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Designer Screen Shades Your Window Fashions Store Since 1954 704 Main Street Jasper, IN 812-482-4040 1(: Served On The Buffet Friday 4pm - Close And All Day Saturday & Sunday 602.('%%4%5,6.(7 3\UJO )\MML[ 4VU-YPHTWT +PUULY )\MML[ 4\Z[7YLZLU[*V\WVU ,_W *HUUV[IL\ZLK^P[OV[OLY KPZJV\U[ZVYZLUPVYZWLJPHS .VVKMVYHU`ZPaLWHY[` 9LKLLTHISLH[PU =PUJLUULZ>HZOPUN[VU 4VU-YPWT*SVZL (SS+H`:H[:\U 3\UJO )\MML[ 4VU-YPHTWT +PUULY )\MML[ 4\Z[7YLZLU[*V\WVU ,_W *HUUV[IL\ZLK^P[OV[OLY KPZJV\U[ZVYZLUPVYZWLJPHS .VVKMVYHU`ZPaLWHY[` 9LKLLTHISLH[PU =PUJLUULZ>HZOPUN[VU 4VU-YPWT*SVZL (SS+H`:H[:\U 3\UJO )\MML[ 4VU-YPHTWT +PUULY )\MML[ 4\Z[7YLZLU[*V\WVU ,_W *HUUV[IL\ZLK^P[OV[OLY KPZJV\U[ZVYZLUPVYZWLJPHS .VVKMVYHU`ZPaLWHY[` 9LKLLTHISLH[PU =PUJLUULZ>HZOPUN[VU 4VU-YPWT*SVZL (SS+H`:H[:\U 3\UJO )\MML[ 4VU-YPHTWT +PUULY )\MML[ 4\Z[7YLZLU[*V\WVU ,_W *HUUV[IL\ZLK^P[OV[OLY KPZJV\U[ZVYZLUPVYZWLJPHS .VVKMVYHU`ZPaLWHY[` 9LKLLTHISLH[PU =PUJLUULZ>HZOPUN[VU 4VU-YPWT*SVZL (SS+H`:H[:\U By Andy Heuring A Petersburg man was ar- rested after he was accused of making a scene and leav- ing a Winslow convenience store before paying for a soft drink. It was one of three driving while intoxicated ar- rests over the last week in Pike County. Kolby Alan Jenkins, 32, of 325 E. Kennedy Ave., Peters- burg, was arrested on charg- es of operating a vehicle while intoxicated, with a pri- or conviction; habitual traf- fic violator for life; and theft. Indiana State Trooper Brayden Angermeier said he was dispatched to the Win- slow Quick Pick after an em- ployee called 911 at 9:18 p.m. last Wednesday, saying they needed police "right away." Angermeier said Jenkins was in the store causing a scene and had left the store without paying for a fountain drink. Trooper Angermeier said Petersburg Cpl. Kyle Mills was the first to get there and had talked with Jenkins. Mills gave Jenkins' identi- fication card to Angermei- er, who asked Jenkins if he knew why the police were called to the scene. According to a probable cause affidavit, Jenkins said he had put $12 on the counter and that someone must have taken it. He admitted raising his voice because the cashier told him he couldn't leave the store due to "store policy." He added he wasn't upset someone took his money and "he wasn't trying to make a big deal about it." Jenkins told police he was trying to get his life togeth- er and that he had been so- ber for two years, according to the affidavit. Police reviewed the video tape. They said it showed Jen- kins driving into the Quick Pick parking lot, and then go- ing into the store and getting a fountain drink. "The foot- age showed Jenkins looking through his pockets, as if he was looking for money, and talking to the cashier. The footage then showed Jenkins leaving the inside of the gas station holding a fountain drink without paying," stat- ed the affidavit. The owner requested charges be filed and asked for Jenkins to be warned not to return to the store. When police checked Jen- kins' driving status, they found he was an habitual traffic violator for life. Jen- kins said he had been giv- ing driving conditions, but he didn't have a copy of that with him. He also told police he was on house arrest and wearing an ankle monitor. He admitted he had taken two Xanax, but he said the doctor told him he could take it and drive. Jenkins failed field sobri- ety tests and was taken into custody. A Monroe City man was arrested after motorists told police a black SUV was swerving all of the road and had crossed the center line, nearly hitting another vehi- cle head-on. William Kohlhouse, 28, of 101 Ninth St., Monroe City, was arrested on a charge of operating while intoxicat- ed (controlled substance) at about 5:10 p.m. Thursday. Pike County Sheriff's Sgt. Buck Seger said he was able to locate the black SUV on Highway 61. He said he saw it drive left of center and then cross the roadway and cross the fog line. Sgt. Seger stopped the vehicle near Roy- alty Road. According to Seger, he noticed Kohlhouse's hands were shaking heavily and he had slow speech. Kohl- house denied he was under the influence of anything and claimed he had a med- ical condition. Sgt. Seger said he found Kohlhouse's operator's li- cense was suspended. He said he asked Kohlhouse to get out of his vehicle and Kohlhouse sat on the hood of Seger's police car. Kohlhouse failed field