The Press-Dispatch
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A-2 Wednesday, March 28, 2012 The Press-Dispatch Firecracker contestants sought Miss Firecracker—Girls Girls interested in partici- pating in the Miss Firecrack- er, Junior Miss Firecracker and Little Miss Firecracker Pageants over the Fourth of July weekend are being sought for all three contests. Junior Miss Firecrack- er—It is for girls from the ages 10-12 on or before July 1st. Girls can register by calling Amber Leighty at 354-9311. They will begin practices in April. who are from the ages 13- 16 on or before July 1st are eligible. Girls can register by calling Amber Leighty at 354-9311. They will begin practices in April. Little Miss Firecracker— Girls from the ages 5-7 on or before July 1st for Little Miss Firecracker Pageant. Girls can register by call- ing Jamie Seitz at 582-2482. Practice begins in April. ★ Neglect charged in death Continued from page 1 Goodpaster is new Republican County Chairman WES checker winners don Goeppner (l) was the school champion. Second grader Caleb Zazzetti was runner-up. Other grade winners were Konner Simmons (fi rst grade), Jackson Smith (third grade) and Adam Kirby (fi fth grade). Winslow Elementary School Checker Tourney winners were recently announced. Fourth grader Bran- have a new chairman of their central committee. Mike Goodpaster was elected last Tuesday night. Goodpaster ran unopposed to fi ll the va- cancy left by Randy Harris' resignation. Goodpaster said his fi rst Pike County Republicans By Andy Heuring current events," said Good- paster. He said the recount of In- interest in politics was Ron- ald Reagan and he remem- bers following the Iran-Con- tra controversy as a young boy. "I was a little kid, but I was glued to the TV as far as northern Daviess Coun- ty but met his wife Teresa and moved to Pike County, where he has lived 14 years. He and Teresa live in Sten- diana's Eighth District be- tween incumbent Frank McCloskey and Republi- can Rick McIntyre was al- so of great interest to him. The election was decided by three votes. Goodpaster grew up in dal and have a daughter, Grace. Goodpaster has held a re- al estate license since 1996 and is a real estate apprais- er. He operates Goodpaster Appraisal Service as well as being employed as the Book- keeper at the Pike County Highway Garage. He is currently in his third term on the Pike County Board of Review. "I have always been inter- ested in local politics. Ran- dy's resignation opened the door for someone else to step in," said Goodpaster. "I was pleased my fellow Re- publicans had enough confi - dence to vote for me." "I'm going to come out of the gate running. We have an excellent group of candi- dates. I think voters will re- late to our qualifi ed candi- dates. We aren't going to lay down; there is a lot of work to do and we are going to do it," said Goodpaster. ★ Two meetings set for Stellar Grant planning exterior improvements. Also on Thursday, March Continued from page 1 29 there will be a public fo- rum beginning at 6:30 p.m. in Kiefer Hall of the Main St. Presbyterian Church. All the members of Peters- burg's Stellar Team will give an overview of the var- ious projects ranging from downtown improvements to Main St. Buildings, a plaza to be built on Eighth St. be- tween the courthouse and old Integra Bank building, the Stellar business incuba- tor, and a bypass to run from near Hornady Park to High- way 61 south of Petersburg. Petersburg Mayor Jon Petersburg offi cials are hoping residents will will be on display. Town clean-up set for Saturday, April 7 Craig said following an over- view of the projects, people can meet individually with the various team members and talk to them about de- tails of the projects. He said artist renditions of the vari- ous projects just arrived and in to help the city prepare for their Stellar Commu- nity project application by helping with a clean-up day scheduled for Saturday, April 7. A selection committee join will be coming to Peters- burg on Wednesday, April 11. Club has fi ve main projects lined up for April 7. They in- clude: sweeping the side- walks; washing windows on vacant buildings; paint- ing curbs, railings and fi re hydrants; landscaping work around the courthouse, fi re station and Gil Hodges mu- ral; and getting Stellar Grant site locations ready for the selection committee visit. The Petersburg Lions Winslow water users alerted about higher pressures grade to the Winslow water system may cause some res- idential plumbing problems according to Winslow Town Council President Dave Tis- dale. He and Utilities Super- intendent Todd Williams an- nounced during Monday's regular council meeting that residential water customers in the North Street district will have higher water pres- sure because of the upgrad- ed main and service water lines. The water utility is testing some lines this week and there could be some ar- eas where the