The Press-Dispatch
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See warranty certicate for details and restrictions. 303 Breckinridge Rd, MonRoe City Box 35 Phone: 812-743-2382 Fax: 812-743-2169 Email: perryshvac@gmail.com HEATING & AIR-CONDITIONING Craig Perry Vance Perry Perry ' s LLC Serving the area since 1950. Perry ' s Complete Line of: Air Conditioning, Gas Furnaces, Heat Pumps, Whole-Home Air Cleaners, Humidifiers, Water Heaters and Water Conditioners There will be numerous short-term road closures in southwest Indiana due to road paving this summer, in- cluding two in Pike County. The Indiana Depart- ment of Transportation an- nounced a schedule for nine chip and seal projects on state highways that begin on May 3 and run through June 14. The two in Pike County are the last two on the list. Highway 257 near Sten- dal and Velpen beginning at Highway 56 to the end of the highway. It is scheduled to begin on or about June 6, de- pending on weather. The other project in Pike County is scheduled to be- gin on June 14, it will chip and seal Highway 356 from Petersburg to its end near Otwell at Highway 257. SR257 and SR356 to be resurfaced this summer were forced to drive through water to get back to Otwell. Spurgeon also had a call to Bill Green's residence on south Highway 61. They called for assistance from Lynnville because several of their firemen were blocked by flooded roads. WINSLOW AVOIDS SEWER NIGHTMARE Winslow crews were scrambling Monday morn- ing when the Patoka River floodwaters encompassed their sewer system lift sta- tion pumps, making them in- operable. Street Supervisor David Gayhart said they only had a few hours before sewage started to back up into res- idences due to the pumps that keep the sewage flow- ing through their system be- ing out. Winslow quickly called for volunteers to help sand- bag the pump stations. Town Councilmen Greg Simmons and Terry Strobel pitched in and helped with sandbag- ging as volunteers start- ed showing up. Gayhart's daughter-in-law, Brittany, and her daughter, Alexis, were there helping. "We just came to see what papaw was doing, and ended up help- ing," said Brittany. Gayhart said they were able to put the sandbags around the lift stations, then pump the water out from in- side the sandbags and get the pumps restarted. "We had lots of good help," said Gayhart. Firemen from Winslow and Patoka Townships as- sisted, as well as other vol- unteers, and they also sand- bagged the Winslow Fire Department and Ameri- can Legion as water flood- ed Union St. near the inter- section of Walnut St. in Win- slow. The storms caused a his- toric jump in the Patoka Riv- er. At 8 p.m. on Friday, the Patoka River was just un- der nine feet. But when the storms hit, it spiked to more than 23 feet by 8 a.m. Satur- day. It continued to rise to 27.1 feet on Tuesday after- noon. According to the United States Geological Service, which has maintained a riv- er gauge north of Winslow for 41 years, the flow of the Patoka River at 11,300 cubic feet per second is the high- est reading during that 41 years. The previous high flow was 11,100 in 1996. The flooding is also start- ing to cause farmers anxi- ety. Those who planted in ar- eas which flooded will prob- ably have to replant. Also the flooding isn't expected to recede for several days. There are no predictions for the Patoka River, but the White River isn't supposed to crest until Sunday. It will be several days before it re- cedes below the floodstage. Corn is supposed to be plant- ed before early June. It could be up to two weeks before thousands of acres will be dry enough to be worked. Pike County Emergency Management Agency Direc- tor Tonda Dixon said anyone with damage from the flood- ing or storm should contact her at 812-354-7540. She is keeping track of the damage in hopes of getting state and or federal help with paying for the damages. By Andy Heuring A rural Petersburg man was arrested Saturday night for drunken driving after po- lice were notified a possibly intoxicated man had been asked to leave a Princeton restaurant and was believed to be driving toward Union. David Wayne Wiley, 51, of 2249 N. CR 775 W., Peters- burg, was arrested by Pike County Sheriff's Sgt. Dallas Killian on charges of oper- ating a vehicle while intoxi- cated, refusal; possession of marijuana and possession of