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BUFFALO TRACE FESTIVAL IS SEPT. 15-16 Petersburg's Buffalo Trace Festival will celebrate Petersburg's 200th year as a city. It will feature free carnival rides, musical entertainment, bed races, a parade and fire- works all on Main St., Petersburg. Bicentennial Re-enactments Activities will start at 5 p.m. on Friday and feature bicentennial re-enactments on the courthouse lawn, and food and vendor booths will open at 5 p.m. as well. Free Carnival Rides Free carnival rides will be on Main St. between Ninth and Seventh Sts. They will run from 6 p.m. to 11 p.m. Friday and 1 p.m. to 10 :30 p.m. Saturday. Parade A parade is set for 6 p.m., with opening ceremonies set to follow at 6:30 p.m. Line- up for the parade starts at 5:30 on Nichols Ave. It will proceed to Pike Ave., then to Main St. and north on Main St. to Fifth St., where the festival will be set up. Bike Parade & Balloon Release A bike parade will also join in with the pa- rade as it passes Second St. All ages may take part. Participants should meet in the Farm Bureau Insurance parking lot. Adults will be present to help children decorate their bikes. Participants will join the parade and continue up to the grandstand where they will participate in a Balloon Release. If someone does not have a bike, they may still walk with the group and participate in the release. Musical Performances The line-up of musical performances for Friday night will include: 7 p.m. Kyilin- di Pipes and Drums Band, 7:30 p.m. Pike Central Jazz Band, and from 8:30 to 10 p.m. Cochren and Company. Saturday activities will start with the Farmers Market opening at 9 a.m. More re-enactments will begin at 9 a.m., as will the FFA Pedal Tractor pull. Tony Rothrock, Jerry Willis and Albert Swain will perform on the bicentennial stage beginning at 10 a.m. An area will be provided for people to bring their lawn chairs if the prefer not to sit on bleacher seats. Pageants Little Miss Petersburg, Junior Miss Pe- tersburg and Miss Petersburg pageants will begin at 11 a.m. Little Miss. Contestants are: Kellcyn Riker, A zalin Vennard, Elle Readle, Avelyn Knepp, Chloe Howard, Addison Mitchell, Emiley Riker, Jenna Harris and Ava Stur- geon. The Junior Miss Petersburg pageant is set for noon. The contestants are: Chloe Willis, Jerzey Reibold, Jayla Harris and Kenadie Houchins. The Miss Petersburg pageant is set for 1 p.m. and the contestants are: Honey Ralston, Kabrea Howes, Erin Craig and Peyton Knies. Stacy's Studio of Dance will perform at 1:30 p.m. Tony Rothrock will return to the stage at Parades, pageants, rides and games highlight area festivals By Andy Heuring Winslow Town Councilmen voted to sell the former German American Bank building dur- ing their meeting Monday night. The building was given to the town by GAB in recent months after nearly a year of Winslow deciding whether they should accept it. "I still feel we have three options: 1) sell it, 2) lease it or 3) move City Hall into it," said Coun- cilman Dick Brewster. The matter had been tabled from a previous meeting after Councilman Greg Simmons said he was sure he had read a restriction on the us- age of the building. Monday night, Simmons said he knew he had read in one of the proposed agreements there was a restriction on the building's use. Clerk- Treasurer Beth Bennett said the restriction Sim- mons was referring to was in an early agree- ment, but was taken out of the final version. "I have a problem with the expenses of the build- ing," said Brewster about moving City Hall into it. At an earlier meeting, he said it could cost up to $ 39,000 a year for the utilities. "I would be leaning more toward leasing or selling. I think the town needs the businesses. We basically have four businesses," said Brew- ster. "If we are going to do that, we need to get it up for sale," said Council president Terry Strobel. Brewster said when they discussed it with a realtor, they were told there would be interest in the building. "It is a good building. A good expensive build- ing," said Brewster. Councilmen voted 3-0 to sell the building. Mitch Wright had two concerns. He said there appeared to be a water line leak from a vacant nearby house that was causing his backyard to be wet. "It is a waste of water and I keep getting my mower hung up," said Wright. Street Supervisor David Gayhart said he and councilman Greg Simmons checked the area and it wasn't chlorinated water in his yard. Gay- hart said it looked like a water leak, but they test- ed the water with a kit to see if it was chlorinat- ed water. Gayhart stated they think it might be draining from a nearby vacant house that has several feet of water