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Drawing at 6 p.m. Plus: Many free items, while they last: Hats • T-Shirts • Key Chains • and more Free Food and Drink Samples ––– Music ––– Cub Scouts earning whittling chip badge Cub Scouts Xavier Mason, Mylz Modesitt and Max Oakley carving and earning their whittling chip. Loogootee man arrested for stalking Petersburg woman By Sherri Sebella A Loogootee man, later identified as Jordan Davis, 33, was charged with Invasion of Privacy - Prior Conviction, Stalking-Armed or Unrelated Conviction Against Same Vic- tim, on Friday, April 22, after police received information that Davis had been driving around a house where an ac- tive protection order was filed. According to a probable cause affidavit, Davis had driv- en past the victim's house mul- tiple times and pulled into her driveway once, while she was mowing her yard on Saturday, April 16. Police were asked to locate the vehicle, but were unable to do so at the time. On Thursday night, April 21, Petersburg Police were sent to the Trademart gas sta- tion in regard to a suspicious male. The caller said the man was acting strangely. At aabout the same time, Pike County Sheriff's Office Sergeant Jared Simmons re- ceived a call reporting the same suspicious male. Police notified Pike Coun- ty Sheriff's Chief Deputy Dal- las Killian that they had locat- ed Davis at the Trademart gas station. Police took Davis into custody on unrelated charges. On Friday, April 22, Killian began investigating how the two incidents were connected, and the possibility of request- ing charges for invasion of pri- vacy and stalking. Police requested surveil- lance video footage from their cameras that face Lakeview and State Road 57 and their parking lot cameras. Police also requested body camera footage from Petersburg Po- lice, from Thursday, April 21. The victim spoke to Police and said she was terrified that Davis was in town and that she knew he had been driving by her house. Killian checked the location of where Davis was arrested and found it to be 770 feet from the victim's house. In the body camera footage at the scene of his arrest, Da- vis said he was going to his sis- ter's, but he was down at the river when he noticed he had things in his ears like worms. Davis also said he was in that location because the men in the parking lot would not leave him alone. Davis told Police he knew of no reason why he should not be in the area, but when asked if he had any restraining or- ders, Davis asked if it was be- cause of the victim and then said, "No, but she's down that direction," pointing in the di- rection of the victim's home. A fter some conversation between the Police and Davis that made no sense, Police asked to search Davis' vehicle because he appeared to be un- der the influence of metham- phetamine. Davis then said, "You would be too if you, if you been in love with a wom- an for seven or eight years and got caught." He then claimed his errat- ic behavior was due to open wounds in his ears from par- asites. Davis told Police he did not know the victim was hav- ing a problem. Davis said he knew he had a protective or- der against him. Davis then told Police he was being misled spiritually. When police told Davis he would be charged with Inva- sion of Privacy and Stalking, he became irate and told Po- lice that they could not file charges. "I mean take from me I'll take from you," Davis said to Police. New law for home-based vendors If you sell food to an end consumer in Indiana, you are either established as a Re- tail Food Establishment or a Home-Based Vendor. Most individuals who sell foods at farmer's markets or roadside stands operate under home-based vendors laws. In- diana recently passed a new law (HB 1149) which includes changes that will impact any- one operating as a home- based vendor. Who is a home-based ven- dor? Pursuant to newly enact- ed (effective 7/1/22) code: IC 16 -42-5.3, "A home based ven- dor shall prepare and sell on- ly a food product that is made, grown, or raised by an individ- ual at the individual's primary residence, including any per- manent structure that is on the same property as the res- idence; not a potentially haz- ardous food product; and not resold (e.g. you must sell to the end user rather than some- one who intends to resell). Home-based vendors are allowed to sell non-potential- ly hazardous foods. Non-po- tentially hazardous foods are those that do not require re- frigeration for food safety. This list of allowable foods has not changed and includes: baked items; candy and con- fections; produce, whole and uncut tree nuts, legumes; pickles processed in a tradi- tional method (e.g. fermen- tation); honey, molasses, sor- ghum, maple syrup; mush- rooms grown as a product of agriculture (wild mushrooms should be certified); and tra- ditional jams, jellies and pre- serves made from high-ac- id fruits and using