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CR 375 S., Unit A., Winslow, son of Shawn Michael Kunz and Amy Mae Hayes Phillips, to Krystle Ranae Rasche, 27, of 2715 E. CR 375 S., Unit A., Winslow, daughter of Ar- thur John Rasche and Pamela Elaine Busch Rasche. Key Club volunteers as bell ringers Ebony Mason puts a donation in the Salvation Army red kettle as Braxton Rice and Connor Gaines, both Pike Central juniors who are members of the Key Club, ring bells. The Key Club volunteered to ring most of the day at the Dollar General Store last Saturday. Horney and Moeller receive top honors at competition Steve Moeller, from HBM (based in Jasper), was named the Kyocera Top Technician for 2017, among 4,000 technicians at Kyocera dealerships throughout the United States. The three stage competition began in July and then the top perform- ers then competed in one of five on-site regional fi- nals. Earlier this month, Moeller placed first and HBM technician Jeff Hor- ney placed second in the Regional competition in Chicago. Moeller was awarded with a trip to the National Training Cen- ter in Dallas, Texas, and he will join other winners from around the world for an all-expense paid trip to Japan and Vietnam, includ- ing tours of Kyocera facili- ties in both countries. Jeff Horney and Steve Moeller School Corp. will end 2017 with a positive balance in general fund By Ed Cahill For the second straight year, the Pike County School Corporation's gen- eral fund will end the year with a positive balance. During the regular monthly meeting of the Pike County School Cor- poration's Board of School Trustees on Tuesday, Dec. 12, Superintendent of Schools Suzanne Blake re- ported the balances of the following funds as of Nov. 30 : • General Fund – $432,600.98. • Debt Service Fund – $259,534.78. • Retirement/Severance Bond Debt – $ 60,522.43. • Capital Projects Fund – negative $437,100.86. • Transportation Oper- ating Fund – $2,069,601.40. • Bus Replacement Fund – $ 84,183.46. • Rainy Day Fund – $1,210,528.41. "I want to note that we paid the stipends for all the employees that was agreed to through the con- tract for the certified staff and then also that was ap- proved for the non-certi- fied and administrators from the Rainy Day Fund," Blake said. Blake noted the Capital Projects Fund's negative balance. "There had been a pri- or transfer of $200,000 that actually should have gone into the transporta- tion fund instead of capital projects, and that's one rea- son it's just a little bit low- er," Blake said. "I did stop by the Auditor's office to- day. We should have our tax check in hand tomor- row. I will give you an up- date as soon as we receive that. But that will also cor- rect the negative." Blake reminded the school board that the Gen- eral Fund had ended 2017 with a positive balance of just under $400,000. We were at about $ 376,000, I believe," Blake said. "We're already over $100,000 ahead of that, so we should be breaking $500,000 for the end of the year." "Last year, we were able to end the year in the black," Blake continued. "This year, we've been able to reach the positive balance with no bank loan, no interfund loans, and no Rainy Day funds going for general fund expens- es. The only thing that we used Rainy Day on was the special stipends." "I think it's important to note in here, where it shows transfers, there are zero transfers," board president David Waltz said. "That's unlike what we were finishing out two years ago, and three years and four years ago." "Very different than when I first got here," Blake replied. "It's a good feeling, and I will go ahead and add at this point, I know there's a lot of peo- ple who've worked hard to get here. A lot of touch deci- sions. All of our employees as well, it's been tight. But we've turned the corner, so it's a much better feel- ing than what we've had." WES spelling bee grade winners Winslow Elementary School spelling bee grade level winners were second grade Kaydee Sims, third grade Mason Hudson, fourth grade Taryn Fiscus and fifth grade Lillian Mann. These grade winners will compete in the near future to determine who will represent Winslow Elementary School at the Tri-State Spelling Bee in Evansville. The winner of the Tri-State contest will advance the national finals in Wash- ington, D.C. WES spelling bee winners Winslow Elementary School classroom winners are front row (l to r): Kadon Hickman, Mason Hudson, Kaydee Sims, Neil Norris and London Kiper; back row: Lillian Mann, Paul Thompson, Lillian Deffen- doll, Taryn Fiscus, Madelyn Wellmeyer and Emily Green.

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