service lines are old and need replaced. Williams said 120 new The nearly complete up- By James Capozella ered in fi re protection wa- ter systems, removing the town from the jurisdiction of the Indiana Utility Reg- ulatory Commission and al- lowing the utility to control rates and charges. The rule will allow the Winslow water utility to eliminate fi re pro- tection billing and replace it with separate charges to each customer at the pres- ent rate of $3 for a 5/8 inch meter line. The recovery costs are not considered a basic rate increase and is not subject to the normal notice and hear- ing requirements. Other Business service lines were added in addition to the new mains which will develop higher pressure for residents. He said customers will notice the difference and could experience plumbing prob- lems from inadequate lines, valves and connections. Thirty new hydrants add- ed to the present system will total about 80 available hydrants according to Wil- liams. That Tisdale and Williams dis- cussed the depth of a line on LaFayette Street. Williams stated the line must be low- ered because it was too shal- low to avoid damage. Cur- rently, the line was on rock but would be improved pri- or to the planned July water line project completion date. A revamped hydrant rent- al policy will add an addi- tional sum of $3 per month to each current regular cus- tomer of the municipal water utility. An additional sum of $5 will be charged to each two-inch meter customer. The new ordinance, a product of the Indiana Asso- ciation of Cities and Towns, was read for the fi rst time Monday, voted on April 9 and be effective for the May 1 billing according to Ben- nett. The ordinance chang- es the way costs are recov- and the increased water pressure should better the town's fi re rating and could result in lower insurance premiums besides increased fi re protection. Councilmen Don Bolin, improvement lems and would be trapped. Tags are required, but once he knew the cats, a collar would not be necessary. There was some concern expressed by the resident over collars being a danger for cats. Councilman Glendel Ash- cer Terry Strobel said he had his personal large ani- mal trap stolen recently and asked if the council would purchase one if he doesn't get it back soon. Tisdale said that would not be a problem. Strobel said he found • Animal Control Offi - Strobel about identifying and capturing loose cats. Strobel explained that he was only taking cats that he had received reports of spraying or causing prob- lems. He said it would take some time for him to know who owns which cats. Stray cats and free roaming dogs were the ones causing prob- homes for every cat he has trapped and two others were picked up by their owners. He said tags were needed for all cats that are outside and that they could be pur- chased at the Town Hall. A resident mite Control estimate of $1500 for all seven Winslow buildings was approved by the board. Winslow Clerk- Treasurer Beth Bennett told the councilmen that the ad- ditional pest control cost for all seven Winslow buildings was not in the budget. A further discussion questioned shal Steve English report- ed things had been quiet in town with the exception of some teens causing trash and vandalism at the school. He said he and Deputy Steve Nelson were "keeping them run-off" as best they can. English also said there had saved delaying the action by making a $500 payment and then the fi nal $1000 prior to the end of the fi rst contract. Most of the buildings, which include the town hall, com- munity center, waste water lab, shop, storage and fi re house are about $10 each per month for pest control. • Winslow Town Mar- by told Strobel he knew some cats were coming from the woods near his home. He also stated that donations of food and kitty litter could be dropped off at Bertram Feed & Supply on Main Street. • Anthony's Pest & Ter- been a stolen vehicle recov- ered in Winslow that came from Campbelltown. • A Winslow Fire Depart- ment building rental agree- ment policy is going to be drawn up with the rental money collected going to the town for cleaning supplies and other similar needs ac- cording to Tisdale. • Under new business, termined that between 10:30 and 11 p.m. the night before, Martin prepared a bottle and placed Eli on his back between two pillows. Mar- tin allegedly propped the bottle so Roos could drink from it and went into anoth- er bedroom to sleep. Martin woke up the following morn- ing between 7 and 8 a.m. but didn't check on Eli until af- ter 10 a.m. According to Det. Chan- dler, when Martin did check on Eli she found him unre- sponsive and called 911. Further investigation con- cluded that Martin failed to check on her son for about 11 hours. Preliminary autopsy re- Darrin McDonald said po- sitional asphyxiation in lay- man's terms means the child choked to death. He said the two different levels of ne- glect of a dependent charg- sults