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Local ......A1-B12 Sports .........B1-5 Classifi eds .... B6-8 Church ........C1-3 Home Life........C4-9 Obituaries........... C9 Opinion .. B10-12 School..........D1-4 East Gibson .... D5 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 ELECTION on page 3 See METH BUST on page 2 See WHITNEY on page 3 Four sections 40 pages Two inserts Wednesday, May 2, 2018 Volume 148 Number 18 Phone (812) 354-8500 Petersburg, IN 47567-0068 (USPS 604-34012) $ 1 Petersburg City-Wide Yard Sale May 12 The City-Wide Yard Sale is set for Satur- day, May 12 in the Petersburg area. A map of their locations, and ads describing what is for sale will appear in the May 9 issue of The Press-Dispatch. Yard Sale participants will receive a cor- responding number card that matches their number on the map to post at their location, and their yard sale ad will list highlights of their items for sale. The deadline to place an ad is Monday, May 7 at 5 p.m. Ads can be submitted in person, by phone, fax or e-mail. By Andy Heuring An old mine pit and surrounding acre- age south of Winslow, used for decades for swimming and fishing, is being filled in by a $1.2 million project. While the Indiana Department of Natural Resources claims it is being done to elim- inate a dangerous highwall and acid run- off, area sportsmen are not happy with the project, claiming it is ruining a good fish- ing and hunting habitat on public property by clear cutting the area and filling in Whit- ney Pit. It is located off of CR 175 E., about a mile south of Ayrshire Road. Tara Wolf, spokesman for the IDNR, in written statement, explained the project. "This reclamation project is being complet- ed to backfill a dangerous highwall and re- grade dangerous piles and embankments in Sugar Ridge Fish and Wildlife Area 2. The most severe portions of highwall at Whitney pit will be backfilled and water replaced." She continued, "Buttermilk highwall and the associated pits negatively impacted by acid mine drainage will be eliminated and Whitney Pit being filled in by Dept. of Natural Resources Petersburg Little League Opening Day excitement Players and coaches of the Petersburg Little League's IPL tee-ball team react as their team's name is called out by league president Joey O'Brien during an opening day ceremony held on Saturday, April 28. The on-field ceremony was preceded by a parade through downtown Petersburg. See more pictures on Page A-6&7 Ed Cahill photo By Andy Heuring Election day is next Tuesday and the campaigns at the federal, state and local level are in full swing. Early voting has been brisk in Pike County. Registered voters can vote prior to the election through a variety of methods. The Clerk's office is open for voting Monday-Friday until May 4 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. and from 8 a.m. to noon on Monday, May 7. The Clerk's office will al- so be open on Saturday, May 5 from 8 a.m. to noon to accommodate those who can't make it during the week. If a voter is physically unable to vote, they can request the assistance of a bipartisan travel board. Below are the locations of the polling places for those who plan to vote on election day. They are: Clay ......................Union Community Bldg. Jeff # 1 .............Otwell Community Center Jeff #2 ..............Otwell Community Center Marion ............Otwell Community Center Lockhart .......... Stendal Community Bldg. Logan ..................... Glezen Revival Center Patoka 1 ................. Glezen Revival Center Madison ............... 4H Bldg. Hornady Park Washington 2 ....... 4H Bldg. Hornady Park Washington 3 ....... 4H Bldg. Hornady Park Monroe ..................................... Jordan Park Petersburg 1 ......................... Gospel Center Petersburg 2 ......................... Gospel Center Petersburg 3 ......................... Gospel Center Petersburg 4 ........................ Gospel Center Washington 1 ...................... Gospel Center Patoka 2 ...... Winslow Community Center Winslow ...... Winslow Community Center The polls open at 6 a.m. and will close at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, May 8. The most populated race locally is the race for Sheriff. There are five people, three Democrats and two Republicans, vying to replace Sheriff Jeremy Britton, who has reached his term limit. On the Democrat side is Chief Deputy Sheriff Kent Johnson, Deputy Sheriff Brad Jenkins and former FBI agent John Bella- my. (See profiles on page A-8.) On the Re- Primary election voting now through Tuesday Some tax statements being returned due to bad addresses If you haven't gotten your property tax statements for 2018, you need to call the Pike County Treasurer's Office. "We are experiencing a lot of returned mail as we normally do in the Spring. How- ever, many of the returns do not have for- warding addresses on them," said Pike County Treasurer Marta Query. She added, "Please contact us as soon as possible, as the Spring installment is due on Thursday, May 10." By Andy Heuring A Vincennes man, claiming to be an un- dercover informant, was arrested on charg- es of conspiracy to deal meth, a level 5 fel- ony, after police stopped the car in which he was riding. Patrick Walker, 31, of 710 Buntin St., Vincennes, was arrested at about 11 p.m. on Wednesday, April 24 by Indiana State Trooper Chase Eaton, when Eaton couldn't read the license plate of the car because of a license plate holder. Trooper Easton said when he approached the Chevrolet Sonic to talk with the driver, Kristen Schafer, 21, of Arkansas, he noticed the backseat pas- senger, Walker, try to push something un- der the seat. Trooper Eaton said he asked both the front seat passenger and backseat passen- ger for identification. However, the back- seat passenger didn't have any identifica- tion and said his name was Patrick Bowers. When Eaton ran his name and birth date, it didn't return. So he asked the backseat passenger about his name again. According to a probable cause affidavit, the passenger said he couldn't tell him is name because of a previous murder in his family, and said he was an informant and couldn't say any- more. When Trooper Eaton continued to question the backseat passenger, he even- tually said his name was Walker. Eaton had all three people exit the ve- hicle. Deputy Buck Seger had K-9 Officer Bleck do a sniff test of the vehicle. K-9 Of- ficer Bleck indicated illegal drugs were in the vehicle. Deputy Seger did a search of the vehi- cle and located a napkin wrapped around a small clear plastic bag that contained a white powder. He also located a glass smok- ing device with burnt residue on it. They lat- er tested positive for meth. During the search, Trooper Eaton said he was talking with Walker about why he wouldn't tell him his name. Walker then told him he was a confidential informant of an officer in Vincennes and was work- ing on a controlled buy that night. Man claiming to be informant arrested for meth Bulldozers and excavators shove dirt down a highwall at Whitney Pit recently. They were contracted by the Indiana Department of Natural Resources to back fill the pit highwall and cut down many of the trees in a 36-acre area at a cost of $1.2 million. Whitney Pit is located off of CR 175 E., about a mile south of Ayrshire Road south of Winslow. ELECTION 2018 PRIMARY CANDIDATE PROFILES START ON PAGE A-8 Pike Central Prom coverage on B-10