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These contract min- ers should be very well sit- uated, given the combined workforce needs of the mines being sold by Vec- tren Fuels and the overall available workforce of min- ers in Southwest Indiana," said Chapman. The news release states the "sales price is $296 mil- lion in cash, plus an esti- mated $20 million change in working capital from De- cember 31, 2013, until the transaction is closed . . . The after-tax net proceeds from the sale are estimated to be approximately $280 million." Five Star Mining posted a public notice of their "in- tent to mine" in The Press- Dispatch, Wednesday, Au- gust 20, 2014, issue. It states "Five Star Mining, Inc. pro- vides public notice it has filed an application with the IDNR for renewal of permit No. U-025 to conduct under- ground coal mining and rec- lamation operations at Pros- perity Mine." Music will start at noon and run until about 8 p.m. Main St. Car Fest, city-wide yard sale set for Saturday, September 13 in Petersburg The Main St. Car Fest, with more than 25 catego- ries, is scheduled for Sat- urday, September 13. The show runs from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., with registration from 9 a.m. to noon. Registration is $ 8 for vehicles registered by September 9 and $10 for those registered after that date. Dash plaques will be pre- sented to the first 50 entries. Those entering more than one vehicle are eligible for a $25 drawing. There will be concessions available and a DJ will be playing 50s music. The festival is sponsored by the Petersburg Business and Professionals Associa- tion. Saturday, September 13 is also the city-wide yard sale. Typically there are more than 40 yard sales in Peters- burg. All parties purchasing a classified ad in The Press- Dispatch will be included on a map of the participating yard sales. Winslow Community Festival set for Saturday, September 20 The Winslow Community Festival will have a variety of events running all day in Riverside Park, and at Main and Center streets in down- town Winslow. The Lions Club will be serving food in Riverside Park beginning with break- fast. They will switch over to a lunch and dinner menu fea- turing pork chop dinners, as well as hamburgers the rest of the day. Events in the park will include a corn hole tour- ney, log splitting and a trac- tor show. Kids' games will also be available, includ- ing tug of war, hay scram- ble, egg toss and bobbing for apples. In downtown Winslow, there will be a flea market at the lot at Main and Cen- ter streets. There will also be karaoke, as well as kids' activities, including a kids' obstacle course and awards presentations. The Light Up Winslow parade starts at 9 p.m. It will proceed from Union St. north onto Main St. to the Little League park. H Area festivals Continued from page 1 By Andy Heuring A rural Oakland City man, wearing only his underwear, was arrested after he star- tled a woman waiting for a train to pass, when he tried to get into her vehicle. Thomas K. Miller, 56, of 1619 W. SR 64, was arrested at about 11:35 p.m. Wednes- day, August 20 on a charge of public intoxication. Pike County Deputy Sher- iff Buck Seger said he was dispatched at 11:39 p.m. to a report Wendy Cru- ze had called 911 to report that while she was stopped on Highway 64 for a train near the Pike-Gibson Coun- ty Line, a man in his under- wear tried to get into her car. Deputy Seger said Troop- er Brett Pool, and an Oak- land City officer arrived on the scene and began search- ing for the man, eventually finding Miller walking from the weeds on the north side of Highway 64. Seger, in his report, stated Miller began walking on the highway and was waving a piece of alu- minum foil above his head, while stumbling around in the road. Deputy Seger said Miller was sweating heavily and talking "nonstop, and flail- ing his arms and legs as he was sitting on the ground." According to Seger's re- port, Miller told police he had drank a half a bottle of vodka and taken an enema to rid himself of a microchip that people monitoring him had put in his body. He also told police the aluminum foil was to block frequencies from his head. Deputy Seger said when they asked him about try- ing to get into Cruze's car, he said he was trying to get away from people who were monitoring him. Miller was taken into cus- tody, preliminarily charged with public intoxication and arrested on an outstanding warrant. Miller arrested after trying to enter woman's vehicle Pike County country mu- sic artist Payton Lynn will perform at the Gibson Coun- ty Fairgrounds on August 30 along with Jason