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A-2 Hornady Park Start Wednesday, June 20, 2012 The Press-Dispatch P e t e r s burg f.i.t. Pike Ave. Sidewalk Veterans Circle Junction 56/57 five-mile improvement trail • Pick your star ting point • Once you have walked, ran or jogged to the other star ting point, you have reached the half-way mark and gone 2.5 miles. • Proceed back to your star ting point and celebrate your 5 mile improvement! tures markers and benches along the route, with points at the school and at Hornady Park that can serve as starting points, mid-points finishing points. The FIT Trail official opening ceremony is Thursday at 6 p.m. at Petersburg Elementary. The trail fea- FIT Trail to open with Thursday ceremony istence for awhile, but the Thursday event will signal that all the signs are now in place and be the official opening walk for the five mile walking or running trail. The City of Peters- burg crews have been busy putting up the final signs for the trail the past couple of weeks in between their reg- ular duties. The FIT Trail Kickoff will officially open for walk- ers and runners with a spe- cial ceremony on Thursday with a walk of the five mile trail to follow. The trail has been in ex- The Petersburg FIT Trail By Mike Johansen Commerce along with sev- eral businesses and organi- zations. There will be signs along the way directing peo- ple along the trail and spon- sor signs along the way with fitness and exercise tips sponsored by area busi- nesses or individuals. Sign sponsors include Dr. Event will be at 6 p.m. Thurs- day at the start of the five mile fitness trail at Peters- burg Elementary School. There will be an opening ceremony with a ribbon cut- ting then folks may run or walk the five mail trail, or any part of it. It goes from PES to Hornady Park and back. There will be seven benches along the trail for people to rest on. There will also be water stops along the trail that evening for the walkers or runners. Fami- lies with children in strollers are welcome as well as other forms of walking transporta- tion. There are seven bench- es along the trail. The trail is a cooperative effort between the United Way of Pike County through a "communities" grant, the City of Petersburg and the Pike County Chamber of physical fitness type sayings including "Walking is still the best form of exercise"; "Being outside taking ad- vantage of nature has many health benefits"; Exercise helps you fall asleep fast- er and sleep better"; "You can add a sharper memory Mark Luff and family; Pike County medical Transport; Generations; Deaconess Clinic; Dr. Nathanial Grow; Pike County Commission to End Drug Abuse; Good Samaritan Hospital, Vin- cennes; Indiana Farm Bu- reau Insurance; German American Bank; Pike Coun- ty Chamber of Commerce; Golden Living Care Center; Pike County Health Depart- ment; Pell Insurance Agen- cy; CVS; Amber Manor Care Center; The Zone; Da- viess Community Hospital in Washington; Jasper Me- morial Hospital; Petersburg Family Medicine; Dr. Renee Abrassart, Ramsey Vision Care; Dr. Clint, Shoultz, OD, and Family; Good Samari- tan Physicians Network, Dr. Honesto K. Fenol MD Fam- ily Practice; and Dr. Gary and Jill Keepes and Family. The signs have several came as a way to promote a healthy community, and al- so meet the goals of Peters- burg's designation as an EngAGE community. The route is entirely ADA com- pliant and showcases ma- jor sidewalk improvements made around the city over the past seven years," said Petersburg Mayor Jon W. Craig. "United Way of Pike County purchased benches with the grant funds from the 4Community2 Program and those were placed along the route. The signage was sponsored by local business- es. Each sponsor received an individual sign that in- cludes a fitness fact with good information or motiva- tion for walkers to achieve a healthier lifestyle." "We encourage people to the long list of benefits of a brisk walk." The signs are every quarter mile along the trail in blue and white along with some other colors in the sponsor area. "Essentially, the idea to come out for the ribbon cutting and walk or run the entire trail or any part of it they wish. There will be wa- ter stations along the way for this event," said Denise Kinney, executive director of the United Way of Pike County. "There are also di- rectional signs along the route about every quarter mile. For those who want to just walk to the park, trans- portation should be avail- able back to Petersburg El- out Goodlet Street follow- ing the new sidewalk put in by the City of Peters- burg a couple of years ago along McCoy Street to Fifth Street. Then it goes up Fifth to Main Street or Highway 57. It follows Main down to the Pike Avenue (SR56/57) Junction and follows Pike Av- enue (SR 56) out to Horna- dy Park. It enters Hornady Park and goes around Veter- ans Circle through the Park. It goes back out to Pike Av- enue, back down it to High- way 57/Main Street and con- tinues down Main Street all the way to South Ninth Street (Highways 61/56), It goes along Ninth Street to Walnut Street, Walnut a couple of blocks and then to Locust Street and back to Ninth Street, down to Mc- Coy Street and onto McCoy back to Petersburg Elemen- tary. Walkers can go either way on the route, it does not matter. Directional signs do point out the original route and have arrows to point the direction of the trail. The starting point does not mat- ter as anyone can join the trail at any point. For information contact ementary. We hope every- one who is interested will join us. We have already had good response for this event and want everyone to come out for the walk." The trail goes from PES the Pike County Chamber of Commerce or the United Way of Pike County offices. H Petersburg adopts six new ordinances ments. They also adopted an ordinance establish- ing compliance with ADA policies at city facilities and sets up a grievance proce- dure. This is the first step in being ADA compliant for the city. The final ordinance pro- the ADA require- hibits nepotism hiring by the city and meets require- ments of the new state law regarding nepotism and serving on public boards. The mayor also an- nance was to pay Bernard Lochmuller for consulting work for the Americans with Disabilities Act ordi- nances the city must adopt and steps it must take to meet possibly extra expenses for park maintenance. This would be a permanent transfer. The next approved ordi- Continued from page 1 nounced that the Board of Public Works and Safety would revert back to a three member board. It has been five members for the past few months of this year. The board members include John Melhiser