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Final days to save $3 off your subscription See ACTIVITIES on page 2 See OFFICER on page 2 By Andy Heuring Petersburg hired their first female officer last week. Taylor Deffendoll was officially hired after Petersburg Police Chief Kyle Mills and Mayor R.C. Klipsch both recommended the Board of Public Works hire her as a full- time patrolman. Chief Mills said Deffendoll had scored 100 percent on her written test and passed every aspect of the physical requirements the Indi- ana Police Academy requires. Deffendoll will be part-time until January 1. She is currently a senior at Oakland City University, where she is majoring in Crimi- nal Justice. "She is a graduate of Chad's (McClellan) law enforcement class at Pike Central and she will finish her degree at OCU in Decem- ber. She is a very, very qualified young lady. It is very exciting to have a local girl, who has gone through that class and actually has a four-year degree in Criminal Justice," said Mayor Klipsch. Petersburg Police Sgt. Chad McClellan teaches a law enforcement class at Pike Cen- tral. "I have always had a strong passion to help people. What really got me interested was when I took Chad McClellan's criminal jus- tice classes at Pike Central," said Deffendoll. "It is pretty cool," said McClellan of his stu- dent being hired as a Petersburg Officer. "We had a reserve for a while with Briar (Meadors). McClellan said several of his students have gone to be officers out of the area. As a student in the criminal justice class at Pike Central, when she turned 18, Deffen- doll was then allowed to do ride-alongs with McClellan. He was highly complimentary of Deffendoll as a student. "She is the most detail oriented student I have ever had. I still use her projects as exam- ples of how I want assignments done in class," said McClellan. Deffendoll said while the class piqued her interest in law enforcement, it was when she City hires first female police officer Petersburg Police Chief Kyle Mills welcomes Taylor Deffendoll to the city police force as the first female patrolman. She will work part-time through the end of the year, then begin as a full-time officer on January 1. Trick-or-treat hours set Winslow and Petersburg have set trick-or-treat hours for Sunday, Oc. 31. Winslow is set for 5 to 8 p.m. on Sun- day. Petersburg is set for 5:30 to 8 p.m. on Sunday. By Andy Heuring This weekend is packed with Halloween ac- tivities, from trunk-or-treats to festivals and movie night. SATURDAY, OCT 30 Halloween Meal and Movie Night The Jefferson Township Ruritan is sponsor- ing a Halloween Meal and Movie Night. They will show a double feature of Casper the Friend- ly Ghost, followed by Hocus Pocus. The mov- ies will be shown in the Community Center's gym and start at 6:30 p.m. They will also of- fer dine-in and carryout meals. There are two options: a $10 smoked pork chop or marinat- ed chicken breast sandwich or $5 option of a hot dog. Sides available include cheese hash- brown casserole and green beans, chips and applesauce. Brenton Chapel Fall Festival The Brenton Chapel Church of Christ will have a Fall Festival on the parking lot of Tri- Cap on Illinois St. in Petersburg. It is sched- uled for 4 to 6 p.m. and will feature games and prizes, as well as a trunk-or-treat. Haunted Halls at PCHS Pike Central's Student Government is host- ing a Haunted Halls and a Trunk-or-Treat at Pike Central on Saturday, Oct. 30. The Trunk- or-Treat will be from 5 to 6 p.m. in front of the cafeteria doors at the back of the school. Haunted Halls is scheduled from 6 to 8 p.m. Proceeds will go to Riley Children's Hospital. Trunk-or-treats First Christian Church in Petersburg has a trunk-or-treat from 4 to 6 p.m. at 1400 E. Main St. Petersburg First Baptist Church will have a trunk-or-treat from 4 to 6 p.m. on the back parking lot starting at their Eighth St. en- trance. Pike County Library Petersburg branch will have a trunk-or-treat from 10 a.m. to noon. Petersburg Moose will have a trunk-or-treat from 2 to 4 p.m. Pike Collision will have a trick-or-treat at their business from 6 to 8 p.m. for kids 12 and under. There will be treats for all and free Hot Wheels® for those 12 and under. They are located at 2134 E. Main St., Petersburg, just north of Lakeview Dr. Winslow American Legion Post 115 is hav- ing a trunk-or-treat on Saturday from 4 to 6 p.m. Children in costumes will receive a bag of candy. Winslow General Baptist Church will have a trunk-or-treat starting at 4:30 p.m. at 600 E. Union St. Weekend packed with Halloween activities Fire destroys building while Rothrock in hospital An early Morning morning fire destroyed a pole barn and lean-to building while its owner was in the hospital. The fire, re- ported at 7:15 a.m., destroyed the buildings and their contents, which included a Harley Davidson motorcycle and a T-buck- et hot rod at the Brent and Arteena Rothrock residence. Arteena said Brent was being prepped for surgery when the fire hap- pened. She said there were several tools and other "garage stuff" in the buildings. They have a Ford Model T and a Ford Mod- el A, but both were in different buildings. She also said their backhoe was at their daughter's residence. "We were lucky," said Rothrock. She said the wind was blowing away from their house and other buildings or it might have spread. South Patoka Fire Captain Daniel Shelton said it was first reported as a residence, and EMS arrived on scene and no- tified them it was pole buildings, but that they were fully engulfed. Shelton said Patoka and Petersburg responded, and were on the scene about an hour. By Andy Heuring A grant received by the Petersburg Fire De- partment will fund firemen being on duty. "We are going to try to man the station 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. through the week and all day long on the weekends and holidays," said Petersburg Fire Chief Ross Elmore. The $489,256 grant is a Staffing for Ade- quate Fire and Emergency Response grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency that funds a wide variety of things beyond just having firemen on duty for the next four years. Elmore said he thinks Petersburg is the on- ly department in Indiana to receive the fed- eral grant. "They will not allow us to pay anywhere close to what a full-time firefighter would be getting paid," said Elmore. He said the grant is going to fund $75 per firefighter per 12-hour shift. They are going to try to have two fire- men at a time on duty. Assistant Fire Chief Jon Craig said they hope to have firemen on station starting on December 2. It is much broader than just staffing. The grant will provide funding for recruitment of 12 new firefighters, turnout gear for them, uniforms for those on duty, Level 1 and Lev- el 2 fire training and Emergency Medical Re- sponder training. It is also going to pay for a new LED sign out in front of the fire department. Craig said another feature of the grant is it will offer up to $10,000 a year for college tui- tion. He said they hope that will be an incen- tive to get younger college-age people to join the fire department. He said when they were preparing the grant, they found the average age of their members was 39. Elmore said it will also include money for EMT tuition and to pay instructors for EMT classes. "Most of our people are EMRs, but we would like to get some of them to the EMT level," said Elmore. Craig said having two people on station will help with their response time. Firemen now have to go to the firehouse. "We like to have a full crew on the trucks, but the first truck to leave might have three on it and next truck six." Having staff on duty will also help with the high number of medical runs the department is called to. Elmore said about 65 percent of their runs are medical runs. With two people on station, they will be able to handle many of the medical runs. He said, this summer, they changed the protocols on which medi- cal runs the department responds to. The less urgent calls, such as difficulty breathing calls, the fire department is not automatical- ly paged now. FEMA grant to staff fire dept. 7 days a week