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A-4 Wednesday, August 12, 2020 The Press-Dispatch WINSLOW Continued from page 1 United Way COVID-19 ERI grants presented to local organizations Above: Senior and Fam- ily Services received $500 to provide PPE items and cleaning supplies so that the centers could be re- opened safely. Picture are (l to r): Jodi Rook, fiscal director, Kris- ta Robinette, executive di- rector of the UW of Pike Co., Joyce Petri, Peters- burg co-director, Phyllis Jones, Petersburg co-di- rector, and Frieda Bolin, Winslow director. Right: United Way of Pike County, through an ERI Grant, awarded Bread of Life Ministry $3,000 to help purchase and supply food for Pike County resi- dents. Pictured are (l to r): Lor- rie Higgs, treasurer, Kris- ta Robinette, executive di- rector of UW of Pike Co., and Jim Webb, president. The Pike County Christian Assistance received $5,000 to help purchase food items for Pike Co. clients. Pictured are (l to r): PCCA volunteers, Father Frank Renner, Luzell Carter, Kathy Hoppes, Patty Gwaltney, Fred Cook, Nelda Garland, Fran Lewis and Krista Robinette, executive director of United Way of Pike Co. yeah, it's that fast! net edition Z M www.PressDispatch.net/Subscribe The Press-Dispatch. No matter where you live. READER GUIDE Subscriptions: Change of address: subscribers changing addresses will please give old address as well as new one along with phone number. We cannot guarantee prompt change unless this is done. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to The Press-Dispatch., P.O. Box 68, Petersburg, IN 47567-0068 or e-mail to subscribe@ pressdispatch.net. Subscription rates: One year: $35 for Pike County and all 475/476 zip codes; $38 in the state of Indiana; $55 elsewhere in the USA. Paid in advance. Subscriptions taken after noon on Friday will not receive a paper until the second edition after their subscription date. About us: Andy Heuring and John B. 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Entrants have a chance to win monthly prizes from local businesses and a three-month sub- scription to The Press-Dispatch. TAX-FREE $HOPPING Now through August 15 *Just Whimsy will pay your sales tax. Located on the square in Jasper • 812.482.3200 Mon.-Fri. 10am-5:30pm, Sat. 10am-4pm JUST Fine Clothing and Shoes • Unique Home Decor • Accessories • Gifts 25th wedding anniversary Rev. and Mrs. Chad Searls, pastor and wife of the Peters- burg Holiness Church, will be celebrating their Silver Anniversary on Wednesday, August 12. Chad, son of the late Ho- mer Searls and Barbara Dew, and Valerie Lamar, daugh- ter of Loyace and Vicky La- mar, were married on Au- gust 12, 1995, at the Twin Oaks Church in Petersburg by Rev. Earl Fields. The couple have three chil- dren, Julene, Josiah and Jace Searls. MARRIAGE LICENSES Mark A. Gregory, 45, of 4687 E. CR 750 N., Peters- burg, son of James Sheffield and Sandra Craft, to Susan Annette Hinton, 43, of 4687 E. CR 750 N., Petersburg, daughter of Claude Miller and Brenda Miller. Faryn Sidney Hill, 27, of 2796 E. SR 64, Winslow, daughter of Richard S. Hill and Piper J. Hill, to Paul Al- len Branum, 29, of 2796 E. SR 64, Winslow, son of Bruce Branum and Melissa Sinks. With This Ring... Popp said that they needed to act on this now or the mon- ey would be lost. Brewster in- sisted that he needed to talk to someone who has the system and Popp said there wasn't time to delay it, and that other systems installed elsewhere wouldn't be the same size and same equipment. Popp said that he had met with the company three times and saw a great benefit for the town. Brewster said, "I don't give a darn how many meetings you've been to," and that he didn't want to spend the mon- ey without consulting with a town that is using the system. Council vice-president Deb- ra Lamb told Brewster she couldn't vote for it, but that she believed it was something the town needed and would bene- fit from, as did clerk-treasur- er Stacy McCandless. Brew- ster told Lamb that they can disagree on voting, but that she should vote for it if she wants it and it would not both- er him. Popp said if the spend- ing measure wasn't approved at this meeting, he was done. The council then passed the measure 2-1. COMMUNITY CENTER PROJECT A phone connection was used so Jenny Mathias, of Re- gion 15 Planning, could inform the council about the ongoing Winslow Community Center project. She advised the coun- cil that the project proposals are on hold now at least until 2021 due to the coronavirus. She said the project funding would still be the same, and that the council could still set up interviews and select con- tractors, and had a window of 18 months. Popp, Lamb and Brewster were in agreement on setting up interviews and continuing as before with the project. WATER METER REPLACEMENT The council approved pur- chasing Neptune water me- ters from Utility Supply Com- pany because of price and the fact the company allowed the town to buy at their conve- nience rather than a complete retirement of all the old water meters. There was also a dis- cussion concerning the state rules for shutting off water during the coronavirus pan- demic. VEHICLE AUCTION Popp told the council that the DNR truck had to come off the end of life list for the auc- tion and that the others, such as the bucket truck, fire truck and Ford 8N tractor, should be researched to get values for minimum bids. The council was in agreement to look in- to exploring values on the ve- hicles and setting minimum bids. They also considered computers and other surplus equipment that could be in the same auction. FIRE DEPARTMENT NEWS There was no one from the public in the meeting, other than media and Rick Mathi- as, the Winslow Fire Depart- ment Chief. He reported that they were cancelling the EMT school and using the same fee of $1,000 to have two fire de- partment members attend EMR training in Blooming- ton. Mathias said that he had IBFA cards for 14 fire depart- ment members, which cost $280. Mathias said there would be a reimbursement if the train- ing was not completed and that the EMR certification could not be used elsewhere for a three-year period. Brew- ster moved to accept the ex- penses and Lamb seconded it. The motion passed 2-0, with Popp abstaining. Mathias informed the council that Larry Smith had stepped down from assistant fire chief due to medical rea- sons and that Bart Stemle was the new assistant. Popp ap- preciated the report and told Mathias it was his decision and his department. PUBLIC WORKERS Lamb reported that the two part-time public workers could still be needed, provid- ed their parents approved and the school, if they were attend- ing. One worker has his last day Wednesday, and the oth- er will continue and is need- ed for more than a month for weedeating and other duties, according to Brewster. Thank You! Indiana Forms & Labels, Sisson Steel, German American Bank, IP&L and K&J Insurance We appreciate you keeping our kids safe by providing every student at Pike County Schools with a face cover!