 The Appalachian Advantage plan is the simpler, better way to get the phone you actually want instead of paying hundreds of dollars up front. Simply pay the taxes up front and a few extra dollars on your monthly bill and get the phone you really want. It's called the Appalachian Advantage and is available at Appalachian Wireless. After months of campaigning, Pike County Judge Executive Ray Jones will continue to serve his community after facing Republican Prentice Atkins in the primary election. As a result, Mountaintop had the opportunity to speak with Jones about his victory. Well, I mean, it's been a tough four month race and I think the people of Pike County clearly and unequivocally stated that they want honest government. They want government with a vision for the future. In the election, Jones was able to acquire 63% of Pike County voters, Jones acquiring 3,468 votes with Prentice Atkins acquiring 2,073. Jones says there are many things left on the drawing board to tackle, such as the groundbreaking of the infrastructure on the Wolff Pit industrial site, work on the hillbilly trail system and the continuation of economic development opportunities. You know, the next four years I'm going to work really hard to let people know the truth to make sure that we do a better job of communicating. And for those of people in rural Pike County like where I grew up that are hurting that think that, you know, maybe in some ways they've been left out, we're going to reach out. We're going to try to make more community investment. You know, the last three years have been pretty tough just trying to straighten out the county's finances after too bad audits, losing the credit rating, no cash reserves. You know, we've got the county in the black now. We're able to do some things. It's still a challenge, but we're going to work for it. You know, we've got a bright future here. There's a lot of things we can do working together to make Pike County a better place to live, work, and raise a family. That's my goal. To make Pike County a better place to live, John says he hopes to work with both Democrats and Republicans to make that happen. Pike County's better days are ahead of us, and you know, it's going to mean a lot of work. It's going to mean a lot of people coming together, Republican and Democrat. You know, I had a lot of Republicans that were encouraging me in this race, a lot of Republican support, and you know, we're all Pike Counties. Well, I don't have a race in the fall. You know, I'm going to reach out. You know, my deputy judge executive is a Republican. Our county treasurer is a Republican. We're trying to bring the best people in regardless of part so that we can give Pike County a fighting chance in the 21st century. For Mountain Top News, I'm Joel Korjold.