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Call:1-877-257-1084 or Locally Call: 1-812-354-2814 • Free pregnancy testing • Free counseling and info. on pregnancy options. • Confi dential counseling for women & men who are suff ering from post-abortion syndrome. • Residential Care • Health and assistance referrals. • Training and education. • Assistance in getting baby and maternity clothes washpcc@sbcglobal.net www.washingtonpregnancycenter.com Anna Beck Borders died and was buried in 1850 in Pleasant Grove Cemetery, a few miles southwest of Pe - tersburg. However, her story does not end there. As it goes with a lot of old cemeteries, headstones break, fall over, sink into the ground and are sometimes uprooted by tree growth. That was not the case with Anna's headstone. It was re- moved from the cemetery. No one knows when or how it was taken. And, being an old cem- etery, one would think it had just succumbed to nature. The headstone for An- na's grave was found earlier this year in an antique store in Evansville. An observant person saw the stone, along with one for Harry Allen, an 11-month-old boy, and posted pictures online. People got in- volved, the stones were report- ed to the Department of Nat- ural Resources and a DNR detective took charge of the stones and the investigation. That began a search to find where the two stones belonged. Shane Kocher, of Heritage Preservations, LLC, through phone calls, internet messaging, contacts with ar- ea historical societies, Karen Zach and Kacie Weldy with the Indiana Genealogy Face- book page, and other means, tracked down descendants and relatives of both Anna and little Harry, as he came to be known. Local involvement began when Kocher contacted De- nise Laswell Sneed, a direct descendant of Anna's, who in turn contacted Dee Laswell to find Anna's burial location. That information was relayed to Kocher. Laswell's husband, David, also is a direct descen- dant of Anna Beck Borders. About the same time the Pike County Historical Soci- ety was contacted about this headstone. Kocher was fa- miliar with the cemetery, but needed to know where in that cemetery Anna was buried. During a historical society meeting it was announced that Anna's tombstone had been found. That's when another di- rect descendant, Marcia Las- well Yates learned of the miss- ing headstone. A fter learning where the stones belonged, Kocher, with the approval of the DNR detec- tive, took the stones to repair/ refurbish them. Once ready, plans were then made to re-in- stall them in their respective cemeteries. The stones were re-installed in their respec- tive cemeteries this spring with the help of Greg and Tra- cie Ruff. Kocher then began plan- ning for re-dedication cere- monies at the two cemeteries. Those ceremonies were con- ducted Saturday, June 4; Har- ry's in Warrick County and Anna's in Pike County. Frank Coleman, pastor of Ayrshire Valley General Bap- tist Church, officiated at the re-dedication ceremony. At- tending along with Kocher and his family were Tincher, David and Dee Laswell, Mar- cia Laswell Yates, Greg and Tracie Ruff and members of the Pike County Historical Society. In his remarks, Coleman noted that Anna was buried 172 years ago. He said vandals not only desecrated Anna's grave and removed her mark- er; they showed disrespect to Anna and her memory and to her family down through the generations. He said his hope and prayer that the re-dedica- tion of her stone can still bring information about her for ma- ny generations to come. Anna's story began with her birth in 1771 in North Caroli- na to Jacob and Mary Winkler Beck. She married Henry Bor- ders, Sr., and along with their family moved to Indiana in the early 1800s. The couple had seven chil- dren, two boys and five girls. The Laswell line joined the Borders when Anna's great-granddaughter Doro- thy Gertrude Borders mar- ried Benjamin "Frank" Las- well. This is only a small part of the Borders family history. There are numerous descen- dants throughout the Mid- west. It should be noted that it is against the law to damage or remove a headstone from a cemetery. It is a Level 6 felo- ny for any person who reck- lessly, knowingly, or intention- ally disturbs human remains or grave markers while mov- ing, uncovering, or remov- ing artifacts or burial objects. Anyone knowing of such inci- dents should contact law en- forcement. Story contributed to The Press-Dispatch by Dee Laswell. 1850 headstone, missing for decades, located in Evansville antique store Shane Kocher, Marcia Laswell Yates and David Laswell attended the June 4 dedication ceremony at Pleasant Grove Cemetery. The headstone of Anna Beck Borders, who died in 1850, was located after being stolen years ago, was refurbished and replaced at Pleasant Ridge Cemetery. ington Township. District 2 is all four precincts of Peters- burg. SEVERAL OPEN POSITIONS ON COUNTY BALLOT At the county level there are several vacancies on the Dem- ocrat side. The Democrat par- ty has the option of filing a candidate to fill those vacan- cies on the ballot for the gen- eral election. The deadline to do so is noon Tuesday, July 5. The open positions on the ballot at the county level are Prosecuting Attorney, Audi- tor, Recorder, Sheriff, Asses- sor, Commissioner District 1 and 2 and all four County Council Districts. Tindall charged with HTV and OVWI endangerment By James Capozella Joshua Tindall, 38, 233 E SR 64, Oakland City was charged with Habitual Traffic Violator and OV WI endangerment with a passenger less than 18 years old this past Saturday night in Winslow. Indiana State Trooper B. Angermeier was patrolling La- fayette St. when he witnessed a motorcycle fail to make stops and signal turns, and had an out-of-date license plate. When Angermeier made the traffic stop, Tindall told him that the motorcycle had not been on the road for years and that his license was suspended. Deputy Bri- ar Meadors assisted after An- germeier ran Tindall's infor- mation that came back HT V. The passenger, Tindall's son, advised Angermeier that the motorcycle was 100 percent il- legal according to the report. Angermeier used the depart- ment cell phone to call Jessica Catt to pick up Tindall's son. Tindall failed field sobriety tests and while being trans- ported to the Pike County Jail. Tindall's record showed nu- merous arrests on a variety of charges over a 20 -year period. Kimberly Brown