and Fran Lewis along with May- or Craig. The move to five members was during the work on the Stellar Grant. The annexation move the city is considering is on hold for a month or so while all options are being reviewed for which land to annex within the City of Pe- found the lines on Cherry Street were in good shape, but that some lateral lines owned by homeowners had problems. There were some minor problems on the Cherry Street lines. There are about 40 feet of sewer lines in that area that must be cleared and protected from tree roots, which are blocking a sewer line in the area. The city has to cut the roots out and grout the lines to protect them from further intrusions by Margaret Hagemeyer Family to help meet some of their financial obligation incurred during Margaret's 5 month hospitalization. Proceeds will go to the Zoar UMC and desserts will be served Free Will Donation Hamburgers, salads, looking at replacing three old fire hydrants on Fifth Street and one at Tenth and Main Street. They would costs $5,000 to $6,000 each to replace. This would be part of the current water system improvement con- tract. They have about $60,000 to $70,000 remain- ing in funds from the SRF Loan after the other work was already approved. The Mayor noted they proved a quote for $12,355 for work on the sewer lines to be done that were not in the original improve- ment contract. They also approved spending $2,000 from regular sewer depart- ment funds for emergency repairs of a pump by Reyn- olds Inc. The pump broke down and had to be re- placed. The Water Board is also tersburg. The Water Board ap- area did find the two lateral lines that were crushed. The city will assist the landowners in determining what work must be done and who must pay for it. The Board of Public tree roots. The cost should be about $5,000. The Wa- ter Board approved having Superior Inc. complete the work. They are the same company doing the tele- scoping of the sewer lines. The line survey in the Works will meet at 1 p.m. Wednesday (today) to in- the Fire Territory Board is meeting with Madison Township officials to dis- cuss fire service costs for that township. The Peters- burg Fire Department does answer calls in Madison Township. terview Police Reserve can- didates in an executive ses- sion and then hold an open session to discuss the side- walk improvements and light fixture costs around the New Home Building on Main Street. The mayor also reported Walnut St. Locust St. McCoy St. McCoy St. Petersburg Elementary School Start Goodlet St. Main Street Grand jury convenes were in court Tuesday as Pike County Prosecutors seated a grand jury. Deputy Prosecutor No- Prospective grand jurors ah Schafer said they could not talk about the topic the grand jury was being seat- ed to review. Grand Jury proceedings are conducted in secret and are used to determine if there is enough evidence to bring charges. If a grand jury decides to return an in- dictment then the charges become public. H Drought looms Weather Service, Pike Coun- ty has received between 0.5 inches and 1.5 inches of rain in the last 30 days and on- ly about 2.5 inches of rain in the last 60 days. "We are definitely in a Continued from page 1 According to the National is just getting ready to go through pollination. If it stays this dry, it will hurt the formation of the grains on the ear," said Adams. "I have talked to peo- critical time period with the drought in relation to corn tasseling. Corn in that repro- ductive phase has a 7-10 day window that it is crucial for it to receive rain," said Ma- ria Restrepo with the Pike County Extension Service. "Most of the early corn the need to water trees and shrubs at least one inch of water per week. The best way to measure that is to have a sprinkler run with a rain gauge out toward the end of the drip line to mea- sure when you reach one on watering plants around the home. "For homeowners I stress Indiana Drought Monitor conditions hit in mid-June to July. Adams speculated if the ple a lot older than me, and none of them can remem- ber a drought starting in the Spring like this," said Adams. Normally the drought so being affected, just not as much yet. Adams said beans are able to withstand drought longer and recov- er better after a rain. "They have a bigger window. If they can survive and we get a rain in a month from now they won't be a great crop, but they will recover better." He added, "If we don't area doesn't get rain in the near future, corn yields will be severely affected. "There will be some spots that will be 50 or 60 percent of their normal yields and there will be some spots with no yield," said Adams. He said soybeans are al- al Weather Service said rain- fall is roughly 12 to 15 inch- es below the normal for the first six months of the year. This comes on the heels of last year being the wet- test year on record when more than 70 inches of rain fell. The annual average for southwest Indiana is about 42 inches. Shippe said because of the start getting rain in the next 10 days to two weeks it is re- ally beyond a full recovery, even for beans." Al Shippe with the Nation- White River was predicted to crest at about 19 feet, or three feet above flood stage. Currently the river is at 2.5 feet at Petersburg. Shippe said this year could be one of the dri- large amount of rain that fell last year, southwest Indiana is actually right at normal for rainfall in the last 365 days. This time last year the Abnormally Dry Moderate Drought Severe Drought Source: National Drought Mitigation Center as of June 12, 2012 be affected with herbicide treatment as they are typi- cally not in an active grow- ing phase as long as there is no rain. I am sure people can all agree that the weeds look like they are doing the best, and it is a good time to hit them with weed trimmers and dig them out as you see fit." "As far as gardens, wa- inch. I also highly discour- age mowing your lawns. It would probably be best to water your lawns as need- ed. Evergreen trees may look okay but will not show signs of drought stress un- til months later, and at that point it will be too late. Re- member when watering trees to water away from the trunk (the roots branch out away from the trunk," said Restrepo. "Weeds are not going to est growing seasons on re- cord. "The growing season is April to October. We don't know if it is going to be the driest, but it certainly has started out dry." Restrepo offered advice ter the same with at least 1 inch of water per plant. You might want to water more of- ten and consistently as this will really reduce the split- ting of tomatoes. 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