The Press-Dispatch
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A-2 Wednesday, September 26, 2012 The Press-Dispatch Two injured in Wednesday night crash blamed in a Wednesday evening crash just before 7 p.m. A Loogootee woman was driving east on High- way 64, east of Augusta, when she failed to see an SUV stopped in front of her, waiting to turn left. Pike County Sheriff's in a Wednesday night crash and two others escaped a fiery rollover Friday night without injury during the last week in Pike County. A low direct sun was Two people were injured By Andy Heuring som, 60, of 1720 E. Thom- as St., Alford, Petersburg, who was stopped in her 1997 GMC Jimmy waiting to turn left. Sgt. Thompson said Gutg- Sgt., Adam Thompson, said Frances Gutgsell, 60, was driving a 2009 Toyota east looking into the sun and didn't see Sharon R. Ax- sell slammed into the back of Axsom's vehicle, causing significant damage to both vehicles. Both were taken by ambulance to the hos- pital, with Gutgsell com- plaining of abdominal pain and Axsom complaining of shoulder and upper arm pain. Damage to the two ve- hicles was estimated at be- tween $10,000 and $25,000. On Friday at 7:52 p.m. a Richland teen and his pas- senger escaped without inju- ry after the truck they were he arrived at the scene, the truck was fully engulfed in flames. He talked to Aar- on Watters, 18, who said he was driving about 25 mph and he attempted to turn from CR1075 E onto CR650 S. However, a deer ran in front of him causing him to lose control in loose gravel. The 1986 Ford F150 went up an embankment and overturned onto its top and caught fire. Watters and his passen- in overturned and burst in- to flames. Sgt. Thompson said when ger were uninjured. He was cited for having a speed too fast for conditions. Winslow to adopt noise ordinance jumps from one concrete slab to another Saturday afternoon with his friends Zach Boone, Dawson Willis, Luke Newberry and Caleb Dotterweich watching. Dotterweich was back on his board after only a few weeks, recovering from a serious head injury suffered in skateboarding accident. Seth Miller sentenced to 34 years sentenced to more than 34 years in jail on charges of burglary and theft in Pike Circuit Court on Monday. Seth Miller, 28, of 802 E. A rural Winslow man was By Andy Heuring Union St., Winslow, was con- victed on August 30 of cor- rupt business influence, a class C felony; burglary- dwelling, a class B felony, and two counts of theft, a class D felony. The charges stem from Miller stealing a purse and credit cards from Kelsey McDonald's vehicle and breaking in to and steal items from the Wayne and Janet Frederick residence, while they were asleep in early January of 2012. Miller also tried to use the Jeff Biesterveld pronounced a sentence of eight years with two years suspended on count I corrupt business influence-group engaged in multiple thefts, modus ope- randi-identity theft, a class C felony; 20 years on count I burglary-dwelling, a class B felony with five years sus- pended; and three years on stolen credit cards to pur- chase items from stores in Washington and Vincennes, where he was videotaped us- ing the cards. Pike Circuit Court Judge each of the two counts of theft. Judge Biesterveld said counts one, two and three were to run concurrently, while the fourth count was to run consecutively to those counts. Miller's attorney, Doug Walton, questioned the fourth count running con- secutively. Biesterveld said because the two theft counts were for different victims, the sentences were to be consecutive. When sentenc- es run consecutively, the time on one charge doesn't start until the time on the first charge has ended. When charges are concur- rent, the time starts on the charges at the same time, so in effect, a person sentenced to 15, six and three years on concurrent charges would serve 15 years. Miller's sentences will be the equivalent of 17 years. Biesterveld found aggra- vating factors: 1) The harm, injury, loss or damage suffered by the victims of the offense was significant and greater than the elements necessary to reprove the commission of the offense. 2) Miller has a history of criminal or delinquent be- havior. violating the conditions of any probation and juvenile supervision, and has never successfully complied with any less restrictive orders of the court. 4) He lacks remorse for his actions, and 5) He was found to be a restitution of $415 to Kelsey McDonald and $5,000 to Ja- net Frederick. He was given credit for of Miller showed him having fun in the store, even to the point of stealing a hat. Mill- er and Ivy Smith spent near- ly four hours in stores, fill- ing a shopping cart with vid- eo games and other items. Smith was arrested at the same time as Miller and pleaded guilty to similar charges. She received 10 years in work release. Miller was ordered to pay what he took from the vic- tims was more than their possessions, he took from them the ability to "feel safe in their own home." He also said the videotape high risk to re-offend, mak- ing him a danger to the com- munity. Biesterveld told Miller 3) Miller has a history of Tommy McQueen, 13, of Petersburg gets big air and lands perfectly as he Big air on a skateboard vid Tisdale, read an ordi- nance banning use of engine brakes except for emergen- cies. The ordinance places a fine of $50 for people using an engine brake in the town limits of Winslow. On the second offense, it increases to $75 and the third offense is $100. Engine brakes are usual- cil had their first reading of a noise ordinance and accept- ed $700 in donations from the Riverside Flea Market proceeds during their Mon- day night meeting. Council president, Da- The Winslow Town Coun- By Andy Heuring a loud noise. Town