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Continued from page 1 H Winslow, Monroe City festivals AnnuAl Dinner Pike County Republican Central Committee TickeTs: dinner is limited to 200. reserve now! cAll $ 25 $ 500 single Premium TAble of 8 PUrCHAse tiCKets At BoYd reAltY or PetersBUrG HArdwAre Mark Flint ........... 789-6397 Angie Davis ........ 789-6159 Eric Smith ......... 766-0302 Jeff Harting ....... 789-3677 Robin Smith .......... 583-0961 Carol Sue Sutton ... 354-8893 Guest Speaker: lT. governor sue ellsPermAn and 8th District rep. LArrY BUcshON Plus: Local legislators and candidates Tuesday, sept. 23 at 6:30pm eDT IPL Communication Building in Petersburg Doors open at 6pm • Meet & greet at 6:30pm Dinner at 7pm call 812-789 -2532. There will be inflatable bouncy house and an obsta- cle course for kids on Cen- ter St. Opening announcements will be at 9 a.m. at the Cen- ter St. stage. Pike County teen record- ing artist Payton Lynn will perform throughout the day at the Center St. stage. A art auction is sched- uled for 1 p.m. auctioning five original paintings by the late Mildred Poehlein Ash- by. They are of local scenes and landscapes, including one of the Big Red dragline. A portion of the proceeds will be used to promote art in Pike County. The Winslow Bake Off will accept entries from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. The baked goods will be judged and announced, then sold in a bake sale to raise money for the Winslow Beautification Committee. Lions Club awards presentation at 3 p.m. The Winslow Lions Club will name the Lions Club Member of the Year and Winslow Citizen of the Year winners at a 3 p.m. ceremo- ny at the Center St. stage. There will be live music on Center St. from 6 to 9 p.m. by Just For Kicks. The one-of-a-kind night- time Light Up Winslow pa- rade is set for 9 p.m., with line-up beginning at 8:15 p.m. near the Winslow Fire Department. The Winslow Festival is sponsored jointly by the Winslow Lions Club, Win- slow Beautification Com- mittee and Winslow Frater- nal Order of the Eagles. Monroe city FaLL FestivaL sePt. 18-21 Once more, Monroe City is planning its annual Fall Festival at the Blue Jeans Community Center on Main Street from Thursday, Sep- tember 18 through Sunday, September 21. On Thursday, Sept. 18, from 5 to 7 p.m., a fish fry will be served by Ryan Jo- hanningsmeier and Nich- ole Like. At 6:30 p.m., the Queen and Little Mister con- tests will begin. On Friday, September 19, from 5 to 7 p.m., a spaghet- ti dinner will be served by Monroe City High School Alumni. Food booths will be open on the front lawn. Rides and inflatables will al- so be available. A concert by Rodney Watts will begin at 6:30 p.m. At 9 p.m., the mov- ie Willy Wonka and the Choc- olate Factory will be shown. On Saturday, September 20, Jim Reed will be serving a pancake breakfast from 6:30 -9 a.m. The 5K Run will begin at 8 a.m. The Cow Muck Cookers will sell their famous barbe- cue on the front lawn begin- ning at 9:30 a.m. Free blood pressure screening by Good Samaritan Hospital will take place from noon until 2 p.m. At 1 p.m., a corn hole tour- nament will begin. Euchre games will be 1 to 4 p.m. A concert by Evan Twit- ty will begin at 2 p.m. At 3 p.m., Velocity cheer teams and gymnasts will perform and kids' games will begin at 4 p.m. The Monroe City Church of God will serve a fried chicken dinner from 5 to 7 p.m. At 7 p.m., the Knox Coun- ty's Got Talent show will be- gin. Fireworks will follow the talent show. On Sunday, September 21, at 11:30 a.m., the Blue Jeans Center Gang will serve din- ner, featuring chicken and noodles, followed by a Gos- pel Jam from 1 to 3 p.m. The South Knox Band will perform at 3 p.m. Cake celebrating the Center's 15th anniversary will be served to everyone after the band concert. Walnut Grove's home- made ice cream, sandwiches and cold drinks, and Reed's coneys and cotton candy, will be available all week- end, as well as rides, music, inflatables, country store, silent auction, a dunking booth, vendors and more. To register for the 5K Run, call Tara Harrell at 812- 890 -3610. To register for the Queen or Little Mister contest, call Brooke Ziegler at 812-881- 7469. To register for the talent show, call Amanda Weber at 812-881-8700. For more information, call the center at 812-743-2393 or Jerry Coonrod at 812-887- 4182. the Life's Skills class and worked with children in var- ious grade levels. King said she had been hired after the beginning of the year and had on- ly been in the position for about three or four weeks. However, King said she had been a substitute teacher in Pike County and Washing- ton schools prior to getting the Petersburg position. For funeral arrange- ments, see obituary on page A-3. Fire destroys pickup A Velpen man escaped uninjured early Thursday morning when he hit a guard rail on Miller Bridge over the Patoka River, which prevented him from driving into the river. Pike County Deputy Sheriff Brad Jenkins said Lowell E. Harris, Jr., 53, of 4597 S. Fourth St., Velpen, was driving his 2001 Chevrolet pickup east on CR 550 S. when he looked away and went off the narrow rock road. He then overcorrected, which wwwcaused him to swerve back onto the road, and into a road sign and bridge guard rail. The bridge is located about two miles northeast of Velpen. The truck then caught fire and was destroyed by the flames. It happened at 7:45 a.m. Continued from page 1 H Commissioners request $345,000 for EMS building less expensive. Commissioners request- ed the $ 345,000 to build the new building from the Cu- mulative Capital Develop- ment fund. County Council will have to vote to approve the request before the mon- ey will be appropriated. The county has pur- chased a lot on Illinois St. for $25,000 for the proposed new EMS Building. The commissioners also voted to schedule a special meeting for Wednesday, Oc- tober 1 to open bids for the new building. In other EMS business, Director Chris Young told the