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C-12 Wednesday, September 5, 2018 The Press-Dispatch EAST GIBSON NEWS Submit school news: Email: egnews@ pressdispatch.net Deadline: Noon on Friday Dr. Schlottman, new to Wood Memorial's math program By Kenzie Rudolph Dr. Devon Schlottman, former Oakland University math Profes- sor, who is new to Wood Memori- al High School this year, said that the biggest difference between teaching college students and high school students is that she has to spend a lot more time keeping the kids focused. Dr. Schlottman taught math for 14 years at Oakland City University at the undergrad and graduate lev- el before moving to Wood Memo- rial this year. She has a bachelor's degree and a master's in Applied Math, and her doctorate degree is in Education. Her bachelor's is from Indiana University, her mas- ter's is from Indiana State and her doctorate degree is from Oakland City University. Dr. Schlottman likes her spot at Wood Memorial, and she hopes to be there at least until her children, now ages nine and 11, have grad- uated. At Wood Memorial, Dr. Schlott- man is now teaching Geometry, Physics 1 and the Physics side of Integrated Chemistry and Physics. "A big part of it is sending them to the board. They like to do that, and do problems at the board," add- ed Dr. Schlottman. She also added that she likes to have her students do labs in Phys- ics because hands-on is often a bet- ter approach. When it comes to her expecta- tions as a teacher, she said, "One of the big things that I expect, but I think lots of people do, is that you are responsible. So I put a lot of stuff back on the student. I think it's their responsibility to do things, not me to do it for them." Dr. Schlottman hopes, once she has settled in, to bring a math club back to Wood Memorial. She would like to take AP Physics classes on field trips as well. She said, "I think Wood Memo- rial kind of gets overlooked, that we don't have all these things. If you really look, I'm amazed by the classes that Wood Memorial offers for the size we are." "I think this school is heading in the right direction," added Dr. Schlottman. Dr. Devon Schlottman, new Wood Memorial High School math teacher. Kenzie Rudolph photo Paxon Bartley and Madison Frederick, Wood Memorial High School students, waiting for school to start on Friday morning, August 31. Kenzie Rudolph photo Wood Memorial WOOD MEMORIAL SPORTS SCHEDULED WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 5 Boys' Varsity Tennis vs. Rivet, H, 4:30 p.m. THURSDAY, SEPT. 6 Boys' Varsity Soccer vs. South Spencer, A, 5 p.m. Girls' Varsity Volleyball vs. Barr Reeve, H, 5:30 p.m. SATURDAY, SEPT. 8 Boys' Varsity Soccer vs. Bosse, A, 10 a.m. Boys' Varsity Tennis vs. Gibson Southern, A, 9 a.m. MONDAY, SEPT. 10 Girls' Varsity Volleyball vs. North Knox, H, 5:30 p.m. Boys' Varsity Tennis vs. Barr Reeve, H, 4:30 p.m. TUESDAY, SEPT. 11 Boys' Varsity Soccer vs. Boonville, H, 5 p.m. Girls' Varsity Volleyball vs. Gibson Southern, A, 5:30 p.m. Boys' Varsity Tennis vs. Southridge, H, 4:30 p.m. Trojans lose to Princeton by a score of 0-5 The Wood Memorial boys' varsity tennis team lost to the Princeton Tigers on Tuesday, August 28 by a score of 0 -5, and junior varsity won with a score of 3-0. Trojan boys' tennis coach Dan Bolin states, "It was a close game all the way. With four go- ing into three sets, it could easi- ly have gone the other way. The boys worked hard, but just came up short in the end." Trojan Jalen Doerner lost to Tigers' Lance Stuckey 1-6, 4-6 in the number one singles. Wood Memorial's James Gates lost to Tiger Jevin Huey 6 -3, 3-6, 3-6 in the number two singles. While in the number three singles, Ti- tan Paxton Schwomeyer lost to Princeton's Hunter McCandless 1-6, 6 -2, 0 -6. In the number one doubles, Wood Memorial's Braydon Bell and Ryan Memmer were de- feated by Princeton's Collin Holzmeyer and Scott Garrett 6 - 3, 4-6, 4-6. Trojans Isaiah Nor- rick and Alex Poe lost to Tigers' Conner Gentry and Drew Mor- ris 3-6, 6 -3, 4-6 in the number two doubles. County Council looks to end landfill limbo By Janice Barniak In Wednesday budget meetings, Gibson County Council looked at how to fund fixing a county land- fill currently being monitored be- cause of fluctuating methane lev- els, among other hazards, saying whatever the council can do to close the landfill will, over time, save the county money. "If we don't change anything, my great-grandchildren will be paying monitoring fees on that," said Coun- cilman Derek McGraw. The money to monitor the landfill was estimated at $ 65,000 during the meeting. However, while fixing the problems the landfill has been cited with would be more costly than the annual fee, Toyota recently offered the county free dirt—one of the ma- terials needed, and normally costly to bring in. Using the dirt to level the landfill will mean that methane levels will stay steady, and fluctuating meth- ane levels are a big part of why the county's landfill requires vigilant monitoring. "As one of seven, if there's a way to make it happen, I'd be in favor of using EDIT money to fix the prob- lem," said Councilman Craig Pflug. "I think we would be better off to consider doing less in pavement and try to do the landfill." How much money to spend in the Gibson County Highway Depart- ment has been up for debate this year, in light of the landfill project, because the county's highway bud- get has increased dramatically since 2016, the council said, and this year the highway department proposed increasing it by 20 percent because a new gas tax has added to their bud- get. Councilman Jeremy Overton suggested using some money from EDIT, which was previously