The Press-Dispatch
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A-2 Wednesday, June 25, 2014 The Press-Dispatch 2014 PIKE COUNTY Sunday, July 20 5:00 p.m. Parade - Main Street Petersburg 6:30 p.m. 4-H Fair Opening Ceremony - Amphitheater Concerts by Fighting for a Chance & Payton Lynn. Monday, July 21 7:00 p.m. Little Miss & Mister Pageant - Amphitheater 8:30 p.m. Junior Miss Pike County Pageant - Amphitheater Tuesday, July 22 7:00 p.m. Miss Teen Pike County Pageant - Amphitheater 8:00 p.m. Miss Pike County Pageant - Amphitheater Wednesday, July 23 6:00 p.m. Amazing Race to End Hunger - Amphitheater 7:00 p.m. 4-H Family Fun Night - Amphitheater Thursday, July 24 5-10 p.m. Carnival Rides - Wristbands $20 6:15 p.m. DeWayne Spaw Concert - Amphitheater 7:00 p.m. Hog Wrestling - Amphitheater Friday, July 25 5:00 p.m. 4-H Livestock Auction - Livestock Barn 5-10 p.m. Carnival Rides - Wristbands $20 Saturday, July 26 8 a.m. Youth Fishing Tourney - Lake Ashley 1 p.m. Swamp Fever Mud Boggs - Amphitheater 5-10 p.m. Carnival Rides - Wristbands $20 6-10 p.m. Bingo - 4-H Building Mud Boggs proudly sponsored by 24 Hour Emergency Service Fighting for A CHANCE July 20 • 6:30 p.m. Opening CeremOny perfOrmanCe By: July 20 July 26 SPAW DeWayne in COnCert July 24 • 6:15 p.m. Payton LyNN According to a probable cause affidavit, Jace Taylor placed a 911 call telling po- lice Morton had come to Mc- Donald's residence, started a fight and refused to leave. However, while Steve English was responding to the call, he was notified shots had been fired. English said when he ar- rived, Taylor was outside the residence and told English the shooting was inside the house. As he approached the door of the residence, Eng- lish said Morton met him at the door, holding a rifle and repeatedly told English to get inside the house and help McDonald, who had been shot. English said he drew his pistol and repeatedly told Morton to drop his gun. During a five or six minute standoff, English said Mor- ton asked him, "If I point this gun at you, will you shoot me? Because my life is over." According to a probable cause affidavit, when Pike County Deputy Mike Wil- lis and State Trooper John Davis drove up, Morton saw them and ran back in- to the house and hid behind a counter. Then when Dep- uty Willis yelled for Morton to drop his gun, he dropped the rifle, picked up a pistol and put it to his head, and then opened the refrigera- tor and got out a can of beer. He was tazed and taken in- to custody. Morton was charged with count I felony murder and count II domestic battery in front of a minor child, a class D felony. Continued from page 1 H Morton plea hearing By Andy Heuring Local political party chair- men are keeping their cards close to their chest on filling vacancies in this year's elec- tion as several deadlines ap- proach. Republican Chairman Mark Flint said he didn't want to comment on any new candidates as of yet. There are a couple of deadlines involving ap- pointing a candidate at the last minute. There is a dead- line of June 30 for candidates appointed by a caucus of a political party. However, a deadline of 10 days prior to that caucus exists for a no- tice of the caucus. The deadline for the can- didate to actually submit his candidacy is July 3. Flint said in March during a meeting of the Republican party he was authorized by a vote of those attending to appoint candidates. He did not want to comment on pos- sible appointments, but said if there were any, they would have until July 3 to file. Democrat County Chair- man Chris Burkhart stated in a text he is "still trying to find potential candidates for vacancies, but nothing firm yet." Pike County Clerk Car- ol Austin said an individu- al had picked up paperwork for filing from her office last week, but had not returned it. There are numerous openings on both parties' tickets. Locally, on the Dem- ocrat side, there is no can- didate for Commissioner Dist. 2, or County Council districts 1, 2 and 3, and no candidate for Auditor. On the Republican tick- et, there is no candidate for Prosecutor, Sheriff or Re- corder. Deadline to fill ballot vacancies is Monday Storm drops limb on Highway 61 Petersburg City Services Manager Gary McCandless and Nathan DeWeese cut up and break up a large section of a tree on Highway 61 near Maple St. in Petersburg, Monday afternoon. A brief storm and strong winds, and about a half inch of rain, hit Petersburg and blew down limbs, but didn't cause much damage. City workers had to remove this limb from Highway 61 that blocked traffic for a few minutes at about 1:30 p.m. Another limb fell across Nichols Ave. as well. A Daviess County man was injured in a two-vehicle accident that occurred at the intersection of Hwy. 61 and CR 400 N. shortly before 7 p.m. on Thursday, June 19. According to an accident report filed by Pike Coun- ty Sheriff's Deputy Buck Seger, Jennifer L. Childers, 46, of 501 E. 3rd St., Vin- cennes, was operating a 2005 Chrysler Pacifica west- bound on CR 400 N. when she failed to stop at a stop sign at the intersection of CR 400 N. and Hwy. 61. Childers' vehicle entered the path of a 2012 Chevro- let Impala traveling north on Hwy. 61 driven by William R. Killion, 59, of 1048 E. 500 S., Washington, causing se- vere damage to the front of Killion's vehicle. Killion, who complained of chest and neck pain fol- lowing the accident, was transported by Pike Coun- ty EMS to an area hospital. Childers, whose vehicle sustained severe damage to the driver's side, was not in- jured. Both drivers were wear- ing seat belts at the time of the collision, Seger's report states. Seger estimated the total damage between the two ve- hicles – which both had to be towed from the scene – at $ 5,000 to $10,000. Seger was assisted at the scene by Deputies Dallas Killian and Brad Jenkins, of the Pike County Sher- iff's Department, Peters- burg O]police officer Jar- ed Simmons and members of the Petersburg Fire De- partment. Pictured above is a 2005 Chrysler Pacifica that was involved in a two-vehicle injury accident at the in- tersection of Hwy. 61 and CR 400 N. on Thursday, June 19. The driver, Jennifer L. Childers, 46, of Vin- cennes, was not injured in the crash. Ed Cahill photo Daviess Co. man injured Thursday in crash near I-69 exit An Otwell man was in- jured in a UT V accident while working at a construc- tion site near French Lick last week. Ryan S. Schwenk, 35, of 8327 W. Himsel Road, Ot- well, was injured when the 2007 Kabota utility terrain vehicle overturned and land- ed on his leg while he was working in a construction area along CR 300 S. and CR 375 S. near the French Lick Airport last Wednes- day, June 18. Indiana State Trooper Robert Lambert investigat- ed the accident and stated Schenk attempted to nego- tiate his company's UT V down a steep hillside when the front wheel caught in the rugged terrain, causing it to roll over and land on his leg. Schwenk was transported to Memorial Hospital com- plaining of leg and back pain from the 8:30 a.m. accident. Schwenk injured in UTV accident The Red Skelton Muse- um of American Comedy will host a benefit concert on June 28 at 7 p.m. EDT, at Vincennes University's Red Skelton Performing Arts Center. Tickets are on sale now and includes the con- cert and reception. To purchase tickets, call the Skelton Center Box Of- fice at 812-888 -4039, or the Museum at 812-888 -4184. The reception will feature the Evansville band "After Hours," which offers musi- cal selections from Duke El- lington and George Gersh- win to The Beatles, Stevie Wonder and Nora Jones. Benefit concert at Skelton Museum