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Save $ 3 during October Bargain Period Pastor Eddie Willis read scripture and conducted the eulogy and prayer for Cindy Johns this past Wednesday evening at Amber Manor. Music was a part of the memorial and was performed by Michelle Potts and Nicole Ruble. James Capozella photo Employees and public honor Cindy Johns By James Capozella A memorial service and eulogy was conduct- ed outside Amber Manor this past Wednesday after the passing of Amber Manor employee Cynthia (Cindy) Johns. Cindy died Tuesday October 13 of COVID-19 related complications and it was learned afterward that her husband, Leotas Junior (Dewey) Johns, also died from COVID-19 related complications. His passing was on October 15, little more than a day after the memorial at Amber Man- or for Cindy. Pastor Eddie Willis presided over the eulo- gy and scripture reading and Trilogy employ- ees Michelle Rainey and Barry Tretter repre- sented Trilogy, and assisted with the service. A number of songs dedicated to Johns was per- formed by Michelle Poitts and Nicole Ruble. Kathy Mathias and Deb Troutman spoke before a crowd of about 100 who were social distancing in the Amber Manor assisted Liv- ing parking lot. By Andy Heuring Pike County learned the cost of a road im- provement vital to an industrial park could cost $ 358,000 more than was budgeted. A representative of the engineering firm RQAW told the commissioners during their Monday morning meeting, "As everyone knows, our budget has been in flux with this project. The issue we had up front is we had designed road A, then at our stage one submit- tal, INDOT got involved and said they wanted road B, which was 1.6 million more than what we had originally designed." "We have reduced the lane width a little and got it approved by INDOT. That has dropped our price substantially, but we are still over the budget substantially," said the representative. He added, "the worst case scenario is Pike County would be responsible for $ 358,000. The best case is Pike County will be respon- sible for $ 85,000." Commissioner President Mark Flint asked how this happened. "This is a big change, I mean $ 385,000 is a lot of money? RQAW's representative said, "We called this an industrial park. I think one person in the office thought it was a park, so they thought we needed eight-foot wide pull-offs." He said they met with INDOT and ex- plained the use of the road and were able to get some of the width reduced and the pull- offs, but the thickness of the road had to be increased. "That had dropped our price substantially, but we are still over the budget substantially." He said the good news was they are about a year ahead of schedule. Flint asked if there was anything else they could do to reduce costs. He said they could not use a field office and eliminate joint adhe- sives, which are now required. "Our construc- tion director said they have been building roads for 100 years without joint adhesives." He also suggested since they are a year ahead of schedule, they talk with INDOT and get their recommendation on when they should bid the project to get the lowest price. "I know $ 358,000 is very unfavorable. We can't do that," said Flint. Highway Dept. bookkeeper Melanie Britton said,"My question is first time we came in with price increase, they pulled those costs down . . . We were in line. Now we are out of line again. Election 2020 INSIDE D-1 See page D-2 for full details Candidate Profi les, Part I OCTOBER PERIOD Save $ 3 Today! See page D-2 for full details OCTOBER PERIOD 3 Today! Ba See COVID-19 on page 6 See COMMISSIONERS on page 2 Fire destroys Winslow house trailer Fire destroyed a house trailer in an early Monday morning fire. Winslow Town Marshal Steve Nelson said it was owned by Chris Heiple and the people living there had been evicted. Nelson said he was called about the fire at 4:53 a.m. "When I got there, it was fully engulfed." Patoka Fire Chief Brandon Truitt said when he arrived, the roof of the trailer was already collapsing. "It had been burning for a while before we were notified," said Truitt. Truitt said the Indiana State Fire Marshal was called to investigate the fire due to the circumstances surrounding it. Rachael Heuring, 89, Publisher Emeritus of The Press-Dispatch, died Sunday night, Octo- ber 18, 2020. She was co-owner of Pike Pub- lishing with her sons, John and Andy Heuring. She graduated