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POTTS Continued from page 1 COVID Continued from page 1 PRIMARY Continued from page 1 The Press-Dispatch Wednesday, Feburar y 2, 2022 A-5 "I think a lot of people are ignoring the masking on days six through 10. Individ- uals are still potentially con- tagious through day 10, so we really need people to ad- here to the correct and con- sistent masking component to prevent spread to others. If you cannot mask on days 6 -10, you should continue to self isolate at home away from others," said Gladish. 13-year-old girl, and they exchanged 99 files with each other. In another conversations, Potts is having an explicit conversation with a person claiming to be a six-year-old girl. Potts described sex acts he would like to have with the six-year-old. Pike County Deputy Pros- ecutor Sarah Christianson said Potts was taken into cus- tody without incident. "We don't feel bad for the sex predators that get caught and exposed. Child pornog- raphy doesn't have any pro- tections. "A lot of effort was put in by the Indiana State Police. They went to great lengths and made sure they had ev- erything they needed to move forward on this case," said Christianson. "We hope Facebook is get- ting everyone. We know the ones they catch. We don't know if they are catching ev- eryone. As far as we know, we got to Potts before he could get his hands on any children," she stated. Staying ahead of the storm Fire wood for heating was the name of the game for Brandon Schell, his son Zane and mother Judy Schell. The big tree across from Brandon's towing business had been felled in the spring, and is now providing fuel for the wood furnace that heats Schell Towing on SR 57 North. Their thoughts were to get split fire wood across the road, before the ice and snow hits starting Wednesday. They also are toying with the idea of having the 15-foot tall stump made into a huge bear by chain saw artist, Terry Strobel. James Capozzella photo Tennessee woman stopped going 90 mph on I-69 with marijuana in car By Sherri Sebella A female traveling 90 mph in a 70 mph zone was stopped on I-69 by Indiana State Po- lice John Davis over the weekend when he was pa- trolling the I-69 area of Pike County. Davis turned around and activated his emergency lights when he clocked the driver. The vehicle, belong- ing to Crystal Perez-Barron, stopped at the 44.5 -mile marker. Davis approached the pas- senger side of the vehicle and when the passenger lowered his window, he detected the odor of burnt marijuana com- ing from inside the vehicle, while talking to the driver. A fter asking both occu- pants for their driver's licens- es, Davis noticed a glass ma- son jar inside the backpack of the passenger, which con- tained a plant material. Additional police arrived on the scene and the passen- ger, Renato Zaboni Tarazona, was asked to step outside of the vehicle. When asked if he knew why he was being asked to step out, Tarazona stated he did not know. Police advised Tarazona they could smell marijuana coming from inside the ve- hicle and they were going to search it. Tarazona stated that it was only CBD and he had just purchased it at a gas station. With both occupants out of the vehicle, police searched it and found two glass mason jars with a plant material in- side of them, a prescription bottle (without a label) with a plant material inside and a green metal hand grinder. The plant materi- al field tested positive for marijuana. Perez- Barron was issued a citation for speeding and a summons was issued to appear in court on February 22 for Tarzona. The evidence was collected and both occupants were re- leased from the scene. YOUR BUSINESS IS The Press-Dispatch wants to show Pike County just how long your business has served the area in a special section entitled "Age of Excellence." 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Fulk on the ballot, along with Carolyn Weitkamp listed for the Pike County Monroe Democrat- ic Precinct Committeeman from last week, Terra Knust has been added to the list for the Lockhart Democratic Pre- cinct. Debra Lamb has been added for the Winslow Dem- ocratic Precinct, and Richard Ridao has been added for Jef- ferson 1 Democratic Precinct. Others on the local level in- clude Carol Sue Sutton, with the Republican party, for the Madison Township Trustee. Marie N. Boyd, with the Republican party, has filed for the Washington Town- ship Trustee, and Danielle Houtsch, for the Republican party, for the Jefferson Town- ship Trustee. Joe Melhiser, with the Re- publican party is listed on the ballot for the Patoka Township Trustee, and Shirley A. Shaf- fer, for the Republican party is listed for the Logan Township Trustee, all of which filed ear- lier in the month New additions for Town- ship Trustees include John Davidson, with the Republi- can party, for the Clay Town- ship Trustee. Larry D. Ferguson with the Republican party, has filed for the Monroe Township Trustee office, and Becky Steinhart, with the Republican party, has filed for the Marion Township Trustee office. Angela O'Neal has filed un- der the Independent Party for the Lockhart Township Trust- ee office. Pike County Democratic Convention Delegates who have filed as of Tuesday, in- clude Anisia Burkhart, Chris- topher Burkhart, Twyla Flint and Cynthia Ridao. For the Pike County Repub- lican Convention Delegates, Jon W. Craig, Mark Flint, Su- san Flint, Mike Goodpaster, and Jeff Harting have filed. Darrin E. McDonald is cur- rently seeking re-election for the Republican Party as the Prosecuting Attorney of Pike County. At the State level, Teresa Kendall is running for State Representative for District 63 under the Democratic Party against Shane M. Lindauer, for the Republican party. For State Representative in Dis- trict 75, Cindy Ledbetter is listed on the ballot. Friday, February 4, at noon is the official deadline in Indi- ana for a candidate to file in the Pike County Clerk's Of- fice. The deadline in Indiana for a school board candidate to file is Friday, August 26 at noon. Voter registration for 2022 primary election is Monday, April 4. net edition pressdispatch.net/edition Web, Smartphone, Tablet Streamline the Headline! The Press Dispatch PIKE COUNTY'S NEWS NETWORK