The Press-Dispatch
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The Press-Dispatch Wednesday, Januar y 31, 2018 C-9 EAST GIBSON NEWS Submit school news: Email: egnews@ pressdispatch.net Deadline: Noon on Friday MAKE UP DAYS In order to make up the five (5) days of missed school, due to the recent winter weather, our schools will be in session on the fol- lowing dates: Friday, Feb- ruary 16; Monday, April 2; Wednesday, May 23; Thurs- day, May 24; Friday, May 25. The second semester is now scheduled to end on May 25. 2018 HOMECOMING POSTPONED In order to ensure that time is efficient to allow for the proper planning and ex- ecution of our 2018 Home- coming event a decision has been made to postpone and reschedule the festivities. This winter's homecoming has been moved to and will take place at 6:00pm on Jan- uary 31, 2018, when Wood Memorial plays Washing- ton Catholic in a varsity on- ly contest. Juniors: Gretch- en Reel, Maria Skoroboga- tova, Adison Stone and Han- nah Thacker. Seniors: Kylie Batey, Alexis Lashbrook, Aleah Moore and Abigail Passwaiter. JUNIOR HIGH SPIRIT CLUB Through the collaborative efforts of Ms. Leslie Leiber- ing, Ms. Mariah Poteet, and Ms. Nicole Seitz, a new ju- nior high spirit club is being launched. A total of 40 stu- dents have signed up to join the club, with a focus on pro- viding awareness to the suc- cesses being experienced at WMJHS. Students will fur- ther work to build a positive environment, with Trojan school spirit at the founda- tion of day-to-day activities. WM INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITIES Internship opportunities are available for Wood Me- morial sophomore and ju- nior students through the Conexus Advanced Manu- facturing program launched last fall. Individuals may earn more than $2,000 during the six (6) week in- ternship. For more informa- tion contact the Wood Me- morial High School Student Services (Counseling) of- fice. CONGRATS STEVE KILIAN Congratulations to Wood Memorial High School Ath- letic Director Steve Kilian for being named District III Athletic Administrator of the Year by the Indiana Basketball Coaches Associ- ation. The honor is well de- served. Mr. Kilian will be honored during the IBCA's annual spring clinic on April 20, 2018, in Indianapolis. WM BREAKFAST CLUB Mr. Messmer is planning to launch the "Wood Memo- rial Breakfast Club" in the near future. The club will meet twice a week, on Tues- day and Thursday morn- ings, from 6:30 a.m. – 7:30 a.m. in the weight barn. The focus will be on providing a structured strength and fit- ness training club for those who want to better them- selves physically. No pri- or athletic experience is re- quired, as Mr. Messmer will be providing proper form and safety instruction to those participating. Information is being sent home through the respec- tive student. Parent approv- als and signatures are re- quired in order for a student to take part in this healthy opportunity. Please contact Mr. Mess- mer with questions and in- formation needs. OPEN OFFICE SESSIONS Once again this year, I will be utilizing a collab- orative 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 effective with the de- velopment and growth of our students it is impera- tive that every stakeholder of Wood Memorial have an opportunity to collaborate and provide input in any area/aspect of interest in- volving our school(s) they may have. Thus, I will con- duct monthly "Open Of- fice" sessions, focused on providing time for such col- laboration 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 communication, I want to invite Wood Me - morial stakeholders to fol- low the happenings at the junior high and high school by joining us on twitter at WMTrojans1. Wood Memorial UPCOMING SPORTS SCHEDULE