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GAMES Start at 2 p.m. Saturday IN THE OLD SCHOOLHOUSE SOUTHERN INDIANA WIFFLEBALL CLASSIC BEGINS FRIDAY EVENING, CONTINUES ALL DAY SATURDAY Chicken Dinners Friday Night Only Homemade Pie Homemade Ice Cream Pork Chop Dinners Saturday Night Only 16+ flavors GRANTS Continued from page 1 "It don't think it is neces- sary to blacktop an alley," said city councilman Gary Leavitt. "It creates a security lia- bility for us, when we have children out there on Sunday mornings and Wednesdays, and other outings, if people can drive on it at any time." He added, "If we can't get a survey done, I would like to be able to block it off when we are having children out there, so we don't have people driv- ing on it. I had a person who almost got run over." Councilman Leavitt said he had checked on it and there were no tire tracks in the grav- el that had been put down. Leavitt asked who had set all the concrete blocks along the alley. "We did so people won't be driving into our yard, which was happening," said Priest. Leavitt suggested they talk to the county surveyor, who may have information on it. Klipsch said they measured some other alleys and it ap- pears typical width is 14 feet. "But where does that 14 feet start? " he asked. Priest said when he talked to the county surveyor, he was told it had been more than 100 years since it was surveyed. Charles Hyatt, who pur- chased the house in question, said he talked to Priest about taking down a tree. He volun- teered to cut down a tree, but he wanted to purchase 20 feet for parking. He said Priest said he was okay with that and would check with the board and get back to him, but didn't. Hyatt said when he checked back with Priest, he was told Priest didn't have a problem with kids walking across the street, but did have a problem with them walking across the alley because he was liable for that. Hyatt said if Priest wants a survey, he can have it sur- veyed, but added, "He can pay for it." Klipsch said the city has an ordinance that says, "You can't block a street or alley." Priest said the blocks weren't in the alley until re- cently. Charles asked if concrete blocks didn't constitute a fence. "That is a good point and I guess you can argue the block attached to the ground is a permanent structure," said Klipsch. "You can't block an alley," affirmed city attorney Brian Mahoney. "A survey does need to be performed," said Klipsch. "I think we have heard from the patrons. I would like to ta- ble this until we can hear about this and get more infor- mation," said councilman John Melhiser. His motion passed. In other business, City Ser- vices Manager Ross Elmore said he thinks they have fig- ured out what was causing their numerous water line breaks. Elmore said it appears their altitude valve on the north wa- ter tower was causing it. The valve controls the height of the water in the tanks. Elmore said he thinks it was out of calibration and was kicking off and on quickly, causing a hammering effect in the lines. He said since they have ad- justed it, there has been only one small service line break. They had several main water line breaks over a 12-day pe- riod. The next Petersburg City Council meeting is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. Monday, August 16. AES Indiana, a subsidi- ary of the AES Corporation announced plans to acquire and construct a 250 MW so- lar farm and build a 180MWh energy storage facility in Pike County. AES said the move is their next step toward AES Indiana's transition to green- er and smarter solutions to meet the state's future ener- gy needs. "The Petersburg Solar Proj- ect is a win-win solution that adds new technologies to our generation fleet, while also keeping economic benefits right here in Indiana," said Kristina Lund, AES Indiana President and CEO. "We are excited to evolve our long-time partnership with Pike County, a community that has helped support and power the needs of Indianapolis for 50 years." "It appears they are going to continue to make some in- vestment out there and not just pull the plug and tear every- thing down. What this means is they will continue to use much of the plant," said Pe- tersburg Mayor R.C. Klipsch. He said it also means AES will continue to pay property taxes in Pike County. "I'm glad to hear they will still be involved with PIke County," said Klipsch. In recent years, they had said the Petersburg coal-fired power plant was going to be phased out by 2031. Connected to AES Indi- ana's existing Petersburg Generating Station, the proj- ect will power the equivalent of 45,000 homes during peak hours. The project is expected to bring job creation and pro- vide lasting economic benefits to the community. "Pike County welcomes the new investment of the Peters- burg Solar Project and the sev- eral benefits of the project, including new construction jobs and new tax revenue to the county," said Ashley Wil- lis, Director of Economic De- velopment, Pike County Eco- nomic Development Corpo- ration. "Our community em- braces new business, industry and job creation. Clean ener- gy is critical infrastructure for the future and Pike County is proud to be a part of the excit- ing industry sector." AES Indiana will acquire the project from a subsidiary of NextEra Energy Resourc- es, LLC. NextEra Energy Re- sources will develop and