The Press-Dispatch
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A-2 Wednesday, September 11, 2013 The Press-Dispatch H Winslow council Continued from page 1 Andy Smith if the river bank water intake filtration system was going to need to be redone. He said he is in the process of getting a quote from Les Nixon do the work. Smith said it involved turning over the riprap and spraying it off to remove silt build up. He said they would also put sand in the riprap to help the filtering system. The new system was installed a few years ago and filters out much of the silt before the water ever reaches the plant. In other business, the council heard a proposal from Winslow Police to buy two door unlock systems. Town Marshal Steve English said they were using screwdrivers to get car doors unlocked and it often damaged the car doors. He said a new kit only costs about $50. English said the offi- 90th birthday surprise Petersburg resident Norma Traylor got a sign on the front lawn of her home on South 5th Street on her 90th birthday on Wednesday, Sept. 4, courtesy of her daughter, Jeanna Billings. Ed Cahill photo cers' dues of $100 per officer were due. He said all three officers are required to take yearly schooling to keep their arrest powers and the $100 dues included their yearly classes. Councilmen approved purchasing the door unlock devices and the yearly dues. Animal Control Officer Terry Strobel told the council it seems like people are getting in the mindset that it is the town's responsibility to take care of their pets. He also said many of the animals he is dealing with are animals of people who have moved out of town and left their pets behind. Councilmen also approved having Town Marshal Steve English and Deputy Marshal Steve Nelson both on duty during the Winslow Fall Festival. The next council meeting is scheduled for 7 p.m. Monday, October 14. H Car Fest, city-wide yard sale part of busy weekend activities Continued from page 1 Sullivan, Dustin Arnold and Cary Thorne at 5 p.m. and Shady Lane at 6 p.m. Area churches will be serving a sausage and gravy biscuit breakfast beginning at 7 a.m., then a pork chop dinner will begin at 3 p.m. Take out orders can be placed by calling Dee at 7663188 or Donnie at 354-4704. Other activities at the Spurgeon Festival are a cornhole tournament, kids' games and train rides, inflatables, arts and crafts booths, clowns and a homemade quilt raffle. Most of the activities will start at about 10 a.m., including the kids' games, train rides and corn hole tourney. Corn hole tourney registration is $10. There will also be a homemade quilt raffle. Some of the proceeds of the festival will help purchase equipment for the Spurgeon Volunteer Fire Department. VFW Pork Chop benefit dinner The Petersburg Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 3587 is having a pork chop fundraiser dinner at the club house for $10, with doors open from 11 a.m. until 4 p.m. Pork chops, baked beans, choice of potato salad or coleslaw, bread, sliced onion and pickles will be the menu. Door prizes and a gun raffle drawing are a part of the Saturday open house. Items up for grabs Saturday include a Walmart gift card and one ounce .999 percent pure silver coins. Be sure to drop by the Petersburg VFW during this Saturday's Main Street Car Fest, the Petersburg citywide yard sale and after the Kiwanis Golf Scramble. Free salsa and chips served all day. For advance VFW dinner tickets, gun raffle chances or more information, contact Donnie Wiseman at 582-2720 or the VFW post at 354-9653. A two pork chop dinner is $12 with carry out available. Children's Safety and Health Fair themed Weather Watcher is set for Thursday, Sept. 19 Pike County Agencies for Kids has a weather watcher themed safety and health fair for Thursday, September 19 from 4:30 to 6 p.m. at the Winslow Community Center gym. Kids' and adult bicycle helmets will be given away by the Memorial Hospital Foundation. The Good Samaritan Hospital will be doing grip strength measurements for adults and children. The Winslow Lions Club will provide firemen hats for the children and the Deaconess Clinic will provide lightning safety and flash flood advice. A long list of activities will include an inflatable jump castle and the Winslow Lions Club kiddy train rides. Kids will be able to tour fire trucks, ambulances and police cars, and a K-9 officer and handler will also attend. An earthquake shake house will be demonstrated, as will the Pike Central Project Lead the Way emergency shelter. A meteorologist from the Paducah office of the National Weather Service will be on hand. Weather radio programing will be available. Also, there will be a smoke house where children receive instruction on how to escape a fire. They will also have a mass casualty incident trailer and the Red Cross will attend. Door prizes will be given away at 5:50 p.m. For more information, call the Extension office at 3546838. The event is jointly sponsored by the Pike County Agencies for Kids and the Winslow Lions Club. Winslow Community Fest set for Saturday, Sept. 21 The Winslow Community Fest will feature a day of activities, including a nighttime parade, log splitting contest, karaoke, flea market and street dance. This year, three organizations are co-sponsoring the event. The Winslow Lions Club is sponsoring the activities in Riverside Park, The Winslow Eagles are sponsoring the Center St. activities and the Winslow Beautification Committee will oversee the flea market. The flea market will begin at 8 a.m. on the parking lot next to the Winslow Mar- ket. Vendors can set up on Friday night. A 10x10 booth space is $7. For more information, call 789-2532. There will be inflatable rides on Center St. and a karaoke contest with registration beginning at 9 a.m. Contestants can sign up near the stage on Center St. Musical entertainment will be provided by D and B Blues from 6 to 8 p.m. The Light Up Winslow parade is scheduled for 9 p.m., with line-up near the Winslow Fire Department beginning at 8:15 p.m. The parade will start at the fire de- Benefit Dinner Door prizes and raffle: Walmart gift card and one ounce .999 percent pure silver coins Saturday, Sept. 14 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. "Come by the Post during the Main Street Car Fest & City-Wide Yard Sale, after the Kiwanis Golf Scramble" Pork choP funDraiser Dinner is $12 Includes: 2 pork chops, baked beans, choice of potato salad or coleslaw, onions, pickles and bread. Carry-out available. Free chips and salsa served all day! Gun raffle tickets are 3 for $10. You do not need to be present to win. Four items are in the Saturday drawing: remington 870 20-gauge combo, henry 22 lever rifle, Ruger SR22 pistol and crossbow with scope. Any veteran who is not a member of the Post can bring a copy of his or her DD214 and receive three free gun raffle tickets. to Buy Dinner or raffle tickets, Byrd said the highway de"I'm just glad no one got partment crew was getting hurt any worse than they ready to pave over a cut in did," said Byrd. the road, where they had replaced a culvert. Byrd said it was a close call and he was glad Cook had gone the direction he did, because if he had went any other direction more people would have been hurt. ContaCt CoMMander donnIe WISeMan at 582-2720 or at the PoSt at 354-9653 Main Street Sidewalk Bargain Days a.m. A tractor show starts at 9 a.m. and a cornhole tourney is scheduled for 10 a.m. in the park. The Lions Club will be serving pork chop dinners beginning at 11 a.m. They will also have hotdogs, hamburgers, polish sausage and ice cream. Two new events this year will be the children's hay scramble at noon and a tug of war at 2 p.m. The log splitting contest starts at 3 p.m. and there will be live music in the park beginning at 4 p.m. Petersburg VfW Post 3587 H Accident near Stendal Continued from page 1 suffered a head injury and was transferred to Deaconess in Evansville. The infant has a small head laceration. The accident took place near CR 1050 E. on Old State Road 64, about three miles east of Stendal. Pike County Highway Assistant Superintendent Josh partment and go north on Main St. to the Little League park. Following the parade, there will be a street dance on Center St. Also there will be a bakeoff with registration and item drop off from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. at Bertram's Feed and Supply. Items entered in the contest will then be sliced and sold at a bake sale as a fundraiser once they are judged. 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