The Press-Dispatch
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B-2 Wednesday, March 10, 2021 The Press-Dispatch Hwy 550 and 57 to close in March Highway 550 in Wheatland and Highway 57 in Wash- ington will close during the month of March. Beginning on or around Thursday, March 18, CSX will replace the railroad crossing in Wheatland between North Railroad Street West and Lou- isville Street. Work will last about four days, as weather al- lows. This closure was previ- ously scheduled for March 8. During the closure, local traffic will have access up to the point of closure, but all th- ru traffic should use the offi- cial detour following U.S. 50, U.S. 41 and S.R. 67. The Washington closure will start on or around Thurs- day, March 18. CSX will re- place the railroad crossing in Washington between Railroad and East South Streets. Work will last about four days, as weather allows. This closure had previously been sched- uled for March 1. During the closure, local traffic will have access up to the point of closure, but all th- ru traffic should use the offi- cial detour following U.S. 50, I-69 and S.R. 58. INDOT urges drivers to slow down and stay alert near crews. Field fire extinguished Zach Harbin and Colton Bush, with the Jefferson Township Fire Department, spray down a hot spot between old cars. Jefferson Township was called to the Becky Howard property on Highway 257 between Otwell and Vel- pen at about 1 p.m. Saturday. Jefferson Township Fire Chief Chris Young said trash in a burn barrel apparently blew out and set the grass on fire. It spread through a pasture and to several vehicles parked in the area. Young said the vehicles were old vehicles used for demo derbies and parts. Firemen were able to extinguish the quick- ly-spreading fire before it got into a wooded area behind the residence. Young said they also had a field fire on Sunday at the Ryan Bueltel property. He said they were burning a brush pile, and it got away from them and burned about two acres. COVID-19 Continued from page 1 said Klipsch. He wanted to find out if Petersburg would have to pay the difference be- tween the $585,000 estimat- ed cost and the $ 611,694 or if INDOT would pickup the dif- ference. Monday night, Clint Roos, of Midwestern Engineering, said he has not been able to get an definitive answer from INDOT, but he wouldn't rule out INDOT paying the differ- ence. The second point raised by Klipsch to delay the contract was due to questionable ref- erences on Love Excavating. He said two references had told them Love was behind schedule on projects. Roos said there was no issue with the quality of work just that they were behind schedule on a couple of projects. Klipsch said because of how time sensitive this project is, it was a concern. The water line is being moved to the right-of-way as INDOT is doing a rehab of Highway 61, from Main St., Petersburg, north of town to the White River. It includes taking the road down to the dirt and rebuilding the road bed, as well as installing new sidewalks and curbs for most of the project. It is scheduled to start in April. Roos, on Monday night, as- sured city councilmen and Pe- tersburg Water Board mem- bers there were significant protections in the clauses to protect the city and incentiv- ize Love to keep the project on time. Two of those included a performance bond and penal- ties of up to $1,000 a day for not being on schedule. Roos said Petersburg did not receive a purchase order from INDOT until January 4. He explained no work, includ- ing design work, could be do- ne until they had the purchase order or that work might not be eligible for INDOT reim- bursement. A fter hearing from Roos in the special meeting, the Wa- ter Board, made up of Jim Gas- kins, Jon Welch and Mayor Klipsch, voted to recommend issuing the contract to Love. "We have safeguards in the contract to project the city," said Councilman Brian Van- Meter as he moved to approve the Water Board's recommen- dation The City Council voted 5 -0 to award the contract to Love Excavating. "I think we really need to stay after these guys," said Councilman Gary Leavitt. Roos said he talked with Love and expressed the city's concerns. He also added they will have weekly status up- dates during the project and if it isn't on schedule, they will want an explanation. The next lowest bid on the project was about $ 85,000 higher than Love. Roos explained to the coun- cil it would take about two weeks to get the paperwork completed before Love could actually start work on the proj- ect, which calls for it to be completed in 90 days. INDOT's project for the Highway 61 rehab is sched- uled to complete Phase I in October 2021. During the time Phase I is under construction, the detour for Highway 61 will be Seventh St. Phase I runs from Main St. to Abigail St. Phase II is set to be complet- ed in Spring of 2022. During this time, the detour will be White River Ave. INDOT has scheduled a public meeting for 5:30 p.m. on April 