The Press-Dispatch
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A-2 Front Wednesday, Januar y 8, 2020 The Press-Dispatch See REVIEW on page 4 REVIEW Continued from page 1 COUNCIL Continued from page 1 LUGNUTZ B A R & G R I L L 208 N. Main St, WINSLOW 812-789-9231 New Owners • Remodeled Building • Clean Environment IN CONCERT Saturday, January 11 Doors open at 5 p.m. The Flemings at 8 p.m. Jason Sturgeon at 10 p.m. $1 per head goes toward Pike County Lunch Guard $10 COVER CHARGE Is it TIME for your next eye exam? 8–7 . Mon. 8–noon . Tues. 10–7 . Wed. 8–5 . Thur. 8–5 . Fri. Locally Owned and Operated Dr. Clint Shoultz 715 S. 9th Street, Petersburg (812) 354-9400 in Pike County over the last 30 days. • Petersburg Elementa- ry School, for the first time, participated in the Meet You at the Pole prayer event. Stu- dents, teachers and parents met at the flag pole in front of the school at 7 a.m. to pray for their school, community and country. • A hospice nurse, Patri- cia Coffey, 53, of Vincennes, was arrested at her patient's house on charges of public intoxication and operating a vehicle while intoxicated. Police were called after she arrived at the house and was slurring her words and fall- ing into furniture. • Pike Central Middle School Cross Country run- ner Xavier Weisman won the Barr Reeve Cross-Country Invitational, a 13-team event. She ran a time of 11:18. • Pike Central's boys' soc- cer team beat Gibson South- ern 1-0. The Titans were ranked 16th in the Indiana Soccer Coaches Associa- tion poll. • Petersburg got official word they will receive a $7.5 million grant to help fund a wastewater treatment plant. "This is about the biggest thing to happen to this lit- tle town, maybe ever," said Mayor R.C. Klipsch. • The Pike Central Marching Band won Best Percussion at the Spring Valley Marching Band com- petition, while placing third overall in the competition. • Two Pike Central teams placed first in vari- ous divisions of the STEM Challenging Manufactur- ing Day competition. The team of Blake Henson, Jen- na Horrall, Dalton Goslee, Alec Federick, Sam Henson and Kade Love won the 3D Print Chair Pack Challeng- er and placed second over- all in the competition. The team of Ayden Wigand, Ca- leb Tyree, Chase Mehringer, Joel Henson and Logan En- glert won the Scrap Puzzler Challenge. • Pike County and Peters- burg received near $ 600,000 in grants to fund paving projects. Pike County got $434,356.74, while Peters- burg got $197,287.74. • The demolition of build- ings at 606 and 608 Main St. began. • Pike Central's March- ing Band qualified for the state finals in Indianapolis with their performance of Bent at the Jasper prelims competition. • Petersburg's new $293,000 fire truck was de- livered in time for the coun- cilmen and Mayor R.C. Klipsch to view it at their Monday night City Council meeting. • Pike Central senior Na- te Woolery qualified for the semi-state by placing 17th in the Pike Central hosted Re- gional at Prides Creek Park. He ran the 3.1 miles in 17.28. He was one of the top 10 in- dividuals not on an advanc- ing team. NOVEMBER • Scott Jenkins, (D) won the seat his father, Bertis Jenkins, held for 24 years. Scott defeated Tricia Clar- idge 154 to 146 in the Pe- tersburg city election for the Dist. 3 Council set. • A Pike Central teen, Dennis Brumfield, 18, of Winslow, was arrested on charges of possession of marijuana, contributing to the delinquency of a minor and criminal recklessness. The charges came after a ju- venile student was taken to the hospital complaining of heart attack-like symptoms. That teen said he was vap- ing THC while a vape pen was being passed around in the bathroom. Brumfield was the only one of those in the bathroom who was 18 years old. • A 120 -foot long section of Blackburn Road sunk about three to four feet, frightening county officials into believing the main route for semi-trucks to get to the Petersburg IPL plant might have to be closed for expensive repairs. Origi- nally, they feared it might be dangerous for trucks to drive over the area, fearing it could collapse into a deep hole. However, after Coun- ty Highway officials talked with a deep mine expert in southern Illinois, they were told it was probably just a room in an old mine that had collapsed. He said the room was probably only about six feet from floor to ceiling and would pose little or no risk. Engineers had suggest- ed the core drill at a cost of $ 30,000 to $40,000, but this was dismissed. • A Petersburg man was heard bragging about steal- ing equipment from a the hog farm Win Production, LLC, formerly Weisheit Farms. Todd Hawthorne, 39, was arrested on charg- es of burglary, a level 5 fel- ony; theft, a level 6 felony; and possession of meth and maintaining a common nui- sance. Hawthorne's wife, Jennifer, was arrested on charges of maintaining a common nuisance and possession of meth, both class 6 felonies, after police searched their home. • A quick-moving snow storm on Veterans Day dropped about three inch- es of snow on the area. It caused all kinds of havoc on the roads. "Highway 64 is a disaster," said Pike County 911 Director. At the time, there were two semi-trucks crashed in separate inci- dents and another car that had crashed into a woods, all on Highway 64. In all, there were more than 10 accidents reported. • Earning the Stupid- est Guy of 2019 award, a 20 -year-old, from Owens- boro, Ky., pulled out and passed a Petersburg Police- man while driving south on Main St. at 2 a.m. The traffic stop that ensued led to Mu- handrneil Nard-Everett be- ing arrested on charges of counterfeiting, a level 6 fel- ony; possession of marijua- na; and illegal possession of alcohol. Police said they found counterfeit $100 bills, alcohol and marijuana in the vehicle. • The Pike County Com- Trio arrested after traffic stop By James Capozella A traffic stop on Janu- ary 2 at Ninth and Good- let streets in Petersburg re- sulted in one active felony warrant arrest out of Mar- ion County, and two pas- sengers were charged with possession. Petersburg Po- lice Sergeant Chad McClel- lan initiated a stop for disre- garding a traffic control de- vice and speeding. Peters- burg Police Officers Scott Arnold and Briar Meadors assisted in a search of the