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All active and retired federal employees and/or their spouses are encouraged to attend. Volunteers sought to put up decorations at Hornady Park Volunteers are needed on Saturday, Nov. 11 to help assemble the displays for Christmas in the Park at Hornady Park in Petersburg. The displays will be lit on Thanksgiv- ing weekend, and the park will be open each night through Christmas. John Burns said work will begin at 9 a.m. Saturday. The Pike County Com- munity Foundation had its annual grants reception at the Main Street Presbyte- rian Church in Petersburg Nov. 2. Grants were presented to Bread of Life, Town of Spur- geon Volunteer Fire Depart- ment for new boots, Pike Central Precision Machin- ing for continuing work on their low mileage car, Pike Central Middle School math program for Chromebooks, Somebody's Place for more vegetables, Petersburg El- ementary School for their after-school Robotics pro- gram, T TR Haven Over the Hilltop for electrification, and Pike County EMS for pagers. Also receiving fund- ing were Holly's House for Think First for Safety pro- gram, Senior and Family Services for needed equip- ment, Discover Downtown Petersburg for banners, Pike County United Way to help sponsor Day of Caring, Win- slow Elementary School for behavior modification and increasing success, Pike Central Middle School for attendance awards, Peters- burg Elementary for behav- ior modification and increas- ing success, and Youth First funds to help with the cost of a social worker at PCHS. Generations received funding to sponsor half-day sessions for useful informa- tion for seniors, Winslow El- ementary School for their af- ter school STEM program, Jefferson Township Fire De- partment for a gas detector, Tri-Cap for dental screen- ings and follow-up treatment for Head Start students, Ju- nior Achievement to help continue the JA program in Pike County Schools, Win- slow Sports League to en- able continued improve- ment on the sports park, Salvation Army to purchase winter coats for Pike Coun- ty students, Jordan Memori- al Park to help with new gut- ters and downspouts and, last but not least, the Char- ger Soccer Club to purchase portable goals. These funds are provid- ed through Friends of Pike County Fund, Grassroots Unrestricted Fund, the Wayne and Charlotte Ma- lotte Fund, Emery and Ed- na Boger Fund, Hoosier En- ergy Frank Ratts Memori- al Fund, the Montes/Fenol Family Fund, the Rauch Family Fund, German American Bank Communi- ty Good Fund, the Sisson Steel Unrestricted Fund and the David DeTar Corn Trust held by German American Bank. Together these funds enriched local agencies by $50,000. The Pike County Commu- nity Foundation was estab- lished in 1998 for the better- ment of Pike County and its residents. It now has 3.4 mil- lion under endowment with 62 different funds. Their goal is to make a difference where it matters, in a place many love and call home, Pike County. To learn more about the foundation and how you might participate, call Cin- dy Gaskins at 812-766 -0550. Community Foundation grants $50,000 to local agencies Pictured above are representatives of organizations that were presented with grants by the Pike Coun- ty Community Foundation during a reception held at the Main Street Presbyterian Church in Petersburg on Thursday, Nov. 2. Grants were presented to Bread of Life, Town of Spurgeon Volunteer Fire Depart- ment, Pike Central High School Precision Machining Department, Pike Central Middle School, Some- body's Place, Petersburg Elementary School, T TR Haven over the Hilltop, Pike County EMS, Holly's House, Senior and Family Services, Discover Downtown Petersburg, Pike County United Way, Winslow Elementary School, Youth First, Generations, Jefferson Township Volunteer Fire Department, Tri-Cap, Junior Achievement, Winslow Sports League, Salvation Army, Jordan Memorial Park and the Charger Soccer Club. Ed Cahill photo The Press-Dispatch Join the new 812-354-8500 | www.pressdispatch.net *By enrolling in the Birthday Club, you agree to have your name, town and birth- day, or the person's name and town and birthday of whom you are enrolling, printed in e Press-Dispatch on the week in which the birthday occurs. Joining is easy! Send your: Full name, address, city, state, zip code, phone number and birthdate to birthdayclub@pressdispatch.net.* One winner is drawn at the end of each month. Each week, a list of birthdays will be published in the paper! You could win a FREE PRIZE from area businesses and a three-month subscription to e Press-Dispatch. USDA crop risk coverage enrollment opens The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced that starting Nov. 1, farmers and ranch- ers, with base acres in the Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC) or Price Loss Cov- erage (PLC) safety net pro- gram, may enroll for the 2018 crop year. The en- rollment period will end on Aug. 1, 2018. "Since shares and own- ership of a farm can change year to year, pro- ducers must enroll by sign- ing a contract each pro- gram year," said Farm Ser- vice Agency (FSA) Acting Administrator Steve Peter- son. "I encourage produc- ers to contact their local FSA office to schedule an appointment to enroll." The producers on a farm that are not enrolled for the 2018 enrollment period will not be eligible for fi- nancial assistance from the ARC or PLC programs for the 2018 crop should crop prices or farm revenues fall below the historical price or revenue benchmarks es- tablished by the program. Producers who made their elections in previous years must still enroll during the 2018 enrollment period. "This week, FSA is is- suing approximately $ 850 million in rice payments," said Peterson. "These pay- ments are part of the $ 8 bil- lion in 2016 ARC and PLC payments that started in October to assist enrolled producers who suffered a loss of revenue or price, or both. Over half a mil- lion producers will receive ARC payments and over a quarter million producers will receive PLC payments for 2016 crops." The ARC and PLC pro- grams were authorized by the 2014 Farm Bill and offer a safety net to agri- cultural producers when there is a substantial drop in prices or revenues for covered commodities. Covered commodities in- clude barley, canola, large and small chickpeas, corn, crambe, flaxseed, grain sorghum, lentils, mus- tard seed, oats, peanuts, dry peas, rapeseed, long grain rice, medium grain rice (which includes short grain and sweet rice), saf- flower seed, sesame, soy- beans, sunflower seed and wheat. Upland cotton is no longer a covered commodi- ty. For more details regard- ing these programs, go to www.fsa.usda.gov/arc-plc. For more information, producers are encouraged to visit their local FSA of- fice. To find a local FSA of- fice, visit http://offices.us- da.gov.