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New hires ready to go at PES Board recalls Early Childhood staff By Donna Barker dbarker@bcrnews.com
PRINCETON — The Princeton Elementary School Board has made several hires for the new school year, including naming Lynette Bima as assistant principal for Logan Junior High School.
trict for the past six years as a special education teacher at Reagan Middle School. Carr replaces former Logan Principal J.D. Orwig, who has become principal at Jefferson Elementary School and also takes on some districtwide responsibilities. In other personnel action at Monday’s meeting, the board hired Kevin Scruggs as a fifth-grade
Bima has been with the PES District for 17 years, originally teaching for a couple years in the lower elementary grades but most recently in the language arts department at Logan. Bima joins new Logan Principal Amanda Carr, who was hired last month in that position after working for the dis-
teacher and Olivia Johnston as a special education teacher, both at Logan Junior High School; Emilee Wilde as the Logan poms sponsor and Kevin Bauer as the Logan softball coach. The board also unanimously recalled the Early Childhood staff which had been let go this spring as part of the annual Reduction in Force action.
Those recalls included Janet Becker, as Bright Beginnings parent facilitator; Mary D’Ambrosio, Bright Beginnings secretary; Marcia Caldwell and Lynn Ferrell as Early Beginnings parent educators; Stacey Cherry as Bright Beginnings teacher; and Shelley Colton, Tracey Newberry and Holly Wright as Bright Beginnings aides.
The board also recalled Jodi Hartman as a thirdgrade teacher and Ryan Crawley as a fourth-grade teacher. In other personnel matters, the board accepted the resignations of Michael Robinson as Jefferson School custodian and Kristin Valle, special education aide.
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Little change for Wyanet Post Office By Donna Barker dbarker@bcrnews.com
WYANET — The Wyanet Post Office will see minimal changes as far as its open window hours. About 10 residents attended Tuesday’s noon meeting at the Wyanet Post Office to hear the results of a recent survey sent to Wyanet Postal customers by the U.S. Postal Service. Postal Service representative Gary Patten said 603 customer surveys were mailed to Wyanet customers with 218 of those customers returning their surveys. Of that amount, 89 percent of the customers favored a realignment of post office hours, rather than closing the post office and opting for delivery service, going to a nearby post office, or having a local business handle postal services. After reviewing the returned surveys and taking into account Postal Service operational needs, Patten said the decision has been made to reduce the Wyanet’s window service hours by 30 minutes a day, Monday through Friday. Instead of having window service at the current six and one-half hours each weekday, window service hours will be reduced to six hours a day. The number of Saturday window hours will remain unchanged at two hours. The change will be a minimal impact for Wyanet customers, which is the good news, Patten said.
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The 2013 Bureau County Fair Queens say good-bye Little Miss Bureau County Fair Queen MaKenna Maupin (from left) of Wyanet; Miss Bureau County Fair Queen Ashley Simmon of Geneseo; and Junior Miss Bureau County Fair Queen Kendra Cain of Princeton will end their 2013 reign this Sunday at Princeton High School Auditorium, when the new Bureau County Fair Queens will be crowned. See photos/bios of this year’s Miss Bureau County Fair Queen contestants on Page 2.
Recapping the races DePue’s biggest event deemed a success By Goldie Currie gcurrie@bcrnews.com
DEPUE — The activities of DePue’s biggest weekend have come to an end, but the memories created at the 30th annual Pro National Championship Boat Races will last forever.
This year’s event has been deemed a success, despite the heavy winds brought on over the weekend, which caused threehour delays and shortened races. DePue Men’s Club President Steve Solorio believes this year’s event made the Top 5 successful years, financially speaking, “We did good. We made money on the event. We’re not hanging our heads on this one,” he said. “We stuck to what we wanted to do, and thank God everything
worked out.” Even with delays and cooler weather, the crowds stuck around, knowing the races would go on. Solorio said he was just thankful there was no rain and thunderstorms because that’s when an event loses its crowds. Looking back on the amount of people who crowded into the small town, Solorio guessed there were anywhere from 12,000 to 15,000 people throughout the course of the weekend.
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“That’s pretty good when you really think about it,” he said. “The shoreline was packed, and the cars were bumper-to-bumper on the streets.” The annual event brings racers from all over the country — from areas of Texas to New York, California, Wisconsin and Connecticut. This year’s event drew about 100 races, and Solorio said there had to be around 250 boats lining the shore.
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