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B-2 Wednesday, March 16, 2022 The Press-Dispatch COACHES Continued from page 1 them because there were patches of dry ground in plac- es the jon boat couldn't get through, so the DNR called for their large airboat in Boon- ville. Henry said eventually Pike County Chief Deputy Dal- las Killian and two Hazleton firemen put on wetsuits and walked out to them. They brought wet suits for Henry and Birch. They were going to pull the hovercraft over to a tree and tie it off so they could get it later. But about that time the DNR arrived with the air- boat. They took Birch and Henry to dry ground and towed the hovercraft to the take-out point. Henry said it was about 7:50 p.m. when he finally got to dry ground. "I was eating lunch with Chris Young when the call came in. I said, 'I will go with you.'" He added, "I saw the hover- craft and I thought, it's going to be awesome.'" Young and Birch said it might be good to have another person so Hen- ry eagerly jumped in. It was more than five hours later, freezing from being wet and enduring a strong cold wind before it ended. Henry said he learned hov- ercraft will spray water all over you. "When it comes to hov- ercrafts, never again," said Henry. Thursday, March 17 Thursday, March 17 9 a.m. - a.m. - 5 5 p.m. p.m. 50%-75% OFF Select Holiday and Everyday items St. Patrick's Day Sale Green 29th Annual 716 Main St. Petersburg • 812-354-9372 /margeshallmark Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday 9-5; Friday 9-6 Wear green for % 10 ANY ITEM off Authentic Irish Music! PROM HEADQUARTERS Where Helping You Dress Well Has Been A Specialty, Since 1922 812-482-5514 On e Square, Jasper Mon., T ues., urs. & Fri. 9-5:30 Wed. 9-8; Sat. 9-3 www .siebertsclothing.com $ 199 99 SUITS $ 109 99 in Black, Grey, Charcoal, French Blue, Tan and Navy Free Alterations Reg. $245 Now COMPLETE TUX ENSEMBLE Pike Central Prom is March 23! Speeding stop leads to OWI arrest By Sherri Sebella On Saturday, March 5, Pat- rick Johnson, 32, of Peters- burg, was stopped on State Road 61 for speeding by Indi- ana State Police Officer Casey Boeckman. Police clocked Johnson go- ing 58 mph in a 40 mph zone and activated their emergen- cy lights. According to a prob- able cause affidavit, Police stopped Johnson and asked if he had anything to drink prior in the night. A fter stuttering "no," police asked again if he had something to drink prior in the night and he said, "yes." Boeckman noticed his eyes were red/glassy/watery and that his speech was somewhat slurred and slow. A fter the standard field sobriety tests were given, a portable breath test was given and Johnson registered .157. Johnson was handcuffed and transported to Pike Coun- ty Jail, where he was charged with operating a vehicle with a alcohol concentration equiv- alent to .15. Oakland City men charged with spotlighting with rifle in car By Sherri Sebella On Friday, February 11, Indiana Conservation Offi- cer Roy Kenneth Tincher II was patrolling the rural area south of Oakland City. While parked off County Road 525 South, Tincher observed a vehicle approaching from the Pike County side behind them, slowly driving on the far left side of the roadway travel- ing west. According to a probable cause affidavit, the vehicle was traveling slow enough that Tincher thought at times, it had stopped. Tinch- er noticed a bright light being shined out of the driver's side window into a private field. The vehicle passed Tinch- er, driving westbound into Gibson County and he initiat- ed a traffic stop for driving left of center. Tincher the truck, which was occupied by Michael T. Riley, 45, of Oakland City, and Travis Moore, 45, of Oak- land City. When asked by Tincher what they were shining for, Ri- ley told him "we're looking for deer so that they wouldn't hit one." Tincher asked if there were any guns in the vehicle and Moore said, "yeah, there is one right here." Tincher Tincher had Moore exit the vehicle and hand him the rifle. Tincher then seized the industrial high beam light. Both men were cited for "Use of an Artificial Light While in Possession of a Fire- arm," a Class C misdemeanor. RESCUE Continued from page 1 WINSLOW Continued from page 1 We all need to take responsi- bility for our own properties. It's disheartening to see this. We can do better than this. If the town looks good, more people will come live here. You also can't have one police offi- cer. That is a travesty. He is on call seven days a week. No one will work for $14 an hour which is what you are offering people." Both Popp and Lamb said they tried numerous times to hire additional police officers for Winslow and no one is ap- plying. "We did not put salary in there in hopes people would respond and we've gotten no response," Lamb said. "We would love to see additional police in Winslow, but we can't make people work. It's a part- time job." Taylor also addressed the council about lack of respect for neighbors in Winslow. "I smell a lot of toxins in the air and a lot of burning plastic," Taylor said. "My sister came to visit from Indianapolis and said I live in a depressed ar- ea. Something has to be done. Things need to be cleaned up around here and fines and ci- tations need to be issued to get things done." Another hot topic Monday night was potholes in Winslow. Residents were shouting out streets throughout the town with potholes that could cause serious damage to vehicles and drivers. "We bought a paving ma- chine," Popp said. "We can't afford to fix all the roads. Union Street, we know is bad, but we were quoted at $156 - 200 thousand to fix that. We don't have that kind of money. "We try to fix all over town," Lamb said. We can't fix every one. This paving machine is a band-aid to hold things over until we can get more money. The ones we can't do, we will try and get