May 2011
Phone: 260-463-4901 • Fax 888-439-6528 • The Hometown Treasure
Westview School Board
by Luke Pamer
4/14/2011 - It was decided that Westview will
Skype could provide all the education of a field
continue to use the same science materials for trip without the costs.
Kindergarten through sixth grade. The materials are
Salaries were decreased last year and a 10% transfer
of funds was approved for different purposes.
still deemed sufficient.
There was also a presentation put on by teacher
There will be a mandated lunch price increase in
Amanda Nine showing how technology is being used the upcoming years because of the Healthy Hungerin the classroom. New programs being used are Free Kids Act of 2010. Westview’s current lunch price
Photostory, eInstruction clickers, and Skype. Photostory is $1.95 and an increase will push lunches past the $2
is a program to create a slideshow while using a voice- dollar mark.
over. eInstruction clickers are a device for students to
A new software program will help Westview achieve
answer a question and for teachers to receive instant better efficiency on their bus routes. All Westview
feedback on their answers. Skype is a program where elementary schools have now become Energy Star
students and teachers can talk to others on a web cam schools. This means that the school earned at least
from anywhere in the world.
a score of 75 out of 100 on the performance service
report. Energy Star schools save approximately 3040% more money than schools that aren’t energy star
approved.
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Topeka Police Department
The Topeka Police Department reports the
following activity for the month of March 2011:
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Details:
Traffic Offense.................. 4
Theft.................................. 1
Motor Vehicle Accident.... 4
Alarms................................ 1
Suspicious.......................... 4
911 Hang-up Calls............. 1
Civil.................................... 2
VIN Checks........................ 5
Juvenile Offense................ 1
Property Offense............... 2
Animal............................... 1
Traffic / Arrests:
Total Tickets...................... 0
Total Warnings................ 18
Misdemeanor Arrests........ 1
Felony Arrests.................... 0
K-9 Activity:
Details................................ 2
2010 champion Brennan North represented the
4-H program as an individual and successfully defended
the individual title with 372 points, followed by Prairie
Heights’ Marissa Richardson with 360. Westview’s
Darrell Bontrager and Karl Yoder finished third and
fourth respectively. Lakeland FFA was paced in scoring
by senior Zach Young.
In addition to Baker, the other county coaches are
Katie Allen, Lakeland; and Ben Leu, Prairie Heights.
Each county high school will be represented at the
area competition as the top four units earned the right
to move to the Purdue Area XI Dairy and Livestock
Career Development Event on April 15th in DeKalb
County. Area competition brings together contestants
from the nine counties of northeastern Indiana to
compete for spots in the annual state contest, to be
conducted this year on May 21st at Purdue University.
Judging in 4-H/FFA career development events
offers youth opportunities to cultivate life skills such
as sample discrimination, reasoning, decision-making,
and speaking ability. The livestock judging competition
tests the students’ ability to observe, evaluate, and rank
classes of livestock such as cattle, goats, sheep, and
swine using established livestock evaluation standards.
The contestants then justify their rankings to officials
with oral presentations. County 4-H and FFA contests
are sponsored by the LaGrange County 4-H Club
Association and the county FFA chapters. Vocational
agriculture teachers, 4-H volunteers, and Purdue
University Cooperative Extension staff coordinate
the contest. This year’s competition was officiated by
volunteers Brian Gilliland and Ben Grimm and Purdue
Extension staff Doug Keenan and John Emerson.