Pekin 4 th of July Event Schedule For the 189th Year- 2019

Tuesday, July 2 nd
7:00 a.m. til Dark Flea Market Set-Up
Wednesday, July 3 rd
4:00 p.m. til after FIREWORKS Food Court Open
4:00 p.m. til after FIREWORKS Flea Market Open
4:00 p.m. til after FIREWORKS Bluegrass Rides, Food, Games
4:00 p.m. til 5:30 p.m. Pekin Baby Contest Registration near Stage
4:00 p.m. til 8:00 p.m. Spin-A-Round Sound & Entertainment on Stage
5:00 p.m. til 8:00 p.m. Borden Lions Club Fish Dinner at Pekin Park Shelter House
5:00 p.m. til 6:00 p.m. Lifeline Wrestling at the Basketball Court
6:00 p.m. til 7:00 p.m. Pekin Baby Contest- Darlene Hall
7:00 p.m. til 8:00 p.m. Lifeline Wrestling at the Basketball Court
8:00 p.m. til 10:00 p.m. The Wulfe Brothers on Stage
10:00 p.m. FIREWORKS by Straight Shooters at the Pekin Park
Thursday, July 4 th
8:00 a.m. Parade line-up at Eastern High School Parking Lot

Walking Units line-up in Town of Pekin

10:00 a.m. PARADE Tisha Coles, Coordinator with Family & Friends

Theme- 2019- “Stars, Stripes, and Dreams”
Grand Marshall- Roger L. Newlon

After Parade til 5:00 p.m. Food Court Open
After Parade til 5:00 p.m. Flea Market Open
After Parade til 5:00 p.m. Bluegrass Rides, Food, Games
12:00 p.m. til 2:00 p.m. Borden Lions Club Fish Dinner at Pekin Park Shelter House
Immediately After Parade Invocation by Jeremy Goen- Pekin Church of Christ Minister
Presentation of “Colors”- Pekin American Legion Post 203
Star Spangled Banner- TBA?

Pledge of Allegiance by Pekin American Legion Post 203
Reading of the Preamble of Declaration of Independence
-Eastern High School Salutatorian- Katie Schlesener
Back Home Again in Indiana- TBA?
Welcome Patrons
-Taylor Humphrey, Pekin 4 th President of the PCBO

12:30 p.m. Dollars for Scholars of Eastern High School
-Ray Ramsey and Terry Thixton

1:30 p.m. Prince and Princess Contest on Stage- Darlene Hall, Coordinator
3:00 p.m. Presentation to PCBO by the Lyles Family for the Stage Wall in

honor of the Family Service to our Country!
4:00 p.m. Queen Contest- Darlene Hall, Coordinator
5:00 p.m. 2019 Queen Crowning Announcement

Special Thanks and Closing by Taylor Humphrey, President PCBO 2019

The Indiana State Police Capitol Police Section is now accepting applications. Individuals who are interested in beginning a rewarding career as a Capitol Police Officer may apply online at http://www.in.gov/isp/2367.htm.  This website will provide a detailed synopsis of the application process as well as information on additional career opportunities with the Indiana State Police Department.

Applications must be received via online submission by 11:59 pm (EDT) on Wednesday, July 10, 2019.  Applications received after the deadline will not be accepted.

Basic Eligibility Requirements and consideration factors for a Capitol Police Officer:

1. Must be a United States citizen.
2. Must be at least 21 years of age when appointed as a police employee. (Appointment date is December 27, 2019)

1. Must meet a minimum vision standard (corrected or uncorrected) of 20/50 acuity in each eye and 20/50 distant binocular acuity in both eyes.
2. Must possess a valid driver’s license to operate an automobile.
3. Must be a high school graduate as evidenced by a diploma or general equivalency diploma (GED).                                                                                

The academy begins on September 16, 2019. The starting salary for a Capitol Police Section Probationary Officer is $44,497.00 a year. The Indiana State Police Capitol Police Section also offers an excellent health care plan, which includes medical, dental, vision, and pharmacy coverage for both current and retired employees along with their families.  The State maintains short-term and long-term disability plans for full time employees after six (6) months of continuous employment.  As an Indiana State Police Capitol Police Officer, you are automatically enrolled in the Public Employees Retirement Fund (PERF).  The State will contribute to your retirement account.

Interested applicants can obtain additional information about a career as a Capitol Police Officer by visiting http://www.in.gov/isp/2367.htm

The City of Salem Utilities’ Department will be performing flushing of the fire hydrants throughout the entire city.

The flushing will begin Monday, June 24, 2019, and run thru Monday, July 1, 2019, between 7:30am –5:00pm.

Customers may experience low water pressure during the flushing period.

Please call the City of Salem Municipal Utilities’ office, 883-3937 if you have any questions concerning this process.

Box culvert is first of three 2019 projects on U.S. 31 near Crothersville, Uniontown

INDOT contractor E&B Paving Inc. will begin work to replace a box culvert on U.S. 31, north of Uniontown, on or after Monday, June 24, weather permitting. The road will close one mile north of S.R. 250 for approximately 30 days while work is completed.

Additional bridge rehabilitation and replacement projects are scheduled to begin later this summer on U.S. 31 over Blau Ditch and Grassy Creek, between Crothersville and Uniontown, that will also involve road and lane closures. Additional details will be announced prior to each project’s start date.

The official state detour for all U.S. 31 closures in Jackson County will be I-65 NB to U.S. 50.

Brown County State Park and Abe Martin Lodge remain closed through at least Sunday, June 23.

Several free programs scheduled by the park’s interpretive services have been relocated to the Brown County Visitor Center at 211 S. Van Buren Street in Nashville, IN, including Indiana reptiles on display on Friday and Saturday, an Arts in the Parks sketching program and a live raptor program on Saturday. See the full schedule of activities and program times at http://bit.ly/2Y2jk2j.

The sediment level from last weekend’s heavy rainfall still remains too high in Ogle Lake to allow the production of potable water. State Parks staff members have provided cancellation notices to guests with reservations for the campgrounds and for Abe Martin Lodge through Sunday evening.

Park staff continue to work with DNR’s Division of Engineering, consultants and the Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM) to ensure that when the park reopens there is safe drinking water and water for all needed uses across the property.

Closure beyond the weekend will be evaluated as we watch lake conditions and rainfall.

Don’t expect the current daily deluge of rain to stop any time soon, says David Call, a meteorology professor at Ball State University.

And climate change may be to blame.

“The long-range forecast calls for continuous rain throughout the summer for the Midwest,” Call said. “Overall, it’s been a wet year and it will stay wet.”

He said the weather pattern for summer calls for warmer and wetter weather in the U.S. south and east and cooler in the north and west, he said.

“The jet stream is causing weather systems to track right through Indiana, funneling moisture into the Midwest. There are very few regions of the U.S. suffering any sort of drought, but lots of places are suffering flood conditions.”

Call points out that climate change may be causing the recent weather issues.

“With climate change, the planet gets warmer and puts more moisture in the air,” he said. “When you increase moisture, you increase rain. An inch more of rain here and there and you quickly are dealing flooding.”

Call also noted that due to climate change, the jet stream over the U.S. will get weaker, creating more stagnant weather patterns.

“So, rain gets stuck over the same area. Right now, we are wondering if it will ever stop raining, but in 2012, we had the worst drought since the Dust Bowl and people wondered if it would ever rain again.”

A 25-year-old man who went missing earlier this month has returned, Indiana State Police say.

Dakota Ray Fessel was last seen on June 8 in Corydon, Indiana. He returned on June 18, police said.

The police statement thanked the family and public for providing information during the investigation