The Press-Dispatch
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Wednesday, June 2, 2021 PIKE PUBLISHING VOLuMe 151, nuMBeR 22 NEWS TIPS Phone: ���������������������812-354-8500 Email ����� editor@pressdispatch�net INSIDE Local ����������������� A1-8 Obituaries ������������� A12 Church ������������ A9-11 Sports �����������������B1-2 History �������������������B3 Opinion �������������B4-5 Home Life ����������� B6-8 School ������������ B9-10 Classifieds ������� B11-12 Legals ������������������� B12 USPS 604-34012 $1.00 24 PaGes TWO seCTIOns ThRee InseRTs PeTeRsBuRG, In 47567-0068 The Winslow American Legion Fire Squad performs a 21-gun salute to honor fallen veterans. Above are: Kelly Hopkins, Carmin Hopkins, Mariah Horton, Marty Hall, George Robling, Brian Tharp, and Richard Johns. See additonal photos on page A-5. Honoring the fallen By Andy Heuring School just ended and Memorial Day sig- nals the unofficial start of Summer 2021. Nor- mally just getting out of school is enough to have people ready to get outdoors and take part in summer fun, festivals and celebra- tions. But after 18 months of mask wearing, social distancing and staying home, the Sum- mer of 2021 looks to be a great release for ma- ny people. Prides Creek Beach opened Memorial Day weekend and will remain open from noon to 6 p.m. daily, weather permitting. A new feature this year is concessions are available. The Petersburg Splash Park in Hornady Park is also open for the summer. Pike County has a nice lineup of festivals, activities and celebrations for almost any taste. Below is a list of some of them. THE TIN FEST AUTO SHOW The show is set for June 12 at the Lockhart Community Center in Stendal. Registration is from 9 a.m. to noon. They will have eight cate- gories of competition and give three prizes in each category. The categories are mostly based on model year. The are: 1900 to 1948; 1949 to 1960 ; 1961 to 1972; 1973 to 1987; 1988 to 2008; 2009 to 2020 ; tractors and motorcycles. Pre-registration is $12, day of show $15. It is a rain or shine show, no alcohol allowed. Food and drinks will be available. The first 30 en- tries get dash plaques. For more information, call William Calde- meyer at 812-536 -3522. Entries can be mailed to PO Box 7, Stendal, IN 47585. 4TH OF JULY CELEBRATION BLASTS OFF FOR ANOTHER YEAR IN OTWELL The Jefferson Township Fourth of July Cel- ebration in Otwell is set to return on July 2, 3 and 4, after a year's hiatus due to COVID-19. Andrew Houtch said the festival plans to have all the main events it's been known for since the 1950s. There will be truck and tractor pulls on Fri- day and Saturday, as well as Firecracker pag- eants, carnival rides and a fireworks display on the Fourth. The parade is set for Saturday morning, followed by fried and BBQ chicken dinners, along with homemade ice cream. Other events will include baby contests and a pedal tractor pull. Houtch said there is some interest in the community to have a three-on-three basket- ball tourney and a flag football tourney, as well Memorial Day kicks off beginning of summer fun for the area Pike County Commissioners and Pike County Council have scheduled a joint ex- ecutive session for Tuesday, June 8 to meet immediately following the county council's regularly scheduled monthly meeting, which starts at 8:30 a.m. The executive session, which is not open to the public, is being called to address inter- views and negotiations with industrial or com- mercial prospects. Commissioners, council schedule joint executive session Highway 61 closure delayed temporarily By Andy Heuring The closure of Highway 61 has been tem- porarily delayed. Jason Tiller, with the Indi- ana Department of Transportation, said they are anticipating the close will take place on June 14. A waterline relocation project is fin- ishing up on the same section of Highway 61 and causing the delay. The closure of Highway 61 will be from Main St. north to Seventh St. This is expect- ed to last until mid-October. Phase II of the project will close Highway 61 from Seventh St. to Harvest Lane. Phase II is expected to last from October 2021 to July 2022. The project plans call for a complete rebuilding of High- way 61 and adding sidewalks. The local detour for Phase I is to use Sev- enth St. Then for Phase II, the detour is to use White River Ave. to Harvest Lane. Boil order for Petersburg, Pike-Gibson and Otwell Brashears is new PC football coach Kelly Brashear PC Football Coach By Andy Heuring Pike Central football has a new coach with nearly 20 years of experience coaching high school football. Kelly Brashear coached for 11 years at Washington and spent numerous sea- sons as an assistant at Vincennes under their head coach Mike Hidde. Brashear, who has been teaching for 27 years, with the last four in the Pike County School System, has had success turning a foot- ball program around. He teaches in the eighth grade enrich- ment program. He said this is a good place for him to be because he will have exposure to middle school kids and can recruit for the football pro- gram. A fter playing for Washington High School until his graduation in 1983 and then a cou- ple of seasons for Hanover College, Brashear taught and coached at Vincennes. He said he felt like he got to coach and learn under one of the best high school coaches in the state. During his time there, they won a sectional and regional, and perennially won 10 to 12 games a year. In 2004, he got to opportunity to return to Washington. "It was always a dream to come back to Washington and coach," said Brashear. Washington was in a similar situation to Pike Central when he started there. "We were building from ground zero. We didn't have a lot of numbers or experience," said Brashear about his start at Washington. He said going from winning 10 to 12 games a year at Vincennes to a struggling program in Washington was a "smack in the face" of real- ity. He took what he learned from Coach Hid- de at Vincennes and implemented that into re- building Washington's program. Brashear is confident the key is to start with the youth football program and build from there. He said they struggled the first couple of years at Washington, but by the third year, "We started to see the fruits of our labor. We had a good staff and by the fourth year, were A boil order has been issued for Petersburg, Pike-Gibson and Otwell water customers. A 12-inch water main was hit by construction workers near the sewer plant construction site. Repairs were underway Tuesday evening, but the work is forcing a boil order. Thurs- day is the earliest the boil order can be lifted. Water samples must pass tests on two con- secutive days before the order can be lifted. LADY CHARGERS SOFTBALL CLAIMS SECTIONAL TITLE Pike Central shuts out Vincennes 7-0 SPORTS B-1 See COACH on page 2 See FESTIVALS on page 7 Graduation celebration Graduates Riley Morgan and Kenzie Powell dance in celebration of their gradu- ating from Pike Central during commencement ceremonies on Friday, May 28. See additional photos and information on page A-3. Photo by Harting Photography Studio