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The Press-Dispatch Wednesday, August 23, 2017 A-3 LOCAL Call: 812-354-8500 Email: news@pressdispatch.net or bring in a hard copy: 820 E. Poplar Street, Petersburg NEWS BRIEFS Master Plan Open House Thursday Pike County resi- dents will get a chance to review the prelimi- nary Master Plan for the development of the corridor along I-69 and Highway 61 this Thurs- day. An openhouse is schedule at the Pike County Courthouse auditorium with doors opening at 4 p.m. and the presentation begin- ning at 4:30 p.m. Ashley Willis, execu- tive director of the Pike Economic Development Corporation, said engi- neers from the various firms working on the plan will explain the plan and take question on it. Willis said it is ex- pected to be completed by 6 p.m. Main St. Bed Races deadline Sept. 1 You're not dreaming! Discover Downtown Pe- tersburg, Onyett Fabri- cators and Parsifal Cor- poration are hosting a Bed Race on Saturday, Sept. 16 as part of the Buffalo Trace Festival. Now's the time to start building your beds and teams! No bed? No problem! Onyett Fabricators and Pike Central welding students have two beds ready to go! Just bring your team and decora- tions. Send the completed registration form, in- cluding the $25 entry fee per team, by Sept. 1 to: Petersburg City Hall, 704 Main Street, Petersburg, IN 47567. For more informa- tion, see buffalotrace- festival.com/bed-race. Vendors sought for Buffalo Trace Fest Vendors are now be- ing accepted for the Buffalo Trace Festi- val. Non-profit organi- zation spaces are free with businesses start- ing at $50 per space. Download and fill out the form at www.buffa- lotracefestival.com/ vendors and drop it off at Petersburg City Hall, located at 704 E. Main Street, Petersburg. Applications are due no later than Sept. 1. If you need addition- al information, call 812- 354-8511 or visit the website. MOOSE LODGE Dining Specials 5pm-8pm 115 Pike Ave., Petersburg OR ORDER FROM MENU FRIDAY 8-25-17 SATURDAY 8-26-17 Buffet with Salad Bar. Only $9.95. 10 oz. Smoked Pork Chop with two sides $7.50 or Hamburger Steak with two sides $7.50. Sandwiches, Fish and Steaks Open to the Public Coffee or Tea with special. &21*5$78/$7,216 722857($0 )RU3XWWLQJ3DWLHQWV 6DIHW\)LUVW 7KDQNVWR\RX*RRG6DPDULWDQHDUQHGWKH QDWLRQ¶VWRSGLVWLQFWLRQIRUSDWLHQWVDIHW\ZLWKDQ³$´ JUDGHIURPWKH/HDSIURJ+RVSLWDO6DIHW\*UDGH 7KH³$´UHFRJQL]HVRXUKLJKVWDQGDUGVLQSDWLHQW VDIHW\7KLVKRQRUEHORQJVWRHYHU\RQHRIRXU WHDPPHPEHUVZKRZRUNHYHU\GD\IRURXU SDWLHQWV&RQJUDWXODWLRQVDQGWKDQN\RX 7KH /HDSIURJ +RVSLWDO 6DIHW\ *UDGH LV DQHOLWHGHVLJQDWLRQIURP7KH/HDSIURJ *URXSDQDWLRQDOLQGHSHQGHQWZDWFKGRJ WKDWVHWVWKHKLJKHVWVWDQGDUGVIRUSDWLHQW VDIHW\LQWKH8QLWHG6WDWHV 66HYHQWK6W_9LQFHQQHV,1__JVKYLQRUJ Luff said he checked with numerous surrounding counties. "We are way in- sufficient to other counties for inspectors," said Luff. He said Posey and Spencer counties both "pretty much had full-time inspectors." Luff suggested the coun- ty hire a part-time person for 21 hours a week and train them for both food inspec- tor and sanitation inspec- tor jobs. He said some of the fac- tors involved include them not adding any more hours to Dooley, because he works part-time as the Veterans Service officer, and they need to keep his hours at less than 30, or they then have to include him on the health insurance benefits. Luff also said typically the Sanitation Inspector has a bigger workload during the summer hours, but that lets up in the winter months. He explained the responsibili- ties include checking trash complaints, dog bites, meth houses, new septic systems and failing septic systems. He said the Health Board wants to use the third per- son to help with Sanita- tion responsibilities in the summer, then in the win- ter months, help with food inspection responsibilities. Luff said another advan- tage of this would be to have back-up for both positions in case of health problems. He said they occasionally get calls about sewage draining into people's yards or other urgent calls. This arrange- ment would allow them to re- spond