in the basement. Wright also asked if there was a reason his wa- United Way of Pike County will kick off its campaign with a com- munity Day of Caring on Wednes- day, September 20, 2017. This event involves recruiting volun- teers to help with projects for lo- cal not-for-profit agencies or orga- nizations for a one-day work blitz. Volunteers are still needed for the event. They can sign up by calling 812-789 -2557 and leaving a mes- sage. The event will start with a spon- sored breakfast for its volunteers. They will receive a T-shirt to wear on the job and lunch will be pro- vided. Volunteers have a long list of projects, which include: • Boy Scout Camp - painting and staining cabins, cleaning and land- scaping around caretaker house and trimming along the roadway. • Help Chamber of Commerce move its office to the courthouse. • 4-H Fairground - painting buildings on the fair grounds, in- terior and exterior. • Haven Apts. - cleaning gutters and trimming trees, flower beds and washing windows. • History Center - inventory books and archiving old photo- graphs, plus installing ceiling tile and laminate flooring. • Petersburg and Winslow Li- braries - trimming bushes, land- scaping and trimming weeds. • Petersburg Little League Park The Pike County Fall Clean-up is scheduled for 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Friday, October 6 and 8 a.m. to noon on Saturday, October 7. They will be accepting appli- ances such as washers, dryers, stoves and refrigerators, includ- ing those with Freon, bulky items and up to four tires for free. Any more than four will cost $1 each. Televisions and hazardous waste such as paint, chemicals or computers will not be accepted. It is for Pike County residents only and no commercial trash will be accepted. Fall Clean-Up set for Oct. 6-7 Volunteers sought for Day of Caring Winslow council votes to sell bank building By Andy Heuring The Pike County Council tabled a request for $250,000 to match a grant for building an event center at Prides Creek Park at the meeting Tues- day morning. The County Park and Recreation Board re- quested $250,000 as part of a match for an event center proposed for Prides Creek. Dave Elgin, representing Prides Creek, said the bids ranged from $ 620,000 to $1.2 million for the center. Elgin said the $250,000 request is just for the match. "The additional amount to complete the project is unknown." "Only conversation I have had about this is a couple council meetings ago. I still have sever- al questions," said Councilman Todd Meadors. Council President Greg Willis asked if they had projected costs for maintenance and reve- nue to be generated for the building." "Not totally," said Elgin. "Did we talk anything about a maintenance person or a guard for the building? Are the guards at the park staffed all year now? " asked Meadors. Elgin said park security was only during the months the park was open, so they would have to extend the positions a few months. Willis told the council if they still had ques- tions they could table it, but if they voted it down they would have to readvertise the request. Elgin told councilmen if they had questions about it, submit them to him and he would get answers. Meadors asked Elgin if he had a date for when they would have final costs. "I think we have to have final costs, cash flow and projections on revenue," said Councilman Max Elliott. Councilmen voted 7-0 to table the matter un- til they could get more information. They approved an $18,000 request to cre- ate new campsites and make improvements to campsites and electrical work. Councilmen approved additional appropria- tion requests of $5,350 from the Health Fund. They would put $4,970 of that into a new posi- tion of Environmental Health Specialist 2 and $ 380 into FICA for that position. Pike County Health Nurse Amy Gladish ex- plained this was to fund a second Environmen- tal Health Specialist position, which would work County tables funding request for event building Council begins 2018 budget process County councilmen began a two-day process Tuesday morning to set Pike County's budget for 2018. They will review all the departments of the county line-by-line. It typically is com- pleted late by Wednesday afternoon. Details on the 2018 budget will be published in a future edition of The Press-Dispatch. IPL supplies high altitude contractor IPL arranged for Roy Schnell a contractor at IPL who works on a ledge at the top of the courthouse to change out a broken securi- ty camera. Todd Meadors of IPL oversees the project. Sheriff Jere- my Britton said IPL saved the county a lot of money by providing Schnell's services to them. They completed the work last week.