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"We made some aggressive attacks on it with four hos- es and ended up putting it out." He said they were on scene for about two and a half hours. He said the State Fire Marshal's Office had looked at the remains of the house but hadn't found anything they could pinpoint as caus- ing the fire. Jefferson Township was assisted by Petersburg and Southeast Daviess County with the fire. Mounts said Eric Pollock, who owned the house, said it was in the process of being remodeled. ly weapon, a level 5 felony. Hunt was accused of steal- ing his ex-girlfriend's pet dogs, killing them and then burning them. • Kya Leighty won the girls' PAC track champion- ship in the 1,600 -meter run with a time of 5:31.81. • Ed Cahill, 55, Sports Ed- itor for The Press-Dispatch died on Friday, May 24, of complications following a stroke he suffered on Febru- ary 15. Cahill had a long list of awards at various newspa- pers during his 30 -plus year journalism career. While at The Press-Dispatch, Cahill won Best Sports Section Non-Daily in 2015 and Best Sports Feature in 2014 from the Hoosier State Press As- sociation. • An Evansville man was arrested for driving the wrong way on I-69. Kyle W. Brown, 25, was stopped by Pike County Deputy Sher- iff Jared Simmons follow- ing 911 calls reporting the wrong way driver. Brown had a blood alcohol level of nearly three times the legal limit and was vaping THC. • Pike County School Corp. voted to move to a "One to One" policy that will trend away from tradi- tional books to electric de- vices, such as laptop com- puters and tablets. It was ex- pected to cost $235,785 over the next four years. • Pike Central High School graduated 130 stu- dents in their commence- ment ceremonies. Valedic- torian Andrew Kreig and Salutatorian Kyle Williams spoke at the ceremonies, along with Madison Fet- tinger, who gave the senior address. • Julie West was named the Secondary Teacher of the Year. • Pike Central junior Ty- ler Kirby cleared 14'4" in the pole vault to qualify for the boys' state finals in Bloom- ington. • Pike Central junior Au- drey Keepes was named All- Conference in girls' tennis. • Nicole Traylor, 32, of Otwell, was arrested on a charge of dealing meth, less than 5 grams, after her husband reported drug ac- tivity to police. When po- lice searched her house, they found a small plastic bag containing a clear crys- tal-like substance that field tested positive for meth, two sets of scales with a white powdery substance on them, burned glass pipes, razor blades and snort tubes. • Pike Central's Nate Woolery won the 3,200 -me- ter run at the boys' Prince- ton Track Sectional with a time of 10 :52.46. The Char- gers placed third as a team. • Senior golfer Noah On- yett tied the Pike Central school record as he shot a 34 at Prides Creek Golf Course. JUNE • Four-year-old River Har- bin received a new heart in a successful nine-hour opera- tion. "There is finally the light at the end of the tun- nel," said his mother, Brit- tany Harbin. He had been on the heart transplant list for 98 days awaiting a donor. Harbin had spent most of his four years in the hospital. • Petersburg Mayor R.C. Klipsch traveled to Tokyo, Japan, with other business executives, government leaders and Japan-Amer- ican organizations, after he was invited by The Ja- pan Foundation Center for Global Partnership. During the trip, he met with Nippon Steel Yawata Works and the Kitakyushu Chamber of Commerce. • A report of a domestic dispute on Glezen St. in Pe- tersburg led to the arrest of Alexis Brock, 22, of 1033 E. Glezen St., and Damien Mans, 23, of 1658 E. Arthur Church Road, Winslow, both on charges of dealing meth, a level 5 felony. Petersburg Patrolman arrived to inves- tigate the dispute and found them in possession of meth. • Petersburg native Dal- ton Sutt, 28, of Carlisle, was killed when a semi-truck he was driving crashed on a sharp curve on a steep hill in Martin County. Indiana State Police said Sutt was driving a semi-truck loaded with grain down a 12-per- cent grade when his truck crashed and he was ejected from the truck. • Jordan Hunt, 28, of Ha- zelton, was sentenced in Pike Circuit Court to 2.5 years for killing his ex-girl- friend's dogs. He was con- victed of domestic violence animal cruelty and killing a domestic animal. • The Winslow Town Council voted to investigate the finances of the Winslow Volunteer Fire Department. • Winslow Elementary School teacher Stephanie Shedd was voted the Ele- mentary Teach of the Year in Pike County. • Charger golfer No- ah Onyett finished the sea- son with an 84 at the Wash- ington Regional