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The Press-Dispatch Wednesday, Februar y 28, 2018 A-3 LOCAL Call: 812-354-8500 Email: news@pressdispatch.net or bring in a hard copy: 820 E. Poplar Street, Petersburg NEWS BRIEFS Swing choir at Gospel Center this Sunday The Pike Central High School Swing Choir will be performing this Sunday at 5:30 p.m. at the Petersburg Gospel Center Church on Illinois Street. Everyone is invited to attend the event, which will include refreshments for students, family and friends, following the free concert. Treasurer's office closed Wednesday, March 7, due to attending training The Pike County Treasurer's office will be closed Wednesday, March 7. The Treasurer and Deputies will be attending training in Indianapolis, and will return for regular business hours on Thursday, March 8. A Young Women Lead Conference set for March 7 in Jasper A free conference will be hosted at the Jasper Arts Center on the Vincennes University Jasper Campus from 8:45 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. on March 7. The event is a leadership conference to empower high school girls to embrace their strengths and to reach their full potential. It will featured Jessie Funk as the keynote speak- er. Funk is a certified life coach, author, profession- al youth speaker and vocalist, as well as Executive Di- rector of the Ivy Girl Academy. WEV V News Anchor Shelby Coates will emcee the event. Stendal Flea Market set for March 10 There will be a Flea Market in the Community Center in Stendal on Saturday, March 10, from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Fifty-five tables have been rented for everything from baked foods to antiques. Food will be served from the kitchen of the Com- munity Center by the St. Peter's Lutheran Church Group, beginning with breakfast at 7:30 a.m., which will be sweet rolls, sausage, biscuits, gravy and drinks. They will be serving soup, sandwiches, des- serts and drinks throughout the day. Admission is free. For questions or information, call James Cook at 812-897-2581. Upcoming event? 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Wed., Fri. and Sat. • 5pm - 8pm Adam Scales (812) 354-8488 adam.scales@infarmbureau.com More Than 20 Years of Service Karen Thacker, AFSP Owner 704 E. Haub Street Haubstadt, IN 47639 THACKER TAX SERVICE 512 S. 8th Avenue Haubstadt, IN 47639 812-615-0071 (office) 812-789-3852 (cell) kthacker01@gmail.com AREA HAPPENINGS Al-Anon meeting – Meetings are each Wednesday at 11:30 a.m., located at 424 W. 7th St. in Jasper. For more information, call 812-887-0349. Celebrate Recovery Program – Meets every Sunday night from 5 to 7 p.m. at 207 Lafayette St. in Winslow. For more information, call Krystal Breeding 812-582-2562. Winslow Alcohol Anonymous – will meet every Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. Call 812-789 -8535 for location of the meeting. Narcotic Anonymous – Every Monday at 7 p.m. at River of Life Fellowship Church. For more information, contact 812-380 -1395. Women's Cancer Support Group - The Lange-Fuhs Cancer Center at Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center offers a support group for women who have had cancer of any type or are currently undergoing cancer treatment. "Women's Support Group" helps women with the journey through cancer and beyond. Sessions are the third Tuesday of each month from 6:30 to 8 p.m. in the Lange-Fuhs Cancer Center Con- ference Room, located at Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center's Dorbett Street entrance. For more information about the "Women's Support Group," visit Memorial Hospital's website at www.mhhcc. org and click on "Classes & Events," or call The Lange- Fuhs Cancer Center at 812-996 -7488. Pre-registration is not necessary. "Creating Hope" For Cancer Patients - Jasper Me- morial Hospital and Health Care Center is offering Cre- ating Hope® sessions on the first and second Tuesday of each month from 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. The next sessions will be held on Tuesdays, March 6 and 13. These sessions are designed for cancer patients, their families and caregiv- ers. Art materials and an instructional book are available at each session. No previous art experience is needed. Creating Hope® is an Indiana-based non-profit organi- zation that uses creative expression as a coping mecha- nism for patients with cancer. Sessions are free and will be in the Lange-Fuhs Cancer Center Conference Room located at the Dorbett Street entrance of Memorial Hos- pital, 800 West 9th Street in Jasper. For more information about this class, visit Memorial Hospital's website at www.mhhcc.org and click on "Class- es & Events," or call The Lange-Fuhs Cancer Center at 812-996 -7488. Continued from page 1 SCHOOLS system that is a whole process of vid- eo, safe spaces