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"I was struggling with ups and downs. This girl I knew stopped by and said, 'I want to take you to a re- vival tonight.' I thought that was harmless. We got into the car and drove to Wash- ington. I remember going to Washington down this back road and there was this tent." He began to think may- be it wasn't so harmless. "I thought, 'get me out of here.'" "So we go to this tent re- vival and we sit down as kind of a music snob, there is this lady singing through a tape recorder." Cook was thinking, "you have to be kidding me." So eventually, Brother Charles Thompson, a for- mer Methodist pastor, starts preaching. "I'm about seven rows back. He said, 'Young man, stand up.' I am trying to figure out who he is talk- ing to." He said, 'Young man stand up,' people are nudg- ing me and he starts tear- ing through people, com- ing back to me." Now Cook knows this isn't going to be a harmless event. "And he points at me and grabs me. He says, 'When you were 12 years old, you were called to preach the gospel. Then you made an inner vow and said you would not do it. Today that vow ends.'" Cook said Thompson went on to tell him things about his life, including that his "feet would touch many nations." "At that point, I was try- ing to figure out how not to get high the next day," said Cook. The back story about Cook is he had accept- ed Christ as his savior at a church camp at Camp Pa- hoka, when he was 12 years old. Cook summarizes that by saying, "I had made a vow." "I had great friends. I was trying to evangelize them. Jokingly, they made fun of me. They were just joking, but I took as a rejection. I remember saying, 'I'm not going to talk about it any more.'" Now more than 10 years later, a 65 -year-old preach- er is telling him about that vow. "So I broke that vow that night. That was a major turning point where I real- ly began to believe God was even bigger than the little God we try to see theolog- ically and all the little boxes we put him in," said Cook. "He is all knowing, all powerful and he is inher- ently good. He wants good things for us and will use any means he can. For me, it was a 65 -year-old guy telling me the secrets of my heart." Next week, Cook talks about the direction of his life since that turning point. By Andy Heuring Two people were arrest- ed for drunken driving this weekend after police were called to a possible break- ing and entering, and police were called to a parking lot to check on a person acting strangely. A Petersburg man was arrested at about 11:30 p.m. Friday when police were called to a Jackson St. res- idence in Winslow to check on a possible break-in. Anthony N. Wallace, 43, of 214 S. Wallace St., Peters- burg, was arrested by Pike County Deputy Buck Seger. Deputy Seger said when he responded to the call, he found Wallace passed out on the front porch with his head laying against the in- side door to the house. Deputy Seger awakened Wallace, who had a Crown Royal bag with a bottle in- side the bag. According to Deputy Seger's report, Wal- lace told him his friend, Hosh Nolan, lived at the house and said Wallace could stay there. He also said he had been drinking at the Bob Inn and had driv- en to Nolan's residence from the Bob Inn. Seger said he then knocked on the door and talked with Nolan. Nolan told Deputy Seger, Wallace was not welcome and he wanted him to leave. Wallace failed field sobri- ety tests and was taken to the Pike County Jail, where he tested 0.136 percent for blood alcohol content. He was preliminarily charged with operating a vehicle while intoxicated. An Oakland City man was arrested Saturday at about 9:30 p.m. after police were called to the Dollar General Store parking lot in Peters- burg. Police Cpl. Jared Sim- mons was asked to check out a man acting weird in a truck. Simmons said he found a Ford Escape sitting on the parking lot and talked with the occupant, Clint Rumble, 36, of 915 N. Main St., Oak- land City. Simmons said he could smell alcohol while he talked with Rumble, who told him he had seen several juveniles on the parking lot and he tried to talk to them and hangout with them, but they just left. Rumble failed field sobri- ety tests, but tested just un- der the legal limit of 0.08 percent for blood alcohol content. While talking to Rumble, Cpl. Simmons said Rum- ble told him he had smoked meth earlier in the day. He then refused to take a chem- ical est and was arrested on a preliminary charge of op- erating a vehicle while intox- icated (refusal) and driving while suspended, prior. Two arrested for DUI in separate incidents Winslow takes down Christmas decorations Winslow Street Supervisor David Gayhart and employee Randy Bolin put a Christmas wreath into the back of the town's truck. They were part of the crew that took advantage of the sunny weather to take down Winslow's decorations last week. Bucshon discusses development with Pike EDC On Wednesday, January 24, 2018 Pike County EDC welcomed Congressman Bucshon to Pike County. The EDC and Congressman Bucshon discussed Pike County's efforts in economic development including a recently completed master plan for 4,000 acres; planning for infrastructure from roads, water, waste water, electric, gas, and fiber connectivity. EDC Executive Director Ashley Willis said they also talked about "Our recent success with the federal EDA grant for the Technology Center, thanks to Congressman Bucshon's support and marketing the Southwest Indiana Megasite." Congressman Bucshon provided the group with an update on tax reform, workforce development and infrastructure. Above are (l to r) Ash- ley Willis, Mayor RC Klipsch, Dennis Bishop, Congressman Bucshon, Joe Dedman, Drew Ponder, John Mandabach, Greg Willis and Paul Wheatley.