at Country Oaks. He failed to advance to the state finals, but dur- ing the year, he tied the Pike Central record score for nine holes, twice shoot- ing an 84. He set the school record with a 69 for 18 holes. He shot that score at the Old Country Club of Vincennes. • Pike Central's Lauren Vaughn was named to the All-PAC team for softball. • Melinda Sharp, 63, of rural Winslow died in a fast moving fire on June 14. She lived in the house with her daughter and son-in-law, Da- vid and Amy Taylor. David woke up a little after mid- night and noticed smoke in their bedroom. When he opened the door, smoke Seals charged with disorderly and paraphernalia By James Capozella Pike County Sheriff Dep- uty Brad Jenkins was dis- patched to a disturbance at 2950 N. CR 875 W., Hazle- ton late Monday, Decem- ber 23, resulting in Michael Seals, 18, of Hazleton, being arrested for disorderly con- duct and possession of par- aphernalia. Jenkins said in his arrest report that Seals had thrown water from a water bottle at his grandmother, Brenda Montgomery, who had tak- en a marijuana pipe out of his coat pocket. Seals and his girlfriend were arguing about his drug use outside the house while seated in a 2001 Chevrolet when Jen- kins arrived. When questioned by Jen- kins, Seals said they had been arguing and he threw water on Brenda to get her to leave, according to the re- port. Seals then stated he placed the marijuana pipe under the car. Jenkins then looked under the car and saw it laying on the ground. Jenkins then placed Mi- chael Seals under arrest. A f- ter Jenkins placed Seals in his patrol car, he asked if he had anything on his person. Seals said "yes, some mari- juana" in his crotch, accord- ing to the report. At the Pike County Jail, a jailer checked for the mar- ijuana and located a small pill bottle containing a small amount of marijuana. WILLIS Continued from page 1 Willis has been a member since she was hired at Pike County, prior to her recent appointment to the board of directors. Last Friday, Willis was elected president of the Southwest Indiana Econom- ic Development Council for 2020. The SWIDC repre- sents Crawford, Daviess, Dubois, Knox, Martin, Or- ange, Spencer, Perry and Pike counties. Willis had previously served in the po- sitions of Treasurer and Sec- retary of the SWIDC. She said she hopes it rais- es Pike County's visibility by serving on the state and re- gional boards. "A lot of the state's pro- grams want regional coop- erations. When companies locate, they don't see coun- ty lines, they see areas and regions. It is good econom- ic development to operate as a region and have that coop- eration," said Willis. Mosby, a 1979 graduate of Pike Central, was elected Treasurer of SWIDC. A press release from SWIDC states, "SWIDC serves the I-69 and I-64 cor- ridors, and strives to im- prove workforce skills and innovation talent, while re- taining and growing the manufacturing and com- mercial developments in the Southwest Indiana region." Mosby's organization, Perry County Development Corporation, received a na- tional award for their mar- keting campaign entitled Pick Perry. They were named the first place winners of the Market- ing Program for Small Divi- sion in the Mid-American Development Council 2019 Annual Economic Develop- ment Awards presented on December 10 in Chicago. The small division was for those with less than 50,000 population. Their Pick Perry logo was put on merchandise, such as T-shirts and coffee mugs. Mosby said they eventual- ly decided to let merchants pick what type of items they wanted to sell with the lo- go, so clothing stores could sell T-shirts and other stores could sell items such as cof- fee mugs, umbrellas and tumblers. It also expanded to numerous clothing items. "It has been widely suc- cessful. Residents travel far and wide, and proudly pro- vide photos wearing their Pick Perry clothing. Marketing beyond the Perry County borders will allow us to show pride in the community to those not cur- rently living in Perry Coun- ty." He said, "The effort will be focused on attracting those who were born and raised in Perry County, but have since moved away, to entice them to move back. Also, we will use the brand in our efforts to attract new people to live, work and play in Perry County." Petersburg officials take oath of office Petersburg's newly elected officials took the oath of office last Friday afternoon. It was issued by Pike Circuit Court Judge Jeff Biesterveld. Petersburg offi- cials are, (l to r): Councilman Brian VanMeter, Gary Leavitt, Jody Hoover, Mayor R. C. Klipsch, Councilman Scott Jenkins and Clerk-Treasurer Tammy Selby.