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A-2 Front Wednesday, July 4, 2018 The Press-Dispatch RESIGNS Continued from page 1 ELECTION Continued from page 1 JULY 4 Continued from page 1 ple taking 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 near Miller's Field. Clements said a short ver- sion of about two miles will have a put-in point near Mc- Cord's Ford on CR 400 S. People wanting to do this distance are asked to take their boats or floats to River- side Park, where a large en- closed trailer will transport boats to the put-in and oth- er participants will be shut- tled 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 available. At breakfast they will have full and half order of biscuits and gravy. They will also offer hamburgers, cheese- burgers, brats, hotdogs and soft drinks for lunch. 2141 IN-257, Otwell, IN 812-354-2366 Happy 4th of July! COME AND WITH US! 2230 N. Spring St. Otwell, IN On the curve in Otwell 812-354-9841 OTWELL MERCANTILE YOUR HOMETOWN HARDWARE 2277 N. Mechanics St. Pastor Roy Stilwell 812-354-3028 Welcomes everyone to the Otwell 4th of July Celebration! 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Jeff Harting, of rural Pe- tersburg, is running for re- corder. He was appointed by the Republican party to fill a vacancy on the ballot. He will face Democrat Li- da Robinson in the general election. The others were: Angie Harting, running for the Washington Township Ad- visory position her hus- band, Jeff, had held for sev- eral years. He withdrew his candidacy for that position so he could run for recorder. Jeff Davis II was also add- ed to the ballot as a candi- date for Madison Township Advisory Board. Below is how the ballot will look this fall with the exception of the School Board races. Candidates may file for school board until August 24. County Auditor Judy Wood Gumbel (R) Jody L. Hoover (D) County Recorder Lida Robinson (D) Jeff Harting (R) Sheriff Frank Coleman (R) Kent Johnson (D) County Assessor Mike Goodpaster (R) Commissioner Dist. 2 Mark Flint (R) Heath James Scraper (D) County Council Dist. 1 Randy Harris (R) Daren Cook (D) County Council Dist. 2 Jon W. Craig (R) County Council Dist. 3 Max Elliott (R) County Council Dist. 4 Travis C. Troutman (R) Clay Twp. Trustee John B. Davidson (R) Jefferson Twp. Trustee Danielle Houtsch (R) Cynthia Ridao (D) Jeff Twp. Advisory Bd. Chris Burkhart (D) Jerry Traylor (D) Linda Teague (D) Lockhart Twp. Trustee Angela O'Neal (D) Lockhart Twp. Advisory Bd. Jace A. Houchin (R) William Caldemeyer (D) Berniece Luker (D) Charles Mike Meyer (D) Logan Twp. Trustee Shirley Ann Shafer (D) Madison Twp. Trustee Carol Sue Sutton (R) Madison Advisory Bd. Jeff Davis, Sr. (R) David W. Ice (R) Jeff Davis II (R) Marion Twp. Trustee Becky Steinhart (R) Marion Advisory Bd. Tracy Evans (R) Rich Bush (D) Gregory Gray (D) Monroe Twp. Trustee Sandra K. Barrett (D) Monroe Advisory Bd. Elaine Barrett (D) Ivan Mason (D) Rita L. Williams (D) Patoka Twp. Trustee Joe Melhiser (R) Patoka Advisory Board Rodney L. Dixon, Sr. (R) Danny B. DeJarnett (R) Richard A. Tisdale (D) Washington Twp. Trustee Marie N. Boyd (R) Washington Advisory Board Susan Flint (R) Angie Harting (R) US Senator Mike Braun (R) Joe Donnelly (D) US Representative Dist. 8 Larry D. Bucshon (R) William Tanoos (D) State Senator Dist. 48 Mark Messmer (R) State Rep. District 63 Shane M. Lindauer (R) Joseph Lannan(D) State Rep. District 64 Matt Hostettler (R) State Rep. Dist. 75 Ron Bacon (R) John Hurley (D) Judge of 83rd Circuit Court Jeff Biesterveld (D) Prosecutor 83rd Circuit Court Darrin E. McDonald (R) WINSLOW RACES Winslow Town Council Melvin E. Decisto Terry J. Strobel Michael Truitt George Fred Fiscus Richard Brewster Rick Mathias Greg Simmons Debra K. Lamb Kavin "Squeak" Gayhart Joshua A. Popp Clerk-treasurer Stacy Worthington Trisha Bottoms Need Help? Check out the Business Box on B-4 Little Miss Firecracker contestants after crowning, from left: Tenley Miller, Aubrey Sturgeon, Abbi Knepp, Maddy McCandless, Azalin Vennard and Carli Foster. Additional photos on page A-4. Kenzie Ru- dolph photo not one time," said Dysert. He added, "You kind of threw me for a loop when you said he ( Wilson) told you he sold me drugs. Be- cause his story the first time was different than that. That wasn't the allegation he made." "You know Josh's girl- friend ( Jamie Hancock) is on work release. At least she was his girlfriend at the time. She was caught for dealing and she got work re- lease. Josh had made sever- al threats, to which everyone in the prosecutor's office is a witness, that if something didn't happen with his girl- friend's case. . . and he fol- lowed through on those threats." "You know, I don't know what else to say about it. I adamantly deny everything. Josh is disgruntled for not getting his way for what he wanted; trying to cur- ry favor, whatever his mo- tives were. Josh came up to the prosecutor's office dur- ing the middle of this when his girlfriend was out on furlough. He wanted (sen- tence) modification. We had her take a drug test. She failed it. He threw a fit. He was adamant. 'I have been with her the whole time since she had the baby. We have done nothing, blah blah blah.' She admitted to me lat- er Josh had bought her al- cohol and I think she tested for something else. I don't know." Dysert said this took place while she was still un- der a work release sentence, which was a violation of that sentence. Pike County Prosecu- tor Darin McDonald said, "What I can tell you is when we received a complaint. We have to go through a vetting process. I turned it over to the Indiana State Po- lice. There was someone as- signed for the investigation. I simply referred it on to a special prosecutor assigned for the investigation." Knox County Prosecutor Dirk Carnahan was appoint- ed to the case. A spokesman for Carnahan's office said he confirmed he had been appointed to the case. She added Carnahan was not al- lowed to talk about the case while it was under investi- gation. She did not give a time- frame for when the case would be completed. It is the second time al- legations have been made against Dysert. Late last fall, similar allegations were made by Markus Straw II. McDonald said he request- ed a State Police investiga- tion then, and he and Dys- ert both took a hair sample drug test and both passed. "From what I saw he was a very good prosecutor. He was energetic and worked hard. It is not unusual for al- legations to come up. I never asked for him to take a second one (drug test). These types of allega- tions are a real distraction," said McDonald. "I thought it was closed. Then I became aware Josh ( Wilson) was making allegations in May and Tom offered to resign. I accepted his resignation." Dysert said he didn't want to discuss why he resigned. "I want everyone to know there is a process we go through, said McDonald. I'm not passing judgment on this. We went through this last summer and he was cleared, and there was no ev- idence. It came up again. I think he got frustrated and resigned, and I had to start the process over again. I want to be fair on all sides"