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A-2 Front Wednesday, June 19, 2019 The Press-Dispatch JULY 4TH Continued from page 1 Huntingburg Music Hall Home of David Wayne's Opry Isaac Colley Millie Meunier Jay Michaels (Mike Lance) THE WHOLE OPRY GANG TERRY KENDALL AS ELVIS plus SATURDAY, JUNE 29 Doors Open at 6:15pm • Show Starts at 7pm Concessions & Souvenirs • Advanced Tickets $15 ~ Dinner available downstairs at Market Street Soup & Salad~ Free shuttle available at Opry Entrance • 312 N. Main St., Huntingburg Call NiNa at 812-893-1570 to reserve your tiCkets today! TRIPLE PLAY Nashville Recording Artist TANKER Continued from page 1 they pave these streets. Pe- tersburg received grant money to help pay for the paving 15th and 16th Sts. Mayor Klipsch said the idea is to replace the troublesome lines so they don't have to dig up newly paved streets. SPEED LIMITS TO BE REVIEWED Petersburg Police Chief Chuck Baumgart asked for the city to consider lower- ing the speed limit on side streets to 20 mph. They are currently 30 mph. "It is too fast. We all know it," said Chief Baumgart. "We have children out playing basket- ball and riding bicycles and whatever else in the streets. We would have to modify it and then put up signs," said Baumgart. He said he checked on the cost of signs and got an estimate of about $2,200. No action was taken on it, but the council agreed to look at it. Baumgart said the other speeding complaint was on Highway 356 as it comes into town near Lakeview Dr. "Oh my yes, they fly by there," said Councilman Fran Lew- is, who lives in that area. Baumgart also noted a problem with standing water on Highway 61 near Good- let St. on the south edge of town. He said after a rain, the water can get deep and causes a traffic hazard. Mayor Klipsch said he had recently talked with a representative of Indiana Department of Transpor - tation about that. "He said, 'you would not believe how many calls we get on that.'" Klipsch said INDOT has given it a designated project number. "This is hard to be- lieve, but the problem they are having is it is too small of a project to get a contrac- tor to bid on it." He added, it was some- thing the city could proba- bly do in less than two days. Councilman Gary Leavitt said there is a storm drain in that location, but the prob- lem is simple. The last time Highway 61 was paved they messed up the elevation of the road and it doesn't drain into the storm drain. Klipsch said he thinks they have just assigned the contractor doing the re- building of Highway 61 from Main St. to the White River to take care of it while they are in town. Klipsch said that probably will be in 2020. The next Petersburg City Council meeting is sched- uled for 6:30 p.m. Monday, July 1 in the council cham- bers on Main St. FIRE Continued from page 1 Kelley escapes partially submerged vehicle A Lynnville man was able to crawl out of the window of his partially submerged car at about 10:30 p.m. Sunday, June 9. Kyle O. Kelley, 35, of 223 Church St., Lynnville, was driving his 2015 Chevrolet Cru- ze west on CR 1220 S., near CR 400, when he ran off the right side of the road and crashed into a body of water, according to Pike County Deputy Sheriff Paul Collier. Most of the passenger compartment was submerged into water. Kelley told Deputy Collier he fell asleep and when he woke up, he was in the wa- ter. He was able crawl out of the driver's side window and get to dry ground. He was not injured. His ve- hicle had an estimated $10,000 to $25,000 damage. 716 Main St. Petersburg • 812-354-9372 Visit us at facebook.com/margeshallmark Hours: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday 9-5; Friday 9-6 Marge's Gold Crown Saturday Special Purchase a Hallmark Tote for only $2.99 ($5.99 value) Fill it with merchandise and SAVE 20% on your purchases.* SATURDAY ONLY *Regular-priced items only Excludes Keepsake Ornaments and Gift Certificates SATURDAY, JUNE 22 9 A.M.-5 P.M. 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"There is a bedroom, bath and kitch- en on the back side and all three were engulfed in flames," said Truitt. When he was driving to the fire, Truitt said he could see the flames from CR 225 E., before he got to CR 375 S. When he arrived, the fam- ily told firemen Melinda was still inside the residence. He said they got a team of three firefighters assembled and they made entry through a window of the room the family thought she was in. "They searched that room, made it part of the way in- to next room, maybe the liv- ing room, but conditions in the house had deteriorated to the point they had to get out." "It was very disappoint- ing," said Truitt. "At that point, it went from a rescue to a recovery." He said her body was eventually found on the opposite side of the house. The cause of the fire re- mains under investigation. However, Truitt said due to how intense the fire burned, they may not be able to de- termine the cause. "They didn't have any idea how it happened. They were all asleep," said Truitt of the Taylors. The Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office has been investigating the fire's cause. Truitt said he had not heard from the State Fire Marshal about their in- vestigation. Winslow, Spurgeon and Petersburg assisted Pato- ka with the fire. Truitt said this was the first time he had been chief when there was a death involved. "Ross (El- more) and Jason (Bottoms) were very helpful to me. Ross was