commissioners he had been working on getting a long term lease in place for the current ambulance building in Arthur. "I don't think there is any thing that is significant in the changes. Some of it we are already do- ing," said Young. County Attorney Val Fleig said the main change was in the escalation clause of the lease. He said originally the escalation clause was based on the cost of living. It has been changed to just a flat four percent. "I would like to get it and have it finished up and bet it before the county council. They have been asking for it," said Young. Young said his hope was Fleig could review it and then Young could get it signed by the owners and then have the commission- ers sign it. Insurance to cut budget The commissioners are being asked to recommend any further budget cuts that might be made in the 2015 budget. Commissioner President Brian Davis suggested offer- ing an incentive to employ- ees whose spouses have in- surance elsewhere to sign up for the individual health insurance plan instead of the family plan. Commissioner Assistant Melissa Bryant said the dif- ference in the cost to the county is $12,636 a year. Davis suggested they of- fer employees up to $2,500 to take the member plan in- stead of the family plan. Auditor Ron Wilson stat- ed he knows of a couple both employed by the county who are both on the family plan policies. Wilson said he thought they were required to sign up that way. "That doesn't sound right. We need to check into it," said Davis. "I know we can't give them an incentive to not take the insurance, but I think we can give them an incentive to not take the family plan," said Davis. The county health insur- ance is through the union at the highway department. They included a clause that all county employees had to go on their health insurance. Reassessment bids opened The county opened bids requested by County As- sessor Kim Mendel to do the annual adjustments and cyclical reassessment. The only bid was submitted by Reller's Southern Indiana Appraisal LLC. It was for $179,000. The bid was taken under advisement. The next regular commis- sioners meeting is sched- uled for 8:30 a.m. Monday, October 6. By Andy Heuring A Petersburg husband and wife were arrested on charges of domestic bat- tery committed in presence of a child less than 16 years of age after they got into a fight. Jason Eugene Hammock, 39, and Angel L. Manion, 36, both of 304 S. 15th St. were arrested at about 10 p.m. Fri- day, when Angel called po- lice. Petersburg Police, Pa- trolman Jared Simmons said he and Pike County Depu- ties Mike Willis and Dallas Killian responded and found Angel in the street crying and complaining about her head hurting. She told police her hus- band Jason had hit her in the back of the head and that she had hit him with a child's toy to get away from Hammock. According to Simmon's report, she said the argument started when a relative of Jason's told him the relative had been inti- mate with Angel. Jason told police the same story except he said she had hit and scratched him. Both said their three children were in the house when they fought. Both were taken into cus- tody and the children were turned over to their grand- parents By Andy Heuring A Francisco woman was arrested on a drunken driv- ing charge after she called police to unlock her car at about midnight on Saturday morning. Andrea L. Melhiser, 32, of 5406 E. CR 490 S., Francis- co, was arrested on a charge of operating a vehicle with a blood alcohol content of 0.08 percent or more. Pike County Deputy Sher- iff Buck Seger said he was dispatched to assist a motor- ist with unlocking her car near the intersection of CR 900 W. and CR 300 N. When he arrived at 12:48 a.m., he found Melhiser stumbling from a dirt lane onto CR 900 W. Deputy Seger said when he talked with her, she said she accidently locked the keys in her boyfriend's vehi- cle that was about 300 yards down a dead end dirt lane. Seger said while talk- ing with Melhiser, he could smell the odor of alcohol and there was a beer can behind her car. According to his re- port, Melhiser said she had been drinking before she drove the car to its location. She failed field sobriety tests and was taken to the Pike County Jail, where she tested 0.10 percent for blood alcohol content, according to Seger. The legal limit in Indiana is 0.08 percent in Indiana. By Andy Heuring Police believe a five vehi- cle crash Sunday at 12:02 a.m. near the Pike-Daviess County line on I-69 was caused by someone delib- erately placing large rocks across I-69. Pike County Deputy Buck Seger said after investigat- ing the crash he believes "multiple large rocks had been placed in both lanes of travel by unknown sub- jects." Seger said Robert Gran- inger, 20, of Evansville, was driving south in a 2006 Ford Fusion and was un- able to avoid the rocks that were across both lanes of travel. The rocks damaged the underside of his vehicle and then he lost control and spun out, hitting the bridge guardrail on the passenger side. He came to rest in the west side of the highway. Monica Meisling, 22, of Newburgh, was driving a 2013 Chrysler and hit the rocks, damaging her tires and undercarriage. Bryce Crane, 26, of Evans- ville, was driving a 2006 Chevrolet Equinox and hit the rocks, damaging his pas- senger tire and underside of the vehicle. Marilyn Schmett, 42, of Evansville, was driving a 2003 Mazda that had under carriage damage and Ar- thur Selby, 72, of Winslow, was driving a 2013 Ford Tau- rus when he hit the rocks, damaging both front tires and the undercarriage of his Ford. Total damage was esti- mated at between $10,000 and $25,000 damage. Vandals blamed for five-vehicle crash on I-69 early Sunday Couple arrested for battery Woman arrested after calling police H Teacher's aide dies Continued from page 1 yeah, it's that fast! net edition Z M www.PressDispatch.net/Subscribe The Press-Dispatch. No matter where you live. A-2 Wednesday, September 17, 2014 The Press-Dispatch