The Press-Dispatch
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A-2 Front Wednesday, October 21, 2015 The Press-Dispatch yeah, it's that fast! net edition Z M www.PressDispatch.net/Subscribe The Press-Dispatch. No matter where you live. Continued from page 1 FIRE Continued from page 1 SUBMERGE Continued from page 1 ELECTION Re- elect FOR city council DistRict #3 Paid for by Candidate ELECT R.C. KLIPSCH FOR PETERSBURG MAYOR As Mayor of the City of Petersburg, I've worked hard to: • Improve our city and save taxpayer dollars. • Save Petersburg more than $250,000 in interest payments by refinancing wastewater bonds. • Keep the water department 'in the black', by insuring a positive cash flow. • Acquire grants for water and sewer facilities. • Take an active approach to revitalize Main Street by attracting new businesses (four new businesses in 2015). • Aggressively pursue grants and funding for city improvements, including money for sidewalks, streets and streetlights. • Assign code enforcement to the police department, saving tax dollars and strengthening the code enforcement department. • Renovate or remove stressed and dilapidated buildings. PAID FOR BY THE COMMITTEE TO ELECT R.C. KLIPSCH MAYOR I ask you to support my efforts to improve our city when you vote on November 3. ank you! Working to Make Petersburg a Better P lace to Live see if anyone else was in the car. Because of the amount of water inside the car, they had limited visibility. Deputy Jenkins said it wasn't until they attempted to remove the vehicle from the creek they realized the guardrail had gone through the vehicle. He said three or four wit- nesses who were follow- ing behind Enlow said she pulled out onto Highway 356 in Algiers and contin- ued west. "They were just coming over the hill. I don't think they actually saw her hit the guardrail, but they saw the brush and weeds moving as she went over the bank,' said Jenkins. He said about three of them stopped, and climbed down into the ditch and tried to get Enlow out of the vehi- cle, but they couldn't get the door open or break the win- dows either. The second installment of county property taxes are due on Tuesday, Novem- ber 10. Payments made af- ter November 10 will be sub- ject to penalties. If payment is made within 30 days after the due date, a five percent penalty will be added to the tax. A fter December 10, an- other five percent penalty will be added, according to State Statue 6 -1.1-1. If taxes are previously delinquent, a 10 percent penalty will auto- matically incur on Novem- ber 11. Statements, with cou- pons for each installment, were mailed out in April 2015, and taxpayers should bring those coupons with them if they come to the of- fice to pay. They should al- so be included with mailed in payments, otherwise the taxpayer could be subject to a re-print fee. "Due to the huge volume of mail and office traffic dur- ing a collection period, we ask that you please be pa- tient with us. We will not pro- cess any mail until after Nov 10, 2015. It could take two to three weeks for us to return your paid receipts, or your check to clear, but as long as they are postmarked no later than Nov 10, 2015, you will not be charged additional penalties," said Pike Coun- ty Treasurer Marta Query. "For the convenience of the taxpayer, the Treasur- er's office will have extend- ed hours." She said they will be open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on week- days from Thursday, Novem- ber 5 through Tuesday, No- vember 10. "We will also be open on Saturday November 7, from 8 a.m. to noon." Pri- or to those days, her office will be open their normal hours 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Mon- day through Friday. Payments may be made by mail, or in person, with a check, cash or money or- der. The Clerk's office is now accepting credit/debit cards ( Visa, Mastercard and Dis- cover) in the office or over the phone (812-354-6363). A convenience fee of 2.95 per- cent will be assessed to each credit/debit card transac- tion (a minimum of $2.95 for all transactions under $100). "We ask that you do not wait until November 10 for phone credit card payments, as we may not be able to answer ev- ery call," said Query. "Please remember, the only public entrance to the Courthouse is on Ninth Street (Hwy 61)." The oth- er doors are locked due to our security system and can only be used as an ex- it. The Courthouse will be closed Wednesday, Novem- ber 11, 2015, to observe Vet- erans Day. Second installment of taxes due November 10 and flames erupted from the top of the house. Hedinger said when he saw the flames, he started running around getting peo- ple up and out of the house. There were four adults and a child living in the house, Hedinger and his wife, Ashley, and their daughter, along with Dan- iel's mom Patrica Harris. Al- so, Nick Hedrick was tempo- rarily staying with them. Ashley said she and Dan- iel were married on July 4 and started moving into the house in early August. "We loved it. We had just repaint- ed my daughter's room and closet pink and purple. It was so cute." At about 1:30 a.m., Patri- cia Harris was standing in her socks in the yard watch- ing the house burn. "This