The Press-Dispatch
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B-2 Wednesday, October 6, 2021 The Press-Dispatch Live DOWNTOWN Saturday Night Oct. 9 between Main and Walnut Streets (next to the Courthouse), Petersburg 8th Street Join in for a full day of good food, games, entertainment and more. Brought to you by: Craft Vendors ������ Starting at 8 a�m� Food Trucks ������������������������������ Noon Cornhole Tournament ���� 3 p�m� Tourney sponsored by the Moose Lodge FEATURING EIGHTY-SIXT CONNER LOVELESS AT 6 P�M� AT 3 P�M� music SATURDAY, oCTOBER 9 10am-Noon Crafts and Pumpkin Painting at Shelter House 1 1 pumpkin per child, must be present to participate 10am-? Coconut Jo's Food Truck at Shelter House 1 1-3pm Trick or Treating throughout the park Park gates closed and no cars/trucks allowed in park from 12:50 pm until 4 pm. Parking at the beach. 1-4pm Sweet Dream A La Mode Food Truck at Shelter House 1 7-10pm Rodney Watts Concert at Shelter House 1 Campfire, hot dogs during concert along with Coconut Jo's & Sweet Dream A La Mode Food Trucks H alloween Park in the PRIDES CREEK PARK 16TH ANNUAL 1045 E CR 400 N • PETERSBURG • 812-789-3099 No Hay Rides This Year New Dollar General open in Otwell Dollar General opened a newly completed store at the Junction of SR 56 and SR 257 this past week. The new store is fully featured including household and grocery items. Dollar General's senior vice president of real es- tate and store development said, "We look forward to welcoming customers to our new store and hope they will enjoy shopping at our new location." Dollar General plans to donate 100 new books to Otwell Miller Academy to benefit students ranging from kin- dergarten to fifth grade. James Capozella photo EVENTS Continued from page 1 The doors will open at 4 p.m. They will be selling hamburg- ers, chili, pie and soft drinks. The costume judging, door prizes and piñatas are free. Costume categories are: Best Overall, Most Original, Best Makeup, Best Couple, Best Superhero, Prettiest, Scariest, Funniest, Movie/ Cartoon girl, Movie/Cartoon boy, and Cutest (2 years and under). It starts at 6:30 p.m. The haunted house will start at 4 p.m., with a no-scare time until dusk, but after sun- down, monsters and freaks will appear. WARRANT Continued from page 1 not on Dutchtown Road. County Road 575 N. is a nar- row rock road that goes west off of Dutchtown Road. "We have, and continue to receive, numerous questions from people in the communi- ty about progress on this in- vestigation. These tech war- rants are long and complicat- ed and I am an old dog con- tinuing to learn new tricks," said McDonald. "What hap- pened to Delmar will contin- ue to be at the top of our pri- ority list until we get firm an- swers." So far, there have been 13 warrants issued in the inves- tigation of Garrettson's death. Several other warrants, in- cluding ones requesting in- formation on individuals' cell- phones, were issued earlier in the investigation. McDonald said his plan is to analyze the information they get from the latest warrant 500E 500E and compile it. Then take that information in front of a grand jury later this fall. However, he said a grand jury may be con- tingent upon COVID condi- tions at the time. A grand jury is typically six people who hear evidence pre- sented in secret. They then de- cided if there is enough evi- dence to bring charges against the target of the investigation. Erratic driving leads to arrest on meth-related charges A 911 call regarding an SUV swerving and crossing the centerline resulted in the ar- rest of Jami F. Stout, 33, of 415 E. 15th St., Jasper, for posses- sion of methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia by Indiana State Trooper B. Angermeier on Monday, September 27. Angermeier responded to the call and stopped the eastbound SUV near Ca- to-Winslow Road on SR 56, where he witnessed the SUV go left of center and drive al- most completely in the middle of the roadway. A fter the ve- hicle almost caused a head-on collision, Angermeier pulled behind the SUV and activat- ing his emergency lights and siren. The SUV once again went left of center, according to the report. Stout continued for about a half-mile further before stop- ping. When asked for license and registration, Stout told An- germeier she was sorry for not stopping right away and then informed him that her license was suspended. When asked about her driving, Stout said she dropped a cigarette on her shirt, but also had taken pre- scription Methadone, accord- ing to the report. Stout passed field sobriety tests, but due to her suspend- ed status, her vehicle was to be towed. Pike County Sher- iff Deputy Bryce Manning was present during a search of Stout's purse, which turned up paraphernalia that tested pos- itive for methamphetamine. Stout was transported to the Pike County jail and while in route, she stated she was on probation for OV WI. Petersburg City Councilmen were updated on numerous projects underway and voted to pass three salary ordinanc- es during their Monday night meeting. Petersburg Mayor R.C. Klipsch told councilmen the water plant updates, sewer plant construction and water line replacement down Main St. were all going to be jointly bid