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A-2 Front Wednesday, August 7, 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. COUNCIL Continued from page 1 Dining Specials 5pm-8pm 115 Pike Ave., Petersburg FRIDAY 08-09-19 SATURDAY 08-10-19 Coffee or Tea with special. Monday – ursday • 11 a.m. – 2 p.m. Plate Specials Daily! Buffet with Salad Bar, Only $10.95. Roast Beef Manhattan with Two Sides, $7.00 10 oz. Smoked Pork Chop with Two Sides, Only $7.50 Open to Members and Qualified Guests ZZZFROOHFWRUVFDUQLYDOVKRZVFRP *,%621&2)$,5*5281'61(0%5((6735,1&(721,1 COLLECTORS CARNIVAL ANTIQUE & FLEA MARKETS 6DWDPSP6DW3UHYLHZDP)UL6HWXS6KRSSHUSP :H·YH 0RYHG SINCE 1992 New 1-Day Show Saturday, August 10th HENKE Continued from page 1 month time period of con- versations retrieved via the search warrant." Police also received in- formation about the "seen count" from Facebook about the two accounts. Det. Ja- cobs, in the affidavit, states the Haley Maren account had been accessed 395 times and that 389 of those accesses were made from devices that shared two ac- counts. "This also suggests that the person responsible for one account is also re- sponsible for the other." Police also got search warrants for Google on Feb- ruary 25, 2019. Det. Jacobs said from this search they were able to locate photos of Henke's drivers license, as well as "images of possible child molestation." It stated they were able to find data showing some of these pho- tos were taken on an Apple iPhone6s Plus about 430 feet from a location on Broadway St. in Loogootee. A search warrant sent to the U.S. Postal Service showed Henke was receiv- ing mail at that Loogootee address until August 25, 2018, when Henke request- ed the address be changed to 3686 S. CR 900 E, Velpen. A level 5 felony has an advisory sentence of three years, with a range of one to six years. Henke is scheduled for an initial hearing in Pike Cir- cuit Court today. By Andy Heuring Two people were arrest- ed for drunken driving last week in Pike County. Both were stopped for speeding. Seth Wilkins, 25, of Evansville, was arrested early Saturday morning af- ter Indiana State Trooper C. J. Boeckman stopped him on Highway 64, near the Arthur Jct. Trooper Boeckman said Wilkins was driving west on Highway 64, just west of the Arthur Jct., at 70 mph. Trooper Boeckman said when he talked with Wilkins, he noticed the smell of alcohol. Wilkins failed field sobriety tests and was taken to the Pike County Jail, where he test- ed 0.176 percent for blood al- cohol. That amount is more than twice the legal limit of 0.08 percent for blood alco- hol content. Wilkins had a previous conviction for drunken driv- ing in the last five years, which enhanced his charge to a felony. A Louisville man was arrested at about 9 p.m. Wednesday on Highway 64 when Trooper Boeckman stopped him for driving 76 mph in a 55 zone. William K. Quarles, 61, of Louisville, was arrested on charges of operating a vehi- cle while intoxicated. Trooper Boeckman said he stopped Quarles near Augusta and while talking to him, he noticed beer cans, both empty and unopened, on the floorboard of the pas- senger's side. According to the probable cause affidavit, Quarles told Trooper Boeck- man he had flown to Denver, Colo., to drive a friend home to Louisville from Chey- enne, Wyo. Trooper Boeckman said Quarles failed field sobriety tests and was taken to Da- viess Community Hospital, where he tested positive for cocaine and had a blood al- cohol content of 0.088 per- cent. Two charged with OVWI in separate incidents SCHOOL Continued from page 1 ing insubordination of the guidelines and directives they have already, when is- sued." The new protocol includes a step process that is very similar to any other situa- tion in the school corpora- tion. Coaches will receive a warning and meeting on their first offense, a meet- ing and one-day suspension on their second, meeting and one-week suspension on their third and dismissal on their fourth. The severity of the discipline can skip steps if warranted by the offense. Some examples of punish- able issues are athletes par- ticipating without a physical or family ID; inappropriate language; disrespect to ad- ministration, office person- nel, other coaches, players or parents; conduct detri- mental to the school or pro- gram; endangering of stu- dent-athletes; failure to re- port injuries in a timely