speech at the meeting, he concluded
with “I’m proud to have been a Westview administrator.”
by Luke Pamer
Johnston now plans on traveling
May 10, 2012: Long time principal
with his wife with all of the free time
degree in education at Xavier Univerof the junior high, Paul Johnston, is
on his hands. He also plans on becomsity in Ohio. Johnston is a native of
retiring. “The time he has spent here
ing more involved with the volunteerhas been great. He has done a wonder- Cincinnati, Ohio. After that, he held
positions at high schools in Cincinnati, ing in the community he already does.
ful job for us. He has brought a lot of
ISTEP testing was recently held
St. Louis, Garrett, Bishop Luers, Bishop
change to Westview high school,” said
this spring for the students in the
Dwenger, and Lakeland high school.
Superintendent Randy Zimmerly.
Johnston has held several educat- When he came to Westview, he actually Westview cooperation. According
became the first ever junior high prin- to Westview’s Director of Curricuing jobs over his successful career.
lum, Bob Evans, it went “really well.”
cipal. During Johnston’s retirement
He started out by getting his Masters
However, the state wants to eliminate
ISTEP testing and implement the
PARCC test. The PARCC (Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for
College and Career) test is on pace to
All games will be played on Saturdays at the Lake Park Soccer Fields replace the ISTEP test in the next two
in Shipshewana.
years. The test will be taken by stuThe season begins the 1st week of Aug. and goes through Sept. dents in grades 3-11.
The sewer plant will have to be
Registration fee is $18 and is due by
repaired at the high school. Mason
Engineering and Construction will be
May 31st, 2012.
doing the upgrading and repairs and
Visit westendsoccer.org to print off a copy
it will cost an estimated $102,500.
This was the lowest bid that met the
of the application.
specifications.
The cooperation is purchasing
ehman
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new computers for its schools. Topeka
Elementary will be receiving thirtyCertified Public Accountants & Consultants
one computers; Shipshewana-Scott
Elementary school will be receiving
• Financial Statement Preparation
• Tax Consulting & Preparation
thirty-two computers, and the high
• Complete Payroll Services
• QuickBooks Support Services
school will be receiving forty-nine new
computers.
• Accounting & Bookkeeping Services
Westview School Board
Reminder: Application deadline for
West End Soccer is May 31st.
L
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& C ., P.C.
Brian Hershberger, CPA [email protected]
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Local Bank
Fundraising For
Food Pantries
Farmers State Bank employees,
Board of Directors and retirees have
compiled a cookbook called, Farmers
State’s Best Cookbook. The cookbooks
feature 445 recipes and they are on
sale for $13 e