The Press-Dispatch
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The Press-Dispatch Wednesday, Februar y 28, 2018 C-9 EAST GIBSON NEWS Submit school news: Email: egnews@ pressdispatch.net Deadline: Noon on Friday PLTW GRANT Wood Memorial High School and East Gibson School Corporation has re- ceived a grant to allow us to launch a PLT W (Project Lead The Way) Computer Science curriculum. The grant total is $20,000, with funds to be utilized for train- ing, equipment, and pro- gram registration costs. Ms. Nossett and Ms. Hill will be reviewing how we may best invest the grant monies to ensure the greatest opportu- nity for students to benefit. ISTEP BEGINS The first round of ISTEP testing is just a week away, with February 26, 2018 serv- ing as the first day of assess- ments. Students in grades 7, 8, and 10 will be admin- istered the ISTEP test be- ginning on February 26 and running through March 8, 2018. Instructors have en- gaged state provided prac- tice assessments to assist with student preparation. MAKE UP DAYS In order to make up the five (4) days of missed school, due to the recent winter weather, our schools will be in session on the following dates: Monday, April 2; Wednesday, May 23; Thursday, May 24; Fri- day, May 25. The second se- mester is now scheduled to end on May 25. 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. 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 -7:30 a.m. in the weight barn. The focus will be on providing a struc- tured strength and fitness training club for those who want to better themselves physically. No prior athlet- ic experience is required, as Mr. Messmer will be provid- ing proper form and safety instruction to those partic- ipating. 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 CALENDAR Wednesday, Feb. 21 Tuesday, Feb. 27 ISTEP Testing 10th Grade – English ISTEP Spirit Theme - Mismatch Day No one can match our high scores Boys Basketball Sectional, 6:30 p.m. Wood Memorial vs. Northeast Dubois At Springs Valley Wednesday, Feb. 28 Anatomy and Physiology Field Trip 8 a.m. ISTEP Testing 10th Grade – English ISTEP Spirit Theme - Western Day Round up good skills for success on the ISTEP HS Student Council Meeting, 12:15 p.m. WMJHS Spirit Club Meeting, 3:30 p.m. Gibson County Job Fair Ivy Tech Technology Center – Princeton, 2 p.m. – 5 p.m. Thursday, Mar. 1 Prom Committee Meeting, 7:30 a.m. ISTEP Testing 9th Grade – Biology Neon Day, Our progress will shine bright Health Occupations Field Trip, 8 a.m. Student Advisory Council Meeting, 11:31 a.m. English Field Trip, 2 p.m. Butler University Drama Presentation Friday, Mar. 2 ISTEP Testing 7th Grade – Social Studies Staff PLC Session, 8 a.m. Boys Basketball Sectional, Semi Finals, 5:30 p.m. Saturday, Mar. 3 Boys 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 ISTEP Part 1, Feb. 26 – Mar. 9 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. BARR-REEVE 02/20/18 Barr-Reeve Gabe Gladish 3 6 -4 3 12 Isaac Wagler 6 2-1 5 15 Brycen Graber 0 4-2 1 2 Austin Ainscongh 7 9 -3 2 22 Keegan O'Neill 7 2-2 3 17 Quentin Yoder 2 0 -0 0 4 TOTAL S 25 23-12 14 72 3 Point FG's-10 (Gladish2, Wagler 2, Ainscongh 5 and O'Neill 1) Wood Memorial Lathan Falls 6 5 -2 2 16 Harden Hunter 0 0 -0 4 0 Remington Wilkison 1 0 -0 5 2 Cameron Saulman 0 0 -0 2 0 Paxon Bartley 8 5 -3 3 20 Walker Nurrenbern 4 4-4 4 16 Austin Ireland 1 0 -0 2 2 TOTAL S 20 14-9 22 56 3 Point FG's-4 (Falls 2, Bartley 1 and Nurrenbern 4) SCORES BY QUARTERS Barr-Reeve 12 15 21 24 72 Wood Memorial 15 9 13 19 56 TROJANS VS. SOUTH KNOX 02/22/18 South Knox Gage Bobe 3 8 -5 1 12 Zach Welage 0 0 -0 2 0 Justin Fickling 5 3-2 4 12 Luke Marchino 2 2-0 4 4 Nick Johnson 4 4-4 2 12 Bryce Coomes 0 2-0 0 0 Brandon Fickling 8 1-0 1 16 Will Carie 2 0 -0 0 4 TOTAL S 24 20 -11 14 60 3 Point FG's-1 (Bobe 1) Wood Memorial Lathan Falls 4 6 -3 5 11 Harden Hunter 1 0 -0 1 2 Remington Wilkison 0 0 -0 4 0 Cameron Saulman 0 0 -0 1 0 Paxon Bartley 3 4-2 4 8 Walker Nurrenbern 4 5 -2 4 12 Logan Keeker 1 0 -0 0 2 Austin Ireland 3 1-0 1 6 TOTAL S 16 16 -7 20 41 3 Point FG's-4 (Nurrenbern 2) SCORES BY QUARTERS South Knox 21 17 6 16 60 Wood Memorial 10 14 8 9 41 See APC on page 11 WOOD MEMORIAL BASKETBALL BOY'S BASKETBALL SCHEDULE AND RESULTS 2017-18 SCHEDULE Date Opponent Location Result 11/21 Princeton H L, 53-68 12/1 Loogootee A W, 77-76 12/2 Tecumseh H W, 55 -44 12/8 Perry Central A W, 81-48 12/13 Washington H W, 51-25 12/15 North Daviess H W, 48 -40 12/19 Castle H L, 52-76 12/22 Princeton H L, 51-56 12/23 Mount Carmel H W, 58 -40 1/5 Pike Central H W, 63-50 1/22 Shoals H W, 44-29 1/26 Tell City A W, 59 -38 1/27 Northeast Dubois H L, 54-66 1/31 Washington Catholic H W, 60 -12 2/1 Vincennes Rivet A W, 74-53 2/3 Evansville Day A W, 57-47 2/6 Forest Park H W, 59 -58 2/9 Southridge A L, 65 -75 2/13 Evansville North A L, 69 -82 2/16 Gibson Southern A W, 83-75 2/17 North Knox A W, 83-51 2/20 Barr-Reeve A L, 56 -72 2/22 South Knox H L, 41-60 GIRL'S BASKETBALL SCHEDULE AND RESULTS 2017-18 SCHEDULE Date Opponent Location Result 11/3 Perry Central A W, 34-28 11/11 Vincennes Rivet A L, 26 -53 11/14 Tecumseh H L, 35 -42 11/17 Pike Central H L, 28 -38 11/20 Northeast Dubois A L, 38 -40 11/28 North Posey A W, 53-41 11/30 Washington Catholic A W, 58 -18 12/5 Barr-Reeve H W, 41-21 12/7 South Spencer A W, 51-32 12/11 Evansville Bosse H L, 44-50 12/14 North Knox A