WFPC Podcasting

If you are an automobile enthusiast and you’ve been around Pike County for a while, certainly you’ve seen or heard of Timeless Classics which is a local car club that has been around since the 1970s! Today we’re going to learn more about the club from a couple of members, Gene Keepes and Bob O’Rourke!

Thanks for joining us for this program of WFPC Podcasting!  The program is brought to you by Hathaway Excavating and Rock Yard, Shoultz Eye Care, The Log Ends Farm Bed and Breakfast, The Dustin Schnarr Indiana Farm Bureau Insurance Agency, Harris Real Estate and Petersburg Car Wash. Please thank our sponsors for their continued investment in Pike County. A new program appears each Friday on WFPCPodcasting, exploring the people, information and news right here in Pike County. See you next week.

March, in Indiana is a special time of year… your favorite team falls off, you find another to carry you through One Shining Moment. Last week we spoke with Gary Lemond and we’re doing kind of a part two to that.  Hopefully in the future we can feature more other teams, girls and boys, different sports but for this moment we’ve Craig Weisman, Adam Seitz and Coach Brian Wahl and we’re going to talk about on of those fun moments in Pike Central sports history.

Thanks for joining us for this program of WFPC Podcasting! The program is brought to you by Harris Real Estate, Hathaway Excavating and Rock Yard, Petersburg Car Wash, The Dustin Schnarr Indiana Farm Bureau Agency, Shoultz Eye Care and The Log Ends Farm Bed and Breakfast!  Please thank the sponsors for their continued investment in Pike County! Please like the podcast and share with your friends so more people can hear about WFPC Podcasting. It’s on Youtube, Apple Podcasts… Just type it in your browser, it’s out there!  This is episode 41 and they are all on there! Join us next Friday for another WFPC podcast exploring the people, information and news right here in Pike County. See you next week.

As we get into March, in Indiana, you think of March Madness. Hoosier hysteria! Gyms filled with fans anticipating excitement! The Roof, The Roof, The Roof is on fire. In the 50 years of Pike Central… we’ve had a few pretty good basketball runs. A catalyst for a lot of that was now retired athletic director Gary Lemond!

Thanks for joining us for this program of WFPC Podcasting! The program is brought to you by Harris Real Estate, Hathaway Excavating and Rock Yard, Petersburg Car Wash, The Dustin Schnarr Indiana Farm Bureau Agency, Shoultz Eye Care and The Log Ends Farm Bed and Breakfast! Please like the podcast and share with your friends so more people can hear about WFPC Podcasting. It’s on Youtube, Apple Podcasts… Just type it in your browser, it’s out there!  This is episode 40 and they are all on there! Join us next Friday for another WFPC podcast exploring the people, information and news right here in Pike County. See you next week.

When the 1970s rolled around, people started preparing for our bicentennial. as I sell a house from that era often I notice in the pitch of the the porch roof, or above the garage somewhere is an American Eagle with wings spread. Your kitchen wallpaper and paneling were colonial American based themes. Companies marketed colonial items and they love to put the decals or stamp of the liberty Bell or the eagle... something American. I have yet to put away all of my toys from the bicentennial! The catalysts for that 70’s era was that World War II generation that we refer to many times as the greatest generation they were patriots. What is this generation going to do with the 250th? President Trump has an initiative called America 250!  Coordinating the effort on a local level is our preeminent local historian Sandy McBeth!

Thanks for joining us for this program of WFPC Podcasting!  The program is brought to you by Harris Real Estate, Hathaway Excavating and Rock Yard, Petersburg Car Wash, The Dustin Schnarr Indiana Farm Bureau Agency, Shoultz Eye Care and The Log Ends Farm Bed and Breakfast! Please like the podcast and share with your friends so more people can hear about WFPC Podcasting. It’s on Youtube, Apple Podcasts… Just type it in your browser, it’s out there!  This is episode 40 and they are all on there! Join us next Friday for another WFPC podcast exploring the people, information and news right here in Pike County. See you next week.

Host Randy Harris sits down with Matt Wells — a Pike County native who rose from volunteer firefighter and EMS director to Assistant Chief at the Indiana State Fire Marshal’s Office. They discuss his personal journey, major responses like the 2005 tornado, and how small-town values shaped his career.

The episode explores the State Fire Marshal’s mission: fire prevention, investigations, and safety regulations, plus real-world issues like arson, product recalls, and smoke alarm importance. It also covers how technology — cell data, AI, drones, 3D scans, and forensic science — is changing investigations and public safety.