man- ner or allowing participation without a release; failure to fill out forms for usage of facilities and following the rules of the corporation. OTHER ACTIONS Approved the Student In- ternet and Technology Re- sponsible Use Protocols (RUP). The RUP outlines the guidelines and behav- iors that users are expected to follow when using school technologies or when using personally-owned devices on school campus. This in- formation will be given to students and parents when they register. The informa- tion includes all guidelines, as well as examples of re- sponsible and unacceptable uses. Accepted a bench for Pe- tersburg Elementary that was manufactured through the Cops for a Cause pro- gram, and donated by Na- tional Office Furniture/ Kimball International. The bench arrived at the school a few weeks ago and will be placed by the start of the school year. Blake said she would like to thank Chris Burkkart for his assistance in getting the bench placed. Approved the retirement of Wayne Ross, the resig- nations of Jarrett Robinson, Kyle Brames, Sara Graber and Leah Robinson, and a leave of absence request from Ivan Mason. Approved the appoint- ments of Tiffany Nichol- son as a special education teacher at Petersburg Ele- mentary, Cain Parker as the middle school cross coun- try coach, Melissa Sinks for the eight-hour position that Wayne Ross previous- ly held, Tanner Richardson as an instructional assistant at the middle school, Kat- lynn LaRue as a computer science teacher and Susan Beth Rich as a special edu- cation aide at Winslow Ele- mentary. Approved teacher and ad- ministrative contracts for the 2019 -20 school year. Approved the district's bus drivers for the 2019 -20 school year. By Andy Heuring Petersburg is now using a high tech tool to help make life easier for their crews. A month ago they purchased a GIS (Geographic Informa- tion System) device that al- lows them to map and place their utilities into a highly accurate digital map. City Services Manager Ross Elmore showed the City Council an aerial view of a lot and where their maps said a water line was located and where it was actually lo- cated. "You can see how far off it was," said Elmore. "Some of these are best guesses by an engineer where the line is located." He added, "One side of the street or the other doesn't seem like much when you are drawing the line on a map, but when you are the guy who is coming out try- ing to dig that line up, it makes a big difference." "This is going to be a real- ly valuable tool for us. This thing is accurate within 12 inches. I have been using Matt (Robinette) everyday," said Elmore. Robinette said he has pro- grammed the device so that he is able to locate whatev- er utility they happen to be working on, whether it is a water or sewer line. He said it is also starting to put in storm sewer line locations. When the city does work on a line, Robinette is able to get a GIS coordinate for the that line or valve or struc- ture. Then he takes it to his computer and is able to enter those coordinates into the digital map for city utilities. "It will get within 12 inch- es, but it averages about 16 inches," said Robinette. The next time the city has to locate a line they have worked on, they no longer have to guess its location. They can go out and start digging within 16 inches of where the line is located. "You can see how valu- able of a tool this is going to be for us," said Elmore. "We have been using it everyday since we've had it to take shots where we are working. This is only going to make our future maps better." "We are inundated with water leaks. I have eight pending. They are nothing serious, just nuisances," said Elmore. While he was talk- ing, the phone rang and Po- lice Chief Chuck Baumgart took a message. He then handed Elmore a note with the address of another leak he got from the phone call. Each one will be mapped and add accurate locations to the city's growing map da- tabase. City using GIS to digitally master utility lines taining Walnut Hills Ceme- tery. Councilman Fran Lewis told the council she had been approached by members of the Odd Fellows about Pe- tersburg taking over mow- ing the cemetery. She said they have mow- ing equipment they were willing give to the city. Klipsch said he had been approached about it some time ago. They both said there are only two active members left in the Odd Fel- lows. The Odd