BOYS' VARSITY BASKETBALL 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. CALENDAR Wednesday, January 31 Homecoming Spirit Day – Green and Gold HS Student Council Meeting, 12:13 p.m. WMJHS Spirit Club Meeting, 3:15 p.m. First Semester Honor Roll Release, 3:30 p.m. 2018 WMHS Winter Homecoming, 6 p.m. Boys Basketball vs. Washington Catholic, Varsity Only, 6:45pm Thursday, February 1 Prom Committee Meeting, 7:30 a.m. Winter ADM Count Day Environmental Science/Biology Field Trip, 8 a.m. Student Advisory Council Meeting, 11:31am Boys Basketball at Vincennes Rivet, 5:30 p.m. Friday, February 2 Staff PLC Session, 8 a.m. Girls Basketball Sectional, Semi Final Contests, 5:30 p.m./7 p.m. Saturday, February 3 ISSMA Instrumental/Solo Ensemble Contest, Evansville, 8:30 a.m. JHS Girls Blue Chip Conference Tournament, 9 a.m. Boys Basketball at Evansville Day, 12 p.m. Girls Basketball Sectional, Championship, 6:30 p.m. ADDITIONAL DATE OF NOTE Math, Reading, Writing, US History, Civics, and Geography, Accuplacer – Part 2, Feb. 12 – Mar. 30 Principal Open Office Hours, Feb. 6 HS Student Council Meeting, Feb. 7 Science Academic Bowl Team Meeting, Feb. 7 Prom Committee Meeting, Feb. 8 Science Academic Bowl Team Meeting, Feb. 14 IHSA A Boys Tournament Pairings, Feb. 18 Science Academic Bowl Team Meeting, Feb. 21 WMHS Softball Club Meeting, Feb. 21 Red Cross Blood Drive, Feb. 23 A&P Health Occupations Field Trip, Feb. 23 ISTEP Part 1, Feb. 26 – Mar. 9 Science Academic Bowl Team Meeting, Feb. 28 Science Academic Bowl Team Meeting, Mar. 7 WMHS Softball Club Meeting, Mar. 7 WMHS Softball Club Meeting Mar. 14 Science Academic Bowl Team Meeting, Mar. 14 WMHS Softball Club Meeting, Mar. 21 Science Academic Bowl Team Meeting, Mar. 21 JHS Renaissance Day, Mar. 23 Academic Banquet, Apr. 6 ISTAR ,Apr. 16 – May 18 ISTEP Part 2, Apr. 16 – May 4 Indiana Bass Nation High School Event, Patoka Lake, Apr. 22 TROJANS VS. TELL CITY 01/26/18 Tell City Tretter Lyons 2 0 -0 3 6 Trent Arnold 2 0 -0 0 5 Spencer Fest 2 0 -0 1 5 Devon Blake 4 4-0 2 8 Ty Smith 1 0 -0 5 2 Braeden Beard 5 2-1 5 12 Dustin Hunt 0 2-0 1 0 TOTAL S 16 8 -1 17 38 3 Point FG's-5 (Lyons 2, Arnold 1, Fest 1 and Beard 1) Wood Memorial Lathan Falls 4 2-1 3 11 Harden Hunter 0 2-2 0 2 Remington Wilkison 1 0 -0 4 3 Cameron Savlman 1 0 -0 1 3 Paxon Bartley 10 14-10 1 33 Walker Nurrenbern 2 4-3 3 7 Austin Ireland 0 0 -0 2 0 TOTAL S 18 22-16 14 59 3 Point FG's-7 (Falls 2, Wilkison 1, Savlman 1 and Bartley 3) SCORES BY QUARTERS Tell City 11 10 12 5 38 Wood Memorial 13 14 13 19 59 TROJANS VS. NE DUBOIS 01/27/18 Northeast Dubois Reece Bauer 5 2-0 5 10 Brandon Merkel 1 6 -2 2 4 Alan Kersteins 3 2-1 3 8 Alex Hader 10 6 -6 3 28 Logan Dodd 1 3-2 1 4 Marshall Knies 0 0 -0 1 0 Chase Riecker 1 0 -0 4 3 Griffen Bauer 4 2-1 1 9 TOTAL S 25 21-12 20 66 3 Point FG's-4 (Kersteins 1, Hader 2 and Riecker 1) Wood Memorial Lathan Falls 3 7-4 2 11 Harden Hunter 1 0 -0 4 2 Remington Wilkison 1 0 -0 2 2 Paxon Bartley 10 13-10 4 31 Walker Nurrenbern 1 5 -4 4 6 Austin Ireland 1 0 -0 4 2 TOTAL S 17 25 -18 20 54 3 Point FG's-2 (Falls 1 and Bartley 1) SCORES BY QUARTERS Northeast Dubois 18 11 13 24 66 Wood Memorial 6 17 12 19 54 Experts weigh in on Gibson County zoning Debates heat up as commission discusses threats, litigation By Janice Barniak In a public meeting of the Gibson County Advisory Planning Commission Jan. 24, the board brought in two outside zoning experts but warned members of the pub- lic that threats to committee members would not be tol- erated. Board President John Feutz spoke about the issue after saying that the board has no preconceived notions of what they will do on zon- ing. "It was brought to my at- tention that there was some people felt or were threat- ened after their comments at the