The Press-Dispatch
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A-4 Wednesday, August 19, 2015 The Press-Dispatch LOCAL Call: 812-354-8500 Email: news@pressdispatch.net or bring in a hard copy: 820 E. Poplar Street, Petersburg ROAD Continued from page 1 Area Reunions NEWS BRIEFS Friends of Oakland City Library to meet Aug. 20 A fter a summer break, the Friends of the Oakland City Public Library will meet on August 20 at 10 a.m. in the library. Upcoming business includes the fall book sale and financial planning. All members are encour- aged to attend. Fallen Pike County EMTs to be honored Friday A special ceremony will honor fallen Pike County EMTs on Friday, August 21. The United Indiana EMTs will have a bike ride to honor Marsha Hale and Brad Maxwell. There will be a ceremony at the new Pike County EMS Building on Illinois St. prior to the ride. The group will the ride their bikes to Terre Haute and then the next day, they will ride to Indianapolis. The public is invited to attend the 8 a.m. ceremo- ny on Friday. Historical Society meeting Monday, Aug. 24 There will be a Pike County Historical Society monthly meeting Monday, August 24 at 6 p.m. at the Pike County History Center, Petersburg. Visitors wel- come. Pike County EMS Open House is Aug. 25 The Pike County Emergency Medical Service will have an open house for their new EMS Building on Il- linois St. from 3 to 8 p.m. on Tuesday, August 25. EMS Director Chris Young said they are now in the building and invites everyone to view it during the open house. Right to Life Banquet is set for Oct. 1 The Right to Life Banquet will be Thursday, Oct. 1 at the Simon J. Graber Building, just off the Odon/ Cannelburg Road. For more information and tickets, call 812-486 -3658. McCANDLESS REUNION The McCandless reunion will be Sunday, August 23 at The Church Alive, in Peters- burg. A carry-in lunch will be- gin at 1 p.m. BEADLES REUNION The Beadles reunion will be Sunday, Aug. 23, 2015, at the Beadles Cemetery, White Oak area. Meal will be served at noon. Bring your favorite cov- ered dish or dessert. Table- ware, lemonade and tea will be provided. ROYALTY REUNION The Royalty Reunion was hosted at Jordan Park in Spurgeon on Sunday, August 9, 2015. Those in attendance were Jim and Joyce Jones, Tammy Jones, and Tracy L. Summers, of Bethaldo, Ill.; Jed Oldham and Jessica Lamb, of Marion, Ill.; Sandy Henshaw, of Mari- on, Ky.; Donna Rembe, of El- letsville; Debbie (Rembe) Rogers, of Bloomington; Greg, Kim and Danielle (Boost) Brace, and Darrell and Thel- da Woolsey, of Evansville; Lo- gan, Jane, and Chloe McKin- ney, of Boonville; Rhonda En- low, of Richland: Dennis and Donna Oldham, Kelsey Old- ham, and Mike and Balin Gar- rison, of Newburgh; Kristina and Hudson Schoening, of Ft. Branch; Jon, Sandy, Kevonte and Kalayah Davis, of Prince- ton; Susan (Boost) Vorgel and Crickett McKinney, of Oak- land City; Junior and Alice Nuhring, of Lynnville; Aaron Conklin and Brittany Davison, of Vincennes; Gloria Gross and Amy Smith, of Washing- ton; Jerry and Linda Royal- ty, Wanda Russell and Bryan, Crickett and Zane Grubb, of Otwell; Bob and Doretta Roy- alty, Don and Sue Russell, Su- sanne Robertson, Stacy Rus- sell and Terry Strobel, Kailee Russell and Payton Simmons, and Bob and Mary Hume, of Winslow. It was a blessed day and another year has passed so quickly. So mark the date of August 14, 2016, for the next reunion. POEHLEIN REUNION The descendants of John and Mary Poehlein met at the Winslow Community Center for their 74th reunion on Sun- day Aug. 9, 2015. A total of 75 attended. George's family had 26 attend. Christine's family had nine attend. Laura's fam- ily had 7 attend. Anna's fami- ly had 21 attend. Ernest's fam- ily had 12 attend. No members of William's, Mildred's, Cathe- rine's and Charles' families at- tended. The theme was "hill- billy" with games and prizes for the young and young at heart. A spirited auction fol- lowed the meal. Next year's 75th reunion will be on Sun- day, Aug. 14, 2016, at Winslow with a catered meal beginning at noon. The theme will be "75 Years of Family Reflections." Those attending were Paul Poehlein, of Oakland City; Steve and Rhonda Poehlein, Ted and Teresa Nicholson, of Loogootee; Mike and Jill Poehlein, of Lafayette; Glenn and Carole Drake, of Farmers- burg; Sally and Jack Hoeman, of Kirkwood, Mo; Clem and Donna Lady, of Fillmore; Stan- ley, Connie, Luke and Veron- ica Poehlein, John Poehlein, Ben and Monica Poehlein, of Shelburn; Rashael and Le- ah Myers, of Ballwin, Mo.; Amy Rozhon and Sheldon, of Las Vegas, Nev.; Seth