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TANNING SPECIAL 2 Months Tanning on any bed $60 * does not include spray tan booth Looking for the perfect gift? Christmas Savings Special VALID ONLY Dec. 18, 2021 – Jan. 5, 2022 Single $275 $240 Student/Senior $225 $190 Husband/Wife $460 $415 Family $635 $530 PROJECTS Continued from page 1 Landmark Structures, of Fort Worth, Texas, bid $4,670,000 base and $ 3,342,000 alter- nate; and Phoenix Fabrica- tors and Erectors, Inc., of Avon, bid $ 3,970,262 base and $ 3,562,585 alternate. "Wow! That's almost twice what we thought they would come in," said Klipsch. "I thought the water plant would be in the $ 6 to $7 mil- lion range," said Clint Roos, engineer on the project with Midwestern Engineering, Inc. "That is going to make some challenges, isn't it," said Klipsch. Roos and Klipsch immedi- ately started talking through their options. "We have to have the new plant. . . We are holding it together with string," said Klipsch. A fter some quick math, Roos said the combination of the four lowest bids added up to $17.3 million. He said with the $ 9.23 million loan from Rural Development and the $4 million grant from EDA, they had a little more than $13 mil- lion, but with the engineering and professional services al- ready spent, that would be a little more than $11 million. Roos suggested eliminating a service building that is in- cluded in the water plant proj- ect. He said that would save between $1 and $2 million. He also said they could probably get by with just put- ting in one new water well. The other items to get cut will probably be the new 750,000 gallon water storage tank and a new water main line that goes down Main St. Klipsch said if they didn't do the new water line down Main St., that would elimi- nate their urgency to get do- ne before the Streetscape proj- ect that is to be bid in March of 2022. It will be new sidewalks, curbs and light poles. He said they will still need new service water lines installed to all the buildings on Main St. Lisa Gelhausen, of Indiana Region 15, said there might be requirements with the $4 mil- lion EDA grant because the new water tower was part of that grant application. Roos said he and Gelhau- sen, and Rural Development would be on the phone Tues- day morning checking out the implications of eliminat- ing parts of the project. "I'm astounded to be quite honest," said Roos. He add- ed, "I just rehabbed a 500,000 gallon tank in Boonville for $ 300,000." He added these were the highest prices he had ever seen for rehabbing a water storage tank. He also said the cost of a water storage tower was considerably higher than he expected. Jim Gaskins, who is a mem- ber of Petersburg Water Board and owns a steel fab- ricating business, said, "Con- tractors for the last year have been fighting this. No matter what price you put in, you can't keep ahead of it. Some of it is trying to keep up from what they have lost before." He add- ed the prices before now were probably too low and these are probably too high. Jon Craig, with Midwest- ern Engineers, said with the American Recovery Act mon- ies available, they need to ask if there might be more money available. 'They may say, let's not cut anything out. We will have to find you some more funding." "It won't hurt to ask," said Roos. Roos said he was nearly pos- itive they would have to rebid. He thought they could get all the information together be- fore the City Council's next meeting on Monday, Decem- ber 20, so the council could make a decision on the direc- tion they want to go. Everett Attaway is Lilly Scholarship recipient Everett Attaway is the 2022 recipient of the Pike County Lilly Endowment Commu- nity Scholarship. The Pike County Community Founda- tion made the announcement Monday that Attaway would be the this year's recipient. Lilly Endowment Com- munity Scholars are known for their community involve- ment, academic achievement, character and leadership. "The nominating commit- tee was tasked with making a very difficult choice since this year's applicants were extremely qualified individu- als," said Cindy Gaskins, Vol- unteer Director of the Pike County Community Foun- dation. Each Lilly Endowment Community Scholarship pro- vides for full tuition, required fees and a special allocation of up to $ 900 per year for re- quired books and required equipment for four years of undergraduate study on a full-time basis leading to a baccalaureate degree at any eligible Indiana public or pri- vate nonprofit college or uni- versity. Everett Attaway is the son of Roy and Tracy Attaway, of Winslow. He is a senior at Pike Central High School and plans to attend Rose Hulman or Purdue Univer- sity to study civil engineer- ing. In addition to excelling academically, Everett has been involved in a variety of school activities, including the German Club, National Honor Society, and Academ- ic Bowl. His community in- volvement includes working with the Winslow Volunteer Fire Department and the Li- on's Club. In nominating Pike Coun- ty's Lilly Endowment Com- munity Scholar, consider- ation was given to a num- ber of criteria including but not limited to grades, diffi- culty of curriculum, school involvement, honors and awards, community activi- ty and financial need by the nominating committee. A f- ter the field of applicants was narrowed down, nominees were submitted to the state- wide administrator of the Lilly Endowment Communi- ty Scholarship Program, ICI, for the selection of scholar- ship recipients. Scholarship award alter- nates were also announced. Sophie Carnahan and Kya Sullivan were named as al- ternates. The Lilly Endowment Community Scholarship Program (LECSP) is admin- istered locally by the Com- munity Foundation, with the support of local high schools, and the administrative over- sight by the Independent Col- leges of Indiana, Inc. (ICI). Lilly Endowment created the Lilly Endowment Communi- ty Scholarship Program for the 1998 -1999 school year and has supported the pro- gram every year since with tuition grants totaling in ex- cess of $439 million. More than 5,000 Indiana students have received the Lilly En- dowment Community Schol- arship since the program's in- ception. The primary