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A-2 Wednesday, August 10, 2022 The Press-Dispatch Day of Caring set for Sept. 21 United Way of Pike Coun- ty's Day of Caring campaign will kick-off with its 16th year of a Day of Caring on Wednesday, September 21, 2022. This event involves re- cruiting volunteers to help with projects for local not- for-profit agencies/organi- zations for a one day work blitz. The day's event will start with a sponsored breakfast for its volunteers. They will receive a t-shirt to wear on the job and lunch will be pro- vided. United Way of Pike County hopes to raise the level of awareness of the needs as well as the ser- vices provided by these agencies. If you want to volunteer or are an agen- cy that wants to submit a project, contact Executive Director Krista Robinette at the United Way of Pike County of fice at 812-582- 9781 or email unitedwayp- ike@frontier.com. This event is par tially funded by the Communi- ty Foundation and Amber Manor. Road closure planned for State Road 356 Indiana Depar tment of Transpor tation announc- es a planned road closure for State Road 356 near Alford. Beginning on or around Monday, August 15, SR 356 will be closed east of Alford. During the closure crews will replace a culvert along the roadway. This project is expected to take a day to complete, depending on the weather. The official detour for mo- torists is State Road 57 to State Road 56 to State Road 257. Local traffic will have access up to the point of clo- sure. Jill Hyneman - Pike County Chamber Executive Director By Sherri Sebella News Editor sherri@pressdispatch.net If you see a br unette r un- ning around town at all the local events, you might be seeing our Pike County Chamber Executive Direc- tor, Jill Hyneman. Hyneman moved to Pe- tersburg in 2014, to be clos- er to family. "I was always having to travel," Hyneman said. "I moved here but al- ways worked in Evansville, so when the Chamber job opened up, I jumped on it." Hyneman is married to Na- than Hyneman and has two children, Jackie Berr y and Noah Berr y. Hyneman spends the ma- jority of her time involved in dif ferent organizations with- in our community. "Besides being the Chamber Execu- tive Director, I ser ve as Vice President of the 4-H Council, I'm a member of the Kiwanis, I'm Secretar y for Discover Downtown Petersburg, and I help with all kinds of orga- nizations through the Cham- ber," Hyneman said. "We're a ver y much on-the-go family. Whatever I volunteer in, my family volunteers in. They usually don't complain. I appreciate their ability to jump in. Most of our spare time goes to some- thing in the com- munity." N e t w o r k i n g and working with people is what Hyneman loves to do. "I love sharing information with people," Hyneman said. When Hyneman moved here with her family, 4-H was something new for the kids. "They make year-long friends who are in the trenches with them," Hyneman said. "My daughter has made such a transformation through 4-H and learning responsibility. Jackie par ticipated in Top Herdsman and my son Noah shows goats, rabbits and cows. He won Showmanship for rabbits. We also had three goats that made it to the Dair y Championship. Noah takes care of ever ything with the animals, to make sure they're well taken care of. He learned from other mentors. My daughter Jackie wants to show ever y animal there is now. I asked her if she could pick just one new animal for right now." T h o u g h she doesn't have much free time right now, H y n e m a n used to r un a business growing mi- cr o-gr eens. "I've put it on hold, but my dream is to have an aqua- ponics farm when things slow down," Hyneman said. "I have the makings for two 30-90 greenhouses, so when the kids are older and we have more time, I'd like to do that." When asked what moti- vates her to work so hard, Hyneman's answer is simple. "I was just raised that way," Hyneman said. "In our house- hold I helped take care of my younger siblings. My parents worked and volunteered. My mom was at the school all of the time and was often "team" mom in spor ts. My dad was an announcer at the baseball games. My dad often took of f during the Gibson County Fair and fried fish for the VFW." With being a par t of the Chamber and always look- ing for new ideas for Pike County, Hyneman would love to see people become open-minded about change. "That needs to happen in Pike County in order for us to grow," Hyneman said. "Because we've always done it that way," is not the answer for Pike County's future. I tr uly appreciate ever y com- munity member that volun- teers or sticks their necks out for change and/or oppor- tunities." Something Hyneman wants people to know about her is that she loves tr ying out new things, like food, places, and activities. "My favorite quote is 'If you stumble, make it par t of the dance,'" said Hyneman. "Salsa and tropical music is my cure for a bad mood. It makes me want to dance, which makes my family laugh. Food, family, and friends is my idea of a fun Friday night. No fuzz, just us, type of get together." Someone You Should Know Parke, Perr y, Pike, Pulaski, Putnam, Ripley, Rush, Scott, Shelby, Steuben, Sullivan, Tipton, Vanderburgh, Ver- million, Warrick, Washing- ton and White counties. There were also 38 more Indiana counties listed as "medium" risks. Adams, Boone, Starke, Union and Warren are the only counties currently listed as "low" risks for spreading COVID-19 as of Sunday. Over the past seven days, Indiana has recorded 14,392 new cases and 68 deaths. at Tuesday's meeting, show- ing different scenarios for the Council to consider with a deadline of October 31, 2022 to make a decision that would take effect Januar y, 2023. Sansone gave three Local Income Tax scenarios for the Council to consider, at different amounts, stating there is still work that needs to be done with the study and that she was showing them a preliminar y idea of what they could do. With the Local Income Tax maximum being 2.5%, the Council has discussed the possibility of