in one contract. He said a date of December 6 has been set for that bid opening. Klipsch said the designing engineers think by bidding all three projects as one, it will garner more inter- est in the project and hopefully more competitive bids. Klipsch said the project's nu- merous delays were caused as the project went to various de- sign approval phases, some of them back when COVID was beginning and the Indiana De- partment of Environment Man- agement, like other state agen- cies, were limiting staff. He said the timing on the projects is going to be critical because the Streetscape proj- ect won't start until the new wa- ter main down Main St. is com- pleted. The Streetscape project will replace the gutters, curbs and sidewalks, as well as the street lights along Main St. He said close coordination is go- ing to be required, because the water meters for all the busi- nesses down Main St. will be realigned. Consequently, that design is going to have to be done, because the water me- ters will be set when the new water line is put in place, prior to the new sidewalks being set. There are two funding sources for the various water and sewer projects to be bid in December. The Economic Development Agency portion includes: • Well field improvements: Two new water wells that will produce 1,200 gallons per min- ute each; • New water treatment plant built in the vicinity of the sew- er plant that will have a capaci- ty to deliver more than 2.3 mil- lion gallons per day. • A new 20 -inch raw water transmission main will connect the River Road well field to the new water treatment plant. The line will be about 7,800 feet in length. • Hornady Park water tow- er: Rehabilitation of existing 750,000 -gallon elevated stor- age tank. It will be drained, sand-blasted and repainted. • North water tower: The 300,000 -gallon water tank will be drained, sand-blasted and repainted. • Water tower: A new 750,000 gallon water tank will be located at the top of Half- Mile Hill beside Highway 61. It will provide additional stor- age capacity for new develop- ment along the I-69 corridor. • Retirement of existing facilities: The current water treatment plant on River Road will be razed and removed. The Rural Development proj- ects include: • Main St. water main: An old 8 -inch cast iron main under Main St. will be replaced with a new PVC water main from Fourth to Ninth St. It will also include new service lines and water meters. • Alford Road main replace- ment: A new 8 -inch PVC water main will be installed along State Road 356, replacing an old 6 -inch line that has been problematic. The new line will run from 14th to 18th St. • Riverwood Subdivision: An undersized two-inch line will be replaced by a new six- inch PVC water main about 1,600 feet in length. The council voted unani- mously to approve the sala- ry ordinances for elected of- ficials and city employees. Those approved set the salary for the common council mem- bers at $2,600 per year. The or- dinance also established a sal- ary of $1,875.74 per pay peri- od for the mayor and $1,857.82 for the clerk-treasurer per pay period. Those amounts are to be paid from three funds, the general fund, water utility fund and wastewater utility, with a little more than $ 600 from each fund. It also set the police pay at $2,228.69 per pay period for the chief of police, $1,975.65 for police sergeant, $1,891.62 for corporals and $1,764.68 for first class patrolmen. Other hourly pay rates estab- lished include: Extra clerical pay is set at $ 8.04; mayor's as- sistant at $11.87; part-time util- ity clerk $12.36; full-time cler- ical $11.87; city probationary workers $15.45; category two city workers $18; city category one $20 ; street labor workers: category three $15.45, catego- ry two $17 and category three $19; heavy equipment opera- tor $23; cemetery hourly wag- es: seasonal manager $48.54; seasonal labor $15 and season- al part-time $11. Park hourly caretakers: class one $15, class two part- time $11. City code inspector $18.50 ; Waterworks directors receive $1,650, with the presiding offi- cer getting an additional $125, and the attorney $2,150 per year. It is the same schedule for Board of Public Works and Safety members. City attorney receives a sal- ary of $ 8,150 per year. Park Board members re- ceive $25 per meeting attend- ed. In other business, Mayor Klipsch said the city was go- ing to begin paving probably during the week of October 18. He explained a small portion of Illinois St., from Highway 57 to the bridge is the city's and will be paved. The county paved the other part of Illinois St. Once it is paved, a contractor will stripe it. Klipsch said interviews have started to hire a new po- lice officer. He said they hope to have an officer to hire at the next City Council meeting. The meeting date has been changed. It would normally be at 6 p.m. on Monday, October 18, but it is being moved to the same time on Tuesday, Octo- ber 19. City councilmen updated on new water plant construction This small section of CR 575 N., off Dutchtown Road in the vicinity of Algiers, was included in a "geofence" warrant. The warrant requests any cellphone be identified that was in this area between 6:55 p.m. and 8:09 p.m. on June 16, 2021.