is all I have. I didn't even get any shoes out," she said with her arms raised. Hedinger said they had started a fire in the fireplace Saturday morning and it had burned all day. Indiana State Fire Mar- shal Matt Wells, who ex- amined the fire Tuesday to determine the cause of the fire, said it was an acciden- tal fire started by a failure of the fireplace. "It was proba- bly just a degradation of the fireplace liner over time. Ba- sically it failed and allowed the fire to get into the wood of the house and it spread to the attic," said Wells. Wells said it is important for homeowners to have their wood burners and fire- places inspected every sea- son. He added the Heding- ers did not have smoke de- tectors in the house. "It is a good thing he (Daniel) was still up when the fire broke through," said Wells. Ray Brooks, Pike Coun- ty Disaster Coordinator for the American Red Cross, said the family was able to stay with other family. He also provided a list of cloth- ing sizes. They need adult male pants size 32 waist and length and size 30 waist and length. Both males need size large shirts and shoe sizes of 9 and 10. They also need female pants size 7-9, with medium shirts and women's shoes sized 6.5. Their daughter needs girls' size 6 and 7 and shoe size one for girls. Clothing donations can be taken to 1615 Mill St. in Jasper. be open. All four Petersburg polling places will be locat- ed at the Gospel Center on Illinois St. In Winslow, the polls will be located at the Community Center beside the elementary school. Absentee voting by mail is also underway. The last day to apply for an absentee ballot in the Clerk's office is Monday, October 26. Winslow offices for elec- tion are three council Wards and the position of Clerk- Treasurer. In Ward 1, the candidates are: Norm Sweet, Rick J. Mathias, Jeff Downey and Richard W. Brewster. In Ward 2: Billy J. Mar- shall, Greg Simmons and Andrew Hickman. In Ward 3: Terry J. Stro- bel, Kavin "Squeak" Gay- hart, Robert J. Brewster and Mick Aldridge. Clerk-treasurer has Can- dace Downey challenging incumbent Beth Ann Ben- nett. Petersburg's election has seven offices on the ballot, however, only four are con- tested. Petersburg Mayor R. C. Klipsch (R) is being chal- lenged by Democrat Stacy Mosby. The District 2 council seat has incumbent Republican John Melhiser being chal- lenged by Democrat Sandy McBeth. Democrat incumbent Ber- tis Jenkins is being chal- lenged by Republican Gary Evans. Five-term incumbent Democrat Fran Lewis is be- ing challenged by Repub- lican Rick Ross for the at- large seat. Gary L. Leavitt (R) in Dis- trict 1, Brian VanMeter (D) in District 4 and Clerk-Trea- surer Tammy L. Selby (D) are unopposed. encouraged to dress in costume and trick or treat through the halls of Amber Manor. WINSLOW LIONS CLUB HALLOWEEN PARADE & CONTEST The Winslow Lions Club is sponsoring a parade and costume contest on Satur- day, October 31. The pa- rade line-up is set for 4:30 p.m. at the Fire Department. Contestants will walk to the Eskimos Grocery and Deli. The costume contest will be at 5 p.m. at the grocery store parking lot. The categories are: prettiest, ugliest, best witch, best superhero and most original. COMMUNITY FALL HARVEST FESTIVAL ON OCTOBER 31 Several area churches are cooperating together to host a Community Fall Harvest Festival on Saturday, Octo- ber 31 from 5 to 9 p.m. at the Gospel Center Church gym- nasium on Illinois Street. There will be a variety of events for all ages, includ- ing face-painting, carnival games, inflatables, snack cake walk, puppet theatre, drama program, petting zoo, etc. There will be tons of candy and prizes given away, and concessions will be available for sale. Come dressed in your cos- tume and have a blast. All age groups are welcome to attend; however, we ask that anyone 18 and under be ac- companied by an adult. TRUNK OR TREAT AT PETERSBURG FIRST CHURCH OF GOD The Petersburg First Church of God is hosting a Trunk or Treat in their park- ing lot at 2135 East Main St. It will be from 2 to 4 p.m. on Saturday, October 31. Every- one is invited. CHURCH ALIVE FALL FESTIVAL 2 TO 7 P.M. SAT., OCT. 31 The Church Alive will have a Fall Festival from 2 to 7 p.m. on Saturday, Octo- ber 31. It will feature food, fun and fellowship, as well as an obstacle course, bounce house with a slide, games and prizes for kids. For adults, there will be a corn- hole tourney. For everyone, there will be a wiener roast and hayride. TRICK OR TREAT HOURS Winslow and Petersburg have set the trick or treat hours for Saturday, Octo- ber 31 from 5 to 8 p.m. Continued from page 1 FESTIVALS McCandless crashes on Highway 57 EMTs and firemen talked with Taylor D. McCandless, 18, of 1007 E. Locust St. late Thursday night. Mc- Candless was driving his 1996 Ford Ranger north on Highway 57, when he lost control of his truck due to defective tires, and went off the left side of the road, down an embankment before hitting the large culvert under CR200S and spinning around facing south, according to Pike County Deputy Sheriff Buck Seger. McCandless complained of minor pain above his eye. The accident was reported at 11:57 p.m. Thursday, October 15. McCandless's truck was a total loss.