ve- hicle after Officer McClellan advised he smelled the odor of marijuana. Derrick Allen, 27, was de- tained by McClellan for the Marion County warrant and subsequently charged with driving while suspended (prior), possession of par- aphernalia (prior), main- taining a common nuisance and possession of marijuana (prior conviction), accord- ing to the report. When Officer Arnold asked if there was anything illegal on them or in the vehi- cle, both passengers advised there was not. Asked about the marijuana on the back seat, Jacques Sturdivant, 25, said, "We was rolling one," according to the report. During a search of the ve- hicle by Officer Meadors, Sheriff Sergeant Buck Seger and Petersburg Police Offi- cer Scott Arnold, more than 40 grams of marijuana were found in numerous places in both front and rear compart- ments. Both Sturdivant and the other passenger, Khali- fia Jackson, 23, were trans- ported to the Pike County Jail and charged with pos- session of marijuana and possession of parapherna- lia, according to the report. Snyder arrested on outstanding felony warrants and drugs By James Capozella Tyler J. Snyder, 28, of 3830 E. CR 675 N., Peters- burg, was taken into custody on two felony warrants, plus possession of methamphet- amine and possession of a schedule II controlled sub- stance at his parent's home just before midnight on De- cember 31, according to a re- port by Pike County Deputy Sheriff Mike Willis. Deputy Willis had re- ceived information on Sny- der's whereabouts and infor- mation about a Pike County felony warrant and a warrant for escape out of Knox Coun- ty. Officers from the Pike County Sheriff's Office, Pe- tersburg Police Department and Indiana State Police in- vestigated a detached ga- rage where Snyder was seen through one of the windows in the garage. A fter Snyder was taken into custody, Deputy Willis asked if there was anything they needed to know about during the pat-down, and Snyder stated there were illegal narcotics in his left front pants pocket, accord- ing to the report. Willis re- moved a small plastic De- Walt container that had one gram of a white powdery substance in a cellophane bag that field tested posi- tive for methamphetamine. A white pill was also located that contained Hydrocodone Bitartrate, a schedule II con- trolled substance. Snyder was transported to the Pike County Jail and booked for Pike and Knox county felony warrants and possession of methamphet- amine and possession of a schedule II controlled sub- stance. Sept. 11, 2019—Sarah Lane plays and looks at the crowd while marching in a display of multi-task- ing during a performance of the Pike Central March- ing Band. They started competition season with a third place at the Evansville Central band contest. the hill," said Klipsch. Councilman John Melhis- er asked if INDOT was go- ing to do the engineering. Klipsch said INDOT was going to do the engineering and construction. "So what we need to do is see if the property owners are in agreement with it," said Melhiser. He suggested they find out who all the property holders are who will be af- fected by it and talk to them. "We need to decide if we want to do this. We don't have to do this. INDOT will have to figure out how to do it," said Klipsch. He said the city had just paved Trafzer St. and White River Ave. because they are going to be a de - tour for when the Highway 61 project is under construc- tion. "We just paved it and it would be eliminating traffic past their house, so it is like we put a new driveway in for them," said Klipsch. "It is hard to pull out there now, because of limited vis- ibility. If they put up walls, it will make visibility even worse," said Councilman Scott Jenkins. Klipsch asked all the councilmen to take a look at the issue before the next meeting. In a related matter, Klipsch said they have ap- plied for a hardship grant to put a water line under High- way 61 from the well field to the water plant. He said they will find out on Thursday, January 9 if they are going to get the grant. CEMETERY ADVISORY BOARD TO BE APPOINTED Klipsch told councilmen they are now the govern- ing body over Walnut Hills Cemetery. The Odd Fellows Lodge that owned and oper- ated the cemetery signed it over to the city as of Janu- ary 1. He suggested they ap- point an advisory board to help with the administra- tion of the cemetery. He suggested he appoint three people to it and the coun- cil appoint four people to it. Klipsch said he envisions his appointments being peo- ple from the Odd Fellows Lodge who are already in- volved with it. Councilmen were asked to come up with names of people who would be inter- ested in the cemetery. OTHER BUSINESS Klipsch said most of the blight elimination work on the buildings at 606 and 608 Main St. has been com- pleted. He said they are still trying to decide what to do with the front of the build- ings, but they are consider- ing having Randy Hedden paint a mural on the front that would look how it would have looked originally. Police Chief Chuck Baumgart said he is in the process of getting prisoner cages for their city police cruisers. He said the cages will be for one person and only for half of the back seat. "Right now, we put them in the passenger seat and when they start to act up, we gr- ab them with our right hand while we are driving," said Baumgart. Melhiser asked why they were only doing one-person cages. Baumgart explained the cages take up a lot of room in the backseat and don't al- low them to move the front seat back very far. "It is un- comfortable for me and I'm short," said Baumgart. The next city council meeting is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, January 21. It will be Tuesday instead of Monday, because of Mar- tin Luther King, Jr. Day. Trafzer Street's intersection with Highway 61 in Petersburg is being considered as a point of closure by the City Council. The Indiana Department of Transportation has asked Petersburg to consider closing access to it from Highway 61. Mayor R.C. Klipsch asked councilmen to take a look at it before the next council meeting. Klipsch said INDOT was suggesting some type of barrier be put up to prevent cars from pulling onto Highway 61 or from exiting Highway 61 onto Trafzer St.