New Haven Bulletin

School-improvement votes offered a valuable lesson

bob — Fri, 18 May 2012 11:06:18 +0000

FWCS won by stressing unity, academics; EACS didn’t

Two years ago, when a News-Sentinel/WANE-TV poll asked likely voters whether they would support higher property taxes to improve public schools, the answer was clear: Fifty-seven percent said “no.”

And yet, on the same day earlier this month, 66 percent of Fort Wayne Community Schools voters approved a $119 million capital improvement plan that will add about $27 to the annual property tax bill for a house valued at $90,000 while 64 percent of voters rejected an $89 million referendum in the East Allen County Schools district.

So the obvious question is: Was the poll itself flawed, or does something else account for what happened May 8?

My educated guess is the latter, because FWCS presented a textbook study in how to persuade people to increase their own taxes even in a tough economy – and EACS gave voters reason to do the opposite.

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Boys Track Sectional 2012

bob — Fri, 18 May 2012 10:54:18 +0000

WAYNE

Team scores: 1. Homestead 121, 2. Whitko 95.5, 3. Wayne 90, 4. New Haven 80, 5. Columbia City 59, 6. Adams Central 42, 7. South Adams 39, 8. Bluffton 38, 9. Bishop Luers 28, 10. Heritage 23, 11. Bellmont 7.5

100–1. Lake (Hom) 11.03, 2. Ford (Wa) 11.10, 3. Stouder (Wh) 11.12, 4. Lark (Hom) 11.18; 200–1. Ford (Wa) 22.32, 2. Lark (Hom) 22.51, 3. Stouder (Wh) 22.70, 4. Gaston (BL) 23.14; 400–1. Harris (NH) 51.36, 2. Nettrauer (Wh) 51.51, 3. Fawcett (AC) 51.85, 4. Hoffer (HN) 52.79; 800–1. Sterling (Hom) 2:02.21, 2. McManus (BL) 2:02.59, 3. Stieglitz (Wh) 2:03.53, 4. Dark (Hom) 2:03.79; 1600–1. Zoltek (CC) 4:30.47, 2. Liechty (SA) 4:32.29, 3. Mize (Wh) 4:32.73, 4. Koteskey (Hom) 4:32.89; 3200–1. Harris (Hom) 9:57.51, 2. Cozad (Wh) 9:59.36, 3. Moore (Hom) 10:00.22, 4. Bernhard (CC) 10:05.42; 110H–1. Stone (Wa) 14.84, 2. Schmidt (SA) 15.26, 3. Lambert (Blu) 15.48, 4. Nelson (NH) 15.57; 300H–1. Stanley (Hom) 38.40, 2. Stone (Wa) 39.80, 3. Horne (Her) 40.50; 4. Lambert (Blu) 40.99; 400R–1. Homestead 43.96, 2. Whitko 44.56, 3. Heritage 44.82, 4. Bluffton 45.03; 1600R–1. New Haven 3:27.88, 2. Whitko 3:28.06, 3. Wayne 3:30.91, 4. South Adams 3:32.75; 3200R–1. Wayne 8:17.75, 2. Whitko 8:18.97, 3. Homestead 8:20.48, 4. South Adams 8:26.45; HJ–1. Robinson (Wa) 6-4, 2. Rethlake (CC) 6-3, 3. Wright (Her) 6-3, 4. Force (Hom) 6-3; PV–1. Wilkinson (Wh) 12-0, 2. Hahn (CC) 12-0, 3. Diaz (NH) 11-0, 4. Pequignot (CC) 10-6; LJ–1. Robinson (Wa) 20-6.5, 2. Fawcett (AC) 20-1.5, 3. Smith (CC) 20-1, 4. Rethlake (CC) 20-0.5; SP–1. Tonner (AC) 51-7.25, 2. Lothamer (NH) 49-7.25, 3. Snep (Wh) 49-6.75, 4. DaDa (Wa) 48-5.5; D–1. Tonner (AC) 166-4, 2. Elwood (NH) 155-3, 3. Lothamer (NH) 144-7, 4. Smith (Wh) 137-3

IPFW CAREER DAY

bob — Fri, 18 May 2012 02:08:30 +0000

NEW HAVEN HIGH SCHOOL ‘TALENTED TENTH’ ATTEND IPFW CAREER DAY
Recently, the New Haven High School “Talented Tenth” male mentoring group attended the IPFW annual career day. The young men were able to learn about professions they are interested in majoring in at the collegiate level. The term “Talented Tenth” is to describe the likelihood of 1 in10 black men becoming leaders in today’s society. The twelve New Haven High male students were nominated by a staff member who recognized they had the ability to become a leader and/or mentor. Members will be added to the group on an annual basis.
The group will present several projects during the 2012-13 school year. The overseer of the group is Mr. Keith Edmonds, Assistant Principal.

