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In Arizona he had quickly fallen prey to the seduction of her- oin's immediate euphoric high. Within sec- onds of feeling it hit his nervous system, he started thinking about how to move from Oregon to Arizona, so he could be closer to heroin. A fter three or four days of being high, he sobered up and realized he wasn't "liv- ing long like this." So he ran away from Arizona back to his college home in Oregon, where he attend- ed Lane Community College. His friends there were into the mellow marijuana scene and had never done hard drugs. So when he walked into his friends' house he was shocked to see they were do- ing heroin for the first time. He joined in with them, and a dramatic downward spi- ral began. The whole time he was smoking and drinking, he told himself he would never do hard drugs like heroin. Certainly he would never inject it. "As good as the high was snorting it, it is about 1,000 times better the first time you shoot it," said Cook. It is also wildly more demanding of you. His world quickly changed from being a college student and working toward a de- gree. Now, all his previous priorities were gone. His one and only priority was how to get high. "Your whole deal goes from just trying to feel good and party, to trying to not get sick," said Cook. It also goes to trying to figure out how to support a $100 -a-day habit with no job. To almost every heroin user the answer is easy. Sell enough heroin to pay for your habit. "When you have a $100 -a-day habit, your logic rationale is 'I will buy a bunch, sell it to these guys and then get mine for free.'" "That was my idea, so now I'm dealing." Cook found the heroin culture in Ore- gon was nearly as prevalent as the mari- juana culture. It just wasn't as open, but ac- cess was easy. "It was all illegal immigrants from Mex- ico selling it," said Cook. He said once you made a connection, it was easy to find. "You page them and they would come. If you had built some trust with them, they would give you two or three grams." "You would have the money." But as his habit got worse he didn't have Cook plunges deeply into heroin addiction White killed Sunday in domestic dispute By Ed Cahill Recent wintry weather will shorten the summer break for Pike County students this year. Having missed seven days of school due to weather in January, Pike County School Superinten- dent Suzanne Blake announced Tuesday, Jan. 23, that classes will be held on Monday, Feb. 19; Fri- day, March 23; Monday, April 2; Thursday, May 24; Friday, May 25; Tuesday, May 29 and Wednes- day, May 30. The last day of classes for the 2017-18 school year had been scheduled for Wednesday, May 23. According to Blake, Pike Cen- tral High School's graduation cer- emony currently remains sched- uled for Friday, May 25. Students will have a shorter summer By Andy Heuring A Petersburg man was shot and killed late Sunday night in what police are de- scribing as self-defense during a domestic dispute with his wife. Brian White, 46, of 306 N. 10th St., Pe- tersburg was found shot to death when po- lice responded to an emergency call. Indiana State Police are investigating the shooting. Petersburg Cpl. Kyle Mills responded to the initial call. According to Indiana State Police, White and his wife, Jennifer, were engaged in a physical con- frontation when White reached for a nearby handgun. Jennifer also grabbed the hand- gun and after a brief struggle, she was able to take control of the handgun and shot White in self-defense. Todd Ringle spokes- man for the ISP said White was shot multi- ple times with a .38 caliber pistol. State Police said Mrs. White left the resi- dence and ran to a nearby location for help. Pike County central dispatch initially called for EMS to stage at the courthouse and called for an air ambulance, but they eventually canceled the air ambulance. An autopsy was planned for Tuesday af- ternoon. Results of the autopsy had not been released at of 6 p.m. Pike County Prosecutor Darrin McDon- ald said Tuesday the shooting remains un- der investigation, but he has a large amount of evidence including six-hours of inter- views. "Nothing I have seen at this point per- suades me to think charges are forthcom- ing, but the investigation is not complete. She has given a fairly compelling state- ment. "We have three separate search warrants out right now," said McDonald. He added those search warrants should be able to confirm things White has told them. Ac- cording to public records the search war- rants were to search for evidence of the crimes of domestic battery and aggravat- ed battery within the White residence, their two vehicles, and a pink and white cell phone to check them for evidence such as messages, photos, phone listings or con- tent evidencing any history of violence or the nature of the relationship between Jen- nifer White and Bryan White. A second warrant was to have her exam- ined by a medical professional, including x-rays, to determine any bruising or bro- ken bones that would be evidence of do- mestic battery. Jennifer was found to have broken bones. "To this point all the things she has told us have panned out," said McDonald. By Andy Heuring Several new names have been added to the list of those running for office this year. There are two new filings for county council and another for sheriff. Daren K. Cook filed on the Democrat ticket for County Council District 1, which is held by Randy Harris, who is seeking re-election. Charles Lemond has filed on the Republican ticket for the Dis- trict 2 seat, that was held by Greg Mangin. Mangin is not seeking re-election. Brad Jenkins has added his name to the list of Sheriff's can- didates. Jenkins, a deputy sheriff, filed on the Democrat ticket. He joins Chief Deputy Kent Johnson on the Democrat ticket. Candidates for county offices have until noon Friday, February 9 to file for office. School board can- didates can file between January 25 and August 24. Candidates for the Winslow Town Council have until July 2. So far the candidates to file are: Jody Lynn Hoover (D) for Au- ditor; Lida Ann Robinson (D) for Re- corder; Kent E. Johnson (D) for Sheriff Mike Goodpaster (R) for As- sessor; Randall J. Harris, Jr. (R) and Daren Cook (D) for County Coun- cil Dist. 1; The 71st Annual Soil and Water Conservation District annual din- ner and meeting are set for Tues- day, January 30 at Pike Central High School's cafeteria. Doors open at 6 p.m. and the dinner will be served at 6:30 p.m. with the meeting to follow. The meal will be catered by the Hornville Tav- ern, of Darmstadt. The dinner and meal are free to all attending, however registra- tion is required. Call 812-354-6120 ext. 3 to make reservations. See Section D for more information. SWCD meeting and dinner is Jan. 30 More candidates file for primary election Tuesday waterline fix Petersburg employees begin to dig down to a water line leak at the intersection of Highway 356 and Locust St. Crews started early Tuesday morning on the leak and worked most of day the to fix it. Police from several agencies and emergency responders from the Petersburg Fire Department gathered at 306 N. 10th St. in Petersburg at about midnight on Sunday as police investigated a fatal shooting. Bryan White, 46, was pro- nounced dead at the scene. State Police said it was a self-defense shooting that occurred during a domestic dispute.