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NEW! Chicken and Dumplings $ 7.99 Plate of Chicken and Dumplings, Green Beans, Baked Apples, Roll and a Drink * from all your friends at Cakes & Coffee Café We're Closed With This Ring... 60th anniversary Rev. and Mrs. Robert King, of Arthur, will be celebrating their 60th wed- ding anniversary on Mon- day, Nov. 27. Robert is the son of the late Paul and Daisy King, and Mary Francis is the daughter of the late Car- los and Viola Mason. Both Robert and Fran are now retired from the pastorate after pastoring 41 years in Kentucky and Indiana. The couple have three children, Kimberly (King) Sherwood and her hus- band, Randy, pastor in Con- nersville; Debbie (King) DeWitt and her husband, Gary, pastor in New Castle, Penn.; and Rick and Steph- anie King, of Augusta, both are employed by The Pike County School Corp. They have nine grandchildren and 17 great-grandchil- dren. There will be a celebra- tion on Saturday, Nov. 25 from 3-5 p.m. at the Win- slow Nazarene Church fel- lowship hall. Crews visits with Steve Former Evansville Aces Basketball Coach and member of Indiana University's 1976 National Cham- pionship team Jim Crews stopped by Amber Manor in Petersburg on Saturday to visit with Steve Phil- lips. Crews said he was on his way to the Aces basketball game. He said they got acquainted when he was coaching at Evansville. He coached at Evansville when Pike Central standout Adam Seitz and for- mer Pike Central Boys' Coach Kyle Runyan played for Evansville. Elmore hired as new city services manager By Andy Heuring The Petersburg City Council hired a new city services manager and made some minor changes to a proposed golf cart ordinance during their Monday night meeting. With only three of five city coun- cilmen in attendance at the meeting, John Melhiser and Bertis Jenkins were absent, they decided to make some changes to the proposed golf cart or- dinance and then review it again at the next meeting. "I have some questions," said Coun- cilman Brian VanMeter about the golf cart ordinance. "What if the fines aren't paid? " asked VanMeter. City attorney Brian Mahoney said the city could take the violator to small claims court, similar to any other un- paid bill. "Would they still be able to drive a cart? " asked VanMeter. Mahoney said he thought as it was written, they would be able to contin- ue to drive. "That concerns me. I think it might be a safety issue. I think 99 percent of the people wouldn't be a problem, but I don't' want someone out there driv- ing a golf cart with a flagrant disregard for our rules," said VanMeter. "I think we have some examples out there of that on other ordinances," said Mayor R.C. Klipsch. "Are you think- ing suspend their permit if they haven't paid the fine within 30 days? " "I just want to make sure they know we are serious," said VanMeter. Mayor Klipsch said he talked to Po- lice Chief Chuck Baumgart about the ordinance. Baumgart said he wanted the fines to be more specific. Klipsch said Baumgart wanted the fines to be a set amount instead of saying "up to." Fines with the ordinance call for $25 on the first offense, $100 on the sec- ond and $200 on the third. Klipsch said Baumgart didn't want the police to be deciding the amount of the fine. They also asked Mahoney to take out the "may be" immediately seized out of the third offense clause. Mahoney said he put the "may be" in there so police could have discretion if the offense was egregious enough. He said he would make the request- ed changes. Eventually, the council decided they would like to have the changes made and then present it at the next meeting. "I don't' think it is a big issue to do it tonight. Look at the temperatures out- side. I don't think that there is going to be that much of golf cart usage right away," said Klipsch. "I just wish the council could have been here and looked at it and dis- cussed it together. Because you go to the next meeting and there are going to be more changes and it gets pushed back again. That is just the way I feel about it," said councilwoman Fran Lewis. CITY BUYS 608 E. MAIN ST. BUILDING FOR $5,000 Petersburg councilmen voted 3-0 to purchase 608 E. Main St. from Rob Franklin. Mayor Klipsch presented council- men with a letter from Franklin. It stat- ed he had purchased the building at the county tax sale in 2013. "I am offer- ing this property to the city or develop- ment group to dispose of it in a safe and secure manner to pursue some method to resolve the problems with the adja- cent building (606 Main St.) and this one. Due to the severe damage of this property from the adjacent building, I cannot and will not invest any funds for any renovation of this building. My price for this property is $5,000." Klipsch said he received the letter last week. "I would love to not have to address either one of them. It is just a prob- lem. But I can't see it getting any bet- ter and we really can't address it until we own it." He continued, "I'm afraid even though it isn't our problem today, we are probably the one who can address it," said Klipsch. He said there is grant money avail- able for blight elimination. However, for Petersburg to get the grant, they must own or control the property. Klipsch said the 606 E. Main prop- erty has been up for tax sale numerous times and "I'm sure the county would be happy to sign it over to us." Klipsch said with the downtown streetscape project coming, that will redo sidewalks, curbs and light poles along Main St., he thought it was crit- ical to get something done with these two buildings prior, instead of after. "I don't see we have any choice," said Klipsch. "We can sit here today and talk about owning them, but until we own them, we can't do anything," said Lewis. Councilmen voted to purchase the 608 E. Main building for $5,000. In other business, Ross Elmore was hired as the City Services Manager to replace Brian Davis, who resigned earlier this year. Elmore also serves as Fire Chief. Damage Main St. light poles to be removed Above: The base of a fallen pole shows that two of four one-inch diameter bolts has rusted through, while the other two had rusted down to only about a quarter of an inch holding the light poles in place. Right: Crews from Duke work to take down a leaning light pole on Main St. in Petersburg, Monday afternoon. Duke, after inspecting the remaining poles that didn't fall on Saturday, decided to remove them all beginning on Tuesday. yeah, it's that fast! net edition Z M www.PressDispatch.net/Subscribe The Press-Dispatch. No matter where you live.