con- struct the project. "We are pleased to work with AES Indiana on this in- novative solar and storage project," said Matt Handel, senior vice president of de- velopment for NextEra Ener- gy Resources. "The Peters- burg Solar Project will bring economic benefits and clean, homegrown energy to the re- gion for decades to come." This project requires ap- proval by the Indiana Utili- ty Regulatory Commission (IURC). If approved, the proj- ect is expected to be opera- tional no later than May 1, 2024. Last month, AES Indi- ana received approval from the IURC to acquire the Har- dy Hills 195 MW solar project in Clinton County, Ind. "The Petersburg Solar Project is another step in our strategy to accelerate the fu- ture of energy by diversifying our portfolio to include renew- ables along with convention- al fuel sources and to priori- tize major investments to mod- ernize our energy grid," said Lund. Since 2015, AES Indiana has achieved a 67 percent de- crease in emissions, including a 33 percent reduction of CO2 emissions rate. In 2019, AES Indiana went through an ex- tensive Integrated Resource Planning process and identi- fied new and diverse genera- tion resources to serve cus- tomer needs at the reason- able, least cost for the future. The extensive bid process in- cluded an all-source request for proposals. AES said, "The Petersburg Solar Project and others like it will provide long-term savings to AES Indiana customer." AES to acquire Pike solar farm and build storage facility By Andy Heuring A Jasper man was arrested on a charge of driving without a license early Sunday morn- ing. Evelio Roblero, 21, of Jas- per, was arrested after he ran off the road and crashed at about 6:30 a.m. Sunday. Pike County Deputy Sheriff Paul Collier said Roblero was driving a 1995 Chevrolet pick- up east on Highway 64, near 1000 E., when he ran off the south side of the highway and crashed into a ditch. Deputy Collier said Roblero claimed he swerved to avoid a deer. A portable breath test regis- tered 0.073 percent for blood alcohol content. The legal lim- it in Indiana is 0.08 percent. Roblero was not injured. The pickup owned by April Soto was a total loss. Crash leads to arrest of Jasper man Parks arrested for domestic battery and possession By James Capozella Pike County Sheriff Depu- ty Buck Seger was dispatched to a domestic battery at 2787 E. Doane Ln,, Petersburg, the evening of July 30. Dep- uty Seger found Candace L. Parks, 42, of 2175 N. Main St., Petersburg, stumbling and staggering south on CR 275 E., near Doane Lane. Seger reports that Parks appeared highly intoxicated, had heav- ily bloodshot glossy eyes and the strong odor of alcohol coming from her breath. Parks had an open contain- er of beer, a grocery sack of beer cans and a backpack, ac- cording to the report. Parks was loud and agitated, ex- plaining that she was waiting for her mom to come and get her. She had slight bruising on her neck, which she said Ter- ry Jones caused the day be- fore, according to the report. Jones had called 911 and when Deputy Seger arrived at his house, he stated he was punched in the mouth and was bleeding. Jones said the marks on Park's neck were hickies from the previous night. With consent from Jones, a search of the home was made, which turned up pipes and paraphernalia contain- ing meth residue in Candace Parks' dresser. Parks was arrested and transported to the Pike Coun- ty Jail by Pike County Deputy Paul Collier. Parks told depu- ties she had a smoking pipe in her bra and female jail staff removed it, according to the report. Parks tested .216 on a PBT at the scene. She was charged with domestic bat- tery, possession of metham- phetamine, possession of mar- ijuana and paraphernalia and public intoxication following the investigation. Member of Evansville gang arrested on I-69 By James Capozella A speeding violation on I-69 last Tuesday resulted in three arrests, including that of a known gang member wanted by the Evansville Police De- partment Gang Task Force. Indiana State Trooper Bran- don Angermeier sent a picture of the driver and his tattoos to the Evansville Police Depart- ment Gang Task Force to get a positive identification on To- ny Ray Johnson II, 30, of 1029 Bayard Park Dr., Evansville. When Trooper Angermei- er noticed the strong odor of raw marijuana coming from the vehicle and three pas- sengers in the van, he waited for backup from Pike County Sheriff Deputy Paul Collier and Petersburg Police Chief Kyle Mills. Tony Johnson had no iden- tification on him and gave his name as Taijha Mayes and date of birth as June 15, 1993. Angermeier noted hesitation on both the month and date af- ter being asked his name sev- eral times. Several attempts to identify Johnson through state, Pike County and Evans- ville dispatch failed. The re- turn by Evansville Gang Task Force revealed Johnson was a habitual traffic violator (life), and had priors and several ac- tive warrants out of Vander- burgh County. His passen- ger, Tanazea Woods, 27, of 1029 Bayard Park Dr., Evans- ville, was charged with false informing and Torrance M. Mimms, 31, of 1613 Jeanette Ave., Evansville, was charged with possession of marijuana, prior. Backpack giveaway at River of Life church Helpers at the River of Life Backpack Giveaway talk to parents and kids as they hand out supplies for the 2021 school year on Sunday, August 1.