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Excludes: Fresh Flowers Jewelry Table Arrangements Wreaths Halloween Decor Gift Items INCLUDING SADDLES 10% off COUNCIL Continued from page 1 look like." Except, Klipsch quickly added, 4-H Fair Board pres- ident Kelly Cook. "She's been so involved with this stuff over the years with 4-H," Klipsch said. "She goes to these confer- ences and she sees these amusement companies and she sees the stage and all the things that were so un- believable here for us that we haven't seen, and made this possible. I just can't say enough about that, because she was really the force pushing me on most of these decisions." "I made the joke that ev- ery time I would raise a dollar, Kelly would spend two, and she kept asking, 'What's my budget? ' And I'd say, 'Kelly, I don't really have a budget. How much do you need and I'll just go out and try to raise it'," because this was all funded by dona- tions." Klipsch said that it was Cook who kept pushing him to contact INDOT to get per- mission to close Main Street for the festival. "I told Kelly Cook at the very first meeting, we can't do that, that INDOT won't let us," Klipsch recalled. "She wouldn't take no for an answer, so I just kept look- ing into it and I found out we could." Klipsch also heaped praise on the small group of volunteers who helped orga- nize and put on the event. "I was so proud of the community, the way they turned out, and so proud of our people, the way that it was presented and handled," Klipsch said. "I had no idea nor could I ever dream it could look like that." "I wanted a fall festival type activity, that hopeful- ly would replace the Catfish Festival, but you can see what happens," Klipsch add- ed. "These service organiza- tions are so challenged for membership, and we've lost so many, and everybody's so busy, it's just so hard to do this. But if you look at the finished product and com- pare that to the small num- ber of people who were in- volved in putting this thing together, it really was amaz- ing. It really was." The best feature of the Festival, Klipsch noted, were the free rides. "I was so happy that we could raise the money to be able to do this free for all the children and not price any- body out," Klipsch said. "So, if we've got INDOT's approv- al, if I can get commitments from some of the sponsors again, there's a very good chance that this would be possible again. The goal is to keep it the way it was – affordable for the kids and entertaining for everybody." "I don't know if we can beat it, but it was certainly a job well done by everybody that was involved," Klipsch added. "I never dreamed it would come out like it did." Council member John Melhiser agreed. "All I could say is it was a huge success and we should thank everyone – business owners and volunteers and all the city employees – for making this come off as easy as it did," Melhiser said. Police Chief Chuck Baumgart told the council that there were very few in- cidents during the festival. "We had a lot of medical runs, which EMS was there on the scene so we were able to handle all of them without any problems," Baumgart said. "We had them staged right in the middle of the festival, so they were able to get there really quick. We didn't have any bad inju- ries. We had a few minor in- juries and then we had a lot of heat-related injuries. But, really, that was our biggest thing." Baumgart also said that parking for the event went smoothly. "Everybody seemed to find parking without any problems," Baumgart said. "We never had any issues with any complaints on blocking driveways or any- thing. No vehicles had to be towed. I'd like to thank the citizens just for doing a great job on respecting other peo- ple's property, and coming out and having a good time celebrating our birthday." Baumgart saved his high- est praise for the city's em- ployees. "From the water depart- ment, sewer department, street department, and, of course, the police depart- ment, we worked them long hours," Baumgart said. "How many complaints did you get, R.C.? " "I didn't get any," Klipsch replied. "I didn't get any," Baumgart said. "All you had to do was say, well, we've got to do this, they were all there. You didn't even have to ask them. They'd just come in and do it." "They were still doing that today," council member Gary Leavitt said. "I mean, they were hard on it today." "You don't ask them," Baumgart continued. "They know it's got to be done, they go out and do it. You can't ask for better employees. I've worked for a large de- partment and seen every service there was out there, and I've said this before – I wouldn't trade this group of guys for nothing. They are the best guys you could ask for, every single one of them." "That's exactly right," Klipsch replied. Baumgart told the coun- cil that he still remembered what it was like the first time he went to a festival as a child. "That is burnt in my head from when I was a kid, re- membering that good time," Baumgart said. "And I got to see my grandson go out there on one of those things, and, man, that popped in my head. I hope he remembers that." "That's what I was really after right there," Klipsch said. "Because these kids, some are going to stay here, some of them are going to grow up and move away, and this is something I want them to remember. I think we got that. I really do. To me, that was a lot more im- portant than how many peo- ple came and everything else. As it turned out, it just exceeded everything. But I think those kids will remem- ber this." In other business, the council approved the final reading of the city's 2018 budget. The adopted prop- erty tax rate will be $1.9004. The council also approved an ordinance vacating an alley running northwest/ southeast between Syca- more and Locust streets in the