purposes of the Lilly Endowment Com- munity Scholarship Program are: 1) to help raise the level of educational attainment in Indiana; 2) to increase aware- ness of the beneficial roles Indiana community founda- tions can play in their com- munities; and 3) to encour- age and support the efforts of current and past Lilly En- dowment Community Schol- ars to engage with each oth- er and with Indiana business, governmental, educational, nonprofit and civic leaders to improve the quality of life in Indiana generally and in lo- cal communities throughout the state. By Andy Heuring Santa and Mrs. Claus will be in town this weekend. Here are several Christmas-relat- ed activities for the next two weeks. PETERSBURG Santa's House Santa will be in his Santa house at Seventh and Main St. from 2 to 4 p.m. on Satur- day, Dec. 18 and Wednesday, Dec. 22 from 5 to 7 p.m. Visits with Mrs. Claus Mrs. Claus will be in the Pe- ter Brenton Cabin in Hornady Park. She will read stories and have children put their name on an ornament. Her planned hours at the cabin are 6 to 9 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 17 and Sunday, Dec. 19. Christmas in the Park Christmas in the Park, with thousands of Christmas lights in numerous displays set out around Hornady Park, is light- ed from 6 to 9 p.m. each night. Christmas Church Services • Living Faith Church In- ternational is have a Christ- mas Candlelight Service be- ginning at 6 p.m. on Sunday, December 19. It is located at the corner of Ninth and Mc- Coy Streets in Petersburg. It is called A Night of Song and Celebration. •The Main St. Presbyteri- an Church in Petersburg will have a Candlelight Christ- mas service beginning at 7 p.m. on Friday, December 24. They will sing Christmas car- ols and light a Christmas can- dle during the service. • Pilgrim Holiness Church will have a Christmas pro- gram at 10 :30 a.m. on Sunday, December 19 and then a Can- dlelight service at 6:30 p.m. • Petersburg Church of Nazarene will have a 7 p.m. Christmas Candlelight ser- vice on Christmas Eve. It is located at 118 W. Pike Ave. OTWELL Otwell Breakfast with Santa The Otwell Community Center is sponsoring Break- fast with Santa from 8 to 10 a.m. on Saturday, December 18 in the Community Cen- ter dining room. There will be coffee, juice, donuts and a chance to talk with Santa. County Christmas activities continue Mullises indicted on multiple counts of dealing drugs By Andy Heuring A rural Petersburg couple was indicted Tuesday after- noon by a grand jury on nu- merous counts of dealing in a controlled substance. Tara N. Mullis, 29, of 4845 E. CR 575 N., Petersburg, was indicted on six counts of deal- ing in a schedule II controlled substance, a level 6 felony. Her husband, Wesley Millis, 32, of the same address, was indicted on one count of con- spiracy dealing in a sched- ule I, II or III controlled sub- stance, a level 6 felony. The grand jury, which met Monday and Tuesday, charge that from the Spring of 2020, on nearly a monthly basis through 2021, Tara Mullis knowingly conspired and agreed with Wesley Mullis to deliver Hydrocodone 7.5 milligram and Dextroam - phetamine 30 milligram controlled substances. It al- so states that Tara procured Hydrocodone and Dextroam- phetamine, arranged deals and made deliveries of both drugs. The multi-indictments state Tara delivered 30 7.5 milligram pills of Hydroco- done for a price of $180 on December 9, 2020, and on April 8, 2021, she delivered Hydrocodone pills for a price of $180. On May 9, 2021, she delivered Hydrocodone 7.5 milligram for $250, on June 9, 2020, she delivered Hy- drocodone for $250, and on October 5, 2020, she deliv- ered Hydrocodone for $594. The indictment against Wesley states: He conspired and agreed with Tara to de- liver Hydrocodone and Dex- troamphetamine, both con- trolled substances, from April 2020, on nearly a monthly basis, through May 2021. "Both co-conspirators performed multiple overt acts throughout this period of time in furtherance of the said conspiracy," procuring the drugs, arranging deals and making deliveries of it. Prosecutor Darrin Mc- Donald said they voluntari- ly surrendered to authorities and posted bond at that time. VICTIMS Continued from page 1 will accept donations of: gen- erators (a top priority), exten- sion cords, gas cans, flash- lights and batteries. They are also accepting the following: food (snack food, no canned food); all food that does not need to be cooked, such as: bread, crackers, pop- tarts, fruit, pudding cups, Jel- lo® cups, applesauce cups, breakfast bars, sugar, Kool- Aid®, lemonade mix, multi- pack chips; bathroom items, such as: inexpensive towels and washcloths (mobile show- ers will be available), hand soap, body soap, toothpaste, toothbrushes, shampoo, de- odorants, lotions, wipes and toilet paper; and other miscel- laneous items, such as: plas- tic ware, socks, kids' gloves, adult gloves, etc. Blankets and cases of water are in high demand. All donations and mon- ies must be received by Sun- day, Dec. 19, which is when the church has to deliver the goods and any monies raised to be loaded into a semi truck to leave for Kentucky Monday morning. If you would like to help by donating, stop by the church, located at 118 W. Pike Ave. in Petersburg. The church will be open normal business hours all this week and Pastor Steve will be avail- able at the church Saturday af- ternoon from 1 until 5 p.m. to accept donations. If you would like to con- tact Pastor Steve, reach out by email at pastor@peters- burgnaz.com or by calling the church office during the day at 812-354-8851. Stilwell injured in Friday crash A rural Petersburg man was injured in a one-vehicle crash Friday at about 5 p.m. when he ran off of High- way 57 and hit a tree. Melton Stilwell, 63, of Petersburg, suffered multiple fractures, including to his arm and ribs, in the crash. Police said Stilwell was driving his Ford Escape north on Highway 57 when he had a medical issue and ran off the left side of the road, just north of CR 200 S., went down an embankment and hit a tree. Stilwell was trans- ported to the hospital and remained in the intensive care unit on Tuesday. Above: emergency personnel work to extricate Stilwell from the vehicle.