The Press-Dispatch
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A-2 Wednesday, February 27, 2013������ The Press-Dispatch Velpen woman arrested for domestic violence By Andy Heuring A Velpen woman was arrested on charges of domestic violence, pointing a firearm and disorderly conduct after police were called to her residence on Monday, February 18. Robin M Eckert, 46, of 7255 E. SR64 Velpen, was arrested by Pike County Deputy Sheriff Dallas Killian at 5:21 p.m. Deputy Killian said he was dispatched to Eckert���s residence after Joseph Austin called central dispatch reporting he had left the house after Eckert began hitting him and pointWinslow clerk-treasurer Beth Bennett, town board president Don Bolin, and board members Buck ed a gun at him. Killian said Ashby and Dave Tisdale met in the Winslow Community Center Monday night. About 25 Winslow resiwhen he arrived, Austin dents showed up to share their concerns and opinions about the impending water rate hike. was behind the house. Austin told Deputy Killian that Eckert was in the residence with a gun. Killian said he went to Continued from page 1 town this year, contributing with state regulations, and ing more.��� the trailer and talked with cords will cost $1 for public to the cost increase. Arvin���s bid proposal, which Arvin said the town has Eckert, who was ���hysteridocuments and $2 for nonBill Arvin presented a re- combines a bid from Amer- used about 200 gallons of cal.��� She told him the arguofficial public business doc- vised bid proposal for the ican Clean & Seal and Deig gas from the tank so far, and ment was just verbal. State uments. The ordinance will restoration of two water fil- Bros. Lumber & Construc- the first batch of fuel was be voted on at the March 11 ters. tion, passed 3-0. ���Within a bought at $2.94 per gallon. regular meeting. ���The state will not accept month, it���ll be completed,��� A wrestling tournament to The ���reconnect fee��� for us doing the chemical wash- Arvin said about the resto- benefit the Winslow Fire Delate water bills had its name ing that would have been a A Petersburg man was arration project. partment will open its doors changed to ���service fee��� to lower cost, so we went back Arvin also reported that at 6 p.m. Saturday, April 18 rested Saturday for inhaling avoid confusion and match- and looked at some of the toxic vapors, or ���huffing.��� up with the ordinance it re- quotes we had, and were the town���s fuel contract has in the Winslow Community According to a report filed saved the town about $1,600 Center. Admission is $5 per fers to. able to put two of them toby Petersburg Police Serin a month. person. The town���s health insur- gether to reduce it as much The town paid claims to- geant Chad McClellan, he ���The gas tank we���ve been ance premiums have gone as we could,��� Arvin said. received a call about a man up, for an additional cost of The revised proposal has using is saving the town taling $18,825.73. about 80 cents a gallon,��� he The next regular town huffing dusting spray in his $237.50 a month. Two more a total estimated cost of grandmother���s garage at full-time town employees $23,975. The filter restora- said. ���As gas prices keep ris- board meeting is set for 7 616 S 5th Street. When he became eligible to receive tion project is being done as ing, and we keep buying at p.m. Monday, March 11, at arrived, he saw the man in health benefits from the part of required compliance a lower level, we���ll keep sav- the Winslow Town Hall. question through the win- H��� Water rates dominate Winslow meeting Trooper John Davis arrived to assist. Killian said he then went back to talk with Austin who told him Eckert had been yelling at him and hit him in the back. When she got a rifle out of the bedroom, he left the residence. Killian said when he and Trooper Davis told Eckert they were going to take her into custody, she began yelling and did not stop yelling until they had placed her in handcuffs and into a police car. He said the rifle was loaded with a cartridge in the chamber and 10 in the magazine. According to Killian���s report, Eckert tested 0.23 percent for blood alcohol content, which is nearly three times the limit for driving in Indiana. She has been charged with pointing a loaded firearm, a class D felony and battery, a class B misdemeanor. Man arrested for ���huffing��� dow of the garage, sitting in a car with a can to his mouth. After getting the keys to the garage from a female resident of the house, McClellan Todd and Lana, were young. Now both went inside and found Logan of them are out of college, married and C. Beck, 616 S. Fifth St., Peworking���Lana as a social services tersburg, slumped over in worker and Todd as a storm water en- the car. gineer. Pam said Lana is expecting a Beck had a can of dust baby boy and getting a second degree remover spray in his hand in culinary arts. ���We���ll have more to talk about, because we can throw food sanitation terms around,��� she laughed. Cosby said she was first drawn toContinued from page 1 wards working with sanitation and away,��� said Meadors. health because of her personality. He said eventually he saw ���I think it���s because I care about peolights from the car. Once he ple. I have a tendency to be concerned saw the lights, he was conabout people,��� she said. ���Raising a famfident it was a vehicle so he ily and being involved with kids���I���ve called EMS and fire departworked in a daycare, I���ve taught school, ments for a water rescue. I���ve done a lot of work that involves me Meadors said Oakland with the public. I think the reason I City firemen responded didn���t get into the healthcare field is, and wore high-water boots I empathize too much with people in and walked out to the vepain. I don���t think I would have been hicle, and found Vindetti the best person for that. I think there still in the car. He said they are some things that, even though worked with it and were able you���re interested in a certain field, may- to start the car and drive it be you fit into it in a different slot.