list the cause of death as positional asphyxiation due to the propped bottle. Pike County Prosecutor es stems from the child's death. Neglect of a child is nor- a sentence range of two to eight years, while a class D felony carries a sentence range of six months to three years. Martin was taken into cus- mally a class D felony, but with the harm coming to the child the charge was en- hanced to a class C felony. "If she had left her child for 11 hours and no harm had come to the child we would have charged her with ne- glect, but it would have been a class D felony." He said because of the harm to the child the charge was en- hanced to a class C felony. A class C felony carries tody at about 9 a.m. Thurs- day morning. She posted $2,500 10 percent bond and was released the same day. The State Police were as- sisted in the investigation by the Petersburg Police and Pike County Sheriff's De- partment. ★ Trash stickers now $1 ti Armstrong of the Solid Waste District went to the collection site at Petersburg and started just collecting money from people who said they couldn't fi nd any where to buy the stickers. The commissioners are honoring the 50 cent stick- ers even beyond the April 2 date. "So people don't have to put two 50 cent stickers on a bag?" asked Commission- er Dale Nalley. He was told no, the 50 cent couldn't fi nd stickers to pur- chase. She said last Wednes- day she took 1,000 stickers to the Jay C Foodstore in Pe- tersburg and they were sold out by Saturday. She said last week Kris- Continued from page 1 it to a dollar tomorrow?" asked Flint of the other com- missioners. Commissioner Brian Da- In all of 2011 they only sold $48,000 stickers. "Do we go ahead and raise vis moved to start selling the new $1 stickers begin- ning Tuesday. His motion was seconded by Nalley and it was approved by a 3-0 vote. Bryant on Tuesday morn- ing said she learned the stickers would not arrive until Wednesday morning. She said as soon as they ar- rived she would be distribut- ing them to all the vendors. The list of places to buy hind sight we should have handled it a little different- ly," said Flint about the price increase. So far $16,000 of the 50 cent stick- ers through March of 2012. the council discussed writ- ing a letter of recommenda- tion for the Stellar Commu- nity Program which select- ed Petersburg as one of sev- en cities that could win one of two $20 million grants available. Glendel Ashby questioned whether the grant was just for Petersburg or the great- er good of the county. He said that since it is tax mon- ey it should be for the whole county, not just Petersburg. In other business, the cost Councilman for the Winslow Market air conditioning and heating system was discussed and protection for the unit the form of rail road rails was decided upon by Ashby and Williams. Ashby offered some rails he had and Wil- liams was going to get them anchored. • The council approved in $19,703.25 in claims and not- ed the next regular meeting of the Winslow Town Coun- cil would be at 7 p.m., Mon- day, April 9 at the Winslow Town Hall. The meter poli- cy will then be read prior to a vote. they have sold stickers would be honored similar to a "Forever post- age stamp." "I don't know. Maybe in stickers are: Circle A Food Mart Otwell, Otwell mercan- tile, Jay C Foodstore Peters- burg, Ernies Pakage Store, Petersburg, Linda Lack- ner residence Stendal, Ber- tram Feed, Winslow, Outfi t- ters Station Winslow, Ger- man American Bank Win- slow, Winslow Liquors, PC 1-Stop, Spurgeon Town Hall, Old National Bank Arthur Branch. Two roads to be closed Monday Two area roads will close temporarily on Monday, April 2 due to the construc- tion of I-69. They are County Roads 400N (Prides Creek Road) and 175E. The two roads connect Highway 356 from near Alford with High- way 61 at Prides Creek. The Indiana Department of Transportation said it will be closing both roads for about 10 days to build a new connector road between the two roads. When the new road is completed it will be- come permant and the old routes of 175E and CR400N will be closed. TRADING POST Friday Specials THE RESTAURANT Plate Lunch 11 AM TO 3 PM Chicken & Dumpling Mashed Potatoes & Gravy, Green Beans, Cole Slaw and Hot Roll $ Great Deal! Weekend Specials Express Breakfast Buffet SATURDAY AND SUNDAY • 8 AM TO NOON to Express B-fast Bar 1 Visit 6.99 $ Fried Fish, Beef Pot Roast Sunday Buffet Kentucky Pride Ham Veggie Bar, Salad Bar, and Dessert Bar $7.99 Served Sunday Noon to 2 PM Winslow off Hwy. 61 789-5428 1 Mile South of 5.99 Unlimited to Express B-fast Bar $6.99 Open Menu SATURDAY AND SUNDAY NOON TO 2 PM Wednesday: 7am to 2pm Thursday: 7am to 2pm Friday: 7am to 8pm Monday: Closed Tuesday: 7am to 2pm OPEN Saturday: 7am to 2pm Sunday: 7am to 2pm Evening Buffet 4 PM TO 8 PM Fried Pork Chop, Fried Fish Veggie Bar, Salad Bar, and Dessert Bar Char Grilled Ribeye, Children 12 and under $5.99 Children 5 and under FREE $12.59