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A-2 Front Wednesday, September 4, 2019 The Press-Dispatch SUBSCRIBE TODAY! 812-354-8500 We're not afraid to shed some light on the truth. Name �������������������������������������������������� Date of Birth �������������������������������������������� Age (as of Sept. 1, 2019) ����������������������������������� Parents' Name ������������������������������������������� Parents' Phone Number������������������������������������ Questions? Call or text Jessica Richardson at 812-582-4300. Mail your entry form and fee to Jessica Richardson, PO Box 277, Holland, IN 47541. Due by Sept. 18, 2019. CONTEST ENTRY FORM $15 entry fee Annual Winslow Community Fest Queen & King Contests Winslow Community Festival Friday, Sept. 20 at 6 p.m. Rehearsal: Sept. 19 at 6:30 p.m. on Main Street Location: Uptown stage on Main Street Winslow. If rain, the event will be at House of Mercy Fellowship Hall. Attire: Girls wear dresses, boys wear dress shirt and dress jeans/shorts. Order forms due by Sept. 18, 2019. Prizes Awarded to: 2nd Runner up, 1st Runner up and queen or king in each category. Miss Photogenic will also be awarded. Little Miss and Mister 4 to 7 years old, Junior Miss and Mister 8 to 12 years old, Queen and King 13-18 years old AGES By Andy Heuring Two people were arrest- ed on dealing meth charg- es and two more on posses- sion of meth in separate in- cidents last week. On Monday, August 26 a Petersburg man was ar- rested on charges of deal- ing meth and possession of a firearm by a serious violent felon after police executed a search warrant on his resi- dence. His girlfriend was arrested on possession of meth charges and neglect of a dependent. Quentin Andrew Pilk, 37, and Kristie Dawn Emmons, 35, both of 6393 N. SR 57, Petersburg were arrested by Pike County Deputy Jar- ed Simmons. Deputy Simmons, in a probable cause affidavit, said he obtained information that Pilk was a convicted se- rious violent felon and was in possession of a firearm. He got a search warrant for Pilk's residence. Deputy Simmons said while police were looking over the resi- dence, Pilk's vehicle left and they located it at the Circle K convenience store in Pe- tersburg. Police said when Pilk exited the Circle K store they approached him and placed him in handcuffs. They also had Emmons, who was still in the vehicle get out of the car and placed her in handcuffs. Deputy Simmons said during a pat-down of Pilk they found a .380 pistol in his pants pocket. A search of Pilk's vehicle revealed two hypodermic needles, one glass smoking device with burnt residue, a set of digital scales, a glass smoking de- vice with a residue that field- tested positive for meth, and a PVC pipe wrapped in black electrical tape containing several small plastic bags containing a white crystal substance that field-tested positive for meth. When police went to Pilk's and Emmons' residence they located two children ages 12 and 11 in the resi- dence. The Division of Child Services took custody of the children. At the house, police said they located a glass vile con- taining a crystal-like sub- stance, a glass smoking de- vice with a burnt crystal-like substance in it, a marijuana cigarette, a corner baggie with marijuana, two boxes of pistol ammunition, both 9mm and .380 ; 10 hypoder- mic needles and a loaded .380 magazine. Pilk was charged with possession of a firearm by serious violent felon and dealing in methamphet- amine at least 5 grams, both level 4 felonies. He was al- so charged with possession of meth, a level 5 felony and maintaining a common nui- sance, a level 6 felony. Emmons was charged with possession of meth; possession of parapherna- lia, maintaining a common nuisance and neglect of a de- pendent. In a separate incident, a Petersburg woman was ar- rested on a dealing meth charge after police conduct- ed a controlled buy from her. Alexis Emily Brock, 22, of 1033 W. Glezen St., Pe- tersburg was arrested on charges of dealing in meth- amphetamine, at least one gram, a level 4 felony; pos- session of meth less than five grams and maintaining common nuisance, both lev- el 6 felonies. Jamen L. Russell, 33, of 1711 E. Logtown Rd., Win- slow was arrested for pos- session of an unlawful sy- ringe and maintaining a common nuisance. Pike County Deputy Paul Collier said he received in- formation that Brock wanted to sell meth to an informant. The informant arranged for a meeting with Brock to purchase meth from her at the Log Cabin in Hornady Park. Police watched the exchange. According to a probable cause affidavit Deputy Sim- mons said he saw a white Ford truck with a camp- er shell drive into the park and a woman get out of the truck and walked up to the informant. Both then got in the truck and after a minute or two the informant got out of the truck and police then stopped the truck at about 7 p.m. Wednesday, August 28 in the park. Deputy Collier said they had Brock get out of the pas- senger side of the truck and saw six $20 bills, which the had given to the informant. When police did a pat- down of Russell, they said they found a plastic tube wrapped in electric tape. A syringe and a rubber tube about 20 inches long inside the plastic tube. The affidavit states Rus- sell admitted to police he had smoked meth earlier in the day at his home. He al- so said he didn't know Brock wanted to come to the park to sell meth. The affidavit states Brock admitted to police she came to the park to sell meth. Police said a search of the truck located what appeared to be marijuana seeds in plastic containers, a digital scale and about one gram of a crystal-like substance that field-tested positive for meth. They were both taken in- to custody, Brock was arrested in June on similar charges. Four arrested on meth- related charges in two separate incidents yeah, it's that fast! net edition Z M www.PressDispatch.net/Subscribe The Press-Dispatch. No matter where you live. 2019 Hardware Connection Beacon Award Winner 'Best New Store over 20,000 sq. .' HARDWARE PETERSBURG -from your friends