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ELECTION PREVIEW BARGAIN PERIOD 75¢ Your Vote Counts Get Informed SERIES CONTINUES THIS WEEK. SEE PAGE A-6. Three sections 36 pages Five inserts Wednesday, October 24, 2012 Volume 144 Number 43 Phone (812) 354-8500 Petersburg, IN 47567-0068 (USPS 604-340) early as Election Day approaches Many voting away, but many voters have already gone to the polls in Pike County. Election Day is Tuesday, November 6, when the polls will be open from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. in Pike County. County Clerk Shirley Van Meter said on Election Day is less than two weeks By Andy Heuring Tuesday, 47 people voted on Friday, anoth- er 45 on Monday and a total of 280 peo- ple have come to the Clerk's offi ce to vote. There have been 830 requests for absentee ballots. The Clerk's offi ce will be open for voting from 8 a.m. to noon on the next two Saturdays, October 27 and November 3. The last day to vote in person at the Clerk's Offi ce is noon Monday, November 5. The last day to request an absentee bal- lot by mail is midnight, October 29. There is one change in the voting places Petersburg Fall Clean-up Days this weekend ed items down to the Petersburg Little League fi elds for the annu- al Petersburg Fall Clean-Up Days on Friday and Saturday, Oct. 26 and 27. The event allows city residents City residents can take unwant- to bring their bulky trash, old ap- pliances, tires, scrap metal, and tree limbs or natural material to a single collection site. The Peters- burg Little League Field will again serve as the collection site. The event is for City residents Save During October SEE PAGE A-3 FOR DETAILS. for the fall election. It is the Marion Town- ship precinct, which will move from Bet- tye Lee's garage to the Otwell Communi- ty Center. The other voting places are: Clay Jeff 1 Jeff 2 Lockhart Stendal Comm.Bldg. Logan Marion Otwell Community Center Monroe Patoka 1 Glezen GB Church Patoka 2 Glezen GB Church Jordan Park Washington 1 Twin Oaks Church Winslow Winslow Comm. Center Madison, Washington 2 and 3 will all So. Patoka Fire Station vote at 4-H Building in Hornady Park. All four Petersburg precincts will vote at the Gospel Center Church on Illinois St. Continued on page 4 News briefs al fall fl ushing of fi re hydrants on Wednesday, Oct. 24, and continue on Thursday, Oct. 25. City Services Manager Gary Mc- Hydrant fl ushing is this week Petersburg will begin the annu- Candless said crews will be out on the north side of Petersburg on Wednesday, Oct. 24. On Thursday, Oct. 25, crews will fl ush fi re hydrants on the south side. Flushing should be complete by Thursday. The fl ushing could cause discol- oration in the water. Anyone with questions can con- tact the City Hall at 354-8511. Parents and teachers meet For the fi rst time in twoyears Union Community Bldg. Algiers United Methodist Otwell Community Center only. Participants must sign in at the gate. Persons living outside the Petersburg City Limits will be turned away. A valid drivers li- cense may be necessary to prove residency. The site will be open from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Friday and from 9 a.m. to 12 (noon) on Saturday. Petersburg residents over age 65, residents with disabilities and those with other special circum- stances may receive curbside pick-up. Curbside pick up will on- ly be offered on Friday. Residents should call Petersburg City Hall in advance if they are requesting curbside service at 354-8511. The site will accept bulky items such as appliances, old furniture, carpet, tires, scrap metal, wood and other debris that does not reg- ularly fi t into household garbage bags. Household garbage will not be accepted. Appliances contain- ing Freon will be accepted, howev- er, no other hazardous household waste will be accepted. Tires will be limited to four tires per load. A fee of $2 per tire (over four tires) will be charged. Anyone wishing to volunteer to the activities for kids at the I-69 celebration Saturday. People were allowed together on the new highway before it opened. Several hundred people took part in the event. Amalie Seifrig does a chaulk drawing on a section of the highway. It was one of assist with the Fall Clean-Up Days are asked to call City Hall. Volun- teers are needed for both the col- lection site and for the curbside pick-up teams. Dedman sees decades of work culminate in completion of I-69 Time is running out on October of seeing I-69 move forward for more than a decade. Joe Dedman, in 2000, was named to the executive committee of the Mid-Continent Highway Coalition. It was a lobbying group that worked to promote the highway. Over the last 12 years it has changed names, its makeup has changed, but