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In other business, the commissioners received an update from Pike Coun- ty Growth Council Execu- tive Director Paul Lake. He told them since the mon- ey had been appropriated for the sewer line to I-69, it had made a big difference. He said before the money was appropriated, the coun- ty was just talking about it. Once the county appropri- ated the money for the proj- ect and it is now underway, it has changed the landscape for Pike County. Lake said now inquires have changed to "when is it going to be completed? " and "what acreage and location is going to be available? " "We are referring inqui- ries to land owners," said Lake. "Even though they aren't putting it in the ground yet, it is making a tremendous difference. That will just continue to escalate as we move forward," said Lake. He also invited the com- missioners and councilmen to attend a meeting with the Petersburg City Planning Commissioner, Pike County Growth Council and county officials. The commission- ers hired BL A, which has now changed their name to Lochmueller Group, to write the plan that will be approved or rejected by the Petersburg City Planning Commission. That zoning ordinance will determine land uses in the area of the I-69 interchange. "We just want to make sure we are all on the same page," said Lake. "We pretty much have that done,"said Commission- er Assistant Melissa Bryant. "The Growth Council has not had a discussion with BLZ (now Lochmuel- ler Group)," said Lake. The commissioners also passed an ordinance, which County Attorney Val Fleig explained allows the county to sell or give away proper- ty to abutting land owners. Fleig said property that has ended up on the county inventory because it didn't sell at two consecutive prop- erty tax sales can be sold or even given to abutting land owners. He said there are two or three such proper- ties in Winslow. If none of the abutting land owners want the prop- erty, the county then can sell it to other interests, but it has to sell for a minimum value. They also requested a transfer of $15,000 from En- gineer to Truck and Tractor fund and an additional ap- propriation of $2,200 for landfill repairs. Bryant said this was to repair concrete pads at the old county landfill monitor- ing wells. The commissioners al- so approved a list of claims not advertised prior to the meeting which included: Indiana Workforce Devel- opment $564 for unemploy- ment; Mark Juilian $570 for mowing; Pike Co. Develop- ment Corp. $1,518.12 for fire proof door; Blue ribbon $180 for solid waste; Jay Kem $725.78 courthouse; Dan's Fence Co. $5,540.98 court- house; Hand's Termite $280 courthouse; Thermoseal Co. $213 courthouse; DLZ $5,616 bridge 147; Lochm- ueller Group $1,595 I-69 work; Lochmueller Group $14,050.37 Bridge 81; Lo- chmueller Group $16,502.86 Bridge 246; Janseen and Spaans $ 6,353.92 sign re- placement; Melissa Bryant $154.43 travel expense. The next commissioners' meeting is scheduled for 8:30 a.m. Monday, July 7. Continued from page 1 By Ed Cahill The Pike County Public Library's Board of Direc- tors will sell a house locat- ed directly behind the for- mer Barrett Memorial Li- brary building to the high- est bidder on Thursday, July 10, at 6 p.m. During its regular month- ly meeting on Tuesday, June 10, the library board con- firmed the date and time of the auction, which will be conducted by Roger Craig of Craig Auction Service at the house site. The motion by board vice president Phil Elkins to pro- ceed with the sale, which was seconded by board member Robin Whaley, passed by a 5 -0 vote. Board members Donna Poehlein and Jim Wilkerson were not present for the meeting. A Notice to Bidders an- nouncing the auction ap- pears on page B-11. In related news, interim li- brary director Tom Behme announced that the Pike County Genealogy Society would receive its 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status no soon- er than Sept. 1. "I did receive a letter in the mail and the letter said there's two categories," said Behme, who also serves as treasurer for the Pike County Genealogy Society. "Category one would be, if there's no questions and ev- erything's filled our proper- ly, they will send us a con- firmation or something in 90 days. The other catego- ry is if there's a question on the report that we turned in, then they would let us know in 180 days." "I think it'll be within 90 days," Behme added, "so the earliest it would be would be September the 1st." "That sounds pretty good," said board president Frank Ropp. In March, the board, by a 3-2 margin, voted to cancel an auction of the former Bar- rett Memorial Library build- ing that had been scheduled for April 9 and give it to a lo- cal organization after allow- ing the organization time to obtain its 501(c)(3) tax-ex- empt status. Once it obtains its tax-ex- empt status, Pike County Genealogy Society plans to convert the former library building into a history cen- ter, where genealogy re- cords can be accessed and local historical artifacts can be put on public display. Terry Beadles, pastor of the General Baptist Church in Winslow, continues to seek pledges from individ- uals to support the project. Individuals can pledge by contacting Beadles at (812) 582-0290 or by e-mail at trbeadles70@yahoo.com. Behme also informed the library board that members of the Pike County Geneal- ogy Society went to the for- mer Barrett Memorial Li- brary building on Friday, June 6, and "cleaned up all the junk." "It looks pretty nice," Behme said. "I think we had 10 people. It took us about an hour and a half, and I went to the landfill with Sonny Houchins and we un- loaded all the stuff, and we were leaving the landfill at 4 o'clock. So, two-and-a-half hours and we got it all done." "Did the landfill thank you for your business? " Ropp asked jokingly. "No," Behme replied. "They were wondering where we got all that stuff." Library annex to be sold at auction The closure of State Road 61 for roadway reconstruc- tion has been rescheduled to July 7. "By waiting until July 7, it will keep inconvenience to motorists and residents of Monroe City during the Fourth of July holiday at a minimum," said INDOT spokesman Cher Elliott. Although the roadway will not be closed, the contractor will be working alongside and in the roadway. Flagmen will be used to allow