applica- tions is November 1, 2017. 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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Car Club 5K Color Blast – Oct. 28 q Trick or Treat at the Trunk or Treat Car Show on the Square – Oct. 29 q Experience the Craft & Barrel Tasting Event – Nov. 4 q Run in the Reindeer Run 5K – Dec. 2 q Wave at Santa during the Princeton Christmas Parade – Dec. 2 q Watch the Haubstadt Lighted Golf Cart Parade – Dec. 3 q Get in the holiday spirit at the Oakland City Christmas Parade – Dec. 9 q Cheer on your team at the Toyota Teamwork Classic – Dec. 19-23 Gibson County 702 W. BROADWAY, PRINCETON, IN 8 8 8 - 3 9 0 - 5 8 2 5 By Andy Heuring Local musician and music minister Michael Cochren is in the process of doing a Kickstarter fundraiser so he can release an album. Cochren, who had re- leased some short, locally- produced albums, is want- ing to release a Nashville produced album. Cochren, the lead of Co- chren and Co., is a mainstay at local festivals, as well as being Minister of Music at Antioch Christian Church on US 50, east of Washing- ton. They have performed about 60 times in the last year in eight different states. Cochren said they are hop- ing to expand that to 14 dif- ferent states this year. Cochren said he has been writing songs in Nashville with various people for about the last 18 months for the album. It will feature sev- eral of his recent hits such as: Fools Gold and Always For Me. "I'm really excited about Heart and Souls," said Co- chren. One of his new songs was written after a conversa- tion with his grandfather, Bill Cochren, who was tell- ing him about attending church in a building with a sawdust-covered floor. He in- corporated that into a verse of the song. "I found redemp- tion on a sawdust floor, left behind footprints of the man I was before." The album has a total of nine songs that are written and ready to go. He also al- ready has the studio lined up for the project at TN of Nash- ville with a Grammy Award winning engineer and pro- ducer. The music comes easy for Cochren and his band Cochren and Co., whose members are his wife, Leah Cochren, Tanner Brooks, Jake Headley and Michael Mathis. He has produced three short albums locally. When he says locally, he means really, really locally, as in a small studio in Indiana with limited equipment, one was done in his bedroom. "This past year we sold a few demos and the quality of those, even though they are just studio demos, was amazing. It is just unreal how good they sound," said Cochren. For Cochren, the hard part is coming up with the money. He has a goal of $15,000 on Kickstarter, but it has to be reached by No- vember 14, so as of today, the clock is ticking at 26 days left. If the full amount isn't raised, the project is off, at least temporarily. "Kick- starter is an all or nothing deal," said Cochren. To help entice donations, there are a number of re- wards for those pledging financial support. Kind of like a PBS fund drive, you get various things like CDs, coffee cups, etc. Cochren's list of rewards are: $10 pledge, a free digi- tal download of the album; $25, download and an auto- graphed CD; $50, free music and exclusive T-shirt; $75, a handwritten lyric sheet; $100, a signed piano key; $250, your name on the in- side of the CD; $500, gets all the previous stuff plus a duet concert by Michael and Leah; $1,000, gets the previ- ous items and a full concert for you and your friends or church event, limited to the United States. The shortcut link to Kickstarter is http://kck. st/2i8jNQs. "We want to create the best album we can to get our music out there. Music is a really powerful thing. We strive to write music full of hope. We think that is real- ly important in this day and age," said Cochren. Cochren and Co. seeks funding help to produce new album Michael Cochren of Cochren and Co. performs during the opening ceremo- nies of the Pike County 4-H Fair. Commissioners express concern over bullying complaint By Andy Heuring County commissioners expressed concern about the handling of young em- ployees in the Extension Of- fice during their brief meet- ing Monday night. Sarah Hopkins, county ex- tension director for the Pike County Extension Service, at last month's meeting, had requested approval to hire Samantha Halbrader as a part-time employee. It was tabled and brought up again at Monday night's meeting. "I read over the last resig- nation letter. I don't have any problems with hiring Saman- tha. But I want to have more clarity on why she (Alivia Cummings) thought she was bullied in the office," said Coleman. The letter Coleman re- ferred to stated: "I am pas- sionate about 4-H and looked forward to working hard to continue to improve the pro- gram in Pike County. I would like to say that I have enjoyed my time working in the Ex- tension office, but that is not the case. I have experi- enced being degraded, repri- manded and bullied in front of the public on many occa- sions." Cummings is a for- mer Miss Pike County, who had worked in the Extension Office. Hopkins said, "I wasn't aware of this until I saw the letter. As soon as I could, I talked to her about it," said Hopkins. "I don't know about bul- lied, but she felt she was be- ing put down. So I imme- diately addressed it," said Hopkins. "What are your steps go- ing forward with it? " asked Coleman. "I talked with Lisa about it and I plan on talking with the new employee about the policies in place to deal with these type of situations," said Hopkins. She added she wished she had known about the situation before Cummings had left their employment. She said she would emphasize to the new employee to make known the situation immediate- ly so it could be addressed promptly. "I assume you have seen the resignation letter? " asked Commissioner Jeff Nelson. Hopkins said she had. "I just want to make sure we don't run off good peo- ple. Alivia was top notch," said Nelson. They both voted to ap- prove the hire of Halbrader. Commissioner president Bri- an Davis did not attend the meeting. The commissioners also approved of advertising for mowing bids of the Old Town Cemetery and Coleman Cemetery for 2018. Com- missioner Assistant Kristi Dischinger said she would have time to advertise the bid request and open them at their November meeting, when the highway depart- ment material and supply bids were to be opened. The next commissioners' meeting is scheduled for 9:30 a.m. Monday, Novem- ber 6. Harvest still underway Farmers were out in mass this week in the sunny dry weather picking corn and beans. Above, Jason Dickson in the Cato area picks corn on Saturday morning.