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C-6 Wednesday, December 6, 2017 The Press-Dispatch EAST GIBSON NEWS Submit school news: Email: egnews@ pressdispatch.net Deadline: Noon on Friday net edition yeah, it's that fast! Z M www.PressDispatch.net/Subscribe It's The Press-Dispatch. No matter where you live. Delivered every Wednesday morning! Add it for $5 to your current print subscription or stand-alone for $35/year. TITLE IV GRANT I am very pleased to con- gratulate Dr. Brewster, Ms. Elizabeth Hill, Mr. Matt Malin, and Dr. Pete Hum- baugh for the recent Title IV grant award by the In- diana Department of Edu- cation. Their work and ef- forts to identify strategies and enhancements to bet- ter serve our children pro- vided the foundation for a successful Title IV propos- al. With the award, all of our schools will be able to take steps to expand technology and curriculum offerings to the students of East Gibson School Corporation. During the next two years, the Title IV funding will be utilized for the fol- lowing: 1. To expand the Biomed- ical curriculum at the high school, which will include the launch of the second course – Human Body Sys- tems; 2. To grow interest in STEM (Science – Technol- ogy – Engineering – Math- ematics) related fields by launching an after – school STEM Club, with a focus on students in grades 5 – 8; 3. To enhance the infra- structure (wireless access) in our elementary schools, in order to reduce the road- blocks that currently exist around the efficient and ef- fective use of technology for instruction; 4. To increase the utiliza- tion of technology in our el- ementary schools through the purchase of additional iPads; 5. To provide training to our instructors in the area of expanding technology utili- zation, with a focus on rigor and relevant educational op- portunities; and 6. To establish a schol- arship program for high school students interested in earning college credits by enrolling in college courses during their junior and se- nior years. The Title IV proposal, and award, allows for approxi- mately $ 97,000 to be utilized towards the implementation of the above listed enhance- ment items. On behalf of the East Gibson School Corpo- ration, as well as Wood Me- morial High School and Wood Memorial Junior High School, I want to thank the IDOE for the award, which our children and staff mem- bers are most deserving. RISING STARS OF INDIANA The Indiana Association of School Principals (IASP) announced their annual Ris- ing Stars of Indiana class for 2019 during the week. Wood Memorial High School was represented by three out- standing junior students: Ryan Memmer, Adison Stone, and Hannah Thack- er. Congratulations to these well deserving individuals. Rising Stars of Indiana was launched by the IASP with a focus on complement- ing their Indiana Academic All – Stars recognition pro- gram for high school se- niors. Rising Stars of Indi- ana recognizes Indiana's ju- niors. OPEN OFFICE SESSIONS Once again this year, I will be utilizing a collabo- rative opportunity for all members – students, staff, parents, guardians, and community members – of the Wood Memorial School Community. With this said, I believe to be most effec- tive with the development and growth of our students it is imperative that every stakeholder of Wood Me- morial have an opportuni- ty to collaborate and pro- vide input in any area/as- pect of interest involving our school(s) they may have. Thus, I will conduct monthly "Open Office" ses- sions, focused on providing time for such collaboration to occur. I encourage you to come meet anytime to review items of interest you may have. You may schedule a meeting by calling 812-749 - 4757 and requesting a time. In keeping with the theme of collaboration and com- munication, I want to invite Wood Memorial stakehold- ers to follow the happenings at the junior high and high school by joining us on twit- ter at WMTrojans1. CALENDAR Wednesday, Dec. 6 ISTEP Winter Testing – Math, 8 a.m. HS Student Council Meeting, 12:13 p.m. JHS Girls BB at Tecum- seh, 5 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 7 Prom Committee Meeting, 7 a.m. ISTEP Winter Testing – English, 8 a.m. Frosh Boys BB vs. Barr Reeve, 5 p.m. Girls BB at South Spen- cer, 