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The Press-Dispatch Wednesday, Januar y 2, 2019 A-3 LOCAL Call: 812-354-8500 Email: news@pressdispatch.net or bring in a hard copy: 820 E. Poplar Street, Petersburg NEWS BRIEFS Cooking class for one or two Jan. 17 Ever think why both- er to cook when it's just yourself? Jenny Ridao with the Purdue Exten- sion Office will show you it's easier than you think when she pres- ents Cooking for One or Two at the Oakland City-Columbia Town- ship Public Library on Jan. 17 at noon. Kick off the new year with a commit- ment to eating healthy and learning a few new tips for cooking in small batches. This is a free event; however registration is required and space is limited. To register con- tact the library via Face- book or by calling 812- 749 -3559. Upcoming event? We want to know! Do you have an up- coming event? Send it to news@pressdis- patch.net or call 812- 354-8500. 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Box 68, Petersburg, IN 47567-0068 • • • Entered in the Post Office in Petersburg, Indiana for transmission through the mails as Periodical Mail, postage paid at Petersburg, Indiana – published weekly. (USPS 205-620) Contact us: Phone: .......... 812-354-8500 Fax: ............... 812-354-2014 E-mail: Andy Heuring, Editor editor@pressdispatch.net Advertising ads@pressdispatch.net General News news@pressdispatch.net Sports sports@pressdispatch.net Subscription Services subscribe@pressdispatch. net HIGHLIGHTS Continued from page 1 started from a smoldering grill de- stroyed a pole barn at the residence of Grant and Jess Adams, near the Dutchtown Community. Jefferson Township Fire Chief Chris Young said it is believed coals in a charcoal grill that was left open reignited and start- ed the fire. The grill was on the porch of the pole building that was just a few feet behind the family's house. • Petersburg's Common Council voted unanimously during its regu- lar meeting to purchase a 3,000 -gal- lon tank truck for the Petersburg Vol- unteer Fire Department. The total cost of the Freightliner tank truck – which also had a pumping capacity of up to 1,000 gallons per minute – was $290,465, and was expected to be de- livered in January of February of 2019. • Clog the Patoka 2018 exploded to 811 participants floating down the Patoka River for a wildly good time. Blessed with perfect weather and a near perfect river level for the sec- ond year in a row, an idea to invite any and everyone who wanted to go with some buddies who liked to kayak and float the Patoka River exploded into a huge event that drew people from as far away as South Dakota and Knox- ville, Tenn. "I thought we might have 400 to 500 people," said Chris Clem- ents, who concocted Clog the Patoka in 2017 and was amazed 360 people participated then. "I had no idea we would have 811 people show up." • The Indiana Supreme Court de- clared that Brian Paquette could only be sentenced on one count of resist- ing while operating a vehicle causing death. The ruling reduced the original sentence of 50.5 years by at least eight years. The maximum Paquette could be sentenced after the ruling was 42.5 years. Paquette killed three people on Feb. 2, 2016, in Pike County while flee- ing police, driving south in the north- bound lanes of I-69 – Stephanie Mo- linet and Autumn Kapperman, who were in a Ford Focus driving north, and Jason Lowe, of Fishers, who was also driving north. Lowe's wife, Sa- mantha, survived. Kapperman was pregnant at the time of the fatal crash. • Frank Heuring, Jr., publisher of The Press-Dispatch since Septem- ber 1952, died on July 11 at the age of 87. He had remained active with The Press-Dispatch until recent months, when he moved into Assisted Living at Amber Manor. Heuring's newspaper career spanned nine decades, from the handset type era to the digital age. He worked with five generations, in- cluding his grandfather, A.J. Heuring, the publication's founder; his father, Frank Heuring, Sr.; his sons, John and Andy, who are still active with the pub- lication; and his grandson, Alden, who currently is a columnist for both The Press-Dispatch and the South Gibson Star-Times, which was created in Sep- tember 1991 following the purchase of the Owensville Star-Echo and the Fort Branch Times by Pike Publishing, un- der Heuring's guidance. • The Pike County School Corpo- ration will spend more than $1.2 mil- lion in local and grant monies over the next few months in an on-going effort to make its schools the safest in the United States. In February, the board voted to purchase the NetTalon Emer- gency Response System – heralded as the safest, most advanced system in the nation – for each of its schools at a total cost of $ 922,779, which is be- ing financed by a loan that will be paid back in five annual installments of $211,044.37 starting on Sept. 1, 2018. In addition, School Superinten- dent Suzanne Blake announced that the corporation had been awarded a 2018 Safe Haven Grant from the Indi- ana Criminal Justice Institute in the amount of $102,003, which – along with a local match of $102,003 fr a to- tal of $204,006 – will be used to cov- er the expenses of four school re- source officers for one year. Blake al- so informed the school board that the school corporation had been awarded a 2019 Secured School Safety