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A-8 Wednesday, June 20, 2012 Good Neighbor Award nomination process beginning by the City of Petersburg and the Good Neighbors Committee and has been presenting awards the past seven years honoring spe- cial achievements for orga- nizations, businesses and in- dividuals. The award categories are made and the plaques are being prepared for the eighth annual Good Neigh- bors Awards Banquet on June 28 at the IPL Commu- nications Building. The event is sponsored The selections have been unchanged from last year: Rising Star Award (former- ly Outstanding Young Citi- zen), Good Neighbor Busi- ness, Good Neighbor Ser- vice Organization, Beau- t i f icat ion Award, City and awards night will be on Thursday, June 28, at the IPL Communications Building. The dinner be- gins at 6:30 p.m. The nom- inees each receive one tick- et for the banquet and a cer- tificate. The winners in each category receive a beautiful table plaque. Tickets for family, friends Employee of the Year, Am- bassador Award, and Good Neighbor Award. The annual banquet Mayor Jon Craig or Peters- burg City Hall staff, 354-8511. and interested communi- ty members are on sale at the Petersburg City Hall at a cost of $12 each. Pre- paid tickets will be held and available at the door. For information contact The Press-Dispatch VIDEO NETedition Exclusive Gohmann Asphalt is the contractor on the stretch of I-69 that runs through Alford. Above a subcontrac- tor Harmon Steel and Street Cranes lifts one of the beams in place for the Highway 356 overpass at the east side of Alford. Crewman said they expect to be laying concrete within three weeks on this section. Construction crews swing a 130-foot concrete I-beam into place that weighs about 180,000 pounds. Bridges being put in place Insurance and personnel actions dominate June school board meeting principals and one assistant principal at the high school and middle school level, the renewal of property and ca- sualty insurance and the scrapping of the adminis- trative compensation plan were among the items ap- proved by the Pike County School Corporation Board of Education at its monthly meeting on June 12. The next meeting of the The appointment of new By Mike Johansen board will be the first for Suzanne Blake as superin- tendent, although she was at the meeting last week. The meeting will start at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, July 11, a move in days necessi- tated by a conference the school board members will be attending on Monday and Tuesday of that week. An executive session will start at 6 p.m. and the board meeting at 7 p.m. July 11. The School Board promot- ed Chad Whitehead to Pike Central Middle School Prin- cipal and Winter Fiscus was promoted from the teaching ranks to Principal of Pike Central High School. Min- dy Hill-Keeker was promot- ed to Assistant Principal for the middle school to take over Whitehead's former po- sition. All three are currently employed by the Pike Coun- ty School Corporation. Whitehead move from Assistant Principal to Prin- cipal is a natural one— he has worked for Luding- ton since he took over the post when Cal Biddle re- tired. Ludington retired af- ter more than 40 years in teaching and administra- tion. Whitehead also served as the middle school athlet- ic director. He will be paid $85,000 and was given a two year contract. Mindy Hill-Keeker was the Way instructor for en- gineering will be Michael MacMunn, who has been serving at PCHS as a math teacher. He was one of sev- eral applicants for the job and was selected by a com- mittee of teachers, adminis- trators and people connect- ed to the program. He will take over for Ray Niehaus, who served on the selec- tion committee. Niehaus is moving to take over a sim- ilar position at Forest Park High School. The board also approved the position of principal at Washington High School. Kyle Runyan will be con- tinuing as Assistant to the Principal, a position he has held for two years. Kelley was at Pike Central for 12 years. The new Project Lead American Insurance Agency was at the meeting to pres- ent information on renewing the property and casualty in- surance for the school corpo- ration. He said that the cur- rent provider, Indiana Insur- ance, came in with a substan- tial increase in costs for the corporation that would to- tal $184,000, up from about $150,000 annually. It also de- creased the amount of prop- erty coverage to $45 mil- lion and cut the sub limits from $20 million to $2 mil- lion. Plus earthquake cover- age would be an additional $15,000. The insurance cov- ers all types of losses for all the school facilities. Cochren said he start- two year contract exten- sions for Pike Central High School assistant principal Kyle Runyan; Winslow El- ementary principal Ritch Luker; Petersburg Elemen- tary principal Rick King; and Otwell Elementary Principal Rick Fears. Randy Meece resigned as coaching vacancies, in- cluding head coaching po- sitions for volleyball, track and field and boys basket- ball. Athletic Director Rog- er Stuckey has had trouble finding an applicant for the volleyball position. Tony Cochren of German boys head track coach. He continues as the National Honor Society sponsor and a social studies teacher. No action was taken on ed looking at other compa- nies and came up with in- surance from Downey In- surance for about $144,447 with $57,000,000 in proper- ty insurance coverage and a total of $152,524 with earth- quake insurance added and workmen's compensation insurance as well. The base price was $3,000 below the current year's rate with Indiana Insurance. Even with the extra insurance that is more than $20,000 less than the current insur- ance company. The new in- surance option offers the same or increased cover- age in some areas. The Board approved go- approved a move to ditch the compensation plan for Ole Country Woodshop Open House Central High School sci- ence teacher, is the new high school principal and was one of at least three who applied for the position. The board accepted applications from both current staff mem- bers and others outside the school corporation. She is a Pike County native with sev- eral years of teaching experi- ence. She received a two year contract at $90,000 per year. Fiscus will replace Le- Anne Kelley, who accepted named