6 p.m. JHS Boys BB vs. Heri- tage Hills, 6:15 p.m. Friday, Dec. 8 ISTEP Winter Testing – English, 8 a.m. Boys BB at Perry Cen- tral, 5 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 9 Wrestling team at Evansville Memorial, 9 a.m. ADDITIONAL DATES OF NOTE ISTEP Retest, Dec. 4 –Dec. 15 Jostens – Freshman Class Rings/Senior Graduation Items, Dec. 7 RY Graduation, Dec. 11 Winter Music Con- cert, Dec. 14 ISTAR, Grades 3 – 8, 10, EL A/Math/Science/ Social Studies, Jan. 15 – Feb. 16 National Assessment of Educational Progress, Grades 4 and 8, Digital Based, Math, Reading, Writing, US History, Civ- ics and Geography, Jan. 29 – Mar. 9 Accuplacer – Part 2, Feb. 12 – Mar. 30 Red Cross Blood Drive, Feb. 23 ISTEP Part 1, Feb. 26 – Mar. 9 Wood Memorial TROJANS VS. TECUMSEH STATS Tecumseh Carson White 1 0 -0 4 2 Steven Molinet 6 7-7 4 22 Logan Arnold 3 2-2 2 9 Tanner Brammeier 0 2-1 4 1 Josh Jaqelewaki 1 1-1 1 3 Woody Brucken 3 5 -1 3 7 TOTALS 14 17-12 18 44 3 Point FG's-4 (Molinet 3 and Arnold 1) Wood Memorial Lathan Falls 7 5 -4 3 21 Cameron Savlman 1 2-2 3 4 Paxon Bartley 6 5 -2 1 16 Walker Nurrenbern 3 6 -4 3 10 Austin Ireland 2 0 -0 3 4 TOTALS 19 18 -12 13 55 3 Point FG's-8 (Falls 3 and Bartley 2) SCORES BY QUARTERS Tecumseh 11 5 12 16 44 Wood Memorial 4 11 19 21 55 TROJANS VS. LOOGOOTEE STATS Loogootee Balley Dearwester 4 6 -6 3 17 Jayden Wagoner 11 12-7 3 30 Silas Baner 2 0 -0 3 4 Cade Chezem 1 6 -3 3 5 Levi Pendley 2 1-0 4 5 Sheldon Christmas 1 0 -0 3 3 Brandon Eckerle 6 0 -0 2 12 TOTALS 27 25 -16 21 76 3 Point FG's-6 (Dearwester 3, Wagoner 1, Pendley 1 and Christmas 1) Wood Memorial Lathan Falls 7 4-2 3 17 Harden Hunter 0 4-1 3 1 Remington Wilkison 1 1-0 4 2 Paxon Bartley 12 11-8 4 36 Walker Nurrenbern 5 11-7 4 17 Austin Ireland 2 0 -0 1 4 TOTALS 27 31-18 19 77 3 Point FG's-5 (Falls 1 and Bartley 4) SCORES BY QUARTERS Loogootee 20 18 18 20 76 Wood Memorial 18 19 14 26 77 UPCOMING SPORTS SCHEDULE GIRLS' VARSITY BASKETBALL Dec. 5 Barr Reeve JR/SR home 5:30 p.m. Dec. 7 South Spencer away 6 p.m. Dec. 11 Bosse home 5:30 p.m. Dec. 14 North Knox away 5:30 p.m. Jan. 2 Springs Valley home 5:30 p.m. Jan. 4 Loogootee JR/SR away 5:30 p.m. Jan. 9 South Knox home 5:30 Jan. 11 Princeton Community home 5:30 p.m. Jan. 16 Southridge home 5:30 p.m. Jan. 18 White River Valley away 5:30 p.m. Jan. 20 Shoals JR/SR ( JV/V ) home 3:30/5 p.m. Jan. 23 Northeast Dubois away 5:30 p.m. Jan. 25 North Daviess JR/SR away 5:30 p.m. BOYS' VARSITY BASKETBALL Dec. 8 Perry Central away 5:30 p.m. Dec. 13 Washington home 5:30 p.m. Dec. 15 North Daviess JR/SR home 5:30 p.m. Jan. 5 Pike Central away 5:30 p.m. Jan. 12 Washington Catholic home 5:30 p.m. Jan. 13 Evansville Day away 5:30 p.m. Jan. 19 Barr Reeve JR/SR away 5:30 p.m. Jan. 20 Shoals JR/SR ( JV/V ) home 3:30/7 p.m. Jan. 26 Tell City away 5:30 Jan. 27 Northeast Dubois home 5:30 Feb. 1 Vincennes Rivet JR/SR home 5:30 p.m. Feb. 6 Forest Park JR/SR home 5:30 p.m. Feb. 9 Southridge away 5:30 p.m. Feb. 13 Evansville North away 5:30 Feb. 16 Gibson Southern away 5:30 Feb. 17 North Knox away 5:30 p.m. Feb. 22 South Knox home 5:30 p.m. BOYS' VARSITY WRESTLING Dec. 6 North Posey home 6 p.m. Dec. 9 Evansville Memorial Invitational away 9 a.m. Dec. 14 Heritage Hills away 6 p.m. Jan. 2 Southridge home 5:30 p.m. Jan. 6 Tecumseh JR/SR Invitational away 9 a.m. Jan. 10 North Knox away 5:30 p.m. Jan. 13 Boonville away 9 a.m. Jan. 17 Evansville Central home 6 p.m. Reel Receives Grant Ann Reel, preschool teacher at Oakland City Elementary School, Monday received a check for $500 to be used to enhance learning with her morning and afternoon students. Reel was one of more than 129 applicants for the grant in Indiana. The Indiana Retired Teachers Foundation each year awards 20 classroom grants of $500 to encourage teachers and enable them to accomplish more in their classrooms. Principal Matthew Malin said Reel puts extra time and effort in to the lives of each of her students to help them be all that they can. Linda Morris, president of the Foundation, said of Reel's application, "Your application demonstrated your love for children and your desire to help them achieve through an enlightened project!" Pictured are Ann Reel's morning students as they admire the check she has received. Principal