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The Press-Dispatch East Gibson News Wednesday, August 29, 2018 C- 11 Wood Memorial beat Gib- son Southern, and last year Wood Memorial took a 0 -2 loss to them. Stolz said, "We always want to play them hard, al- ways want to give them a good game." He added that the county rivals take a lot of effort and that the competition benefits his team. Stolz added that the sec- ond half was comprised of mental lapses. Regarding starting goal- keeper Casey, Stolz said, "He played great." Keeper Kennedy Black- lock came in for Casey late in the game, and Stolz was im- pressed with the one-hand- ed save she had versus Titan Avery Gick. Stolz mentioned that Blacklock just started play- ing soccer for the girls' team last year, and is now facing the strength and speed of boys. "She moves very well...her mechanics are natural," said Stolz of Blacklock. Wood Memorial did not have enough players for a girls' team this year, so Blacklock along with Avery Tepe joined the Trojan boys to continue playing soccer. Stolz added that Tepe spent the last two summers prac- ticing with the boys. "It's an adjustment," Stolz said re- garding changing from play- ing with girls to the more fast-paced game that boys bring. Along with the girls, Wood Memorial has a lot of players who are new to the game of soccer, including two new players on the Tro- jan defense. Stolz left the game with this mindset, "You look at positives, keep it in perspec- tive." TOUGH Continued from page 10 Travis Bottoms, while Cameron Saulman runs behind him, charges toward Gibson Southern's defense during Wood Memorial's 0-6 loss last Thursday night. Kenzie Rudolph photo Trojan player Austyn Hudson on the heels of Gibson Southern's Isaac DeFelice during Wood Memorials 0-6 loss on Thursday night. Kenzie Ru- dolph photo Above: Justin Stickland goes head-to-head with a Titan player during the game at The Fort on Thursday night. Kenzie Rudolph photo Left: Wood Memorial's Avery Tepe up against Titan player Avery Gick at The Fort last Thursday evening. Kenzie Rudolph photo By Janice Barniak Saturday, in the first session of the Dream Day to inspire girls to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering and math fields, girls brainstormed ide- as to solve problems, not in a far off universe where a train leaves Cleveland at 10 :15 a.m., but actual prob- lems in the real world of non-sustainable resources. The sixth through eighth grade girls discussed how to reduce trash in the fast food industry by creating edible spoons, for example, and how to reduce prop- erty loss in Indiana's flood plains with floating hous- es, dams or legislation, and addressing harnessing the energy of exercise. The Dream Day was intended to connect girls with future careers they could see themselves pursuing in STEM by talking with women who are already in those fields, including a team from Mead Johnson Reckitt Benckiser, women within Toyota, A zelis Americas, Eli Lilly, University of Evansville, The Nature Conservan- cy, and Proctor and Gamble. The young women also did experiments through- out the day to pique their interest in STEM and dis- cuss what they learned. Margo English, Owensville Community Public Li- brary director, talked to the girls about the larger goal for the day. "The fact you're here means you've got something big in your future," she said. Last year in November, her niece, Rachel Vondrak, passed away, and she and Rachel's mother, Shannon Vondrak, wanted to host the Dream Day in honor of the girl's memory. "She was bright, she was like you, and she had a big future in front of her," English said. "We've lost a shin- ing star...I know she had something to give the world, something the world is now not going to have." She said the women who came that day were there to empower the girls, to help them go forth and be what they could, in some way to make up for what the world lost in Rachel. "All these women here took their day to spend with you. All these women have faith in you, and they see a future for you." DREAM DAY ENCOURAGES GIRLS TO PURSUE STEM "As I learned more about engineering, I realized I was attract- ed to solving problems, and there were many ways in the world to improve upon our lives and our lifestyles...eventually I worked on bringing safe drinking water to Indiana communities." Melissa Moran Nature Conservancy of Indiana "My dad started working at Toyota when I was in fifth grade, and they had these fall family days where you could take a tour of the plant. I remember walking into the assembly shop, and it was just chaos. There were doors hanging from the ceiling and all these parts strewn down the line, and I kind of thought, I want to know how that all comes together. So it was neat that I got my ME (mechanical en- gineering degree) and then got to work there." Jennifer Cheaney Toyota Motor Manufacturing of Indiana "At first I was a science major, then I found out about the advanced manufacturing program. I've always been a hands-on learner. I worked with my grandpa who was a logger, so I've always worked on equipment and stuff...I felt like it was something I could succeed in. You do mechanical one day, robotic the next. You never get bored." Jordan Like Toyota Motor Manufacturing of Indiana "I took advantage of all the training and on-the-job skills. I learned all I could, and every promotion that came up, I would put in for it." Erin Nickens Toyota Motor Manufacturing of Indiana "We're making sure our people are trained so that we know that formula is exactly what that baby needs...We really want to encour- age you to follow any kind of career you want, because it's all there in science, technology, engineering and math." Pam Trickey Mead Johnson Reckitt Benckiser From left, Kyra Matsel and Emily Adams analyze the presence of sugar chemically to discover which common, sweetened drinks contain the most sugar. Participants were surprised to find how close Sprite and apple juice are in sugar content. Deputies may get standard raise increased By Janice Barniak Gibson County Council looked at a request from the Gibson County Sheriff's Department for an additional deputy, but decided against it for the current draft of the budget Wednesday. "I can't vote in favor of addition- al until we get fully staffed," Coun- cilman Derek McGraw said, refer- ring to the sheriff's difficulty in filling two open positions. If those positions were filled, and the de- partment at full staff, then they would consider more if the sher- iff requested more. The council discussed why the sheriff would have so much trou- ble finding deputies. According to Councilman and Princeton Police member Jay Ri- ley, the Princeton Police Dept. has a waiting list for people who want hired. Fellow PPD member McGraw said there is a "disparaging differ- ence" in the pay between Prince- ton and the Sheriff's Office—in a meeting last week, Commission- er Steve Bottoms put it at $11,000 per year, and the difference be- tween Gibson County and War- rick County Sheriff's Office at $ 3,000. The council aimed to close the gap somewhat with a raise above the $750 the council has preliminarily set for all county employees. "They're not filling the posi- tions for whatever reason. I'm just saying part of it might be a pay dis- parity," Riley said. The council agreed, and decid- ed to double the pay raise going to county deputies this year, giving them $1500 instead of $750 for the year. Nothing is final, however, until the council's budget passes. "We're not going to fix the re- tention at jail," said Riley, who added people starting at the job are looking for a way to move up in policing. "When I became a po- liceman, I had the opportunity to go to Toyota and make a lot more money, but I became an officer be- cause that's what I wanted to do." GOT EAST GIBSON NEWS? egnews@pressdispatch.net