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FREE Process color Is wIth your full-Page ad $ 150 VALUE rePeat your ad on oct. 4 at half PrIce. Winslow VFD Summerfest starts Aug. 25 By Andy Heuring A new festival in Win- slow starts in two week- ends. The Winslow Volun- teer Fire Department Sum- mer Festival begins Friday, August 25 and will contin- ue on Saturday, August 26. It is one of three last sum- mer festivals the other two are the Petersburg Buffalo Trace Festival on Septem- ber 15 and 16 and the Win- slow Fall Festival on Satur- day, September 16. WINSLOW FIRE DEPARTMENT FESTIVAL SET FOR AUGUST 25-26 The first Winslow Fire Department Summer Fest will start at 5 p.m. on Fri- day, August 25 with the National Anthem being played. Also starting at 5 p.m. will be a flea market, carnival rides, a softball tourney and karaoke and a disc jockey lineup. Kale Shelton will per- form from 7 to 8:30 p.m. followed by the Mariners from 8:45 p.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday starts at 8 a.m. with the softball tourney and flea market resuming. There will be more ka- raoke at 10 a.m. followed by a karaoke contest from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. with the winners being announced at 1:30 p.m. Zeff West will perform at 2 p.m., which is also the starting time for a senior pageant. Uprising will perform from 3:30 to 5 p.m. and the Mariners will return from 6 to 7:30 p.m. A cornhole tourney is scheduled for 4 p.m. with outhouse races at 5 p.m. The light parade starts at 9 p.m. with lineup be- ginning at 8 p.m. near the Fire Department on Collins St. The parade will proceed north on Main St. to the Sports League fields. BUFFALO TRACE FESTIVAL IS SEPT. 15-16 Petersburg's Buffalo Trace Festival will cele- brate Petersburg's 200th year as a city. It will feature free car- nival rides, musical enter- tainment, bed races, a pa- rade and fireworks all on Main St., Petersburg. Activities will start at 5 p.m. and feature bicenten- nial re-enactments on the courthouse lawn and food and vendor booths will open at 5 p.m. as well. A parade is set for 6 p.m. with opening ceremonies set to follow at 6:30 p.m. The line up of musical performances for Friday night will include: Kyilin- di Pipes and Drums Band, Pike Central Jazz Band and Cochren and Company. Saturday activities will start with the Farmers Market opening at 9 a.m. More re-enactments will begin at 9 a.m. as will the FFA Pedal Tractor pull. Tony Rothrock, Jerry Wilis and Albert Swain will perform on the bicen- tennial stage beginning at 10 a.m. Little Miss Petersburg and Junior Miss Peters- burg and Miss Petersburg pageants will begin at 11 a.m. Stacy's Studio of Dance will perform at 1:30 p.m. The free carnival rides will open at 1 p.m. and run through 10 :30 p.m. Tony Rothrock will re- turn to the state at 2 p.m. this time with Shelby Lynn, Henry Norton and Albert Swain. The Main Street Bed Races will fire up at 3 p.m. Brick Briscoe will per- form at 4:30 p.m. followed by the Pike Central Swing Choir, Rodney Watts Con- cert from 6 to 8 p.m. Pike County native Jason Stur- geon will perform from 8:30 to 10 p.m. They will wrap things up with a fireworks show at 10 p.m. WINSLOW COMMUNITY FESTIVAL SET FOR SEPT. 16 The 12th Annual Win- slow Community Festival is set for Saturday, Sep- tember 16. It will feature their light up parade on Saturday night and a long list of ac- tivities. They include a flea market, kayak run, inflat- able, karaoke, balloon art- ists, paint ball, dunking booths, family games, mu- sical entertainment, a pup- pet show and tractor show. Details on schedule are still being worked out. Three arrested on meth and OVWI charges By Andy Heuring The report of a suspicious vehicle at the Patoka Fire Department led to the arrest of two people on meth relat- ed charges and a third for drunken driving last week. Lloyd C. Coleman, 50, of 1565 W. CR 50 S., Peters- burg, was arrested on pre- liminary charges of posses- sion of meth less than five grams; possession of par- aphernalia; conspiracy to deal meth; and operating a vehicle while intoxicated (refusal). Jerri Curtis, 44, of 701 E. Main St., Washington, was arrested on prelimi- nary charges of possession of meth; possession of par- aphernalia; possession of marijuana; and habitual traf- fic violator. Melanie A. Seeley-Sig- gers, 43, was arrested on preliminary charges of op- erating a vehicle while in- toxicated (controlled sub- stance). Police were first called to the Patoka Township Fire Department building on Highway 57 for a report of a suspicious vehicle that had been parked in front of the bay doors. The caller said she was told to leave and did but she circled the