critical in helping me make decisions," said Truitt. Fire crews were on scene until about 5 a.m. Friday. They were recalled to the ar- ea at about noon due to the fire rekindling. Amy said they lost every- thing in the fire and they are currently staying with fam- ily. Clothing and other items can be dropped off at 103 Porter St. in Winslow. Their family clothing siz- es follow: Their nine-year-old son wears size 10/12 shirts and pants, and size 5 shoes. Their daughter wears large and X-large tops and bottoms, and size 10 shoes. David's sizes are 2X shirts, 38W-32L pants and 10.5 shoes. Amy's sizes are size 22 pants, and 2 or 3X shirts, size 11 shoes. A Go Fund Me page has been set up to help the Tay- lors with expenses. The link to that site is gf.me/u/ti9nz. METH BUST Continued from page 1 report, said there were "a couple of eight balls." Police said they also found $254 in cash on him. Deputy Simmons said the packages field test- ed positive for meth and weighed 3.6, 4.0, 3.7, 4.2 and 0.5 grams for a total of 16 grams. A search of the vehicle found a small amount of marijuana in the cubby hole of the driver's door. Police also said they found a small clear zip bag with a crystal- like substance in Thomp- son's purse. Both Reed and Thompson were taken into custody. A third passenger, Josh- ua Deckard, of Blooming- ton, was given a ride to a gas station so he could call a friend to pick him up. Sim- mons' report said no drugs were found on Deckard or near him in the vehicle. THURSDAY, JULY 4 Parade starts at 10 a.m., followed by the midway opening with rides, and the famous Ruritan BBQ chick- en and rib dinners available. A State of Indiana resolu- tion will be presented to the 1969 sectional champion Ot- well Miller basketball team at 11:15 a.m. A local truck and trac- tor pull starts at 2 p.m. and there will be a children's tractor pull in the Commu- nity Center gym. Bingo starts at 2 p.m. The rides will close at 1:30 p.m. and reopen at 4 p.m. The bands of Joe Nobody and One Night Stand will perform beginning at 7 p.m. Fireworks will be at dark. FRIDAY, JULY 5 Grounds will open at 4 p.m. and bingo starts at 5 p.m. The third annual Fire- cracker Volleyball tourney starts at 7 p.m. with two divi- sions: four vs. four co-ed and six vs. six co-ed. Pre-regis- ter by calling 812-789 -3705. The Battle of the Blue- grass Pulling series fea- turing Light Limited Su- per Stock tractor class, pro street diesel trucks, hot farm tractors and modified 4x4 trucks begins at 7 p.m. SATURDAY, JULY 6 A full day of events are set for Saturday, starting at 8 a.m. with the Stars and Stripes Cook-off contest. Registration is $10 per per- son. Pre-register for it at 812-789 -3705. Sampling be- gins at 10 a.m. and ends at 2:30 p.m. Chicken will be judged at 3:30 p.m., ribs at 4:30 p.m. and cook's choice at 5:30 p.m. A car, truck and tractor show opens at 10 a.m., with the rides and vendor booths opening at 11 a.m. Registration for the Corn- hole Tournament of Cham- pions' Farewell Tour is at 5 p.m. Throwing starts at 6 p.m. Also the cook-off winners, and car, truck and tractor show winners will be an- nounced at 6 p.m. The Firecracker Demo- lition Derby starts at 6:30 p.m., with the classes of mini-cars, bone stock class and old school metric class. Raffle winners will be drawn at 9 p.m. A Petersburg man was arrested after leading po- lice on a mostly slow speed chase that lasted about 90 minutes and spanned two counties. Joshua Hyneman, 36, of Petersburg, was arrested on charges of resisting law en- forcement with a vehicle, a level 6 felony; operating a ve- hicle while intoxicated; op- erating a vehicle while intox- icated endangerment; reck- less driving; and two counts of leaving the scene of an ac- cident. Vincennes City Police re- sponded to a vehicle crash where the driver was trying to leave the scene at about 2 a.m. Police said witness- es reported the driver ap- peared to be intoxicated and attempted to fight civilians who were trying to stop him. When Vincennes Police arrived, the driver got back into his vehicle and fled, swerving at two Vincennes Police vehicles. Police pur- sued him and State Troop- er Nicholas Hatfield was able to deploy stop sticks at Willow Street and 14th sts., striking the left rear tire of Hyneman's vehicle. He then continued east on Willow St. and onto U.S. 41 South. Hyneman then exited U.S. 41 onto several county roads, mostly southbound. On 241, west of Decker, Hyneman lost control and struck a telephone pole with the rear of his truck. The utility pole snapped and fell into the roadway, causing a Vincennes Police Officer's patrol car to be covered by live power lines. Decker Fire and Duke Power Company were dispatched to assist the VPD officer who could not exit his patrol car due to power lines. Hyneman continued through a field and got back onto 241 westbound. Gibson County had a deputy on 241 at U.S. 41 with stop sticks. He deployed and struck the right rear tire. Hyneman got back on 41 and went south into Gibson County, where the vehicle fi- nally became immobilized at Trippett Road, just south of Steelman Road, east of Hazelton. Hyneman was tak- en into custody at about 3:30 a.m. and transported to the Knox County Jail. Police said the pursuit lasted about 90 minutes and the average speed was about 20 mph, even on major road- ways. They added the pur- suit encountered very little traffic. Hynamen arrested after leading police on 90-minute chase