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A-2 Front Wednesday, September 13, 2017 The Press-Dispatch it takes 3 minutes to subscribe to Call 812-354-8500 FESTIVALS Continued from page 1 VOLUNTEERS Continued from page 1 the Fitness Center HOURS: Mon-Thurs: 10am-8pm, Fri: 10am-7pm Saturday: 10am-2pm ( 812 ) 354-1303 604 East Illinois St., Petersburg (near the Little League Park) TANNING SPECIAL 1 MONTH, ANY BED $ 26 ONLY.. 1ST TIME MEMBERS: 1-MONTH $25 TRY US OUT! $35 1-MONTH MEMBERSHIP SPECIALS Fall Special! Discounts on all, student/senior, husband/wife and family memberships. September 14 • 5:30pm at Enhancing Lives Through Innovative Healthcare From recovery care and wellness to management of ™ 309 West Pike Ave., Petersburg Entertainment: DJ Dustin Arnold Hot Dogs, Potato Salad, Baked Beans, Dessert and Drinks. Annual CAR SHOW & PICNIC N Home Building Computers Plus Ernie's Package Store Parsifal Boyd Harris C&C City Hall WALNUT STREET • OPEN TO TRAFFIC SYCAMORE STREET • OPEN TO TRAFFIC OPEN TO TRAFFIC CLOSED FOR FESTIVAL BUILDING POPLAR STREET • OPEN TO TRAFFIC MAIN STREET 5TH STREET • OPEN TO TRAFFIC 4TH STREET • OPEN TO TRAFFIC SR 61/9TH STREET • OPEN TO TRAFFIC 8TH STREET 7TH STREET 6TH STREET Marge's Chamber Big Dipper Stacy's Church Friends China Wok Mahoney Integra Willis Pike County Courthouse Downtown Terrace Wyatt Rauch BUFFALO TRACE FESTIVAL AREA Pike County Sheriff's Department Johns Note: Main Street be- tween 4th and 5th Streets will close at approx. 8 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 16 KEY: 2 p.m., this time with Shelby Lynn, Henry Norton and Al- bert Swain. Bed Races The Main Street Bed Rac- es will fire up at 3 p.m. Two beds are being provided by Onyett Fabricators and welded by Pike Central's third year welding students for willing contestants. The races will start on Main St. and go one block south, make a u-turn and then race back to the start/finish line. A team will be comprised of one rider and four pushers. Brick Briscoe will per- form at 4:30 p.m., followed by the Pike Central Swing Choir, and a Rodney Watts Concert from 6 to 8 p.m. Pike County native Jason Sturgeon will perform from 8:30 to 10 p.m. A fireworks show closes the festival at 10 p.m. WINSLOW COMMUNITY FESTIVAL SEPT. 16 The 12th Annual Win- slow Community Festival is set for Saturday, September 16. Two new events at this year's festival will be a two- mile kayak/canoe float and a chili cookoff. The kayak run will be from the new bridge on CR 350 E. down to the River- side Park boat ramp. There will be a fee of $1 per per- son or $5 for a family of five or more. All equipment and life vests will be provided. The Chili Cookoff is set for 1 to 2 p.m. by the Main Stage and is sponsored by Ice Photography. Entry fee is $5. They will have a blind drawing and crowd tasting following the judging. The winner will receive a halfpot, trophy and brag- ging rights. The festival starts at 8 a.m., with opening ceremo- nies in Riverside Park and on Main St. Breakfast will be served in Riverside Park beginning at 8 a.m. and con- tinue until noon. The flea market opens at 8 a.m. and will run all day. The Karaoke and Talent show will run from 10 a.m. to noon, as will the Dino- saur dig. An exotic petting zoo will be from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the former bank building on Main St. A new event will be a paintball battle at Millers Field from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Pony rides for children will be available from noon to 6 p.m. at Miller's Field. There will be sack races at 2 p.m. in Millers Field. Laif the Magician will per- form from 2 to 4 p.m. at Main and Center Sts. Musical entertainment featuring Mark McCand- less, Tony Rothrock and Chuck McCandless will run from 2 to 8:30 p.m. on the Main St. stage. Pulled pork dinners will be available beginning at 3 p.m. in Riverside Park. A frozen t-shirt contest is set for 6 p.m. Participants will compete to see who can thaw and get on a t-shirt fro- zen in a block of ice. Batman will be there to meet and greet at 6 p.m. and the Light-Up Winslow parade is set for 9 p.m., with line-up at the Fire Depart- ment beginning at 8 p.m. The parade will proceed on Union St. to Main St. and go north to the baseball park. BLUE JEAN FESTIVAL IS SEPT. 15-17 Once again, Monroe City is planning its annual Fall Festival at the Blue Jeans Community Center on Main Street. On Friday, September 15, from 5 -7 p.m., a spaghet- ti dinner will be served by MCHS Alumni. Food booths will be open on the front lawn. Rides and inflatables will also be available. At 6:30 p.m., there will be a concert by Mariah Creek in the gym. On Saturday, September 16, The Cow Muck Cookers will be serving barbecue from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. At 10 :30 a.m., a pet parade will take place on the front