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A-2 Front Wednesday, May 11, 2016 The Press-Dispatch SCHOOL Continued from page 1 Thomas Waits, MD Dr. Waits obtained his undergraduate degree in Biological Sciences from the University of Kentucky in Lexington, KY, and later obtained his Doctorate of Medical Science at the University of Louisville's School of Medicine, in Louisville, KY. Dr. Waits served his Residency at the Bowman Gray School of Medicine at Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC, where he also served as the Assistant Chief of Medi- cine. Vanderbilt University in Nashville, TN, was the site of his Medical Oncolo- gy Fellowship. Dr. Waits is Board Cer fied in: Internal Medicine Medical Oncology You're Invited! Space is limited. Call 812-254-8858 to reserve your seat for this event! Daviess Community Hospital presents "Oncology and Immunotherapy" with Dr. Thomas Waits Tuesday, May 17th at 12pm in Education Room 1 Thomas Waits, MD Dr. Waits obtained his undergraduate degree in Biological Sciences from the University of Kentucky in Lexington, KY, and later obtained his Doctorate of Medical Science at the University of Louisville's School of Medicine, in Louisville, KY. Dr. Waits served his Residency at the Bowman Gray School of Medicine at Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC, where he also served as the Assistant Chief of Medi- cine. Vanderbilt University in Nashville, TN, was the site of his Medical Oncolo- gy Fellowship. Dr. Waits is Board Cer fied in: Internal Medicine Medical Oncology You're Invited! Space is limited. Call 812-254-8858 to reserve your seat for this event! Daviess Community Hospital presents "Oncology and Immunotherapy" with Dr. Thomas Waits Tuesday, May 17th at 12pm in Education Room 1 Pike County The Pike County Solid Waste Management District together with Advanced Disposal/Blackfoot Landfill invite Pike County residents to participate in the annual Spring Cleanup. Hours for the week of will be: Thursday 19th–Friday 20th: 8 a.m. – 4 p.m. Saturday 21st: 8 a.m. – 12 p.m. • Pike County Residents Only! (Must show proof of residency at entrance) • No commercial, industrial or farm waste. (Commercial waste will be charged standard landfill rates.) • One pickup truck load per resident. FREE recycling of appliances, computers, and televisions. FREE disposal of up to 4 tires. $1 charge for each tire thereafter. FREE collection of household paints, batteries, fluorescent bulbs, chemicals and other household hazardous wastes. FREE disposal of furniture and other bulky items. Items that are still in good working condition will be set aside and Pike County residents can go through items as they arrive FREE of Charge. For further information, contact the Pike County SWMD at 812-354-2924 By participating in this program the participant waives any and all claims of liability against Pike County Solid Waste Management District and Advanced Disposal/Blackfoot Landfill which may arise in any manner out of the services provided pursuant to this program. Fur- ther, any participant hereby agrees to hold Pike County Solid Waste Management District and Advanced Disposal/Blackfoot Landfill free and harmless from any and all liability which may arise in any manner by participation in this program. SCRAP METAL, COMPUTERS, TELEVISIONS, APPLIANCES AND HAZARDOUS WASTE WILL BE RECYCLED!!! PLEASE HAVE SEPA- RATED IN LOAD FOR EASIER, FASTER DISPOSAL. (Located on State Road 64, 2.3 miles east of Arthur Junction) Thursday, May 19th – Saturday, May 21st NO ADVANCED REGISTRATION REQUIRED At the Blackfoot/Advanced Landfill Rummage, Rummage!!!! AGAIN THIS YEAR!!! RIFs" but added it's best for the corporation and constit- uents. Waltz asked those in attendance to vote for public schools whenever they get a chance. At that point, Satter- field moved to continue with other business. During the financial re- ports, Blake used a projec- tion to explain the compen- sation levels for teachers and administrators with- in the Pike County School Corporation. She said that at one time, the county was be- hind many regional school systems, but in recent years, the beginning and maxi- mum teacher pay for Pike County was above that of al- most every school in the ar- ea. Administrative salaries were in the middle to upper range according to Blake. Blake also detailed the past deficits of between $1.8 million in 2012, the $2.8 in 2014 and the present situa- tion, which is projected to be $2.6 million at the end of the year. She said the rainy day fund had been deplet- ed as a result of the deficits. The corporation improved on expenses by $2 million, but lost $2 million in reve- nue. Chris McKinney stat- ed, "We