��� out. Vindetti was checked Pam Cosby is new health inspector By Alden Heuring Pam Cosby has recently taken over as Pike County���s food sanitarian and emergency preparedness coordinator, and she said she���s looking forward to working together with the community. ���Some people might be anxious about the process of having a new food sanitarian,��� she said, ���but I want to help them with their compliance. I want to help them to do business well so that they can protect the community, and also help Pam Cosby their businesses grow. If they have good, safe food, and people know that, it���s going to help their business. It���s a way of advertising.��� Cosby holds her jobs via funding from a FEMA and Department of Homeland Security grant. In order to make the best use of that grant mon- ey, she is working to finish on-thejob training as soon as possible. Once that���s finished, she will continually update the county���s plans for emergencies, and will start visiting food service businesses, such as restaurants and school cafeterias. This sort of adaptive lifestyle is nothing new to Cosby, who has held jobs in several different fields, and calls herself a ���Jill of all trades, master of none.��� ���My husband and I came to Pike County after we left Bloomington... We have actually lived in Pike County for about 30 years,��� she said. ���I started at Vincennes University focused in the medical field, got an associate���s degree there, then went to Indiana University for biology. Then I changed my career path to banking... then raised a family. Through some other changes, I ended up getting a degree in human resources... I am interested in many different things.��� While her husband, Bart Cosby, worked at the IPL plant, Pam became a stay-at-home mom while her kids, and was slurring his words and giggling. He admitted he had a problem with huffing and had been arrested for it before, and said he had a court appointment for a separate huffing incident on Monday. Petersburg Police Chief Chuck Baumgart arrived on the scene to collect and photograph the used spray cans. McClellan arrested Beck on a charge of inhaling toxic vapors and took him to the Pike County Jail. McClellan checked Beck���s arrest record and found he had been arrested on three other occasions for the same charge, and convicted once with another case pending in Dubois County. H��� Woman rescued out by the Gibson County EMS and was fine. ���She is lucky I drove that far in the water and that she drove that far,��� said Meadors. He said Vindetti drove from the west side toward Highway 57 and Meadors was driving west away from Highway 57. Even as far as he drove, Meadors said Vindetti���s car was just a blur in the distance. ���I probably wouldn���t have seen her if I hadn���t driven in the water,��� said Meadors. H��� New mayor faces important deadlines immediately Continued from page 1 a lot by meeting with the agencies involved with Stellar. ���I received a lot of good information. I felt very positive about information we received on work that had already been done,��� said Coleman. ���If it happens, (if) we are named a finalist, we will be extremely busy. . . but it will be a tremendous amount of investment in our community and can bring about a lot of good things for Petersburg. It will be a huge blessing for us,��� said Coleman. Coleman said much of last year���s plan is intact, but added, ���All the projects have been reviewed and looked at and tweaked where they needed to be.���He said because of local towns and cities competing against Petersburg, they wanted to see if they are named a finalist before releasing details of their projects. Before that happens, Petersburg will have another important date. Thursday, February 28 is a big day for Petersburg. At noon Thursday, Petersburg is supposed to learn if they will receive a tax credit that makes the downtown development feasible for private developers. This project, which was part of last year���s Stellar projects, included the razing of the former Silver Dollar Saloon that collapsed two years ago, as well as the buildings housing Harris Real Estate and Sweet Stuff. That part of the project has been completed. Petersburg received a loan to finance those steps. But the second part of the project is for a 40-unit senior housing complex to be built, as well as a large building stretching from Somewhere In Thyme to the corner. Good Samaritan Hospital has committed to being the anchor tenant in that building. It will house Dr. Honesto Fenol���s offices as well as Good Samaritan Behavioral Center and an urgent care facility that will offer extend- ed hours. Good Samaritan officials also said they hope to be able to have specialists with limited hours at the facility as well. Coleman said if this project is approved, then it will free up several million dollars from the Stellar projects to be used on other projects. Despite the fast-paced days, so far Coleman said he has enjoyed it and it hasn���t been overwhelming, and he hasn���t experienced information overload yet. ���We have been busy trying to meet deadlines and keep moving forward, but it has been enjoyable.��� He said 27 years of being a State Trooper and facing cri- ses and life-and-death emergencies has helped prepare him for dealing with day-today stress and crises he is facing as mayor. ���We will meet all the deadlines. We will push ahead and move forward. Hopefully, we are a finalist and named a Stellar Community,��� said Coleman. He said the winners on- ly have three years to spend the money. The last two years the award was $20 million. However, a dollar amount hasn���t been announced this year. Regardless, Coleman���s fast-paced first few days probably won���t slow down much if Petersburg is one of the two Stellar Communities. 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