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A-2 Front Wednesday, May 22, 2019 The Press-Dispatch yeah, it's that fast! net edition Z M www.PressDispatch.net/Subscribe The Press-Dispatch. No matter where you live. SUMMER SALE SHADES Many styles available that accommodate prescription lenses or inserts. Select SunglaSSeS HALF PRICE Locally Owned and Operated Dr. Clint Shoultz 715 S. 9th Street, Petersburg (812) 354-9400 Mon. 8am-7pm, Tues. 8am-noon, Wed. 10am-7pm, Thurs-Fri. 8am-5pm Call for an appointment or come in and check out our selection. COACH EYEWEAR Summer doesn't have to be harmful to your eyes. Protect your eyes with great-looking fashion and sport sunglasses. Protect your eyes and look great! 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It's something his public televi- sion appearances show, but lack in the old west movies we watch that feature horse- back, or rather mule-back, adventures. Rubber tires don't enter the picture during East- wood's horse transportation days, but rubber boots are part and parcel for Harberts while clomping hundreds of miles down the trail. He said his mules wear a rub- ber hoof boot called Rene- gades and last between 400 and 600 miles. The trio trav- el at a 2.5 mph clip and rest every four hours. Twelve- year-old Tracker and seven- year-old Brick have all their tack removed each time and graze while other trail ride necessities are taken care of by Harberts. The three-some left Lenoir, N.C., on April 5 and make 20 miles per day, ac- cording to Harberts. To follow their exploits, go to RiverEarth.com, Lost- SeaExpedition.com and ber- nie@riverearth.com. CLOSURE Continued from page 1 ing to a hazardous situation may, with supervisor's prior approval, utilize earned com- pensatory time or accrued annual leave. 6. In the event of a delayed opening, regular employees who reported to work as in- structed for the delayed opening will be paid for their entire scheduled work- day and will not be required to use leave. 7. In the event of an early closure, employees who were at work when the closure de- cision was implemented will be paid for the remainder of their entire scheduled shift and will not be required to use leave. If an employee leaves prior to the closure being announced, please re- fer to #5. 8. Employees who are al- ready in a leave status (annu- al, compensatory, sick leave, leave without pay, etc.) when the delayed opening or early closure is declared will not be allowed to change their leave status. 9. If a full day closure is announced in advance of the work day, employees not in a leave status will be paid for their entire scheduled work day and will not be required to use leave. Employees who are already in a leave status (annual, compensatory, sick leave, leave without pay, etc.) for the full day when the clo- sure is declared will not be al- lowed to change their leave status. 10. Earned leave time used will not count as time worked for purposes of overtime cal- culation for the week. Commissioner Assistant Kristi Dischinger said this has been the policy the com- missioners have followed in recent years, but by voting to approve it, it puts it in writing. The commissioners also approved two additional ap- propriations totaling more than $23,000 to pay Solid Waste Management District employees. In previous years, Pike County had contracted with Pike ARC to supply employ- ees to operate the solid waste collection sites. However, in 2019, the county took over hiring and management of those sites. The money to pay those positions had been in an ac- count to pay to Pike ARC. Dischinger said the addi- tional appropriation puts that money into the general fund for the payroll of collec- tion sites. In other business, the com- missioners also approved the disposal of surplus equip- ment in the auditor and asses- sor offices. Assessor Mike Goodpaster was requesting to dispose of three Dell Opti- plex 3010 computers and four old Dell monitors, while the Auditor Judy Gumbel was dis- posing of two typewriters, a plat printer, pencil sharpen- er, a Windows 2000 and an XP computer, as well as two keyboards and an HP deskjet 98700 color plat printer Both said the items were obsolete and unusable by their offices since they have upgraded to newer equip- ment. The next commissioners' meeting is scheduled for 8:30 a.m. Monday, June 3 in the courthouse auditorium. PC GRADS Continued from page 1 Senior Address....Madi- son Fettinger. Presentation of Class to Superintendent by Brian Holland. Presentation of Diplo- mas....Superintendent Su- zanne Blake assisted by principals Brian Holland and Andy Igel. Pronouncement of Grad- uation...Suzanne Blake, led by senior class co-presi- dents, Meredith Benson and Joshua Brandle. Ceremonial Recessional by James Playhar....Pike Cen- tral Band. The class colors are light blue and silver. The Class Motto is "We'll keep one foot in the past, as we take our next step into the future." The annual Pike Coun- ty Spring Clean-up starts Thursday, May 30 and runs through Saturday, June 1 at