are no better now (with the changes)." Blake responded the corporation is just "treading water." A serious division be- tween board members de- veloped in the last special- ly called meeting when a request by Superintendent Suzanne Blake to send RIF notices to 13 elementary and high school teachers failed by a 3-2 vote. Nathan Hark- er, Chris McKinney and Ron Sharp voted against the mo- tion and board President Da- vid Waltz and Chris Satter- field were in favor. In that meeting, Blake ex- plained that it was a matter of getting the notices out early and making sure the corporation had the correct number of teachers based on current enrollment in- formation. It was noted at that time that about 119 stu- dents from Otwell Elementa- ry were not a part of the fore- cast enrollment. Incorporat- ing students from Otwell at Winslow and Petersburg El- ementary Schools would dic- tate the number of teachers required. A majority of the students from Otwell were thought to be moving out of the district or would begin home schooling, according to Blake. Only 39 of the 158 Otwell students at that time were confirmed to be attending either Winslow or Peters- burg elementary. Under new business, the board passed a resolution naming Pike Central High School Auditorium in hon- or of G. Vance Hays for his 44 years of service to the school and community. Blake said there would be an unveiling of a plaque in the near future. Ron Sharp said the honor for Hays "is long overdue." The board approved two library appointments recom- mended by Suzanne Blake. Jared Furman and Kather- ine Hartley will fill two of the three vacant positions on the library board. National Honor Society by-laws were approved, in- cluding replacing the 3.3 cumulative scholastic aver- age with 3.5. There were al- so changes to community service hours required per semester (10) and dropping the historian position. A dozen athletic recom- mendations from athletics director Billy Hewig were approved by the board. The following were hired by the board: Jarrod Gideon (girls' varsity golf head coach); Ja- mie McKinney (cheerlead- ing head varsity coach); Tonya Walton (girls' varsi- ty volleyball head coach); Brent Beck (boys' varsity head tennis coach); Chad Western (boys' varsity soc- cer head coach); Alisha Knight (girls' varsity soc- cer head coach); Chase Ab- bott (assistant JV baseball coach 2016); Beau Daves (volunteer assistant baseball coach 2016); Janessa Foster (volunteer high school girls' track assistant 2016); Britta- ny Coan (assistant girls' var- sity track coach 2016); Josh Roach (head cross country coach); Chastity Sanders (head 7th and 8th cheerlead- ing coach). A number of school staff hirings were approved, in- cluding: Mrs. Stephanie Sal- lee as homebound instruc- tor ( Winslow); Mr. Kyle Brames, Mrs. Ketina Bai- ley, Mr. Chris Ashworth, Mr. Daryl Kluemper (sum- mer school); Mrs. Amanda Gonzales ( Winslow sum- mer school); Charlotte Beck (teacher) and Stacy Davis (assistant Petersburg); Mr. Doug McDowell as bus me- chanic. CAROL LYNN EVANS RETIRES Carol Lynn Evans is end- ing her 23-year career as a teacher's aid to Mrs. Ke- na Kirby at the close of the school year. Her letter reads: I am submitting this letter as notice that I am re- signing as aid to Mrs. Kena Kirby as of the end of this school year. I have had the pleasure of working with her for 23 years, and with these wonderful children, but as I am 67 years old, it is time for me to move on and en- joy my remaining years with my husband and family. It is with a lot of sadness that I have come to this decision, as I have loved every minute of the job, but it is time. A criminal gang activity policy was adopted by the board of trustees that pro- hibits destructive or illegal group behavior on school property. School employees are required to report any in- cidence of suspected crimi- nal gang activity. Investiga- tions must be completed and written for each report with- in five days. The policy calls for staff training, prevention efforts and intervention re- sources. The school board ap- proved a second part boiler project bid by Engineered Industrial Products of Indi- anapolis. The project cost is $151,500 and provides two boilers with a complete sys- tem, with two year parts and labor warranty. Two overnight field trip requests were approved by the school board. The boys' basketball team and head coach Jason Roach will trav- el to Fort Wayne for a bas- ketball camp and the High School Cheer team will at- tend NCA JV/V cheer camp at Vincennes University Ju- ly 6 through 9. Adoption of 2016 -17 math textbooks was approved. It included grade school, mid- dle school and high school needs covering Algebra 1 and 