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Scott County Times

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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

WINCHESTER, IL 62694

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VOLUME NO. 152 NUMBER 38

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NEWS

6FRWW &RXQW\ 7UHD VXUHU 0DUN )RUG reminds Scott County residents WKDW WKH ÂżQDO installment for property taxes for 2018 are due Sept. 26.

Lashmett joins FSB. See page A2

SPORTS

COUGARS

The traditional homecoming bonfire was last week and although it was too hot for good bonfire weather, the actives were enjoyed by

Lady Cougars lose to Warriors. See page A5

WEEKEND WEATHER FRIDAY, SEPT. 20

87 69 High

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SATURDAY, SEPT. 21

77 69 High

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SUNDAY, SEPT. 22

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Scott County Times

Church. . . . . . . . . A4 Locals . . . . . . . . . A3 Marketplace. . . . . A6 News . . . . . . A2, A5 Real Estate . . . . . A7 Sports . . . . . . . . . A5 Š 2019

Scott County Times Obituaries listed in this issue: Dunn, Bartlett

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ON FIRE

FRIDAY

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the student bodies from both Winchester and Bluffs. West Central won their homecoming game Friday night versus Pleasant Hill,

33-0, then turned on the charm, cleaned up and looked nice for the homecoming dance Saturday night.

Winchester School District ends the year in the black By CARMEN ENSINGER Scott County Times Winchester School Board members got some good news from the district’s auditors at the Sept. 10 meeting and even better news about next year’s budget, which is a balanced budget. “Overall, our revenue was more than our expenses VR ZH ÂżQLVKHG LQ WKH EODFN E\ about $200,000,â€? Winchester Superintendent Kevin %ODQNHQVKLS VDLG Âł7KDWÂśV not bad at all.â€? However, in the Education Fund, one of the four major funds, expenses exceeded revenue by about 7KLV ZDV RIIVHW E\ a combined $90,000 surplus LQ WKH 7RUW DQG ,05) IXQGV both of which are restricted

funds. 7KH 7UDQVSRUWDWLRQ )XQG had a surplus of around ZKLFK %ODQNHQVKLS said was in anticipation of a new bus lease or purchase next year. “Because of the anticipation of having to have money in that fund for bus leases prior to July 1 of next year, some money was funneled into that account to prevent it from having a negative balance,â€? he said. “We are going to need between $150,000 to $200,000 for the bus lease QH[W \HDU 2YHUDOO ZH ORRN DW the bottom line and that is we ZHUH LQ WKH EODFN this year.â€? 7KH GLVWULFW KRZHYHU LV VWLOO XQGHU )LQDQFLDO 5HYLHZ Âł, WKLQN WKH EHVW ZD\ WR

describe it is that right now WKLV SURÂżOH ´ %ODQNHQVKLS VDLG WKH we are just very cautious,â€? %ODQNHQVKLS VDLG Âł:KLOH comparison showed some it is good that we did see pretty big swings of revenue and expenses over this four year period. “This is a Âł6R ZKLOH LW ORRNV JRRG , WKLQN DUH MXVW YHU\ balanced budget cautious ZH moving forward but, again, we because we have seen some big swings over the years,â€? are going to be he said. Following the mandatory very cautious.â€? budget hearing, the board passed next year’s budget in Kevin Blankenship the amount of $8.6 million. Âł7KLV LV D EDODQFHG Superintendent, budget but, again we are Winchester Schools going to be very cautious,â€? %ODQNHQVKLS VDLG Âł:H DUH some additional surplus, the JRLQJ EDVLFDOO\ ORRNLQJ DW auditors also presented a every purchase and trying to four-year comparison from ÂżJXUH RXW DQ\ ZD\ SRVVLEOH 2016 until now and there is for us to save money. We are not a lot of consistency in QRW ORRNLQJ DW DGGLQJ DQ\

new programs or anything else at this point. We are just ZDONLQJ FDXWLRXVO\ IRUZDUG at this point.� School principals gave an update on the progress of the 6FKRRO ,PSURYHPHQW 3ODQ 7KLV SODQ VKRXOG EH UHDG\ for review at the October meeting and ready for board approval by the November meeting. 7KH ERDUG DSSURYHG early graduation requests for John Alberts, Kenyan &OHYHQJHU 5DFKDHO (YDQV Julie Kesterson, Shaylee Lomelino and Janessa Stice. Following closed session, the board approved HPSOR\LQJ -XOLH 6KRUW SUH N bus driver; Kim Gordley, special ed single trip extra GULYHU DQG $QLWD 0RUJDQVRQ bus monitor.