paraphernalia. Sgt. Killian said area po- lice were notified at about 6:30 p.m. Saturday that Wi- ley had been asked by the manager to leave the Apple- bee's restaurant in Princ- eton due to his aggressive behavior. Killian said he no- ticed a white Chevrolet pick- up driving at a high rate of speed on CR 775 W., drove up and stopped beside him. Wiley rolled down his win- dow and asked Sgt. Killian if everything was okay. Killian said he exited his patrol car and started talk- ing to Wiley. According to Killian, he could smell the odor of alcohol and while he talked to Wiley, Wiley put his truck in reverse and started backing away from Killian. Killian said he ordered Wiley to stop, but Wiley said he was going to park his truck at his house, which was nearby. He con- tinued to back away un- til Killian yelled for him to stop, opened Wiley's truck door and grabbed him by the arm. Sgt. Killian said Wiley's behavior was erratic, he was sweating profusely and would stop trying to walk to- ward his driver's side door. Wiley failed field sobriety tests and a portable breath test. Sgt. Killian said Wiley refused a chemical test and was taken to the Pike Coun- ty Jail. He also said during an inventory of Wiley's ve- hicle, police found a green leafy substance believed to be marijuana inside a small metal container in his dash compartment. An Evansville man was ar- rested for drunken driving and driving while never hav- ing been licensed after po- lice stopped him for speed- ing on Highway 56. Wanya Davion Owens, 19, of 1900 Plantation Ct., Apt. C, Evansville, was stopped by Pike County Deputy Sheriff Jason McKinney. McKinney said he saw Owens driving 64 mph in a 55 zone on Highway 56 near the Cato-Winslow Road, in a vehicle with only one tail- light. When he stopped the vehicle, Deputy McKinney noticed the odor of burnt marijuana coming from the vehicle as soon as Owens rolled down the window. He said Owens told him he did not have a driver's li- cense and he was driving be- cause his girlfriend was put- ting on her makeup. Deputy McKinney said Owens told him they had smoked marijuana about an hour earlier. He failed field sobriety tests and was tak- en to the Pike County Jail, where he was preliminari- ly charged with operating a vehicle while intoxicated, refusal. One of his three passen- gers, Kelsey Ritter, also of Evansville, was cited for pos- session of marijuana and re- leased after she told police she had a small amount of marijuana in her purse. A Petersburg man was ar- rested early Sunday morn- ing after a resident contact- ed police that someone hit a utility pole on Highway 356 near Alford. Jacob Burkhart, 24, of 908 E. SR 356, Petersburg, was arrested by Pike Coun- ty Deputy Buck Seger. Deputy Seger said police found a blue Ford truck and Burkhart at the scene. Seger said the truck had heavy front end damage. He said the truck had hit a utility pole, a tree and they found two mailboxes knocked down at about 2:30 a.m. Deputy Seger said Bur- khart appeared to be intoxi- cated and told police he had drank about 10 beers. He failed field sobriety tests and was transported to the Pike County Jail, where he tested 0.151 percent for blood alco- hol content. He was preliminarily charged with operating a ve- hicle while intoxicated. due to lines of customers at the counters and phone calls. As long as your mail is postmarked by May 10, 2017, you will not be charged a penalty. Again, please be patient with us. Your check will be processed, however, it may be several weeks be- fore we get to it." Query said for the conve- nience of the taxpayer, the Treasurer's Office will have extended hours on May 8, 9 and 10 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. They will not be open on Saturday, May 6 due to the A zalea Festival and limited parking issues. Three arrested for OVWI in separate incidents County Road 500E in Lockhart Township was closed due to a six foot culvert being washed out by the torrential rains over the weekend. About 11 inches of rain fell in two days. Josh Byrd, Assistant Superintendent of the Pike County Highway Department, said the culvert on CR500E was washed about 50 yards away. Crews were able to retrieve the culvert and reinstall it after the water levels went down. A gaping hole is all that is left after a six foot culvert was washed out by the heavy rains Saturday on County Road 800E.