so- briety tests. He was taken to the Daviess Community Hos- pital, where he tested posi- tive for amphetamines. A rural Winslow man and one of his passengers were arrested early Sunday morn- ing after police said they saw the vehicle drive left of cen- ter four times. Kaleb Bolin, 18, of 733 S. CR 175 E., Winslow, was ar- rested on a charges of operat- ing a vehicle while intoxicat- ed, possession of marijuana and maintaining a common nuisance. His passenger, Dennis Brumfield, was arrested on charges of visiting a common nuisance and possession of marijuana. Pike County Deputy Sher- iff Jared Simmons said he was assisting Trooper C.J. Boeckman on a traffic stop at CR 125 S. and Meridian Road when a black Pontiac went by and drove left of center. Dep- uty Simmons said he then fol- lowed Bolin and noticed him go left of center three more times, then stopped him on CR 200 E. Deputy Simmons said when he talked with Bolin, he could smell the odor of raw marijuana. Simmons said he noticed Bolin had bloodshot, glassy eyes, slurred speech and poor manual dexterity. His front seat passenger was Dennis Brumfield, 18, of 58 S. SR 61, Winslow. Two teen girls were in the backseat. Deputy Simmons said both Bolin and Brumfield denied anything illegal in the car. During a search of the ve- hicle, police found a gallon- size ziplock bag with a green leafy substance, which field tested positive for marijua- na. They also found another small bag and one in the cen- ter console, both appeared to be marijuana. Deputy Simmons said when they talked with Shelby Sisk, 18, and Brianna Like, 18, separately, both said they had been at PC 1-Stop when Bolin and Brumfield asked them if they wanted to hang- out. Sisk told police when she got into the vehicle, she thought she smelled marijua- na, but both Brumfield and Bolin denied there being any marijuana in the vehicle. Sisk and Like both said they had not smoked mari- juana or seen anyone smoke marijuana. Deputy Simmons said Brumfield told them Bolin picked him up after Brum- field got off work and they smoked marijuana togeth- er. They both said neither one had smoked since they picked up the girls. Bolin was taken to the Da- viess Community Hospital, where he tested positive for marijuana. Bolin and Brum- field were both taken into custody. The girls were released. Three arrested for impaired driving in separate incidents Blood drive in Winslow Rachel Trabant, of Winslow, squeezes a rubber ball while giving blood during the American Red Cross blood drive in Winslow. The American Red Cross had a blood drive at the Winslow Church of the Nazarene. the intersection, and then have the council review and vote on it at the next meet- ing. Councilmen agreed and Mahoney said he would work on it. In other street business, councilmen agreed to apply for a grant from the Indiana Department of Transporta- tion through the Commu- nity Crossroads program. They are requesting about $154,000 from INDOT, with a match from Petersburg of about $51,000, to pave four different streets. The pro- posed projects are: Maple St., from Ninth to 12th St.; Seventh St., from Walnut to Goodlet; Goodlet St., from Seventh to Ninth St.; and Eighth St., from Main to Goodlet. In other business, Skip Willis asked the council to consider passing an ordi- nance to establish Peters- burg as a Second Amend- ment Sanctuary City. He gave them a sample ordi- nance. "We just want to get out ahead of this," said Wil- lis. He said a sweeping gun control bill was introduced in the Indiana Legislature. "I know how much you support our local law en- forcement and I appreciate it," said Mayor Klipsch to Willis. "I don't see it happening in Indiana," said Council- man Melhiser of the gun control bill passing. The next Petersburg council meeting is sched- uled for 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, February 18. They normal- ly meet on the first and third Mondays, but February 17 is Presidents Day. at PES. Several sports teams can- celled events because of their depleted rosters. Swim coach Travis Cochren said out of 21 swimmers on the boys' and girls' team, he only had 11 available last week. Blake said after getting re- ports throughout the day on Wednesday, she made the de- cision to cancel normal class- es and go with an E-Learn- ing Day. "We had the flex day al- ready planned on Friday. So the students were going to have a