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75ยข Wednesday, December 23, 2015 Volume 147 Number 51 Phone (812) 354-8500 Petersburg, IN 47567-0068 (USPS 604-34012) Four sections 46 pages Three inserts Local ...........A1-8 Obituaries....... A3 Sports ...... B1-10 Classifi eds B11-13 Church ........C1-3 Opinion .......C4-6 History ........... C7 Christmas Greetings.. D1-16 WHAT'S INSIDE: CONNECT WITH US: NetEdition ...pressdispatch.net/edition Facebook.....facebook.com/pressdispatch E-Mail .........news@pressdispatch.net Phone:.................. 812-354-8500 Fax: ...................... 812-354-2014 E-Mail . editor@pressdispatch.net NEWS TIPS: PIKE PUBLISHING See WINSLOW on page 2 See METH BUST on page 2 By Andy Heuring Winter just officially started on Mon- day, but the Spring primary election is just around the corner. The first day for a can- didate to file for the primary is Wednesday, January 6. The deadline to file is a month later at noon, February 5 in the County Clerk's office. Pike County has a long list of seats up for election in 2016. Two of the three county commissioner seats now held by Ryan Coleman and Jeff Nelson will be on the ballot, as will all three county council at-large seats, now held by Greg Willis, Joe Sutton and Dennis Bishop. Both Coleman and Nelson said they in- tend to seek re-election. Councilman Dennis Bishop said he is seeking re-election; however, councilmen Willis and Sutton both said they haven't made up their minds yet. There are four courthouse offices on the ballot: Clerk, Treasurer, Coroner and Sur- veyor. County Clerk Carol Austin said she has decided to retire and not seek re-election. Austin said her husband retired two years ago and she decided it was time to retire. This is the last year of her first term as Clerk, but she has worked in the office for more than 20 years. Deputy Registration Clerk Ashley Gide- on said she intends to file to seek election as Clerk. She has worked in the Clerk's of- fice for four years. Treasurer Marta Query is completing her first term and said she intends to seek re-election. Coroner Gretchen Harris is also complet- ing her first term and said she intends to seek re-election. The Office of Surveyor does not have term limits. The other local offices on the ballot are the school board districts 3, 4 and 5 seats. Chris McKinney holds the District 3 school board seat, Chris Satterfield District 4 and Nathan Harker District 5. Because the school board isn't contested by party, it is not contested in the tprimary. The filing pe- riod for school board is in August. The other local positions on the ballot will be the Republican precinct commit- teemen. On the State and National level, the offic- es of President, U.S. Senator, Indiana Gov- ernor, Attorney General, Superintendent of Public Instruction, State Representative Districts 63, 64 and 75 are on the ballot. Candidates can file for primary election on January 6 Live Nativity scene at Immanuel Baptist The Immanuel Baptist Church in Petersburg had a live Nativity scene in front of their church near Illinois and Highway 57 on Monday night from 5 to 8 p.m. Participating were from (l to r): Jim Freeland, Brad Hampton, Donna Edrington, Dave Workman, Carol Workman, Steve Mikels, Katie Roman and Jo- seph Roman. Two new faces on Winslow Town Council By Alden Heuring In its last meeting of the year, the Win- slow Town Council swore in new members Terry Strobel and Greg Simmons, honored retiring members Don Bolin and Dave Tis- dale, and set out some jobs for the new council members to start on in January. First, the council voted to keep salaries and wages for town employees unchanged, at least until the new council can review the town's finances in January. "We're going to shop for health insurance again; our health policy runs through April 21," council president Dick Brewster said. "We don't know what that's going to do. Our income is down from what we got from the state and county. I can't see where we have any money to increase salaries or pay un- til we can see what the insurance will do for us." The council voted 3-0 to leave salaries and wages as is for 2016. However, that de- cision will be reviewed at the January meet- ing. "We'll have to look at this again in Jan- uary, so we'll start off with a real easy job for everyone," Brewster said. "I talked to our health insurance people, and they said they'd have quotes for us ear- lier than ever this year," town clerk-treasur- er Beth Bennett said. Later in the meeting, community center supervisor Henry Nelson reported on the center's cash flows. "We have a total of $14,065.43 for inflows, and we come up with a total of $15,514.04 outflows... It looks like we went into the mi- nus, but we had $ 3,000 of extra spending, so I think we come out pretty good," Nelson said. "If I can say one more thing, I would like to consider that the center be named the Marvin Snyder Winslow Community Center. He's done an awful lot for the cen- ter, and I think it would be a good idea." The council members agreed with Nel- son, but decided to table the renaming vote until the next meeting. "He's done a lot for the town in a lot of Minor injuries in Monday evening wreck Two teens suffered minor injuries in a two vehicle crash Monday night at the intersection of Highway 57 and Illi- nois St. in Petersburg. Micah Hopf, 17, of 9972 E. SR 56, Otwell, and her passenger, Keileigh Boger, 17, were transported to the hospital following the 7 p.m. Monday crash. Petersburg Police Cpl. Kyle Mills said Hopf was driving a Chevrolet car south on Highway 57 and attempted to turn left onto Illinois St. in front of Arvil P. Jerrell, 62, of 1147 W. CR 200 N., Petersburg, who was driving north. Their two vehicles collided. Jerrell and a second passenger of Hopf's, Abby Barnett, 17, both refused treatment at the scene. Hopf complained of neck pain and Boger complained of face pain from the airbags striking her in the face. No citations were issued. Above, Petersburg Volunteer Fireman John Voyle sweeps glass and debris from the scene of the accident. Meth bust at Lighthouse Recovery Center By Andy Heuring Two residents of the Lighthouse Recov- ery Center in Petersburg were arrested on methamphetamine charges after police found what they say were numerous meth labs in the Lighthouse Recovery Center. John E. McCarter, 47, of 307 N. Ninth St., Petersburg, was arrested on preliminary charges of dealing in methamphetamine, possession of paraphernalia and posses- sion of methamphetamine. Timothy Allen Bolin, 38, also of 307 N. Ninth St., Petersburg, was arrested on a preliminary charge of manufacturing methamphetamine. Petersburg Police Cpl. Scott Wright, Pike County Deputy Brad Jenkins and State Trooper John Davis executed a search warrant on the Lighthouse Recovery Cen- ter at 307 N. Ninth St., Petersburg, just be- fore noon on Monday. They said they lo- cated several meth labs and a State Police Clandestine Lab team was called to the cen- ter. The labs were found in the downstairs residential area of the Center, The arrests leave the future of the cen- ter in question. Bob Shepherd, president of the Light- house Recovery, said Bolin and McCarter Lights of Fancy CHRISTMAS FEATURE D-2 A childhood fascination with Christmas lights and decorations has led to a life-long mission for Loretta Miley to give her community the best Christmas light display around. PLUS: SANTA LETTERS FROM PIKE COUNTY CHILDREN D-4