The Press-Dispatch
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A-2 Front Wednesday, Januar y 23, 2019 The Press-Dispatch We're not afraid to shed some light on the truth. 812-354-8500 SUBSCRIBE TODAY! Kelli and Gage Gordon enjoy the 4-H pancake breakfast. This will be Gordon's first year with 4-H. See additional photos on page B-14. Kenzie Rudolph photo By Kenzie Rudolph This past Saturday, Janu- ary 19, there was a 4-H pan- cake breakfast at Horna- dy Park for enrollment of 4-H members. There was enough pancakes, sausage links, juice, milk and coffee to go around. This is the first year for a pancake breakfast to pair with enrollment. According to Sarah Hop- kins and Jill Hyneman, new opportunities in 4-H this year are the tractor club, cat club and a Winslow club. There will also be opportu- nities for a robotics club and even a grilling project to match with the baking por- tion that many of the female members love. Shelby Keeker, who went to state with the talent por- tion of the fair this past year, was at the breakfast. Keeker added that this year for 4-H, she is going to show a mare. Becky Steinhart, who has been involved with 4-H for 45 years, following in her parents' footsteps, said her favorite part of 4-H is "the pleasure of seeing the kids succeed." She added the kids are learning while in 4- H, but they don't always re- alize it. 4-H has pancake breakfast, enrollment day CELEBRATE TOUCH DOWN GAME DAY SAVINGS! WITH 812-354-9046 9th and Sycamore, Petersburg fishhutpizza.com OPEN: Mon.-Sat., 11am-9pm Sun. 11am-7pm $ 1 $ 3 OFF OFF Any Sandwich Any Large or Medium P za Petersburg 812-354-9046 fishhutpizza.com Mon.- Sat. 11am-9pm Sunday. 11am-7pm Petersburg 812-354-9046 fishhutpizza.com Mon.- Sat. 11am-9pm Sunday. 11am-7pm (Good: 1/31/19 - 2/4/19) Can not be combined with other offers. (Good: 1/31/19 - 2/4/19) Can not be combined with other offers. COUPON COUPON By James Capozella The number of incidents responded to by Petersburg Fire Department (PFD) personnel in 2018 was down from last year and thankful- ly did not include a single fire call in December. Pe- tersburg fire chief Ross El- more said, "It's surprising we didn't have a fire run in December and that we made less runs than in 2017." In 2018 there were 207 in- cidents responded to by PFD with 877 responders averag- ing more than four fire fight- ers per dispatch. Medical as- sistance of the Pike County Emergency Medical Service crew amounted to 129 of 207 responses for 62.32 percent of the total runs. The department respond- ed to eight motor vehicle ac- cidents with injuries and two more involving extrication of victims from a vehicle. The department responded to six passenger vehicle fires that totaled $29,800 in damages, which was 12.61 percent of the total losses for the year. Six building fires in 2018 represented 2.9 percent of the department runs and $181,000 in losses (76.57 percent of the total). Four of the six building fires were in June and July of 2018. The busiest time of the year for medical assistance calls for the department was November, followed by June and then May. Fourteen fire responses involved rubbish and brush, according to the annual re- port. In addition there were two road freight vehicle fires and one dumpster fire. One of those freight vehicle fires was a grain truck brake fire, according to Elmore. Firefighters were dis- patched to two gas leaks, two shorted electrical equip- ment problems and one car- bon monoxide incident. There were eight respons- es to smoke, odor and false alarms. Ten of the dispatches or 4.83 percent of the total were canceled by dispatch while the equipment and person- nel were enroute. Chief Elmore said calls are up from December, 2018 already. Elmore said, "The gas leaks, electrical prob- lems and carbon monoxide incidents can be residential or commercial." No December fire runs DELIVERY Continued from page 1 was there to help her get to the hospital. But the time schedule sped up. "She (Arnold) started timing my contrac- tions and found they were too close together. So she called an ambulance." Middleton said right after they hung up the phone, her water broke. "The ambulance crew got here in four minutes. I was in the bathroom. They checked me to make sure the