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$1.00 20 PAGES FOUR SECTIONS PETERSBURG, IN 47567-0068 Wednesday, Februa ry 15, 2023 PIKE PUBLISHING VOLuMe 153, nuMber 7 NEWS TIPS Phone: ����������������������������������� 812-354-8500 Email ��������������������� editor@pressdispatch�net INSIDE Local �������������������������A1-6 Sports ������������������������ B1-4 Classifieds �������������������C1-2 Legals ������������������������������C3 Home Life ������������������������C4 History �����������������������������C5 Opinion����������������������������C6 Church ��������������������� D1-2 School ���������������������������� D3 Swat Photos �������������������� D4 USPS 604-34012 SPORTS B1 See ROBOTICS on page 3 LOCAL A3 See CHANGES on page 3 See DAR on page 2 See SENIOR page 2 See SWAT on page 5 Someone you should know Joni Stafford Chargers roll over Tell City PCMS Robotics Team gets ready for State Contest By Mendy Ross Correspondent news@pressdispatch.net PCMs robotics team Circuit Jokers and Oreo bytes competed at Tell City on saturday, February 4. during this competition Circuit Jokers, Grayson schultheis, Keaton stafford and Taylen bailey, found out they will be going to state, as they took first in skills with 141, and first in teamwork. state com- petition will take place on March 24 and 25, at Lucas Oil stadium in Indianapolis. The Oreo bytes team, Landon Harvey and Loralei Hoskins, came in second in teamwork and fourth in skills. according to robotics coach, Missy schultheis, Oreo bytes will have another chance to get an auto- matic bid for state on February 25. In order to receive an automatic bid to the state competition, teams need to win the teamwork challenge and/or skills, with certain competi- tions this could be an automatic bid to state. There is also a directors PCMS Robotics teams competed in Bedford on Saturday, Janu- ary 28. From left to right, Landon Harvey, Loralei Hoskins both on team Oreo Bytes and team Circuit Jokers Grayson Schultheis and Taylen Bailey work on getting points at their competition. Local DAR Chapter celebrates 2,556 services hours for 2022 By Mendy Ross Correspondent news@pressdispatch.net Cradle Of Liberty dar Chapter of Petersburg surpassed their goal of 780 hours and are celebrating 2,556 service hours for 2022. The daughters of the american revolution, dar, is a lineage based membership service organization for women that want to honor their heritage while making a difference in their community. according to the group, dar, "Meaningful Community service" is described as any volunteer ser- vice either within the chapter or as an individual member that serves "God, home, and country." Currently the group has 31 reg- ular members and four associate Cradle Of Liberty DAR Chapter of Petersburg hosts genealogy workshops to help connect individuals with their ancestors. The group surpassed their goal of 780 hours and are celebrating 2,556 service hours for 2022 Amber Manor hosts Senior Executive Club Meeting By Jill Hyneman Correspondent news@pressdispatch.net On Thursday, February 9, am- ber Manor hosted the senior ex- ecutive Club (seC) Meeting, with a speaker from the Pike County Chamber of Commerce. The meeting kicked off with dis- cussions from the executive direc- tor of the Pike County Chamber of Commerce giving information about the Chamber of Commerce. The chamber director gave informa- tion about upcoming events includ- ing an invitation to their next coffee connections at 8 a.m. February 23. "We are retired, we don't do any- thing that early," said Paul austin, one of the seC members, with a laugh. all the members agreed with austin. The discussion continued with past professions of the eighteen at- tending seC members. Professions varied from clowns to a miner and many in the healthcare industry. "We truly like getting out and be- ing involved in the community es- pecially when one of our chamber members asks us to speak about the Chamber of Commerce," said stephanie McGuire President of the Chamber of Commerce. The group had a lot of fun at the meeting and included lots of laughs. "The week of the executive Club meeting they reach out reminding me of the meeting and who the speaker will be," Lorene Jenkins, one of the seC members, said. "We A group of Senior Executive Club members interacting and talking about their past careers with their guest speaker at Am- ber Manor. Winslow elects two new council members By Sherri Griffin editor sherri@pressdispatch.net In a quick Winslow Town Council board meeting, the newly elected council made up of Joni stafford, President, Tim ellis, Vice President and Kavin