last meeting, and that really was, first of all, un- professional and question- able in your character, and secondly, not going to be tol- erated...I can't have people coming to these meetings and feeling uncomfortable or fearing for their safety." He said that the police who were on hand at the meeting would escort out anyone that did threaten a person, and they would be asked not to attend future meetings. In an update on changes to the zoning plan, ARC at- torney Mike Schopmeyer, for the board, said that as far as mining, the committee is making changes to allow exemptions for parts of the mine that are underground. Coal strip mines would re- quire special approvals. The board is consulting coal, oil, the Chamber of Commerce and other groups that have specific interests in the zon- ing debate to get feedback for zoning improvements. The board is also looking at down-use zoning. That's a zoning situation where the uses are tiered with manu- facturing at the top, where every use considered less than the zoning is permis- sible. For example, since manu- facturing tops the pyramid of zoning uses, on a prop- erty zoned manufacturing, every other use — for exam- ple agriculture, would be ac- ceptable. In previous meetings, a question came to the board about whether the 2009 map made when I-69 came to the county would be a sufficient basis for the zoning plan. The board invited David Goffinet, an attorney from Lochmueller, the company that drafted the 2009 plan, to speak about its current relevance. Goffinet said he "abso- lutely" felt the 2009 plan was sufficient to build upon. Re- doing the plan, he added, would be a nine-month, $ 35,000 - $50,000 process. "That is essentially a guiding light document to assist this board based on in- put from community," Goff- inet said. A member of the audience JV LADY TROJANS VS. SOUTH GIBSON 01/25/18 South Gibson Amelia Kissel 1 0 -0 0 2 Laynie Graham 3 0 -0 1 7 Maci Foster 0 0 -0 2 1 Ellie Maikranz 3 7-3 2 10 Kylie Osborne 1 2-2 0 5 Kami Miller 4 2-1 1 10 Sydney Parsons 0 0 -0 1 0 Madelyn Spindler 0 0 -0 1 0 Hallie Fleetwood 3 0 -0 2 6 Carson Kruse 1 0 -0 4 2 Kyra Menke 1 3-0 1 2 TOTAL S 17 16 -7 15 45 3 Point FG's-4 (Graham 1, Maikranz 1, Osborne 1 and Miller 1) Wood Memorial Kylie Hicks 0 0 -0 1 0 Madison Frederick 2 2-2 1 6 Bridget Reel 1 0 -0 0 2 Cleo Dennison 2 0 -0 2 4 Emma Robling 1 1-0 1 2 Kaitlyn Jarboe 1 3-2 2 4 Kennedy Blacklock 0 2-1 0 1 Peyton Shoultz 0 4-0 2 0 Gretchen Reel 1 6 -3 1 5 TOTAL S 8 18 -8 10 24 3 Point FG's-0 SCORES BY QUARTERS South Gibson 11 13 11 10 45 Wood Memorial 5 7 4 8 24 LADY TROJANS VS. SOUTH GIBSON 01/25/18 South Gibson Shayla Whitten 0 6 -6 3 6 Skylar Boes 2 4-3 3 7 Jordyn Graham 1 0 -0 0 3 Tabatha Klem 0 0 -0 4 0 Maci Foster 1 2-1 0 4 Ellie Maikranz 0 2-2 0 2 Meredith Raley 8 4-3 2 21 Bryn Wilzbacher 1 0 -0 3 3 Claire Jones 4 0 -0 2 12 Kami Miller 1 0 -0 0 3 Kyra Menke 0 0 -0 1 0 TOTAL S 18 18 -15 18 61 3 Point FG's-10 (Graham 1, Foster 1, Raley 2, Wilz- bacher 1, Jones 4 and Miller 1) Wood Memorial Kylie Hicks 1 4-3 0 5 Madison Fredrick 0 4-3 3 3 Sydney Lamar 1 2-2 1 4 Lexi Lashbrook 7 5 -2 1 16 Chloe Mowery 1 4-3 2 6 Adison Stone 1 4-0 4 2 Peyton Shoultz 0 1-0 1 0 TOTAL S 11 24-13 12 36 3 Point FG's-1 (Mowery 1) SCORES BY QUARTERS South Gibson 12 22 12 15 61 Wood Memorial 9 6 11 10 36 Chloe Mowery drives the lane during Wood Me- morial's game with Gibson Southern. Mowery had six points. Wood Memorial finished the season 10- 11. They play Cannelton at 5:30 p.m. at home in the second round of the sectional. The winner will advance to the championship game at 6:30 p.m. on Saturday. Sydney Lamar goes straight up for a shot during Wood Memo- rial's loss to Gibson Southern last week. Lamar had four points in the game. See ZONING on 10