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ic," said Gladish. She said so far, most of the recent cases have come from people traveling. She said it doesn't appear they have come from graduation parties. None of the 22 cases so far have required hospital- ization. According to the Indiana Dept. of Health, the age dis- tribution for COVID in Pike County is two cases under 19, seven between 20 and 29, three for each 30 to 39, 40 - 49 and 50 -59. There has been one person in each 60 -69 and 70 -79 age group. No one over the age of 80 has tested pos- itive for COVID. Females have accounted for 70 percent of the posi- tive cases, compared to on- ly 30 percent for males. This closely corresponds to 67.2 percent of people tested are female. Gladish said in Pike, 2.1 percent of the 727 people tested are testing positive. On Sunday, July 19, there were 653 positive tests and 734 on Monday, July 20 re- ported in Indiana. Since June 27, the number of deaths has only topped 10 on two days, 11 on July 5 and 13 on July 6. Since July 13, the deaths per day has been 7, 5, 9, 8, 6, 3, 6 and 7 through July 20. Deaths peaked on April 21 and April 22, with 49 and 50 on each of those days. On July 20, there were 803 people hospitalized in Indi- ana. That is down from 1699 on April 13. There has been a slight increase in hospital- izations since they reached a low of 595 on June 26. That in- creased to 881 on July 14, but has since dropped to the 803 on July 20. Only 2.9 percent of Indi- ana's 2,997 ventilators are in use on COVID patients and 36.3 percent of the state's 2,349 ICU beds are available. Traffic stop leads to arrest for possession of Petersburg man By James Capozella A traffic stop by Petersburg reserve officer Briar Meadors and officer Scott Arnold on Saturday resulted in charges of possession of methamphet- amine under five grams, pos- session of paraphernalia and possession of a controlled sub- stance against John Wesley Dillon, 56, of 202 S 14th St., Petersburg. Dillon was stopped by Meadors on State Route 57 near CR 300 North at 1:20 a.m. on Saturday morning and consented to a search after Meadors was assisted by Ar- nold. Officers found a pill bot- tle with a broken piece of an orange pill, which Dillon said was Suboxone and he did not have a prescription for it. Dil- lon also advised Arnold that a glass pipe was in the same lo- cation. Dillon told officers the melt- ed brown substance in the pipe was methamphetamine. Following the roadside in- vestigation, Meadors trans- ported Dillon to the Pike County Jail. A-4 Wednesday, July 22, 2020 The Press-Dispatch LOCAL Call: 812-354-8500 Email: news@pressdispatch.net or bring in a hard copy: 820 E. Poplar Street, Petersburg COVID-19 Continued from page 1 NEWS BRIEFS Pregnancy Care center banquet July 23 The Pregnancy Care center of Washington is having their Gift of Life Banquet at the Simon J. Graber building on July 23. 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"We would like some attention done to that road. It is semi-graveled and has dirt coming through it. With the project of solar panels coming in, we are really going to be crusted over (with dust)," said Neal. John Siekman and David Howell asked the commission- ers to consider paving CR 950 E. in Lockhart Township. The road runs about 2.5 miles be- tween State Road 64 and Old SR 64. He said a portion of the road is paved now. "We call it the half and half road," said Siekman. "We think it would make good sense to pave the road between the two sections of blacktop." He said the road services 17 residences in that stretch of road. "Seems like it has al- ways been left off the road list. When I see a list of roads to be paved, it is always omitted. I think you should give consid- eration to it to be paved," said Siekman. He added traffic on CR 950 E. was heavier than traffic on CR 775 E., which has been paved for years. He claimed a 0.2 mile sec- tion was left unpaved when Sun Energy paved a portion of the road per an agreement with Pike County. "My family has been paying property tax- es in this area since 1892," said Siekman. Commissioner Ryan Cole- man asked Siekman about traffic since Highway 64 was closed due to a bridge replace- ment. Siekman said when the bridge over Cup Creek was closed, they picked up a little traffic, but when they closed the bridge over Rock Creek, it increased a lot. "I would like to reinforce what he says. I have lived there about 40 years. It goes into Warrick County. It has picked up a little more traffic. We are seeing more coming through Stendal on Old State Road 64. It is a very busy road," said Da- vid Howell. Howell added, "We appre- ciate what you have done in Lockhart Township with pav- ing. . . Even if you can't pave it, chip and seal would be a nice way to get the ball rolling," said Howell. The commissioners said they would consider both re- quests. Rick Luker, who lives in the Pikeville community, asked the commissioners to consid- er vacating an alley near his residence. Luker said it had not been used in about 150 years. "I thought when we bought the house, we owned that property. I would like to get that vacated because that is where my septic system is lo- cated. He said the other prop- erty owner with ground affect- ed by the alley had signed the agreement. Commissioner president Mark Flint told Luker they would have to have a public hearing on the request at their August 17 meeting. Luker will have to publish a public notice of that hearing before the com- missioners can act on it. In other business, the com- missioners approved an update of a contract with Eck-Mundy Associates for providing com- puter and network monitoring, Wi-Fi access point monitoring, web filtering and anti-mal- ware, data backup and a sup- port help desk to the county. Auditor Judy Gumbel told the commissioners the fees for those services had decreased considerably. Last year, it was $21,999 per quarter. But for the next year, it will only be $16,833 per quarter. The contract states the orig- inal scope of the work request- ed had changed largely due to the Sheriff's Department us- ing a different service and that accounted for the decreased price. The commissioners also vot- ed to request three transfers. One was $ 3,764 from Comp Mental Health to Legal Ser- vices, and another $2,000 from Insurance to Legal Services. The other was $2,000 from workman's comp to unem- ployment. "Obviously there is some unemployment this year," said Commissioner As- sistant Kristi Dischinger. She said it wasn't from Pike County employees being laid off, but it was former employees who had gone elsewhere to work and then been laid off. The next commissioners' meeting is scheduled for 8:30 a.m. Monday, August 3 in the courthouse rotunda.