Gayhart, council member voted and swore in two addition- al council members, amy barber and alexis rusch. "everyone who applied was qualified and everyone was willing," stafford said. "This is the decision we made." In other business, department reports were given by the Water, streets/Wastewater, Police, Parks and animal Control departments. alisha Wardlow, of the Water department stated that there have been nine water leaks again throughout town, with the worst leak being on Main street. Wardlow stated that the department would be digging up that leak starting Tues- day, February 14. The department has also installed 181 out of 358 water meters throughout town so far and plan to continue with that project. Wardlow stated that the ZIP application has been installed and they are working with the street department to update all the infor- mation throughout Winslow. Torez baham of the streets de- partment stated that they have been busy with the water leaks also and that he has been working on updat- ing the ZIP application and patching on union street. steve nelson, Town Marshall See WINSLOW on page 2 Commissioners discuss changes to Pike County Courthouse look By Sherri Griffin editor sherri@pressdispatch.net a discussion was had by the Pike County Commissioners with the consultant for plans of the replace- ment of the Pike County Court- house windows during a recent Commissioner's meeting. Commissioner's are concerned that the consultant wants to change the current look of the building and restore it to it's original historical nature with the windows that are currently bronze in color, being changed to white as the building was originally. "We are supposed to go with the original content of the building with it being a historical site," Tom schroeder, consultant, said. "We would be going back to the look from 1921. Once replaced, the windows should be good for 25 - 30 years." Mark Flint, Commissioner Pres- ident, asked schroeder if he could bring in samples of colors for the Commissioners to see before they make a decision. Flint was con- cerned with changing the look ev- eryone is used to seeing now. Once the Commissioners see the sam- ples, they stated that they would make a decision. The Commissioners will be ad- vertising and accepting bids for the window replacement shortly. In other business, the former di- rector of the Indiana 15 regional Planning Commission has stepped down and nathan Held attended the Commissioner's meeting to in- troduce himself as the new director, effective January 1, 2023. Indiana 15 regional Planning Commission is a multi-county quasi-governmental agency and has served Pike Coun- ty since 1993. They serve the trans- portation planning needs for small urban and rural areas and perform eligible planning activities that sup- port local communities. The Highway department asked for additional appropriations in the amount of $9,846, for rock, which was approved unanimously by the Commissioners. The Health department re- quested the approval of disposal of surplus disposal of outdated equipment that is not being used. U.S. Marshals capture man from SWAT team incident By Sherri Griffin editor sherri@pressdispatch.net In a very heated incident on Thursday, February 9, Central dis- patch received a call of a relative concerned for the safety of a 10 month-old child in Petersburg. The caller stated that allison n. Miller, and her boyfriend, Jordan Goscin- iak, had been high on meth and hav- ing a domestic disturbance the pre- vious night and into the morning. Petersburg Police Chief Kyle Mills went to the residence of 1408 e. Main street where Miller and Gosciniak live. Mills noticed no vehicles in the driveway and a dog running around the yard and into the highway. a fter announcing himself as police, no one came to the door, but Mills was able to get the dog inside the screened door. after going to another residence Mills was told the couple may be at, with no luck, he returned to the residence at 1408 e. Main street in Petersburg. The caller had stated that Mill- er was high on meth and she Petersburg Police Chief Kyle Mills communicates with Indi- ana State Police Emergency Re- sponse Team to launch a flash grenade after Police were false- ly informed a man was barricad- ed inside with a firearm. In a very heated incident on Thursday, February 9, Central Dispatch received a call of a relative con- cerned for the safety of a 10 month-old child in Petersburg. The caller stated that Allison N. Miller, and her boyfriend, Jordan Gosciniak, had been high on meth and having a domestic disturbance the previous night and into the morning.