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Current NetEdition sub- scribers only need to include their email address. ***************SCH 5-DIGIT 47567 0001 10-31-18 NEWSPAPER SUBSCRIBER PO BOX 68 PETERSBURG, IN 47567-0068 Only seven days remaining in October Bargain Period Charger Brigade place in top ten Senior members of the Pike Central High School marching band display the Charger Brigade's ninth-place award following the 2018 Indiana State School Music Association's Scholastic Class Finals on Saturday, Oct. 20, at Lawrence Central High School in Indianapolis. Pictured are, first row, left to right: Ciara Cruz, Ashley Dulworth, Maggie McDonald and Wyatt Dillon. Second row: Luke Harris, Caleb Cockerham and Meredith Benson. See sto- ry on page A-3. Submitted photo By Andy Heuring Winslow admonished private road work, approved their budget and set trick-or-treat hours for this year during their Monday morning meeting. Town Councilman Terry Strobel said he was upset about someone grading rock placed on a Winslow street recently. "We put gravel on a street that is main- tained by the town," said Strobel. He said the gravel was to be put on Hickory St. "Then someone took it upon themselves to take a grader blade and tractor to grade that off the road. Some of it is still there. If they would have let that gravel have a chance, it would have packed down and been in much better shape than it is now." He added, "I have been told it has hap- pened before." "I just want to put it out there. The only people who have authorization to do any- thing to the streets is the town. We don't need people doing that when we have a pro- cess in place now. That gravel would have stacked in there and packed up. Now that it has been graded, it won't pack in and it will wash away, and that gravel has been wast- ed," said Strobel. "Four-hundred dollars worth," said Councilman Greg Simmons. "I want to make the statement of let the street department handle the streets," said Strobel. Councilmen also voted to approve their proposed 2019 budget, to be sent to the In- diana Department of Government and Lo- cal Finance for their inspection and approv- al. The proposed budget ordinance for 2019 was approved by a 3-0 vote and calls for a total budget of $ 373,045, with an adopted tax levy of $169,405. The various line items in the 2019 budget are Rainy Day $45,000, General $224,895, Local Road and Street $19,000, Motor Ve- hicle Highway $54,150, Cumulative Capi- tal Improvement (Cigarette tax) $10,000 By James Capozella A two-day trial for neglect of a dependent resulted in a not guilty verdict for 32-year- old Ashleigh (AK A Ashley) Arnold, of 241 E. Harvest Lane, Petersburg. Arnold was found not guilty of the charge of neglect of a dependent, 35 -46 -1-4(a)(1), a level 6 felony, after the jury heard testi- mony from three law enforcement officers at the scene, a 911 dispatcher and family members, plus recordings of the 911 call by the children. They also listened to a re- cording of an apology call made by Arnold on December 25 to Deputy Sheriff Jason McKinney. The original criminal action was filed on January 2, 2018, according to the Pike Cir- cuit Court Criminal Chronological Case Summary. An 11:30 p.m. 911 Christmas Eve call to central dispatch was made by the eldest of the three children in the Ar- nold home. Dispatcher Kyle Eckert had to determine the location of the residence since the children did not know their ad- dress. Eckert dispatched Petersburg City officer Kyle Mills and Pike County Sheriff's Deputies Dallas Killian and Jason McKin- ney to the Harvest Lane home. There they found the boys' mother, Ashleigh Arnold, slumped over and unresponsive in the ga- rage. The officers found Arnold to have slurred speech, poor balance, the strong odor of alcohol, bloodshot eyes and other typical signs of alcohol intoxication. Officers testified that because it was Christmas Eve and they were able to con- tact Ashleigh's parents and have them come from Washington and care for the boys, aged nine, eight and five, they would not arrest Arnold and take her to jail that night. During the early portion of the tri- al, Pike County Chief Deputy Prosecu- tor Sara Christianson described a typical scene around Christmas time, where kids look forward to "the big event of the year." It was the night before Christmas, but it was a night of "chaos" for three little boys who were in a panic and called 911 because their mother was unresponsive on the floor in the garage. The State of Indiana, represented by Christianson, explained to the jury the pan- ic the boys had expressed in the 911 call, that their mom was drunk, that they were scared and that officers found a mother that was sitting in a cold garage unresponsive to officers at the scene. A bottle of vodka at the scene was disput- ed to be half empty to nearly full between testimony by the officers at the scene and Ashleigh's father, Brad Treadway. On the stand, Treadway said he wasn't that con- cerned about the situation, but officer McK- inney stated Treadway told his daughter that night she had to grow up and be respon- sible. During Treadway's testimony, he said he never saw his daughter drunk or drink- ing beer, except maybe a sip from someone else's drink. Treadway said he poured a bot- Arnold found not guilty of neglect Hayride arranged for Amber Manor residents Amber Manor Care Center Life Enrichment Director Ariel Eck (left) helps resident Dixie Scales up onto a wagon pri- or to the start of a hayride at Prides Creek Park on Wednesday, Oct. 17, as fellow resident Ron Drew (background left) looks on. The Center arranged the hayride for Amber Manor residents in conjunction with Prides Creek Manager Bran- don Shultheis, who drove the group through the park. Ed Cahill photo By Andy Heuring Voter interest in the 2018 mid-term elec- tions is heating up as 1,122 people have al- ready voted in Pike County. There are about 9,000 registered voters. Election Clerk Jen- ny Deffendoll said 775 people have voted in the Clerk's office as of Tuesday and anoth- er 345 people voted by mail-in absentee bal- lots and 18 by the travel board. There are still two weeks to vote. In the 2016 presidential election there were 1,486 total early and absentee bal- lots cast. Early voting will continue from 8 a.m. to noon and 1 to 4 p.m. in the Clerk's office from Monday through Friday until Novem- ber 2. People can also vote on Saturdays in the Clerk's office from 8 a.m. to noon on October 27 and November 3 and on Mon- day, November 5. The polls will be open from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. in Pike County on Tuesday, Novem- ber 6. In this week's issue are profiles of the candidates in the local races for: County Commissioner, County Council, Auditor and Recorder. Here is a list of races on this year's bal- lot in Pike County: 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) Winslow deals with unauthorized road work, sets trick-or-treat hours Voter interest rises as election approaches 1 WEEK LEFT TO SAVE $ 3! Bargain Period ends OCt. 31 • See page A-11 for full details ELECTION GUIDE 2018 See B-10