The Press-Dispatch
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A-2 Front Wednesday, August 16, 2017 The Press-Dispatch We're not afraid to shed some light on the truth. 812-354-8500 SUBSCRIBE TODAY! Your pain is real, and so is help. If you are having thoughts of suicide, please know that help is just a phone call away. Suicide Prevention Coalition National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: (800) 273-TALK Local Mental Health Helpline: (812) 827-6222 MEALS Continued from page 1 AWESOME OPPORTUNITY AVAILABLE COMMUNITY LIVING HAS A FEW OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE FOR JUST THE RIGHT TYPE OF INDIVIDUALS. WHAT TYPES OF INDIVIDUALS ARE WE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR, YOU ASK? We are seeking those who are kind, caring, and positive….those who like to do things for others and get a lot of reward from that. We are looking for those who have a passion for learning and doing and leaving their impression on this thing we call life. If you are tired of the rat race, the 9-5 same old, same old…C'mon!!! Get out of your comfort zone! Try something different. Try something that has rewards that you can't get from assembling parts on a production line, operating a cash register, or stocking shelves, or waiting tables, or working at a fast food counter. Try something that will pull at your heart- strings and give some special meaning to your life. The feeling of helping another person accomplish something they thought they couldn't, or go places they never thought they would, or be able to take care of their own personal needs and their daily household responsibilities is an overwhelmingly good feeling for a lot of people. It's gratifying and humbling, all at the same time. If you feel you are the caregiving or teaching type, please apply today @ www.frrs.org. We don't care if you are younger, or older, or middle-aged…if you are looking for part-time, full-time, a second job, a job to supplement retirement, or even substitute work, we probably have something that would work for you! We have lots of different schedules (days, eve- nings, nighttime, weekends, etc.) and many different individuals that we serve and support who might be looking for someone JUST LIKE YOU to help support and guide them in learning to be more independent! We serve and support males and females, kids, teens, young adults, middle-age adults, and older adults….Some of them need a lot of support and assistance with getting through their days and some of them need very little to make their lives work. Please give our growing team a look and some careful consideration. Fill out an application, online or in person at any of our locations, come in and talk with our recruitment staff, hear more about what we do, what we have to offer, the great training we provide since no previous experience is required, and the experience you can gain by working with our team and the wonderful individuals we serve and support. Why not give this kind of job an opportunity to be something you haven't really given much thought to as a career? There are often advancement opportunities if you decide you love it and would like to take on more responsibility down the road. Again, we provide all of the necessary training while you are being paid for the hours. SEND RESUME OR STOP BY OUR HR OFFICE AT: Attention: Alisha Riker, Human Resources 1001 E Main Street, Washington, IN 47501 Four Rivers Resource Services Equal Opportunity Employer 4-H Sundays AT 4-H and Subway have partnered up for the 4-H Healthy Living Programs! Help Indiana win $15,000! From now until August 27, visit your local Subway on a Sunday and not only help Indiana win $15,000, but you could win a free $5 Subway gi card for yourself every time you visit Subway and you can also participate in the photo contest promotion. Here's how it works: Snap a picture of you enjoying your 4-H Sunday at Subway (make sure your photo is in-store and/or includes the Subway sub wrapper). 1. Go to www.4-H. org/4HSundaysContest 2. Enter in your info (including the state you want to receive the grant) 3. Upload your photo 4. Click 'share' to have it posted across your social media platforms OR Post your photo to Instagram with #4HSundaysContest and your state (#IN) e state with the most individual pictures uploaded will receive $15,000! We are so excited and hope the community helps the 4-H Healthy Living Programs! Clarification In a story about Pike Coun- ty paving streets in Peters- burg last week, County Com- missioner Jeff Nelson said the county was not reimbursed for expenses on the project. It was not mentioned in the sto- ry that Petersburg had paid $ 84,000 for paving materials, and it was matched by the In- diana Department of Transpor- tation grant to pay for the pav- ing materials the county crew placed on Petersburg streets. The county incurred the labor costs. lar monthly meeting on Tues- day, Aug. 8, Pike County Su- perintendent of Schools Su- zanne Blake presented a pro- posed meal charging policy which would allow elemen- tary, middle school and high school students to continue to "charge without conse- quence to the type of meal he/she will receive." Instead, Blake said school officials would continue to follow guidelines previous- ly approved by the school board in 2013 to collect de- linquent accounts directly from the students' parents. According to the pro- posed meal charging poli- cy, parents would receive an automated phone call daily when their child's account reaches a negative balance. If the negative balance still exists after five consecutive days, letters would be sent home. "Additional letters will be sent if there is no response, or if the negative balance continues," the proposed policy states. Once the negative amount of any individual account reaches $50, the matter would be referred to a col- lections agency. "If