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"We have a large portion of the town upset and complaining about the cats," said Town Council President Josh Popp. Winslow residents Chris and Kendra McA- tee were at the meeting and expressed their concern. McAtee told the board that Winslow Clerk-Treasurer Corbin Dixon had trapped two of their cats and then dumped them. Ken- dra McAtee said her son was so upset she had to bring him home from school. She cried through most of the council meeting. Dixon said he had three Silver Sebrite chickens killed in recent days. "I trapped a cat that had no identification on it and moved it away from my property," said Dixon. In the meeting Monday night, he said, "A property owner has the right to protect their property." He added, "I have animals that turned up dead. I spoke to them (McAtees) about it and they became hostile. I told them I'm going to do something about this." Dix- on said he put out live traps in his yard and caught the cat in a fenced-in area in his yard. "I want to know why my two cats were sin- gled out. I saw five cats running across the street last night," said McAtee. McAtee also said he thought he should have been given some type of warning or notice. Popp asked McAtee if the cats had a collar. See CATS on page 3 See PAVING on page 3 See BEATING on page 2 We owe veterans respect and remembrance By Curtis Bond The poet, Archibald MacLeish, writes, The Young Dead Soldiers Do Not Speak. "Nevertheless they are heard in the still houses: who has not heard them? They have a silence that speaks for them at night and when the clock counts. "They say, 'We were young. We have died. Remember us.' "They say, 'We have done what we could but until it is finished it is not done.' "They say, 'We have given our lives, but until it is finished, no one can know what our lives gave.' "They say, 'Our deaths are not ours: they are yours: they will mean what you make them.' "They say, 'Whether our lives and our deaths were for peace and a new hope or for nothing we can- not say: it is you who must say this.' "They say, 'We leave you our deaths: give them their meaning: give them an end to the war and a true peace: give them a victory that ends the war and a peace af- terwards: give them their mean- ing.' "'We were young,' they say. 'We have died. Remember us.'" To give meaning to these deaths is difficult. Still, we owe them a re- sponse. What shall it be? We are told these men and wom- en died while serving their coun- try. Their country called upon them in times of great need. From the Civil War through Vietnam, a good number of them were drafted into the service. Most would rather have stayed home far from harm's way. But they stepped up to the call and did what was asked of them. Contrary to the romanticization of war, a good number of war veter- ans will tell you they were not fight- ing for the flag, or God, or coun- try. They were fighting for each other. To live another day and to make it back home safely. Sad- ly, more than one million of them didn't make it home; and several million more were wounded. Ma- ny veterans have permanent phys- ical and mental disabilities. Near- ly all combat veterans are suffer- ing from some form of post-trau- matic stress. It was General William Tecum- seh Sherman who said, "War is all hell! " A lot of veterans would ar- gue, no, war is worse than hell. John McCrae wrote the Poem, In Flanders Fields in 1915, shortly after the Second Battle of Ypres. He served at the front as a gunner and a medical officer; he also tend- ed to the wounded and the dying. A close friend of his was killed in battle and McCrae performed the burial service. He wrote his poem the next day in the voice of the sol- diers who had recently died. The reader is asked to join in their struggle. The speakers do not resolve the question of what their struggle is. They left the readers to decide whether the speakers are asking them to join the war or work to stop it. Our first responsibility is to rec- ognize their death means some- thing. This is difficult because they thought the First World War to be the, "War to end all wars." Surely the Second World War and the establishment of the Unit- ed Nations would put an end to war. Then there was Korea, Viet- nam, the Gulf Wars and A fghani- stan and all the small conflicts in between. One could make the ar- gument that humans have yet to grasp the words of Jesus, "Bless- ed [are] the peacemakers: for they will be called the children of God," (Matthew 5:9). Abraham Lincoln, in his Gettys- burg Address, said, "that we here highly resolved that these dead shall not have died in vain—that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom—and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth." Lincoln invites the listener to do something – to act, to prove these men's deaths mean something. Again, what their deaths mean is left up to the living. Leaders create wars, and they call their subjects to prosecute the war. The combatant may not decide whether the conflict is just. From my viewpoint, St. Thomas Aqui- nas's "Just War" theory is wrong. There are no "Just Wars." It is diffi- cult to reconcile the teachings and life of the Prince of Peace with a "Just War" sanctified by God. Jesus told Peter to put up the sword because those who live by the sword will die by it. War and armed conflict are a precarious situation for a human being to be in. I will add police into the discus- sion because we deputize them to protect us, using deadly force if needed. No police officer or