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Saturday, Sept. 13 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Main & 8th Streets next to the Courthouse in Petersburg Trophies & Dash Plaques for Entrants FooD anD BBQ by First United Methodist Church Youth Group BakED gooDS BoTTlED WaTEr by Center for Women's Ministries Your FavoriTE olDiES by MusicTyme rEgiSTraTion From 9 a.m.-noon Entry Fee: $10 Extra Cars $5 each Door PrizES 50/50 HalF PoT Sponsored by the Petersburg Business and Professional Association Ficklin Auto Supply Friends Corporation Four Star Fabricators German American Banking, Insurance, Investment Harris Real Estate IPL Generating Station (2) John's Auto Care Mahoney Law Office Marge's Hallmark Midwest Steel, Inc. No. 423 Smokehouse (2) The Ole Flower Shoppe PC1 Stop Petersburg Business Association Pell Insurance Agency Petersburg Hardware Pike Collision Pike Co. Farm Bureau, Inc. Pike Co. Chamber of Commerce Pike Co. Growth Council Silk Designs Subway The Press-Dispatch Village Inn Willis & Co., PC Wyatt Seed Company, Inc. For morE inFormaTion ConTaCT: marge leavitt at 812-354-9372 | Carla Brown at 812-354-8541 Trophies and Prizes provided by: M A I N S T R E E T Car Fest Free g iFt w rappi ng w ith pur chas e "When you care enough to send the very best" Marge's Shop 716 Main St. 354-9372 Petersburg Regular Hours: Mon.-Thurs. 9-5; Fri. 9-6; Sat. 9-6 new arrivalS Keepsake Ornaments, 2014 Save 50 % -75 % Off selected Holiday and Everyday Items Fall Sidewalk Sale 2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray™ Willow Tree Collectibles Jim Shore Collectibles Jelly Bellys Magnetics Fall & Halloween Party Goods, Gifts and Cards Precious Moments Scarfs Jewelry 1965 Ford Mustang to wear on the job and lunch will be provided. To volunteer or if you are an agency that would like to submit a project, contact the United Way of Pike County office at 812-789 -2557. This event is partially funded by Pike County Com- munity Foundation and Am- ber Manor. There are a wide variety of projects. Below is a par- tial list : • City of Petersburg : painting curbs in downtown. • Historical Society: cat- aloging and packing up displays and books at the Pike County Museum to be moved to the new building. • Pike County Christian Assistance (Somebody's Place): electrical work, cleaning and washing of cab- inets, organizing and some general construction work. • Otwell Community Cen- ter: cleaning in the kitchen, painting lines in the parking lot, and cleaning up bleach- ers and doors in the gym. • Tri Cap playground: cleaning up, spreading mulch and some indoor painting. • PCARC: painting the porch on the men's home on Main St. • Chamber of Commerce: cleaning the back porch win- dows and doors. • Library: trimming shrubs and replacing some light bulbs in the ceiling. • Pike County 4-H horse barn and area: scraping and painting. • Golf course: may be some outside painting and trimming shrubs. •Winslow Community Center: clean out a closet, gym and computer room. • Some work at the Old Ben Scout Reservation. • Petersburg Elementa- ry: work on the playground. School corp. to exceed state-approved budget By Ed Cahill The Pike County School Corporation has spent more money during the current fiscal year than what the In- diana Department of Local Government and Finance (DLFG) had previously ap- proved, Superintendent Su- zanne Blake announced dur- ing the school board's reg- ular monthly meeting on Monday, Sept. 8. "DLGF is aware of that," Blake said. "That is an is- sue that, as our basic grant funds continue to come in, hopefully, some of that can be restored. But, in all like- lihood, we are going to stay in the negative, in excess of our appropriations, by the end of the year." "What are the ramifica- tions of that? " asked school board member David Waltz. "You get written up," board president Jerry Grubb replied. "There is a statute that says it's illegal," Blake said. "But what the state has told us at this point, if we're showing an attempt to work on our debt, that we'll prob- ably get a write-up on the au- dit." Blake