Drake and Kenzie Cabletto, of India- napolis; Fred and Dayna Alli- son of Coatsville, Ind.; Edwi- na Dawson, Dan and Roxan- na French, of Florissant, Mo. Evelyn White, Greg and Li- sa Poehlein, Lincoln Poehlein and Samantha Hendricks, Janice Sucech, Debra and Dale Lamb, Blake Lamb, Jacey Neukam, Alisha, Em- ily and Brianna Green, Da- mian Brannon, Barbara and Norm Sweet, of Winslow; Eva and Skyler Sparks, Mary Bo- ger, Vaughn, Amanda, An- drew and Lindsey Woods, Lo- is and Keith Willis, Doyle and Delema Willis, Christopher and Camerda Adams, of Pe- tersburg; Warren Crohn and Dixie Hamm, of Martinsville; Dale and Sharon Northerner, of Greenwood, Ind.; Dan, Nan- cy and Dallas Reutepohler, of Holland; Ralph and Mary Northerner, of Troy, Mich.; Vicki Morgan and Martha Au- brey, of Jasper; Laura and Kye- na Hensley and friend, of Fer- dinand; and Donaldson Boger, of Evansville. GSHVIN.ORG Jacob Ringenberg, MD, CAQ Family Practice / Sports Medicine Accepting New Patients Jacob Ringenberg, M.D., has joined the medical staff of Good Samaritan. Dr. Ringenberg specializes in family practice and sports medicine. He earned his medical degree at Indiana University and completed his residency at Self Regional Family Medicine Residency Program. Dr. Ringenberg also completed his fellowship at Self Regional Primary Care Sports Med Medicine Fellowship Program. Please call 812.882.1106 to make an appointment. 5th Annual Pike County Chamber of Commerce Business Expo scheduled Vendor booth spaces are filling fast for the 5th annu- al Pike County Chamber of Commerce Business Expo. All businesses, large and small are invited to be a part of the event as long as avail- able space lasts. This is a wonderful op- portunity for all businesses from large to home-based and everything in between to showcase what they have to offer; whether it is a ser- vice or product. The Expo is scheduled for Thursday, October 1 from 4:30 – 6:30 p.m. at the Otwell Com- munity Center. The dead- line for reserving a ven- dor booth at regular price is September 17. A fter that date, any remaining spaces will be $10 more. The event is free to the public and there will be concessions available and drawings throughout the evening for prizes. There will be a Grand Prize draw- ing at the end of the eve- ning for a cash prize. Call the Pike County Chamber of Commerce at 812-354- 8155 for more information about vendor spaces. This road,CR300E is a key part of the proposed agreement between Solar Sources and Pike County. If the agreement is approved Solar Sources will reopen it from State Road 356 near Alford to State Road 56 near Cato once reclamation work in the area is completed. The Pike County Commissioners will have a public hearing on the road during their meeting at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, September 8 in the courthouse auditorium. • replace the 6.153 miles of roadway when all reclama- tion work is competed and all bonds with the Indiana DNR are released; • complete Division Road from Meridian Road west to the railroad tracks at Glezen, a distance of about 6,320 feet; • convey the Beltline Road to the county, as well as the railroad crossing, and main- tain a bond on the 6.153 miles of road. Chappell said they had two changes to the proposal. They were going to leave open CR150N from Highway 61 to CR300E. This is the current driveway to the Solar Char- ger Mine offices, but connects Highway 61 to CR300E. The County Road 300E and 275E is a road that will mean- der between Highway 356 to Highway 56, connecting the large section with a single north-south road. The other change was to re- place a section of CR50N a dis- tance of 4,830 feet instead of 3,000 feet. Jim Johns complained he couldn't hear Chappell and that if Solar wanted to make changes to the advertised pro- posal, they should have to re- advertise the changes and take them up at a later meet- ing. County Attorney Val Fleig started to address Johns' questions and Johns told him to tell Commissioner Davis and have him address Johns. "You are my commissioner," said Johns. Davis said Fleig could speak for him. Johns objected to talking to Fleig. Eventually Davis re- sponded, "If you want to in- terrupt this meeting I will put you out of here." "That is what you really want," said Commissioner Jeff Nelson. "No, it isn't," replied Johns. Chappell said they had mailed notices of the re- quested closures to all adja- cent property holders. He said they had not received any op- position from those property owners, however INDOT has notified him about concerns. Janelle