Welcome to WFPC Podcasting! This is a weekly look at news, information and the people in and around Pike County! One thing that endeared Pike County to me, when I pulled into town, was community and caring about each other. 70 years ago, some of the people in the community realized we needed a stronger baseball presence within the community. After all, the best first baseman in major league ball played for the Brooklyn Dodgers and was from right here. So a few individuals, parents, business owners, started meeting in the above the Voyles IGA Building in Johnny and Virginia’s office, in what is now to White Brick Hair Salon. Deb Minnis started hauling in sand to what became the American Legion Baseball Field. Lem and Louise MCClellan started hosting fish fries to raise money… the whole community was involved and ready to play ball for the 1957 season! Today, that community still exists on the American Legion Baseball Field. When we were starting WFPC Podcasting months ago, I was telling the Little League President’s husband about the podcast and he said, “We need to promote the little league at sign up time.” Here we are. And the position of dealing with Randy was dealt 6 for 7 months ago to Buck Seger.

Thanks for joining us for this program of WFPC Podcasting! As you notice WFPC Podcasting is incorporating new sponsors to the program. Many thanks to Kyle Hathaway for his continued sponsorship as well as Harris Real Estate and Petersburg Car Wash. Welcome to The Dustin Schnarr Agency, Shoultz Eye Care and The Log Ends Farm Bed and Breakfast. WFPC Podcasting is not as expensive as the overhead of a radio station, but there is still overhead and we hope you thank our sponsors for their support. We hope to grow WFPC and it’s list of sponsors in the future to provide more quality programing. If I haven’t seen you yet and you would like to  be a sponsor, just text, call or stop in at Harris Real Estate. We’re right here. Please like the podcast and share with your friends so more people can hear about WFPC it on our website, Spotify, Youtube, Apple Podcasts and wherever you listen to your favorite media! Join us next Friday for another WFPC Podcast exploring the people, information and news right here in Pike County.

As we’ve mentioned before, Pike County has a wealth of talented local musicians. The per capita ratio has to be strong. Two of my all time favorites are Lynna and Jim Woolsey! They been making great music for decades!

Thanks for joining us for this program of WFPC Podcasting! The program is brought to you by Harris Real Estate, Hathaway Excavating and Rock Yard and Petersburg Car Wash. Please like the podcast and share with your friends so more people can hear about WFPC. You may find WFPC podcasting on our website, Spotify, Youtube, Apple Podcasts and wherever you listen to your favorite media! Join us next Friday for another WFPC podcast exploring the people, information and news right here in Pike County. See you next week.

Pike County Prosecutor Darrin McDonald and his Chief Deputy Sarah Stephens received a little help last year in a deputy prosecutor Logan Tedrow. Logan has taken the bull by the horns and is making an attempt in being proactive to prevent crime before it happens. We’re going to discuss a lot today.

Thanks for joining us for this program of WFPC Podcasting! The program is brought to you by Harris Real Estate, Hathaway Excavating and Rock Yard and Petersburg Car Wash. Please like the podcast and share with your friends so more people can hear about WFPC. You may find WFPC podcasting on our website, Spotify, Youtube, Apple Podcasts and wherever you listen to your favorite media! Join us next Friday for another WFPC podcast exploring the people, information and news right here in Pike County. See you next week.

Our 2nd WFPC Podcasted featured Pike County Economic Development Director Ashley Polen Willis! That was in early last summer! Ashley is a local product who is always working to keep up us with the competition!

Thanks for joining us for this program of WFPC Podcasting!  The program is brought to you by Harris Real Estate, Hathaway Excavating and Rock Yard and Petersburg Car Wash. Please like the podcast and share with your friends so more people can hear about WFPC. You may find WFPC podcasting on our website, Spotify, Youtube, Apple Podcasts and wherever you listen to your favorite media! Join us next Friday for another WFPC podcast exploring the people, information and news right here in Pike County. See you next week!

One of the mainstays around Winslow for the last hundred years, and usually we use that term loosely, but in this case is not an exaggeration, is Marilee Hume. Marilee was born in 1926! She and her husband Ernie were two of my first friends when I pulled into Pike County! In fact, I interviewed her dad, John Russ on WFPC Radio in 1988 for Veterans Day because he was the last surviving WWI veteran. She carries on that tradition, she is our guest today and we have a lot to discuss!

Thanks for joining us for this program of WFPC Podcasting!  The program is brought to you by Harris Real Estate, Hathaway Excavating and Rock Yard and Petersburg Car Wash. Please like the podcast and share with your friends so more people can hear about WFPC. You may find WFPC podcasting on our website, Spotify, Youtube, Apple Podcasts and wherever you listen to your favorite media! Join us next Friday for another WFPC podcast exploring the people, information and news right here in Pike County. See you next week.