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$1.00  24 PAGES  FOUR SECTIONS  ONE INSERT  PETERSBURG, IN 47567-0068 WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 10, 2022  PIKE PUBLISHING  VOLUME 152, NUMBER 31 NEWS TIPS Phone: ���������������������812-354-8500 Email ����� editor@pressdispatch�net INSIDE Local ����������������� A3-6 Sports �����������������B1-2 Fair Wrap-Up ������ B3-5 Home Life ������������C1-2 Obituaries ��������������� C3 History ������������������� C4 Classifieds ���������� C5-6 Church �������������� D1-3 Opinion �������������D4-5 USPS 604-34012 CDC says Pike County at high- risk for spreading COVID Pike County was listed with 48 other counties classi- fied in the high-risk categor y for spreading COVID-19. The counties listed on the CDC data map as having a "high" community risk of spreading COVID-19 include (listed alphabetically): Allen, Bartholomew, Benton, Black- ford, Cass, Clark, Crawford, Daviess, Dearborn, Dekalb, Decatur, Dubois, Floyd, Fulton, Gibson, Greene, Harrison, Henr y, Howard, Jackson, Jasper, Johnson, Knox, Kosciusko, Lawrence, Madison, Martin, Morgan, Newton, Noble, Ohio, Owen, School board election filing deadline is Aug. 26 By Andy Heuring Press-Dispatch Editor editor@pressdispatch.net Pike County Schools opened their doors to stu- dents today and the dead- line to file for school board is approaching soon. The last day for a school board candidate to file is noon Friday, August 26. Currently there are only --- filed to run for school board. Districts 1 and 2 are on the ballot this year. Those two seats are now held by Howard Knight and David Waltz. District 1 consists of the Clay, Madison and Washing- ton Townships excluding the City of Petersburg. District 2 consists of the City of Petersburg. The ballot has been set in all the other races for the November 8 general elec- tion. In local county-wide rac- es there are nine positions on the ballot and not a sin- gle Democrat candidate is listed for any of the coun- ty-wide positions. Republican incumbents are set to go unopposed into all nine of those positions of: County Assessor — Mike Goodpaster; County Auditor—Judith Gumbel; County Commissioner District 2—Mark Flint; County Council: Dist. 1 Randall J. Harris, Dist. 2 Jonathan W. Craig, Dist. 3 Max D. Elliott, Dist. 4 Travis C. Trout- man; County Recorder—Misty D. Coleman; and County Sheriff—Jason K. McKinney. The one opposed race on local ballot is for Washing- ton Township Trustee. Re- publican incumbent Marie Boyd is being challenged by Democrat candidate Chel- sea Potts. Winslow has five candi- dates for three town council seats The Town of Winslow had by far the hottest contested election locally. There are five candidates vying for three at-large town council seats. Donna "Dee" Warner is the only incumbent. Warner was appointed to replace Josh Popp, who resigned earlier this year. Council president Debra Lamb and Richard Brewster will not seek re-election. Timothy Ennis, Kavin Gayhart, Barr y Parker, Jeffrey Powers and Joni Stafford along with Warner are running for the three at- large seats. The three candi- dates getting the most votes will be the council. B3 FAIR WRAP-UP AND RESULTS Winslow Clerk-Treasurer Corbin Dixon resigns By Sherri Sebella News Editor sherri@pressdispatch.net The Winslow Town Council meeting was almost 30 min- utes late to start due to the no- show of Winslow Clerk Trea- surer Corbin Dixon. According to Dee Fiscus, Winslow Town Council Vice President, Dixon told her in person that he was resigning on Friday, August 5 and that his last day would be Tuesday, August 9. No formal written resignation was given. Fiscus then sent a text message to the other town council mem- bers, letting them know of Dixon's resignation. According to Fiscus, Dixon told her he would be in at- tendance to the town council meeting but did not show up or return phone calls. The delay was due to the council members' attempt to contact both Dixon and Depu- ty Clerk Treasurer Noah On- yett, due to the plan to swear in two new deputy marshals, and the council did not know if they had the authority to swear them in or what to say in swearing the marshals in. After finally giving up reach- ing either Dixon or Onyett, Fiscus and Deb Lamb, Pres- ident of the Winslow Town Council, looked up what to say on-line to swear in the new deputy marshals and said they hoped they had the authority to do so. Alfred Braunecker and Greg Peete were then sworn in as part-time deputy mar- shals and will start as soon training allows. The number of hours the marshals will be working is yet to be deter- mined according to Lamb. "When one deputy marshal is not working, the other one will be," Lamb said. Peete spoke to residents in attendance and told them if there are any problems they (the marshals) should be aware of, to please contact them or leave a note at Winslow Town Hall and they will look into the issue, because that is what they are there to do. In old business, the town- wide clean up day is still being looked into and the plan is to set a date when the weather is cooler. The council members are still working on moving the concrete legos from the base- ball fields, the Detar Street property is still being looking into, and the plan to purchase a new police car did not work out, according to Lamb, so the council is looking into other options. With Dixon giving two days notice of his resignation, the Community Crossings Matching Grant (CCMG) ap- plication process is currently stalled, with an August 31, 2022 deadline quickly ap- proaching and no paper work begun. The CCMG gives the Town of Winslow matching funds for road improvements. "We will have to agree on what streets to choose from what is already listed," Lamb said. "We couldn't get new quotes for different streets before the August 31 deadline. We will still get the grant application in on time." The 2023 budget discus- sion was tabled by Winslow Town Council Member Dick Brewster and Dee Fiscus due to them wanting to look over more documents. There will be a public hearing on Mon- day, September 12, regarding the budget for 2023. Lamb then brought up the community improvements project spending. Brewster is strongly opposed to her rec- Fire destroys camper in Petersburg The Petersburg Fire Department was notified at 8:48 a.m. Thursday of a camper on fire off of Knox Street. Neighbors on scene were unsure if anyone was inside the camper at the time of the fire and began pounding on the resident's door of their home to see if anyone was home or inside of the fully engulfed camper. Homemade ice cream goes fast at Fest Erin Marshall and Natalie Meece could not scoop the homemade ice cream out fast enough for all the people in line waiting for the famous ice cream at the Zoar Mosquito Festival. Pike County Council looks into raising local income tax/lowering property tax By Sherri Sebella News Editor sherri@pressdispatch.net Pike County Council has hired Baker Tilly to complete a study on property tax vs. lo- cal income tax, to advise the County on whether or not changes should be made. Pike County is currently eighth from the top of the Gross Property Tax Rates in the State of Indiana with a certified Gross Property Tax Rate of 3.1168, but Pike Coun- ty is also second to the bottom at the Local Income Tax rate of .75. It has been suggested by the Council to raise the local income tax and reduce the property tax rates. Paige Sansone, of Baker Tilly, gave a presentation to See CDC on page 2 See COUNCIL on page 2 See DIXON on page PB

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