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Local ........ A1-10 Sports .........B1-5 Classifi eds .... B6-7 Church ........C1-3 School............ C4 History ........... C6 Home Life....D1-6 Obituaries....... D6 Opinion .......D7-8 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 ZONING on page 2 See VEALE on page 2 By Andy Heuring Christmas parades in Winslow and Pe- tersburg are set for this Saturday. They are the first of several Christmas-related activ- ities set for December. WINSLOW PARADE 10 A.M. The Winslow parade will begin at 10 a.m. with line-up at the Fire Department. The parade will proceed to Main St. and then north to the Little League park. Santa will be at the Nazarene Church's Fellowship Hall following the parade. It is located behind Town Hall. There will also be a Mouse House until 1 p.m. at the same location. It allows children to purchase in- expensive Christmas gifts for siblings and their parents. PETERSBURG PARADE 2 P.M. The Petersburg parade will start at 2 p.m. beginning on Walnut St., going to Main St and heading south on Main St. Line-up will begin at 1 p.m. on Walnut St. near the courthouse. BREAKFAST WITH SANTA 8:30 TO 10:30 A.M. The Petersburg Delts are hosting Break- fast with Santa Saturday, December 2 at the Petersburg First United Methodist Church at 801 E. Walnut Street. It will run from 8:30 to 10 :30 a.m. Donuts, milk and juice are served free of charge. Bring your cameras to get your picture with Santa and find out what your kids are wanting for Christmas. HOLLYWALK, DECEMBER 9 The annual Hollywalk in December is scheduled for Saturday, December 9. It will feature free carriage rides around down- town Petersburg from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Rides will start at the southeast corner of Main and Seventh streets. Santa and a storyteller for children will be in the city building across the street next to Town Hall. Marge Leavitt, of Marge's Hallmark, said other activities are also in the works for the Hollywalk. She said if vendors or civic organizations would like to take part, they can call her at 812-354- 8372 or City Hall at 812-354-8511. OTWELL BREAKFAST WITH SANTA SET FOR DECEMBER 9 Santa will also be at the Otwell Commu- nity Center from 8 to 10 a.m. on Saturday, December 9 to talk with children. They will have juice and donuts available. REINDEER RUN SET FOR SUNDAY, DECEMBER 10 The Reindeer Run, a 5K run or 1K Santa Shuffle, is scheduled for 2 p.m. at the ARC of Pike County on Illinois St. Registration begins at noon. It is $15 prior to December 1 and $20 after that and includes a T-shirt. For more information, call Melissa Walden at 812-677-6045. CHRISTMAS IN THE PARK Christmas in the Park is now open from 6 to 9 p.m. each night of the week at Horna- dy Park. It will remain open through Christ- mas Day. Christmas parades, activities highlight holiday season Local ...........A1-8 Sports .........B1-5 Classifi eds .... B6-7 Church ........C1-3 School.........C4-5 Home Life....D1-5 Obituaries....... D6 History ........... D7 Opinion .......D8-9 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 Four sections Three inserts 32 pages See B-8 for details! Wednesday, November 29, 2017 Volume 148 Number 48 Phone (812) 354-8500 Petersburg, IN 47567-0068 (USPS 604-34012) By Andy Heuring Christmas parades in Winslow and Pe- tersburg are set for this Saturday. They are the first of several Christmas-related activ- ities set for December. WINSLOW PARADE 10 A.M. The Winslow parade will begin at 10 a.m. with line-up at the Fire Department. The parade will proceed to Main St. and then north to the Little League park. Santa will be at the Nazarene Church's Fellowship Hall following the parade. It is located behind Town Hall. There will also be a Mouse House until 1 p.m. at the same location. It allows children to purchase in- expensive Christmas gifts for siblings and their parents. PETERSBURG PARADE 2 P.M. The Petersburg parade will start at 2 p.m. beginning on Walnut St., going to Main St and heading south on Main St. Line-up will begin at 1 p.m. on Walnut St. near the courthouse. BREAKFAST WITH SANTA 8:30 TO 10:30 A.M. The Petersburg Delts are hosting Break- fast with Santa Saturday, December 2 at the Petersburg First United Methodist Church at 801 E. Walnut Street. It will run from 8:30 to 10 :30 a.m. Donuts, milk and juice are served free of charge. Bring your cameras to get your picture with Santa and find out what your kids are wanting for Christmas. HOLLYWALK, DECEMBER 9 The annual Hollywalk in December is scheduled for Saturday, December 9. It will feature free carriage rides around down- town Petersburg from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Rides will start at the southeast corner of Main and Seventh streets. Santa and a storyteller for children will be in the city building across the street next to Town Hall. Marge Leavitt, of Marge's Hallmark, said other activities are also in the works for the Hollywalk. She said if vendors or civic organizations would like to take part, they can call her at 812-354- 8372 or City Hall at 812-354-8511. OTWELL BREAKFAST WITH SANTA SET FOR DECEMBER 9 Santa will also be at the Otwell Commu- nity Center from 8 to 10 a.m. on Saturday, December 9 to talk with children. They will have juice and donuts available. REINDEER RUN SET FOR SUNDAY, DECEMBER 10 The Reindeer Run, a 5K run or 1K Santa Shuffle, is scheduled for 2 p.m. at the ARC of Pike County on Illinois St. Registration begins at noon. It is $15 prior to December 1 and $20 after that and includes a T-shirt. For more information, call Melissa Walden at 812-677-6045. CHRISTMAS IN THE PARK Christmas in the Park is now open from 6 to 9 p.m. each night of the week at Horna- dy Park. It will remain open through Christ- mas Day. Christmas parades, activities highlight