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A-2 Front Wednesday, Februar y 10, 2016 The Press-Dispatch WINSLOW Continued from page 1 ELECTION Continued from page 1 SUBSCRIBE TODAY! We're not afraid to shed some light on the truth. 812-354-8500 MINI TRUCKS: BIG IN VERSATILITY! AJ CYCLE AJ CYCLE 30 Indiana St, Jasper, IN (right behind Shoneys) 812-482-3366 • ajcycle@psci.net • www.ajcycle.net SALES • PARTS • SERVICE • Street-legal in Indiana • 40 MPG • 660cc engine, 5 speed, on-demand 4x4 • Heat and A/C, work or play in comfort • Fold down bed sides, 900lbs payload • A versatile, multi-use machine that is perfect for recreation/hunting, farms, industrial and municipal applications Pike Central Vocational School students took the top five places at the Region 4 Skills USA Welding Contest held at Vincennes University on Saturday, Feb. 6. They are, from left to right: Pike Central High School senior Eli Loveland, first place; Forest Park High School senior Travis Jacob, second place; For- est Park High School senior Ken Jochem, third place; Forest Park High School junior Klint Luebbehusen, fourth place; and Northeast Dubois High School junior Curtis Gress, fifth place. Submitted Photo Pike Central Vocational School students take top five places at regional contest Pike Central Vocation- al School welding students took the top five places at the Region 4 Skills USA Weld- ing Contest held at Vin- cennes University on Satur- day, Feb. 6. A total of seven Pike Cen- tral Vocational welding stu- dents competed, with Pike Central High School senior Eli Loveland placing first. Loveland received a $5,000 scholarship from Vincennes University and a $5,000 scholarship from Ohio Tech- nical College. Placing second was For- est Park High School senior Travis Jacob. Jacob received a $1,000 scholarship from Vincennes University and a $ 3,500 scholarship from Ohio Technical College. Placing third was For- est Park High School se- nior Ken Jochem. Jochem received a $500 scholar- ship from Vincennes Uni- versity and a $2,500 schol- arship from Ohio Technical College. Forest Park junior Klint Luebbehusen and Northeast Dubois junior Curtis Gress placed fourth and fifth, re- spectively. Luebbehusen and Gress both received $500 scholarships from Vin- cennes University and Ohio Technical College. The top five students from each region will advance to the state contest that will be held at J. Everett Light Ca- reer Center in Indianapo- lis on April 15 -16. The state winner will represent Indi- ana at the national contest held during the last week in June in Louisville, Ky. Students were evaluated on the following: • 100 -question welding theory written test • S.M.A.W. process to do a vertical "V" groove butt joint using a E7018 elec- trode for the root, fill and cover pass • G.T.A.W. process to do a horizontal square groove butt joint • G.M.A.W. process to do a flat tee joint, lap joint and a square groove butt joint They agreed to talk to the head of the Little League at the next meeting about it. In other business, the council voted to purchase a time clock for $133. "I think it will pay for itself in about a month," said Strobel. Strobel also questioned why water and sewer sam- ples weren't taken in time for Tim Dyer on Monday to test. Winslow Utilities Superin- tendent Andy Smith said he had told employees twice to have them ready. "I'm sorry, I didn't know they weren't. I was trying to get the water plant back up and running and I didn't go over there to check," said Smith. Strobel used the incident as an example of why they needed to hire supervision. He said if they continued to not have samples ready for Dyer, they could end up hav- ing to pay more. The town contracted with Dyer to be their waste water licensed operator. Strobel said it causes problems for him when the samples aren't ready for him to test when he arrives. Fire Chief Jason Bottoms told the council they are go- ing to start renting out the committee room of the fire department for $50 to resi- dents and $25 to fire depart- ment members and town employees. He said this will not include use of the equip- ment bays. Winslow Community Cen- ter Director Henry Nelson said he didn't like it that they were offering a price lower than the Community Cen- ter's rent for a similar room. "It is a dog eat dog world," said Strobel. Nelson said he feared they were going to lose revenue from rent at the Communi- ty Center. "You are going to have your people down there who will rent down there and there are other people would rather be at the Com- munity Center," said Sim- mons. In residents' comments, Don Bolin said the town em- ployees have been notified they are going to be cutting the employees benefits a lot. He said they were going to be reducing three holidays, and cutting vision and den- tal insurance. "I wonder if you guys might consider to donate your council check to the town to help out with this