Middle School Asst. Principal for Pike Central Middle School, stepping up from being a math teacher in the high school. She also has helped with track and other sports. She will also assume the roll of athletic director for the middle school. Her contract is for two years at $74,000 per year. Winter Fiscus, a Pike Sat. June 23rd 10am-5pm est. Come check out the collection of our new hand crafted furniture, antiques, primitives, stoneware and home decor. Our Artisans are hard at work getting their wares ready for the weekend. We have new folks contributing their talent to the handmade charm of the shop. Make-do chairs, ottomans, benches made from an old door, wall hangings, bird houses, churches, log cabin, willow side tables, original line Mama Moo's Boutique featuring hair clips and bows along with the cutest tutu outfits and surprises from Michelle, Jacy and Kathy which are all unique one of a kind treasures. Fri. June 22nd 10am-8pm est. In the log cabin we will have a SPAGHETTI LUNCH 11am-4pm for a fundraiser called The Ministry of K.I.S.S. (Keeping Incarcerated Sisters Supported). The free will donation will help women transition back into community and their lives restored. Another fundraiser we are supporting is Angel T-shirts for Riley Hospital. The T-shirts were designed and drawn by my granddaughter Sydney and with the sale of one T-shirt for $15.00 one will be donated to Riley Hospital for the children receiving medical treatment. My great niece Mabel (Sydney's cousin) spent many months at Riley and we are very thankful for the Dr.'s and Nurses who gave wonderful care. We will have SALES on many everyday items and be sure to check out the 50% off room. Bring in this flyer and receive 25% off the candle of your choice! Don't forget one of the delicious cookies as you make your way around the shop. www.olecountrywoodshop.com • Facebook Hours: Tues. - Sat. 10 am - 5 pm 743 S. St. Rd. 61 Winslow, IN 47598 812-789-8421 ing with Downey Insurance with the addition of earth- quake and workmen's com- pensation. The School Board also administrators, saying they could no longer afford to keep up with what the plan calls for. Administrative compensation would be ap- proved on a case by case ba- sis when it comes up in the future. The board also wished a farewell to interim Superin- tendent Dr. Joan Keller. She came in last fall and again in January when a superin- tendent candidate they had hired did not work out in less than a month after tak- ing office. She ended up be- ing interim superintendent for the entire year with the exception of a few weeks. "As Board president I am so, so thankful you could come in and help us, you have done an outstanding job," said Chris Satterfield, president of the Board of Education. The new super- intendent, Suzanne Blake, was at the meeting as well. She officially takes office July 1, but has been work- ing with Keller since her last official day at South- western High School on June 6. Satterfield wel- comed each of the new ad- ministrators and those re- turning. Ryan Edrington said this has been a year of change and welcomed the new administrators as well as thanking Dr. Keller. Board members Debbie Lemond and Jerry Grubb al- so expressed their appreci- ation to Dr. Keller and wel- comed the new administra- tors. In other actions the School Board approved— • Expendi tures of ers in the school corpora- tion. • A resolution to allow $99,958.42. • Bonds for all treasur- temporary transfers of funds within the school cor- poration budget. • Cancellation of out- standing checks from 2007 and 2008 for Pike Central Middle School. • Book rental fees for all for $4,470; donation to WES from IPL of $100; donation of $1,450 from the Commu- nity Foundation Alliance for Parents as Partners Pro- gram at WES; $2,500 from the Community Foundation Alliance for a Mobile Tech- nology Lab for Otwell Ele- mentary; $2,500 from the Community Alliance Foun- dation for IPad purchases for Petersburg Elementary. • Accepted the resigna- schools (list to be published in the future). • Repairing the outside softener at Pike Central High School at a cost of $11,395 with half to be paid from the cafeteria funds. • Approved donations wall near the playground at a cost of $1,600. It was dam- aged in a storm and not cov- ered by insurance because it costs less than the de- ductible. • Replacing the water Tim Crow as JV girls bas- ketball coach; Brent Beck as varsity assistant girls basketball coach; Brittany Craney as freshman girls basketball coach; and Chris Collins as PCMS assistant baseball coach. • Shirley Segert attend- tions of Abigail Vinnedge as PCHS cheerleader coach; Nicole Nixon from the WES INSAI Steering Team; and Amanda Riggs as a PCMS special education aide. • The appointments of from Red Ribbon Pro- grams, Community pro- grams from Pike County tending camp at Franklin College June 13-15. • Michael MacMunn at- tending Project Lead the Way Training the first week of July. Private Suites Now Available. Golden Living Center now offers private, short-term, Medicare rehab suites at no additional charge that offer more convenience and privacy for both r residents and their visitors. ors If you're interested in this option, call us today for more information. ing the American Associ- ation of Family and Con- sumer Science Conference in Indianapolis June 25-27. • The football team at- 309 W. Pike Ave., Petersburg (812) 354-8833 Lori Pipes, ADNS; Cathy Eckert, Executive Dir.; Dr. Nate Grow, Medical Dir.; Josie Sturgeon, Dir. of Nursing http://www.goldenlivingcenters.com/petersburg.html Performing at 6:15 PM in the arena, prior to the tractor pull admission. deWayne sPaW ConCert Jefferson Twp. Ruritan Arena - Otwell JuLy 4 & 5 Wednesday, July 4 @ 7 PM edt 6000 Light Limited Super Stock 5800 2WD Pickups 9500 Limited Pro Farm Tractors 2.6 Diesel 4x4 Truck 8,000 lb. admission (includes deWayne spaw Concert) Adult $10, Kids 6-12 $5, Under 6 Free thursday, July 5 @ 12:30 PM edt 6000 Light Limited Super Stock Tractors 8000 2.6 Diesel 4x4 Trucks 9500 Light Limited Pro-Hot Farm Tractors 5800 2WD Pickups admission Adult $10, Kids 6-12 $5, Under 6 Free For more information: Call scott Birk at 812-354-2351 Proudly presented by Otwell Ruritan Sled Association and Other Area Businesses Jefferson Twp. Ruritan Club Firecracker The truck and tractor pull