the Blackfoot Landfill on Highway 64 2.3 miles east of Highway 61. The clean-up is put on by the Pike County Solid Waste District in conjunction with Advanced Disposal. The hours will be 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on both Thursday, May 30 and Friday, May 31 and from 8 a.m. to noon on Saturday, June 1. Pike County residents may dispose of applianc- es, computers, televisions, household paints, batteries, fluorescent bulbs, chemicals and other household hazard- ous wastes and bulky items, such as furniture. They will also accept up to four tires for free and each addition tire will cost $1. The Solid Waste District asks people to have their items sorted so that scrap metal, computers, televi- sions, appliances and haz- ardous waste materials, which will be recycled, are separated from household trash. The services are only for residents of Pike County and personnel may request proof of residency. A rummage section will be set up. If you have items that are still working, but you just don't want around any more, those can be left in the rummage section. Residents can mill through that section and see if there is something they want. It is first-come, first-served. Fore more information, call the Solid Waste Man- agement District at 812- 354-2924. County spring clean-up is May 30-June 1 Fire destroys Pride residence An early morning fire destroyed a river trailer residence Saturday on Knox Road, just north of Peters- burg. Brian Pride lived in the trailer but it was owned by Chris Rudolph. Petersburg Fire Chief Ross El- more said Pride woke up to popping sounds and found the front of the trailer and deck on fire. So Pride had to exit the back of the trailer and jump off the platform to escape. A security guard at the former Hoosier Energy plant noticed the fire and reported it. Elmore said the security guard couldn't tell where the fire was located. Petersburg Police Sgt. Chad McClellan found the fire that was reported at 2:06 a.m. at the end of Knox Road. Chief Elmore said the trailer was destroyed by the time they arrived. He said Rudolph said he did not have insurance on the trailer. By Andy Heuring A Vincennes man arrest- ed for battering his mother Friday night. Timothy Stelling, 28, of 135 N. Eighth St., Vin- cennes, was arrested on charges of criminal mis- chief; domestic battery in the presence of a child less than 16 years, a level 6 felo- ny; and interference with re- porting of a crime. Petersburg Police Sgt. Chad McClellan said he was sent to 1320 Kennedy Ct., Petersburg, to check on a report of a domestic distur- bance. He and Chief Deputy Dal- las Killian went to the door and Stelling came out the door and began to walk away. Sgt. McClellan's report states when he asked what was going on, Stelling said, "we were arguing over a truck, this is stupid." Deputy Killian stayed out- side with Stelling. Sgt. Mc- Clellan went inside and talk- ed with Dawn Beadle, Stel- ling's mother. She said she had guardianship of Tim's child, who is almost two years old, and Stelling lives with her off and on. She said they had been talking about her helping him with getting a truck to use to get to work. She had laid down to take a nap, but woke up to Stelling yelling at the child. She said Stel- ling was yelling that the child wouldn't stop crying and Beadle had made her a whiner. She said Stelling became upset, and took the child and was going to leave the house. He then pushed her head against the wall to get by her. So, she tried to scratch his face to the get the child back. She then called 911 to report it, but said Stelling took her phone and smashed it. Beadle said she took the child and locked herself in the bedroom, and Stelling kicked a hole in the door. Stelling was arrested and taken into custody. Stelling charged with battery of mother By Andy Heuring A rural Winslow wom- an was arrested in Prides Creek after she grabbed a 24-year-old woman by the hair, pulled her out of her camper and down about five steps. Morgan Ridge, 28, of 2465 N. CR 600 E., Winslow, was arrested on a charge of bat- tery at 8 p.m. Saturday. Pike County Deputy Paul Collier said he went to Prides Creek, Lot 301, where he observed a wom- an walking and crying. He then saw a woman on a cell- phone in front of a camper, who said the woman walk- ing away was the one who battered her. The woman on the phone was Saman- tha Johnson, 24, of Lafay- ette. Deputy Collier, in his report, stated Johnson told him she was trying to find someone to help her get her paddle boat from the lake back to her camper. A fter she had walked by several times, Spencer Ridge, Mor- gan's husband, offered to help Johnson. While he was helping her, Morgan followed them and started yelling at them. Then when Johnson was in her camper, Mor- gan knocked on her camp- er door, grabbed her by her hair and pulled her down five steps. Deputy Collier said when he talked with Morgan, she said Johnson was trying to mess with her husband and she had pushed her. Morgan was taken into custody. Ridge charged with battery