Malin in the background will administer the funds through the elementary school's treasurer. Salvation Army may shutter services after 130 years By Janice Barniak Last week, a mother of three came to the Salva- tion Army in Princeton for help after her husband left the fam- ily. She's shifting between friends until she can find a place to live, but she doesn't have the money for rent and a security deposit. It's exactly the type of emergency funding the local non-profit specializes in, but at the same time, the agen- cy is wondering if next year at this time there will be any place for people to go. "We are in serious finan- cial straits right now, as far as keeping the agency open in the community right now," said Alex Norton, who, with his wife Aimee, manag- es the Gibson and Pike coun- ties Salvation Army. "Dona- tions are extremely low, so we don't know if we'll be able to offer services like we have in the past. Right now, we're asking the communi- ty to vote with their money on whether they still need us in the community. May- be there's enough church- es to take over what we've done the last 130 years. May- be it's our time to change how we've been operating in the community. It's a re- ally tough year for us. I don't know how we're going to be able to offer the same servic- es we have in the past." Right now, there's no place for homeless in Gibson County because there's not a homeless shelter, and some of the boarding houses in town that used to work with peo- ple no longer do. Many don't have transpor- tation, and hiring a cab to go anywhere is prohibitively ex- pensive. The Salvation Army keeps programs going that help people out of poverty when events come togeth- er that leave them without a home or resources. Norton said poverty in Gibson County is underes- timated because those liv- ing in it are not standing with signs on the highway or filling a homeless shelter. "Poverty in Princeton, for example, is different than in a big city. You don't have peo- ple sleeping on the streets, what you have is a transient population that gets kicked out of one place, goes and finds a friend to stay with in another place," he said. "People are turning to un- fortunate things like selling their prescriptions for mon- ey. We just can't believe it's happening." He added that in the youth programs the agency offers, they see kids coming from families in serious trouble, where the after school hours in a safe place make a big difference. "It's to where you wonder how these things can even happen in our county," Nor- ton said. The Salvation Army advo- cates for people in poverty, helping them with what Nor- ton calls emergency funding for utilities, as well as talk- ing to landlords. "Electricity is a big thing, especially for those who are on oxygen," he said. They also counsel people in their programs to try to identify a pathway out of poverty, he said. Then they have their holiday programs that give meals and toys to people, and weekly meals through- out the year to feed the hun- gry. "Those costs are just get- ting more and more expen- sive," he said. The non-profits' margins are razor thin and causing the agency to sacrifice their own lighting and building costs to meet the needs of others. "We'll sacrifice that to make sure we help people. But sometimes, we have to keep the lights on for cer- We can't cover everything on promises and prayers." Capt. Alex Norton, Salvation Army tain things. It's just getting more and more difficult," he said. "Doing philanthropic work is getting more ex- pensive," he said. "The government isn't doing an- ything for us to make it eas- ier. We either have to cut the employee we have or our services. We can't cov- er everything on promises and prayers." The goal for the Salvation Army this year is $200,000. In the past, it's been $130 - $150,000. The increased goal is due to increased costs, especially in staff- ing, benefits, gas, heat and vehicle costs. Those who want to vol- unteer to do bell-ringing would also be doing valu- able work to help bring in the funds. There are South Gibson locations available at Casey's, Fastbreak and Holiday Foods, which are also locations locals can use to donate. To sign up to ring, go to RegisterToR- ing.com.