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CR 750 E., Winslow, was driving west on CR 400 S. when he ran off the right side of the road through the Claridge Auction Service parking lot and then crashed into a large tree. Pike County Deputy Bryce Manning said when he arrived, he saw the truck crashed into the tree, and Rothrock was sitting in the passenger side of the truck. Manning said he talked with Rothrock and was told he had left the Winslow American Legion and drove south on CR 300 E., then turned onto CR 400 S. He failed field sobriety tests and was taken to the Pike County Jail, where he tested 0.2 percent for blood alcohol content. The legal limit in Indiana is 0.08 percent. By Andy Heuring Several Christmas activities are on tap for this week in Pike County, ranging from visits with Santa to a Train Show. WINSLOW Santa will be in Winslow from 4 to 7 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 11 at the Winter Wonderland, located in the former Town Hall at the corner of Main and Washington streets. PETERSBURG Santa's House Santa will be in his Santa house at Seventh and Main sts. from 2 to 4 p.m. on December 11, 12 and 18, then again on Dec. 22 from 5 to 7 p.m. Christmas in the Park Christmas in the Park, with thousands of Christmas lights in numerous displays set out around Hornady Park, is lit up from 6 to 9 p.m. each night. Visits with Mrs. Claus Mrs. Claus will be in the Peter Brenton Cab- in in Hornady Park this December. She will read stories and have small crafts for children. Her planned hours at the cabin are 6 to 9 p.m. on Dec. 8, 10 and 11. Train Show The Antique and Toy Train Show will have a new location. It will be at Pike Collision, 2134 E. Main St., Petersburg, on Saturday, Decem- ber 11 and Sunday, December 12, from 1 to 4 p.m. both days. It is sponsored by Pike Col- lision. Christmas Church Services • Living Faith Church International is have a Christmas Candlelight Service beginning at 6 p.m. on Sunday, December 19. It is located at the corner of Ninth and McCoy streets in Petersburg. It is called A Night of Song and Celebration. •The Main St. Presbyterian Church in Pe- tersburg will have a Candlelight Christmas service beginning at 7 p.m. on Friday, Decem- ber 24. They will sing Christmas carols and light a Christmas candle during the service. OTWELL Otwell Breakfast with Santa The Otwell Community Center is sponsor- ing Breakfast with Santa from 8 to 10 a.m. on Saturday, December 18 in the Communi- ty Center dining room. There will be coffee, juice, donuts and a chance to talk with Santa. Julie Hunt-Robling charged with conspiracy to distribute meth and fentanyl By Andy Heuring A Petersburg woman was arrested in a fed- eral drug bust last week that rounded up 30 people in Vanderburgh, Gibson and Pike coun- ties. Julie Hunt-Robling, 34, of 5823 W. Divi- sion Rd., Petersburg, was arrested on federal charges of conspiracy to distribute meth and fentanyl. Each charge of conspiracy to distrib- ute carries a sentence of 10 years to life in pris- on, up to a $10,000 fine and at least five years of supervised release. According to court documents, Julian Green, 38, of Indianapolis, was the leader of a drug trafficking organization based out of In- dianapolis that distributed large quantities of methamphetamine around central and south- ern Indiana. Green supplied co-defendant Jer- amey Smith, 32, of Indianapolis, and others, with methamphetamine. Smith, in turn, coor- dinated with co-defendants Nicholas Cabre- ra, 35, of Mulberry, Fla., and Joshua Wilson, 30, of Evansville – both of whom were federal prisoners at the time – to orchestrate the de- livery and distribution of methamphetamine to Indianapolis through a Mexico-based drug trafficking organization. A fter the methamphetamine was deliv- ered to Indianapolis, Smith and Hannah Kis- sel, 38, of Indianapolis, distributed the meth- amphetamine to other individuals, mainly in the Evansville area, who then sold the meth- amphetamine at various locations within the Southern District of Indiana and the Western District of Kentucky. The indictments allege that multiple mem- bers of this drug trafficking ring were al- Local woman arrested in federal drug bust Many Christmas-related events scheduled for the area Former Petersburg native Gil Hodges was elected to the Major League Baseball Hall of Fame. By Andy Heuring He finally made it. One of Peters- burg's favorite sons finally made it to the Hall of Fame. Gil Hodges was elected to the Hall of Fame on Sun- day, just 49 years after he died and 58 years after he retired from base- ball. On Sunday, the Golden Era Com- mittee of Major League Baseball voted to place Hodges into the Hall of Fame. In all, he has been on the ballot 34 times over 52 years. He received 12 votes from the commit- tee's 16 members, giving him the 75 percent he needed to be permanent- ly in Cooperstown. Hodges was born in Princeton, but at age 7, his family moved to Pe- tersburg. He graduated from Pe- tersburg High School in 1941. Any- one who doubts his being from Pe- tersburg only has to view the giant mural at the corner of Ninth and Main sts., a bronze bust of him in the Courthouse rotunda or walk in- to Randy's Americana Restaurant, where numerous photos and mem- orabilia are on display. Hodges made his name with the Brooklyn Dodgers, where he played with names such as Willie Mays and Jackie Robinson. During his career, he hit 370 homeruns, which placed him 11th on the list of homerun hitters when he retired. According to MLB's website, "Hodges cemented himself as one of the most feared power hitters in baseball, averaging 30 homers per season during an era when that type of production was rare." He started with the Dodgers in 1943, playing for them when they moved from Brooklyn in 1957 to Los Angeles. He continued to play for the Dodgers until 1961. "One of my great traumas as a child was when the Dodgers moved to Los Angeles," said Dr. Fred Gold- Gil Hodges finally elected to baseball's Hall of Fame Lunch and a visit with Santa Remi Troutman talks with Santa and gets a candy cane during the Delts Lunch with Santa at the First United Methodist Church in Petersburg. It was one of several places Santa could be found on Saturday.`