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A-2 Wednesday, September 9, 2020 The Press-Dispatch Davises injured in crash Two people were injured Thursday night near Velpen when a car they were riding in ran off the road and hit a tree. Sandra Davis, 60, of 5382 W. CR 300 N., Petersburg, suffered a possible fracture to her arm and Joseph Davis, 66, of 4072 W. CR 450 N., Petersburg, had a cut on his face following the 9:04 p.m. accident on Highway 257. Pike County Sheriff's Sgt. Buck Seger said Samuel Davis, 15, of 5382 W. CR 300 N., Petersburg, was driv- ing north on Highway 257 in a 300 Ford F-250 truck when he ran off the east side of the road. Sgt. Seger said Samuel overcorrected, went back across the oncoming lane of travel and off the west side of the road, striking a tree. The impact caused the truck to spin around and hit a fence. Davis was driving on a learner's permit. Damage was estimated at $5,000 to $10,000 damage. By Andy Heuring A rural Winslow man was arrested after he crashed off of Royalty Road, south of Winslow. Levi King, 23, of 2676 E. SR 364, Winslow, was arrested on a charge of operating a vehicle while intoxicated, with a pri- or conviction in the last five years. Pike County Deputy Sher- iff Jared Simmons said, at 4:05 p.m. Sunday, he was sent to a 911 report of a truck that had crashed on Royalty Road and Highway 61. The caller said they thought the driver was intoxicated and didn't want law enforcement called. Deputy Simmons and Pe- tersburg Police Chief Chuck Baumgart arrived and found King in the back of the truck covered in blood. King told po- lice he had hit his head in the accident. Deputy Simmons said he could smell the odor of alco- hol, and King's speech was ex- tremely slurred and his bal- ance unsteady. King tested more than three times the legal limit for blood alcohol content on a por- table breath test. According to Simmons' re- port, King, when asked what he had been drinking, said "everything." He was taken to Memorial Hospital and treated for his injuries and tested 0.36 per- cent for blood alcohol con- tent, which his more than four times the legal limit. Levi King charged with OVWI after Sunday crash PressDispatch.net/ Subscribe net edition • Exclusive Video • All color photos • Search current and back issues with Add NETedtion to your paper subscription for just $5 Mills said when police got out, they were told Hammock was in a vehicle across the street in a driveway. He said they found Ham- mock hiding in the passen- ger seat and he was placed in handcuffs. Mills' report states Hammock told police he was hiding from police in the car. It also stated Hammock said he knew who lived in the houses, so he just walked in- to them. Hammock, according to Mills' report, said police had followed them back from Lou- isville, and then Petersburg Police Chief Chuck Baumgart had given him 20 minutes to get away. Mills said Hammock was sweating profusely, had invol- untary movements and was paranoid. Mills' report stated Ham- mock told them he was doing meth because he was involved in an undercover drug buy for the police. According to Mills, Ham- mock, after being told what he was being charged with, asked about a warrant for his arrest and was told there was no warrant for him. A fter taking Hammock in- to custody, police talked with the residents at 1501 Main St. and 1409 Main St. Trenadee Hatton said she was sitting on her couch and someone started banging on her door and windows asking if anyone was home. She said she then heard a door open and jumped up to see a man standing in her house. She said he was panting and asked where her parents were, and where their vehicle keys were located. Hatton said she was afraid he was going to hurt her, so she fled the house, and he followed her and at- tempted to get into her moth- er's car, but it was locked. He then asked her to take him to Winslow. When she refused, he walked over to the neighbor's house and got into their white car. Hatton called 911 and stayed on the phone until po- lice arrived. HAMMOCK Continued from page 1 Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this year's Men's Wellness Fair will be by appointment only and will be limited to just 75 men per hour. Wearing a mask will be required. To help accommodate our usual attendance amount we have added three additional morning hours to our event. Also, to help with social distancing, the wellness fair will have limited booths that will offer the following diagnostic health screenings: blood draw, blood pressure, pulse oximetry and colorectal take-home kits. H I G H L A N D W O O D S C O M M U N I T Y C E N T E R 1 3 7 7 S . 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Perry ' s Perry ' s 303 Breckinridge Rd, Monroe City Email: perryshvac@gmail.com Craig Perry Vance Perry Chase Perry By Andy Heuring The Pike County Council approved the hiring of per- sonnel for a local COVID-19 testing site. They discussed placing a freeze on hiring re- placements for county employ- ees who end their employment with the county. Pike County Health Nurse Amy Gladish and Food Sani- tarian Pam Cosby requested authorization from the coun- ty council to hire staff for a COVID testing center. Cosby said they would have two intake personnel and one tester position. They proposed an hourly wage of $25 for the intake personnel and $ 35 for the tester. Gladish said these are tem- porary, part-time jobs and get- ting someone to take the risk of exposing themselves to COVID was going to require a higher wage than typical cleri- cal pay for a county employee. Cosby and Gladish said all of the funding will come from a grant for COVID, except for what they expect to be less than $1,000 in "accommoda- tions" needed to be made to the clinic site. They are hopeful the test- ing clinic will be operational in early October. Gladish said the state has extended the Op- tium testing sites operation until the end of September. County Councilman Todd Meadors asked about costs for being tested. He said an acquaintance of his had to be tested to be able to return to work. That individual didn't have insurance for it and it cost him $400. Gladish and Cosby said it would be free to anyone. They also stressed it would be much more convenient for people to go to than having to travel out of county to a facility. She said they are required to have hours past 5 p.m. on two days a week and to be open on Saturdays. The council voted 7-0 to ap- prove the health department hiring those positions. It will also need authorization from the county commissioners, who meet on Monday. COUNCIL DISCUSSES HIRING FREEZE "I have had some off-line discussions. It isn't a good time to be sitting in these seats. One of the things we have seen other counties im- pose is a hiring freeze," said council president Jon Craig. He said other counties are putting a freeze in place that requires seeking approval of the county council to hire a replacement for any openings which occur. "We would hope all employ- ees who are critical would be replaced, but in this time of pretty significant financial strife we are in, it would help us bridge this gap we need to bridge," said Craig. He presented the council examples of ordinances Mon- roe and Shelby counties have passed. The main difference being one requires approv- al of both the county council and county commissioners, the other just requires approv- al from the county council. "I think any possible thing we look at should be run through the county attorney to make sure we aren't get- ting ourselves in a position we shouldn't be in," said council- man Greg Willis. County councilmen began their two-day budgeting pro- cess to set the 2021 budget. They met most of the day on Tuesday and will meet again starting at 8:30 a.m. Tuesday, September 22. County approves hiring COVID testing personnel County Councilmen started the process Tuesday morning of setting the 2021 budget for Pike County. Above they are spaced out around several desks to allow social distancing during the day-long meeting. They also set up a projector to show the current page of the budget they were discussing.