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St. Rd. 364 Winslow, IN 47598 Grab the family and come experience some of the things Sugar Ridge FWA and the Division of Fish & Wildlife have to offer. e event will have a wide variety of hands-on activities, including: .22 rifle shooting, archery, nature hike, fishing, kayaking, a fish touch tank, and fish filleting and cooking demo. e event is free of charge, including lunch. Special thanks to Quail & Upland Game Alli - ance's Patoka Hills Chapter for helping us put on this event. Register to participate by calling: 812-789-2724 FAMILY EVENT Free Fishing Weekend • No Fishing License Required VIST dnr.IN.gov/2337.htm WINSLOW Continued from page 1 those recommendations at Tuesday's meeting, but he needed to get new Indiana Code numbers to put in the resolutions calling for the transfers. He said he hoped to have them ready for the next meeting. Councilmen hired Nathan Deweese to a full-time posi- tion with the street depart- ment. He had been part-time for Winslow. "I think if we don't make him full-time, we are going to lose him," said Brewster. He said it would cost about $5,000 a year more to make him full-time. Brewster said Deweese was to start imme- diately. Brewster also comple- mented the street and wa- ter departments for finding a leak at the corner of North and Walnut streets. Street Supervisor David Gayhart said it was a four-inch wa- ter main that was laid over a sand rock and split. He said the water was going up- hill, which made it hard to find. Gayhart said they had looked in numerous plac- es for the leak. A couple of weeks ago, Deweese had been drilling holes trying to find it and started looking downhill from where the wa- ter was surfacing and found the source of the leak. "It is unusual for it to go uphill," said Gayhart. Brewster said they expect the town's daily water usage to be reduced now that the leak is fixed. Councilmen paid the claims of $47,261.24. The next council meeting is scheduled for 7 p.m. Mon- day, June 11 at the Winslow Community Center. By Andy Heuring Three people were arrest- ed at an apartment in Peters- burg after police investigat- ed a suspicious vehicle re- port Saturday afternoon. Jason Poor, 43, and Sere- na Poor, 39, both listing their addresses in Plymouth, Ind., were preliminarily charged with possession of marijua- na and paraphernalia. Eric Wayne Montgomery, 27, of Princeton, was charged with possession of marijuana. Petersburg Police Cpl. Scott Wright said at about 2:15 p.m. Saturday, central dispatch received a com- plaint of a suspicious vehi- cle parked on private prop- erty without the owner's per- mission. Cpl. Wright said he and Pike County Depu- ty Mike Willis responded and found a vehicle parked in a driveway near Autumn Apartments. Wright said since it was so close to the apartments, he decided to start by going door to door in the apartments. His re- port states as he walked to- ward an apartment door, it opened and Jessica Straw and Chelsea Straw walked out of the door. He said after they made eye contact with him, they turned and walked the other direction, but as he was standing about 10 feet from the open door, he could smell the odor of burnt mar- ijuana coming from inside the apartment. Cpl. Wright, in his report, stated he asked them to return and they did so immediately. Inside the apartment, Cpl. Wright said there were four other people, two males and two females. According to his report, Wright said he talked with the group about the marijua- na and they were cooperat- ing. He said both Jessica and Chelsea Straw attempted to persuade the others to com- ply with his request and Er- ic Montgomery held out his hand to Serena Poor, who removed a small clear plas- tic bag and handed it to Cpl. Wright. He said Montgomery gave it to Poor to hide when they saw Cpl. Wright coming to- ward the apartment. Wright said it contained what appeared to be mari- juana. Wright then asked them to give him any additional illegal substances or items. Jason Poor then went into a bedroom and brought out another plastic bag contain- ing marijuana and a smok- ing pipe. Jessica Straw, who leased the apartment, told Cpl. Wright she and her son were on the contract for the apart- ment. She said the Poors had been staying in the second bedroom. Wright, in his report, said