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Local ........ A1-B8 Sports .........B1-2 Classifi eds ..B3-6 Church ........C1-3 Home Life....C4-6 Obituaries....... C7 History ......... C10 School.......... C11 E. Gibson ...... C12 WHAT'S INSIDE: CONNECT WITH US: NetEdition ...pressdispatch.net/edition Facebook.....facebook.com/pressdispatch E-Mail .........news@pressdispatch.net Phone:.................. 812-354-8500 Fax: ...................... 812-354-2014 E-Mail . editor@pressdispatch.net NEWS TIPS: PIKE PUBLISHING Wednesday, May 29, 2019 Volume 149 Number 23 Phone 812-354-8500 Petersburg, IN 47567-0068 (USPS 604-34012) $ 1 Three sections 30 pages Four inserts See CAHILL on page 2 See HENDERSON on page 9 See TABLETS on page 2 Edward A. Cahill Sports Editor Sports Editor of The Press-Dispatch Ed Cahill died Friday afternoon of com- plications following a stroke. Edward Aaron Cahill, 55, of Peters- burg, had been Sports Editor, covering Pike Central sports, since 2013. He was born on Monday, July 22, 1963, to George Louis and Mary Alicia Cahill, at St. Mary and Elizabeth Hos- pital in Louisville, Ky. As a journalist, he had a passion for the newspaper business and sports. He suffered a stroke on February 15 and lost mobility of his right side. During rehab, he posted detailed reports of his recovery progress and even wrote some sports events. About three weeks ago, he developed a wound on his foot and injured his an- kle. His recovery slowed and on Satur- day, May 18, he was taken to Gateway by ambulance. He had surgery on Tues- day and on Friday, May 24, went into car- diac arrest. While at The Press-Dispatch Cahill won numerous awards, including Best Sports Section Non-Daily from the Hoo- sier State Press Association in 2015 and in 2014 won Best Sports Feature, which was one of five finalists for Story of the Year. Previously, he had been the Editorial Director/Editor and Publisher for The Portland Progressive in Portland, Tenn., and The Westmoreland Observer in West- moreland, Tenn. He was the Managing Editor of The Macon County Chronicle in Lafayette, Tenn., and The Citizen-States- man in Celina, Tenn. He was the man- aging editor of The London News Jour- nal in London, Ky., and a staff writer for The Corbin News Journal in Corbin, Ky., and The Somerset News Journal in Som- erset, Ky. He was the managing editor of The Times Journal and The Russell Coun- ty News, both in Russell Springs, Ky. He was the News Editor of The London News Leader in London, Ky. He was an editor for CACI, Inc., in Louisville, Ky. He was the News Editor for The Culpeper Star- Exponent in Culpeper, Va. He was the Sports Editor of The Star-News in Chu- la Vista, Calif., The Whitley Republican in Williamsburg, Ky., and Corbin This Week in Corbin, Ky., and The Sullivan Daily Times in Sullivan Ind. He was also on the Press-Dispatch sports editor dies Friday We are seeking someone who lost a significant amount of money on Sat- urday. To claim the money, you need to tell us the denominations, the amount lost and how it was lost. Call The Press-Dispatch at 812-354-8500 and ask for Andy or John Heuring. Money found Chromebook tablets to replace books in four years By Andy Heuring The Pike County School Corporation vot- ed to move to a "One to One" policy that will provide " electronic devices" to assist students and begin a trend away from tra- ditional books. The move is estimated to cost $235,785 over four years. Pike Central Principal Brian Holland pre- sented a proposal to the school board back in their March meeting. A One to One Tech- nology Commission was organized and an IT wireless audit was completed to find and resolve issues the school had. Holland's proposal said those issues were minor and had been resolved. It also stated, "Going One to One will provide an enhanced student learning op- portunity for blended learning. This will allow our students to be prepared for their next step after high school, whether it is the workforce, military or college." The proposal calls for it to be implement- ed in a four-year, plan with a rotation of buy- out and relocation of devices. The new de- vices will be HP Sixth Generation Chrome- books. The first year calls for the school to pur- chase 600 of the devices to be given to stu- dents in grades freshman through senior. Superintendent Suzanne Blake said, "Ba- sically every student will have an electron- ic device to use for their assignments. It could be an iPad or a Chromebook. As they get older, it will be a Chromebook, which is similar to what we use in the Google class- room learning platform." It is estimated they would buy 150 for each grade level in the high school for a to- tal of 600 devices. Each device has a price of $178, which would be a cost of $44.50 each year. Blake said the devices now being used in the high school will be taken to the elemen- tary schools. Then in the 2020 -21 school year, they will purchase new devices for the middle school students. "That should bring us to a point where we have devices available for all our kids in the corporation. Then we will start looking at when we need to replace the older ones." Holland told the school board Pike Coun- ty Schools and North Knox Schools are the only ones in Southwest Indiana that aren't currently using devices throughout the cor- poration. Blake said not having the kids using the devices puts them at a disadvantage, be- cause testing is now online for state tests. "That is a concern when we have third or fourth grade