stuff. Why just pick on the employees? " asked former town councilman Don Bolin, who also works for the town. Strobel answered, "If it wasn't for the previous board not paying any atten- tion to what was going on in this town, we wouldn't be in the shape we are in. If the people before us had tak- en care of that, we wouldn't be having to do this. . . We have done more work in one month than the other board did in a year." Councilmen voted to pay the claims of $18,684.57. The next meeting is scheduled for 7 p.m. Mon- day, February 8 at Winslow Town Hall. By Andy Heuring Five people were arrest- ed for drunken driving over the last week in Pike Coun- ty. One of them were arrest- ed in a saturation patrol ear- ly Saturday morning, one al- most hit a Conservation Of- ficer on Cato-Winslow Road, one was seen urinating near Main St., and another was stopped for erratic driving. Ryan Kent Powell, 47, of 8339 E. SR 56, Otwell, was arrested after he was stopped by Conservation Officer Anthony Mann at about 6 p.m. on Monday, February 1. Officer Mann said he was driving on Cato-Winslow Road when he met Powell and had to come to a stop in the road to prevent Pow- ell from hitting him. Mann said he turned around and followed the vehicle into Winslow and stopped him when Powell drove into a yard on Oak St. at Powell's girlfriend's residence. He said Powell failed field sobriety tests and was tak- en to the Pike County Jail, where he tested 0.25 percent for blood alcohol content, which is three times the le- gal limit in Indiana. A Petersburg woman was arrested at about 12:30 a.m. Saturday after police doing a joint saturation patrol no- ticed a man who looked to be intoxicated walking toward the ATM at the Home Build- ing Bank drive through. Deputy Killian, in his re- port, states he drove around the block and saw a male and female who appeared to be trying to figure out how to use the ATM. According to his report, the male went back to the vehicle and the female walked to the back of the vehicle and urinated. When she returned to the car, Deputy Killian ap- proached the vehicle. Julie Leann Hunt, 28, of 5823 W. Division Road was arrested on a charged of operating a vehicle while intoxicated by Pike County Deputy Dallas Killian. Hunt failed field so- briety tests and was taken to the Pike County Jail, where she tested 0.09 percent for blood alcohol content. The legal limit is 0.08 percent in Indiana. Trent A. Stone, 45, of 1535 W. CR 50 S., Petersburg, was arrested on a charge of oper- ating a vehicle while intoxi- cated. He was stopped on High- way 61 near CR 150 S. (Sug- ar Ridge Road). He failed field sobriety tests and was taken to the Pike County Jail, where he tested 0.19 percent, more than twice the legal limit in Indiana. A Bloomington man was arrested when police found him unconscious in his car, which was stopped in the passing lane of I-69 near the 50 mile marker, which is about four miles north of the Petersburg exit. Steven M. Bartlett, 33, of 3722 Wood Yard Road, Bloomington, was the driv- er. Indiana State Police said he was asleep in the car. He failed field sobriety tests and was taken to the Pike Coun- ty Jail, where he was prelim- inarily charged with operat- ing a vehicle while intoxicat- ed. A Petersburg woman was arrested early Sunday morn- ing after police stopped her on CR 900 E., just south of Highway 56. Pike County Deputy Buck Seger said he saw a van turn on its right turn signal, drive several hundred yards and then turn off the signal. As he contin- ued to follow the van, he said it was going left of center as it crested hills, before he stopped it. Laurie M. Merkley, of 307 N. Knox St., Petersburg, was driving the van. She failed field sobriety tests and was taken to the Pike County Jail, where she refused to take a blood alcohol content test. She was preliminarily charged with operating a ve- hicle while intoxicated (re- fusal). Five arrested for OVWI in separate incidents Marlin Stutzman and Todd Young. A third candidate with local ties, Vincennes native Eric Holcomb, has withdrawn from the race and will not appear on the ballot. The winning Repub- lican will face former Dem- ocrat Ninth District Con- gressman Baron Hill. The Governor's race won't be contested in the primary, but in the Fall, Knox County Democrat and former State Representative John Gregg will challenge Republican Mike Pence. There is also an opposed race on the Republican ticket for the District 64 State Rep- resentative seat now held by Tom Washburne. He is be- ing challenged by Ann En- nis. Republican District 63 State Rep. incumbent Mike Braun is unopposed. In Dis- trict 75, which also includes part of Pike County, Repub- lican incumbent Ron Bacon is being challenged by Dem- ocrat James Pete Rapp in the general election. The Press-Dispatch will ac- cept announcements from candidates until February 25. 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