arrested for reckless driving By James Capozella Indiana State Trooper John P. Davis was dispatched out of Evansville for a Hyund- ai making bad passes and running 120 miles per hour north bound on I69 near mile marker 53, this past Satur- day. Kimberly L. Brown, 31, 3501 Fairmeade Drive, Nash- ville, Tenn., was charged with reckless driving after being stopped by Davis after nearing running several people off the road according to the report. Brown claimed to be in a hurry to get into Indiana be- cause of some friends contem- plating suicide. Davis advised Brown that if she was that concerned she should have called the police instead of putting others in danger. Da- vis was taking Brown to jail on the charges and had her vehi- cle towed for having expired plates. A passenger in the car asked Brown if her car would go that fast and she stated it'll go that fast according to the report. Deputy Briar Meadors transported Brown to the Pike County Jail where she bonded out shortly after arriving. Husband, wife arrested for domestic battery By Sherri Sebella A 911 call from a Winslow woman resulted in not only her arrest, but her husband also, for domestic battery on Wednesday, June 1. Pike County Dispatch re- ceived a 911 call, later iden- tified as Chelsea Roe, 32 who said her husband, Joe Roe, 35, both of Winslow, had choked her. Police separated husband and wife upon arriving and spoke with each, individually. John Roe said to Police that he and Chelsea had been ar- guing all day. John said the ar- guing started when they were on the way back from the food bank. John said they started arguing about John hauling off junk in their yard. John then said Chelsea punched him in the mouth and the side of the head. When they returned home, John said Chelsea went to bed. While John was lying in bed, he said Chelsea woke up and started yelling and call- ing him names. John said the argument started to escalate and Chel- sea grabbed him and pulled him on top of her and then Chelsea was hitting and scratching him, according to a probable cause affidavit filed. John said he was trying to get off Chelsea and used his elbow to press off her and get away. John then said he went outside and Chelsea called 911. Police asked John if the kids were in the same room and he said they were in the house, but not in the same room as the altercation. Police noticed fresh red scratch marks on his forehead above his left eye while speak- ing to him, and John said that the marks were not there be- fore the altercation. Chelsea said to Police that she and John were argu- ing and she got tired of him screaming at her, and she cov- ered his mouth with her hand. Chelsea said that at that mo- ment, John started to punch her in the ribs. Police asked Chelsea to ex- plain what happened in the bedroom, and Chelsea said that she and John were bick- ering and John began to attack her. Chelsea said she had to kick him three or four times to try and keep John away and once John was on top of her, he dug his elbow into her chest and pressed as hard as he could. Chelsea said that she heard her chest pop two times. Shortly after, Chelsea said that John got up and went outside and she called 911 to report the incident. Chelsea said that the chil- dren were outside playing during the altercation and that she did not need an am- bulance. Police asked Chel- sea if she had hit John at any time and she said that she on- ly kicked him four times, and may have scratched him in self-defense. Police advised both John and Chelsea that they were go- ing to be charged with Domes- tic Battery and John said that he did not want Chelsea to go to jail. Police advised him that was not his decision. John Roe was placed in handcuffs and on the way to the Pike County Jail, John said that he would have lied if he knew Chelsea was going to go to jail. Chelsea Roe was also trans- ported to Pike County Jail af- ter a family member came to pick up the children at the home. The Department of Child Services were contact- ed by Police after the incident. Couple's fight in Winslow lands man in jail By Sherri Sebella On Tuesday, May 31 Pike County Dispatch received a 911 call reporting a fight in Winslow. A neighbor, said they could hear yelling com- ing from the residence and thought that a physical fight was occurring as well. It was later discovered that the two involved were dating. While Police were en route, Central Dispatch advised that their the man left the scene in a Buick. As police were heading to the scene, they spotted the Buick, driven by Clifford Da- vidson, 37, of Petersburg. Police stopped the vehicle. and had Davidson exit the vehicle. Police advised Da- vidson of the 911 call and he said there was no argument. When asked for his identifica- tion, they discovered he was an Habitual Traffic Violator. Davidson was handcuffed and asked about the fight- ing, arguing or yelling that was taking place on Lafayette Street. Initially denying any- thing occurring, Davidson lat- er admitted to getting into a verbal argument with his girl- friend at the residence. Additional officers went to the residence to speak with the woman. Police requested a tow truck to the scene for the vehicle. Police at the home advised- police with Davidson that the victim had bruising and swell- ing on the right side of her face. Davidson was again asked about his argument with the victim. When Police advised Davidson of the injury to the victim's face, he said he did not know anything about it and that the victim was clumsy. Police were advised that the victim claimed she had fallen- down the stairs the day before. When Police asked the victim what happened, she said she did not know. The victim said she was tak- ing a nap after work when she was awakend by Police. They told the victim that Davidson had already admitted to get- ting into an argument and that it was so loud the neigh- bor called 911. The victim said the pair had gotten into an argument about money and that it was verbal only. When police said they could see that her face was bruised and swollen, she said she had fallen down the stairs and did not notice the injuries until the Police pointed it out. Police informed her that Da- vidson had been arrested for driving as an Habitual Traffic Offender and that her car was towed. Police advised the vic- tim on how to get her vehicle out of the tow yard and the Po- lice then cleared the scene.