Grant of $41,784.42, which – along with a local match of $41,784.42 to make the to- tal grant $ 83,568.84 – will be used to upgrade radio communication equip- ment. In addition, Blake announced that the corporation would receive seven hand-held metal detectors – at no cost – as part of a program an- nounced by Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb. • A Velpen man was injured when a Mustang fleeing police at a high speed crashed into him. Aaron Sanders, 25, of Petersburg, was arrested when he crashed after leading police on a high- speed chase from Petersburg to near Velpen. Frank Rode, 68, suffered bro- ken ribs in the crash. Rode was driv- ing his Chevrolet pickup south on Highway 257 near CR200S when he saw the chase behind him and at- tempted to turn left into a driveway to get out of the way. Instead, Sand- ers attempted to pass him on the left and crashed into the driver's side of Rode's truck, causing Rode's vehicle to overturn and come to rest upside down. Sanders, who fled Indiana State Police Trooper John Davis when Davis attempted to stop him on East Main Street in Petersburg for a seatbelt vi- olation, was wanted on a warrant from Daviess County for failing to register as a sex offender. • For the second year in a row, the Pike County School Corporation's general fund balance remained in the black – without having to take out a bank loan to do so. As of June 30, the school corporation's general fund bal- ance was $223,519. On June 30, 2017, the general fund's balance stood at $506,705. On June 30, 2016, the gen- eral fund's balance was $1,516,127, which included a six-month bank loan of $ 3 million. On June 30, 2015, the general fund's balance was $1,127,688, which included a six-month bank loan of $4 million. On June 30, 2014, the general fund's balance was $288,021, which included two six-month bank loans totaling $7.2 million and inter- fund loans totaling $1.7 million. On June 30, 2013, the general fund's bal- ance was $ 3,955.140, which includ- ed six three-month bank loans to- taling $10.65 million and interfund loans totaling $1.6 million. On June 30, 2012, the general fund's balance was $ 642,957, which included a six- month bank loan of $ 3.44 million and interfund loans of $1.5 million. • Sarah Christianson was named as Pike County's new Deputy Pros- ecutor. Christianson had previously worked for four years in the public de- fender's office in Louisville, Ky. She graduated from Jasper High School in 2010 and then completed her under- graduate degree in Law and Society at Purdue University before getting her law degree from the University of Louisville. Christianson had partici- pated in an internship in the summer of 2010 for the Pike County Prosecu- tor's Office. • Neighbors awakened a Peters- burg woman as her house was burn- ing. Theresa Littrell, at 1709 E. Syca- more St., heard someone banging on her front door at about 7 a.m. She got up and went to the door to be told her house was on fire. A neighbor said his girlfriend was on her way home and noticed smoke coming from the house. Littrell said she was sleeping, but her four dogs were "going crazy." She had not noticed the fire or smoke that was in the attic. Petersburg As- sistant Fire Chief Jon Craig said fire damage was limited to the attic and one bedroom. However, there was ex- tensive smoke damage throughout the house. Craig said the fire appeared to have been an electrical fire that start- ed around a light fixture attached to the ceiling of a bedroom. • Emily Brasher was crowned as 2018 Miss Pike County Fair. Carlie Halbrader was crowned as 2018 Teen Miss Pike County Fair. Wren Kabrick was crowned as 2018 Junior Miss Pike County Fair. Kiersten Wood was crowned as 2018 Little Miss Pike County Fair. Drayvin Nossett was crowned as 2018 Little Mister Pike County Fair. • Pike Central Middle School ris- ing eighth grader Chloe Williams hurled a five-inning no-hit shutout while helping lead the Illiana Kaos softball travel team to a ninth-place finish in the 14 & Under North Ameri- can All Sanctioned World Series at Co- lumbus, Ohio. Williams, the 14-year- old daughter of Chet and Angie Wil- liams, of Petersburg, saw action in six of the team's seven games, going 3- 2 while allowing 12 runs – seven of which were earned – while walking five and striking out 11 in 19 innings. AUGUST • An Oakland City man was arrest- ed – and police were searching for a second person – on charges of steal- ing items from a Solar Sources mine near Spurgeon. Zachary S. Besing, 30, of 427 W. Morton St., Oakland City, was arrested on charges of theft great- er than $750 and criminal trespass. Police requested a warrant for Joseph J. Robinson, of 153 E. Niblack Rd., Vin- cennes, on the same charges. • If you talk to a member of the Pike County 4-H Council that oversees the JULY 4 — Little Noah Flener plays under one of the featured sprinklers at the Kiefer Splash Park at Hornady Park in Petersburg on Monday. The Splash Park is expected to be busy this week, due to the hot weather and the July 4th holiday. Kenzie Rudolph photo JULY 25 — Peyton Willis shows her Silkie chicken named Cloud during the Future Showmanship division on Monday morning at the Pike County 4-H Fair. Willis said she named the chicken Cloud, because it resembles a fluffy cloud. Continued on page 4