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WITHOUT ANY HASSLES Come see what readers are raving about am so glad to see it online. I actually spend more time looking it over than my printed copy one. Keep up the good work," wrote John Dedman. Shannon Smith: Love the NET- edition! Thanks. Mark Schlechty: Awesome. Great move. Pam Minnis: This is great. The Press-Dispatch's NETedition "Your online paper is great and I have the chance to see it without the hassle of signing in or registering, before it goes subscription only," said Production Manager Eric Gogel, who is largely responsible for the NET- edition's design. The online version will remain free will be free to all without having to register or sign in. Just go to www. pressdispatch.net/edition to view the online version. "We are proud of our new online edition and we want everyone to Three sections 36 pages Seven inserts Volume 144 Number 17 Petersburg will pick up debris in city dents only. The program is for yard debris/ natural material only, brush, limbs, grass, leaves, etc. "This seasonal program is being offered Spring Yard Debris Pickup Week through Monday, April 30. The spring clean-up time is for city resi- The City of Petersburg is observing brush pick up during the following times: Continued on page 2 News briefs May 14. Anyone with questions may call Mike Johansen at 354-8500. City-Wide yard may turn in a photo to Alice Sims at Pike Central High School or to The Press-Dispatch office in Petersburg. 'Head and shoulders' photos are pre- ferred. The section will contain infor- mation and photos on seniors who will be graduating on Friday, May 25. In- formation forms are available through the high school and must be received by May 11. The deadline for photos is Monday, photos of Pike Central High School seniors to be published in the special graduation section on Wednesday, May 23. We want to include all seniors. They Senior photos are needed The Press-Dispatch is seeking the in lieu of our lack of curbside trash pick-up. Our small city services staff is kept very busy between water, sewer, and street work and cannot be continuously pulled away from one job or another for this collection to drag out over the entire summer," said Mayor Jon Craig. The city's new policy will be to provide VIDEO Click to see the act. Zarah Sallee (l), and Jamie Sallee were sitting next to her. The big top circus, sponsored by the Winslow and Petersburg Lions Clubs, delighted hundreds of children Monday during its two shows. Gloryanna Sallee's (r) face lights up during the circus Monday night in Winslow. Sallee was delighted by a pony Circus delights kids, adults in Winslow juggling, trapeze and animal acts kept a giant tent full of kids and their parents glued to their seats and modulating be- tween amazement and hysteria. has been scheduled for Saturday May 12. Last year's event drew people from all over southern Indiana to the more than 30 yard sales participating. Participants can sign up by running sale set for May 12 The Petersburg City-Wide yard sale most fun at the circus in Winslow on Mon- day night. Was it the kids with big smiles and amazement on their faces, or their par- ents watching them have fun? The clowns, balancing acts, unicycle, It was hard to tell who was having the By Andy Heuring cus's two shows Monday night were spon- sored by the Winslow and Petersburg Li- ons Clubs. Tom Vinnedge said they were able to provide 800 free tickets to kids in Pike County. He said they were able give a ticket to every child at Winslow Elemen- tary School and to most children at Pe- tersburg and Otwell Elementary Schools. "Our goal was to be able to provide a free ticket to every kid in all three schools. The Culpepper and Merriweather Cir- We got to 800 so that is pretty good," said Vinnedge. Area individuals and businesses as well as organizations purchased the tickets and gave them back to the Lions Club mem- bers to be distributed to area children. "That is what it is all about," said Vinnedge, "to see children laughing and enjoying the circus." Patoka, Winslow fire districts discuss merger a classified ad for the yard sale. They will be entered on the list and placed on a map of the yard sales in Peters- burg that day. check or money order in the office. Credit cards are accepted on line at pikecountytax.net. Office hours are Monday–Friday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. They will be open Saturday, April 28 and May 5, 8 a.m. till noon and May 10, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. ey announced the 2011 pay 2012 tax statements have been mailed for the Spring Installment due date of May 10. If you did not receive your statement(s), call the Treasurer's of- fice at 354-6363. Payments can be made by cash, Tax statements have been mailed Pike County Treasurer, Nyla Dool- have their opening day on Saturday starting with a parade at 10 a.m. fol- lowed by the opening ceremonies at the ball fields and the first games. They will also be playing games most of the day. They will line up near the Winslow Fire