and countermeasures. (It's) a system that provides imme- diate real time notification and then tracks an intruder, creates safe spac- es and can remotely implement coun- termeasures. The first two or three minutes are the most important time while those officers are responding. With this system, officers arriving know where the problem is and exact- ly what is going on, because of the com- munication capabilities. When I saw that, I said this is a no brainer. This pushes the edge back to us somewhat when we are responding," said Luce about why the Indiana Sheriff's Associ- ation has endorsed NetTalon's system. Pike County Sheriff Jeremy Britton said he saw the Southwestern High School system in 2015. "The ability for a rural school district that has a limit- ed response time to be directly con- nected to 911, to have actionable sys- tems with real time information via cameras and teachers, who have a di- rect line to 911 is a key. He said this capability will allow the responders to know where the shooter is and be able to keep that person in a certain area to limit the attack." "I have had many parents call me, worried about sending their kids to school," said Britton. He said Indiana as taken a good stance as far as imple- menting guidelines to make schools safer. But he said this is taking it a step farther. "As far as I know, we are the only other school to have this. We will have the newest technology," said Brit- ton of the new system. "I want to make sure people know this wasn't a knee-jerk reaction. We have been working on this for years," said Superintendent Suzanne Blake. She said the timing of the meeting being just days after the February 14 mass school shooting in Florida was just a coincident. At the beginning of the meeting, Blake read from meeting notes dat- ing back to 2013 and 2014 when Sher- iff Jeremy Britton met with school cor- poration. Those discussions led to a School Resource Officer being creat- ed and a reserve deputy being hired. In 2015 the school contracted with Ea- gle Eyes Risk Mitigation, LLC to con- duct a risk and threat assessment for the school district. Then in September 2017 they met with NetTalon to discuss implementa- tion of a school security system. Blake had some familiarity with the NetTalon. Their first system was in- stalled at Southwestern High School, where Blake was principal prior to be- ing hired Superintendent of Pike Coun- ty Schools. She said even though the system was not purchased until after she had moved to the Pike County sys- tem she still had contact with people in the school and community. Blake said she heard a lot of posi- tive comments from teachers, admin- istrators and people in the community about they Southwestern system. She added she is already having interested school corporations from around the state contact her about the system. However it was something the school corporation had to wait on be- cause of their finances. Blake said they simply couldn't have afforded the system a couple of years ago. She said another factor was Mosaic Leas- ing hadn't entered the picture yet. "I just felt we couldn't take the leap," said Blake about the cost of the system. She said with Mosaic Leasing, the school corporation will be making a $211,000 yearly payment for the next five years to pay for the system. Right now they are planning on pay- ing for it out of the Capital Projects fund. However, Blake said she is trying to get approval from the Department of Local Government Finance to use the school's debt service fund. She said if they can do that, it will allow them to use the Capital Projects fund to do oth- er needed projects in the school that have been neglected. Installation of the system is expect- ed to begin in the next few weeks. Blake said at least two of the three schools should have the system com- pleted and in operation by the begin- ning of the school next Fall. "There have been a lot of positive comments that we are taking this step. I'm very happy we are at the forefront, and not behind. I'm glad we are taking this step and putting it in place for the staff and students," said Blake. Here are some links to view videos of Southwestern High School's sys- tem, which is the pilot installation of the system to be install in Pike Coun- ty Schools. • http://bit.ly/1Boh2cT • Also, search for Safest School in America on Youtube. CALL TODAY AND RESERVE YOUR SPACE! e Pike Central Chargers compete in six varsity spring sports: Baseball, Girls' Tennis, Boys' Golf, Boys' and Girls' Track & Field, and Girls' Soball. e Press-Dispatch 2018 Spring Sports Preview will take an in-depth look at each of the coaches and all of the teams. Team outlooks, interviews, player profiles, rosters, schedules and special features will be included in this section. 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