increasing the tax to 1.5 percent from where it is now at .75 per- cent. If the Council choos- es to go with a 1.5% Local Income Tax, Pike County would be tied with Daviess County, who also has a 1.5% Local Income Tax, and Pike would be one of the highest Local Income Tax counties in the surrounding coun- ties, compared to Warrick, Gibson, Dubois, Knox and Daviess. Sansone pointed out that Homestead and Ag- ricultural land would not be impacted, as they are at tax caps, and that Commercial would mainly be affected. No decisions were made and Sansone said they would have their study finalized by the next council meeting on September 13. Many additional appro- priations and transfers from multiple departments were approved with the exception of the Pike County Treasur- er's office, that requested a transfer of funds to cover part-time clerical pay for the rest of the year. Councilmen tabled that decision until the next meeting due to some questions they had regard- ing funds. Council member Greg Willis questioned the Sher- iff's request to transfer funds to cover the Chief Deputy's overtime. Chief Deputy Dal- las Killian said he has taken on additional cases to help with the workload and he is maxed out on comp time. The Council approved the $1,000 transfer to cover Kil- lian's overtime hours. Council members decided to transfer funds from anoth- er account instead of grant the Commissioner's request for additional appropriations in the amount of $35,000 for legal ser vices. Following the regular monthly council meeting, members adjourned for 20 minutes before starting the process of budget presenta- tions by all the departments for the 2023 budget. The 2023 Budget Adoption reg- ular meeting will follow the September 12 regular meet- ing. The regular meeting will start at 8:30 a.m. with the budget adoption meetings following on September 12 and 13. ommendation of spending it on community improvements such as a new playground on the south end of Winslow. "We need to address the ele- phant in the room," Lamb said. She said the funds they are debating about are non-revert- ing capital funds for making specific capital improvements. Lamb said board members wrote an ordinance at the end of 2021, stating funds would go toward community im- provement. Brewster said he never saw the ordinance and wanted to see it. Lamb said she did not have it with her and Fiscus went to the office and got the ordinance book, which did not contain the ordinance Lamb was referencing. Lamb said she would bring the ordinance to the next meeting. "You have placed it (the funds) in Park and Rec," Brewster said. "My problem is I don't think with the fire station building, that Patoka could walk out tomorrow. Why would we spend money from the fire equipment auc- tion on Park and Rec?" Lamb said the money was not in Park and Rec, but in a different fund specifically marked for community im- provements. "Why don't you want to spend the money on community improvement," Lamb said. "This is not taxpay- er money. We will never have this kind of money again to spend on community improve- ments." Lamb repeatedly asked Brewster why he did not want to spend the money on com- munity improvements and Brewster said he had already explained why he did not and that he would like to make a motion to table the discussion until he can see the ordinance that Lamb referred to. "I'm baffled," Lamb said. "We're never going to have the money to do this again for the community." "I have a motion to table," Brewster said. "Your speech is over," Brewster said to Lamb. Brewster said his main con- cern is the Winslow Commu- nity Center. "We need to gen- erate revenue to keep it open," Brewster said. "We need some money put into that to make it usable. We can get a lot of rev- enue from there." Lamb said her concern is the bat issue at the Community Center and Brewster said he did not even know there was a bat problem at the Community Center. Another hot topic at the meeting was volunteers paint- ing and fixing the fire station without giving the board writ- ten notice. "They modified the building," Brewster said. Streets Superintendent Torez Baham then addressed the issue. "Why are you going to get upset over people fixing a place up that you aren't paying for?" Baham said. "Paint is not a modification." Frustrated, Brewster replied, "They are supposed to give written no- tice." You like following the law, right?" Baham said to Brew- ster. "You want to hold up money to benefit this town as a whole, but we can spend tax dollars to fix a board mem- ber's ditch? I spent three to four hours to use the town's equipment, on someone else's property. I don't need to say names, they know who they are. Your Clerk signed the work order because he is a violation clerk." Fiscus was quick to respond to Baham. "It's not my property," Fiscus said. "As a matter of fact, it is your property, Dee," Baham said. "Well, when the town's water causes problems, they have to fix it," Fiscus said. Baham then said he re- ceived a work order signed by Fiscus and Dixon to weed eat her ditch and clean up rip rap that took three to four hours to do, that he could have been doing other work for the town. "We have a violations clerk," Baham said again. "I take care of my property," Fiscus said. "You do not want to go there." As things started to get out of control, Lamb stepped in. "Let me remind ever yone, we all care about the town," Lamb said. "That is why you are all here. We have to think about how we want to represent the town." The meeting moved on and Lamb said there is a Fall Festi- val planning meeting at 6 p.m. Monday, August 15, and there is also a Blood drive for Red Cross from 1 p.m. until 6 p.m. at the Community Center on the same day. A spay/neuter clinic will be Tuesday, August 16. Brewster moved to ad- journ the meeting. The next Winslow Town Council meet- ing will be 6 p.m. Monday, Au- gust 22, at the Town Hall. The public is encouraged to attend these meetings. 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