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$1.00  24 PAGES  Four SECTIoNS  oNE INSErT  PETErSBurG, IN 47567-0068 WEdNESdAy, NovEmBEr 2, 2022  PIKE PUBLISHING  voLumE 152, NumBEr 43 2022 ELECTION ELECTION LOCAL C5 LOCAL A6 NEWS TIPS Phone: ���������������������812-354-8500 Email ����� editor@pressdispatch�net INSIDE Local ����������������� A1-8 Election ������������������A6 On The Record ������� A7 Sports �����������������B1-2 Home Life ������������C1-2 Obituaries ��������������� C3 Shopping���������������� C5 Classifieds ���������� C6-8 Church �������������� D1-2 School ���������������� D3-4 History �������������������D4 uSPS 604-34012 See HALLOWEEN on page 8 See ELECTION on page 2 Busy weekend for Halloween events By Rhea Turner Correspondent news@pressdispatch.net This Fall has been one of breathtaking col- or and perfect temperatures in Pike Coun- ty, and Saturday was no different. It was the perfect start of trick-or-treating in the area. Children and adults dressed in every imag- inable costume were out for candy and some spooky fun Saturday and Sunday. In Otwell at the Community Center, Ot- well Miller Academy (OMA) had a festival full of fun Halloween activities. A costume contest, pumpkin decorating contest, cake walk, games and even a prize table were on hand for all to enjoy. For the adults, a silent auction with many amazing things to bid on, kept everyone an- ticipating on whether they would win the fi- nal bid or not. If you were hungry, OMA Principal Rich Padgett manned the grill and served hot dogs and burgers. "This was a great first festival and very well thought out," Denise Schnarr, one of the judg- The Haunted Claw costume worn by Brycen Stillwell was a labor of love by his mom, Denise Stillwell. "They don't stay little forever, so you have to enjoy it while you can," Stillwell said. Shoppin Election Day is Tuesday Early voting slow so far By Andy Heuring Press-Dispatch Editor editor@pressdispatch.net Election Day is Tuesday, November 8. There are four races on the local ballot as well as nu- merous state and federal level races. So far, voting in Pike County has been low, "very low," according to Pike County Clerk Lana Griffith. She said a little more than 500 people have voted in person either in the Clerk's office or at remote voting sites that have been moving around the county. Griffith said people can still vote early, from 8 a.m. to noon in the Clerk's office through Friday, and 8 a.m. to noon on Saturday, Nov. 5 in the Clerk's office and at the mobile voting center in Winslow at the Community Center. The last day to early vote is Monday from 8 a.m. to noon in the Clerk's office. The voting centers located at the Otwell Community Center, Winslow Community Center and Petersburg Community Church (formerly The Gospel Center) on Illinois St. will be open from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Tuesday, November 8. Locally there are six people vying for three Winslow Town Council seats. Those six are: Timothy W. Ennis, Donna D. Fiscus, Kavin L. Gayhart, Barry W. Parker, Jeffrey S. Pow- ers and Joni D. Stafford. It is an at-large race so the top three vote getters will be elected. Also there are five people vying for two school board seats. In District 1 the candi- dates are: Stephanie McKinney, Josefa K. Wade and Carla D. Willis. In District 2 the candidates are: Steven L. Hamilton and Da- vid Waltz. Patoka Fire Volunteers talk fire safety to Winslow Elementary Patoka Volunteer Firefighters Daniel Shelton, Remington Bottoms and Bart Stemle talk to first grade students at Winslow Elementary about fire safety and what to do in case of a fire in their home. Patoka Firefighters spent the entire morning and afternoon speaking to students in each class about fire safety. AES to convert Petersburg units to natural gas By Andy Heuring Press-Dispatch Editor editor@pressdispatch.net AES has announced two the Petersburg coal fired generating units are going to be convert- ed to natural gas in 2025. Three years ago one of the coal fired units was shut down and a second was planned to be phased out. AES goes through an updating of their Integrated Resource Plan every three years. In that update they now plan to convert units 3 and 4 at Petersburg to natural gas. The plan calls for 1,010 MW of coal genera- tion to cease in 2025 and for 1,300 MW of solar, wind and battery storage to be added locally. Kelly Young of AES said, "The short term action plan best serves our customer's needs." AES materials state: • Reliability: This short-term action plan and preferred portfolio result in the highest composite reliability score of the IRP base case generation strategies. • A ffordability: IRP modeling estimates the costs to customers from the preferred portfo- lio to be approximately $240 million lower rel- ative to the status quo portfolio. • Sustainability: The modeling estimates a 68 % reduction in carbon intensity in 2030, compared to 2018 levels. The cost of converting the two units is esti- mated at $160 million. Kelly stated in an email, "By converting See AES on page 2 Set clocks back one hour on Saturday night Time will change this Sunday. It's the weekend we look forward to, because we fall back an hour, which means we gain an hour on Saturday night. We get to set our clocks back one hour when we go to bed on Saturday and our day will start one hour later. It officially happens at 2 a.m. Fire officials advised to put new batter- ies in your smoke detectors also.

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