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Front Wednesday, October 19, 2022 The Press-Dispatch A-2 Located on the square in Jasper 812.482.3200 Mon.-Fri. 10am-5:30pm, Sat. 10am-4pm Open until 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 26 Refreshments & Gis Follow us on JUST Fine Clothing and Shoes • Unique Home Decor • Accessories • Gifts Anniversary Oct. 24-29 Watch for specials on facebook Something new each day! Sale PORK CHOP DINNER WINSLOW MASONIC LODGE #260 $10/MEAL Saturday, Oct. 29 10am - ?? Dine In or Dine In or Carry out Carry out at the door at the door 510 N. Main St., Hwy 61 HEATING AND AIR 812-789-3065 tdavis@alltradeheatingandair.net or admin@alltradeheatingandair.net WE TEST. SO IT RUNS. Police arrest speeders in area school zones By Sherri Sebella News Editor sherri@pressdispatch.net Police are not playing around when it comes to driv- ers speeding through school zones throughout Pike Coun- ty. Police say a driver was caught barreling through a school zone at highway speeds, earlier this week in Petersburg. Indiana State Police Ser- geant Todd Ringle said along with that driver, three other motorists were ticketed for speeding in the Pike Cen- tral school zone on Friday, October 14. "Please slow down in the school zones," Ringle urged in a social media post. Ringle says the highest speed police recorded in that zone was 67 miles per hour, a far cry from the intended speed limit of 25 miles per hour. Data shows from 2011 to 2020, there were more than 1,000 fatal school-transpor- tation-related crashes. More than half of those killed in those crashes were five to 10 years-old. Jefferson Twp. VFD opens doors to OMA for Fire Safety Week By Jill Hyneman Correspondent news@pressdispatch.net "They save people," a group of Otwell Miller Acad- emy (OMA) first graders ex- citedly answered when Jef- ferson Township Firefighter Doug Mounts asked, "What do firetrucks do? " OMA students spent the morning Friday, Oct. 14, visit- ing Jefferson Township's Fire Station to meet their local fire- fighters, tour the station, and learn about fire safety. "This annual event is a good outreach into the communi- ty and helps teach kids that firefighters are not scary." Mounts said. "Children learn fire safety and then take it home to their families." "The students get to see fire trucks from a different view and learn a little more each year as they progress through the grade levels," OMA Princi- pal, Rich Padgett said. "I love how local this field trip is", said Nicole Sutton, third grade teacher at OMA. "You get to see the kids con- nect with the firefighters and see how many are already con- nected to the local firefight- ers." Fire Safety Week has been around since the 1920s and in 1925 President Cal- vin Coolidge proclaimed the week of October 8th Fire Pre- vention Week. It is great way for students to see this tradition of fire ed- ucation continue. This year's Fire Prevention Week theme is "Fire won't wait. Plan your escape". It teaches children the importance of having a home escape plan. Homes today burn fast and you may have as little as two minutes to escape. Having smoke alarms for early noti- fication and an advance plan can help your family safely es- cape. Pike County Halloween events begin next week OCTOBER 27 5 -7 p.m. Petersburg Ele- mentary School 6 -8 p.m. Oakland City Uni- versity OCTOBER 29 4-8 p.m. Otwell Communi- ty Center 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. Calorita, Myers Tire & More Peters- burg 4-6 p.m. First Christian Church - Main & Mulberry - Petersburg 4-6 p.m. - First Baptist Church of Petersburg 4-7 p.m. - Stendal Commu- nity Center 5 -7:30 p.m. - 4-H Tractor Treat @ Fairgrounds 4:30 -5:30 - Pike Central Middle School (PCMS) Trick or Trunk 6 -8 p.m. - Haunted Hall- ways - PCMS OCTOBER 30 2 p.m. - ? Cup Creek GB Church (Hwy 57/64 Junc- tion) Velpen 4-6 p.m. - The Church of God Petersburg 5 -7 p.m. - Mt. Olive Gener- al Baptist Cato Hwy 56 OCTOBER 31 ? - Little Free Libraries of Petersburg 309 N. 12th St. 5 -7 p.m. Memorial Peters- burg Family Med. 5 -7 p.m. - Amber Manor Petersburg 5 -7:30 p.m. - Pikes Colli- sion - Hot Wheels - Peters- burg 5 -7 p.m. - Deaconess Clin- ic Petersburg 5 -7 p.m. - Pike Co. Library Petersburg / Calorita also 5:30 -7 p.m. - Jessica Mason Real Estate - 714 E. Main St. Petersburg 5:30 -7:30 p.m. - CASA @ Pike Co. Courthouse 5:30 -7:30 p.m. - DSC @ Pike Co. Courthouse 5:30 -7:30 p.m. - Petersburg Community Church 6 -8 p.m. - Winslow Gener- al Baptist Church 6 -8 p.m. Winslow Park (if raining Patoka Volunteer Fire Department) all of this," Deb Lamb, Pres- ident of the Winslow Town Council, said. "I don't know how we're going to pay for it, but we'll have to find a way. We have no choice. I am checking into some emer- gency grants to possibly help us pay for all of this. It's been very stressful for our work- ers and they've worked long hours." The Indiana Department of Environmental Manage- ment was on scene but re- fused to comment on the sit- uation. For updates, please vis- it the Winslow Community Involvement Page on Face- book. This year's Fire Pre- vention Week theme is "Fire won't wait. Plan your escape". It teaches children the importance of having a home escape plan. Homes today burn fast and you may have as little as two minutes to escape. Having smoke alarms for early notifica- tion and an advance plan can help your family safe- ly escape. Jefferson Township Firefighter Doug Mounts demonstrates the tools they use to rescue individu- als in car accidents. Firefighter Doug Mounts speaks to a group of Ot- well Miller Academy third graders for Fire Preven- tion Week. Left to right include Teaghon Poselwait, Fayelynn Hayes, Rhaelee Wilson, Josie Pauw, Reid Byrd, Brody Smith, Ruger Moore, and Kynslee Hurst. Otwell Miller Academy second grader Layla Huckelby tries on the firefighter tanks with Zach Harbin assist- ing her. A mobile voting center will be in Winslow from 8 a.m. to noon on Saturday, Octo- ber 29 and people may vote in the Clerk's office from 8 a.m. to noon. A mobile voting center will be in Stendal at the Lockhart Community Center from 3 to 8 p.m. on Tuesday, Novem- ber 1. On Saturday, Nov. 5 people may vote from 8 a.m. to noon at a mobile vote center at the Winslow Community Center and the Clerk's office. Monday, November 7 from 8 a.m. to noon is the last day to vote in the Clerk's office from 8 a.m. to noon and the last day for the Travel Board. WINSLOW Continued from page 1 VOTING Continued from page 1 Second Street in Winslow was one of multiple lo- cations where pipes broke and left residents with- out water last week. Approximately 360 water cus- tomers were affected by the loss of water.

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