made the announce- ment after pointing out that the school corporation's gen- eral fund – as of the end of August – had a balance of minus- $2,802,123.72 after repaying interfund loans to- taling $ 3.5 million back to the accounts from which they had originated. During Monday night's meeting, the school board – on Blake's recommendation – transferred $ 600,000 from the Transportation Operat- ing Fund and $100,000 from the Capital Projects Fund to the Rainy Day Fund. "Schools have the option of using up to 10 percent of their total budget amount for each year to be moved to the Rainy Day Fund," Blake said. "We have currently al- ready moved $1 million. We have an additional $700,000 that we can move to the Rainy Day Fund, and that will fulfill our 10 percent al- lowance that we can move." The motion by board member Chris Satterfield to approve the transfer, sec- onded by Grubb, was passed by a unanimous vote. The school board also ap- proved a tax neutrality res- olution for 2015, reducing the property tax levy for the Capital Projects Fund by $220,872 and the Trans- portation Operating Fund by $220,873, to offset 75 percent of the levy for its Retirement Fund "allocat- able to the Taxable Gener- al Obligation Pension Bonds of 2004." "This is basically just a renewing of the resolution that has been adopted in previous years," Blake said. "In 2013, you were allowed to use 25 percent, in '14, 50 percent, and in 2015, 75 per- cent." The motion by board vice president Chris McKinney to approve the tax neutral- ity resolution for 2015, sec- onded by board secretary Nathan Harker, passed by a unanimous vote. In other business, the school board: • Approved the payment of fuel escalation costs of $ 3,225.84 for the month of August. • Approved a lengthy list of school fundraisers. • Approved a field trip re- quest from the Pike County High School chapter of Fu- ture Farmers of America to attend the National Conven- tion in Louisville, Ky., Oct. 29 -31. • Approved a field trip re- quest from Machine Trades students at Pike Central High School to attend the In- ternational Manufacturing Technology Show in Chica- go, Ill., on Sept. 12. • Held the first reading of a revised PSCS Health and Wellness Policy. The school board also ap- proved the following person- nel matters: Resignations Sam Beach – PCMS boys' soccer coach Chad Whitehead – PCHS varsity baseball coach Rachelle Johnson – Teach- er New Hires Sherry Myers – Teacher Terry Crooks – Instruc- tional assistant Melody Faulk – Instruc- tional assistant Rachel Leighty – Cafete- ria Mindy Johnson – Cafete- ria PCHS Extracurricular Josh Gladish – Varsity as- sistant boys' tennis coach (volunteer) Rick Weisman – Varsity softball coach Chris Hadley – Varsity girls' track coach Chris Kramer – Varsity boys' track coach Key Club – Jason Smith NHS – Kyle Brames Student Council/Govern- ment – Beth Bohnert Academic Team – Rachel Gegogeine (Coordinator/ Math), Kyle Brames (Sci- ence), Mona Brickey (Lan- guage Arts) School Improvement Team – Lori Richardson, Mona Brickey, Amy Ruxer, Chris Hadley PCMS Extracurricular Ty Kabrick – Boys' soc- cer coach Chris Ashworth – Band Vance Hays – Choir Student Government – Chris Ashworth and Andrea Blocker Academic Coordinator, Academic Coach (Math/ Science), and Spell Bowl – Angie Williams Academic Coach (Social Studies) – Erik Smith Academic Coach (Lan- guage Arts) – Lori Smith SADD – Nikki Nalley OES Extracurricular High Ability Coordinator and Academic Coach – Ter- ra Knust Student Council – Kim Vaughn and Nicole Sutton PES Extracurricular High Ability Coordina- tors – Courtney Loveless and Jenny Vaughn Academic Coaches – Tonya Walton and Char- lotte Beck Cheer Coach – Melissa Richardson Student Council – Jamie Kessen and Melissa Rich- ardson School Improvement Team – Keith Schmett, Nat- alie Pryor, Anisia Burkhart, Jodi Correll WES Extracurricular High Ability Coordina- tors – Stephanie King and Deb Smith Academic Coach (Math) – Amanda Gonzales Academic Coach (Spell- ing) – Abby Aldridge Student Council – Nicho- le Arnold Cheer Coach – Jamie McKinney Professional