holiday season $1 Pike County Christmas Parades By Andy Heuring A few years ago, Dylan Veale was a trou- bled teen headed down a path that was lead- ing him to a jail cell. Despite being a bright kid, with good parents who had been mar- ried more than 20 years and cared for him, Veale was drifting across a line the pointed towards big trouble. "I was skipping school and smoking weed," said Veale. It started with little things, like talking in a class and disre- specting his teachers. As it progressed, he was smoking on the way to school or skipping class altogether, and advanced to drugs and stealing things from the cafe- teria line. A fter numerous suspensions and a few trips to teen detention centers and lectures from counselors, all of which had little or no affect, he was pulled from Harrison High School in Evansville. "My mom realized what I was doing, all kinds of crazy stuff. Talking in school, stealing things, smoking marijuana. She withdrew me from school to homeschool me." Dylan's mother knew he was a capable student. In middle school, he had made the all As and Bs honor roll, but he just lost in- terest in school. Both sets of his grandparents lived in Pike County and Veale decided to move back to Petersburg. "The towns of Evansville and Peters- burg, the crime rate and people in Peters- burg are completely different," said Veale. While it made his situation better, it still wasn't ideal. His mother got a phone call from the principal at Harrison High School. The principal suggested a six-and-a-half month, quasi-military program in Knight- stown, in which he would work toward a GED and learn respect for himself and others. He told Veale's mother there were scholarships available and the success rate was fairly high. It was called the Hoosier Youth ChalleNGe Academy. Their liter- ature states: The mission of the Hoosier Youth ChalleNGe Academy is to intervene, train and mentor at-risk youth to become productive young adults with the values, skills, education and self-discipline neces- sary to successfully contribute to society." The program states it focuses on devel- oping: • Sense of belonging • Motivation and self-discipline • Academic preparation • Mentoring and monitoring • Accountability and consequences • Demanding schedules • Teamwork • Physical fitness • Self-value. Dylan's mom liked the idea and Dylan agreed to it. One of the stipulations for the program was when it started, he could not have vis- itors or see his parents for the first month. Veale said he had been in detention camps from Evansville to Vincennes to Muncie so wasn't too worried about being away from his family. While he had been in numerous deten- tion facilities and had lectures from thera- pists, "Sitting down and talking to a thera- pist didn't do anything for me," said Veale. But he had never faced anything like the Hoosier Youth ChalleNGe Academy. "These guys are all ex-military. It was very military. The first 48 hours, there were people in your face yelling at you constant- ly," said Veale. "They are going to break you down and build you up." "The first two weeks, they get you in and break you down into the lowest piece of crap you can possibly think you are and then turn you into a productive citizen, so you have education and are physically fit." Veale said he had developed a problem dealing with women in authority, which in Teen on path to trouble finds discipline, respect at HYCA If passed, entire county will be zoned to existing uses By Janice Barniak Fifty-nine people attended an informa- tional meeting at the Pike County 4-H Building last Tuesday to discuss the ABCs of Zoning. K.K. Gerhart-Fritz, FAICP, President, was the guest speaker. The event spon- sored by Indiana Farm Bureau and was hosted by Pike and Gibson County Farm Bureaus. Participants learned about the various roles of planning commissions, county commissioners and citizens, sub- divisions, county zoning, city zoning, and spot zoning. The relationship or lack of it between an- nexation and zoning was discussed. In that meeting, K.K. Gerhart-Fritz, FAICP, who is president of The Planning Workshop, answered questions and talked about the steps required to get a plan. Gibson and Pike counties join Fountain, Montgomery, Clay, Sullivan, Greene, Lawrence, Martin, Orange, Crawford and Dubois counties in not having county-wide planning, while the other 80 Indiana Counties have zoning, she said. While Pike County doesn't have county- wide zoning Petersburg has zoning that ex- tends out the Economic Development Area at the I-69 interchange just south of Peters- burg. The Town of Winslow also has zoning. A zoning plan has been presented to the Pike County Commissioners twice in the last 15 years, but both times the commis- sioners declined to approve a zoning plan. It Bell ringing underway The Salvation Army of Pike and Gibson County's Red Kettle campaign is underway. Above, Cal Biddle, Bell Ringing chairman for Pike County, rings bells at the Dollar General Store in Petersburg. Volunteers are needed to ring bells this weekend. It is the biggest fundrais- er of the year for the Salvation Army. Biddle said he needs volunteers from 4 to 8 p.m. at the Dollar General Store in Petersburg on Friday. On Saturday, he needs volunteers from 8 to 10 a.m., and from 1 to 2 p.m. at Petersburg Hardware. Volunteers can call Bid- dle at 812-582-2385. He said 30 people volunteered last weekend. Otwell's Christmas lights go up Volunteers from the Jefferson Township Ruritan put up the communities Christmas lights Saturday morning. Above Andrew Houtsch, Kevin Schnarr, Gary Pride and Chris Himsel on the ladder put up part of the Nativity scene at the War Memorial. In recent years, the Ruritan received donations from the area and helped purchase the lights. Ruritan members were out early Saturday putting them in place.