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Phoenix Park-Kim and randall Frieling Duo piano recital Feb. 24 Open for Lunch Tuesday-Friday 11am to 2pm Evenings Tuesday-Thursday 4 to 8pm Friday-Saturday 5 to 9pm Closed Sunday and Monday Joe Mama's 350 W. Main St. Petersburg 354-2606 C a l l a h e a d f o r f a s t e r s e r v i c e ! Dine-in or Carry-out CheCk out our neW HourS By Andy Heuring County councilmen fund- ed a $10,000 + bathroom re- pair and fired off a resolution calling for the Indiana De- partment of Transportation to do something about High- way 257 going under water. Both actions were taken during the county council's Tuesday morning meeting. Councilmen sent a copy of the resolution to INDOT of- ficials as well as State Rep- resentatives and State Sen- ator Lindel Hume. The resolution calls for INDOT to either put up bet- ter gates that people can- not drive around, or raise the level of the road so it doesn't go under water. Council president Greg Wil- lis said the recent death of an Illinois woman at High- way 257 along with criti- cism of the county officials had spawned the resolution. Willis said he and other councilmen are in agree- ment something needs to be done at Highway 257, but that it is outside the coun- ty's authority because it is a state highway. "The county has nothing to do with that road," said Willis. Councilman Myreon Krohn objected to the res- olution calling for the high- way to be raised. He claimed that could cause hardships on farmers in the areas. "I don't want to be responsible for backing water up on any- one," said Krohn. Councilman Greg Man- gin said there were several methods to raise the high- way above the water level that would not impede the flow of water in that area in- cluding an overflow bridge. He also said that is why it says for INDOT to deter- mine the best way to do it and not to cause a hardship on property owners in the area. "You can raise the road with a bridge. It shouldn't be a dam or a levee. It think that is obvious we don't want to impact property owners," said Mangin. "Realistically the road will probably never be raised, but we might get some gates," said Councilman Joe Sutton. Councilmen voted 7-0 to send the resolution. council to consider super majoritY for additionals Councilman Joe Sutton asked about returning to a previous rule that required a super majority to pass an additional appropriation. In previous years the council required five affirmative votes to pass an additional appropriation. "We all know the budget order Ron provided the cer- tified levee versus the cer- tified budget. We aren't pulling in the tax dollars to fund our budget," said Sut- ton. "Additional appropria- tions should be for special circumstances," said Sutton. Auditor Ron Wilson said he had searched for the county council's bylaws and could not find any beyond the 1940s. He was asked to look back through the council's meet- ing minutes to see when the rule changed. Councilmen approved a $10,000 transfer from Build- ing Structures and $450 from hardware and tools to Building and Structure Re- pair to fund the replacement of galvanized waterlines with copper water lines to the courthouse bathrooms as well as replacing a hot wa- ter heater. Councilman Randy Harris asked why the quote was for copper pipe, which is much more expensive than galva- nized or PVC. The lowest quote was for $14,450 from Pike County Development Corp. Mangin, an engineer, said he wasn't involved in the project, but said copper pipe is often used in commercial applications because it lasts longer and because it meets more stringent codes. "This first quote calls for 530 feet of pipe. That just seems like a lot of pipe," said Sutton. Eventually councilmen approved the request by a 7-0 vote. E-911 Director Mitch Schapker told the council their new 911 system instal- lation is going well. He said the county re- ceived 7,462 911 calls in 2013 and of those, 3,581 were from wireless phones. Schapker said he had hoped they could fully operation- al by March, but he didn't think that was going to hap- pen. He said currently they are using both the new and old systems in tandem. Highway Department Su- perintendent Roger Ham told the council they had paved 22.6 miles of roads in 2013. He also gave the coun- cil a list of culverts they had replaced during the last year and thanked the council for the funding that had been made available to do road work. Commissioner Ryan Cole- man, attending the meet- ing, said he was riding with a snow plow driver over the weekend. He said the lever used to operate the plow literally fell off in the floor while they were plowing. Ham told the council two of their trucks, both 1997 models, had catastrophic failures. The frame rusted and broke in two on one. Ad- vanced rust on the second vehicle allowed the frame to spread apart and a large spring went through the frame crushing the trans- mission. The next meeting is scheduled for 8:30 a.m. Tuesday, March 11. Council asks for improvement at State Road 257 and White River By Andy Heuring Pike County Parks and Recreation Board, which operates Prides Creek Park is conducting a Recreational Activities Survey to get area residents input for the parks five-year plan. Dave Elgin said the goal of the survey to learn how peo- ple use the park and the fa- cilities it has now and if there are facilities they would like to see added. The survey will ask ques- tions about various activities such was walking/running; bicycling, playground use, basketball and tennis, fish- ing, camping, tent and prim- itive camping as well as ca- noeing, golfing and disc golf. The survey will also ask questions for people about activities they would like to see in Prides Creek or oth- er parks and if there are any improvements people want to see. The survey can be found on page C-6 of this issue. Elgin said one of the im- provements the Park board is examining is an activities center, and improvement to many of their facilities which were built in 1971 and 1972. He said that was before the disabilities act requirements for handicap accessible facil- ities. They also are looking at putting in new restroom fa- cilities near Shelterhouse #1, which is near the new disc golf course as well as the start and finish of the cross country course. "But we want to hear from people about things we don't know or haven't thought of," said Elgin. 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Indiana_Layout 1 9/12/2013 1:29 PM Page 1 The Indiana Passenger Indiana Your logo here The Greatest Spectacle in Reading Sources: Scarborough Research 2012, R2 (Multimedia); Wikipedia (Indianapolis Speedway capacity) Once every year, 400,000 race fans gather to witness the most prestigious event in motorsports - the Indianapolis 500. That's impressive! But this crowd places second to the 426,000 Indiana adults who visit a newspaper website every week. Combine that digital audience with the 2 million Indiana adults who read a print edition this week, and the state's newspaper audience could fill the Indianapolis Motor Speedway five times over. If you're a newspaper reader, you're in great company! And if you're an advertiser, remember that Indiana's newspapers can put your business in the driver's seat. Indiana_Layout 1 9/12/2013 1:29 PM Page 1 The Indiana Passenger South Gibson Call 812-753-3553 • Email nEws@sgstartimEs.Com www.SGStartimeS.com Call: 354-8500 • Email: NEws@PrEssdisPatCh.NEt Girl Scout cookies arrive bJ Flittner of geiger Moving delivers a partial load of 362 cases of cookies to the Pike County girl scouts on tuesday afternoon. sandy Mcbeth said the girls will be delivering cookies this week to peo- ple who pre-ordered. they will also set up at various places selling cookies to anyone. they will be at shopko this saturday and at gAb insurance on Friday, February 21 and at otwell Mercantile through- out the next few weeks. Flittner said geiger Moving has been delivering girl scout cookies for more than 35 years in indiana. A-8 Wednesday, February 12, 2014 The Press-Dispatch