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Call for Pricing. ROLLOFF CONTAINERS 20 yd., 30 yd. and 40 yd. containers Stop waiting for your container. Velpen GUARANTEES service within 24 hours! Wednesday, July 3 THROUGH Saturday, July 6 FIREWORKS ON THURSDAY! Food Concessions • Rides Parade • Tractor Pulls Volleyball Tournament Car, Truck and Tractor Show Cook-off • Cornhole Tournament AND MORE! Continued from page 1 TECH Continued from page 1 ARRESTS County," stated a letter from Susan M. Brehm, Regional Counsel for the EDA. Brehm continued, "EDA's mission is to lead the feder- al economic development agenda by promoting in- novation and competitive- ness, preparing American regions for growth and suc- cess in the worldwide econ- omy. EDA implements this mission by making strate- gic investments in the na- tion's most economical- ly distressed communities that encourage private sec- tor collaboration and cre- ation of higher-skill, higher- wage jobs. EDA investments are results driven, embrac- ing the principles of techno- logical innovation, entrepre- neurship and regional devel- opment. "I share your expectations regarding the impact of this investment and look forward to working with you to meet the economic development needs of your community," stated Brehm in the letter last week. The project has not been an easy one for Pike Coun- ty. They were originally turned down twice by the Stellar program of Indi- ana. Their first request for an EDA grant was rejected. Then on the second request to EDA, they were awarded $786,000 in a 60 -40 grant. Willis said they had hoped to have it under construc- tion this summer. However, when they bid the project in 2018, the bids came back $ 900,000 over budget. So they went back to the draw- ing board again. They originally looked at ways to reduce the costs of the building. But in talk- ing with the EDA, Willis said they told Pike Coun- ty, "They support our proj- ect and they would guide us through the project and ter- minating the 60 -40 grant so it could be resubmitted for the 80 -20 grant." Willis said Pike County didn't know they had 80 -20 grants available. "They don't advertise for this. So this is very ra- re. This is something they don't do for all projects," said Willis. Reducing Pike County's match from 40 percent to 20 percent made the project possible. Willis said Pike County's match is $755,000, that in- cludes a $200,000 commit- ment from Elmer Buchta. They will be advertising for bids in the next couple of weeks and hope to open bids three to four weeks af- ter that. Willis said they would love to have it under construction this year, but that will be de- termined by the successful bidder's schedule. An artist's rendering of the new Technology Center that will be located at the I-69 interchange in Pike County. had stopped traffic, with a semi-truck stopped behind his patrol car, Alton slowed and tried to go into the me- dian. Deputy Simmons said he crossed through the me- dian attempting to cut off the truck before it was able to get out of the median. He said Alton sped up, hit his patrol car on the driver's side front fender and then Alton hit the stopped semi- truck. Simmons said he was then able to get in front of Alton and get him stopped. Alton was ordered out of the truck at gun point. Sher- iff Johnson opened the truck door and deputies then pulled Alton from the vehi- cle and placed him in hand- cuffs. Simmons' report said of- ficers noticed the odor of al- cohol and a half empty vod- ka bottle in his truck. Sim- mons said Alton was too in- toxicated to do field sobriety tests. He tested more than four times the legal limit for blood alcohol content on a portable breath test. Alton was transported to the Daviess Community Hospital, where he tested 0.432 percent for blood alco- hol content, which is more than five times the legal lim- it of 0.08 percent in Indiana. Simmons' report stated after Alton was at the hospi- tal, he started to recall inci- dents before his arrest and said he received some bad news and started drinking early in the day. About two hours after Al- ton's arrest, an Illinois wom- an was arrested just on the Pike County side of the Da- viess County line on I-69 on charges of operating while intoxicated, serious injury, domestic battery committed with a deadly weapon and possession of marijuana. Amanda J. Reynolds, 38, of 315 W. Gordon Pike, Bloomington, was arrested by Pike County Deputy Ja- son McKinney. Deputy McKinney said he and Deputy Kody Jones were responding to a report of a man laying in the road on I-69, near the 52-mile marker. He said while enroute, they were told by central dis- patch it had been a "rolling domestic." Deputy McKinney said when Jones arrived, he found Reynolds sitting be- hind the steering wheel of her vehicle and when they asked her to exit the vehi- cle, she became "hostile." According to McKinney's report, when they asked her what happened, Reynolds was speaking rapidly and had a hard time standing still. She said it didn't mat- ter because "we never do anything to help her." Brian C. Mesnard, 41, of Noblesville, was laying in the right lane of I-69, about two feet from the front of Reynolds' vehicle with sev- eral people who stopped to help him. McKinney, in his report, said when he talked to peo- ple stopped at the scene, they said they tried to talk to Reynolds, but she would only say Mesnard was stalk- ing her. Mesnard told police they had broken up but were try- ing to get back together and were driving south on I-69. He said she started talking about Mesnard's ex-girl- friend and he started talk- ing about her ex-husband. Reynolds then started hit- ting Mesnard. Sheriff Johnson said Reynolds stabbed Mesnard in the neck with a key. Mesnard said he got Reynolds to stop the vehicle and he got out. He said Reyn- olds also got out of the vehi- cle and said she was going to run out in front of oncoming traffic to kill herself. He told police Reynolds then got back into the vehi- cle, and he jumped onto the front of the car and hurt him- self. Reynolds told police Mes- nard had beaten and choked her often in the past, but nev- er gotten in trouble for it. McKinney's report stated Reynolds said Mesnard likes to throw himself into things to make it look like she hurts him and he always gets away with it. She claimed they were driving south and Mesnard started talking about how her ex-husband used to rape her, which he knew up- set Reynolds. So she start- ed talking about his ex-wife and that was when it got physical. She claimed Mes- nard tried to choke her and hit her in the mouth and she was hitting him back while driving on I-69. According to McKinney's report, she said she stopped the vehi- cle and stabbed Mesnard in the neck with a key. McKinney's report also stated Reynolds said the next time she gets a chance she will kill him. It also said Deputy Jones had to grab Reynolds by the arm twice to keep her from running into traffic on I-69. When police moved her vehicle out of the roadway, they noticed the odor of marijuana. A search of the vehicle found a small burnt marijuana roach between the driver's seat and middle console. She was taken to Daviess Community Hospital, where she tested positive for am- phetamines, methamphet- amines and marijuana. She was then taken into custody. Mesnard was cited on a preliminary charge of ob- struction of justice. 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