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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) NEWS BRIEFS Prayer and Praise service at Gathering Place, Friday There will be a Prayer and Praise service, Friday, June 29 at 7 p.m. at The Gathering Place, 207 Lafay- ette Street, Winslow. The speaker for the evening will be Tammy Powers and worship will be led by Alyx Powers. For more information, call 812-766 -3003 or 812-789 -6396. Pike Health Dept. new summer hours Beginning July 9, the Pike County Health Depart- ments, 907 E. Walnut Street, Petersburg, summer hours will be Monday: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Tuesday: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Wednesday: 7 a.m to 7 p.m., Thursday: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Friday—Closed. These summer hours are being implemented to help accommodate the heavy influx of students needing to complete school required vaccines and septic/environ- mental workload. The Health Dept. will resume nor- mal Monday-Friday 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. hours September 1. Upcoming event? We want to know! Do you have an upcoming event? Send it to news@ pressdispatch.net or call 812-354-8500. 604 E. Illinois St. Petersburg 812-354-1303 Mon-Thur 10am-7pm Friday 10am-6pm Saturday 10am-1pm MEMBERSHIP SALE JULY 4 TH *Tanning Special* 2 months any bed $60 ends July 7! UNDER NEW ownership Try a week free! Non-members only, now thru July 1, 2018 NOW Single $275 $230 Student/Senior $225 $190 Husband/Wife $460 $415 Family $635 $550 Now Carrying Animal BRAND PRODUCTS! MARRIAGE LICENSE Steven A. Scraper, 50, of 2580 S. Cato-Winslow Rd., Winslow, son of Edgar Scraper and Jean McCormick Scraper, to Kristina Dawn Jones, 47, of 2580 S. Cato- Winslow Rd., Winslow, daughter of James Rhoades and Clara Patterson Rhoades. Summer can be hard on your eyes. Protect your vision from harmful ultraviolet rays that damage your eyes over time. Shoultz Eye Care has a great selection of fash- ion and sport sunglasses including many that accommodate prescription lenses or inserts. Locally Owned and Operated Dr. Clint Shoultz 715 S. 9th Street, Petersburg • (812) 354-9400 Mon. 8am-7pm, Tues. 8am-noon, Wed. 10am-7pm, Thurs-Fri. 8am-5pm Your Vision! PROTECT Call for an appointment or come in and check out our selection. COACH EYEWEAR Glasses and Sunglasses for adults and children. County's jobless rate rose to 3.1% in May By Ed Cahill Pike County's jobless rate rose to 3.1 percent in May, according to preliminary figures released by the In- diana Department of Work- force Development on Mon- day, June 18. May's 3.1 percent jobless rate was two-tenths of a per- centage point higher than the revised 2.9 percent un- employment rate Pike Coun- ty recorded in April. According to estimates released by the Indiana De- partment of Workforce De- velopment, 6,351 of Pike County's labor force of 6,555 were employed during May, leaving 204 persons without jobs. In May 2017, when the county's jobless rate was 2.8 percent, it was estimat- ed that 6,418 of the county's labor force of 6,501 were em- ployed, leaving 183 persons without jobs. In adjoining counties: • Daviess County's job- less rate rose from a revised 2.2 percent in April to a pre- liminary 2.5 percent in May. In May 2017, Daviess Coun- ty's jobless rate was 2.3 per- cent. • Dubois County's jobless rate rose from a revised 2.0 percent in April to a prelim- inary 2.4 percent in May. In May 2017, Dubois County's jobless rate was 2.3 percent. • Gibson County's jobless rate rose from a revised 2.2 percent in April to a prelim- inary 2.6 percent in May. In May 2017, Gibson County's jobless rate was 2.7 percent. • Knox County's jobless rate rose from a revised 2.7 percent in April to a prelim- inary 3.1 percent in May. In May 2017, Knox County's jobless rate was 3.0 percent. • Warrick County's job- less rate rose from a revised 2.5 percent in April to a pre- liminary 2.8 percent in May. In May 2017, Warrick Coun- ty's jobless rate was 2.9 per- cent. Statewide, county non- seasonally adjusted unem- ployment rates increased in 78 counties, decreased in three counties and re- mained the same in 11 coun- ties from April to May. LaGrange County record- ed the state's lowest unem- ployment rate in May at 2.3 percent. Dubois and Elkhart counties had the state's sec- ond-lowest jobless rate dur- ing May at 2.4 percent. Vermillion County record- ed the state's highest unem- ployment rate during May at 4.6 percent, followed Fayette and Lake counties at 4.5 per- cent. The Elkhart-Goshen met- ropolitan statistical area had the state's lowest jobless rate among the state's 13 MSAs in May at 2.4 percent, while the Gary MSA had the state's highest MSA jobless rate in May at 4.2 percent. The jobless rate for the Evansville MSA was 3.1 percent in May, which was an increase of three-tenths of a percentage point from 2.8 percent in April. In May 2017, the Evansville MSA's