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See participating dealer for details. 2016 GMC SIERRA 1500 4WD SLT CREW CAB WITH PREMIUM PLUS PACKAGE TOTAL SAVINGS 1 CRASH Continued from page 1 Sandra is still in the hospi- tal awaiting more tests. He said they both have numer- ous bruises, but no broken bones. According to the Indiana State Police news release, the Wrights were taken to Daviess Community Hospi- tal and treated for non-life threatening injuries. Eckes was taken to the Daviess Community Hos- pital, where he was treated for a neck injury and then he was taken to the Knox County Jail, where he is fac- ing preliminary charges of resisting law enforcement, theft and reckless driving. The State Police news release also states Eckes crashed when he was at- tempting to turn south on- to Highway 57. Davis disputes this. He said Eckes was attempting to go around the road block. "He didn't slow down at all, there was no way he was try- ing to make the turn. He was just trying to go around the road block." "I'm just glad God was with us. If things had gone just a little different, there would have been bodies here," said Davis. increase. Klipsch said the apprais- al would only change when the land use changed. "You can farm that for as long as you want." However, he said if the property is sold to a devel- oper and the property use changes from farm ground to business development, then the assessment and taxes would probably in- crease. Pike County Growth Council Director Ashley Willis said financial institu- tions typically won't finance projects in unzoned areas. She also said nine out of 10 site developers will remove a site from consideration if it isn't zoned. City Attorney Brian Ma- honey used the example of a developer building a ho- tel near the interchange and then an adult bookstore moved in next door. "How many people would want to stay at that hotel? " Cathy Miller asked Klipsch if the city couldn't just pass an ordinance to prevent that. "This is the ordinance," said Klipsch. Stone also asked about getting a portion of farm ground rezoned to Busi- ness 3 instead of residential. Klipsch told him the property located in the ar- ea where zoning is being ex- tended could be amended immediately, but the prop- erty that was in the area al- ready zoned would require a variance request. Jeff Davis asked why the Sturgeon property was in- cluded in the proposed zon- ing and the former Carl Sha- fer property was not. Klipsch said the Stur- geon property had access to the sewer line and the Sha- fer property did not. He ex- plained the city has to pro- vide two utilities to an area for it to be included in zon- ing. The map and an amend- ment to change the Stone property to B-3 was ap- proved. They then voted to recommend to the Peters- burg City Council to ap- prove the zoning ordinance. Petersburg Mayor RC Klipsch points to the area on Petersburg's zoning map where it will be extend- ed if the Petersburg City Council approves a proposed ordinance extending zoning to the I-69 inter- change at Tuesday night's meeting. Willis arrested on meth charges after being stopped on fire lane By Andy Heuring An Otwell man was ar- rested after police found him driving on a fire lane with a child on his lap, as well as meth and a gun in his truck. Nathaniel E. Willis, 34, of 8617 E. SR 56, Otwell, was arrested Friday after- noon by Conservation Of- ficers Blake Everhart and Dustin Cary on charg- es of possession of meth, possession of parapherna- lia, possession of a legend drug injection device, pos- session of a firearm by a domestic batterer, expired registration and false and fictitious plates, as well as neglect of a dependent. According to the officers reports, they saw Willis driving a minivan on Fire Lane 8 with a small child on his lap. They stopped him and during their search of the vehicle, they found drugs and paraphernalia. The child was placed with Child Protective Ser- vices. By Andy Heuring Pike Central seventh grader Simon McCrary was a finalist in the Tri-State Spelling Bee on Saturday at Ivy Tech. McCrary said he finished 12th in the contest that pitted 140 southern In- diana spelling bee champi- ons against each other. McCrary was one of about 30 finalists. He said they each took a written test with 15 spelling questions and 15 vocabulary questions. The top scorers from the written test advanced to the spelling test. He spelled seven words before running into a word that stumped him. "It must have been on a list I didn't study. I hadn't heard the word before and I don't remember it. It started with a 'ch' but I don't really know the word," said McCrary. The contestants are given a booklet with all the words they could be asked to spell. He said there are numerous lists of words, typically list- ed as words from different cultures and different lan- guages. McCrary qualified for the Tri-State Spelling Bee by be- ing the Pike Central Middle School Champion. He is the son of Neil and Debra McCrary, of Peters- burg. Simon McCrary McCrary 12th in Tri-State Spelling Bee The Chrysler 300 occupied Rev. Mark Davis and his wife Sandra Davis, of Petersburg, and the white 2007 Chrysler Pacifica occupied by Klarissa Wright 20, and Kia Wright, 16, also of Petersburg, were waiting in the northbound lanes of Highway 57 at its intersection of US50, when a Vincennes teen flee- ing police in a stolen pickup truck crashed into the side of them at about 4:30 p.m. Monday.