The Press-Dispatch
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A-4 Wednesday, September 9, 2015 The Press-Dispatch LOCAL Call: 812-354-8500 Email: news@pressdispatch.net or bring in a hard copy: 820 E. Poplar Street, Petersburg NEWS BRIEFS 911 candlelight prayer vigil is 12:01 a.m. Friday A 911 candlelight prayer vigil for police and emer- gency workers has been scheduled for 12:01 a.m. on Friday, September 11 in front of the Pike County Jail and Sheriff's Department. It is being billed as "Police Lives Matter." For those who can't bring their own candle, one will be provided. It is expected to last about 15 minutes. Parking will be across the street at German American Bank. For more information, call Daisy Moyes at 812-582-1376. NARFE meeting is today The National Active and Retired Federal Employees (NARFE) Patoka Valley Chapter #1847 will meet on Wednesday, September 9 at noon at the Schnitzelbank Restaurant in Jasper. Our speaker will be Gus Stevens. His topic will be the life of Red Skelton. All active and retired federal employees and/or their spouses are encouraged to attend. Call Rita at 812-604- 5089 for more information. Pike/Gibson Retired Teachers meeting Sept. 10 Pike/Gibson Retired Teachers will meet at 11:30 a.m. EDT Thursday, Sept. 10 at the Village Inn on SR 57. Retirees are invited to bring a jar of peanut butter for either Somebody's Place or Salvation Army. The meeting will begin with a meet-and-greet, in- cluding the opportunity to spend time with the speak- er, Tom Mellish, executive director of the Indiana Re- tired Teachers Association, pay local yearly dues, sign up for the scrumptious peanut-related door prizes and greet the eight new retirees from the four school cor- porations in Pike and Gibson Counties. A light lunch of soup, sandwiches and dessert is planned by the Village Inn to take place at noon. There will be recognition of the fourteen retired teachers in Pike and Gibson who passed on last year. The Re- tired Teachers' Foundation Area $2,000 scholarship winners will be announced. Area 9 Classroom Teach- er Grant applications are coming in for consideration. The local retired teacher scholarship committee will make its report. Ferdinand-Pike State Forest open house Sept. 24 The Ferdinand-Pike State Forest will host an open house on Thursday, September 24, from 3-7 p.m. EDT in the property office, which is six miles northeast of Ferdinand on State Road 264. Area residents are in- vited to view displays of future resource management activities, as well as other operational and recreation- al projects. Property staff will be available to answer questions. Cookies and light refreshments will be served. 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. 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Participating in the presentation were, from left to right: Eleanor Gladish, Deann Stephens, Mary Jane Rhodes, Robling, Alene Grubb, Carolyn Veale, Kathy Hoppes and Butch Holland. Ed Cahill photo Moose issues challenge Petersburg Moose officers Bill Heiple, Mark Russell, David Fiscus, Tom Miley and Darrell Frederick display the canned goods donated Saturday for Somebody's Place. Frederick said the Petersburg Moose is pledging to donate $100 a month to Somebody's Place and issuing a challenge to other organizations in Pike County to do the same. the outhouse race and a bowfishing tournament. The outhouse race is set for 5 p.m., with registration beginning at 3 p.m. and judging at 4:45 p.m. The race is $20 for up to five team members. Contact 812-354-4629 for more in- formation. Musical entertainment is scheduled throughout the day, with karaoke con- test sign-ups beginning at 8 a.m. and the contest run- ning until noon. Blood Bought Band, fea- turing Mark McCandless, will perform at 1 p.m. Chas- ing Time will perform from 6 to 8:30 p.m. The annual light up pa- rade is scheduled to start at 9 p.m., with lineup at 8:15 p.m. A street dance on Center St. will start follow- ing the parade. The day will start ear- ly with breakfast in River- side Park beginning at 7 a.m. and running until 11 a.m. The antique tractor show and Heritage Hand- crafters will also be in Riv- erside Park. A cornhole tournament, sponsored by the Winslow Fire Department and La- dies Auxiliary, is set for the morning, with registration at 10 a.m. For more informa- tion, call 812-354-4629. On Center St. during the day, there will be inflata- bles, face painting, a bal- loon toss, kiddie trains and a cake walk. A bake contest will ac- cept entries from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. For more informa- tion, call 812-789 -2207. The Lions Club will be selling BBQ chicken din- ners beginning at noon, lo- cated behind the Fish Hut. Monroe City Fall Festival The Annual Monroe City Fall Festival at Blue Jeans Community Center on Main St. is set for Thurs- day, Sept. 17 through Sun- day, Sept. 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. 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 Praises begins at 6:30 p.m. Friday. 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 be- ginning 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 Honey in the Rock begins at 1 p.m. The annual parade begins 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 Aman- da Weber at 812-881-8700, and for parade entries, call Jerry Coonrod at 812-887- 4182. Kirkwood arrested on reckless driving charge, clocked at 113 mph By Andy Heuring An Evansville man was ar- rested on preliminary charg- es of reckless driving after police clocked him going 113 mph on I-69. Kyle Everett Kirkwood, 22, of 519 E. Gum St., Evans- ville, was arrested at about 2 a.m. Saturday, after a high speed crash in which he and his two passengers sur- vived. Pike County Deputy Sher- iff Dallas Killian said he was just finishing a traffic stop on I-69 at the 50.5 mile marker when he noticed a vehicle go by traveling at a high speed. When he checked it on his radar, it was shown to be go- ing 113 mph. Killian turned around and began pursuing the ve- hicle and when he was near- ly caught up to it, the vehicle ran off the right side of the road as it passed under the Highway 61 overpass, hit- ting a sign. "I was running 120 mph and wasn't gaining much," said Killian. He said the BMW 325i came back onto the road and slid across both lanes into the median, and the back end of the car went air- borne as it returned to the roadway, eventually pulling over on the right side of the southbound lane. Killian said Kirkwood passed field sobriety tests. During an inventory of the car, he found $1,960 in cash. Deputy Killian said all three passengers gave dif- ferent stories about why they had that much cash in the car. A drug dog was called in and did a check of the car. Killian said it had a "hit" on the trunk of the car, but a search of the vehicle found nothing illegal. Kirkwood was arrested on a preliminary charge of reckless driving.