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We are following new guidelines set by the Governor's office and Indiana Optometric Association by limiting the number of patients seen to limit patient interaction and to properly sanitize between them. Patients will be required to wear masks into the office. Please bring your own mask or bandana due to limited availability of PPE. Call 812-354-9400 to schedule your appointment! Locally Owned and Operated NOW OPEN FOR ROUTINE EXAMS PATOKA Continued from page 1 Breakfast and lunch will be served starting Saturday morning, July 11(the day of the Clog). Winslow Lions Club will serve breakfast at both the Winslow Park and Mill- er's Field camp shelterhouse. Breakfast starts at 7 a.m. and will last until supplies run out. Shortly after, they will start lunch. At 3 p.m. Winslow Ameri- can Legion will serve burgers. This year the old iron bridge above the Survant boat ramp is barricaded off and con- demned. Normally you would drive over the bridge, but this year, you drop off, turn around and drive back in the direction you came from. Clement warns everyone that the road will be heavily travelled and drivers should be extra cautious. No registration or sticker is required to float down the Patoka River. However, a life jacket is required because this is a state law and not negotia- ble. You are not required to wear it, but you are required to have it with you or tied to a rope within reach. Winslow American Legion will host a Clog the Patoka Bash Saturday evening. The band Vessyll will per- form on the outdoor patio ar- ea. Alvey arrested for possession and felony warrant By James Capozella A vehicle stop by Pike Coun- ty Sheriff Deputy Jared Sim- mons resulted in charges of possession of marijuana and false informing. Lindsey Al- vey was also arrested on a Perry County felony warrant for possession of methamphet- amine. Lindsey R. Alvey, 25, William Tell Blvd., Tell City, was a passenger in the Chevy truck driven by Robert James Inman, 6226, S Augusta Vigo St., Winslow. Deputy Simmons stopped the truck shortly after mid- night Monday morning for weaving, crossing the fog line twice and not displaying a cur- rent license sticker, according to the report. Simmons re- ceived information indicating that Alvey was believed to be living at the Winslow address that came back on the license return through the computer. Mr. Inman gave Deputy Simmons his current driver's license and his passenger stat- ed she did not have an identi- fication card but stated she was Heather Alvey. Deputy Simmons reported that he re- ceived photos of both Heather Alvey and Lindsey Alvey and identified the passenger as Lindsey Alvey. Deputy Simmons saw Alvey attempt to hide an E-cigarette THC vape pen in the truck, and recovered it along with a sec- ond one belonging to Inman, according to the report. Dep- uty Simmons advised Inman that he was being charged with possession of marijuana and that he would receive a summons in the mail. Inman had told Deputy Simmons he couldn't remember where the vape pen was because he lost it on the Fourth of July, accord- ing to the report. Inman was released by Dep- uty Simmons and Alvey was transported to Pike County jail on charges of possession, false informing and the felony war- rant from Perry County. tal concerns and creating eco- nomic opportunity. "We are proud to be work- ing with Capital Dynamics to bring the Ratts 1 Solar Proj- ect to Pike County," said Steve Johnson, senior vice president in Tenaska's Strategic Devel- opment & Acquisitions Group. "Not only will this project bring jobs and economic op- portunity, it will generate cli- mate-friendly electricity for 35 years, then return the land – rested and restored – back to landowners for their person- al use." Tenaska and Capital Dy- namics claim they have been working with county offi- cials on a tax abatement "that would maximize the proper- ty tax benefit to the county while also ensuring the proj- ect remains competitive with similar solar fields and main- tains financial viability over the long term. An economic development agreement will pair a tax abatement for the project with economic devel- opment payments, providing additional monetary income to the county." However, those meetings have only taken place in ex- ecutive sessions, which are not open to the public. Con- sequently, how much abate- ment they are requesting has not been released. They continued, "Despite no zoning requirements in Pike County, Capital Dynam- ics and Tenaska have worked with county officials to im- pose rules about certain tech- nical aspects of the project, such as setbacks. Additional agreements will ensure that roads are maintained during construction of the project and that there is a decommission- ing plan that returns the land to its pre-construction use." Residents near the pro- posed project have raised con- cerns about the original pro- posed setback, which they claim was only 100 feet from a dwelling. Pike County Coun- cilmen, off the record, have said this is not enough set- back and they are working to increase that distance. More information about the project is available at www. pikecountysolar.com, via email at info@pikecountyso- lar.com or phone at 812-213- 0179. About Capital Dynamics Capital Dynamics is an in- dependent global asset man- agement firm focusing on pri- vate assets including private equity, private credit and clean energy infrastructure. Tenas- ka, based in Omaha, Nebras- ka, is one of the leading inde- pendent energy companies in the United States. Forbes magazine consistently ranks Tenaska among the 50 larg- est private U.S. companies. Gross operating revenues were approximately $ 9.9 bil- lion in 2019. Tenaska has developed ap- proximately 10,500 megawatts (MW ) of natural gas-fueled