quickly. County Auditor Ron Wil- son said while they were in between Sanitation Officers, the county had been get- ting complaints about peo- ple needing sanitation in- spections before they could do additions to their houses. Part of the recommenda- tion was also to reduce the amount of hours for Food In- spector Pam Cosby, but still pay her the same amount. Her current salary is about $11 an hour, while the San- itation position made about $15 an hour. They wanted to reduce her hours so she made the same hourly wage. "As far as we are con- cerned, you have our bless- ing," said Commissioner Jeff Nelson, who chaired the meeting Monday night in place of Brian Davis. Da- vis couldn't make the meet- ing due to the death of his fa- ther Don Davis. (See obitu- ary on page D-6.) The matter must be ap- proved by the county coun- cil. County commissioners voted 2-0 to approve a con- tract with RQAW to do en- gineering on Phase I of the County Road 350 N. project. This is an access road to a planned industrial park near the I-69 interchange. Engineering costs are expected to be $240,000. County Highway Superin- tendent Roger Ham said the county ran the numbers on doing this as a state and fed- eral project. They found out it was less expensive to do a federal project, because as a federal project, 80 percent of the engineering costs will be reimbursed. Commissioner Ryan Cole- man asked if the project in- cluded getting lighting at the Highway 61 interchange. Pike County Economic Development Council Exec- utive Director Ashley Wil- lis said she has talked with state officials about getting lighting. She said she was told it would have to be a safety concern. She said they are working on docu- menting accidents at the in- terchange. She added they have also approached IN- DOT about cost sharing a lighting installation. In other business, the commissioners voted 2-0 to hire Holly Bryant as the new Emergency Manage- ment Agency Director. Bry- ant had been serving as the interim following Tonda Dix- on's resignation to take a re- gional position. The Emergency Man- agement Agency Advisory Board had interviewed Bry- ant and recommended she be hired as director. "We have received sever- al calls from public safety in- dividuals who had put in a good word for Holly," said Nelson. The next commission- ers' meeting is scheduled for 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, Sep- tember 5 in the courthouse rotunda. HIRE Continued from page 1 County paving in Prides Creek Pike County paving crews were in Prides Creek Park on Monday and Tuesday paving a section of road. Above: Mitch Pancake smooths out still steaming hot mix they are putting in a narrow section along the main entrance just past the gate house. They also filled in some areas where the road had been cut for pipe culvert replacements. a replacement meter will cost $5,604. He also said Matt Robinette had complet- ed his test to be a certified plant operator. However, because he doesn't have a full year of experience, he can't be the operator, so he was named the assistant operator. Klipsch said the fire department has scheduled an open house for their new fire department building for 1 p.m. on Sunday, September 3. Weebelos Justin Thorne and Ayden Young attended the city council meeting as part of their requirements needed to move from Weebelos to Boy Scouts. Thorne and Young helped Mayor Klipsch lead the Pledge of Al- legiance to start the meeting. The next meeting will be moved from Monday to 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, September 5 because Monday is Labor Day. STREETSCAPE Continued from page 1 Weebelos Ayden Young and Justin Thorne, from Pack 151, helped lead the Pledge of Allegiance to start the Petersburg City Council meeting Monday night. Attending a government meeting was one of the requirements of advancing from Weebelos to Boy Scouts. Mayor R.C. Klipsch told the boys he was in Pack 151 as a boy. He also gave them a brief summary of the role of mayor and city councilmen. SUBSCRIBE TODAY! We're not afraid to shed some light on the truth. 812-354-8500