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The Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America recognizes CleanEffects® as asthma & allergy friendly® Family Fun & Entertainment FRIDAY, SEPT. 17 5:00pm Lighthouse Church Spaghetti Dinner 6:00pm King and Queen Pageant 7:00pm Garden Tractor Pull SATURDAY, SEPT. 18 9am-3pm Whiffleball tournament 9:30am Calmuck Cookers barbecue 10:00am Pet show (cash prizes) and Knox County Canine demonstration 5:30pm Dedication of new Blue Jeans Center Pavilion 7:00pm Musical Entertainment by Eli Carie, Clint Kimmel and Jerry Sublette 7:00pm 21 & Up Entertainment Area SUNDAY, SEPT. 19 10:00am Community Church Service 11:00am Fish Fry by Jeff Black and Crew 11am-2pm Whiffleball Finals 2:00pm Parade 3:00pm South Knox High School Band Concert 3:30pm Music by Cody Williams ALL WEEKEND Walnut Grove Homemade Ice Cream, Sandwiches and Drinks Reed Family Funnel Cakes, Coneys and Cold Drinks Inflatables • Country Store ri Stores • Vendors Half Pot Drawings • All clothing on sale for 25¢/item FOR MORE INFORMATION, CALL 812-743-2393 or Jerry Coonrod at 812-887-4182 Parade: call Gene Williams at 812-639-8117 Pageant: call Jenn Candler at 812-677-1217 Whiffleball Tournament: call Audrey Harper at 812-887-3384 Vendors: call Marlis Day at 812-890-1736 Blue Jeans Center 1242 MAIN STREET • MONROE CITY -EXCAVATION SERVICES- Water lines, sewer lines, tree removal, land clearing, site prep, grade work, water drainage and more. Free Estimates • Fully insured CALL 812-354-4107 FESTIVALS Continued from page 1 on the Patoka River known as the Clog the Patoka is set for Saturday, September 18. It will begin early Saturday at the public access ramp on Coun- ty Road 650E located near the edge of the Patoka River. Chris Clement said partici- pants should drop their boats at the start, then drive back to Winslow and catch a shut- tle back to the start. The 6.5 mile float ends at the Riverside Park in Winslow, where the Li- ons Club will be serve break- fast and lunch. There is no fee to partici- pate in the Clog, but organiz- ers ask people give a donation to the volunteer shuttle driv- ers to help them with the cost of gasoline. There will be free overnight camping at the American Le- gion field on Friday and Satur- day nights. MONROE CITY FALL FESTIVAL The Monroe City Fall Fes- tival will run Friday, Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 17-19. It starts on Friday with the Lighthouse Church Spaghet- ti dinner at 5 p.m. A king and queen pageant is set for 6 p.m. and a garden tractor pull at 7 p.m. On Saturday morning a whiffleball tourney runs from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. A pet show is set for 10 a.m. Dedication of the new Blue Jeans Center Pavilion is at 5:30 p.m. Music entertainment starts at 7 p.m. by Eli Carie, Clint Kimmel and Jerry Sublette. Calmuck Cookers BBQ will be available at 9:30 a.m. On Sunday they will have a community church service at 10 a.m. A fish fry starts at 11 a.m. Also starting at 11 a.m. are the whiffleball finals. The parade and band con- cert are set for 2 p.m. by the South Knox High School Band. Cody Williams will perform at 3 :30 .m . There will be homemade ice cream, sandwiches, funnel cakes, coneys and cold drinks. Also there will be inflatables and country store throughout the festival. HOLLAND FEST The Holland Fest is set for Friday, Saturday and Sunday in Holland Park. Opening ceremonies are set for 6 p.m. on Friday fol- lowed by the Little Miss and Mr. Contests at Henke Stadi- um. A horseshoe tournament is set for 7 p.m. Saturday, there will be 5K and kids run at 8 a.m. Also starting at 8 a.m. will be a farm-to-table breakfast. It will run until 10 a.m. They will have a poker run at 10 a.m. beginning at the fire house. Food booths and a craft and farmers market will open at 10 and run until 4 p.m. A kiddie tractor pull is set for 11 a.m. followed by an ice cream eating contest at noon. The Silly Safari with exot- ic animals will be at 1 p.m. A keg toss is set for 2 p.m. Also a horseshoe tournament is set for 5 p.m. A community-wide church service is set for 10 a.m. Sun- day at Henke Stadium. A Washington woman suf- fered knee, leg and foot inju- ries Sunday afternoon when she crashed a motorcycle on Highway 57. Marsha Myers, 