fund- ing the highway department, for the landfill, and then allowing the gas tax to make up the difference. Doing that for just one year, he said, would fund the landfill project. "Is this not a rainy day? " asked Commissioner Steve Bottoms, refer- ring to the county's rainy day fund. "There's not enough in rainy day. There's not enough in riverboat," said Councilman Craig Pflug, (river- boat is funding the county receives from casinos that has a wide flexi- bility in its use). Highway Department Supervi- sor Chuck Lewis told councilmen, with 500 miles of county roads to maintain, and only 10 miles a year in top-coating asphalt, the county is already on a 50 -year cycle. Overton said there was more coming in from the gas tax, and the Motor Vehicle Highway fund is at $4.03 million, which is $1.5 million more, approximately, than they had believed there would be. "There's no choice but to do this," said Councilman Bill McConnell. "We're going to lose roads," Lew- is said. "You're going to have to sacrifice for this," said McConnell. "This is free dirt. It's idiotic to think you're not going to take advantage of it." McConnell's proposal was to take $50,000 from multiple funds, includ- ing riverboat, general, rainy day, COIT and others. "I kind of like Bill's idea," said Bottoms. In preliminary budget meetings, McConnell even floated the idea of Gibson County Visitors and Tour- ism contributing. McConnell sug- gested Gibson County Solid Waste could contribute $500,000. GCSW Director Mike Stilwell, who also serves as a councilman, said he did not believe that would be possible, saying there's not $500,000 to take from solid waste. Bottoms agreed he did not think GCSW could come up with that money, though he thought they could do some part of the project, and it would be appropriate for that department to contribute, he sug- gested, by going in half with the county. (The solid waste depart- ment isn't county-funded, it has its own board and maintains separate funds.) "We can't get the money in rainy day, riverboat and the general fund back; that's money we can't get back and can't put into raises," Overton said, pulling for using the extra money in gas tax to make up the money usually coming in from ED- IT. Overton said with his plan, he did not believe they would have to do less in paving; he said they would be substituting additional gas tax mon- ey for money that EDIT previously supplied, and only for one year. "You'll still pave the same amount," Overton said. "It doesn't cut the highway department be- cause their budget is under by $1.5 million." A fter the project, if the county can test well for three years of mon- itoring, they'll be without a $ 65,000 obligation, which, at this point, they would pay indefinitely. Even $ 65,000 is considered a low- er amount; nine to 10 years ago, the cost was around $125,000. When the first county engineer, John Um- pleby, was hired, he was able to low- er the costs into the $ 80,000 range, Councilman Jeremy Overton re- membered. Gibson County team takes fifth at nationals A Gibson County 4-H team took fifth place representing In- diana at the National 4-H Wild- life Competition this summer in Maine. Thanks to the many support- ers the Gibson County 4-H team traveled 1,400 miles to Win- ter Harbor, Maine to compete in the National Wildlife Habitat Education Program competition. Anna Freeland, Katie Falls, Ja- cob Munro and Caedmon Doyle spent three days traveling there, packed into the car, reviewing the wildlife species, habitat man- agement techniques, and terms and concepts in one final prep for the competition. Upon ar- riving at the Schoodic Institute, the Indiana team met with oth- er teams and shared items from their home state. The next day was full of learn- ing sessions from wildlife ex- perts working in Maine. Team members learned about netting turkey, managing beaver, re- searching bog lemmings, mon- itoring cranes and other migra- tory shorebirds' flight patterns and migration routes, and even got to try their hand at "tranquil- izing" a deer. Two Indiana team members even took the spruce gum challenge. Though a lot was learned that day, sadly, the team did not get to see a moose. Competition day had the team out in the field, evaluat- ing the habitat, identifying spe- cies and writing a wildlife man- agement plan. The Indiana 4-H team placed fifth overall, with two team members in the top 12 individuals. These high school age students are proud of their accomplishments, especially the knowledge gained and lead- ership skills developed; and hon- ored have represented Indiana at the national level. A fter the competition, the team then travelled the three days back home, packed togeth- er in a car. A fter over 3,000 miles and eight days together, the team still stated this was a great trip! They thanked their supporters: Doyle Funeral Home, Gibson County SWCD, Indiana Wildlife Society and Peabody Coal. Wood Memorial defeats Pike Central 3-2 The Wood Memorial boys' varsity tennis team pulled out a win on Thursday, August 30 by a score of 3-2. Trojan Paxton Schwomey- er lost to Charger Ethan Huck 6 -3, 0 -6, 1-6 in the number one singles. Wood Memorial's Jalen Doerner defeated Pike Centrals Dalton Williams in the number two singles 6 -0, 6 -0. While in the number three singles, Wood Me- morial won by default. In the number one doubles, Wood Memorial's James Gates and Ryan Memmer lost to Kyle Williams and Quinton Sorgius of Pike Central 2-6, 2-6. The Tro- jans won in the number two dou- bles by default. net edition pressdispatch.net/edition Web, Smartphone, Tablet Streamline the Headline! 812-354-8500 • 820 Poplar St., Petersburg, IN • ads@pressdispatch.net