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Veterans' Special Treat Your Favorite Veteran To A FREE Special With Purchase Of A Special! NEW! NEW! NEW! Chicken and Dumplings $ 7.99 Plate of Chicken and Dumplings, Green Beans, Baked Apples, Roll and a Drink * CASA PreSentS: Human Trafficking 101 by Christina Wicks of ITVAP (IN Trafficking Victims Assistance Program) Monday, November 13 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm at Cakes and Coffee 618 Main Street, Petersburg PIKE COUNTY Cold sandwiches, drinks and desserts will be abailable for purchase. Adam Scales (812) 354-8488 adam.scales@infarmbureau.com was barely able to let go of the shut- off switch. Brooks AFB is where the astronauts were tested, using much of the same equipment for their physi- cals and training. Comprehension and math testing was employed to test how well the airmen functioned after each day in the two-month program. Following the Brooks AFB assign- ment, Dan had a tour of duty at Lowry AFB in Denver for electronics train- ing. He and several airmen buddies got some time off in a Pinto and took an approximate 1,000 -mile tour of the wild west that included mountains, Yellowstone National Park and a lot of pushing, coasting and looking for fuel. They slept outside of the vehicle and only had blankets to ward off the ele- ments. His duty station was at Griffith AFB in New York State with the Strate- gic Air Command (SAC). At Griffith, he worked with bombing, navigation computers and Terrain Avoidance Ra- dar with the 416th Avionics Mainte- nance Squadron. His tasks there in- volved working with the bombing sys- tem used by the B52-G strategic nu- clear bomber. In 1973, Dan suffered a permanent injury to his spine and served the rest of his enlistment on limited duty. He turned down a Variable Reenlistment Bonus ( VRB) of $10,000 and was dis- charged in February of 1974. Since then, his condition has deteriorated to where the VA declared him one hun- dred percent disabled in 2009. Nega- tive foot drop disability affects his mo- bility, causing a lot of difficulty with stairs. Dan says it makes him "feel like wading through snow" when he walks. His injury is in the lower back at L -4 and L -5. Each of the four surgeries was a setback for Dan, but he continued to rebound and work in industrial main- tenance over the years. Dan's first back surgery was per- formed by the VA, but the next three were through his private insurance that he obtained through his indus- trial maintenance work. His "negative foot drop" is a result of the delay in the first surgery. Prior to leaving the ser- vice, Dan volunteered for Southeast Asia, but never left the country or got on flying status. He was involved in a salvage operation when a B52 from the 416 Bomb Wing crash landed near the runway. Firemen extinguished the re- sulting blaze with their hoses, going into the intakes of the under wing mis- siles. He said all of the crew escaped through the break in the fuselage with only minor injuries. His job was to re- move electronics from the aircraft. Dooley explained that the couple was approved for the VA sponsored Specially Adapted Housing (SAH) program, which provides grant funds to help veterans with permanent and total service-connected disabilities to live independently in a barrier-free en- vironment. The Fullingtons want peo- ple to know that they "never felt enti- tled" and "are thankful to the Ameri- can people for their generosity" and al- so for "the VA team that helped us get everything done." Regarding the SAH program, Dool- ey said, "Dan was perfect for it. It was a one-page form and it worked out great for him and Deborah." Dooley, a US Navy retiree who has been the service officer for three and a half years, said he was "grateful to be able to provide services" for veterans. He added, "It is very, very rewarding for me to be in- volved with helping veterans." The SAH program assists veterans with permanent and total service-con- nected disabilities to construct a new home or remodel an existing home. Dan's wife, Deborah, said, "There was red tape and things take time, but I hope this will help other vets get help, so they can get around and enjoy life. They have given so much (to their country). They shouldn't have to fall down stairs." Military service runs in Dan's fam- ily. Recently, he uncovered a Joseph Fullington in Wisconsin that was in the Civil War but was killed in a dis- pute shortly after. His father, Patrick, began a Navy tour of duty in the South Pacific in 1943, but little is known since his records were destroyed in a fire. Patrick died in a car accident in 1955. The Fullingtons have twin sons, Chris and Patrick, who have both served in the military in Kuwait and Iraq respectively. Patrick became an Apache chopper pilot, then fixed wing and is now a commercial pilot for Amer- ican Airlines since his tour in Mosel. He is still in the guard and occasional- ly flies for the Wounded Warrior proj- ect. Dan's son, Chris, recently rode out the storm in the Caribbean, where he is a medical student at Ross Universi- ty, studying to be a doctor while still in the Army reserves. By Ed Cahill Whenever life hands you lemons, they say, make lem- onade. But what that prover- bial phrase leaves unsaid, however, is how to dispose of their peels. Someone's solution to that question – dumping a large quantity of lemon peels in- to Petersburg's stormwa- ter system – has local offi- cials concerned after the peels showed up at the city's wastewater treatment plant following a heavy rainstorm on Sunday night. "We had about a two-inch rain last night and, with our infiltration issues, it just takes us to