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The Trojans’ Ryan Johnsonand the Wildcats’ Will Boydmade the All-Conference team, which consists of the top 10 individuals plus ties. Johnson finished seventh with a score of 150, three shots behind winner Chris Tillbury of Also scoring Tuesday for IWU were John Hoefer(76), Joe Madda(77) and Austin Conroy(78). Rounding out |
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Chronicle-Tribune – Originally published October 4, 2006
By CURT SLYDER
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October 4, 2006
Anhvu Le, 15, has been a skater for the past three years.
After school, he often can be found at
"I live right across the street," the
But news is starting to brighten for skaters who have complained for years about having no place to go. First, the church eventually plans to put the ramp in a skatepark as part of its $9 million community center, currently under construction. But the skatepark still needs funds to get off the drawing board.
Then there’s a project
That could be changing.
City officials have confirmed they will seek two grants totaling $625,000 to get the downtown skatepark rolling again.
The nonprofit Lafayette Parks Foundation last week submitted a $600,000 grant request to NCHS, the former owner of
Founded by professional skater Tony Hawk, the foundation gives grants of up to $25,000 to help construct skateparks.
According to its Web site, the Lafayette-based NCHS gives grants in
Skateboarding "is a healthy activity," Bumbleburg said. "It’s one of those activities that gets people out and moving."
The city had the Chicago-based
Lafayette skater Amber Casto, 25, is a full-time student at
Casto said the local skating community was disheartened last year when city officials announced the city had no money to build the skatepark.
The new information excited her. Casto thinks it could give the skating community a big boost.
"I think it’s going to be awesome," Casto said. "I think it could make a lot more people start skating."
Shown the conceptual design, Le had only one word: "Wow!"
Le believes the skatepark would fill a void in the community.
"We’ve been wanting a skatepark for like many years now," he said. "A lot of people would be there, people from out of town, maybe even out of state. That’d be cool to have."
Mayor Tony Roswarski agreed with Le.
"I really do believe we have an underserved population," Roswarski said.
Instead of waiting for city money, which could take many years to free up, the city wants to move forward with the project, Roswarski said.
Dylan Wierenga, 14, is a freshman at
Having a skatepark downtown would be cool, Wierenga said.
"We wouldn’t get kicked out of places," Wierenga said. "We aren’t allowed to skate on stairs."
But even if the city gets both grants, it won’t be enough. The city will still need about $300,000 more, because the overall price is about $1 million, Roswarski said.
If the city gets both grants, "then we’ll probably launch a private fundraising campaign," Roswarski said. It’s far too early to discuss a construction date since there are too many variables, the mayor said. "We just don’t know."
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Faced with sharp increases in transportation expenses, and a lack of state funding the Bluffton-Harrison M.S.D. Board of School Trustees held off on a proposal to share a portion of the costs with the athletics, band and choral departments.
At the last meeting Supt. Dr. Julie A. Koschnick projected the district’s transportation fund would end the year with a balance of around $5,000 unless some measures are taken.
Last year to cover expenses the district had to transfer in $18,565 in June.
Koschnick had proposed a gradual shifting of activity costs to the band, choir, and athletics. Koschnick recommended that this year the band would pay $750 toward travel expenses, with the choir paying $700, and the athletics department paying $5,000.
That proposal was tabled at the last meeting. In response to the situation Athletic Director Steve Thompson went scrambling to review about a decade’s worth of financial records, in hopes of finding a better solution.
At Thursday’s meeting of the board, Thompson distributed several charts and graphs and noted that in five of the past 10 years the department had operated at a net loss.
Thompson said, “There’s a real misconception that the athletics department has a bunch of cash laying around.”
“In my opinion we don’t have a lot to play with,” Thompson said.
Thompson pointed out the paradox that the better the teams do, the worse off the department’s finances become. The boy’s basketball state finals run in the 2001-02 school year left the department $29,668.99 in the red, their biggest net loss in a decade.
“The state finals run was actually very costly,” Thompson noted.
Thompson said in reviewing all of the records he did get a better understanding of the concerns raised by Koschnick. “We will need creative finances, and to take a proactive approach,” Thompson said.
Thompson polled many of the other athletic directors in the conference and found out many other districts are faced with similar concerns, and are also weighing what measures can be taken to fund transportation expenses.
Thompson cautioned against being too quick to seek the funds from the departments.
“When we look at options it’s very easy (for the board) to say pass it to the athletics department,” Thompson said. “And it’s very easy for me to then say pass it to the kids.”
Thompson said he does not want to be faced with that as his only option. “I don’t know what we’re going to do,” Thompson said.
Thompson appealed for more time to look at options, and get through more of this year. “I’ve only been on the job three months,” Thompson said. “I’m not trying to use that as an excuse, I just need some time to tackle this.”
“I want a little more time to look at this, let me figure this out, and get my core people together,” Thompson asked. “I’ve never been through a full year to see where the money goes out.”
Board member Darryl Elliot noted that, “hard times call for hard measures.” Elliot said he felt it was important for the public to know that, “we get put in this position because of the state.”
Elliot said until enough parents get fed up and pressure the state to increase school funding, the situation will not likely improve.”
Koschnick suggested that Thompson form a committee to look at what can be done, and report back before December 1. Koschnick suggested that the committee include one board member.
Board member Stephen Huffman was enthusiastic and quickly offered to volunteer, but faced opposition from board member Kent Shady.