at ECI RESIGNS Continued from page 1 Scott Wright resigned after money from the evidence cage was found to be miss- ing. He has been charged in that case. "This is a job everyone seeks, because we have a community that loves po- lice," said Baumgart. "I just don't understand what they (officers Salters and Wright) are thinking. It is a shame. One bad apple looks bad on all of us. I know it breaks cit- izens' confidence in us. But I can tell you the ones who are there care about the commu- nity," said Baumgart. FESTIVALS Continued from page 1 a free frozen "I chilled out at the Winslow Community Festival" t-shirt. The contes- tant who thaws and puts on the t-shirt first wins. BUFFALO TRACE FESTIVAL SEPT. 27-28 The 2019 Buffalo Trace Festival will kick off with a parade starting at 6 p.m on Friday, September 27. The free carnival rides will run from 6 to 11 p.m. Opening ceremonies are set for 6:30 p.m. A co-ed softball tourney at the Little League fields will begin at 6:30 p.m. Joe Nobody is performing at 7 p.m., followed by Vessyll with Adam Houchins and Co. beginning at 8:15 on the Buffalo Trace stage. Rodney Watts will follow from 9:30 to 11 p.m. Saturday's events start at 9 a.m. with the Herd 5K Run/Walk and Classic Car Cruise-In. Registration for the 5K starts at 8 a.m. at the Buffalo Trace Activity Row. The car show will be located on Walnut St. near the First United Methodist Church. The Buffalo Trace pag- eants which include: Lit- tle Miss, Junior Miss, Teen Miss and Miss Buffalo Trace will run from 10 :30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Free rides open at 1 p.m. and will run until 11 p.m. on Saturday. Pike Central's Swing Choir will perform at 2 p.m. A dog show is set for 3 p.m. followed by the Main St. Bed Races at 4 p.m. Eyewitness News weath- erman Ron Rhodes will be on stage beginning at 5 p.m. Musical entertainment begins at 5 p.m. on Satur- day. It will start with Brick Briscoe IV, Eclectic Drive at 6 p.m., American Pie Unplugged at 7 p.m. and Eighty-SixT at 8 p.m. Grammy winning band Parmalee will perform from 9 to 10 :30 p.m. Their perfor- mance will culminate with a fireworks display at 10 :30 p.m. MONROE CITY FALL FEST SEPT. 20-22 The Monroe City Fall Festival is set for Friday through Sunday, Septem- ber 20 -22 based at the Blue Jeans Community Center. Friday night they will have a spaghetti dinner from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. with food booths, vendors and inflat- ables. A dodge ball tourna- ment for all ages begins at 6 p.m. To enter the dodge ball tourney call Lynette Benton at 217-246 -5051. BBQ will be available ear- ly Saturday. The Cowmuck Cookers will have BBQ from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. A pet parade is set for 10 :30 a.m. with queen pageants run- ning from 2 to 4 p.m. They will have musical en- tertainment in the gym from 7 to 9 p.m. with fireworks be- ginning at dark. Sunday's events start with a Community Church Ser- vice at 10 :30 a.m. The Jeff Black Fish Fry will run from 11:30 to 1 p.m.. A parade is set for 2 p.m . and the South Knox Band will perform at 3 p.m. For more information about the parade call Donet- ta Cardinal at 812-890 -9681. REVENUES Continued from page 1 ty School Corp. will lose $ 340,283. The other two biggest entities are the Pike County Library sys- tem which is projected to lose $ 31,431 next year. Pe- tersburg is projected to lose $47,112 and Winslow $7,147. Auditor Gumbel said, "Fortunately they (county council) took the bull by the horns a few years ago. We are carrying a balance. This isn't pretty. I don't know what the council is going to decide, but we have a little wiggle room right now." Greg Willis, President of the County Council, said if it were just a one year loss, the county could weather it fairly easily. He said so far this year the county gen- eral fund had increased by about $ 300,000 to a balance of about $ 800,000. However, Willis said the problem is they don't know what is going to happen in future years. If the assess- ment stays at the current rate it will mean less rev- enue, which won't be sus- tainable for the long term. He said certain expenses such as health insurance and other items will contin- ue to increase. "One of two things will have to happen. We will either have to in- crease revenues or cut ex- penses," said Willis. The Pike County Council has their 2019 budget-set- ting sessions next Tuesday and Wednesday. Willis said part of the problem is they only found out about IPL's reduced assessment about a month ago. Even though they have been in discus - sions with Baker Tilly they won't have any answers about the future before they have to set the 2019 budget. County Officials said they have not had an explanation as to why IPL's assessment was decreased in Pike Coun- ty by $ 93 million. Indiana as- sesses utilities at the state level and the Pike County Assessor's office is not in- volved in that. Numerous calls to the Department of Local Gov- ernment and Finance by The Press-Dispatch over the last three weeks have failed to get explanation about why IPL's assessed value decreased. Calls were re- ferred to a spokesman. The response so far has been, "We are looking into it and we will have to get back to you on that." New sand storage building Workers do excavation work around a new building at the Pike County Highway Department. The $69,394.37 building is nearly completed. County Commissioners voted Tuesday morning to request an additional appropriation of $2,800 to add an 8'x 30' concrete slab to the front of the new building. It will house sand and rock. Assistant Superintendent Josh Byrd said the building will hold enough sand for two snow storms and a supply of chat. Byrd said the current building they use will only hold enough sand for one snow storm and currently has no capacity for chat. He said wet sand and chat cause problems for crews. The wet sand in low temperatures freezes in the truck bed. Byrd said when that occurs, they have to bring the truck into the garage to warm it up until it thaws.