full capacity, and it doesn't make sense," May- or R.C. Klipsch said during a meeting of the city's Board of Public Works and Safety on Monday, Nov. 6. "(Sewer plant operator) Matt (Rob- inette) called me and said that they had lemon peel – just a big wad of it – come through the system." Klipsch told committee member Fran Lewis – the committee's other member, John Melhiser, arrived lat- er, just before the meeting adjourned – that it was be- lieved that the lemon peels had been dumped into a storm drain on Main Street, directly in front of City Hall, during the Buffalo Trace Festival in September. "If you remember, the concession truck that was selling the lemonade was right in front of City Hall ... so it was very likely that the guy dumped all those lem- ons in that drain right there when he finished," Klipsch said. "Still, it should not have gone to the wastewa- ter facility. It should have ended up in Prides Creek." The incident, Klipsch said, shows the serious- ness of the infiltration prob- lem that the city has with its wastewater collection system. "Our normal day, we're at a certain level, but when we have a big rain event, we may triple that level, so that just shows you we've got it coming all over town," Klipsch said. "It's some- thing we hope to be work- ing on." City attorney Brian Ma- honey suggested that city employees use a remote- controlled camera to inspect the stormwater collection system to determine where the infiltration issues are oc- curring. "Well, that's what (Robi- nette) and (sewer plant op- erator) Todd ( Jenkins) plan to do," Klipsch said. "But you'd have to follow it all the way," Mahoney said. "That's right," Klipsch replied. "But it was kind of shocking when you think where we think that came from and where it ended up." Klipsch said that infiltra- tion was occurring through- out the city. "Identifying them and try- ing to fix them is just a night- mare," Klipsch said. "But anything and all we can do would help." City deals with storm water infiltrating septic system trol car, it turned left onto CR 50 S. and accelerated away to the west. Killian continued to run back to his car and pursued the van, and radioed central dispatch about the pursuit. Killian said the van was going in excess of 80 mph on hilly rock roads and as it would top hills, he would lose sight of it as it was about .75 miles ahead of him. He said he noticed tire marks on CR 175 S., so he turned onto that road and soon caught up to the van that was now going much slower. It eventually stopped. Sgt. Killian said he thought maybe the van had broken down. But instead, when he approached the ve- hicle, he noticed the woman was now driving. She was identified as Tam- my Smith, who was married to Seth. She told Killian that Smith had gotten out of the van at the T intersection. According to Killian's re- port, Tammy said she had told Seth she was leaving him and they got into an argument. He forced her to drive the van to the dirt lane while he held her by her hair and repeatedly punched her in the face, breaking her nose. She also said Seth was telling her he was going to rape her and kill her, cut her into pieces and put her into a freezer. She told Sgt. Killian when they got to the end of the lane, Seth was still telling her he was going to rape her, but he wouldn't touch her until she cleaned the blood off her face from where he had punched her. He then made her get a jug of water out of the back of the van and wash her face. She said she didn't know why, but then he started tell- ing her he was going to take her to Winslow. So he made her get into the van and start driving out of the lane. She said when he saw Sgt. Killian, he started yelling, "How do they know, how do they know where we are? " Tammy said while they were fleeing in the van, she told him to jump out of the van at the T intersection and she wouldn't tell on him. Sgt. Killian said he and several officers started a search of the area to locate Smith. While still talking with Tammy, Killian said Re- serve Deputy Travis Trout- man informed Killian he got information that Smith had been picked up and taken to David Taylor's residence in Winslow. Sgt. Killian, Deputy Mike Willis and Petersburg Cpl. Jared Simmons went to Tay- lor's residence at about 9:35 p.m. When they arrived, Sgt. Killian said it was ap- parent no one was home. He said while officers were talking and running license plate checks on vehicle's parked in the driveway, he noticed an SUV pass by and it was being driven by Amy Walker. One of the vehi- cles in the driveway had re- turned as belonging to her. So he got into his vehicle and followed her to Collins St., where she made a turn without signaling. Sgt. Killian said he stopped the vehicle and ap- proached it. When he shined his light into the vehicle, he saw Smith sitting behind Walker. Taylor was also in the vehicle. He said he pulled the ve- hicle door open and ordered Smith out of the vehicle, but he refused to get out and said he hadn't done any- thing wrong. Killian then told Smith if he didn't get out, he would be tazed. He was then placed in handcuffs. Sgt. Killian said after being placed in handcuffs, Smith started trying to pull away and had to be taken to the ground un- til other units arrived to as- sist. According to Killian's re- port, both David Taylor and Amy Walker said Smith told them not to stop when Killian was pulling them over. Without help from the Specially Adapted Housing (SAH) program, the Fullingtons could not afford a barrier-free home on their own, according to Dan and Deborah Fullington. The elimination of stairs and other barriers made the home much more safe for the couple.