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Two weeks later, the Buffalo Trace Festival is set for Main St. WINSLOW FALL FESTIVAL The Winslow Fall Festival is set for Satur- day, Sept. 15 and will be in two locations: at Main and Center sts. and in Riverside Park at the south edge of town. Events based at Riverside Park will in- clude a two-mile float down the Patoka Riv- er from the new bridge on CR 350 E. They will have an inflatable slide, food vendors, kids' games, karaoke, music, a tractor show and a flea market. The Main St. location will feature a flea market, dunking booth, street magician and karaoke. Also featured will be live en- tertainment by Tony Rothrock, Mark Mc- Candless and Chuck McCandless. They will also have a Batman, balloon an- imals and an extrication demonstration by the Patoka Fire Department. The day will end with the annual night time light-up parade. MONROE CITY FALL FESTIVAL The Monroe City Fall Festival is set for Friday through Sunday, Sept. 14-16. It will feature good eats, amusement rides and musical entertainment. Friday, Sept. 14 Throughout the weekend there will be music, market vendors, Walnut Grove homemade ice cream, sandwiches and cold drinks, Reed Family funnel cakes, a coun- try store, train rides and inflatables. Monroe City High School Alumni Spa- ghetti Dinner starts at 5 p.m. followed by a Rodney Watts concert at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept 15 A pet parade starts at 10 :30 a.m.. There will be a queen contest in the Blue Jean Center starting at 2 p.m. A variety show is set for 7 p.m. and fireworks at dark. Beech Hills BBQ, by the Cow Muck Cookers, is available from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. There will be a learn to paint class from 9 a.m. to noon. No talent or experience need- ed and materials will be provided. It is limit- ed to the first 20 people. To register, call Wi- ni Francis at 812-444-9507 or 812-254-2486. Sunday, Sept. 16 A community church service begins at 10 a.m. The Jeff Black Fish Fry starts at 11:30 a.m. The parade starts at 2 p.m. and the South Knox High School Band Concert will perform at at 3 p.m. PETERSBURG CITY-WIDE YARD SALE The Petersburg City-wide Yard Sale is set for Saturday, Sept. 16. Typically there are more than 40 participating yard sales that draw a big crowd of bargain hunters. A clas- sified ad in The Press-Dispatch, starting at $4, gets your sale placed on a city-wide map and you receive a large numbered poster to identify your location. BUFFALO TRACE FESTIVAL The Buffalo Trace Festival, featuring free rides, fireworks, bed races and musi- cal entertainment will start on Friday, Sept. 28 with a 6 p.m. parade. The rides will start at 6 p.m. and run until 11 p.m. This year will also feature an adult co-ed softball tourney that starts at 6 p.m. Friday at the Little League fields. Opening ceremonies are set for 6:30 p.m. on the Buffalo Trace stage located on Main St. It will feature a welcome by Mayor R.C. Klipsch, the National Anthem by Ad- am Houchins, Pledge of Allegiance led by the Boy Scouts, and Houchins singing God Bless The USA. The Pike Central Jazz band will perform at 7 p.m., followed by Joe Nobody Band at 7:45 p.m. and Rodney Watts Band at 9 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 29 Saturday's events start early with the Amber Manor Walk-a-thon in Hornady Park beginning at 7:30 a.m. Pike County Has Talent gets underway at 9 a.m. It will be followed by the Buffalo Trace Pageants at 11 a.m. Also starting at 11 a.m. will be the pie eating contest, followed by the dog show. The free carnival rides on Saturday will start at 1 p.m. and run until 10 p.m. A fternoon activities include a water bal- loon toss competition at 2 p.m. and the Buf- falo Trace hairy leg competition at 2:30 p.m. The Main St. Bed Races start at 4 p.m. Several musical performances are set for Saturday. The Pike Central High School Swing Choir starts at 3:15 p.m. The Mar- tins are set for 6 p.m. and Cook & Belle at 8:15 p.m. Fireworks will cap off the two-day event and start at 10 :30 p.m. United Way of Pike County will have its annual Day of Caring on Wednesday, September 12, 2018. Day of Caring typically has about 100 volunteers helping numerous not-for-profit agencies and organi- zations with various maintenance projects. Volunteers will be treat- ed to a sponsored breakfast and a T-shirt to wear on the job. Lunch will also be provided. "United Way of Pike County hopes to raise the level of aware- ness of the needs, as well as the services, provided by these agen- cies," said United Way Director Denise Kinney. If you would like to volunteer or are an agency that would like to submit a project, contact Kinney at 812-789 -2557 (volunteers) or 812-789 -3774 (help with the proj- ects) by September 10. This event is partially funded by Pike County Community Foun- dation and Amber Manor. Kinney said, "It puts a lot of value back in- to our community." She said about 100 volunteers typically work four to six hours and Pike County is credited with about $24 an hour for those volunteers hours. "Many of my volunteers were retired when we started 14 years ago and have been helping ever since." While praising their ded- ication, Kinney said more young volunteers are needed to help with the more demanding tasks. A preliminary list of activities the volunteers will be working on include: Old Ben Scout Reservation - painting, staining and trimming trees. Winslow Sports League - dug- out upgrades and painting. 