2, Geometry, Quantita- tive Reasoning, Pre-calculus and the Calculus. The board accept- ed a check for $250 from Walmart Foundation's Vol- unteerism Always Pays pro- gram ( VAP) in recognition of volunteer service of asso- ciate Jason Chanley, who vol- unteered 30 hours at Otwell Elementary. By Andy Heuring A Petersburg woman died from her injuries in a Mon- day morning accident east of Otwell and her husband was injured. Carolyn Bennett, 89, of Petersburg, died of trau- ma sustained at about 8:20 a.m. Indiana State Troop- er John Davis said Bennett was a backseat passenger in the 1996 Chevrolet Lumina that went off the right side of Highway 56 and contin- ued 354 feet parallel to the road. It then ramped off a slight berm and sailed over a 20 -foot wide ditch before it hit the far side of the ditch embankment, then contin- ued for another 195 feet be- fore stopping. Her husband, Ed Bennett, 93, was in the front passen- ger seat. He suffered head injuries from the airbag. Both were taken to Deacon- ess Hospital in Evansville, where Carolyn later died. Sharon Cannon, 54, of 4985 N. Coomer Ln., Peters- burg, was driving the vehi- cle. She suffered back inju- ries. According to Trooper Da- vis, Cannon said she didn't remember what happened. He said it appears Cannon may have blacked out. He believes she still had her foot on the accelerator be- cause of the speed the car was still traveling when it ramped over the ditch more than 300 feet from leaving the roadway. Trooper Davis said he didn't know if any of the oc- cupants were wearing seat- belts Bennett killed Monday in single-car crash WINSLOW Continued from page 1 Simmons and Strobel said the fire department still had permission to put a building on that property. They said even if they decided not to allow shooting matches, the building was still approved. It has been suggested the Boy Scouts, Cub Scouts and other groups could use the building. Strobel also suggested they look into hosting the shoots where the town's sewer lagoons are located, which is a more remote site. "It is an option . . . We still have a lot to look at on this," said Strobel. Eventually councilmen said they would notify the people who live in the area of the mud boggs track prior to the matter being voted on. In other business, coun- cil president Greg Sim- mons said the town sent out 96 letters to people with de- linquent water bills. He said six of those people respond- ed and made arrangements to get their bills caught up over the next six months. Winslow cut off the water to 12 customers, all of which have been turned back on since paying their bills. "There won't be any more calling town hall to make arrangements. They will be shutoff until they (water bills) are paid up," said Sim- mons. • Councilmen also an- nounced Melvin DeCisto had resigned as animal con- trol office. Strobel said any- one interested in the posi- tion should contact the town. • Councilmen said people with trash they want hauled to the landfill can contact Town Hall at 812-789 -2207 and workers and volunteers will pick up the trash on May 19 and 20 during the coun- ty's Spring Clean-up. Strobel also asked for volunteers to help with the clean-up. He said people helping will be given gas money to help cover their expenses of traveling to pick up trash and taking it to the landfill. • Claims of $23,336.07 were approved. The next meeting is scheduled for 7 p.m. Mon- day, May 23. By Andy Heuring Girl trouble led to a man being arrested for disorder- ly conduct. Evyn L. Fraley, 29, of 4236 S. SR 61, Winslow, was ar- rested at about 2 a.m. Mon- day for disorderly conduct. Police were called to Fraley's residence after his neighbors complained of him playing loud music out- side. Pike County Deputy Mike Willis said he went to Fral- ey's residence at about 1:20 a.m. and talked with Fraley, who was on his back porch drinking, with his truck's stereo playing nearby. He said Fraley agreed to turn down the music. But about 20 minutes later, po- lice got a second call from Pauline Barr, who said Fral- ey had turned the music back up. One of her sons had gone next door to request him to turn it down and he yelled an obscenity at him. Deputy Willis said he re- turned to Fraley's house and the music was louder than it was before. He said Fraley told him he was upset with his girlfriend and he just didn't care. He continued to argue with Deputy Willis, who then placed him in handcuffs and took him into custody Fraley arrested for disorderly conduct Sharon Cannon leafs through papers in her glove box following a crash on Highway 56 about a mile east of Otwell, Monday morning. Cannon's passen- ger, Carolyn Bennett, 89, died from injuries in the crash.