The Press-Dispatch
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Listed Left to Right, Front Row: Billy Powell, Jr., MD; Taboh Sieni, MD; Dennis Jilka, MD; Jared Micho, MD; Second Row: Ibinabo Dede, MB BCh BAO; Amir Sheth, MD; Everett Cooper, MD; Roudi Bachar, MB BS; Eric Chan, DO; Third Row: Stanley Raptis, MB BCh, BAO; Shawn Gill, MD; Haris Arshad, DO; and Spencer Bonnerup, MD Richard Dillon arrested for OVWI and possession By James Capozella A Patoka man was arrested on Monday, July 19 after he was stopped on Pike Ave. for going left of center, and having a headlight and license plate light out. Richard Wayne Dillon, 58, of 306 E. School St., Pato- ka, was arrested on OV WI and possession of marijuana charges. Pike County Deputy Jar- ed Simmons was traveling west on Pike Avenue at about 11:17 p.m., when he observed a black Chevy passenger car travel over the centerline for approximately three blocks. Deputy Simmons saw there was a headlight out and the license plate light was out as well, according to the report. A fter the traffic stop, Dillon explained that he was driving down the middle of the road trying to open his Beer Nuts, according to the report. Dep- uty Simmons observed rapid, muttered and slurred speech, with irregular movements with his jaw and hands, poor manual dexterity and pupils unresponsive to light stimu- lus. Simmons reported that Dil- lon failed all standard field so- briety tests and tested nega- tive for alcohol. Dillon refused a chemical test and was arrest- ed for OV WI, refusal. Deputy Simmons found marijuana in a piece of aluminum foil in a cig- arette pack. Dillon was then transported to the Pike Coun- ty Jail where he was arrested for OV WI, refusal and posses- sion of marijuana. Winslow to add playground equipment Junior Goat Showmanship Peyton Willis shows her goat in the Junior Goat Showmanship event at the Goat Show on Tuesday, July 27 at the 4-H Fair. She took home third in this event. See additional photos on page A-8. By Andy Heuring New cases of COVID in In- diana took a big jump on Mon- day, as 1,085 cases were re- corded, which is more than double those on Sunday. The number of new cases in Indi- ana has been on a fairly steady rise for the last few weeks. Back on June 20, there were only 149 new cases in Indi- ana. But since then, it has in- creased to 694 new cases on July 20 and 853 on July 21. That number had fallen to 637 on July 24 and 512 on July 25 before the big jump to 1,025 on Monday. While that num- ber nearly doubled the total on July 24, it is still a long way from when COVID was at its peak last December. There were 7,898 new cases report- ed on December 3, 2020. Also, deaths are remaining low. In the last seven days in Indiana, there have been sev- en new deaths reported. On three of those days, there were no new deaths and only one on two of the seven days. Two deaths were reported on July 21 and three on July 25. In Pike County, there have been no new deaths since March 10, 2021. Over the last seven days in Pike County, there have been 13 new cases reported. A fter three days of one or no cases from July 23 to 25, there were four new cases reported on Monday. Pike County Health Nurse said Pike County currently has 16 active cases. About a month ago, that number had declined to four. Hospitalizations in Indiana have seen a similar increase. On July 20, there were 557, but that steadily climbed in the last week to 735 on July 26. Gladish said she has not been informed of any variant cases of COVID, but she said the Indiana Department of Health does not test all posi- tive specimens for variants. Instead, they just test ran- dom samples. "We have not received a report of the Del- ta variant specifically, but that does not mean there have not been cases," said Gladish. The Indiana Department of Health is offering a free COVID-19 mobile vaccine clinic starting today at the Pike County 4-H Fair. Vac- cines are available for indi- viduals age 12 and older, and no appointment is necessary. The clinic will be at the Pike County Fair in Petersburg's Hornady Park from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. from Wednesday, July 28 to Saturday, July 31. So far, there have been 5,627 people fully vaccinat- ed in Pike County. On Mon- day, 24 people were vaccinat- ed with at least the first shot. Statewide, there have been 2.9 million people vaccinated and 3,318 on Monday. County sees 13 new COVID cases in last week Daniel Eversole arrested for possession of meth By James Capozella A Washington man was ar- rested on a charge of posses- sion of methamphetamine af- ter driving over a curb. Petersburg Police Officer Scott Arnold stopped a vehi- cle for driving over the curb at First Street and SR 61 in Petersburg. The driver, Dan- iel R. Eversole, 33, of 1001 E. Van Trees St., Washington, was arrested for possession of methamphetamine on July 25 around 11:15 p.m. Patrolman Zach Loveless assisted with the investiga- tion after Officer Arnold no- ticed both Daniel and Steph- anie Eversole, a passenger in the vehicle, were very ner- vous. A fter Officer Loveless read their Miranda rights, Daniel was asked what Offi- cer Arnold was going to find on a search and he told Offi- cer Arnold there was metham- phetamine in his wallet. Eversole stated that he had plans to get rid of the baggies of meth or sell it, but had no idea who to sell it to, accord- ing Arnold's report. The couple's vehicle was re- leased to Stephanie Eversole. Daniel Eversole was arrested and transported to the Pike County