4-H Fairgrounds - some clean- ing and organization, painting and power washing. Haven Apts. - trimming shrubs, cleaning gutters and washing win- dows. History Center - making copies, and sorting pictures and putting items in binders. Petersburg Library - trimming bushes, taking inventory and sort- ing books. Petersburg Little League Park - staining, taking down an old playground set, as well as clean- ing and organizing score boxes. ARC of Pike County - working on the women's home with land- scaping and light trimming. Tri-Cap - washing walls and trimming shrubs. Pike County Christian Assis- tance - organizing and cleaning the kitchen, powerwashing the building and switching clothes from summer to winter. Safe Haven House of Hope - cleaning, painting and trimming shrubs. Prides Creek Park - painting picnic tables and benches. Jefferson Township Community Center - cleaning the kitchen and windows, pulling weeds. United Way seeks Day of Caring volunteers Festivals, yard sales highlight September activities Mail carriert injured in Tuesday crash A Monroe City route carrier was injured in a crash Friday afternoon. Amber Johnson of ru- ral Petersburg was involved in a two-vehicle crash reported at 1:22 p.m. The accident oc- curred on Jones Road just east of Highway 61. Jones Road is located only about a half-mile east of the Pike-Knox County line. It was investigated by the Knox County Sheriff's Depart- ment. Representatives of the Knox Sheriff's Department said information about the accident would not be available until Wednesday morning. Johnson was taken by ambulance to the hos- pital. The other unidentified driver was also taken to the hospital, but emergency personnel at the scene said he was out of the car, walking around prior to being transported to the hospital. The Petersburg Fire Department responded to the accident as did a Pike County EMS. By Andy Heuring Winslow Town Councilmen voted to join Petersburg on a joint application for a broad- band study grant and read their ordinance setting fees for town services used to clean up nuisance properties during their Monday morning meeting. The broadband study grant is through the Indiana Office of Community and Rural A f- fairs. In a telephone interview, Pike County Economic Development Council Executive Director Ashley Willis said OCR A created the broadband readiness planning grant to help areas that are "underserved or unserved" by broadband in low-to-moderate income areas. The grant has a maximum amount of $50,000 with a 10 percent match. Willis said Peters- burg and Winslow are filing jointly because OCR A prefers regional projects. She explained if their application is ap- proved, it would pay for broadband service availability and quality to be assessed and de- termine the best way to improve that service in the area. She added broadband is a requirement for many businesses and it also could help provide residential service. She said this is important because many schools are using Chromebooks. "If a student needs access, it will provide a solution to reach every home at least in these two areas." She said now many people have to go to the library or another lo- cation of a WiFi hotspot to get internet access. Winslow Clerk-Treasurer Stacy Worthing- ton said the application had a September 4 deadline. "We are going to want to be involved with that," said Councilman Terry Strobel. Coun- cilmen voted to approve applying for the grant. Their maximum cost would be $2,500 Petersburg, Winslow apply for broadband study grant By Andy Heuring The ballot for the school board election this fall is set. The filing deadline was last Friday. The only race on the ballot will be incumbent Dis- trict 2 school board member Dave Waltz being chal- lenged by Forrest Manning. In District 1, Howard Knight was the only candidate to file. He will replace current school board member Ron Sharp, who is not seeking re-election. Manning to challenge Waltz for school board seat Winslow Fire Dept. Summerfest Audrey Wening, Emma Thompson and Annie Wening hang upside down in a ride kids dubbed the hamster ride at the Winslow Fire Department Summerfest. See more photos beginning on page 6.