65, of Wash- ington was riding her 2004 Honda V T600 motorcycle south on Highway 57 near Blackburn Road when she said a deer ran in front of her. Pike County Deputy Sheriff Cody Jones said Myers tried to brake to miss the deer, but she began to slide the motor- cycle, causing it to land on her. She was taken to the hospi- tal by Pike County EMS. The accident happened at about 4:45 p.m. Her Honda had an estimated $1,000 to $2,500 damage. No one was injured in a fender bender in Petersburg at Sixth and Locust Sts. Satur- day afternoon. Boyd Dick, 75, of 414 N. 12th St., Petersburg, was driving east on Locust St. and tried to drive across Sixth St., but a van parked on Sixth St. obstructed his view and he pulled into the side of Brenda Carter, 70, of 505 Sixth St., Petersburg, who was driving north on Sixth St., accord- ing to Petersburg Police Sgt. Chad McClellan. It caused an estimated $1,000 to $2,500 damage to Dick's 2010 Ford Escape and Carter's 2017 Ford Focus. It happened at 3:21 p.m. Woman injured in motorcycle-deer accident; no injuries in fender bender BOMB Continued from page 1 7:25 a.m. McKinney said original- ly they thought the message had been left that night, but after reviewing it, learned it had been made several days earlier. Johnson said there were some staff members in the building at Petersburg Ele- mentary School and kids were starting to arrive. Blake said they sent out phone calls to parents notify- ing them of the situation. She said they kept the kids on the buses and got the staff out of the building. The ele- mentary kids were kept on the buses and rode to Pike Cen- tral. A fter the middle and high school kids were dropped off, the PES pupils were taken to the Old Petersburg Gym. Dr. Blake said they real- ized it was probably a low risk threat, because it was the wrong school, but "it was one we didn't feel like we could ig- nore." Johnson said they knew the person had threatened the wrong school, but thought he might have carried it out not knowing he had the wrong school. Johnson said they called the Evansville Police Depart- ment, which brought a dog trained for bomb detection. Johnson, Deputy McKinney, Petersburg Police Chief Kyle Mills and State Police went in- to the building and searched it. "We searched every nook and cranny," said McKinney. He added, "It is a big build- ing." A fter they did a search an initial search the bomb dog arrived and did another search. He said they were able to return kids to the school by about 10 :15 a.m. "It was not a planned event or drill, but we felt like it all worked well," said Dr. Blake, "We liked the quick response time. We got good response from all the agencies and our employees it worked well." She said both the kids and the students did a good job dealing with it. "Any time you have a situ- ation like this you always go back and review, so you can adjust things in the future. All things considered, it went re- ally well," said Blake. Fire destroys Willis vehicle A late Monday night fire destroyed Zach Willis's vehicle. Jefferson Township Fire Chief Chris Young said Wil- lis was driving at about 10:45 p.m. on Highway 257 near CR500 when he noticed smoke. When he pulled over there were fluids over much of the engine compartment and they had ignited. It was fully engulfed when Young arrived. Willis' Ford Edge was a total loss. By Andy Heuring County Commissioners signed an amendment to road usage agreement with Ratts 1 Solar, while it is being built in the Dutchtown area. Commissioners also tabled a proposed agreement with the Indiana Department of Transportation on a road proj- ect gone sour. Both actions took place during their Tues- day morning meeting. The road usage agreement with Avenor had been ap- proved at the previous meet- ing. However, they were wait- ing on some estimated costs of a bridge and other sec- tions of road to set the road bond amounts. The amend- ments to the main road usage agreement with Ratts 1 was approved. However, a second agreement with subcontrac- tors was not approved. County Highway Superintendent Josh Byrd asked Nikki Jeffers, a representative for Arevon En- ergy which owns Ratts 1 So- lar, why the second agreement with Burns & McDonnell was needed. She said it was added pro- tection for Ratts 1 Solar in case damage