lawn. Reg- istration is not necessary. The queen contest will take place from 2 to 4 p.m. At 7 p.m., the Knox County's Got Talent show will begin. Fireworks will follow the tal- ent show. Sunday, September 17, there will be a community church service at 10 a.m. in the gym. The Jeff Black Fish Fry will be available from 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. At 2 p.m., the parade will start, with Dr. Tom and Teri Thomp- son as grand marshals. The South Knox High School Band will perform at 3 p.m. on the front lawn. Walnut Grove's home- made ice cream, sandwich- es and cold drinks will be available all weekend, as will the Reed Family funnel cakes, coneys and drinks. Also available will be rides, music, inflatables, a country store, a dunking booth, ven- dors and more. All clothing in the thrift stores will be on sale all weekend for 25 cents per item. To be in the Sunday pa- rade, call Donetta Cardinal at 812-890 -9681. To be a vendor, call Marlis Day at 812-890 -1736. To participate in the queen contest, call Jenn Candler at 812-677-1217. To participate in the talent show, call Amanda Weber at 812-881-8700 or Marlis Day. For more information, call the center at 812-743-2393 or Jerry Coonrod at 812-887- 4182. - painting bathrooms, repair- ing and painting play sets, cleaning out buildings. • Otwell Community Cen- ter - cleaning cabinets and appliances, pulling weeds and painting lines in the parking lot. • Tri-Cap - painting offic- es, cleaning carpets, weed- ing playground, moving desks. • Somebody's Place - building shelves, cleaning out the kitchen and food room, changing out summer clothing to winter clothing. • Velpen Park - mowing and landscaping work. • Safe Haven House of Hope in Winslow - cleaning inside and trimming bushes outside. "United Way of Pike Coun- ty hopes to raise the level of awareness of the needs, as well as the services provid- ed by these agencies," said Pike County Director Denise Kinney. This event is partially funded by Pike County Com- munity Foundation and Am- ber Manor. By Ed Cahill From 4 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 14, until as late as noon on Sunday, Sept. 17, the only type of traffic that will be al- lowed on Petersburg's Main Street – between Fifth and Ninth streets, at least – will be foot traffic. That's when that portion of Main Street – as well as sections of Sixth, Seventh and Eighth streets on either side – will be closed off for Petersburg's inaugural Buf- falo Trace Festival. Both Sixth and Seventh streets will be closed north of Main Street to Poplar Street and south of Main Street to Walnut Street. Eighth Street will be closed north of Main Street to Pop- lar Street and south of Main Street to Sycamore Street. During a meeting of the city's common council on Tuesday, Sept. 5, Peters- burg Police Chief Chuck Baumgart announced that he would begin posting no- tices prohibiting parking in those areas at least 48 hours prior to the closure. Truck and through traf- fic along Highway 57, both northbound and south- bound, will be redirected onto Illinois Street, while local traffic will be able to use side streets – includ- ing Poplar, Walnut and Syc- amore streets, which all run parallel to Main Street – for access to their residences or for festival attendees to find someplace nearby to park, Baumgart said. "I think Sycamore would probably be the easiest, un- less they're just trying to get close to the event to find parking," Baumgart said. "And then they also need to be cautious about parking on private property, to make sure that they have permis- sion, because some people don't want you parking on their property." "The other thing is do not block driveways or entranc- es to buildings or business- es, fire hydrants … all the normal laws that are out there," Baumgart added. "We're lucky enough that we can move the vehicle but they will be fined and be re- sponsible for the fine as well as the tow bill." Baumgart said that no parking will not be allowed along Main Street between Fourth and Fifth streets. Al- though that section of Main Street will remain open to traffic, it will be closed off at approximately 8 p.m. on Saturday to provide a safe place for the fireworks show – which is scheduled to be- gin at 10 a.m. – to be set up. "Just make sure that you're reading the signs, so that your vehicle doesn't get towed if they are parked ille- gally," Baumgart said. "And use caution around any- thing that's blocked so we don't have any pedestrians injured." "We want this to be a fun event, and I think it will be," Baumgart said. "I think it's going to be a pretty good time." Several streets to be closed during Buffalo Trace Festival These maps illustrate the street closures and route for the Buffalo Trace Festival Parade. The streets will be closed from 4 p.m. Thursday and will reopen by noon on Sunday.