council said they had received com- plaints about the brakes be- ing used in Winslow. The ordinance will have ly on large trucks. Howev- er, Tisdale said he had talk- ed with truck drivers who said they really aren't need- ed except in an emergency. When used, they give off to be read again at the next meeting set for 7 p.m Octo- ber 8. After it is read, council members can vote to adopt the ordinance. Susan Craig told council- men the Riverside Flea Mar- ket, which is conducted on Saturdays in June, July and August had produced $820 in revenue of which $700 was given in donations. The Winslow Lions Club re- cieved $500, the Beautifica- tion Committee $100 and Riverside Flea Market $100. Craig, along with Lisa Cul- bertson, operated the flea market. She said this sum- mer they had more revenue than the previous two sum- mers of flea markets. In other business, Animal Buck Ashby, said he thought people should have to put things curb side for town workers to pickup. "It will have to be a rea- Control Officer, Terry Stro- bel, said he noticed horse riders in Winslow had been abiding by the rules of clean- ing up after their horses. "I appreciate that. I have seen they have been cleaning up after themselves," said Tis- dale. Strobel also said several dogs had been dropped off at the animal shelter. "I guess people just think it is a good place to drop dogs, but it is illegal to dump dogs," said Strobel. •Councilmen agreed to provide pickup of items dur- ing the county fall clean-up scheduled for October 12 and 13. Councilman, Glendel council wanted to have fi- nal say on who the fire chief would be. He understood the firemen were volunteers and they elected the fire chief, however, he thought the council should have fi- nal say on the position. "We have always worked with the fire department and kind of turned our heads in the past, but I think we need to have final say on the fire chief." Ashby agreed saying, sonable amount and it can't be yard debris," said Tis- dale. "We will just have to hope people are reasonable with us," • Tisdale said the town Bennett, said a committee has been formed to help plan activities for a Commu- nity Days celebration of I-69 opening. It will be on Satur- day, October 20. • Councilmen approved the claims of $33,767.09. "They need to answer to us, instead of us answering to them." • Clerk-treasurer, Beth Prides Creek Halloween events Oct. 5 Creek Park Halloween Weekend kicks off Friday, October 5 and runs through Saturday night. Friday eve- ning at shelter house 2, there is a free wiener roast at 7 p.m. and hay rides start- The 7th Annual Prides shelter house 1, there is a 10 a.m. pumpkin decorat- ing and craft event plus fire department equipment, the sheriff department and EMS in attendance. A walk or hay- ing at 7:30 p.m. For kids, on Saturday, at ride trick-or-treat starts at 3 p.m. No vehicles or golf carts can operate between 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. during trick- or-treat. The annual golf cart parade is at 6 p.m. Call 354-6798 for more informa- tion or to assist at the event. 238 days of time served while awaiting trial and sen- tencing. From the County Surveyor, EXPO BUSINESS Chamber of Commerce Pike County 4 – 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 4 Old Petersburg Gym ShowcaSing the area'S BuSineSSeS & organizationS • 50 Businesses and Organizational Booths • • Refreshments Available • • Give-A-Ways Including 2-$100 Cash Prizes • • Clowns demonstrating balloon art for the kids • • LIVE Radio Remotes from WBTO 102.3 • Surveying as we know it has been around for a long time. The father of our Coun- try, George Washington, was a surveyor as were many of our forefathers. How- ever, surveying methods today have changed dramatically, from the past. We now use what is called Global Position- ing System. This entails the use of an orbiting satellite reflecting signals sent by the surveyor from a known point back to the surveyor. This enables a person to triangulate to a position that is extremely accurate to within less than an inch. The GPS method has caused some problems. People have grown up with Dad or Grandpa telling them that their property lines ran thus and so, when in fact these lines were laid out incorrectly with the first survey. Some folks have a hard time accepting these findings, however this method is based on pure science. This leads me to the reason I'm writing this article. When I was first elected, I found that our county survey, especially the location of our section corners, were almost nonexistent. I found this to be the cause for the high cost of a private survey. With this in mind, I went to the County Commissioners to present my plan. I proposed a project to re-establish our section corners and to permanently mark them as the State requires. This would allow a private survey without breaking the bank. They agreed with me that this plan was a good idea. We advertised in The Press-Dispatch for licensed surveyors to submit pricing per marker for this project. The result, this project has continued for the past eight years with the cooperation of the commissioners and the County Council. This year alone we plan to add another seventy corners to our records. This has been a slow process and will take several years to complete. We have entered all of our records into the database. Anyone can now find the information they need without any trouble. We are also keeping a hard copy as a backup in case you need them. A map was created with red pins pointing to the section corners re-estab- lished at this time. Please consider me as your County Surveyor so I may continue this project. I would appreciate your vote this November, Prentice S. Stafford Paid for by Candidate FREE EVENT