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This year's ceremony will begin with the traditional Pomp and Cir- cumstance, played by the Pike Cen- tral Band as seniors enter the gym- nasium. Principal Brian Holland will welcome students and guests, fol- lowed by the National Anthem. The Pledge of Allegiance will be led by Hannah Woodford, followed by an invocation given by Abigail Skelton. The Pike Central Swing Choir will perform "Friends," by Michael W. Smith and then class Valedictori- an(s) will speak. Editor's note: Pike Central did not release the names of valedictori- an or salutatorian. Principal Brian Holland said their finals would not be completed until Wednesday, May 25, after The Press-Dispatch's pub- lish date. The Pike Central Band will per- form The Parting Glass, by Matt Conaway, and the Salutatorian's speech will follow. The Pike Central Swing Choir will then perform For Good, and the Se- nior Address will be given by senior Alli Holder. Holder is the daughter of Chip and Lisa Holder, of Otwell. During high school, she participated in Var- sity Soccer, Varsity Golf (manager), Student Government as Class His- torian, Class President and Class Vice-President. She was also a mem- ber of Key Club, FCA (Secretary), National Honor Society, Riley Ex- ecutive Board, Prom Steering Com- mittee, Swing Choir and Graduation Committee. She received the following awards: Heart and Hustle Award andLeadership Award in soccer and was a Homecoming candidate her freshman and senior years as well as a Hoosier Girls All-State Alternate. Holder's future career plans are to attend Purdue University to major in Law and Society with a Psychology minor, with plans to become a law- yer after graduate school. Principal Holland will present the Class of 2022 to Superintendent Dr. Suzanne Blake. Diplomas will be presented to students by Dr. Blake, assisted by Principal Holland and Assistant Principal Andy Igel. Dr. Blake and Class President Kya Sullivan will then present the Class of 2022 and begin the Ceremonial Recessional, played by the Pike Cen- tral Band. The Honor Society members will wear white stoles and the top ten percent in grade point average will be wearing gold honor cords. The class motto for the Class of 2022 is Sometimes you will never know the value of a moment until it becomes a memory, by Dr. Seuss. Class colors are periwinkle and gray. The senior class will also ac- knowledge their classmate, Will Wilkins, who passed away in 9th grade. There will be a lighted can- dle in his honor. The Class of 2022 respectfully re- quests that everyone remain seated and quiet during the program and at the end until all graduates have exited. They ask that family and friends only take pictures or video from their seats while diplomas present- ed. The Class also requests that all electronic devices are turned off or silenced, and to please refrain from using any sort of noisemaker or any- thing disruptive during the ceremo- ny. Clay Galloway and Emily Herrera hold the banner from Saturday's win in the Greepower USA race at Talladega. See PC GREEN on page 2 By Andy Heuring Pike Central's Green Energy race team won the F24National Champi- onship on Saturday. It was a 90 -min- ute race on the road course at Talla- dega Speedway, near Birmingham, AL. The Pike Central team of STEM students won the Advanced Modi- fied race. Each team had 90 minutes to drive as many laps around the 1.36 mile road course as they could. Brad Lamey, a STEM instructor at Pike Central and co-sponsor for the team, said the goal was to use up all the power in the battery as they hit the 90 -minute mark of the race. They were able to complete the most laps, and covered the most dis- tance of any team in either of the two heats. Their win was not without prob- lems or crises. They actually missed the practice session, because wiring gremlins lingering from a previous race re- appeared. "We couldn't get our horn to work, so we couldn't pass inspec- PC Green Energy team wins at Talladega See OBSERVANCES on page 2 By James Capozella Coleman Stewart, VFW Post 3587 and Winslow American Legion will conduct observances honoring vet- erans of all wars by visiting 29 cem- eteries and the Pike County Court House on coming Memorial Day. Honors rendered will consist of a devotion, 21-gun salute and Taps. The first stop in the north will be Old Town metery at 7:25 am. The first stop in the south will be 7 a.m. at Martin Cemetery near Glezen. At 10 :45 a.m. Petersburg VFW will have an extended