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A-2 Front Wednesday, March 11, 2020 The Press-Dispatch SUBSCRIBE TODAY! yeah, it's that fast! net edition Z M www.PressDispatch.net/Subscribe The Press-Dispatch. No matter where you live. By Andy Heuring A loose hanging muffler led to a Branchville man be- ing arrested on a charge of possession of meth on Sun- day. Kelby Roberts, 28, of Branchville, was prelimi- narily charged with posses- sion of meth, a level 6 felony. Petersburg Patrolman Scott Arnold said he was driving south on Highway 61 when he noticed a Toyota in front of him with the muffler hanging loose and bouncing around. He said he stopped the vehicle, fearing the muf- fler might fall off. While talking to the driv- er, Courtney Sutton, of Bloomfield, Officer Arnold noticed the passenger, Kel- by Roberts, was extreme- ly nervous. Sutton told him that Roberts was just ner- vous around police. When he searched the vehicle, Officer Arnold said he found a plastic bag con- taining a white crystal sub- stance that field tested pos- itive for meth. Both Sutton and Roberts denied know- ing anything about it. Later, Roberts told police it was his bag of meth. Sutton said she knew Rob- erts did meth, but didn't know he had the bag in her car. Roberts was taken in- to custody. Sutton was re- leased without charges. Loose hanging muffler leads to arrest on meth charges By Andy Heuring An Oklahoma man, driv- ing 120 mph, passed a sher- iff's deputy, who had his emergency lights on, and just kept going for several miles before finally pulling over. "I guess I got a little cra- zy with it, huh? " said Dustin Rhodes, of Springer, Okla., after police pulled him over. On March 8, Pike Coun- ty Deputy Sheriff Jared Simmons said he was driv- ing south on I-69, near the 43-mile marker, when he noticed a vehicle approach- ing quickly. His radar indi- cated the vehicle was going 114 mph, so he turned on his emergency lights and siren, but the vehicle just blew past him and accelerated up to 120 mph. Simmons called for Gib- son County to assist, but said at about the 37-mile marker, the Nissan Rogue slowed to 110 mph and then pulled onto the shoulder and stopped. Rhodes said he was driv- ing back to Oklahoma after he had been in New York vis- iting an ex-girlfriend and playing golf, and said he got carried away. He also said he didn't no- tice Deputy Simmons' lights and siren. 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Petersburg Elementary School will begin screen- ings on April 2. Below are the schedules for both schools. WINSLOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL Kindergarten: Thursday, March 12. Evening appoint- ments available. Preschool: Friday, March 13. Screenings from 8 a.m. to noon. Call Winslow Elementary at 812-789 -2209 to schedule an appointment. PETERSBURG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL Kindergarten: Thursday, April 2 and Friday, April 3. Screenings from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Preschool: Friday, April 17. Screenings throughout the school day. Call Petersburg Elemen- tary at 812-354-6876 to schedule an appointment. OTWELL MILLER ACADEMY Otwell Miller Academy kindergarten roundup will be Thursday, March 12 from 8 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. and 4 to 6:30 p.m. Parents are asked to schedule an appointment by calling 812-354-0800. OMA is open to all students. Parents are asked to bring a government ID, student's birth certificate, Social Se- curity number and a valid immunization record. WINSLOW Continued from page 1 Newly appointed Winslow Fire Chief Rick Mathias takes the oath of office from Winslow Town Council president Josh Popp during the town council's meeting Monday night. said before they can get a grant for the park or com- munity center, they needed to have a plan to be eligible. Popp said the Winslow Com- munity Center is eligible for a $20,000 planning grant that Winslow would have to pay $ 3,500 to get. He said once they got the plan in place, then they could apply for up to a $500,000 grant to make improvements and repairs to the Community Center. He said a similar planning grant for the Park and Rec- reation was available, also at a cost of $ 3,500 to the town. Councilmen voted to move forward with both. Councilmen also dis- cussed giving town employ- ees a raise. Dick Brewster suggested a raise of three percent. Popp said he had already drawn up the or- dinances but had to put a dollar amount into them. He said the cost was about $1,600 per percent of in- crease. He asked Brewster for a minimum amount of a raise and Brewster suggest- ed two percent. Popp said he wanted to run the numbers on the three percent before he vot- ed on it. He said he would prepare both a three-per- cent ordinance and a two- percent ordinance and they could vote on them at the next meeting. The raise would be for four employees. In other business, Pete Fraley complained about the size of the meeting room. He said the room that held about 20 people was too small. Popp said they would look at moving the meetings to the bigger part of the new Town Hall, located in the former German American building. Fraley also complained about potholes in the streets. Popp said they have ap- plied to get a grant to help with paving streets. Lamb said they are supposed to be notified in April if they are going to get the grant. Councilmen agreed the streets have a lot of potholes. He said crews have been out working on filling potholes. Councilmen approved claims of $ 64,645.89. The next council meeting is scheduled for 7 p.m. Mon- day, April 13 COUNCIL Continued from page 1 were donated to the county by another county that was getting new consoles two years go. Pike County in- stalled them, but since then the motors that allow them to be adjusted up and down have gone out. He said he has dispatchers that range from 6'to 5'2" and they can't adjust the height of the con- soles. NEW POLICY MANDATED A new policy on non-tax levied monies was institut- ed in the county. It requires that all monies being appro- priated. County Auditor Judy Gumbel said while at a state meeting for county auditors, the State Board of Accounts spoke and warned all coun- ties they were going to have to start appropriating all monies. Gumbel said while appar- ently this was supposed to be done for several years, Pike and many other coun- ties were not doing it. She said it affects several funds, typically user fee funds rath- er than tax revenue. Sheriff Kent Johnson said his department had several funds including commissary funds that will now have to be appropriated before it can be spent. Circuit Court Judge Jeff Biesterveld said they col- lected about $100,000 a year in probation user fees. Biesterveld said he had never seen any law requir- ing that be appropriated. Gumbel assured him it is the law, but it wasn't being followed. She said the SBA and Department of Local Government and Finance were now going to start re- quiring it. Biesterveld asked to see it writing and Gumbel said she would send it to him. Gumbel said what hap- pens now is money collect- ed is dispersed into the var- ious accounts, and the de- partment heads could then spend it on various needs. The money was accounted for and documented. However, now it must be appropriated by the coun- ty council before it can be spent. She said the good news is most of the funds do not re- quire DLGF approval. They only have to be approved lo- cally. In other business, council- men appointed Brian Simp- son to the Property Tax As- sessment Board of Review by a 7-0 vote. Councilmen and County Commissioners had a joint executive session following the council meeting. An ex- ecutive session is closed to the public. The stated reason for the meeting had two items list- ed: 1)Discussion of strategy with respect to the purchase of real property. 2) Interview and negotia- tion with industrial or com- mercial prospects. The next council meet- ing is scheduled for 8:30 a.m. Tuesday, April 14 in the courthouse auditorium.