three-day weekend. With the increasing numbers of sick, it just made sense to try for an extra day," said Blake. She said not only did it give kids an extra day to stay away from each other and get well, it also gave custodians time to come in and clean on Thursday. "They did a great job. I appreciate them. I'm not sure thank you is enough," said Blake of their efforts. She said community mem- bers donated to help the schools purchase pizzas for the custodians at lunch. The bus drivers also cleaned their buses in an ef- fort to disinfect them. "Hopefully we have been able to minimize this." Blake said on Tuesday she had two area school corpora- tions call her to ask how they handled the flu outbreak last week. "They are trying to fig- ure out what to do. So it isn't just us, there are other corpo- rations who are dealing with this," said Blake. So far, it looks like the four- day break may have done the trick. On Tuesday the atten- dance rate had stayed the same as it was on Monday. By Andy Heuring With the race for presi- dent officially kicking off in Iowa on Monday night, the races locally seem to be as blasé as the national race is heated. Only a fraction more than eight days remain for candi- dates to file locally and so far, not only are there no op- posed races in the primary, there is only one opposed race in the general election. The deadline to file is noon Friday, February 7 in the Clerk's office. Currently, the only op- posed race is for Coroner. Republican Ray Brooks and Democrat Nicholas Henson have both filed for the seat being vacated by Henson's aunt, Gretchen Harris, who reached her term limit. In other county-wide rac- es, Susan ( Wheeler) Brittian has filed on the Republican ticket for County Treasurer. The rest of the candidates who filed for county posi- tions are incumbents. All three county council at-large incumbents have filed for re-election. They are: Democrat G. Todd Meadors, and Republicans Dennis Bishop and Greg Willis. Both Republican commis- sioners, Ryan Coleman in District 3 and Jeff Nelson in District 1, have filed. Surveyor Richard Wil- liams has filed for re-elec- tion, as has County Clerk Lana Griffith. Both are Re- publicans. One position that is cre- ating some opposition is for State Representative. There are three districts that include part of Pike County. District 64 Republican in- cumbent Matt Hostettler is being challenged by Demo- crat Ian Gamroth. In District 75, Democrat John Hurley has filed, as have two Repub- licans, Cindy Ledbetter and Rick Martin. They are seek- ing Ron Bacon's position. Ba- con recently announced he would not seek reelection. Currently, Shane Lindauer is unopposed in District 63. The primary election is scheduled for Tuesday, May 5 in Indiana. No races currently exist as filing deadline approaches By Andy Heuring A Velpen man was arrested after police found him stand- ing in the middle of the road with his pants around his an- kles. Mark Hanselman, 54, of 6048 S. CR 1075 E., Velpen, was arrested on charges of public intoxication and re- sisting law enforcement with a deadly weapon. Pike County Deputy Sher- iff Jared Simmons said he responded after central dis- patch received a 911 call. When he arrived at the scene near Velpen on CR 1075 E., he found Hanselman stand- ing in the middle of the road with his pants around his ankles. He said he ordered Hanselman to show him his hands, and Hanselman pulled a knife out and point- ed it at Simmons. According to Deputy Simmons, Han- selman said, "What do you want? " Simmons' report stated he ordered Hanselman to drop the knife, but Hanselman re- sponded, saying, "No." So Simmons pulled his service pistol and ordered him to again drop the knife. Instead, Hanselman turned away from him and tried to get away, but Simmons grabbed his right hand, causing Hanselman to drop the knife. Simmons then placed him in handcuffs. Deputy Simmons said when he asked Hanselman why he was in the road with his pants down in 30 degree weather, Hanselman said he had "snakes in his pants." He said Hanselman repeat- edly asked him to help get the snakes off of him. Simmons said it appeared Hanselman was under the in- fluence of meth. When Sim- mons asked him about using meth, Hanselman became belligerent. He was taken into custody and transported to the Pike County Jail. Mark Hanselman charged with resisting arrest, public intoxication