Walnut Hills Memorial Program following the first eight cemetery observances. Four more observances will fol- low Walnut Hills. Post Commander Chris Kinman asks that residents "take a few minutes on Memorial Day to visit the grave of a veteran, family or friend. It is a way to show gratitude to the one who paid the ul- timate price for our freedom." U.S. flags on poles should be flown at half staff Memorial Day morning and then raised to the top of the pole at noon. Members of Pe- tersburg VFW Post 3587 invite the public to attend the VFW Memorial Day salute at any of the observances that are being conducted. Gravesite flags are available at the 1202 East Main Street VFW Post 3587 building. A cemetery custo- dian can draw the proper number of flags for each use. If veterans are buried in a family or non-custodial cemetery, then an individual may draw the flags for this use. It is requested that custodians and individuals retrieve the flags Memorial Day observances By Andy Heuring Pike Central has five students in the running for valedictorian and sa- lutatorian this year. Superintendent Dr. Suzanne Blake said the differ- ence between the two- and three- ranked students was less than five- one thousandths of a point and the fourth and fifth students are close enough they could end up in one of the top two spots. Pike Central Principal Brian Hol- land said the last final exams would not be complete until Wednesday. Consequently they could not release the valedictorian and salutatorian. Here are the top five students in ranking at Pike Central for the class of 2022. They appear in alphabetical order, not by their ranking prior to the last round of final exams. Everett Attaway Everett is the son of Roy and Tra- cy Attaway, of Winslow. During high school, he participated in German Club, NHS, Academic Team and Robotics Club. He also received the following awards: voted Most Like- ly to Succeed and Saltiest, and was a member of the state-qualifying Aca- demic Bowl Interdisciplinary Team, which won first in Math and third in Social Studies. His future career plans are to at- tend Rose-Hulman to study civil en- gineering. Amellia Bailey Amellia is the daughter of Chris and Ketina Bailey, of Petersburg. During high school, she partici- pated in Marching Band, Pep Band, Jazz Band, Winter Percussion, Na- tional Honor Society, Key Club, Prom Steering Committee, Hoosier Girls State, Solo and Ensemble and All-District Honor Band. She also re- ceived the following awards: Four gold medals at District Solo and Ensemble, Silver and Gold medals at State Solo and Ensemble, three time ISSMA marching band scho- lastic class State Finalist and IPA State Finalist. Her future career plans are to at- tend Purdue University and major in Audio Engineering Technology. Sophie Carnahan Sophie is the daughter of Dan and Amy Carnahan, of Winslow. During high school, she participated in golf, softball, NHS, Key Club vice-presi- dent, Graduation Committee, Riley Exec. Board, Prom Steering Com- mittee and Student Government social media director. She also was named All-Conference and region- al qualifier for golf. Her future plans are to attend University of Southern Indiana to study Radiologic and Im- aging Sciences. Alli Holder Alli is the daughter of Chip and Lisa Holder of Otwell. During high school, she participated in varsity By Andy Heuring The Winslow Town Council spent much of its Monday night meeting mulling over the idea of expand- ing the three-member council to five members. During the course of those 90 minutes, the discussion veered off into other topics such as accusations of the open door law vio- lations, purchasing a new police car and granting an extension to people demolishing a house trailer. Council member Debra Lamb brought up the idea of expanding the three-member council to five members. "I looked into it. State Statute does allow it." She added from her research the town has un- til August to put it on the ballot for this November's election as a refer- endum. Lamb said she thought that would alleviate the many accusations of open door law violations. She said if they expanded to five members, then a quorum would be three mem- bers instead of two members. Numerous accusations have been made about Councilman Dick Brew- ster and recently appointed council member Dee Fiscus being seen to- gether going into Town Hall. "This would alleviate that be- Winslow ponders adding two seats to town council Five seniors in the running for valedictorian, salutatorian