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You can read the news from home about your friends and neigh- bors with your Wednesday morn- ing coffee. There is no better time to get the best source of Pike County news for the last 120 years. You can either mail in the form locat- ed on page B-6 or call 812-354- 8500. Customers wanting to sub- scribe to NetEdition need to in- clude their email address and a password with a minimum of sev- en characters. Current NetEdi- tion subscribers only need to in- clude their email address. October Bargain Period extended to November 3 Minor injuries in Tuesday collision Two people were injured in a head-on collision on Tuesday afternoon near Otwell. Sheriff's Deputy Brad Jenkins said a 1995 Buick occupied by Mark Blackwell of Edwardsport and Ra- chel Barr of Washington was headed east on County Road 425 N near State Road 257 when it collided with a westbound 2012 Ford pick-up truck driven by Colten Gladish of Otwell. Barr was taken to the hospital, but the extent of injuries was unknown at press time. Deputy Jenkins said the accident is still under investigation. By Andy Heuring Election Day is next Tuesday. Pike Coun- ty voters will select a sheriff, commissioner, councilman, auditor, recorder, school board and three Winslow town councilmen local- ly. On the national level, local voters will help choose a U.S. Senator and Congress- man, while on the state level, they will vote on state representative positions. See profiles of the sheriff's race and school board race on pages B-5. So far, there appears to be heavy partici- pation. As of Tuesday at noon, there had al- ready been 1,264 votes cast in early voting. Of those, 857 had voted in the Clerk's office, while another 348 had voted by mail-in ab- sentee and another 59 by the travel board. With a week of voting left, that is just about 200 less than voted early in the presiden- tial election two years ago. Typically, a pres- idential election is higher turnout than non- presidential elections. The clerk's office is open for early voting from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. through Friday, No- vember 2. It will also be open from 8 a.m. to noon on Saturday, November 3 and Mon- day, November 5. The polls will open at 6 a.m. on election day. The poll locations are: Voting precincts and poll locations are as follows: Clay Union Community Building Jefferson 1, Jefferson 2, Marion Otwell Community Building Lockhart Stendal Community Building Logan, Patoka 1 Glezen Revival Center Madison, Washington 2, Washington 3 4-H Building at Hornady Park Monroe Jordan Memorial Park Petersburg 1, 2, 3, 4, Washington 1 Gospel Center Patoka 2, Winslow Winslow Community Center Below are the races that will be on the bal- lots 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) 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) Jefferson 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) County offices, Winslow seats contested Tuesday Veterans Day ceremonies November 12 This year, the November 12 Veterans Day ceremonies, presented by Coleman- Stewart VFW Post 3587 members, will con- clude with a lunch open to the public at Am- ber Manor. The scheduled visits begin at 9:30 a.m. at Petersburg Elementary School, followed by Winslow Elementary School at 10 :30 a.m. and then at the Otwell Veteran's Memorial beginning at 11:15 a.m. The veteran honor guard concludes their traveling at Amber Manner with a program there beginning at 1:15 pm. At the end of the program, lunch will be served. Amber Manor is providing chili and veggie soup and lunch meat sandwiches. The VFW Auxiliary members are provid- ing the desserts. The VFW is also hosting a dinner open to any veteran. The hours are 4 p.m. until 9 p.m. at the clubhouse on East Main Street. Stealing the Show From left to right, Vivian Frasure, 8, and Parker Goeppner, 9, dressed up as Bonnie & Clyde for the Lockhart Town- ship Halloween Party held at the Community Center in Stendal on Saturday, Oct. 27. Frasure and Goeppner placed first in the Best Couple category. More than 100 individuals participated in this year's masquerade, which was emceed by Pike County Assessor Mike Goodpaster. For more photos, see pages A10-A12. Ed Cahill photo By Andy Heuring A dispute over the 'who should do what' to Hickory St. apparently has settled down. Residents of the dead-end street at the north edge of Winslow, Clint Russell and father Tony Russell, were upset they were publicly criticized by a town councilman over Tony "smoothing" the road. Hickory St. provides access to a hand- ful of residences located in a wooded area just north of the baseball fields and school. In last week's Winslow Town Council meeting, Councilman Terry Strobel said "We put gravel on a street that is main- tained by the town," said Strobel. "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," said Strobel. "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. Homeowner takes issue with Winslow council's criticism $3 SAVINGS END SATURDAY Bargain Period ends Nov. 3 at noon • See page B-6 for full details ELECTION GUIDE 2018 See B-5