Jail. See the Business Box for special services on page C-7 "From poultry shows to hog shows, your Pike Coun- ty 4-H Livestock exhibitors have been doing everything to keep their animals looking their best and staying cool throughout the day. The 4-H Livestock Auction is the cul- mination of all the commit- ment and hard work these youth put into their animals, not only during this week, but throughout the entire year. These kids invest their time and energy into their animals and the 4-H Livestock Auction is a phenomenal way to invest in our local youth by purchas- ing their animals," said Pike County Extension educator Alex Mahrenholz. She added, "Youth learn in- valuable skills and life lessons through the raising of their livestock. Between proper an- imal care and responsibility, and managing their own finan- cial resources to making prop- er business decisions, the 4-H youth are the individuals who will continue learning to make those types of business deci- sions throughout their life- time. By supporting your local 4-H livestock auction, you are investing in the future leaders of our community." "We hope you will be able to join us in supporting our com- munity's youth at the 100th Annual Pike County 4-H Fair Livestock Auction on Friday, July 30 at 6 p.m. at the 4-H Fairgrounds Livestock Are- na." For more information, call the Extension Office at 812- 354-6838 or e-mail Alex at amahrenh@purdue.edu with any questions you may have. SATURDAY, JULY 31 Saturday's activities start early with a car show at 10 a.m., Pike County's Got Tal- ent at noon and bingo from 5 to 8 p.m. The Supercross motorcycle races begin at 7 p.m. The fair will end with a bang with closing ceremonies and fireworks at 10 p.m. The rides are free Thurs- day, Friday and Saturday, but there will be a $5 parking fee on those nights. FAIR Continued from page 1 By Andy Heuring Winslow's Town Council voted to give up to $15,000 to purchase playground equipment and pay to have three blighted areas cleaned up. Both actions were tak- en during their 30 -minute, bi-monthly meeting Monday night. Winslow's council voted 3-0 to contribute $15,000 to the Winslow Park and Rec - reation Board to purchase a large playground set for the Winslow Sports Park. Alex Rusch, who is vice-president of that board, said their idea was they would fill in around the main pur- chase being funded by the town council's contribution. Board president Josh Popp and Debra Lamb said the town had sold $12,500 of firefight- ing equipment from the now defunct Winslow Fire Depart- ment. Winslow signed a con- tract with the Patoka Town- ship Fire District to provide fire protection from the town earlier this year. Popp also said they have a third party appraisal of a fire truck they are considering selling to Pa- toka Township. Popp said the apprais- al was between $70,000 and $110,000. He said it surprised him how much the truck was appraised at. Lamb said she was interest- ed in using some of that money to purchase more playground equipment to be placed near where the fire department building is located. She noted there is no playground equip- ment on that end of town. The discussion started when former Fire Chief Aar- on Bolin asked the town coun- cil about why they disbanded the fire department. Bolin, who served as fire chief sev- eral administrations ago, said people had been asking why it was done and why it wasn't voted on by the town. Popp said it was discussed in six or seven meetings be- fore they signed the contract. Lamb said they had a meet- ing with the Winslow Fire De- partment about it before they made the move. Popp said the Winslow Fire Department didn't show up to two fires they were paged out for. "It was pretty much a mat- ter of they couldn't perform. It wasn't a knee jerk thing. We had a list of problems," said Popp. He added they had an independent evaluator come in and review the situation as well. Lamb said a big factor was on a particular fire call, when no one responded, Popp, who is a member of the Patoka Fire Department, went to the fire department to respond with Winslow's fire engine and it wouldn't start. Popp said Winslow paid for fire department members to take EMT training, but on- ly one of them attended the training. Lamb said another problem was just the long-term sustain- ability of the department. She said they had a lot of aging fire equipment the town couldn't replace. She said their con- tract with Patoka calls for Winslow to pay a set amount and they provide the equip- ment. In other business, the town voted to pay to have three blighted properties cleaned up. The three properties are: a burned out house trailer at 912 N. Second St., the former barber shop that was con- demned by the county health department at 108 Center St. and a barn located behind the town's former water plant. They had a price of $2,500 to clean up the old barber shop on Center St. and $1,800 for the burned out trailer, and $1,200 to take down the barn. "I'll vote in favor of it this time, but before we go agree- ing to take these proper- ties over, I want to do some talking," said Brewster. Two weeks ago, Winslow's Public Works superintendent Nathan DeWeese quit and street department employee Norm Sweet quit. This left on- ly Terry Bolin working for the street department. The board voted to meet on Thursday to interview candidates for the superintendent job. The board tabled a reading of a ordinance dealing with stray cats until their next meeting set for 6 p.m. Mon- day, August 16 in the Town Hall.