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The Press-Dispatch Local Wednesday, July 17, 2019 A- 7 Hwy. 41 (5 miles N. of Vincennes) Mon. – Sat. 9am-5pm • 812-324-9010 NOW OPEN Apple Hill Orchard Homegrown Tree-Ripened Peaches Homemade Peach Ice Cream Homemade Pies Jams/Jellies Slushies Donuts Local Produce Adam Scales (812) 354-8488 adam.scales@infarmbureau.com WEDNESDAY, JULY 17 1pm Beef Showmanship 2pm Cat Judging 5pm Beef Show 5:30pm Family Fun Night 6pm Leukemia Foundation 6:30pm Robotics/Paws & Pals Project Demonstration Night 6:30pm Senior Gaming Horse Show 7pm Brandt Carmichael THURSDAY, JULY 18 6:45am 4-H Fishing Contest 9am Dog Obedience Judging 12:30pm Supreme Livestock Showmanship 5:30pm Celebrity Livestock Showmanship 6pm WBDC Cornhole Tourney of Champions 6pm The Hiding 7pm Tug of War FRIDAY, JULY 19 9am Senior (55+) Activities 5pm 4-H Awards Ceremony 6:30pm Horse and Pony Fun Show 6:30pm Cloggers Performance 6:30pm ATV/Car/Truck Flat Drag Racing SATURDAY, JULY 20 6pm Lawnmower and Car Demolition Derby SUNDAY, JULY 21 Noon Motocross Racing SATURDAY, AUG. 10 5pm Truck & Tractor Pull DUBOIS COUNTY 4-H FAIR 18 USC 707 4157 SR 162, Huntingburg extension.purdue.edu/dubois EXHIBIT BUILDINGS Open: Monday-Thursday from 5:30-9:30pm CARNIVAL RIDES Open: Monday-Friday from 6-10pm Purdue 150th Celebration By Sarah Hopkins 4-H Youth Development and Health and Human Sciences Educator The year 2019 marks 150 years of Purdue Universi- ty taking giant leaps. The Pike County Purdue Exten- sion office is joining in on the statewide celebration by holding a food drive during the Pike County 4-H Fair. Stop by the 4-H Building on Sunday, July 21 between 6 -9 p.m. to join in the cele- bration. One Indiana State Fair ticket will be given in exchange for each pound of food donated (up to 150 pounds). The food donations will be given to Somebody's Place in Petersburg. READER GUIDE Subscriptions: Change of address: subscribers changing addresses will please give old address as well as new one along with phone number. We cannot guarantee prompt change unless this is done. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to The Press-Dispatch., P.O. Box 68, Petersburg, IN 47567- 0068 or e-mail to subscribe@ pressdispatch.net. Subscription rates: One year: $31 for Pike County and all 475/476 zip codes; $34 in the state of Indiana; $51 elsewhere in the USA. Paid in advance. 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(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 Has the Bible changed it's view on abortion? I don't think so! If abortion was wrong before, It is still wrong today and no slick talking individuals can make abortion right! It may be legal in the eyes of "Some People" but it is still morally wrong! God's word remains the same! Daviess & Pike County Right to Life P.O. Box 41, Washington, IN, 47501 House surrounded by junk tops city council meeting By Andy Heuring Petersburg City Council- men debated about what to do about a house surround- ed by junk and traffic flow on 10th St., near the ele- mentary school. Councilmen Gary Leavitt and Fran Lewis both had complaints about a house located at 2019 E. Alford St. (Highway 356, between Eastwood Dr. and Lakev- iew Dr.) "I have a complaint about a junkyard on Alford Road. That is not zoned for that. He hauls in more stuff ev- eryday," said Leavitt. Mayor R.C. Klipsch said Code Enforcement Officer "Kyle (Mills) is working both of those situations. . . They say it isn't a zoning vi- olation. They claim it isn't a junkyard, it is private prop- erty, but we both know what is going on." He added, "The question is what to do with them." Klipsch said Mills issues violations and then they start burning trash items. Kyle then issues them no burn warnings. "I feel sorry for anyone who lives near it," said Po- lice Chief Chuck Baumgart. Klipsch said this is one of two problem places that the city has been dealing with for nearly five years. "It is very frustrating." "Have we fined them? " asked Leavitt "Many times," said Klipsch. However, he admitted the fines were not being paid. "We need to put one of them in jail, they are just thumbing their noses at us," said Leavitt. City Attorney Brian Ma- honey suggested making the fines a lien on the prop- erty taxes for that location. Klipsch said there are two approaches they can take. One is to go after them for a zoning violation by having a scrapping business in the city limits. "They will deny that," said Klipsch. He said the other is a litter violation. Lewis said she lives near- by the house. "I know they are working on it, but it seems to be growing." Klipsch said Mills got them to get a