7 at Kiefer Hall of the Main St. Presbyterian Church to explain in detail the High- way 61 rehab project. CONTRACT Continued from page 1 into the building. She said kids are hanging out there af- ter dark and smoking. "I don't know if they are doing any- thing or not." Brewster said they looked to be 14 to 16. "I don't know where they belong." He asked the police to drive by occasion- ally and check it out. Lamb suggested maybe the use trail cams to monitor the area. Council president Josh Popp said they could spend just a little more and get a se- curity camera. Brewster said they were coming up there from the ball- fields and smoking. "A couple of people noticed them and told me about it. We probably just need to check them out," said Brewster. Brewster also said he want- ed to get a vote on a resolution to tranfer funds out of a dor- mant account. He said it was given to Winslow by the state when they had surplus mon- ies. He said they didn't have anything that fit the criteria to use it on, so it was never spent. Consequently, it has been sit- ting there for years and hasn't been used. He wanted to move it into the general fund and utilities. Popp said he would get that on the agenda for their next meeting. Lamb said she has gotten a few loud music complaints. "If you look at our ordinance, it is rather vague." She said she looked at a few other commu- nities' noise ordinances and suggested they work on draft- ing an ordinance that is more specific and "put some teeth in it." Popp said a recent bill at the state level is going to af- fect what and how local ordi- nances can be written. Lamb said she wanted to look into it and see what they could come up with. She also said the park board is interested in writing rules for the park as well. "We can look this over and deal with it at the next meeting." Popp said he wanted to get the first set of water meters purchased. Winslow voted at their last meeting to purchase 12 new water meters. The new water meters have transmit- ters that allow workers to get a reading by just driving by the meters, instead of manually having to open the meter well and take a reading by hand. Popp has talked about Winslow needing to replace their old water meters. He said old meters, after about 15 years, start losing accura- cy and meter less water than what is actually being used. In a previous meeting, they hoped to try out the new me- ters and try to gradually re- place all the meters if they like how the new ones work. In other business, they dis- cussed hiring summer help. Lamb said she liked the idea of hiring a high school student to help with trimming and oth- er duties. They suggested hir- ing someone from May to Au- gust part-time. The council approved claims totaling $78,258.96. 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Donald Dearing, 59, of Winslow, was riding south on Highway 257, went wide on a curve, and ran off the road and down about a four-foot em- bankment, according to State Trooper Hunter Manning. He said Dearing was thrown from the bike. "He was conscious and alert, but complained of pain to his left side," said Trooper Manning. Dearing was taken by ambulance to Memorial Hospital in Jasper. Manning said the motorcy- cle had minor damage. It happened at about 2:45 p.m. Allen charged with criminal confinement By James Capozella Pike County Sheriff's Dep- uty Cody Jones arrested John D. Allen, 42, of 4611 N. Lo- cust Alford St, Petersburg, for criminal confinement, crimi- nal mischief and disorder- ly conduct after Central Dis- patch received a 911 call from Christy L. Allen concerning her ex-husband not letting her leave. Deputy Jones, assisted by Petersburg Officer Scott Ar- nold and Deputy Jared Sim- mons, investigated a 7 p.m. Sunday report of John Allen breaking Christy Allen's key off in the ignition of her car and not letting her leave, ac- cording to the report. John Allen walked over to Deputy Jones, yelling and shouting profanities at him when he arrived at the Locust Street residence. Jones report- ed Allen had slurred speech and admitted to drinking all day. Allen refused to walk back to his front door, refus- ing all verbal commands mul- tiple times. Deputy Jones in- terviewed Christy Allen sep- arately after John Allen went to speak with State Trooper Hunter Manning and Deputy Jared Simmons. Christy was there to pick up her second cousin, of whom she has custody. Christy said John came out of the house yelling and grabbed her keys, according to the report. They fought for control of the keys and John broke the key off in the ignition. When Deputy Jones went to speak with John, he was ag- gressive and yelling profan- ities at Christy. John admit- ted to grabbing the keys and breaking the key off in the ig- nition, according to the re- port. John then began yell- ing profanities at Christy and when advised to stop, yelled profanities at the officers on scene. John Allen was taken into custody and transported to the Pike County Jail.