from Winslow High School in 1949 and married Frank Heuring on April 22, 1950. She had worked alongside Frank in Pike Publishing since the 1960s. They assumed co-ownership with Beulah Heuring in 1952. At the retirement of Beulah in 1974, Ra- chael was named co-publisher with her husband, Frank. Rachael was also circulation manag- er during the 1990s and 2000s until she retired. In her ear- ly years, when the newspaper was still hot metal, she op- erated large table saws and delivered papers on the over- the-counter routes to area stores. When the blizzard of 1978 hit, she was out in the blizzard finishing the route. She was involved in every part of the news- papers' operations, from stuffing envelopes and circulation, handling payroll, to accom- panying Frank on late night trips to the print- er in Henderson, Ky. She helped load and un- load bundles of newspaper for addressing and delivery. In 1967, Pike Publishing, parent company of The Winslow Dispatch, purchased the coun- ty seat newspaper, The Petersburg Press. It be- came The Press-Dispatch. In 1991, Pike Publishing purchased the Ft. Branch Times and the Owensville Star-Echo. The papers were merged into the South-Gib- son Star-Times. She assumed similar circula- tion duties at the Star-Times as well. She was an Auxiliary Member of Gideons International since 1973. She was a member of the Winslow United Methodist Church, where she served on several committees and was treasurer for many years. She enjoyed playing bridge and board games. She was preceded in death by her husband, Frank, in 2018, her father, John Clark, in 1960 ; her mother, Auda Hedges Clark, in 1980 ; sis- ters Wilma Brewster, Wanda Gladish, Helen Duncan and Bonnie Corn and brothers Billy, Daniel and Richard. She is survived by her sons, John and An- dy; grandson, Alden and great-grandchildren, Flannery, Amelia and Rosamund. Due to current restrictions, there will be no visitation. The family will have a graveside ser- vice on Thursday afternoon, Oct. 22 at 4 p.m. with burial at Oak Hill Cemetery in Winslow. Rev. Tom Watson of Bethany Christian Church will officiate. In lieu of flowers, memorial Bibles or contri- butions may be made to Gideons Internation- al, PO Box 214, Otwell, IN 47564. Rachael Heuring Publisher Emeritus Rachael Heuring was co-owner of Pike Publishing By Andy Heuring The COVID-19 death toll has reached 13 in Pike County. Most are related to an out- break at Amber Manor nursing home. Pike County had not had a death until August 20. A fter the first death, it was another 40 days until September 30 before the second death was recorded. Since then, deaths have been fairly steady. There were two on Oct. 1, one on Oct. 7, one on Oct. 11, two on October 12, one on Oct. 13, one on Oct. 15, two on Oct.17 and one on Oct. 18. Pike County's overall positive numbers have jumped to 319, with three positives re- ported on Monday, Oct. 19. Pike County Health Nurse Amy Gladish said there were 113 active cases in Pike County, with eight new cases reported on Sunday and three on Monday. The free drive-thru testing site opened last Tuesday evening on the parking lot of the Pe- tersburg Moose. Pam Cosby, with the Pike County Health Dept., said so far they had 93 people who were tested from last Tuesday to Monday when they closed. She said they do not get a count of pos- itive tests from those tested at that site, just an overall number for the county. "We have had some individuals who were tested at the Petersburg site call and say their result came back positive." The site has an online registration form. She urged people to complete the form. She said many people just sign up for an appoint- ment time, but don't fill out the rest of the in- formation requested on the registration. Cos- by said if people fill the registration out com- pletely, when they arrive at the site, they only have to present their ID and are ready for the test. If they haven't completed the form, then a worker has to go over the information with them and it takes six to 10 minutes. Cosby also stressed it is a drive-thru facil- ity, so people should stay in their vehicle and a worker will approach them. The website is being updated and will allow appointments every 15 minutes. Cosby said currently it only allows one appointment per hour, but she said the clinic can handle more COVID death toll jumps to 13 in Pike County Commissioners discuss cost overruns on road project