Park Talk

bob — Fri, 18 May 2012 02:04:18 +0000

Why are the trees in Heatherwood Park being cut down?

Unfortunately Heatherwood Park has fallen victim to the Emerald Ash Borer. There are a total of 19 Ash trees and one Boxelder tree that have died and need to be removed. We were aware of the ash trees in the park last fall but were hoping that we would have several years to prepare for the worst but the condition of these trees turned terribly bad in the last six months. Bark was falling off, limbs were dropping and the parks department knew it was either remove the trees or close the park for safety reasons. The contractor is cutting down the trees and removing the limbs. To save money the park department will remove the stumps later this year when time allows. The parks department will start planning on tree replacement as funds become available. In the next month or so Allen County will have a contractor in the park debrushing along the creek similar to what happened along Moeller Rd.

Mike Clendenen, Superintendent

New Haven-Adams Township Park and Recreation Dept

Click It or Ticket

bob — Thu, 17 May 2012 16:45:54 +0000

2012 campaign begins

The Indiana State Police are participating in Indiana’s 2012 “Click It or Ticket” campaign.

The seat belt enforcement campaign runs now through June 3.

This national campaign takes place over the Memorial Day holiday period and is supported by thousands of law enforcement agencies and traffic safety advocates across the country.

More than 25 law enforcement agencies in Indiana alone will be conducting special day and night patrols to ticket drivers and passengers who refuse to wear their seat belts.

Indiana’s seat belt usage rate has increased from 63% in 1995 to 93% in 2011 due to the “Click It or Ticket” campaigns.

But still, in 2011, in Indiana, there were 3,322 crashes that involved drivers or occupants that were not wearing seat belts and, of those, 202 fatalities.

Statistics show wearing your seat belt increases your chances of surviving a crash by more than 50%.

Drivers will see more law enforcement on the roads during this 15-day period. Special patrols will be around the clock. Drivers can expect to get a ticket if driving without wearing their seat belt.

According to the Indiana State Police, there are no excuses or exceptions.

180 STUDENTS AWARDED

bob — Thu, 17 May 2012 15:01:28 +0000

EACS READ 180 STUDENTS AWARDED FOR TREMENDOUS GROWTH!
As a means of celebrating the tremendous growth demonstrated by the students in EACS middle school Read 180 classes, the students were taken to a Tin Caps game that featured many schools as their special guests for the day. The expected gain over the course of the year for a student in Read 180 is 100 points in Lexile scores. Many of the EACS students in the Read 180 programs have demonstrated growth that is 3 – 4 times the expected gains! This field trip provided those hard working students with the positive reinforcement they deserve for their improvement in reading! Tickets to the game were provided at no cost to the students as well as a hot dog, bag of chips, and a drink that the students had for lunch. Great job, hard-working students and teachers!

And the winner is…

bob — Thu, 17 May 2012 14:16:39 +0000

The Mini-Indy Car votes have been tallied, duplicates removed and fake addresses purged. The WINNER of our contest is Frontier Communications. Close behind in second is Grabill Bank. Frontier will receive our winner’s trophy and two great tickets to the Indianapolis 500 Race. Grabill Bank will also receive two great tickets to the race. Thanks so much to everyone who participated. We had over 1100 visits to the voting site and over 850 unique votes.

Please remember to still vote each day for New Haven in the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Community Competition. To make it easier, we now have a shorter address – www.votenewhaven.com

(how did we not win?)