Department for the pa- rade at 9:30 a.m. with the fire depart- ment and police department leading the parade along with the color guard. parade for Winslow Youth Leagues will be Saturday, April 28. The Winslow Youth Leagues will Winslow Leagues parade Saturday The first day of play and the annual VIDEO Click to see the south in the north bound lane of US 41 in Fort Branch on Wednesday morning during a high-speed police chase that spanned three counties. The truck, stolen early Wednesday morning, belonged to Jerry Sullivan of Petersburg. The chase ended about seven miles later, just south of In- terstate 64. A pickup driven by accused bank robber Justin Gordon leads police High-speed chase ends with arrest of bank robbery suspect tempting to rob a Princeton bank was ar- rested on Highway 41 near the Gibson- Vanderburgh County line after a three- county hour-long high speed chase end- ed when he crashed. Justin Gordon, 24, of Petersburg was ar- By Andrea Preston and Andy Heuring A rural Petersburg man accused of at- rested as he ran through a muddy corn- field east of Highway 41 near American RV. Gordon faces charges in two coun- ties following the crime spree. It started early Wednesday, April 18 in Petersburg when Gordon stole a pickup truck from Petersburg. It was the same one he was driving when he led police on a nearly hour long high speed chase . Jerry Sullivan of Whitelock Ave. walked WHAT'S INSIDE: PUBLISHING PIKE Local ........A1-12 Obituaries ......A3 Sports ........B1-5 Classifi eds . B11-15 Church .......C1-6 Opinion ..........C2 History ...........C7 NEWS TIPS: Phone: ........................354-8500 Fax: ............................354-2014 E-Mail .editor@pressdispatch.net past. Pike County Sheriff Jeremy Britton said out to the parking lot to get into his truck at about 6:30 a.m. Wednesday, but it wasn't there. Petersburg Officer Chad Tharp said he talked with Sullivan about his truck. "I asked him if he had any sus- pects and he immediately said Justin Gor- don." Gordon had worked for Sullivan in the he and Sgt. Adam Thompson had been out most of the morning driving around look- ing for the truck. "We met up at the Union Store and were going to eat there," said Britton. At about 11:30 a.m. he received a phone call telling him about the attempt- ed bank robbery at the German American Continued on page 2 slow's Monday night meeting. Other topics covered in Monday's meeting include: wa- ter line project didn't meet the deadline for completion, complaints about a pig being kept in town and Bridge 147 being closed. Patoka Fire District Trustee Charlie Barr discussed the possibility of combining Win- slow and Patoka Township together into one fire district with separate departments all under the umbrella of one fire district. The conversation took place during Win- Patoka Township Fire District officials By Andy Heuring Phone (812) 354-8500 Petersburg, IN 47567-0068 and available without registering un- til May 4. Something this good can only last so long. After May 4, it will be by a subscription basis only. The Press-Dispatch brings you the version will continue to receive their print version each week as before. However the online version can be same great news of Pike County like it has for 114 years, but now it is avail- able in an online version as well. Sub- scribers to The Press-Dispatch print added to your print subscription for just $4. Non-subscribers can get the online version only for just $34 until May 4, when the price will increase $1 respectively. The online version will appear on your computer screen, tablet or mobile device. It will have many added features including many color pictures, videos, search capa- bilities and archives. Those who have already registered will continue to be registered until May 4. 75¢ (USPS 604-340) Wednesday, April 25, 2012 and Patoka Fire Chief Ed Schuessler told the council some of the advantages of com- bining the departments would be the tax rate would generate enough money to op- erate the fire department and take the bur- den off the town's general fund. Barr said the Patoka Fire District had a tax rate that funded the department. Win- slow currently doesn't have a fire protec- tion tax rate. Barr explained the fire district has three trustees. "We manage the financial end of the fire department. We do acquisitions of equipment through the chief. The chief takes care of north and south. If we manage to incorporate Winslow into it, we would have to establish a fire district." It would be similar to how Petersburg did it with Washington Township. Barr said advantages of adding Win- slow to the fire district would give them economy of scale. He stated all three de- partments purchasing equipment from the same place instead of getting them from different suppliers would allow them to get a better price. Together they could afford better and more uniform training as well as better equipment. Continued on page 4 CONNECT WITH US: Facebook .... facebook.com/pressdispatch Twitter ......... twitter.com/pressdispatch E-Mail .......... news@pressdispatch.net