Fellows own and maintain Walnut Hills Cemetery. However, Klipsch said both members are now in their 80s and they want Pe- tersburg to consider taking over the cemetery. "I would love for them to continue to mow and main- tain the cemetery," said Klipsch. However, he said he had been considering the is- sue for sometime. "If they (Odd Fellows) cease to ex- ist, it will go to the state or- ganization. They will proba- bly sell the cemetery to a pri- vate group. . . I have thought about all the scenarios and none of them are good," He said the private group will have to make money at it. So they will raise the cost and eventually lower mainte- nance. "We all have a stake in this. We all have someone buried out there." Klipsch said the com- plaints about it will come to the city and there will be lit- tle they can do if it is owned by someone else. "If we take it over from them rather than someone private, then we get it before it gets into a bad situation. It would be better than trying to clean up a mess." Klipsch said Petersburg had the capacity to handle maintaining. "We can't do this in a way that it will lose money." He said between dona- tions and burial plot sales, it is nearly breaking even now. Klipsch said the key would be figuring a way to get peo- ple to donate to its mainte- nance. In other business, Klipsch said Petersburg submitted their application for Commu- nity Crossroads grant mon- ey to pave streets. He added, he didn't think they would be successful with it this year, because they have gotten the grant the last two times they applied. "I don't think we will be successful three times in a row," The paving projects on the application are: Spruce St., from Ninth St. to dead end; Walnut Street, from Ninth St. to 12th St.; Poplar St., from Fifth St. to Mulberry St; and Fifth St., from Main to Illi- nois St. Klipsch said these streets were selected in part to stay away from areas where Vec- tren's new gas lines aren't being installed. "We are try- ing to stay behind them. We don't want to have to pave it twice," said Klipsch. Vectren is in the process of installing new gas lines throughout Petersburg. Klipsch said he didn't want to pave a street just before Vectren digs it up to put in a new gas line. BACK TO SCHOOL Petersburg Police Chief Chuck Baumgart urged peo- ple to be on the watch for school buses. School starts on Wednesday, August 7. "Pay attention and stay off the phone," said Baumgart. He also urged people to put their street address numbers on their house. Baumgart and Fire Chief Ross Elmore both said not having the address numbers on a house can cause delays in emergency response. "It just causes confusion and slows response at a time sec- onds count," said Elmore. The next scheduled Pe- tersburg meeting is 6:30 p.m. Monday, August 19. ROWE Continued from page 1 Judge Jeff Biesterveld. Walton also said there was a marijuana and hash- ish charge listed in 2005. He said Rowe had been charged with marijuana, but not hashish. "It is the same statute," said Biesterveld. Walton complained that the Pike County Probation Dept., in their pre-sentenc- ing report, found that Rowe "showed no remorse." "I think that is a mis-charac- terization." He said Rowe was in court pleading guilty. "The court will make that determination," said Bies- terveld. Walton said he wanted to make it clear for the re- cord that Rowe was being charged on old statutes of a class B felony, even though the offenses were originally charged as a class A felony. He also said, under the old statutes, Rowe's 16 -year sen- tence with good time would actually be eight years. Under the old law, con- victs received one day of good time for each day served. "The DOC (Dept. of Cor- rections) determines good time," said Biesterveld. Rowe was arrested on July 27, 2017, after his daughter came forward and told po- lice he had sexually assault- ed her repeatedly and even- tually raped her as she was growing up. She said when he was thrown out of Rock- Star Tattoo, he urged her to become a stripper and man- aged her career as a strip- per, and pimped her out un- til she got married. City employee Matt Robinette walks a trench for a waterline being replaced with GIS device. It maps the trench with a GIS coordinate that is accurate to within 12 inches. This provides the city with an accurate map of where their water, sewer and storm sewer lines are located.