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Vendors open at 9 a.m. "We are going for a 50's Flashback theme," said organizer Daisy Moyes. She said she hopes people will be wearing poo- dle skirts and 50's style clothes while look- ing for painted rocks. It is one of the fea- tured events. Each of the participating businesses will have a painted rock. The businesses will hide the rocks and when someone finds their rock, they will receive a door prize. Participating businesses are Silk Designs, Cakes and Coffee, Jay C Food- store, Mikel's Printing, Marge's Hallmark, China Wok and the Petersburg Branch of the Pike County Library. There are about 40 vendors who will be at the Spring Festival. There will be a ven- dor hunt as well. This involves people get- ting a form from Galaxy's Goodies and Cre- ations. Then taking that form and getting it stamped by each of the vendors. People who get all of the vendor stamps on their form will be put into a drawing for a sea- son pass to the Wolf Den and a Walmart gift certificate. There will be a car show with a trophy for the People's Choice Car. There will al- so be trophies for the Best Dressed 1950's couple, prince and princess. There will also be four food trucks from: Food Shack, Thai, Quesadilla/Pretzel and Horton Fish. Picnic games, including sack races and three-legged races are scheduled for 1 p.m. Live music will also be on site, as well as ap- pearances by Mickey and Minnie Mouse. There will also be a professional nail tech, makeup artist and professional hair stylist for those preparing for Saturday night's prom. Spring Festival to feature food, vendors, free ice cream Bridge 151 repairs Pike County Highway Department crews worked Tuesday on repairing Bridge 151, located near Survant on CR 325 S. Assistant Highway Superintendent Josh Byrd said heavy rains this spring and winter had washed out one of the bridge's headwalls. He said BLN, the engineering firm that does the county's bridge inspections, ordered the bridge closed. So the county is trying to get it open. Above: they are pouring concrete behind a new headwall put in place. Byrd said the road should be opened Wednesday evening. Good Friday services Levi McCarter portrays Jesus Christ carrying his cross to Golgotha or, in this case, to the top of the hill in Hornady Park. As he walked, Roman soldiers heckled him, and yelled insults and taunts at him. Above: members of the Mon- day Morning Men's Bible Study portrayed them. It was a special Good Friday service sponsored by the Bible Study and Pike County Ministerial Association. About 50 people attended the event, despite the rain and cool weather. Del Culbertson read about Good Friday from The Holy Bible as McCarter carried the cross. They also had a sunrise service early Sunday morning in the park. SEE PAGE A-6 By Andy Heuring Prides Creek will be getting several reno- vations and upgrades this year, but the big- gest one will be a new shelter house #1. The new shelter house is scheduled to begin construction in May and it is hoped it will be completed in August or September. "I have been they told they are applying for permits from the state," said Park and Recreation Board President Jan Hollis. The new shelter house will be 28 by 56 and will include new bathrooms. It will replace the current shelter house that is located closest to the beach. Hol- lis said that shelter house was built around 1990. "A fter 46 years on the board, it is hard to remember all of the details," said Hollis. Prides Creek Park had its dedication cer- emony on August 6, 1972. It was attended by then U.S. Senator Vance Hartke and U.S. Eighth District Congressman Roger Zion. Hollis said the old shelter house #1 was largely built by Emil Leistner. "Emil weld- ed all the pipes together and we put a roof on it," said Hollis. This will have a rough surfaced brick ex- terior. It will also have new bathrooms, with two stalls and a urinal in the men's bath- room and three stalls in the women's bath- room. The current shelter house doesn't have bathrooms. They are the only bath- rooms on that end of the park, other than the beach house. "Maybe this will reduce or eliminate the number of porta potties the school has to get for their cross country meets," said Park Manager Brandon Schultheis. The new facility will also increase park- ing at the site. The previous parking lot was unlined and had about 16 parking spaces. The new one will have 32 lined parking spaces. Prides Creek to get new shelter house Pike County school teachers staged walk-ins at Pike Central High School and Middle School as well as Petersburg and Winslow Elementary Schools on Tuesday morning. A news release from the Indiana State Teachers Association state the walk-ins were to "send a message to state legisla- tors to increase funding for public schools and make good on their promise to prior- itize teacher pay in the current state bud- get, which is expected to be finalized lat- er in the week." Teachers, support staff and some princi- pals gathered in front of the schools Tues- day morning wearing red shirts and walked into the schools as a group. "We are trying to raise awareness for all of the state. Locally we stand to lose almost two percent from what we are getting right now. I keep hearing they are going to put so much more money into education," said Traylor. "But it isn't going into Pike Coun- ty." She said a lot of it is going to charter Winslow's Sports League baseball will have it's opening day parade on Saturday, April 27. The parade begins at 10 a.m. at the Fire Department. It will march to Main St. and then north other the Sports League Ballpark. They will have opening ceremonies with Genny Rowe singing the National Anthem and House of Mercy Pastor George Bruce having the opening prayer and throwing out the first pitch. Following opening ceremonies they will be three ball games. Teachers stage walk-ins Tuesday at Pike Central, Winslow, Petersburg Winslow opening day parade is Saturday