delivery hadn't already started and put me on a stretcher and took me to the ambulance. As soon as they got me into the ambulance, she was born." Eloise Sue Middleton was born at 5:19 p.m. in the Pike County EMS ambulance. She was originally taken to Memorial Hospital in Jasper and then transferred to Dea- coness in Evansville, where she is in the neo-natal ICU. Middleton said Eloise had trouble breathing early, but is doing well now. She is hoping she will be home in about a week. "They were fantastic," said Middleton of the EMTs. "I'm very thankful they got there so fast and stayed so calm." Eloise Sue joins two other siblings Eli, 5, and Emmy, 2. Father Mike Middleton, mother Ashley and in- fant Eloise spend time together in the Memorial Hospital maternity ward. By Andy Heuring Pike County Commis- sioners made several ap- pointments and rewrote an ordinance that established their 911 Communications Advisory Board during their brief Tuesday morn- ing meeting. The commissioners ap- pointed: Dave Adams to the Alco- holic Beverage Board; Dr. Honesto Fenol to the Board of Health; Jon Craig to Indiana Re- gion 15; Jim Shoultz and Kris- ti Dischinger to the P TA- BAOA (formerly known as Board of Review); Jeff Nelson to the E911 Advisory Board. The commissioners vot- ed 3-0 to rewrite the ordi- nance establishing the E911 Communications Advisory Board, its powers and du- ties. "I don't want to say we didn't know what were do- ing. But we didn't know what we were doing," said Com- missioner Jeff Nelson about the ordinance they passed establishing E911 Adviso- ry Board in 2018. "Basically this is just cleaning up and fixing something in our orig- inal ordinance," said Nelson. He said the previous E911 Director, Randy Kent, re- tired and a new director would be hired. The changes to the ordi- nance are as follows: They added two sets of ap- pointments to the Advisory Board. Originally it includ- ed the Sheriff, EMA Direc- tor, EMS Director, Firefight- er representative, Commis- sioner president or desig- nee and President of County Council or designee. The new ordinance adds the posi- tions of Petersburg Chief of Police and two at-large mem- bers to be appointed by the advisory board members. They also changed the or- ganization and meetings pro- vision. The new ordinance spells out they shall estab- lish an annual meeting and elect a president to serve as chairman. Both shall be do- ne at the first meeting. The board will meet at least quar- terly. A secretary will be ap- pointed to ensure proper minutes and record keeping. In the absence of the pres- ident or secretary being at the meeting an acting chair and or secretary will be ap- pointed. They also spelled out du- ties to be conducted by the advisory board. New duties included: Best technologies and communication infra- structure; review and ap- prove standard operating guidelines for the 911 Cen- ter; budgetary and fund- ing recommendations to the fiscal body; and person- nel recommendation includ- ing establish all job descrip- tions related to emergency communications and hir- ing and performance of the 911 Communications Direc- tor and communication em- ployees. In other business the commissioners transferred $25,100 from Contracted services to site attendant within the Solid Waste Bud- get. Commissioner Assis- tant Kristi Dischinger ex- plained they were no lon- ger contracting ARC of Pike County to operate the trash collection sites. In- stead, Pike County has tak- en over those responsibili- ties, so they needed to move that money used to pay the contract with ARC of Pike County to a county payroll account. They also transferred two parcels of property owned by the county due to unpaid property taxes to the City of Petersburg, a parcel at 1022 E. Sarah St., and 206 S. Fourth St. The Fourth St. proper- ty had a residence burn and the City cleaned up the property resulting in a cost of $ 3,600. A letter from the city said they hope to devel- op that property. The City has mowed and maintained the Sarah St. property and they hope to be able to sell it and return it to the property tax rolls. The next commission- er meeting is scheduled for 8:30 a.m. Monday, February 4 in the courthouse audito- rium. Commissioners make new appointments for 2019