jobless rate was 3.3 percent. According to data provid- ed by the Indiana Depart- ment of Workforce Devel- opment, the Evansville MSA – which includes Gibson, Posey, Vanderburgh and Warrick counties – had a to- tal of 163,700 jobs in May, an increase of 4,800 jobs from May 2017. From April to May, the Evansville MSA experi- enced significant increases in the leisure and hospitali- ty (+300), professional and business services (+200), education and health ser- vices (+200) and govern- ment (+200) sectors. The gains were partially offset by losses in the mining, log- ging and construction (-100) and trade, transportation and utilities (-100) sectors. Indiana's seasonally-ad- justed unemployment rate was unchanged from April to May at 3.2 percent, re- maining lower than the na- tional jobless rate of 3.8 per- cent. With the exception of one month when it was equal – in October 2014 – Indiana's unemployment rate has been below the U.S. rate for more than four years. The monthly unemploy- ment rate is a U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics indicator that reflects the number of unemployed people seeking employment within the prior four weeks as a percentage of the labor force. Indiana's labor force had a net increase of 15,928 over the previous month, which was the result of an increase of 2,659 increase in unem- ployed residents no longer seeking employment with- in the last four weeks, and an increase of 13,269 in em- ployed residents. Indiana's total labor force – which in- cludes both Hoosiers em- ployed and those seeking employment – stands at 3.33 million, and the state's 64.3 percent labor force partici- pation rate remains above the national rate of 62.7 per- cent. In addition, Indiana's ini- tial unemployment insur- ance claims continue to be at historical lows. Statewide, private sector employment has grown by more than 26,600 jobs over the year, and has increased by 1,300 jobs over the previ- ous month, primarily due to gains in the financial activi- ties (+1,300) and the trade, transportation and utilities (+1,100) sectors. Gains were partially offset by losses in the leisure and hospitality (- 1,900) and the construction (-1,000) sectrs. Total private employment stands at 2,701,800 and is 12,900 above the Decem- ber 2017 peak. Little Miss Firecracker contestants The Jefferson Twp. Ruritan July 4th Celebration Little Miss Firecracker Contest will be 7 p.m. Sunday, July 1 at the Otwell Community Center. Admission is $3, free under age 6. Contestants for this year's event are, from left: Tenley Miller, Aubrey Sturgeon, Maddy McCandless, Azalin Vennard, Carli Foster, and Abbi Knepp. diesel. Tractors include 11,500 pro farm, 12,000 pounds/14 mph, 12,000 pounds/10 mph and 11,000 pounds/open. CLOG THE PATOKA The second annual Clog the Patoka river float is scheduled to begin at 11 a.m. Saturday, July 7. The event started last year as an invitation for people to join a group of friends who enjoy kayaking and float- ing the Patoka River. It bal- looned into 340 people tak- ing part. This year, it is expected to grow even bigger. There are two distances in which people can participate. The longest is about six miles from CR 650 E. on the back side of the Pike State For- est at the "Old Iron Bridge." Event organizer Chris Cle- ments said this is a three to six hour float. People doing this route are asked to take their boat or float to the put- in site, then return to the Winslow Riverside Park on Highway 61 to be shuttled back up to the start. Park- ing will be available in the area of Miller's Field. Clements said a short version of about two miles will have a put-in point near McCord's Ford on CR 400 S. People wanting to do this distance are asked to take their boats or floats to Riv- erside Park, where a large enclosed trailer will trans- port boats to the put-in and other participants will be shuttled to the start. There is no cost to par- ticipate in the event other than participants are asked to donate to the shuttle driv- ers to help them cover their expense. The Winslow Lions Club will have breakfast and lunch concessions avail- able. JULY 4 Continued from page 1 SR 57 to close for bridge repair Highway 57 near Pla- inville will be closed for much of July while a bridge is being rehabbed. The Indiana Depart- ment of Transportation said State Road 57 will have a complete closure begin- ning on or around Thurs- day, July 5 for most of Ju- ly. The bridge located a half mile south of Highway 358 will be closed 24 hours a day once it is closed. Lo- cal traffic will have access up to the point of closure. The official detour is High- way 57 to U.S. 50, I-69 and U.S. 231. A detour from the south for northbound traffic is to use CR 900 N., which is located about a mile south of Plainville. Take 900 N. east to CR 100 E., go north about a mile to Marlatt St. and then back west to Highway 57. It is scheduled to be com- pleted by the end of July de- pending on weather condi- tions.