area sev- eral times. Petersburg Cpl. Jared Simmons located the vehi- cle and stopped it. Accord- ing to police reports, See- ley-Siggers was driving the vehicle and was found to be under the influence of meth- amphetamine. She told police she was at the fire barn waiting on her friend, Jerri Curtis, who was going to stay at her resi- dence that night. Pike County Deputy Dal- las Killian told the officers he had received informa- tion from Washington po- lice about Curtis, that she was an associate of a known drug dealer who had been arrested earlier that day. Killian said he also knew Curtis was in a relationship with Lloyd Coleman. Later that night, police stopped a vehicle matching the description of one Curtis and Coleman were thought to be driving. Deputy Buck Seger said he saw the vehi- cle go left of center on High- way 57 and it didn't have a working license plate light. He stopped it and Coleman was behind the wheel of the vehicle. When he approached the car to talk with Coleman, he said Coleman had slowed speech and lethargic move- ment. He also noticed Curtis was on the passenger side of the backseat, not wearing a seatbelt. He asked Coleman to take field sobriety tests and said when Coleman got out of the car, he didn't have any shoes or a shirt on and was wear- ing an apron. He failed field sobriety tests. Deputy Seger called for a canine unit and the dog in- dicated there were illegal drugs in the vehicle. A search of the vehicle found a glass smoking pipe with black burnt residue, which field tested positive for meth. He said they found three other pipes, some testing positive for marijuana resi- due. According to police, Cur- tis said the drug items were not hers, that Coleman was probably trying to set her up. Coleman also denied knowing the items were in the car and said he wasn't driving, but because Cur- tis had a suspended license, he switched with her before they were stopped. Deputy Seger also said while talking with Curtis, she said they were going to meet Siggers. According to the police report, she told him Coleman had made a deal to sell $45 of metham- phetamine to Siggers. Cur- tis also said she and Cole- man had smoked meth at his residence earlier in the night and that he usual- ly kept his meth in a white shed behind his residence. Police obtained a search warrant and said they found a glass smoking pipe with black residue, which field tested positive for meth, and a digital scale. In the house, they found a digital scale, a blue glass lid with white powder resi- due and two pieces of a bro- ken hollow blue pen contain- ing a black residue. Co. Council appoints Sanders to Parks board By Andy Heuring Council councilmen made an appointment to the Park and Recreation Board, heard about needed changes in a health depart- ment position and approved a $250,000 additional appro- priation for paving. Councilmen appointed Dewayne Sanders to the Park and Recreation Board by a 4-3 vote. He was one of two candidates nominated. Councilman Travis Trout- man nominated Sanders and Councilman Dennis Bishop nominated Kyle Adams. Bishop said he was pleased to have two good candidates. 'Can we voted for both of them? " asked Councilman Randy Harris. Councilmen were told both were campers at Prides Creek. Sanders is an engineer with Lochm- ueller while Adams works with Crop Production Ser- vices. Harris, Greg Mangin and Troutman voted for Sand- ers, while Greg Willis, Bishop and Todd Meadors voted for Adams. Councilmen voted to ap- prove an additional appro- priation from the High- way Fund into the bitumi- nous fund. "We are trying to leave the CEDIT (Coun- ty Economic Development Income Tax) alone," said County Highway Superin- tendent Roger Ham. He said if they get the Cross Road paving grant from the state, they will be able to use the $250,000 from the highway fund to pay for their match without needing any CEDIT funds. "I think that balance is as strong as it has ever been," said Council Presi- dent Greg Willis. The additional was ap- proved by a 7-0 vote. In other business, Pike County Health Nurse Amy Gladish told the council they need to redo the Sani- tarian position, that was va- cated by Al Foust. She said he worked 14 hours a week, but the job has many more requirements than can be completed in 14 hours. She said they hired Tom Dooley and he is doing a good job, but he said it is too much of a job for $10,000 a year. A fter discussion with the council about several op- tions, councilmen suggest- ed the Health Board meet and decide how they want to handle the position and then come back to the coun- cil with their recommenda- tion. The next council meet- ing is 8:30 a.m. Tuesday, September 12. It will