students not used to taking tests on a device having to take the tests on a device. It puts them at a disadvantage," said Blake. This will lead to hiring more computer techs. Blake said they have one at each ele- mentary school, but at the high school and middle school, the techs have more duties. She said the discussion at this point is to add one at the high school and see how they get by at the middle school level. Blake said adding the devices will not eliminate the use of traditional books im- mediately. She said that will probable take a few years. She said one issue is access to the inter- net for some students. However, she said the software platform allows students to download their lesson for the night. Work on it offline to complete it, then download The Petersburg Veterans of Foreign Wars color guard and firing squad stand at attention during a ceremony to honor fallen veterans at the War Memorial monument at the Pike County Courthouse on Memorial Day, Monday morn- ing. A display of flags is put out each year in front of the monument. Memorial Day honors at Petersburg courthouse PC to move away from traditional books By Andy Heuring By the fifth grade, Winslow resident Roy Henderson knew he wanted to be in the military. "I was under the influence of a father and grandfather who were in the military," said Henderson, who has been serving actively for more than 35 years. Henderson said listening to his grandfa- ther, George Henderson, who was part of the team that liberated Corregidor in the Philippines during W WII, influenced his decision to join the military. He said he has tremendous respect for his grandfather, whose family received a missing and presumed Killed in Action let- ter from the U.S. Government. However, his grandfather woke up in a military hospital with a sheet over his head. He beat the odds and recovered. Despite receiving full dis- ability status, Henderson said he grandfa- Henderson served in Air Force, National Guard By Andy Heuring Police were able to stop a highly intoxi- cated driver going the wrong way on I-69 before an accident happened. Kyle W. Brown, 25, of 10611 N. St. Joseph Ave., Evansville, was arrested at about 1:30 a.m. Friday. Pike County Deputy Sheriff Jared Sim- mons said he was notified by a 911 call about a Ford pickup driving north in the southbound lanes of I-69 near the 39.5 mile marker. Deputy Simmons said he was drove south on I-69 with his emergency lights on and located a pick-up truck driving north. "As it approached me it was swerving all over both lanes of travel," said Simmons in his report. Simmons said he turned on his siren and turned around on the truck, but it contin- ued north. He said the truck didn't slow or stop until he got close to it, then it began to slow down. He was able to pull the truck over and it stopped in the median. Simmons said when he approached Brown, who was driving the truck, he no- ticed Brown's eyes were extremely blood- shot and watery, his speech was lethargic and slurred with extremely poor manual dexterity. He could also smell the strong odor of alcohol. Deputy Simmons said Brown admitted he had been drinking. He failed field sobriety tests. During an inventory of the truck, Depu- ty Simmons said they found an E-cigarette that had a THC cartridge in it. THC is the active ingredient in marijuana. Brown was taken to the Daviess Commu- nity Hospital, where he tested 0.221 per- cent for blood alcohol content and positive for marijuana. The legal limit for alcohol in Indiana is 0.08 percent. Brown was preliminarily charged with operating a vehicle with a blood alcohol content of 0.15 percent or more, posses- sion of marijuana, possession of parapher- nalia and reckless driving. In February, 2016 a wrong-way driver slammed head-on into two northbound vehicles at 49 mile marker of I-69, killing three people and an unborn child. The driv- er of that vehicle, Brian Paquette was high on meth. Driver arrested going wrong way on I-69 Roy Henderson By Andy Heuring Another vehicle stolen from Pike Coun- ty last month has been located. Oakland City police found Jim Gaskins' pickup truck parked in a lot on Oakland City University's campus last week. Petersburg Police Chief Chuck Baumgart said the truck didn't ap- pear to have any damage to it. He said a State Police crime tech team processed the vehicle and collected evi- dence from it. He is awaiting their report. The truck, a 2005 Chevrolet Colorado, was taken from Gaskins' driveway on Feb- ruary 26. Gaskins said his insurance com- pany had already paid him for the truck and he had purchased another truck. So he wasn't sure what he was going to do. "I was told it looked like they took it for a joy ride. It ran out of gas and they parked it at Oakland City University. It had less than a quarter of tank of gas, so they probably didn't go too far in it," said Gaskins. This was the first of several vehicles in- cluding an RV were stolen from Petersburg and Pike County. Amber Ashley's Chevrolet Equinox was stolen about the same time. They found Ashley's vehicle early on a Saturday morn- ing after it was crashed near the Pike-Gib- son countyline. It was stolen late the night before. It was the second vehicle stolen from Petersburg. A third vehicle was sto- len from Huntingburg and found the same week in Petersburg. On March 12 Petersburg Police locat- ed a 2008 Ford Edge that had been stolen from Petersburg the night before. Cpl. Kyle Several vehicles stolen last month located See STOLEN on page 3