by contractors' trucks being in an area they weren't supposed to be oc- curred. "Why are we double-bond- ing the road? " said County At- torney Val Fleig. Jeffers again said, "It is just kind of a helpful protection be- cause they are going to be us- ing that stretch of CR500E." "I don't think the commis- sioners want to deal with all these companies. They want to deal with you. If you want protection under this thing, that will be your job, not ours," said Fleig. "That is okay. If it is a prob- lem then we will just have one (agreement)," said Jeffers. Commissioners tabled a proposed agreement on CR350N project County Commissioners vot- ed to table an offer from the Indiana Department of Trans- portation to pay them $1.5 million as buy-back of a feder- al aid road project. Original- ly federal aid was going to be used to build a new road to a proposed industrial park. However, the project being designed by RQAW has run into problems meeting feder- al specifications. INDOT has offered pay Pike County $1.5 million to purchase the federal aid project. But it will require Pike County to build the road on their own. Pike County has not been able to get an accu- rate estimate on the construc- tion cost. Highway Depart- ment Office Manager Mela- nie Britton said the county will be required to build the road from the "cul de sac to CR175E." She added RQAW is "asking a substantial amount of mon- ey to scale this design back." "There is a lot more to this that we need to know," said Commissioner President Mark Flint. Flint said the project design probably shouldn't have been approved at the state and fed- eral levels. "We didn't get what we paid for. We didn't get what we wanted. I don't know how it got through the hoops," said Commissioner Jeff Nelson. "It got way too far. It should have never gotten to where we are today," said Flint. "Are we looking at a lawsuit here? " asked Commissioner Ryan Coleman. Flint said he thought both the state and engineer had problems. "I think the state is trying to reconcile by basi- cally making this offer," said Flint. "They are trying to give us something for the money we have paid out," said Britton. She said if Pike County doesn't take the deal from INDOT they will have to pay back the money they have been paid by the federal aid project, which amounts to about $500,000. "What is RQAW going to po- ny up since they got us in this mess? " said Coleman. "I think we need to have some sort of a discussion with RQAW to see where we are go- ing," said Flint. He added he didn't want to sign the deal with INDOT yet because he didn't want to re- linquish control of the project until they were able to work something out. The next commissioner meeting is scheduled for 8:30 a.m. Monday, September 20 in the courthouse auditorium. Road development hits snags Bloomington man arrested on meth charges By Andy Heuring A traffic stop on I-69 leads to a Bloomington man being arrested on meth and other charges Monday evening. Joesph J. Wootan, 28, of 850 N Narstrait Rd., Blooming- ton was arrested on charges of possession of meth more than 5 grams, a Level 5 felo- ny, driving while suspended, prior and possession of drug paraphernalia. Wooton was stopped at 5:17 p.m. by Trooper Brayden An- germeier near the 43 mile marker on I-69. Trooper Angermeir said he saw Wootan swerve sever- al times and fail to maintain a consistent speed while he was driving south. He pulled Wootan over and while talking to him noticed his pants were undone. Soot- an said he was hot. According to Angermeier's report Woot- an said he was tired and that he had driven from Georgia to Bloomington and was headed back to Georgia. Wootan also said he didn't have a drivers license. Anger- meier said a license check showed Wootan was suspend- ed with a prior. It also turned up an outstanding warrant from Putnam County. Angermeir said while pat- ting down Wootan he found a red straw in his pocket with a white powder residue in it. Angermeier report states Wootan admitted to ingest- ing meth with the straw. Wootan was taken to the Pike County Jail, where a search of him located a small plastic baggie that fell out of his pants The baggie con- tained a crystal substance weighing four grams. Wootan admitted it was meth accord- ing to Angermeier's report.