The Press-Dispatch
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The Press-Dispatch Pike County Planter SWCD Newsletter Quarter 1, 2019 D- 3 1220 Willow St., Vincennes • 812-882-2507/812-882-0210 • Winter Hours: Monday-Friday 8-4 Imaginative design and engineering make BROCK ® bins superior performers Whether your on-farm storage consists of a couple of bins with an auger or a whole row of bins with an integrated loading and unloading system, BROCK ® bins are the right choice for the job. Grain bin foundations are designed to secure the bins against 90 mph (145 kph) winds, even when empty. The bin anchor system supplies a strong, load bearing connection to the foun- dation. This design, combined with the foundation sealant, helps to provide a weather-tight seal. These are just a couple of ways BROCK ® bins are DIFFERENT BY DESIGN™ to offer the security of long-term storage. Hwy. 41 South Princeton, IN john@kieselent.com • www.kieselent.com (812) 386-6580 Mon-Fri 7:30am-4:30pm, Sat. 8:00am-Noon i n c o r p o r a t e d ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT OF PIKE COUNTY SWCD January 1, 2018 through December 31, 2018 File with State Board of Accounts by March 1, 2019 (via Gateway) and with Leah Harmon (lharmon2@isda.in.gov) by March 31, 2019. Balance Brought For ward ............................. $72,909.26 RECEIPTS State for District Operations .......................... $10,000.00 Clean Water Indiana Grant ............................. $92,625.00 County for District Operations ........................ $7,700.00 Federal and State Funds (not CWI - PSS Agreement ............................................ $36,975.44 Non Government Grants - Walton, Dupont, Cat, TNC, SICIM ................ $58,183.80 Other Grants - 319 Middle Patoka Watershed ....................... $68,736.72 Total Intergovernmental Receipts ............... $274,220.96 Equipment Rental & Farm Income ................. $2,541.17 Donations & Memberships .............................. $2,050.00 Other Charges for Ser vices - Rule 5 Review .. $4,400.00 Other Charges for Ser vices (Describe) ................ $0.00 Total Charges for Ser vices ............................... $8,991.17 Advertising ............................................................... $0.00 Annual Meeting Income .......................................... $0.00 Interest from Checking, CDs, Savings, Etc. ........ $60.96 Reimbursements & Refunds .......................... $12,299.08 Sale of Used Equipment .......................................... $0.00 Sales Income ......................................................... $704.00 Workshop/Field Day Income .......................... $1,155.00 Other Miscellaneous Revenue (Describe) ............ $0.00 Total Miscellaneous Revenue ........................ $14,219.04 Sub-Total (before investment activity) ........ $297,431.17 Sale of Investments (CDs, saving accounts, transfers) .......................... $0.00 TOTAL (balance for ward + receipts + investments) ................ $370,340.43 DISBURSEMENTS Capital Outlays (Equipment) .................................. $0.00 Annual Meeting Expenses ............................... $1,796.08 Audit Expense .......................................................... $0.00 Bonding and Liability Insurance ..................... $2,360.00 Clean Water Indiana Projects or other State grant funded projects .................. $31,092.56 Conser vation Education Programs ................. $4,881.82 Contractual Ser vices ......................................... $4,841.00 Cost-Share Projects/Federally-Funded ........ $41,800.30 Cost-Share Projects/SWCD-Funded............. $51,377.20 CWI Payments to other SWCDs............................. $0.00 Dues & Subscriptions ....................................... $2,865.00 Employee Salaries Paid by District ............... $40,086.76 Office Supplies ................................................... $6,169.26 Other Ser vices & Charges ...................................... $0.00 Postage & Deliver y Expenses ............................ $649.50 Printing/Copying Expense .............................. $1,496.10 Rent ............................................................................ $0.00 Repair Expenses ................................................ $1,372.18 Sales Tax Paid to IN Dept. of Revenue .............. $167.54 Super visor Per Diem ........................................ $1,526.83 Supplies for Resale ............................................ $1,430.00 Telephone or Other Utilities ................................... $0.00 Travel/Lodging/Mileage Registration/Meals ......................................... $10,805.21 Workshop/Field Day Expense ...................... $11,695.41 Other Disbursements - payroll taxes ............ $24,045.46 Other Disbursements - office/equipment furnishings ........................ $35,157.89 Other Disbursements (Describe) .......................... $0.00 Other Disbursements (Describe) .......................... $0.00 Total General Government Disbursements ....................... $275,616.10 Sub-Total (before investment activity) ........ $275,616.10 Purchase of Investments (CDs saving accounts, transfers) ........................... $0.00 TOTAL DISBURSEMENTS (disbursements + investments) ..... $275,616.10 BALANCE AT DECEMBER 31 ....... $94,724.33 PIKE-GIBSON CISMA Group bands together to fight local invasive species This year, locals began a new journey by starting a CISMA group, joining with Pike County. CISMA stands for Cooperative Invasive Species Management Area. The invasive species technician, Heather Zengler, worked hard to get the group started last year. Zengler has moved on to a new job with the DNR; we will hire someone soon. We look for ward to the new year and hope to grow this work- ing group to continue fighting local invasives. Pike County NRCS District Conservationist Vince Pitstick talks to high school students during the 2018 JA Jobspark event in Evansville. Pitstick demonstrated how erosion happens using the "sand table" built by Warrick County SWCD. Over 3,000 students had the opportunity to stop by the SWCD/NRCS booth and learn about careers in the natural resource conservation area. Hands-on rain garden workshop April 9 Learn how to judge a rain garden's health and do annual maintenance at a free rain garden workshop on April 9. The event will be 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. EDT at the CTIM Theater at Vin- cennes University Jasper Campus, 961 College Ave, Jasper. Doors open at 7 a.m. Lunch will be provided, therefore registration is required prior to April 2. The featured speaker will be Rusty Schmidt, landscape ecologist, with Nelson Pope and Voorhisin Melville, adjunct professor at Farmingdale State University and co-author of The Blue Thumb Guide to Rain Gardens. This workshop is for homeowners, gardeners, master naturalists, con- ser vation and landscape profession- als, master gardeners, and anyone interested in growing beautiful plants while improving water quality. The event is sponsored by Middle Patoka River Watershed, VUJC Land Stewardship Initiative and Dubois County SWCD. For more information or to regis- ter, contact Dubois County SWCD at 812-482-1171 ext. 3 or the Middle Patoka Watershed Coordinator Julie Loehr at 812-779-7924 or julia.loehr@ in.nacdnet.net. Pike County SWCD staff had the opportunity to coordinate a regional NRCS Area meeting that show- cased Chris and Tom Rudolph's land and the practices they have done to maximize their soil health. Pike, Posey, Gibson, Vanderburgh and Warrick County SWCDs partnered together to host a Pond Workshop in early 2018. Pond experts, along with Aquatic Control, gave presentations to help land- owners improve their pond/lake health, as well as answer the tough questions such as pond construc- tion, invasive plants and aquatic life maintenance. SWCD Invasive Technician, Heather Ziegler, gave a presentation on invasives at the Cooperative In- vasive Species Management Area (CISMA) Kick-off Meeting for Pike and Gibson counties in the Spring of 2018. While Heather is no longer with the district, the Pike-Gibson CISMA is still up and running and encourages interested parties to attend the next CISMA meeting! 2019 Pike County Plat Books coming soon! Have a business in- terested in advertising in our 2019 Plat Book? Then give the SWCD a call at 812-354-6120 ex. 3 for more details. More than 500 books were sold last round and your advertise- ment will be in each one of them for poten- tial customers to see. Production is starting soon so don't wait! ing har vest. Many Indiana farmers who have used the four principals of soil health to change their soils har vested the benefits this fall, being able to har vest on days their neighbors could not, and little to no damage to their fields. Is it time for you to consider changing to a system that will build soil health on your farm? For more information on soil health systems, contact your local SWCD/NRCS office. HARVEST Continued from page 2