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Lorrayne Perry Perry celebrates 95th birthday with card shower Lorrayne Perry, of Peters- burg, will be celebrating her 95th birthday on July 20 with a card shower. Cards may be sent to: 719 E. McCoy Street, Petersburg, IN 47567. The county lost $ 94 million in assessed value last year due to redistribution of assets by IPL to another county. Pike County Schools lost more than $ 300,000 of revenue due to the drop in assessed value. Willis said the county and the EDC has been working with Capital Dynamics, who owns the project, and the de- veloper, Tenaska, to meet concerns of adjacent proper- ty owners in the area of the project. "I think we are making great headway in trying to ad- dress these concerns," said Willis. She added it is only be- cause Capital Dynamics and Tenaska are seeking tax abate- ments that the county has any avenue to address concerns about the project, because the county has no zoning. One of the concerns ad- dressed is the setbacks from the project, which deals with how close the structures can be to surrounding property owners. Originally it was 100 feet from a dwelling. Now that has been increased to 200 feet. "It is a big win, win for the community." She added it is a very environmentally-friend- ly project. "There is no noise, smell or odor, no more en- croaching buildings. Nothing bigger than a barn. If you can support economic develop- ment beyond coal and power generation, this signals what the future of economic devel- opment holds for the commu- nity." Tiago Dias, Executive VP of Development, said Capital Dynamics is the owner of the project. "We solve the puzzle. We turn a project into some- thing feasible. We have to work with landowners, and get local support and bring capital to the project." "We are very proud of the project. It will bring taxes and jobs. . . The visual impact is very minimal. It is at ground level, not too far from a tall cornfield. It is boring as hell. That is what we like," said Di- as. He added it will create about $ 800,000 a year in GDP for Pike County. An attorney for Shawn Wil- son, Cliff Whitehead, raised concerns about the project. Wilson lives next to the proj- ect, but is not part of the proj- ect. Whitehead attended a meet- ing between residents near the project and representa- tives of the company on Mon- day night. "A lot of promises were made last night," he said. He said unless those prom- ises were put into writing be- fore the council approved the ER A, Economic Development Agreement and tax abate- ment, they would be "just words." "Once you sign the Econom- ic Development Agreement, which is tied to the ER A and tax abatement, you can't pull back," said Whitehead. Wilson also spoke, express- ing concern about the project. "I live in Jefferson Town- ship in the area. My wife and I are committed to this coun- ty. We have a business in the county. We sell homes in the county. We sold 31 homes in two years. Last two years have been good to us. We are hap- py to give back to the county. This whole thing with solar panels is it has been pushed on us so fast. We want to see Pike County advance." "What I'm asking you is to make sure our best interest is there in these contracts. We know we can't stop this. Let's be honest. It is going to hap- pen, but there is nothing in there protecting us, period. This has been talked about for a long time. It does bother us. We are upset. A lot of this could have been prevented by simply being open with us." Wilson added, even dou- bling the set back from 100 feet to 200 feet isn't far enough. "I have worked hard all my life. I want to know you are looking after my interest." Most of the people speak- ing were in favor of the project. Susan Stafford said she is a Pike County resident but does not live in the affected area. "I want to speak in favor of the project. I believe our county can't keep pushing away economic development. We need to start opening our doors. We are building a tech- nology center. What good is a technology center if we are pushing away the technology of the future? " "I think it is wise to make sure in the contract our resi- dents are taken care of in this community." "There are a lot of other companies that want to be greener and they are looking to communities that want to be greener." "If we close our doors to green energy, we might close our doors to other opportuni- ties," said Stafford. Larry Adams said he was part of the project. He said he has been farming since he was young, and he contin- ues to farm and tries to make a living by trying new things. He said when corn was $ 8.67 a bushel, it was a boom, but now the price is $ 3.40 and it is tough to make a profit when it is less than $4 a bushel. "This looks like a way to give a boost to the econo- my and tax revenues. Farm- ers have to pay their proper- ty taxes whether they make $100,000 or lose $100,000." He said this will help farmers to make a profit. He stated they looked at turkey barns, but this is a much more neighbor- and environmentally-friendly project. "I would be favor of this (even) if it was on our neigh- bor's property and it didn't af- fect me," said Adams. John Dudenhoeffer said he has been a resident of Pike County for 22 years. "I have raised six kids here. I hope some of my kids are able to come back to Pike County, but they have to have some- thing to come back to. That is a concern." He added, "I'm a plant man- ager of GPC. I have been on the development end of this. I have heard a lot of the com- ments about why or why not that development should or shouldn't happen. There are no perfect projects. Very few projects are going to get as close to perfect as this one. It has very little land use impact and you are taking sunlight. If Pike as a whole can't get behind this project, the next one will not be better, if there is a next one. If you can't sell somersetting like this, it will be a tough road ahead," said Dudenhoffer. He said it was important to be timely with the project be- cause developers have a Plan A and a Plan B. They go with the Plan A until they see Plan B is easier or better. "I have seen nonsense on Facebook, about frying birds and radiation. Look at real da- ta. There is radiation, it is from the sun. There is no frying birds. This is very, very low impact on the environment. There won't be anything with a lower impact. It is a great op- portunity for Pike County. You don't know what doors will be open when you close the first one. If you lose it, it is a real loud sound," said Dudenhoef- fer. A fter the public comment period closed, the council ta- bled the matter, but appointed a committee of three people to meet with concerned property owners to try to negotiate con- cerns. They will make a rec- ommendation to the council. The council agreed to call an executive session or a special meeting to deal with the mat- ter if they needed to or take it up at their August 11 meeting. Puzzled about what to read? ..and you will have your solution. subscribe to 812-354-8500 Disabled residents warned of scam calls Disabled residents of Pike County have been getting calls from scammers claim- ing they are a federal disabili- ty agency. A local resident said he got five calls in 10 minutes on Thursday from a phone number that came up as Na- tional Disability. He said it was not a federal agency and they wanted him to give them personal informa- tion. "I'm sure they are calling other people and claiming to be a disability agency. They may not know this isn't a dis- ability agency." A general rule is never give personal information like birth dates, Social Security numbers, checking account numbers or credit card infor- mation over the phone. 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