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A-2 Wednesday, July 27, 2022 The Press-Dispatch ing in an apartment or small house, that are ready to have a three bedroom house. or first- time homeowners or maybe someone who wants a smaller house. It won't necessarily be new people to the area, but a lot of natural churn. Petersburg in June agreed to pay for the "soft costs" of establishing the TIF district. Klipsch said there will be le- gal fees and costs in setting up the district. Once estab- lished, the TIF district sets a baseline of assessed value for the district. Then tax rev- enue from any new develop- ment in the TIF district goes to a fund to be used to help pay for development in that area such as infrastructure. Klipsch emphasized the annexation of the TIF district is voluntar y by the develop- ers of the project, which is Rio Blanco Estate, LLC. Another part of the devel- opment includes a consider- able upgrade to playground equipment in Hornady Park, which will be next door. She said a grant has been received through the Wel- born Baptist Healthfund for $164,000, which is ear- marked for new playground equipment at Hornady Park. Klipsch said the new water and sewer improvements that are underway in Petersburg allow this type of development. "It was never in writing, but we were real close to not being allowed to add a single new customer to our sewer system," said Klipsch. He said the new sewer plant expansions not only allow Pe- tersburg the capacity to add a residential project like the new subdivision, they also have the capacity for industrial customers. NEW Continued from page 1 ually," Killian said. "They've come a long way in that short time. We've seen great im- provements. This is the first summer we've spent this much time at each location, trying to familiarize ourselves." Petersburg Police Chief Kyle Mills had his officers train with Pike County any chance he could. "We sent officers to all the schools that the Sheriff's office had train- ing," Mills said. "We are only able to send a few officers at a time due to staff issues, but we had officers attend each of them to coordinate with the school corporation and Sheriff's office. Our police department takes this ver y seriously and we plan to tr y and get equipment better suited for these types of sit- uations, and send officers to extra active shooter classes in the near future." Officers also worked on first aid, as well as student evacuations. "There were five different scenarios where of- ficers responded to sounds of gunfire through the use of stage blanks. They had to com- municate, prepare to treat the wounded, and prepare to evac- uate for each scenario," Killian said. "It was as close to realistic as we could make it, with the means we have. The officers did outstanding." ing in Winslow, but once that building was fixed, the colony moved to the Winslow Com- munity Center. Marshall said there were bats in there ever since he could remember. Former Winslow Town Council President Josh Popp attended the meeting and ques- tioned Brewster about his plans with $35,000 of community im- provement funds the town has toward community improve- ment projects. At the last meet- ing, Brewster moved to use half of the balance on the communi- ty center building and half go to the fire department building. "I want 50 percent to be re- stricted for use on community center or fire department," Brewster said. "I was amend- ing and restricting the current ordinance. It's going to be on the agenda tonight. You can amend the ordinance." Popp said was illegal for Brewster to do and that the council would need to resub- mit the ordinance and submit paperwork. "If it is illegal to re- strict it, then it's illegal," Brew- ster added. "We have a dispute on if I'm breaking the law." Lamb, clearly frustrated, asked both Fiscus and Brewster if they did not want to spend any money on the community. "There is a petition with 100 signatures on it for a new play- ground by the fire station," Popp said. "Surplus goods can't be split up." "This is not tax dollar mon- ey," Lamb said. "This is money for the community, for things we would never be able to afford. This is a non-reverting com- munity improvement fund for $65,953.89. My idea was a new playground on the other side of town, to redo the ball fields, put up a new awning at the commu- nity center, and to improve the quality of life for the residents of Winslow. We want people to stay here, not move out." Popp added that he wrote the original ordinance stating how the money was to be used so he could comment on the issue, after Brewster reminded Popp that he resigned as a council member. "I make a motion to restrict from 50 to 60 percent for the community center and fire department," Brewster said. "You're restricting a re- stricted ordinance already," Popp said. After Lamb and Fis- cus failed to second the mo- tion, Fiscus said she wanted to table the issue to the next meeting. "I don't want to make a decision until I get more in- formation," Fiscus said. "I'm not going to jail over this." A lengthy discussion was then held about what roads should be addressed when applying for the Communi- ty Crossing Matching Grant (CCMG) by August 31. Clerk Treasurer Corbin Dixon sug- gested that they spend the