L, 30 -47 12/19 Castle H L, 30 -80 12/22 Princeton H W, 43-25 12/23 Mount Carmel H W, 50 -47 1/2 Springs Valley H L, 37-43 1/4 Loogootee A L, 30 -48 1/9 South Knox H W, 42-41 1/11 Princeton H L, 25 -35 1/18 W hite R iver Valley A CANCELED 1/22 Shoals H W, 60 -23 1/23 Mount Vernon (Posey) A W, 48 -24 1/25 Gibson Southern A L, 36 -61 2/2 Cannelton H W, 68 -26 2/3 Northeast Dubois H L, 30 -35 Board discusses next draft on zoning Public opposition continues at meetings By Janice Barniak The Advisory Planning Commission con- tinued the discussion of updates for the next draft of the zoning ordinance, including where the group is at on the 2009 -era map for zoning, which would cost approximately $ 30 -40,000 to overhaul. Meanwhile, opponents to zoning were still vo- cal about their doubts of the benefits. Steve Obert, leader of an APC small group that looked at the '09 plan, said the group de- cided that other than establishing a county-wide park system, which has been done, the plan had merit. "The main sentiment of the document is still relevant," he said. However, the group would recommend that if zoning is accepted, the first move be to update the '09 plan, which utilized data that was, perhaps influenced by the Reces- sion of that time, and was also built on histori- cal data from as far back as 2001. One of the main differences in comparing the plan to current needs, for Obert, was that at that time, the plan concluded housing was adequate in Gibson County, and since, Obert said, public officials have been vocal about saying the coun- ty needs more housing. "When people say the plan is outdated...There may be some validity to that," Obert said. The group looked at getting a grant to fund a new study prior to pursuing zoning, and he said that they had a response that a county shouldn't have an unapproved plan of the same type if they want to apply for a grant to have a zoning study done. Again, he said that if zoning is passed, the group would then recommend applying for a grant for a new study as soon as possible. The group is talking about housing on Ind. 168, to reduce or eliminate a proposed residen- tial zone. The board did not vote on eliminating that, and instead voted to send a letter to those property owners to find out if they want to be zoned something other than their current use. April Graper, leader of another small group, said the group did recommend changing the code to not require a certain minimum square footage if someone wants to build a house. "We felt if you're out there and you retire and you want a small house, you should have the right to build whatever size house you want," she said. The group did want to include setbacks in zoning to make sure people aren't building right on property lines. "If you drive around the county, there is some of that going on," she said. She said the group wanted to make it clear the plan does not include a building code. "If you want to build it (a house) out of pal- lets, there's nothing that says you can't build it out of pallets," Graper said. Board chairperson John Feutz said that the document is now 30 pages compared to 40 pag- es they started with—he said the group did need to consider whether it would make it easi- er in the future to make it more detailed. His group recommended modular homes on foundations be treated the same as a house and considered the concerns of coal, oil and gas in- dustries. Coal made the biggest requests of the board he said, asking for no additional regula- tions outside what they already have. "We agreed they are heavily regulated, but we as a small group decided that it was not fair to do a total exemption...We obviously want to protect the ability to mine coal," he said. Feutz compared the concerns of coal to anoth- er heavily regulated industry, agriculture. In ag- riculture, the zoning document provides a site scoring system that says if a site meets a certain number of criteria, it can be approved, which As a livestock person, farming has been at the very heart of our farming heritage forever...they didn't want I-69 to come through, and they have hopes and dreams too." Steve Obert, APC Member and Confined Feeding Operation Owner Steve Obert, owner of a confined feeding operation and member of the Advisory Planning Commission, spoke to the issues of farmers at the meeting Thursday at Toyota Events Center at the Gibson County Fairgrounds. Candidate suggests vets protect schools By Janice Barniak SG Star-Times Editor editor@sgstartimes.com Cecil "Bob" Allen, who is running for a seat on the board of County Commis- sioners, asked the current commissioners to recom- mend veterans for work as school resource officers. "This is food for thought," he said. "With the situations going on in world, school shootings, we do have some school resource officers. In- stead of taking deputies off the road, hire veterans to fill positions as special dep- uties. We could put more in by doing that." He followed up by calling veterans a great resource for the county. Commissioner Steve Bottoms told Allen that re- source officers are actually employees of the school sys- tem. Some are veterans, he added. "It would take little train- ing," Allen said. "They wouldn't have to go to acad- emy, and could be licensed to carry guns." Attorney Jim McDon- ald said the school boards would have to make the de- cision.