dumpster. But Lewis said some days they put things in the dumpster and then they take them out of the dumpster and put oth- er stuff in. "It is like they are letting people view it as they drive by." "Maybe they think some- one will stop and buy it," said Klipsch. He added, "We both know there is more stuff coming in than going out." Chief Baumgart and Lewis said they also have a "massive thing" in the back they are putting cans in. "I think we need to try whatever method we can," said Councilman Brian Van- Meter. "The only thing that has lived there is a litter of skunks," said Leavitt. Leavitt said, "I had a neighbor ask me 'how would you like to live next door to this? '" Councilmen also consid- ered what to do about a sec- tion of 10th St. that reach- es the edge of city limits near the elementary school, then turns and, as a one lane road, connects 10th St. to Highway 61. In their previous meet- ing, Tom Sparks talked to the council about it. He said 10th St. is often the only way he can get home. He said school traffic is often backed up on Goodlet St. so he us- es the single lane of 10th St. to get in and out of his house on 10th St. Klipsch and Baumgart ex- plained the single lane por- tion of 10th St. is against an embankment, with hous- es on the north side and a sharp drop-off on the other side. So, they can't widen the road. These factors make it a traffic hazard for vehicles meeting each other. At that meeting, Klipsch asked the council to take a look at it. "I'm not sure I have a solution. The best solution might be to do nothing. Klipsch said his sugges- tion, if they do something, is to put a Do Not Enter sign on the Highway 61 end of 10th St. "Do you mean make it a one-way street? " asked Lew- is. "No, just put a Do Not En- ter sign on it," said Klipsch. Councilman John Melhis- er said he liked that idea. Eventually, councilmen voted to table it until their next meeting. DEMOLITION BIDS OPENED City attorney Brian Ma- honey and architect Dave Henson opened bids sub- mitted to raze the buildings at 606 and 608 Main St., Pe- tersburg. The specs call for the buildings to be taken down, but the front facades to be left in place. Jeff Guisewite, Inc., of Mt. Carmel, bid $ 322,800 on the project, but didn't give a price on any of the alterna- tive bids. Robinson Excavation, of Knox County, bid $ 347,950 and also didn't bid any of the alternatives. Cardinal Demolition, of Louisville, bid $488,000, with alternate 1 being $40,000, Alt. 2 $ 38,000, Alt 3 $24,000 and Alt. 4 $ 8,000. Henson said he would have to check with Lisa Gelhausen, of Region 15, about the requirements of the grant program pertain- ing to the bids. On Tuesday, Mayor Klipsch said they were go- ing to have to reject all the bids and rebid the project. He said Cardinal was the only contractor to bid the al- ternatives, but their bid was "way over our budget for the project." Klipsch they were going to have do some of the alter- nates for the project. He said he hoped they would be able to get bids by their Aug. 19 meeting. In other business, the council approved combining the positions of Waste Water Assistant and GIS Specialist into one position. They have recently purchased a hand- held GIS device that will give them mapping coordi- nates. So now when they lo- cate things such as water lines, valves and sewer lines, they can put the GIS coor- dinate into the city's inven- tory map. City Services Manager Ross Elmore said the device is accurate within 12 inches. So in the future, they will be able to quickly find under- ground lines and valves. Elmore said he put Matt Robinette in charge of the GIS. Klipsch said the city re- cently purchased a "valve exerciser" from Vincennes for $1,500. He told a story about a pri- vate contractor offering Pe- tersburg three times what they paid for it. So he was pretty sure it was a good buy. Elmore said Vincennes is going to train Petersburg employees on it. Klipsch said this is some- thing they have needed to be doing for years, but nev- er have. Elmore said they have used the machine on a valve that was frozen and it got the valve working like new. Klipsch said they also got a bunch of meter well lids from Vincennes for free. He said they were switching to a different kind and were go- ing to have them scrapped. So Petersburg took them. Elmore said they have to pay $ 38 for a new lid. The next Petersburg meeting is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. Monday, August 3. This house located at 2019 E. Alford St., Petersburg was the topic of Monday night's Petersburg City Council meeting. Mayor R. C. Klipsch and councilmen discussed what to do about it as neighbors' complaints mount.