full amount of $178,000 on Union Street, rather than pave a bunch of smaller roads throughout the town like Lamb wanted. "We cannot afford $178,000 to Union Street," Lamb said. "Yes we can, we only have to pay 25 percent of that amount," Dixon said. "The money is there to do a big ticket item." Various residents of Winslow shouted that Union Street is the street Dixon's mother lives on and that is why he was in favor of spending all of the CCMG money on Union Street. "It will wipe out the fund," Lamb said. "If you're wrong, Corbin, it totally screws the next board members. Union Street can be patched. It would give us more money to do more streets. We've tried to do it so every area of the town gets something done. Union can still be patched. Some streets have no streets left to be patched. I don't think we have the money for that (Union Street only) and the next board will have to find a way to pay for that if you're wrong," Lamb said to Dixon. "That would not happen," Dixon said. "You're just tr ying to scare them." "I think we need to be cau- tious. Prices keep rising," Lamb said. "That isn't the only account you can take from," Dixon said. "I wouldn't object to doing the worst section of Union and give the rest of the town some- thing," Lamb said. "I would agree to that." "I would just like you to come up with some kind of idea so I can get to work on this," Dixon said. Town council members agreed to drive around deter- mine what roads should be in- cluded in the CCMG application process to the next meeting. "We had one heck of a storm last night," Brewster said. "Josh Popp knocked on my door to see if I was okay and I just want- ed to commend him for that. Pa- toka Fire was out all night and were a huge help to us. Lamb also mentioned that Fiscus was out throughout the night with a chainsaw and oth- ers helping people throughout Winslow and that it was nice to see the community helping each other. The next meeting will be held is 6 p.m. Monday, August 8, Winslow Town Hall. The public is encouraged to attend these meetings. HOLD Continued from page 1 ACTIVE Continued from page 1 Mosquito Fest and Prides Creek to celebrate 50 and counting By Andy Heuring Press-Dispatch Editor editor@pressdispatch.net Fifty years ago two Pike County icons Prides Creek Park and the Zoar Mosquito Fest got their start. Both will celebrate their anniversar y next weekend. Mosquito Fest set for Aug. 5&6 Throughout its 50 years the Zoar Mosquito Fest has been known for its zany fun, wheth- er it was turtle races, hay bale tosses, sack races, whifleball tourneys or the Unmarching Parade. To mark their 50th an- niversar y, the parade is going to be mobile and they plan to pull out some of the old classic events. The festival will start like al- ways on Friday night at 5 p.m. BBQ and fried chicken din- ners and opening ceremonies at 5:30 p.m. The Hagedorn Family Band will perform be- ginning at 7 p.m. A fish pond will open at 6 p.m. Saturday morning's activi- ties will start with breakfast at 7 a.m. A family fun color run is set for 8 a.m. Leo the Great will have his Magic Show starting at 11:30 a.m. The quilt, flower and pro- duce shows run from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. There will be inflatables all day on Saturday. The Countr y Store will be open throughout the festival, ser ving homemade ice cream and lemon shake-ups along with other concessions. The parade is set for 1 p.m. This year in honor of the 50th anniversar y it will be a Stationar y parade instead of the Unmarching parade and will feature a kids' box pa- rade. Kids games for young and those young at heart start at 2 p.m. featuring sack races, three-legged races, balloon toss and egg toss. A pedal tractor pull for kids is set for 4 p.m. The grilled pork chop din- ners will also start at 4 p.m. on Saturday. Music by Seth Thomas starts at 4:30 p.m. and will be followed by the Cumberland Thunder Band at 6:30 p.m. Prides Creek celebrates 50 years on Aug. 6 Prides Creek Park opened 50 years ago with a dedication ser vice on Aug. 6. US Federal Court Judge Hugh Dillin was the Master of Ceremonies that included US Senator Vance Hartke and Eighth District Congressman Roger Zion. Construction of the 90-acre lake began in 1966 and the park was completed in 1972. It was named after Wilbur Pride, who was superinten- dent of the Prides Creek Con- ser vancy District that was or- ganized in 1964. They will celebrate Satur- day with a performance by the Scott Mason Headliner Band at Also from 5 to 9 p.m. there will be food trucks. The park will have homemade ice cream to be given out. They will also give tickets to those in attendance, and awarding prizes, with the Grand Prize being one month of free camping. All activities will be at the park band stage. Evening storm blasts area A large tree split and fell on the front of Tyler and Courtney Davis' residence on Lakeview Dr. during Sunday nights storm. Along with damaging their house it damaged at least two vehicles. It is was one of many incidents of storm damage throughout the county on Sunday night. "We have been doing drills for active shooter training at ever y school in Pike County," Pike County Sheriff 's Office Chief Deputy, Dallas Killian, said. 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