The Press-Dispatch
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A-2 Front Wednesday, September 2, 2015 The Press-Dispatch PUBLIC MEETING ursday, September 10 • 7 p.m. Union Community Building persons interested in the Union Fire Department future invited to attend. Light refreshments served. Is it TIME for your next eye exam? 8–7 . Mon. 8–noon . Tues. 10–7 . Wed. 8–5 . Thur. 8–5 . Fri. Now Locally Owned and Operated Dr. Clint Shoultz 715 S. 9th Street, Petersburg (812) 354-9400 OPEN LABOR DAY 8 A.M. - NOON OPEN HOUSE CALL (812) 354-2150 611 Main St., Suite 120, Petersburg • DowntownTerrace@flco.com Non-Smoking Facility CRASHES Continued from page 1 FESTIVALS Continued from page 1 contest, cutest baby contest and kids' games at noon, washer pitch at 1 p.m. and motocross races that eve- ning. A demolition derby at 5 p.m. highlights Sunday events, which also will in- clude a car show, poker run and horseshoe pitch and Gospel Sing. Other Sunday events in- clude featured speaker Lisa Phillips, PhD, Professor of History at Indiana State Uni- versity at 2 p.m. Parade Monday at 10 a.m The parade is set for a 9 a.m. start and will run from the Petersburg Elementary School to Hornady Park. MAIN STREET CAR FEST, CITY- WIDE YARD SALE SATURDAY, SEPT. 12 The Annual Main St. Car Fest and City-wide Yard Sale are scheduled for Saturday, September 12 in Petersburg. The Carfest will be on Eighth and Walnut streets, near the courthouse. The show runs from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., with registration from 9 a.m. to noon. At least 25 trophies will be given in var- ious categories. Pre-regis- tration is $ 8 for the first ve- hicle and $5 for each addi- tional vehicle. Day of event registration is $10 per vehi- cle. Street rods, antiques, trucks and classics are wel- come. The first 50 entries will receive dash plaques. Call Marge Leavitt at 812- 354-9372 or Carla Brown at 812-354-8541 to register or for more information. The City-wide Yard Sale will also be on Saturday, September 12. Anyone list- ing their yard sale in The Press-Dispatch will appear on a map of the various sales in town. Call 812-354-8500 to include a yard sale in the September 9 issue. SPURGEON COMMUNITY FESTIVAL The Spurgeon Communi- ty Festival is set for Satur- day, September 12. It will start early with a breakfast of biscuits and gravy being served at 7 .m. The car and cycle show registration is set for 8 to 10 a.m., with judging at 11 a.m. and awards at 3 p.m. Lunch will begin being served at 11 a.m. Entertainment will begin at noon and there will be a karaoke and lip sync con- test. A poker run is sched- uled to begin at 10 :30 a.m. Country musician De- Wayne Spaw will perform throughout the evening, but he will start at 2 p.m. A cornhole tournament is set for the afternoon and wrestling will begin at 7 p.m. WINSLOW COMMUNITY FEST SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19 The annual Winslow Com- munity Festival is scheduled for all day on Saturday, Sep- tember 19. There will be a flea market on Main St. in downtown. A midway of ven- dors and children's activities will be set up on Center St. There will be three live bands throughout the day and karaoke. The annual light-up pa- rade is scheduled to start at 9 p.m. Other events throughout the day will include: an out- house race, fishing contest and a cornhole tourney. MONROE CITY FALL FESTIVAL The Annual Monroe City Fall Festival at the Blue Jeans Community Center on Main St. is set for Thurs- day, September 17 through Sunday, September 20. It will begin at 5 p.m. Thursday, with a chicken and noodle dinner served by the Blue Jeans Center Gang. The Fall Festival Queen and baby contests begin at 7 p.m. Thursday. A spaghetti supper is scheduled for 5 to 7 p.m. on Friday and is being served by the Monroe City High School Alumni. There will also be food booths on the front lawn, as well as rides and inflatables. A concert by Aaron and Tabernacle of Praise begins at 6:30 p.m. Saturday starts with a pancake breakfast from 6:30 to 9 a.m., served by Jim Reed. The Cow Muck Cook- ers will be selling their BBQ on the front lawn beginning at 9:30 a.m. Regional antique dealers will have an Antiques Road Show from 1 to 4 p.m. Eu- chre games will run from 1 to 4 p.m. and Good Samar- itan Hospital will do free blood pressure screening from noon until 2 p.m. Pizza will be available from 5 to 7 p.m. The Knox County's Got Talent show begins at 7 p.m. and fireworks will follow the talent show. Sunday will feature Jeff Black's Fried Fish dinner from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. A Gospel Concert by Hon- ey in the Rock begins at 1 p.m. The annual parade be- gins at 2 p.m., followed by a performance of the South Knox band at 3 p.m. on the front lawn. Anyone wanting informa- tion about having a booth can call Marlis Day at 812- 743-2787, to register for the queen or baby contest, call Brooke Ziegler at 812-881- 7469, for information on the talent show, call Amanda Weber at 812-881-8700, and for parade entries, call Jer- ry Coonrod at 812-887-4182. By Andy Heuring A former Pike County teen was arrested on nu- merous charges, including battery by bodily fluid on a public safety official and re- sisting arrest. Tanner S. Houchin, 18, of Loogootee, was arrested af- ter police responded to re- ports someone was damag- ing mailboxes along CR 300 E., south of Winslow. Pike County Deputy Buck Seger said he responded to a call about a male destroy- ing mailboxes, and throwing trash cans and other debris into the road on CR 300 E. (Hathaway Station Road). Deputy Seger said he, Dep- uty Dallas Killian and State Trooper Hunter Manning found Houchin stumbling around in the road with several mailboxes laying around behind him. Deputy Seger said he placed Houchin in hand- cuffs. According to Depu- ty