he asked one more time if that was all the illegal items and was told it was. Police then searched the bedroom where the Poors had been staying and found a plastic container with a marijuana cigarette in it, and then a folder contain- ing a larger amount of mari- juana in a plastic bag, and a smoking device. Wright, in his report, stat- ed they did not find any il- legal items in Straw's bed- room. Both the Poors and Mont- gomery were taken into cus- tody on the marijuana charg- es. By Andy Heuring An Illinois woman was ar- rested after an off-duty offi- cer noticed her stumbling as she walked to her car from Casey's in Petersburg. Melissa D. Matier, 42, of Harrisburg, Ill., was arrest- ed on a charge of operating a vehicle while intoxicated (refusal), at about 8:15 p.m. Saturday on Main St., Pe- tersburg. Pike County Deputy Sher- iff Buck Seger said he was contacted by Indiana State Trooper Chase Eaton, who told Deputy Seger while he was getting fuel at Casey's he noticed a woman stumble from the store while walking to her vehicle. He also said she killed her vehicle sever- al times while trying to exit the parking lot. Deputy Seger said he no- ticed the vehicle driving north on Highway 57 and while following her, noticed her weave about the entire northbound lane, crossing the center line and fog line multiple times, before he stopped her at Eastwood Dr. and Main St. When he talked with Mat- ier, Deputy Seger said he no- ticed several alcohol con- tainers in the car. He said Matier's pupils were large, despite it being sunny, and she had slurred speech. Deputy Seger's report stated Matier told him she had a few sips of beer and she takes several medica- tions. She failed field sobriety tests and was taken to the Pike County Jail, where she refused a chemical test. A rural Hazelton man was arrested for operating a ve- hicle while intoxicated af- ter a minor motorcycle ac- cident. Brian Shover, 53, of 9625 W. SR 65, Hazelton, was ar- rested Saturday afternoon after a motorcycle accident was reported to police. Pike County Deputy Paul Collier said at 2:46 p.m., cen- tral dispatch was notified of a motorcycle in a ditch off of Highway 56 near CR 850 W. Deputy Collier and State Trooper Hunter Manning went towards the area and were unable to locate a mo- torcycle in the ditch. How- ever, Collier said when he drove past the Union Store, he noticed a motorcycle with dust all over it. He went into the store and found Shover ordering food. He matched the description of the per- son reported in the accident. Deputy Collier said Shov- er said the motorcycle was his and he had hit some loose gravel and his rear wheel went into a ditch. He said he wasn't injured. Shover admitted he had been drinking. According to Collier's report, Shover said Deputy Collier could test him to see how much he had to drink. Shover failed field sobri- ety tests and was taken to the Pike County Jail, where he tested 0.099 percent for blood alcohol content. The legal limit in Indiana is 0.08 percent. Illegally parked car leads to marijuana arrests Four arrested for OVWI in separate incidents A full closure of U.S. 50 in Montgomery for a structure replacement project is being announced by INDOT. On or around Monday, June 4, contractors will close U.S. 50, about 7.5 miles east of the intersection of State Road 57, for excavation and replacement of a drainage structure. The closure will be in effect for about 10 days around the clock. The official detour for the closure uses I-69, S.R. 58, U.S. 231 and U.S. 50. INDOT urges drivers to slow down and stay alert near crews. US 50 to be closed for about 10 days CREATIVITY. OUR SPECIALTY. The Press Dispatch PIKE COUNTY'S NEWS NETWORK Design by two of Indiana's top designers is included with every ad purchase. Call today! 812-354-8500 OR ADS@PRESSDISPATCH.NET Storm downs tree in Winslow A quick-moving storm with winds up to 70 mph on Sunday evening downed this large tree on East St. in Winslow near Alice and Greg Sims' residence. The tree took down a power line that knocked out pow- er to the area until about 4 a.m. Monday. The stormed scattered limbs all over town and had two differ- ent periods of small to medium-sized hail. Winslow Town Councilman Greg Simmons said he looked out his window and saw yard chairs in his backyard swirling around in the air.