be fol- lowed by the budget-setting session for the 2018 budget. Wrecks, speeding leads to four drunken driving arrests By Andy Heuring A Westfield man was ar- rested for drunken driving after police said he had a minor wreck and fled the scene on Monday, August 7. He was one of four people arrested for drunken driv- ing in Pike County over the last week. Seth A. Pickering, 48, of 329 W. Vibrunum Run, West- field was arrested by Peters- burg Police Cpl. Kyle Mills. Cpl. Mills said he was dis- patched to a report of a sil- ver Audi driving reckless- ly at 5:18 p.m. near High- way 61 and I-69 overpass. He was unable to locate the vehicle after driving to Pike Central and back. As he was returning, Mills said he was dispatched to an ac- cident on CR300N. While en route to CR300N he saw a silver Audi that had been reported trying to leave the scene of the accident, turn south on Highway 61. Even though he had his emergen- cy flashing lights on, Mills said the car continued to speed away before it finally slowed down. Mills said he could smell alcohol when he talked with Pickering. He failed field sobriety tests and was taken to the Pike County Jail, where he tested 0.20 for blood alco- hol content. The legal lim- it in Indiana is 0.08 percent. Pickering was prelimi- narily charged with oper- ating a vehicle while intoxi- cated and leaving the scene of an accident. He was also found to be wanted on an out-of-county warrant. An Evansville man was arrested early Friday morn- ing after police stopped him for speeding. Brian Parker Meeks, 48, of 3013 Vermont Ave., Evansville was arrested by Pike County Sheriff's Sgt. Dallas Killian. Killian said he stopped Meeks for driving 82 mph on I-69. While issuing Meeks a warning ticket, Sgt. Killian said he noticed Meeks didn't have the dex- terity to put his license back in his billfold. He then failed some of the field sobriety tests and when asked to take a chem- ical test, said he would fail it because he had smoked marijuana earlier. Sgt. Killian said when he told Meeks he was being arrest- ed for operating a vehicle while intoxicated, Meeks became agitated and said he couldn't believe he was going to jail for marijuana he smoked before the left the house. He was taken to the Pike County Jail on a charge of operating a vehicle while in- toxicated (controlled sub- stance). A Petersburg man was arrested after a report of underage drinking led po- lice to stop a vehicle Friday night. David W. Crow, 37, of 2014 S. Second St., Peters- burg was arrested by Pe- tersburg Sgt. Chad McClel- lan after police got reports of underage drinking at a residence. Police said they saw sev- eral people who had been drinking outside get into a vehicle and drive away and Sgt. McClellan stopped them. McClellan said when he stopped the car, Crow got out of the Ford Ranger pick- up with a beer in his hand. Then his two female pas- sengers got out of the truck with beers in their hands. Crow told police he was intoxicated. He failed field sobriety tests and was tak- en to the Pike County Jail, where he tested 0.19 per- cent for blood alcohol con- tent, which is more than twice the legal limit in In- diana. He was preliminarily charged with operating a vehicle while intoxicated. One of his passengers, Cassidy Engleman, 19, of Jasper tested 0.11 per- cent for blood alcohol con- tent. She was arrested on a charge of minor consuming. The other passenger was not arrested. A rural Winslow man was arrested last Wednes- day afternoon after police received a report of an ex- tremely intoxicated man leaving the liquor store. Mark A . Coleman, 66, of rural Winslow, was arrest- ed by Winslow Town Mar- shal Steve English. English said when he got the report he started looking for the vehicle de- scribed to him and found it parked halfway on the side- walk in front the Bob Inn. English said he drove around the block and the car had driven away, and he later located him at the Quick Pick convenience store. English said as he drove up he heard people at the gas pumps yelling at Cole- man because he was about to back into them. English said as Coleman drove south on Highway 61 and Marshal English said he saw Coleman drive on- to a curb, and stopped him in front of the Eskimos Gro- cery. Coleman failed field so- briety tests and taken to the Pike County Jail, where he tested 0.26 percent, which is more than three times the legal limit. He then was taken to the hospital to be cleared be- fore he could be housed in the Pike County Jail. Coleman was preliminar- ily charged with operating a vehicle while intoxicated. yeah, it's that fast! net edition Z M www.PressDispatch.net/Subscribe The Press-Dispatch. No matter where you live.