Lemond of INDOT told the commissioners they had only two weeks ago been notified of the closures. They own several parcels acquired during the building of I-69, including a few cul de sacs at the end of county roads over I-69 was built across. They said they were still studying the impact of these road closures and how it will affect access to these parcels. Lemond also emphasized IN- DOT is not petitioning against the closures, but that they want more time to determine the effect. Chappell said most of these roads have been closed for 40 to 50 years. Stachura told the 30 peo- ple in attendance at the meet- ing Solar has to maintain the 5,000 acres. He said four- wheelers cause them prob- lems because after they re- claim an area the four-wheel- ers get on it when it is wet and cause ruts and erosion problems, which costs about $5,000 an acre to repair. He said they also have to cope with thieves and illegal poaching and illegal dumping. Stachura said they actual- ly had someone steal a 50 -foot section of copper cable that was in active use. "I know a lot of people look at us as evil," said Stachura. But he said they have been good neighbors to Pike Coun- ty. He said Solar is saving the county about $700,000. They have provided shale for the highway department as well as plastic pipe and will pay $200,000 cash as well as spend $50,000 to $70,000 to rebuild Division Road. Johns said he wanted to ask Stachura a question. Johns said Stachura had made similar promises sev- eral years ago then walked out of the meeting and none of them ever happened. "We have stuck by every- thing we have agreed to," said Stachura. He then asked Johns what he was referring to. Johns said Stachura and So- lar promised to build a road to the Flat Creek Church Camp located near Glezen, when I- 69 was cutting off access to the camp. "You are telling truths and lies," said Stachura. Stachura said Solar had of- fered to either purchase the camp for $ 300,000 or build a road. But the Flat Creek As- socation members couldn't reach a decision. "I said I wouldn't be a ping pong ball." He said eventually Vincennes Attorney Joe Black, who was president of the Association, brought them a letter saying a majority of the association had voted to sell the camp. Johns said Black had mis- led the commissioners and Solar about the wishes of the Flat Creek Assocation. He then argued the only reason the camp was sold was be- cause Solar wouldn't build them a road. Johns also argued against the county agreeing to va- cate the roads. He said the county taxpayers owned the roads. "You wouldn't give a part of the taxpayer-owned courthouse away, I hope. You wouldn't give away part of the taxpayer-owned jail would you? You wouldn't give away part of the tax- payer-owned truck the sher- iff just purchased would you? You wouldn't give away part of the taxpayer-owned am- bulance we just purchased would you? " He said the county had al- ready sold five miles of road in southern Pike County for $25,000. Johns said closing these roads would cost the county revenue in the long run from lost miles of roads. The state pays the county gas tax reve- nue by a formula that includes road miles and population and number of vehicles. "The taxpayer will lose sev- eral more thousand for road repair each year for eternity," said Johns. Commissioner Nelson asked Johns why he had told television news crews the commissioners would not "hear him out." Nelson said Johns had nev- er called him about an issue and had attended several meetings, but had never spo- ken at any of them since Nel- son had been a commissioner. Two years ago, Solar Sourc- es made a similar request. At that time the commission- ers rejected Solar's request saying they wanted to have a north-south and east-west route through that area. While Nelson did not say he would vote for the request, he said it is more attractive this time because it includes a north-south road CR300E and a connection in the middle to it from Highway 61. Nelson also said it is likely all the roads closed in that ar- ea would remain closed forev- er because they would always be in an area of active mining. Commissioner Ryan Cole- man, who was not at the meet- ing, said he still had several questions about the agree- ment, mostly concerning the revenue lost from closing the roads and how much the coun- ty was being reimbursed for those miles. The public hearing on the road request was continued until 7 p.m. Tuesday, Sep- tember 8. The meeting was moved to Tuesday because their normal meeting day of Monday, was Labor Day.