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The Press-Dispatch Wednesday, June 19, 2019 A-3 LOCAL Call: 812-354-8500 Email: news@pressdispatch.net or bring in a hard copy: 820 E. Poplar Street, Petersburg NEWS BRIEFS Tri Kappa seeks Little Miss Sweet Corn contestants Tri Kappa of Oakland City is seeking contestants for the Little Miss Sweet Corn Pageant. Girls ages 5 -7 at the time of the contest are eligible. Contest will be Friday, July 26. Contestants are required to perform a talent and will be asked a brief question during an interview. Practices will be on Tuesday evenings. For more information, contact Tammy Schroeder at 812- 664-6648. Oakland City Sweet Corn Festival seeking pageant contestants Oakland City Sweet Corn Festival is seeking pag- eant contestant ages 8 -20 years old. To sign-up or for more information, contact Phoenix Booker at 812-677- 0434 or Jamie Robinson at 812-582-4424. Upcoming event? We want to know! Do you have an upcoming event? Send it to news@ pressdispatch.net or call 812-354-8500. 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The Win- slow area had five different strong rains roll through on Sunday. All of Pike County had at least four inches of rain on Sunday. That rain caused downed trees, limbs and numerous other prob- lems for roads crews and lots of people had water in their basements. "Several trees down, sev- eral roads flooded, a lot of culverts washed out, re- quiring us to fix them. A lot of erosion damage to hills. Banks slid off from the rain and out into the road," said Pike County Highway As- sistant Superintendent Josh Byrd. He said he saw water across Highway 356 in plac- es he had not seen water be- fore on Sunday. "It has been an exciting trip the last few days. We took a really big hit this year as far as rain. It has done a lot of damage and we have had to replace a lot of cul- verts," said Byrd. The biggest hit may be to area farmers. The White and Patoka Rivers are both predicted to flood. As of Tuesday at 5:30 p.m., the White River at Pe- tersburg was at 20.97 feet, almost five feet above flood stage. While that is bad, it is predicted to crest at 25.3 feet on Saturday. It isn't sup- posed to fall below 22 feet until June 28. Those levels will get almost all the farm ground in the White River bottoms, much of which has already been planted. In the last 20 years, the White River in June had topped 21 feet on five occa- sions. The biggest was June 12, 2008, when it hit 26.97 feet. On June 18, 1998, it crested at 24.1. It crested at 21.4 in June of 2015 and 21.3 in June of 2010. The Patoka River at Win- slow on Tuesday was at 23.24 feet and predicted to go higher. The Patoka is not monitored as closely as the White River by the National Weather Service. Huntingburg recorded eight inches of rain on Sun- day and Jasper had more than seven inches of rain. Both drain into the Patoka River upstream of Winslow and Pike County. So the Pa- toka will likely continue to rise. This year, so far, is one of the wettest on record. In the last 30 days, all of Pike County has received be- tween 10 and 15 inches of rain. Year to date, the southern part of Pike County has re- ceived about 60 inches of rain, while the northern part has received more than 50 inches of rain. The year- ly average for Pike County is about 40 inches. To make matters worse, rain is predicted for five of the next six days. yeah, it's that fast! net edition Z M www.PressDispatch.net/Subscribe The Press-Dispatch. No matter where you live.