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The Press-Dispatch Wednesday, May 1, 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 Veale Creek Theatre presents 'The Wizard of Oz' Finishing up the 2018 -2019 Season, the production of The Wizard of Oz will be May 4 at 7:30 p.m. and May 5 at 2 p.m. Tickets are $5 and can be purchased on- line by visiting www.showtix4u.com and searching for Veale Creek Theatre. NARFE meeting slated for May 8 The National Active and Retired Federal Employ- ees will meet on at noon Wednesday, May 8, at the Schnitzelbank Restaurant in Jasper, The meeting is open to all retired federal employees. NARFE's mis- sion is to advocate for and educate all federal employ- ees on bills in Congress. Lockhart Township Community Club will be serving Mother's Day dinner Lockhart Township Community Club will be serv- ing Mother's Day dinner, Sunday, May 12 at the Lock- hart Community Center, Stendal from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. EDT. For more information or for tickets, call Teresa at 812-617-3020 or Mike at 812-486 -8680. Veale Creek Theatre summer camp June 17-21 Summer camp has expanded in a partnership with Washington Community Schools. The camp will run June 17-21 and will be at the WHS auditorium. This year, they will present Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Jr. Stu- dents from surrounding school districts are welcome to participate. An informational meeting and distri- bution of audition materials will be May 6 at 6 p.m. at Veale Creek Theatre. Upcoming event? We want to know! Do you have an upcoming event? Send it to news@ pressdispatch.net or call 812-354-8500. MAY 11, 2019 S AT U R D AY Deadline is Monday, May 6 at 5 p.m. MAY 11, 2019 U R D AY Monday, May 6 at 5 p.m. MAY 11, 2019 S AT U R D AY Deadline is Monday, May 6 at 5 p.m. Everyone in Pike County is invited to participate in this county-wide event! Participants will receive a numbered sign and be grouped by area this year. 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Designer • • • Published every Wednesday by the Pike County Publishing Co. Phone: 812-354-8500 820 E. Poplar St., P.O. 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 Two men arrested for OVWI By Andy Heuring A Jasper man was ar- rested early Sunday morn- ing after police were called to check on vehicles in the road, with several people standing around them. Cristian A. Abrego, 30, of 1520 Mill St., Jasper, was ar- rested by Pike County Dep- uty Sheriff Jared Simmons. Deputy Simmons said a woman called Pike Coun- ty central dispatch at about 1:30 a.m. Saturday, report- ed several people were standing in the road around two vehicles at the corner of county roads 550 N and 200 E. Deputy Simmons said he and Sheriff's Sgt. Buck Seger, and Petersburg Pa- trolman Scott Arnold ar- rived and began talking with the people there. Abrego told police he had run off the road and was stuck in the ditch. He said he called friends to help him get his car out of the ditch. Deputy Simmons said he noticed the odor of alcohol, slurred speech and poor dexterity. Abrego told Deputy Sim- mons he had drank six or seven beers. He failed field sobriety tests and was tak- ing to the Pike County Jail, where he tested 0.14 percent for blood alcohol content. He was preliminarily charged with operating a ve- hicle while intoxicated. A Petersburg man was ar- rested for drunken driving after police stopped him for speeding at about 11:45 p.m. Saturday night. Kristopher Weist, 42, of 247 E. Harvest Lane, Pe- tersburg, was stopped by Petersburg Patrolman Scott Arnold. Patrolman Arnold said he saw a silver Toyota pick- up turn from Main St. and go north on Ninth St., driving 46 mph in a 30 zone. When he stopped Weist, he noticed Weist had poor manual dexterity, slurred speech and bloodshot eyes. Weist admitted drinking and he failed field sobriety tests. He was taken to the Pike County Jail, where he test- ed 0.18 percent for blood al- cohol content. The legal limit for blood alcohol content in Indiana 0.08 percent. McAtee arrested for marijuana, obstruction charges on job site By Andy Heuring A Spurgeon man was ar- rested after a homeown- er saw him on video going through her cabinets and drawers. Christopher J. McAtee, 29, of PO Box 648, Spurgeon, was arrested on charges of obstruction of justice and possession of marijuana Monday morning. McAtee's arrest came af- ter Monica Atkins called po- lice at about 9 a.m. Monday and said she saw men who were doing masonry work at her house going through drawers and cabinets. Atkins said she has an app on her phone and saw the video. The men were working for Bramwell Mckay, of Jasper. Jason McCoy of Bramwell and Mckay, called dispatch and told them he was on his way to the residence. Pike County Deputy Sheriff Paul Collier said he, Sheriff Kent Johnson and State Trooper Paul Bastin went to the residence. They met McCoy there. He said he had been there at the start of the day to give his two workers, Christopher and Anthony McAtee, in- structions on the job. McCoy said McAtee had reason to be in the house, but not to be going through the house cabinets and drawers. Atkins showed police the videos of Christopher McA- tee going through drawers and cabinets. Deputy Collier's report states, in the video, McAtee says, "I'm checking out the house bro." He can be seen opening doors to the media cabinet and opening a door to a top cabinet in the kitch- en, where Atkins keeps pre- scription medication. Deputy Collier's report states in one video, McA- tee is standing in front of the cabinet with medica- tions in it, leaning forward with his hands in his pock- ets like he was reading some- thing. Then it looks like he put something in his pocket. When police talked with McAtee, he said he was look- ing for tools. During a search of McA- tee's wallet, police found marijuana. He was taken into custody. White River Ave. work Petersburg is trying to solve several problems on White River Ave. The road has been extremely rough for several years due to an abandoned sewer line allowing ground water to flow under the road and destabilize the road bed. It will serve as a detour when Highway 61 is closed for an extended time next year. Petersburg received a grant to repave the road, so they want- ed to fix the problem before they put down new blacktop. An abandoned sewer line runs down the middle of the road parallel to the new line. City Services Manager Ross Elmore said they found that the line had about 100 gal- lons per hour of ground wa- ter running out of it. He said they originally tried to fill it at the manhole with a "flowable concrete" to plug the line. That didn't work so they went out away from the manhole and then filled it from that location. While they were working on the street they relocated an old water line that had several leaks to beside the road. Elmore said this will allow them to work on that line without having to dig up the street. The road has been closed since last Tuesday.