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August 21, 2019

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The Press-Dispatch Local Wednesday, August 21, 2019 A- 5 Community-centered values combined with best in class service is something you can always count on as a member of your local Touchstone Energy Cooperative. "COMMUNITY" Hegedus crowned Miss Sweet Corn Queen Madyson Hegedus was crowned 2019 Miss Sweet Corn Queen on Sat- urday, July 27. She represented the Oakland City Lions Club. She is the 17-year-old daughter of Jimmy Hegedus, of Petersburg. The Press-Dispatch 812-354-8500 | www.pressdispatch.net *By enrolling in the Birthday Club, you agree to have your name, town and birth- day, or the person's name and town and birthday of whom you are enrolling, printed in e Press-Dispatch on the week in which the birthday occurs. Joining is easy! Visit pressdispatch.net/birthday or send your full name, address, city, state, zip code, phone number and birthdate to birthdayclub@pressdispatch.net.* Each week, a list of birthdays will be published in the paper! You could win a FREE PRIZE from area businesses and a three-month subscription to e Press-Dispatch. MUST RE-ENROLL EVERY YEAR! Join the One WINNER is drawn at the end of each month OMA approves new radios for buses Awaits USDA certification By Dennis Marshall The Otwell Miller Acad- emy School Board held its monthly school board meet- ing on Monday, Aug. 19. The board approved $1,597 for the purchase of new radios and a base unit for the school's buses. "It's been one of the goals since the first year," OMA Director Rich Padgett said. "We started examining costs and different ways to go after it, but our bus routes have expanded, too. We have buses traveling further now. Anything can happen and you want to be able to have a quick response." It's been almost two years since OMA has had any communication on the buses. The school will be required pay a $792 yearly premium after the first year of service. The school is also eagerly awaiting certification from the USDA. All students cur- rently have to pay full price for lunch and breakfast, but once the school is certified by the USDA, those who are eligible can take advantage of free and reduced meals. Padgett estimated about 50 percent of OMA's stu- dents would be eligible for free or reduced meals. OMA started serving lunch last March, after re- quiring students to bring their own lunches for the school's first year and half of existence. Padgett said becoming USDA certified is a an in- depth process and some of criteria include the nutri- tional values of meals, num- ber of vegetables in each meal, different color of veg- etables in each meal and the amount of meat served in each meal. "They have to take all of the nutritional values of every single item that you serve and make sure that you're within a calo- rie range, meat range, fruit and vegetable range, grain range and all of the rest of the way across," he said. Padgett said he expects a response regarding its cer- tification from USDA some- time in next few days. TITAN School Solutions recently visited the school for yearly maintenance on the school's cashless lunch account system. "We did it last year, but we didn't have any of the free or reduced data linked in there," Padgett said. "They are just coming in to double- check and make sure that we have all those links, and are getting credit for correct amount of students that we should be getting credit for." OTHER ACTIONS The board discussed OMA's new playground equipment. Padgett said they have constructed some of the playground equip- ment, but the "big" pieces are still unassembled. The board considered different options on how to build the equipment, considering the lowest quote they received for the job was $5,000. The board discussed plans to place a storage trailer with a billboard-type skin on it near the school. Padgett said the signage will be used to advertise for the OTA, but could eventu- ally be used for other adver- tising, and as a revenue gen- erator. Donations of $4,100 were accepted from the Friends of Otwell and a chest-type deep freezer, valued at less than $500, from an anony- mous donor. The board approved the hiring of Kara Marcum to working the cafeteria, and Amber Brock as an aide. OMA will host its annual Open House and Birthday Party on Wednesday, Aug. 28, from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. at the school.

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