work to occur on the roadway. On July 7, contractor's crews will be closing S.R. 61 from the junction of State Road 241 in Monroe City to the junction of State Road 57 (S.R. 57) in Petersburg. No through vehicle traffic will be allowed; however, lo- cal residents will have ac- cess to the point of closure. The official detour will fol- low S.R. 241, U.S. Route 50 and S.R. 57. It is anticipated that this first phase of installation will last through July 28. During this phase of the construction, there will be no shortcut on side streets to get around the construc- tion. The $ 3.5 million roadway reconstruction project was awarded to Milestone Con- tractors, Inc. of Indianapo- lis and includes removing about two inches of existing roadway, re-establishing the sub-base material under the road, repaving the roadway, extensive new storm water drainage system and gut- ters, installation of Ameri- cans with Disabilities Asso- ciation compliant sidewalk curb ramps, and replacing sidewalk on the west side of the roadway from the junc- tion of State Road 241 to the Blue Jean Center. It is anticipated the pav- ing portion of the contract will not begin until Spring of 2015, with the overall proj- ect completion date of Octo- ber 2015. By Andy Heuring Two Pike County men were arrested on meth re- lated charges and another person is being sought, af- ter police stopped what they called a rolling meth lab Sat- urday afternoon on the Sug- ar Ridge Road. Owen Bradley Hawkins, of 58 S. CR 185, Winslow, and Paul D. Wilson, of 640 N. Fifth St, Petersburg, were arrested on charges of manufacturing metham- phetamine, a class B felony; possession of parapherna- lia, and possession of two or more precursors with intent to manufacture a controlled substance, a class D felony. Hawkins was also charged with possession of metham- phetamine, a class D felony. "We got a tip three people were manufacturing meth in a gold Buick car, with an A frican-American driver on Sugar Ridge Road. We saw the vehicle that matched the description and stopped it," said Pike County Deputy Chad Tharp. He said Deputy Buck Seger and Dallas Killian assisted. Tharp said they immediately could smell a strong odor of ether coming from the car, which had its windows down, and Deputy Seger saw where the three men had started manufac- turing meth. Tharp said they could see a clear container with Cole- man® camp fuel that had lithium battery strips in it. The container was located at Hawkins' feet in the front passenger floorboard. While Tharp and the dep- uties discussed how to get the three men out of the car safely, the driver jumped out and ran in to the woods. "We were not able to locate him." Petersburg Police Chief Chuck Baumgart and Cpl. Kyle Mills arrived to assist. When searching Hawkins, Killian located a sunglasses case that had a small plas- tic baggie with white pow- der in it, which field tested positive for meth. Also in the sunglass holder was a bag- gie with a green leafy sub- stance field testing positive for marijuana, and a hypo- dermic needle. Tharp said they obtained a search warrant and called in a State Police lab team. Anyone with information about the driver is asked to call 812-354-6024. Two arrested when police stop 'rolling meth lab' H Commissioners Stevens injured in crash A Huntingburg man suffered minor injuries Saturday at about noon when he went to sleep while driv- ing east on Highway 64 near the Blackfoot Landfill and ran off the left side of the road. State Trooper Ted Clamme said Earl Stevens, 25, suffered minor injuries when his Chrysler 300 rolled over about two times as it went down a large embankment and came to rest on its top. Stevens was tak- en by Pike County EMS to Memorial Hospital. By Andy Heuring Two people were arrested on charges of driving while intoxicated last week follow- ing accidents. Tracy A. Kinley, 50, of 3555 Glezen W. St., Peters- burg, was arrested after a 10 :13 p.m. crash Thursday. Pike County police were sent to the scene of an over- turned vehicle on CR 150 S., just west of Glezen. They found a 2012 Chevrolet car upside down in the ditch, but couldn't find anyone around the vehicle. Deputy Buck Seger and Deputy Dal- las Killian noticed what ap- peared to be fresh tracks in the grass and followed those tracks about 75 yards from the road and found Kinley ly- ing in the weeds. Deputy Seger said they ordered Kinley to show his hands, but he continued to keep them under him and cussed at police, telling them he was just napping in the weeds. Officers placed him in handcuffs. Deputy Seger said Kinley eventually told him he was driving and An- drew Kiss had given him permission to drive his ve- hicle until the bank took pos- session of it. They said Kin- ley smelled of alcohol and had extremely unsteady balance. He was taken to the Pike County Jail, where he re- fused a chemical test and was preliminarily charged with operating a vehicle while intoxicated (refusal), leaving the scene of an ac- cident and resisting law en- forcement. A Velpen man was arrest- ed at about 5 p.m. Thurs- day, June 12 after police were called about a truck in a ditch near on Highway 356 at CR 200 E. in Alford. Johnny M. Brown, 53, of 8996 E. Brown Rd., was ar- rested on preliminary charg- es of operating a vehicle with a schedule I or II con- trolled substance or its me- tabolite in the body and pos- session of paraphernalia. Pike County Deputy Dal- las Killian said motorists called 911 to report a vehicle was all over the roadway and hit a ditch. Killian said when he arrived, he found Brown, who said he had just taken a corner too sharp. "I could immediately tell that Mr. Brown was im- paired. He was slurring his speech and could not keep his balance." Brown had a passenger Christie Miller, 19, of Evans- ville. Deputy Killian in his report stated Miller tested 0.19 percent for blood alco- hol content. She was arrest- ed on a charge of minor con- suming. Brown failed field sobri- ety tests, but tested nega- tive for alcohol on a porta- ble breath test. Deputy Killian said police found a smoking pipe and rolling papers in his shirt pocket. Brown was taken to the Daviess County Hospital where he tested positive for Benzodiazepines. He told police he had a prescription for them, but didn't have it with him. Kinley arrested after overturning car near Glezen SR 61 closure postponed to July 7