Shady said in his opinion the board member on the committee should be a parent with children involved in athletics, as they would better understand the financial burdens parents are already faced with when their kids are in sports.
Shady restated his position from last month that for now the school corporation should handle the burden. Shady said he is, “dead set against the kids paying any more.”
“We as a corporation should bite the bullet this year,” Shady said. Shady said he felt they could muddle through the rest of this year and look at options for the upcoming year.
No determination was made about the committee’s composition but Koschnick granted Thompson until December 1st to update the board.
Koschnick said the district may have to look at even tougher choices.
Koschnick said while she understands the board’s concerns over having elementary school students riding on buses with middle school and high school pupils, it may be time to consider shifting starting times and consolidating bus routes to serve all three schools at once.
“This is not something that we can continue to go forward with without finding a solution,” Koschnick said.
High School Principal Steve Baker was optimistic. “We’ll find a solution, we have a spirit of cooperation, and we’ll get it done.”
In other business the board was updated on the issues surrounding the window replacement project at the elementary school. Koschnick said she had met with the main contractor Tecton and they would be submitting a proposal for resolving any remaining issues with installation problems.
Koschnick said she was hopeful litigation could be avoided and the situation would be resolved as a “win-win,” situation.
The board was updated on progress made toward funding an outdoor learning lab at the elementary school. The project co-chairs Stephanie Hiday and Brittany Kitt informed the board that they have now raised a total of $58,000 toward their phase one goal of $75,000.
Kitt said they had applied for a $25,000 grant from the Lowe’s Foundation and were waiting to hear the outcome. Kitt said that should that application be unsuccessful, Lowe’s has another grant program for outdoor learning labs that they could seek funding from.
Hiday said the project has a projected start date in early spring, and they recently met with teachers and reviewed plans for the lab.
Food Service Director Robin McCorkle updated the board on the implementation of the district’s wellness policy.
McCorkle said she and her staff were initially, “really apprehensive.” She told her staff that they had to have a positive outlook. The results have been impressive. Overall they are up about 75 paid Type A lunches from last year, and the feedback from students and faculty has been supportive.
McCorkle said one elementary school child had never tried strawberries before, and enjoyed them very much. “It’s been such a wonderful thing.” McCorkle said.
McCorkle said the introduction of soft serve yogurt at the high school has been particularly well received. Koschnick said she has received many compliments on the food from the staff and parents.
In personnel actions the board accepted the resignation of part-time cafeteria employee Jennifer Earhart, effective September 14. They approved the hiring of Deb Huffman to replace Earhart.
The board accepted the recommendations of Steve Thompson to hire Diane Johnson as high school assistant girl’s basketball coach, Steve Abbett as high school assistant boy’s swimming coach, Dan Irwin as high school varsity boy’s wrestling coach, and Barb Hartsell as a volunteer middle school assistant cross county coach.
The board approved hiring Rhonda Gerber as an assistant for the child care program. The board also approved David Barnell as a transportation aide for the special needs route.
Justin Reed was approved as a student teacher for the period os Feb. 26, 2007 through Apr. 25, 2007 under the supervision of Jim Bueter. Reed is a student at
Finally the board approved a request from Gay Schoeff to extend her family medical leave through Oct. 31, 2006.
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Excel Learning Academy is expanding.
By TOSHUA E. PHILLIPS
— Learning doesn’t stop in any season.
With 1322 and 1324 E. 37th St. filled with preschoolers and kindergartners,
The additional space to open June 5 will hold 16 children and go beyond the traditional classrooms by housing computer and laundry rooms and a separate playroom.
The four-year-old academy moved to
“I just love to teach,” said Boards, an MBA graduate from
Tyrone Vertner’s wife, Carlena, heard about Excel through word-of-mouth. Their 6-year-old daughter Natya graduated from the academy last year and now attends Liberty Christian, a private school that also employs A Beka instruction.
Brother Nauteon, 5, isn’t far behind her. He’ll attend
The Vertners have seen advancements in Nauteon behaviorally since his August enrollment.
“He broke out of his shyness,” Tyrone Vertner said. “He’s a lot more outgoing, outspoken.”
That’s not the only change.
“He quickly advanced out of the kindergarten level books to first-grade level,” Vertner said.
Pendleton resident Corey Mitchem is another proud papa.
“I’ve noticed a big difference in
“From what I’ve seen from her peers at our church, she seems to be a bit advanced for a kindergartner.”
Several students are able to test into first grade, despite their young age.
Excel students are grouped by age or academics led by Boards, Ann Wise or Toni Wilson. Daily, the 3- to 6-year-olds count to 100, recite shapes, seasons and opposites, to name a few. The morning begins with a half-hour devotion of Christian, American and Bible allegiances, prayer, faith confession, scripture recital and songs. Regardless of age, children are taught Spanish and social studies during their second semester. Hours of operation are 6:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
“Kids learn by repetition,” Boards said. “Whether they get it or not, we do this every day. If they do this daily, they’ll catch on.
“I’m not a daycare,” she continued. “This is truly a preschool and kindergarten. My motto: Excel in excellence.”
With a student’s fee of $85 a week, Boards added that her school accepts payments from the state’s Child Care and Development Fund that helps low-income families.
“A lot of parents can’t afford to send their children to private schools,” the owner said.
“We don’t leave any kids behind.”
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