sol- dier wants to kill another human being. Yet they are the vanguard of society so that the rest of us can live a comfortable life in peace and prosperity. What do we owe the dead? We owe them respect. Their country called, and they answered. They left their comfortable abode and did not shirk their responsi- bility to their community. We owe them gratitude, as they cared for those they left behind. We owe them appreciation that their death was not in vain. This starts with the individual. It starts with teach- ing our children the correct histo- ry. Pulling down statues and revis- ing history to fit a political agen- da does a terrible disservice to the dead. Ralph Bunche Park is a small municipal public park that sets across First Avenue from the Unit- ed Nations headquarters in New York City. It was built and dedicat- ed in 1948 during construction of the U.N. headquarters. Engraved into its wall is the famous quotation from Isaiah 2:4: "They shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks; nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more." Lord Jesus, come quickly and stop the killing. Boy Scout target practice Conner Fields of Boy Scout Troop 151 aims a BB gun at a target, ready to take a shot during the Boy Scout event at Old Ben Scout Reservation on Saturday, November 6. See additional photos on page A-6. Petersburg and Pike County received al- most $ 900,000 in grants for paving last week. Governor Eric J. Holcomb and Indiana De- partment of Transportation Commissioner Joe McGuinness announced last Wednes- day that 218 Indiana cities, towns and coun- ties received a combined $101.9 million in state matching funds for local road projects through Community Crossings, a component of the Governor's Next Level Roads program. Pike County got $727,599.23 and Peters- burg got $154,716.99. Pike County and Pe- tersburg's match is 25 percent of the amount they receive. "Community Crossings continues to have a transformative effect on communities across Indiana" Governor Holcomb said. "The part- nership between the state and local govern- ments is empowering Hoosier cities, towns and counties to invest more and take on bigger projects than ever before to modernize their local transportation systems to meet the de- mand of our growing economy." The Community Crossings initiative has provided more than $1 billion in state match- ing funds for local construction projects since 2016. Communities submitted applications for funding during a highly competitive call for projects in January. Applications were eval- uated based on need and current conditions, and impacts to safety and economic devel- opment. Funding for Community Crossings comes from the state's local road and bridge matching grant fund. "Community Crossings is one of the most County, city receive sizeable paving grants By Andy Heuring Two area men are being sought on serious felony charges following a Winslow man being beaten with a baseball bat early last Wednes- day. David Padgett, 27, of 905 E. Lafayette St., Winslow, and Bradley W. Woods, 41, of 508 E. SR 57 N., Washington, have been charged with burglary with serious bodily injury, a lev- el 2 felony; burglary resulting in bodily inju- ry, a level 3 felony; and battery by means of a deadly weapon, a level 5 felony. A warrant for their arrest was issued on No- vember 4. As of Tuesday afternoon, neither had been taken into custody, according to the Pike County Sheriff's Department. Pike County Deputy Sheriff Bryce Manning said he was sent to Dennis Clark's residence at 1005 E. Porter St in Winslow after Clark called 911 to report two men had broken into his residence and beat him with a baseball bat. Deputy Manning said Petersburg Cpl. Scott Arnold and Winslow Town Marshal Steve Nel- son arrived at the residence at about 3:30 a.m. and found Clark sitting on a porch swing, with blood covering his entire face, as well as his hands and clothing. He told police he was hit on the head with a baseball bat and kicked in the eye. Deputy Manning said they called for an am- bulance. According to a probable cause affidavit, Clark told police that on Tuesday, Nov. 2, Padgett came to Clark's residence and told him Padgett and his girlfriend "were getting into it" and asked if she could stay with Clark until she could get a ride back to Evansville. Clark said he agreed to let her stay and she did until she found a ride. Clark said he then ran into Padgett again later that night and Padgett asked him where his girlfriend was and Clark said he didn't know. Then later that night, Padgett and Woods came to his residence and insisted they go through his house and said "they wanted an- swers." When Clark said he didn't have any answers, Woods kicked his door in and then beat him, threw him into a wall and threw his potted plants around the house, according to the affidavit. Deputy Manning said he asked again if Clark was sure it was Woods and Padgett and Clark answered "absolutely." Clark said Woods had the bat and Padgett kicked him in the face. Clark told police, according to the affida- vit, he had a 9mm Kel Tec firearm and it was missing. He was taken by ambulance to the hospital due to the severity of the gashes they believed were going to require staples. Police said when they went in Clark's house, they found blood on the floor and steps in the living room and bathroom, and multiple pot- ted plants were broken on the floor. Also, the door jamb on his back porch door was broken. Officers went to a residence in Winslow Two sought for beating Winslow man with bat