Huge sale!! 1752 Summit St

bob — Wed, 16 May 2012 22:25:55 +0000

HUGE SEMI TRUCK GARAGE SALE – 1752 Summit St, New Haven – May 17, 18 & 19 – 8 am to 4 pm!! Scott purchased a truck load of goodies and is selling everything at 50% or less of the retail price, everything is as is! Here is a small list of some of the items, get ready to be WOWED!!
Treadmills, stationery bikes, weight stations, ellipticals, mini tramps, sport watches and heart monitors, volleyball sets, badminton sets, tball starter sets, hillbilly golf, wiffle bats, tennis raquets, tennis balls, baseball mits, dart boards, ping pong tables, huffy bike, men’s bile, kids bikes, brinkmanship smokers, habachi grills, batting tees, bicycles child carriers, camping gear, fishing gear, waders, coolers, tents 3-4-8 person, grills, camp showers, camping lanterns, mini sleepers, exercise weights, yoga mats, pool floats, blow up mattresses, patio umbrellas, stadium bag chairs, portable toilets, 16″ bikes, golf bags, coffee maker, volleyballs, remote control toys, 12′ x 12′ canopies, ez up instant shelters, WHEW that’s just the beginning!! Come on over and check it out, building is next to Talon on Summit Street, plenty of parking!!

NHHS Class of 2012

bob — Wed, 16 May 2012 11:44:41 +0000

NEW HAVEN HIGH 2012 Class Rankings
1. Kayla Chin, IPFW
2. Ben Fox – Indiana University
3. Courtney Louden – Purdue University
4. Tyler Purvis – Purdue University
5. Hannah Salerno – Ball State University
6. Carrie Vachon – IPFW
7. Kayla Fendel – IPFW
8. Amanda Stecker – Ball State University
9. Justin Lothamer – IPFW
10. Oreonna Shepherd – University of Indianapolis
10. Rashonda Jones – Butler or University of Indianapolis

Girls Track Sectional 2012

bob — Wed, 16 May 2012 11:32:29 +0000

Team scores: 1. Columbia City 113, 2. Homestead 109, 3. Wayne 108, 4. Bellmont 89, 5. New Haven 53, 6. South Adams 44, 7. Whitko 35, 8. Adams Central 27, 9. Canterbury 16.5, 10. Bishop Luers 15, 11. Heritage 9, 12. Bluffton 5.5

3200R–1. Bellmont 10:17.56, 2. South Adams 10:29.90, 3. Columbia City 10:38.68, 4. Homestead 10:43.00; 100–1. Thomas (Wa) 11.94, 2. Nelson (Hom) 12.12, 3. Harvey (Bel) 12.29, 4. Simmons (Wa) 12.94; 100H–1. Hankenson (Bel) 14.95, 2. Goree (CC) 15.80, 3. Sanders (Wa) 16.48, 4. Sylvester (Wh) 16.95; 200–1. Thomas (Wa) 24.66, 2. Harvey (Bel) 24.92, 3. Nelson (Hom) 25.63, 4. Simmons (Wa) 27.14; 1600–1. Roush (CC) 5:18.09, 2. Jordan (Hom) 5:32.59, 3. Havert (Hom) 5:37.11, 4. Faron (Can) 5:39.42; 400R–1. Wayne 49.66, 2. Homestead 51.29, 3. New Haven 52.41, 4. Whitko 52.88; 400–1. Moore (Wa) 59.69, 2. Hankenson (Bel) 60.06, 3. Deutsch (CC) 60.68, 4. Sparks (Wh) 60.79; 300H–1. Hankenson (Bel) 45.66, 2. Long (Wa) 47.62, 3. Britt (Wa) 48.47, 4.Books (Her) 48.65; 800–1. Roush (CC) 2:24.25, 2. Knepple (CC) 2:27.06, 3. Muselman (SA) 2:31.63, 4. Havert (Hom) 2:32.41; 3200–1. Moore (SA) 12:11.83, 2. Jordan (Hom) 12:20.55, 3. Busch (Hom) 12:29.39, 4. Garner (Bel) 12:30.41; 1600R–1. Bellmont 3:59.97, 2. Wayne 4:03.53, 3. Columbia City 4:10.40, 4. Adams Central 4:15.66; LJ–1. Nelson (Hom) 19-2, 2. Goree (CC) 17-5, 3. Martin (Hom) 16-11, 4. Johnson (Blu) 16-8; HJ–1. Hearld (CC) 5-4, 2. Hankenson (Bel) 5-1, 3. Current (BL) 5-1, 4. Harvey (AC) 5-0; D–1. Braun (NH) 116-5, 2. Schneider (Hom) 114-0, 3. Whitehead (CC) 101-3, 4. Mitchell (SA) 100-5; SP–1. Peppler (Wa) 37-1, 2. Brown (NH) 35-9, 3. Mitchell (SA) 35-4, 4. Braun (NH) 34-3; PV–1. Eviston (Hom) 11-6, 2. Lambert (NH) 9-6, 3. Schueler (Bel) 9-0, 4. Cox (NH) 8-6