Winchester gives approval on pool renovation By CARMEN ENSINGER Scott County Times Winchester City Council gave LWV RI¿FLDO DSSURYDO WR %HQWRQ DQG Associates on the pool renovations which includes a new bath house and ¿OWHU KRXVH ZKLFK ZHUH VKRZQ WR WKH council at a special meeting in August. 7KH FLW\ UHFHLYHG D 86'$ matching grant for the cost of the $670,000 in repairs needed to replace WKH EDWK KRXVH ¿OWHU KRXVH DQG LQVWDOO a new liner in the pool. 7KH SRRO ZDV EXLOW LQ DQG the bathhouse is original to the pool, outdated in several areas and basically in need of either updating or replaced. 7KH FRVW WR UHSODFH WKH H[LVWLQJ bathhouse and new electric services would be around $220,000. 7KH ¿OWHU EXLOGLQJ LV LQ MXVW DV EDG VKDSH DV WKH EDWKKRXVH 7KH ÀRRU LV FUDFNLQJ DQG KDV VHSDUDWHG from the walls and the city had to

LQVWDOO WHPSRUDU\ MDFNV WR KROG XS WKH submit for the permits.â€? 7KH FLW\ DSSURYHG D ELOO IURP Ă€RRU &RVW WR UHSODFH WKLV EXLOGLQJ and put in a new surge pit would be Benton and Associates, not to around $110,000. exceed $4,500 for a Other expenses service agreement for an include new “We need to get emergency connect with ÂżOWHU HTXLSPHQW WKH 60* ZDWHU GLVWULFW RQ media and valves, rolling on this an emergency connect on demolition of if we intend to &RXOWDV 5RDG current bathhouse Âł, WKLQN ZH GHÂżQLWHO\ have it done by need to get someone DQG ÂżOWHU EXLOGLQJ “We need to get moving on this before we rolling on this if opening of the have another issue with we intend to have it pool season RXU RZQ ZHOOV ´ 0D\RU done by the opening 5H[ 0F,QWLUH VDLG Âł7KH\ of the pool season next year.â€? 60* KDYH HYHU\WKLQJ next year,â€? Greg WKH\ QHHG WR FRPH EDFN Hillis, with Benton ZLWK D ÂżQLVKHG FRQWUDFW Greg Hillis and Associates and we are good to go as Benton and Associates said. “Because the soon as we vote on it.â€? bidders on pools ,OOLQRLV 5XUDO (OHFWULF have to be preone of the city’s biggest TXDOLÂżHG E\ WKH 'HSDUWPHQW RI 3XEOLF HPSOR\HUV LV DVNLQJ WKH FLW\ IRU KHOS Health, to bid on projects, our plan is with a building issue. to submit bids at the same time we Âł7KH\ DUH ZRUULHG DERXW DQ LVVXH

2019 WINCHESTER HOMECOMING

Members of the Winchester 2019 Homecoming Court were, left to right, Freshman attendants - Emma Brody and Howard Gregory,Sophomore attendants - Karsyn Wardlow and Jack Fry, Junior attendants - Sequois Crain and Hunter

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Allen, Senior attendants - Millie Lashmett and Kyle Sutton, Queen Melanie Trusler, King Cole Howard, Retiring Queen Lauren Sellers Retiring King - Aaron Brown and crown bearers - Kendall Whicker and Myles Cox.

with the foundation along Cherry St.,â€? 0F,QWLUH VDLG Âł7KHUH LV D LQFK VHZHU WKDW UXQV XQGHU WKH VLGHZDON WKDW KDV GHWHULRUDWHG 7KH\ YLGHRHG LW and there are several places where the ROG YLWULÂżHG FOD\ VHZHU LV VSOLW DQG LWV causing issues with their building.â€? 7KH VWRUP VHZHU LQ TXHVWLRQ UXQV DORQJ WKH VLGHZDON QH[W WR 5W which runs through Winchester. Âł:H KDYH FRQWDFWHG WKH ,OOLQRLV 6WDWH 'HSDUWPHQW RI 7UDQVSRUWDWLRQ and they don’t want to accept any responsibility for that stretch of VHZHU ´ 0D\RU 0F,QWLUH VDLG Âł:H DUH FDXJKW EHWZHHQ D URFN DQG D KDUG SODFH EHFDXVH ,OOLQRLV 5XUDO (OHFWULF LV D YLWDO SDUW RI RXU FRPPXQLW\ DQG , don’t want to give them any cause to OHDYH 7KH\ DUH MXVW ZDQWLQJ WR NQRZ LI the city can do anything to help them.â€? $IWHU WDONLQJ ZLWK WKH VWDWH WKH state will not supply the labor but they (See, POOL, A2)

2019 BLUFFS HOMECOMING

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Members of the 2019 Bluffs Homecoming Court,Queen - Abby Schone,King - Drew Evans, Senior attendants - Camrie Coats and Coby Zimmerman, Junior attendants - Jayden Ford and Jonathan Tweedy, Sophomore attendants - Anna Merriman and Josh Bailey, Freshman attendants - Jayda Rogers and Rylen Shaw. Crown bearers, Camdyn White and Emma Bonjean.


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