Michael Carroll and Jason Clutter. Lynn will open the con- cert, which is part of the La- bor Day Celebration being hosted this year at the Gib- son County Fairgrounds. It benefits needy families in the area. It is scheduled for 5 p.m. and admission is $20 for adults, $10 for children ages four to nine, and free for those three and younger. Payton Lynn to perform at Labor Day Celebration Aug. 30 Jefferson Township Fire Department was given a $ 5,000 grant from the Divi- sion of Forestry of the Dept. of Natural Resources of In- diana. Grants may be used for training, installation of dry hydrants, or to purchase necessary firefighting equipment and personal pro- tective gear in an effort to in- crease firefighting capacity and personnel safety. Jeffer- son Twp. listed training as use for the grant. Grants awarded ranged from $ 969 to $5,000, and were given to 44 depart- ments in Indiana. Jefferson Fire Dept. receives grant Kunz crashes into trees Ethan Kunz had a wild ride Tuesday morning just south of Petersburg when he ran off of Highway 61. Pike County Deputy Sheriff Brad Jenkins said Kunz was driving north, noticed he was across the cen- terline, overcorrected and steered his pickup truck off the right side of the road. He hit an embankment, then sideswiped two trees, which causes him to ricochet back to his right and end up facing west at a 90 degree angle, more than 100 feet from Highway 61 near Prides Creek Road. It happened at about 8 a.m. Kunz was not injured. By Andy Heuring Four people were injured in two AT V crashes Satur- day in Pike County. Cody D. Gadberry, 20, of Velpen, and Jessica D. Nara- njo, 23, of Petersburg, were injured when the AT Vs they were riding collided. Pike County Dispatch received a call at 4:21 p.m. reporting the AT V crash on CR 1000 E. near CR 400 N. It was investigated by Conservation Officer Ken Tichner. He said Gadber- ry and Naranjo were riding separate AT Vs on CR 1000 E. when Gadberry slowed and stopped in the road after an oncoming motorist waved him down to ask directions. Naranjo did not see Gadber- ry stopped and the AT V she was riding slammed into the back of Gadberry's at about 35 mph, according to Officer Tichner. The collision caused Gad- berry's AT V to flip and land on him. Both Gadberry and Narango were ejected. Both were treated at the scene for scrapes and bruis- es by the Pike County EMS. Jefferson Township Fire De- partment and the Pike Coun- ty Sheriff's Office assisted with the accident. Two teens were injured at about 9 p.m. when Brock Bowel, 15, of Petersburg, was driving a Honda four- wheeler with Anna Kidwell, 12, of Jasper, as his passen- ger on CR 125 W. Accord- ing to the Indiana DNR en- forcement, Bowel was riding south on CR 125 W., about a quarter of a mile west of CR 125 S., when they topped a hill and hit a tree that had fallen across the road. They were thrown from the AT V upon impact. DNR said Bow- el had abrasions to his back and arm, and was treated at the scene. Kidwell suf- fered abrasions to her head and legs. Because of her head injuries, she was tak- en to St. Mary's Hospital in Evansville and kept for ob- servation. The DNR was assisted at the scene by the Patoka Fire Department and Pike Coun- ty EMS. Four injured in separate ATV crashes on Saturday By Andy Heuring A 21-year-old Elberfeld man was arrested for oper- ating a vehicle while intox- icated after police stopped him for speeding early Sat- urday morning. Kenan Bajzath was stopped by police for speed- ing on Main St., Petersburg, at about 2:30 a.m. Saturday. Petersburg Patrolman Jared Stevens said he saw a black Ford Focus driv- ing 38 mph in a 20 zone on Main St., Petersburg, and as he turned on his flashing lights, the vehicle hit the curb three times in front of Casey's gas station and eventually stopped at the McDonald's parking lot at about 2:30 a.m. Simmons said he ap- proached the vehicle and found Bajzath driving, and noticed the slight smell of burnt synthetic marijuana and the smell of alcohol After Bajzath failed field sobriety tests, he was taken to the Daviess Community Hospital for a blood test and tested negative for any ille- gal substances other than a blood alcohol level of 0.85 percent. The legal limit in Indiana is 0.08 percent. A urine test to check for synthetic was sent off and Simmons said they are wait- ing for those results. Bajzath was taken into custody and preliminarily charged with operating a ve- hicle while intoxicated, pos- session of a synthetic canna- binoid and possession of par- aphernalia. Elberfeld man arrested for ovwi, possession of synthetic pot A-2 Wednesday, August 27, 2014 The Press-Dispatch