full sugar recipes (this is the only home- canned food allowed.) Exceptions to this rule ap- ply for in-shell chicken eggs, poultry and rabbit. Howev- er, additional guidelines from their respective agencies must be followed i.e. Indiana State Egg Board and Indiana State Board of Animal Health (BOAH). There are two major chang- es under the law. Home-based vendors may now sell their product in person, by tele- phone, or through the Inter- net; and delivered to the end consumer in person, by mail, or by a third-party carrier. All home-based vendors must obtain a food handler certificate from a certificate issuer that is accredited by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI). ServSafe Food Handler training fulfills this requirement. This certifi- cation is valid for three years. You have two training options to fulfill this requirement. The Purdue Extension Food Safety Team is preparing a se- ries of in-person food handler trainings. Call your local Pur- due Extension office or visit www.purdue.edu/servsafe/ workshops to find classes as they are scheduled. For those who prefer an on- line option, ServSafe Food Handler training can be taken online at www.servsafe.com. For questions or to be placed on the training notifi- cation list, please contact Ton- ya Short HHS Extension Edu- cator Knox County at 812-882- 3509; short43@purdue.edu. Or Brooke Goble HHS Exten- sion Educator Pike County at 812-354-6838; bgoble5@pur- due.edu. Hit-and-run bus accident was only a big mix-up By Andy Heuring To say Monday night was a tough night for the Vincennes Lincoln softball team might be an understatement. They travelled to Pike Central for a game that Pike Central won, 9 -4. The ride home after a loss is never a fun time, but that was multiplied Monday for the Alices. While trying to find his way through the maze that is the Highway 61 detour on the west side of Petersburg, the bus driver, James Evans, ended up on Sarah St., which dead ends. While trying to back up, a person outside was assisting him. Apparent- ly he wasn't that helpful, be- cause Evans backed into a parked car owned by Howard Atkins at 806 Sarah St. It is a red Chevrolet Impala. Evans told police he got out of the bus and gave his in- formation to the person who helped him back up, then drove away, according to Pe- tersburg Police Chief Kyle Mills. Mills said Atkins saw the bus leave and called 911 to report his car had signifi- cant damage from Vincennes School Bus # 8 and the bus had left the scene. So police swarmed the ar- ea looking for the bus, but couldn't find it. Chief Mills said they called Knox County, and Knox Coun- ty police were able to locate the bus. Mills said the school corporation and bus driver called local police and spoke to officers. "It was reported as a hit- and-run, but it turned out the driver had given his informa- tion to the man who helped him back up, believing he was the owner of the car. So it wasn't really a hit-and-run," said Mills. He said no charges are be- ing filed and it will just be a standard accident report turned into their insurance companies. It was reported at about 8:55 p.m. The Impala had damage to the back bumper and left rear quarter panel. Traffic stop leads to protective order arrest By Sherri Sebella On Sunday, May 1, David Labate, 30, of Elnora, was ar- rested after Indiana State Po- lice pulled him over after he was clocked driving 82 miles per hour. Police observed the vehicle traveling in the Northbound on I-69 at 82 miles per hour. A fter initiating a traffic stop, Police ran Labate's in- formation and it showed that there was a protective order against him for the passenger in his car. Police asked Labate to ex- it his vehicle and told Labate he was in violation of a protec- tive order. Labate said he thought he could be with the person if they were visiting the kids. The protective order states that Labate was to have no contact with the passenger at any time. He was placed in handcuffs and transported to the Pike County Jail for Inva- sion of Privacy. Cox arrested on drug charges By Sherri Sebella On Friday, April 29, Pike County Sergeant Jared Sim- mons spotted a gray Ford Es- cape with expired plates. A f- ter initiating a traffic stop, near County Road 25N on Highway 61, Simmons spoke with the driver, Corey Cox, 27, of Winslow. While speaking to Cox, Simmons noticed the strong odor of raw marijuana coming from the vehicle. While looking at the title, Simmons observed that it had no sell date or buyer informa- tion. Simmons asked Cox if there was any marijuana in the vehicle. Cox said he had a little bit in his center console, and that there was a marijua- na smoking bowl in the cen- ter console. Simmons also found a glass smoking device containing burnt marijuana, and a pill bottle containing marijuana. Cox was charged with Pos- session of Marijuana and Pos- session of Paraphernalia and released from the scene.