it has always been about promot- ing I-69 and seeing it become a reality. Saturday A Pike County man has been in the middle By Andy Heuring the Pike County Schools will have Parent-Teacher Conferences at all schools. The fall Parent-Teacher confer- morning, Joe Dedman was at the I-69 Commu- nity Days celebration, which allowed people to get on the highway, see it, and celebrate it be- coming a reality. "I can't wait to get out here and drive 70 mph through here," said Dedman at the ribbon cut- ting ceremony. Dedman said in the beginning the coalition promoting it was mainly made up of people from Continued on page 9 on the time you can save $3, when subscribing to The Press-Dispatch. Fri- day, November 2 is the last day for the October Bargain Period Bargain Period The clocking is ticking ences will be Thursday, Nov. 1, from noon to 7:30 p.m. at all Pike County schools. Students will at- tend classes on May 10 instead of having a vacation day on that spring date to make up for the day used for conferences. Parent-Teacher Conferences will be for all grades, K-12. EMS having trick-or-treat open house on Oct. 30 Pike County EMS will have an open house on Tuesday October 30 at the EMS Station from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. "Bring your kids out to trick-or-treat and see the station. All are welcome," said EMS Direc- tor Chris Young. Halloween party at Miller's Field in Winslow A Halloween party on Saturday, Oct. 27 at Miller's Field in Win- slow is planned for area youth and the young at heart. It is sponsored by the Winslow Eagles, American Legion and Winslow Fire Dept. It is scheduled for 6 p.m. and will in- clude costume judging, treat bags and a hayride as well as conces- sions including hot dogs, chips and soft drinks. There will be a hayride that goes through a cemetery with scary sur- prises for the passengers. the trailer crammed with Build-A-Bears® they built and are donating to Riley Chil- dren's Hospital in Indianapolis. Mabel spent much of her early life in the hospital, recovering from multiple sur- Mabel McCrary, 7, and her sisters Gretchen, 13, and Sadie, 3, stand in front of Mabel donates 227 bears to Riley's geries. While there, she received a bear and it greatly lifted her spirits. So last year for her sixth birthday, Mabel decided to ask people to give her Build-A-Bears®, gift cards or money to be used to purchase them. She built 122 bears. This year she re- peated the effort with a goal of doubling last year. She almost made it, making 227 bears. She keeps one bear each year for her birthday. Mabel's mother, Deb, said it took four or fi ve trips to the Build A Bear® store to build all the bears this year. They placed a color-coded sticker for gender-appropriate bears and a small picture on each box to help the hospital staff, when they distribute the bears. They loaded the 227 bears into the large trailer and drove them to Indianapolis on Friday. Mabel made a bear especially for Iceley Cannon of Petersburg and de- livered it directly to her. Iceley has been in Riley's for several weeks suffering from several complications. WHAT'S INSIDE: PUBLISHING PIKE Local ........A1-16 Election ......A6-7 I-69 ............A8-9 Obituaries ......A5 Sports ........B1-5 Classifi eds . B14-15 Church .......C1-8 Opinion ..........C2 History .........C11 NEWS TIPS: Phone: ........................354-8500 Fax: ............................354-2014 E-Mail .editor@pressdispatch.net subscription price of $22 in Pike and surrounding counties; elsewhere in In- diana it is $24 and outside Indiana it is $40. Also this year, anyone can add the NETedition to their print version subscription for just $5. It is viewable on your computer, tablet or smartphone. On November 3, those special prices will increase by $3 to $25 for Pike and sur- rounding counties, $27 for elsewhere in Indiana and $43 outside Indiana. The Press-Dispatch has been bringing you the news about you, your friends and all of Pike County since 1898. Five arrested on drug charges drug charges after the Pike Coun- ty Special Response Team execut- ed search warrants on two Peters- burg area residences late Wednes- day night and early Thursday morning. At about 4:56 a.m. police entered Five people were arrested on By Andy Heuring Apt. 316 at Liberty Apts. in Peters- burg and arrested Jerame S. Bass, 31, of 800 N. Liberty Ave. Apt. 316, Petersburg and Alisha Bass, 30, of the same address on charges of dealing in meth within 1,000 feet of a family living complex, a class A felony; maintaining a common nui- sance, a class D felony; possession Continued on page 2 CONNECT WITH US: NETedition ... pressdispatch.net/edition Facebook .... facebook.com/pressdispatch E-Mail .......... news@pressdispatch.net