and renewable power projects. A ffiliate Tenaska Solar Ven- tures provides development services to approximately 65 projects in 15 states, totaling roughly 11,000 MW of renew- able solar capacity. Tenaska and its affiliates have man- aged the acquisition and di- vestiture of 10,500 MW of en- ergy assets. The current Te- naska operating fleet includes 12 natural gas-fueled and re- newable generating facilities able to generate approximate- ly 8,200 MW combined. Tenaska affiliates are indus- try leaders in natural gas and electric power marketing. Te- naska Marketing Ventures (TMV ) is among the top five largest natural gas marketers in North America and is the top-ranked natural gas pipe- line capacity trader. TMV is consistently top ranked by its customers in the annual Mas- tio & Company Natural Gas Marketer Customer Value / Loyalty Benchmarking Study. During 2019, TMV sold or managed 10.7 billion cubic feet (BCF) of natural gas per day. Tenaska Power Services Co. is the leading provider of energy management services to gen- eration and demand-side cus- tomers in the U.S., with more third party-owned generation under management than any other provider. will look like is not the model we just completed. It will not be the model we had we used for weather days. It got us through, but it was really not designed for a long-term situation as we just endured. We are looking at a variety of options. It may look a little different for grades 6 - 12 than for grades K-5. We are looking at how the online plat- form looks. We have to take in- to consideration online access. We are looking at options that may provide some things to families. "I want to say 'thank you' to teachers. It is an added work- load to have to do e-learning and teach in the classroom," said McKinney. Other points in the letter in- clude: students will be required to wear a mask when riding a school bus, and seating on the buses will be assigned. "How are we going to deal with first, second and kinder- garten students wearing a mask on the bus? " asked Board member Chris McKinney. "That is a concern. I can tell you what most superinten- dents from other corporations are saying. 'It is the drivers' job to transport the students, not to be distracted by what is happening behind them," said Blake. She added they don't want to get into the position of having to hire someone to walk the aisles of the buses to police mask use. They also will have assigned seating "in all settings." Blake said the school is working to have scheduling flexibility to minimize large group interaction. "Flexibility is going to be the key word," said Blake about the start of the school year. She said things can change quickly depending on how Indiana's numbers with COVID-19 does over the sum- mer and fall. Lunchtimes are going to be adjusted to maximum use of open space or providing alter- native settings. Students will have the op- tion to attend school in person or online. She added they are going to attempt to keep family mem- bers seated together on buses. Separate areas will be set up in each school for symptomat- ic students. Guest and visitor access will be limited and they will have modified drop-off and pick-up procedures. Blake told the board a more comprehensive plan detailing the procedures and protocols to be used is not yet finalized for release. Blake said it can all change, depending on if COVID-19 gets better, worse or stays the same. "Flexibility is going to be a key word this year," said Blake. "We are working on a guide on how to handle situations and steps to be taken to help miti- gate spread of illness." "In the past we were required to report 20 percent absentee- ism. When we reached 20 per- cent in January, we closed the school. When we knew we were increasing, we took steps to close down so we could hit the cleaning and stop the spread," said Blake. "We are working on identi- fying transition points. Twenty percent is a landmark to move from yellow to red. We may de- cide to move before that." "We may decide we have to move sooner than that. It may be an outbreak of a case in staff or an increase in student percentage of absenteeism. It may be health conditions in our community. We are still work- ing on what condition will move us from one level to the next. It is fluid. We can put this in place tomorrow and there could be an outbreak August 1 and change by Aug. 12. We will fol- low it closely," said Blake. In other business the board voted to hire Andrew Russell as Project Lead the Way science teacher for the 2021 year. They also voted to purchase a software platform named "Pa- per Cut" for a price of $4,408 for 8 licenses, $5,706 for a five year maintenance contract and $1,156 mobile print implemen- tation kit. Blake and Assistant Super- intendent Dana Deffendoll said they will help monitor the print- er and copier use. Deffendoll said students have Chrome- books and are able to print on the school's printers, which can be excessive. She said they might print a whole man- ual instead of just the page or two they need. She said student prints accounted for more than $2,000 not counting the paper costs. The new system tracks how much each person prints. They are considering allowing each student to have 100 prints be- fore they start being charged. SCHOOL Continued from page 1 SOLAR Continued from page 1 New seating in PC gym nears completion New seating installation in the Pike Central gym is within a few days of being completed, according to maintenance supervisor Max Deputy. Deputy said the capacity would be reduced by about 800, but there would be more knee room between the rows, and wider aisles to be ADA compliant. Also available would be an increase in wheelchair area seating. Deputy said the seating for swimming events would also be replaced and im- proved.