more money for." Lamb told residents that if they have any problems, they can call Town Hall to notify council members of an issue and they will address it as best as they can. "As far as property clean- up, we give notice," Lamb said. "We tell owners what was found. We give them a specific timeframe to clean it up and then the town goes in and cleans it up and fines the owner." When the town council fi- nally got down to business planned for the meeting, they unanimously approved the hir- ing of four part-time people for summer help for a variety of projects. Council members want to hire and start the four new part-time employees the end of April or beginning of May. A second reading of updat- ed ordinances for a fire lane in front of schools, and burn ordi- nances were approved unani- mously. "We will get a better ISO rating and lower insur- ance rates if we make these updates," Popp said. "This benefits everyone in town, if we get lower rates." Town council members are still trying to get quotes and decide what to do about re- pairs needed to the roof at the Winslow Community Center. They have been having trou- ble getting quotes from com- panies, so no further action was taken. A lengthy discussion was held about repairs to a lawn mower that has 6200 hours usage. Baham turned in an invoice for $540.58 that he re- ceived from Petersburg Hard- ware to get the mower fixed. Residents asked council members why they continue to put money into a mower that the motor will probably blow at any time. "We put $2,000 into that mower last year to keep it going," Lamb said. "Why did we decide to put the money in- to it then if it was not going to last? " Popp moved to repair the mower and allot funds to pur- chase a new mower next year. Council members agreed unanimously. The next Winslow Town Council meeting will be Mon- day, March 28, at 6 p.m. at Winslow Town Hall. dent Steve Potter. "You have never been called in for an interview? " asked board member Chris Satter- field. "Never, ever. . . They said they interviewed the two coaches they had resumes from. I said you should have had three. I have put mine in every year," said May. When the matter of hiring a boys baseball coach came up for a vote with several oth- er positions in a joint motion, board member Chris Satter- field said, "I would like to have a discussion with the baseball on why we are not getting ev- erybody interviewed. I mean there's an application turned in and they ought to at least get an interview on that as- pect of it. That's not right. But I want to see these people get through and get the sports go- ing because we are behind on a lot of things." "I agree with that too," said board member David Waltz. In other coaching position the board hired Natalie Bur- khart as boys golf assistant and Dane Welch as volunteer assistant for boys golf. Track coach hires include Eric Knight and Ryan Cole- man as boys assistants, Wil Teague and Sarah Gorby as girls assistants and Clint Shoultz as volunteer assistant. Jill Keepes was hired as girls tennis assistant coach and Bob Collins as volunteer assistant. Jeremy Howald was hired as middle school track head boys coach, Chris Mohammed as assistant boys coach, Jen- nifer Houchins as head girls coach and Amanda Howald as assistant girls coach. Doug Bailey was hired as assistant swim volunteer as- sistant. In other personnel matters, the board accepted the retire- ment of Winslow Elementary School Treasurer and Admin- istrative Assistant Sheri Bolin and Pike Central teacher Bri- an Wahl. Wahl coached Pike Central basketball to their first sectional and regional championships in the 1996 - 97 season. In other business, the board approved an agreement for the Winslow Park and Recreation Board to cross a portion of the school corporation's property with a public walking path in Winslow. The agreement is for five years and will automati- cally renew for five years un- less there is a notice of non-re- newal issued 90 days prior to its renewal date. The school accepted sev- eral large donations. They in- cluded: • $4,000 from the South Pike P TO for the new Winslow Elementary School sign. • $736 from Petersburg First United Methodist Church to support the Pike Central Swing Choir. • BallistiGlass donated var- ious items such as aluminum and polycarbonate materials, and a laser cutter that total more than $15,000. • NetTalon donated items ranging from ladders to mo- tion and glass-breaking mon- itors to cameras and control panels that totaled more than $ 33,000. The board also approved maintenance and repair of the Pike Central track. It was last resurfaced in 2001. Su- perintendent Dr. Suzanne Blake said it is supposed to be checked and treated every five years, but it hasn't Recommended mainte- nance includes cleaning the surface, patching some holes. Mostly in the track and field runways, restriping it and ap- plying UV inhibitor. The bid for this work was $15,295 from Reece of India- napolis. The next school board meeting is scheduled for 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 12 in the School Corporation building in Petersburg. Winter percussion previews 'From Darkness' Pike Central's winter percussion group previewed From Darkness, which is their competition performance, at Pike Central on Monday evening. The group has been in three competitions so far and will compete this Satur- day at Center Grove near Indianapolis. Band Director Chris Ashworth said the group has been improving and is now adding "visual emotion and dance movement to their performance to take it to another level." They are coached by Stephen French and Kailee Russell. The group practices in the evenings and on Saturdays. Above are (l to r) Riley Bolin, Jeremy Peer, Clay Galloway, Mariah Recker, Amellia Bailey, Abbie Harrison, Nolan Bailey, Laney Nall. (See related photos on page A-4.)