Seger's report, Houchin said "I'm wrong and messed up those mailboxes because I'm drunk." While officers were checking him for weapons, Seger said Houchin spit on Deputy Killian. Deputy Seger said Houchin admitted dam- aging the mailboxes be- cause he had been drinking and was mad. Seger add- ed Houchin didn't have any weapons but was using his hands and feet to damage the mailboxes. Seger said it is believed Houchin destroyed 10 mail- boxes, but police are ask- ing if anyone's mailbox was damaged that hadn't been reported to them to call 812- 354-6024 to report the dam- age. Houchin was preliminar- ily charged with battery by bodily waste on a public safety official, resisting law enforcement; public intoxi- cation; illegal consumption of an alcoholic beverage; and criminal mischief. Vandalism report leads to arrest on multiple charges a 2000 Pontiac Grand Am when the accident occurred at about 9:40 p.m. Deputy Killian said Babrick was in the left lane, attempting to pass two ve- hicles. The driver of the ve- hicle beside him didn't see Babrick and drove left at- tempting to pass the ve- hicle in front of it. Deputy Killian said Babrick drove left off the road to avoid be- ing hit in the side. Once off the left side of the road, he overcorrected and then shot back across Highway 257 and ran off the right side of the road, going down a small embankment into a field and overturning. Babrick's vehi- cle rolled over at least once before coming to rest on its wheels, about 200 feet from where it left the road. COMMISSIONERS Continued from page 1 707 North Vincennes Ave., Petersburg, which is next to the former Jeans Jct. Proper- ty. The county administered a brownfield clean up of the site from hydrocarbons re- leased at a previous gas sta- tion. The clean up now has monitoring wells and those have to be monitored. The agreement allows access to the monitoring wells and holds Davidson harmless. The next commissioners' meeting is scheduled for 7 p.m. Tuesday, September 8 at the courthouse auditori- um. It was moved from their normal Monday date be- cause of Labor Day. The 13th Annual Home- town Heroes Celebration is scheduled for 6 p.m. Tues- day, September 8 at the Am- ber Manor Care Center on Illinois St. The free event honors local police, sheriff, EMS military and local fire departments with a dinner and program. Call 812-354- 3001 for reservations. Hometown Heroes Celebration Pumper testing Jefferson Township volunteer fireman Randy Wildeman mans the controls on Engine 11 during the an- nual pump test at Prides Creek on Tuesday. Pumpers throughout the county will complete the mandatory test by today (Wednesday). The test checks to see that they can meet their performance rating for gallons of water per minute, as required by national standards. Moose fundraiser for Somebody's Place is Saturday The Moose Lodge #1617 of Petersburg, located at 115 Pike Ave., will be hosting a benefit for Somebody's Place on Saturday, September 5, from noon until midnight. There will be local musicians and games available. By Andy Heuring Five people were arrest- ed on charges of drunken driving over the last week in Pike County, three of them following crashes, one fled on foot and jumped into Prides Creek trying to evade police. Late Wednesday night, Andrew Stephen Ellis, 26, of 510 E. Walnut St., Peters- burg, was arrested on charg- es of possession of heroin, resisting law enforcement, leaving the scene of an ac- cident, disorderly conduct, operating a vehicle while in- toxicated (refusal) and driv- er never licensed. Petersburg Police Cpl. Kyle Mills said at about 10 p.m., central dispatch got a call of a crash by the Subway in Petersburg and the driver was fleeing on foot. Cpl. Mills said he drove to the area and saw a bronze Pontiac car sitting in the grass across from First St. He then continued to Cherry St., where he saw two men pointing in Prides Creek. They told him the driver of the car had run over to Prides Creek and jumped in the large ditch. Mills said he walked along the ditch until he found Ellis in the ditch. He told Ellis to get out of the ditch and placed him in handcuffs. According to Mills' re- port, Ellis told him he was on heroin. Mills began to es- cort Ellis in handcuffs to be checked out by EMS. Cpl. Mills said Ellis was abusive to himself and Deputy Sher- iff Mike Willis. Cpl. Mills said Ellis be- gan kicking and screaming obscenities while they and EMTs tried to question him. During one fit, he kicked Deputy Willis in the thigh. Ellis was transported to the Pike County Jail, where he was so combative staff were not able to process him immediately. Cpl. Mills said an inven- tory of Ellis' car located a small spoon that had a white powder substance on it. They also found four sy- ringes in the trunk inside a metal box. At 11:58 p.m. last Thurs- day, a rural man was arrest- ed after police were dis- patched to a wreck on CR 100 S. just off of Highway 61 in Campbelltown. Zachary Ryan Cato, 29, of 2238 E. CR 100 S., Win- slow, was arrested by Kyle Mills, who was working for the Sheriff's Department. Deputy Mills said he lo- cated Cato and asked what had happened. Cato first claimed someone had tak- en his truck and trashed it. Mills said eventually Cato said his steering had mal- functioned and he crashed into the ditch. Cato failed field sobriety tests and was taken to the Pike County Jail, where he tested 0.15 percent for blood alcohol content. Monday morning, a Spur- geon man was arrested af- ter police stopped him for speeding. Jeremy Skelton, 38, of 11348 SR 61, was arrested on a charge of operating a vehicle while intoxicated, with a prior conviction in the last five years, a class 6 felony. Indiana State Trooper John Davis said he stopped Skelton for speeding, 75 Five charged with DWI in separate arrests Continued on page 7