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The deadline for Winslow candidates to fill their petition with four registered vot- ers was Monday, July 2. Four more candi- dates filed last week to bring the number to 10 for town council and Stacy Worthing- ton, who is interim clerk-treasurer, filed her petition for that position. The four new filings for town council are: incumbent Greg Simmons, Debra Lamb, Kavin "Squeak" Gayhart and Joshua Popp. They join the field of Melvin Decisto, in- cumbent Terry Strobel, Michael Truitt, George Fred Fiscus, incumbent Richard Brewster and Rick Mathias. Worthington will face Trisha Bottoms in the race for clerk-treasurer. Bottoms filed a week prior. The Winslow council race will be con- tested on an at-large basis, which means the three candidates who get the most votes will be elected. It was previously contest- ed in three wards, with one person being elected from each ward or district. But last week, Winslow officials learned the wards By Andy Heuring Little Miss Firecracker Abbi Knepp was crowned Sunday, but the Jefferson Town- ship Ruritan's Fourth of July ceremony gets in full swing on Wednesday morning, with the parade starting at 10 a.m. The iconic Fourth of July event dates back to 1957. It will run through Saturday. Following the parade, the midway will open at 11 a.m. Along with many vendors, the Ruritan will be offering BBQ chicken or rib dinners. The firecracker baby contest is set for 1 p.m., with a children's pedal tractor pull at 2 p.m. The Ohio Valley Tractor Pullers Asso- ciation pull for Hot Farm and ITPA truck classes begins at 7 p.m. Admission is $10 for adults, $5 for ages six to 12 and free for those under six. Fireworks are set for dark. Sunset on Ju- ly 4 in Otwell is 9:16 p.m., according to Ac- cuweather. Thursday, July 5 A garden tractor pull is scheduled for Thursday at 7 p.m., with free admission. The grounds and rides will open at 4 p.m. on Thursday. Friday, July 6 The grounds open at 4 p.m. on Friday. Ride bracelets are available for $20 for un- limited riding between 4 and 10 p.m. on both Friday and Saturday. The Firecracker Tractor and Truck pull for 12,000 pounds/14 mph and 12,000 pounds/10 mph for tractors and two- wheel drives/5,800 pound trucks, as well as 11,000 pounds/open begins at 7 p.m. Ad- mission is $ 8 for adults, $5 for kids six to 12 and free for less than 6. Saturday, July 7 A six on six coed double elimination vol- leyball tournament begins at 10 a.m., with registration starting at 8:30 a.m. Registra- tion is $15 per player. The Otwell Truck and Tractor pull be- gins at 7 p.m. with Outlaw truck class for DOT tires, 26 -inch hitch open drive line, 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 riv- er float is scheduled to begin at 11 a.m. Sat- urday, July 7. The event started last year as an invitation for people to join a group of friends who enjoy kayaking and floating the Patoka River. It ballooned into 340 peo- July 4th Fest, Patoka float highlight week's events Ballots set for fall election By Andy Heuring A 16 -month-old baby was found dead Fri- day morning when her mother checked on her. Jayla Johnson, the daughter of Jeff John- son and Dwania Young, was found not breathing. "People want to read something sinister into this and there is nothing to it," said State Police Detective Tobias Odom. Detective Odom said Johnson lived with her parents at 2175 E Main St., Lot 11, Pe- tersburg, with another sibling. Odom said an autopsy was performed as is standard with infant deaths. He said they have preliminary results of that autopsy, but are awaiting the final results. He said police did interviews relating to the death, which is normal procedure in child deaths, but added, "We don't expect anything at all." Pike County's central dispatch received a 911 call about an child not breathing and being unresponsive. Emergency personnel responded, but the child had died. Infant found dead Friday morning Relief from the heat Little Noah Flener plays under one of the featured sprinklers at the Kiefer Splash Park at Hornady Park in Peters- burg on Monday. The Splash Park is expected to be busy this week, due to the hot weather and the July 4th holiday. Kenzie Rudolph photo Deputy prosecutor resigns, denies drug allegations Highway 57 paving underway Crews having been working for a couple of weeks on Highway 57 between Petersburg and Oakland City. On Monday they laid blacktop up Bell Hill, just south of Petersburg. Last week the crews milled the road, with the paving crew fol- lowing close behind. On Friday they had paved from Oakland City to north of I-69 in the northbound lane. On Monday they started laying blacktop at the south edge of Petersburg and headed south. The project is scheduled to be complet- ed in late July or early August, depending on weather. By Andy Heuring Pike County Deputy Prosecutor Tom Dysert has resigned his position with the county. Dysert served as Deputy Prosecu- tor from January 1, 2015, until his resigna- tion on May 4, 2018. His resignation comes amid accusations from a man in jail, Josh Wilson, who claims Dysert used drugs. Dysert adamantly denies those allegations. "It angers me my name is going to be splashed around in the paper for some- thing I haven't done. I haven't done any- thing wrong. He can make all the accu- sations he wants," said Dysert of Wilson. "That is the way it works. It sucks, but that is the way it is." Wilson is making the accusations on Facebook about Dysert. Wilson was inter- viewed while he was in the Pike County Jail on a charge of public intoxication. He said he had been selling Dysert mar- ijuana for three years face-to-face. Wilson also claimed Dysert told him about the po- lice investigating him. "He told me who snitched on me and the cops were going to be doing a controlled buy on me. So I closed up. You don't keep selling if they are going to do a controlled buy on you." "I only did what I did because what he (Dysert) did wasn't right. You don't give people six or seven years and turn around and do the same thing," said Wilson. Dysert denied all of Wilson's allegations. "I absolutely deny 100 percent. I have not been involved with anything like that. I haven't sold anything like that. I haven't bought anything. None of that occurred, Three sections • 26 pages Four inserts