block of 4th and 5th streets; as well as an ordi- nance fixing the annual sal- aries of the city's elected of- ficials for 2018. PAVING Continued from page 1 at the County Highway Ga- rage. Highway Superinten- dent Ham said Walburn had a class A operator's license. He added that Walburn had worked at a local rock yard for years. "We think he will make a pretty good hand," said Ham. The commissioners vot- ed to vacate an alleyway in Alford. Commissioner Jeff Nel- son said the alley was plot- ted, but never built. "Amy Melhiser is wanting to sell her house and the bank of the person buying it wants the alley vacated." Nelson said no alley was ever built. County Attorney Val Fleig said Melhiser owns proper- ty on both sides of the alley so no other property owner is affected. "Actually, the church is in the middle of the alley." In their previous meeting, the commissioners set the holiday schedule for 2018. Observed holidays will be: New Year's Day, Jan. 1; MLK Day, Monday, Jan. 15; Presidents' Day, Monday, Feb. 19; Good Friday, March 30; Memorial Day, Monday, May 28; Independence Day, Wednesday, July 4; Labor Day, Monday, Sept. 3; Columbus Day, Monday, Oct. 8; Veterans Day, Monday, Nov. 12; Thanksgiving, Thursday and Fri- day, Nov. 22 and 23; Christmas Eve, Monday, Dec. 24; Christmas Day, Tuesday, Dec. 25; New Year's Eve, Monday, Dec. 31. The next commission- ers' meeting is scheduled for 9:30 a.m. Monday, Oc- tober 2. By Andy Heuring A Missouri woman was ar- rested late Sunday night for possession of cocaine after a traffic stop on I-69. Kelly Hadley, 22, of 3762 Midview Ave., Bridgeton, Mo., was arrested after po- lice stopped the car she was riding in for speeding. Pike County Sheriff's Sgt. Dallas Killian said he stopped a vehicle north- bound for going 81 mph in a 70 zone at about 11:35 p.m. The vehicle was driven by Juan Ramos, 25, of Bloom- ington. Sgt. Killian said Ra- mos gave him an expired Mexico driver's license. When Killian asked where they were going, the passen- ger, Hadley, said they were coming from Nashville. Sgt. Killian said while talking with Ramos, he asked if there were any ille- gal substances in the vehi- cle. Ramos responded 'no' and gave Sgt. Killian per- mission to search his vehi- cle. State Trooper C.J. Boeck- man and Killian approached the vehicle and talked with Ramos and Hadley, asking if there was anything illegal in the vehicle. Sgt. Killian said Hadley almost immediately told them there was cocaine under the passenger seat. Sgt. Killian's report states Ramos and Hadley began speaking to each other in Spanish and he could hear the word cocaine several times. "It was clear by their body language and his (Ra- mos) demeanor, he did not know it (cocaine) was in the vehicle." During the search, Sgt. Killian said a white powdery substance was found under the passenger's seat and it field tested positive for co- caine. He said they also lo- cated a "snort tube" in a pack of cigarettes. Sgt. Killian said Hadley told police Ramos didn't know about the cocaine. Ac- cording to Killian's report, she also admitted the snort tube was hers and she had been using for several days. Hadley was taken into custody on a charge of pos- session of cocaine. Ramos was cited and released. Traffic stop leads to cocaine arrest By James Capozella At about 12:15 a.m. Friday morning, Vicky L. Corn, of 602 E. Maple St., Peters- burg, was arrested for do- mestic battery after she punched Margaret Town- ly, of the same address, in the side of the head. Corpo- ral Jared Simmons reports that Vicky was then struck in the mouth by Margaret. Vicky had been stripping her clothes off while in the house following an argu- ment and fight with Robert Townly. Simmons, assisted by Deputy Jason McKinney, Deputy Buck Seger and Trooper C.J. Boeckman, was advised by Margaret Townly that her son, Rob- ert Townly, and his girl- friend, Vicky Corn, had got into an argument and dur- ing the argument, Marga- ret was punched in the head by Vicky. Margaret advised that the couple was living in the backyard in a tent and that Robert was still in the tent and Vicky was in the back bedroom of the trailer. Margaret stated that Vicky and Robert had been living together since May of this year. When officers inter- viewed Robert, he said the two had started argu- ing about a few things and that she became violent and started smacking him in the face and the head. The report went on describing screaming and yelling and the fact that Vicky urinat- ed in the floor of his tent. He said he told her to go in the house and use the rest- room and she became more combative and hit him even more. Vicky told officers that both Robert and Margaret beat her and she hadn't done anything to them. She stat- ed she had marks to prove it but there weren't any marks where she said, according to the report. Simmons noticed the strong odor of an alcohol- ic beverage and she regis- tered .178 for blood alco- hol content. Vicky was told she was being placed un- der arrest for domestic bat- tery and started to pull away when placed in handcuffs. She fought officers while be- ing placed in a patrol car, ac- cording to the report. Once Vicky was trans- ported to the Pike County Jail, she was rude and un- cooperative with jail staff. She was placed in the drunk tank, where she decided to urinate on the floor of the cell. She was placed on sui- cide watch because of state- ments made to the jail staff. Corn arrested for domestic battery after altercation Wild ride during bed races Shelby Vaughn hangs for a wild ride during the bed races as she is pushed by members of the Pike Cen- tral girls' basketball team. Her pushers are Erica Hendrixson, Emily Carnahan and Audra Stone. The event involved seven teams competing in double elimination matchups during the Buffalo Trace Festival on Saturday.