Leave Suzanne Blake – ISBA Fall Conference (Septem- ber) Natalie Werner and Nata- lie Pryor – Midwest School Social Worker Conference (September) Winter Fiscus – Advanced School Safety Specialist Academy (September) Rachel Gegogeine and Cheryl Hurst – NCTM Re- gional Conference (Octo- ber) Pam Julian and Chris Hadley – ISCA Fall Confer- ence (November) Vicki Oxby, Marcia Hill and Christy Crow – IASN Fall Conference (Novem- ber) Jason McKinney and Chad Whitehead – Indiana School Safety Specialist Ba- sic Academy (November) Shawn Bruner – Because Kids Count Conference (De- cember) Continued from page 1 On Friday, September 19, from 5 to 7 p.m. a spaghet- ti dinner will be served by Monroe City High School Alumni. Food booths will be open on the front lawn. Rides and inflatables will al- so be available. A concert by Rodney Watts will begin at 6:30 p.m. At 9 p.m., the mov- ie Willy Wonka and the Choc- olate Factory will be shown. On Saturday, September 20, Jim Reed will be serving a pancake breakfast from 6:30 -9 a.m. The 5K Run will begin at 8 a.m. Cow Muck Cookers will sell barbecue beginning at 9:30 a.m. Free blood pres- sure screening by Good Sa- maritan Hospital will take place from noon to 2 p.m. At 1 p.m., a corn hole tournament begins. Euchre games will be 1 to 4 p.m. A concert by Evan Twit- ty will begin at 2 p.m. At 3 p.m., Velocity cheer teams and gymnasts perform and kids' games begin at 4 p.m. Monroe City Church of God will serve a fried chick- en dinner from 5 to 7 p.m. At 7 p.m., Knox County's Got Talent show will begin. Fireworks will follow. On Sunday, September 21, at 11:30 a.m., the Blue Jeans Center Gang will serve din- ner, featuring chicken and noodles, followed by a Gos- pel Jam from 1 to 3 p.m. South Knox Band will perform at 3 p.m. Cake cele- brating the Center's 15th an- niversary will be served af- ter the band concert. Walnut Grove's home- made ice cream, sandwiches and cold drinks, Reed's co- neys and cotton candy, will be available all weekend, as well as rides, music, inflat- ables, country store, silent auction, a dunking booth, vendors and more. To register for the 5K Run, call Tara Harrell at 812-890 - 3610. To register for the queen or little mister contest, call Brooke Ziegler at 812-881- 7469. To register for the talent show, call Amanda Weber at 812-881-8700. For more information, call the center at 812-743-2393 or Jerry Coonrod at 812-887- 4182. Winslow Community Festival September 20 The Winslow Community Festival will have a variety of events running all day in Riverside Park and at Main and Center streets in down- town Winslow. The Lions Club will serve food in Riverside Park be- ginning with breakfast. They will switch to a lunch and dinner menu, featuring pork chop dinners and ham- burgers the rest of the day. Events in the park include a corn hole tourney, log split- ting and a tractor show. Kids' games include tug of war, hay scramble, egg toss and bobbing for apples In downtown Winslow, there will be a flea market at the lot on Main and Cen- ter Streets starting at 8 a.m. Their will also be karaoke, kids' activities, including a kids' obstacle course and awards presentations. Also, Peyton Lynn will perform. The Beautification Com- mittee is sponsoring a bake off contest with the cate- gories of pies, cookies and cakes. Register from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. on Saturday at the Winslow Market. Items will be judged and then sold to raise money for the Beauti- fication Committee. The Light Up Winslow parade starts at 9 p.m. It will proceed from Union St. north on to Main St. to the Little League park. Continued from page 1 H Area festivals scheduled for September H Volunteers needed for Day of Caring Demonstrates electric guitar skills Winslow Elementary fifth grader Emma McKinney recently demonstrat- ed her electric guitar skills to her music teacher Carroll Clark and her class- mates. She played some tunes and told how she is learning to play through her ipad. The other students enjoyed hearing Emma play her guitar. A-2 Wednesday, September 10, 2014 The Press-Dispatch