there is a financial hardship for the family, pay- ment arrangements may be made by contacting the Food Services director," the meal charging policy states. "So this allows the student to receive a Type A lunch without any discrimination or any such," school board president David Waltz said. "And the school corporation will pursue the funds? " "We'll pursue the funds through the collection agen- cy," Blake replied. "If the community still plans to collect donations and apply that towards the cost, they are welcome to do so. We just need to know a point of contact on that. Those funds will have to be applied towards the meal cost because we can't use our federal funds to offset the cost of that meal." G.E. Tree Service owner Mark Goodpasture, who has spearheaded a community- wide effort to cover all un- paid meal charges, informed the school board that an ac- count was in the process of being established at a local bank to collect donations. "The part that we, as a school, need to know is who to contact to let them know where we're at each month, for them to submit a dona- tion to us, and they can do it monthly, quarterly, (end of the) semester," Blake said. "We have to accept the do- nation just like we always accept a donation, and then how we place it into the caf- eteria fund and our school accounts will be at the ad- vice of the State Board of Accounts and USDA and IDOE on managing funds." "It's definitely acceptable for the donations, as a non- federal fund, to go toward the food cost," Blake added. "But we also have to be very careful about how we apply it into the computer system, so we're going to make sure that we monitor that." A motion made by board vice-president Chris Sat- terfield to adopt the pro- posed meal charging poli- cy, which was seconded by board member Steve Potter, was approved by a 5 -0 vote. The school board also vot- ed to allow Blake to adver- tise for a budget hearing, which will be held at the next regular monthly meet- ing on Tuesday, Sept. 12. Blake informed the board that the proposed 2018 bud- get totals $25,410,588, which includes $13,850,235 for the general fund, $1,586,500 for debt service, $568,045 for pension debt, $5,361,755 for the capital projects fund, $ 3,595,836 for the transpor- tation operating fund and $448,217 for the bus replace- ment fund. "The total rate would be 1.0702," said Blake, based on an assessed valuation of $744,394,575 for Pike Coun- ty. "If you notice, last year, in the 2017 budget that ended up getting approved, it was .9313, although we had ac- tually asked the state for a rate of 1.7544." The proposed 2018 budget is $5,167,921 more than the 2017 budget of $20,242,667 – a 25.5 percent increase. "We do advertise high, project the budget high, so that when they go to make cuts, we're still going to get our maximum levy or our maximum rate to get the funds that we need," Blake said. Blake also presented the school board with a compar- ison of the various fund bal- ances from June 30, 2016, to June 30, 2017. As of June 30, 2017, Blake noted, the general fund bal- ance was $506,705. "As you will see, June 30, 2017, is the first time the general fund has a positive balance without the addition of a bank loan or any type of interfund transfer since 2012," Blake said. "A year ago, some of the reports show it as a positive, because we had the $ 3 mil- lion bank loan that had gone in, in January of 2016," Blake added. "But with the remov- al of the bank loan from the total amount, it was a neg- ative $1,483,873. In 2015, it was a negative $2,857,312." By Andy Heuring Pike County Chamber of Commerce's Director Leslie Tegmeyer resigned recent- ly to take another position. She had been in the position for two years and received numerous positive com- ments from Chamber mem- bers and area businesses on her tenure as director. She had increased the member- ship and participation in the Chamber dramatically. "My decision to resign was made after long and careful consideration. I want to express my sincere grati- tude for all of the rewarding experiences I had. . . This decision to pursue anoth- er opportunity was not an easy one. However, it is per- fect for me at this time as I work toward fulfilling my personal and professional goals," stated Tegmeyer. "My efforts until I leave will be to wrap up my proj- ects here and turn over my responsibilities as smoothly as possible. We had a good run over the last two years and I am thankful for the friendships that have been made. I wish Pike County and the Chamber nothing but the best. As a team, we planted a seed and I can't wait to see how it grows in the future," said Tegmeyer. "We hate to see her go. She made a huge differ- ence. We wish her the best and know she will still sup- port Pike County, and make a huge difference in Pike County and southern Indi- ana," said Chamber Presi- dent Robin Smith. "We are still plugging along normally. We are tak- ing turns until we find the perfect match," said Smith. She added, "We are inter- viewing a potential candi- date on Thursday. We had some feelers out with dif- ferent people. We have a po- tential candidate who is ex- cited and I'm pretty hopeful for," said Smith. C ocf C Director Tegmeyer resigns Kentucky man seriously injured Sunday A Kentucky man was seriously injured Sunday in a 1:29 p.m. crash on I-69 at the Highway 61 inter- change. Glenn Franxman, 36, of Fort Wright Kentucky was driving a Ford Sport Trac truck north on I-69 when he lost control and slid sideways before beginning to barrel roll, according to Pike County Sheriff's Sgt. Dallas Killian. Sgt. Killian said witnesses told him the vehicle rolled over three times. Franxman had multiple injuries including head and arm lacerations. He was taken to the hospital by LifeFlight. A juvenile passenger was taken by ambulance but Sgt. Killian said the passenger's injuries were believed to be minor.