The Press-Dispatch
Issue link: https://www.ifoldsflip.com/i/1392557
A-4 Wednesday, July 14, 2021 The Press-Dispatch LOCAL Call: 812-354-8500 Email: news@pressdispatch.net or bring in a hard copy: 820 E. Poplar Street, Petersburg WINSLOW Continued from page 1 County Highway Su- perintendent Josh Byrd chopping up the tree so that a truck can haul off the debris from the courthouse lawn on Monday, July 12. Remodeling? We have ROLL-OFF CONTAINERS available for all types of metal. We deliver and pick up at no cost to our customers. www.jaspersalvage.net 610 CLAY STREET • JASPER 812-482-2919 Call for prices or visit our website Monday-Friday 8 a.m. - 4 p.m. Saturday 8 a.m. - noon SALVAGE & RECYCLING We pay you for the metal in the containers. Free Haircuts! • Free Backpacks! • Free Ice Cream! (while supplies last) SUNDAY, JULY 25 FROM 2-5 P.M. Steve Frederick Memorial Activities Building 402 E. Illinois Street in Petersburg Bash Students from The Salon Professional Academy, along with their educators and a barber, will be there! All will be donating their time. The students really want to give back with the help of the Petersburg Community Church. We hope to make this an annual event! EVERYONE IS WELCOME! Tree cut down in courthouse lawn The tree on the south side of the courthouse, next to Hwy. 61, was cut down on Monday, July 12 for the safe- ty of patrons to the Pike County Courthouse. The tree had to be cut down due to ash borer beetles killing a por- tion of the tree and making it a hazard for people to walk under. Above: Workers load up the cuttings of the courthouse tree next to Hwy. 61, clearing the debris from the courthouse lawn and sidewalks on Monday, July 12. Ferrellgas tanks being removed Tuesday, July 13, Ferrellgas was having their tanks removed on north Hwy. 57. After doing a controlled burn of the re- maining gas in the tanks, two workers prepped them for removal by crane on Wednesday. Commissioners apply for more than $700K in Community Crossing grants By Andy Heuring County Commissioners applied for a grant of more than $700,000 of paving money from the Community Crossroads program and discussed maintenance of the Patoka River by the Con- servancy Districts during their Monday morn- ing meeting. Highway Superintendent Josh Byrd said the county had applied for the same roads as they did in the previous call for proposals by the Indi- ana Department of Transportation. Pike Coun- ty received a grant for the paving of Illinois St., but several other projects they had applied for were not accepted. The following list of paving projects are being submitted for the 2021-22 call for projects. They total $ 963,486.50, of which INDOT would pay 75 percent or $722,614.87, with Pike's 25 per- cent portion being $240,871.62. The projects are: Locust St. (CR 700 E.), from SR 64 to dead end, 5,182 feet in Lockhart Township; CR 475 S. (Number Seven Rd.), from CR 100 W. to S. Royalty Rd., 16,117 ft in Patoka Twp.; CR 1050 S. (Old State Rd.), from CR 900 E., to County Line, 9,267 ft. in Lockhart Twp.; Poehlein Rd., from Highway 61 to dead end, 718 feet in Patoka Twp.; Arthur Church Rd., from Highway 61 to dead end, 1,085 ft. in Patoka Twp.; Burns Rd., from Highway 61 to dead end, 374 ft. in Patoka Twp.; CR 475 N., from CR 375 E. to rock, 2,809 ft. in Wash. and Jeff. Twps.; CR 200 E., from Highway 356 to CR 650 N., 9,284 ft. in Wash. Twp.: Knox Road, from City Limits to railroad tracks, 3,070 ft. in Wash. Twp.; CR 350 E., from Highway 364 to CR 400 S., 2,488 ft. in Patoka Twp.; CR 125 E., from CR 475 S. to dead end, 2,630 ft. in Patoka Twp.; CR 400 E., from CR 900 S. to CR 1100 S., 11,859 ft. in Lockhart Twp.: CR 200 W., from CR 350 N. to rock, 3,041 ft. in Wash. Twp.; Byrd said if they received the grant on these projects, it would be late this summer or fall and the actual paving would not take place un- til the Spring of 2022. The commissioners approved applying for the grant. In other business, the commissioners dis- cussed the Upper and Lower Patoka Conservan- cy Districts. The upper district covers much of Pike County. Where the Patoka River becomes the line between Gibson and Pike Counties is then covered by the lower conservancy district. Byrd said he and Commissioner Ryan Cole- man attended the Upper Conservancy's meet- ing recently. They were told there are no members on the board from Pike County, even though Pike County is eligible to have three representatives on the district board. Byrd said the member has to be a property owner with front on the river. He said they were also told a member has to live on that property. However, he could not find anywhere in the district bylaws stating they had to live on the property. Commissioner Coleman said they were told about the residency requirement, but later they were told residency was not a requirement. County Attorney Val Fleig, after a brief re- view of the bylaws, said they only required a "freeholder." He said that means they have to own river frontage property, but don't have to live there. Byrd and the commissioners said they have been getting numerous complaints about log jams in the river recently. Byrd said because there wasn't anyone from Pike County on board, the Conservancy District isn't getting reports of problems in the river. He said one of the roles of the board member is to report problems so they can be addressed. The commissioners encouraged anyone in- terested in serving on either conservancy board to contact them. The next commissioners' meeting will be at 8:30 a.m. on Monday, Aug. 2 in the courthouse auditorium. approved for road and bridge construction. They must also submit an INDOT-approved as- set management plan for maintaining existing roads and bridges. State law requires annually that 50 percent of the available matching funds be awarded to communities within counties with a population of 50,000 or fewer. The roads Winslow will pave with the fund- ing are: Walnut St., from North to Lucas; Lucas St., from Walnut to Bluff; and Center St., from Main St. to West. • Appointed Kara Willis, on a 3-0 vote, to the Winslow Park and Recreation Board. Her term ends in 2023. • Approved the purchase and installation of cloud access control to the Winslow Commu- nity Center. Astro Security, Inc., of Jasper, will install the more secure system in the coming weeks. The cost is $5,625, with an annual fee of $195 for the cloud service. Joshua Popp, council president, said the sys- tem is designed to allow for the management of users, unlocking and locking of doors, and track access to the community center from a single application accessed on a computer or mobile device. The next town council meeting is set for 6 p.m. Monday, July 26.