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MEET YOUR WAYNE COUNTY SWCD BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
The Wayne County Soil and Water Conservation District was created by the vote of the landowners on August 27, 1947, in accordance with the provisions of the Indiana Soil Conservation Act of 1937. They are governed by a five-member board of supervisors who work directly with the community on conservation concerns, three who are elected by the local land users at the annual
meeting and two appointed by the State Soil Conservation Board. The supervisors’ combined diverse backgrounds, talents, skills, experiences and knowledge of the natural resource problems in the county helps guide the programs of the District to areas that will prove most beneficial. They identify local soil, water and related natural resource concerns, set natural resource priorities, and then develop, implement and evaluate long and short range plans and programs to address these prioritized resource concerns. They spend many hours of their time each year conducting the business of the district. Thank you! Eric Snyder and Cathy Becker give their Swine Presentation at the 2015 Conservation Days at the Wayne County Fairgrounds.
SWCD SUPERVISORS THROUGH THE YEARS
The supervisors listed below have served because they realized the importance of conserving our natural resources to both the present and future generations, and the ever increasing demands made upon these resources: *+Forrest E. Kempton 1947 to 1963 * William A. Litner 1947 to 1957 * Eugene Barrett 1947 to 1950 * Ralph Waltz 1947 to 1952 * Eugene Lafuse 1947 to 1953 * Elmer Wampole 1950 to 1954 * Lloyd Burdette 1952 to 1955 * Charles Swallow 1953 to 1954 * James Caldwell 1954 to 1956 * Wilbur Ripberger 1954 to 1957 * George Klemperer 1955 to 1961 * Herman DuGranrut 1956 to 1962 * Wayne Williamson 1957 to 1962 * Fred Mitchell 1957 to 1975 *+ T.J. Wright 1961 to 1984 * Albert Hunnicutt 1962 to 1965 * Loren Cates 1962 to 1965 * Raymond Mendenhall 1963 to 1965 * John C. Gilmer 1963 to 1966 * Howard Sanders 1965 to 1968 * Elbert Mendenhall 1965 to 1970 * Carl Rodenberg 1966 to 1967 * Olen McMinn 1967 to 1970 * Stanley Gehr 1968 to 1971 * Clayton Clark 1970 to 1977 * Wally Pokorny 1970 to 1973 Jerry J. Dils 1971 to 1980
Duane Hill * J. Joe Meyer ^* Leo J. Pflum Fred J. Miller Russell L. Turner * Joe Ryan John B. Cain Don Thurston George Bihl E.Dale Kirtley Amos Bertsch John Turner * Gerald Davis Duane Cates Gene Berry David Williamson Harold Routson Don Berger Phil Jordan Tim McConaha David Drake Duane Smoker Scott McCarty Eric Snyder Cathy Becker Pam Earlywine Stephen Hayes, Jr.
1973 to 1976 1974 to 1984 1976 to 1994 1977 to 1982 1980 to 2004 1982 to 1985 1984 to 1987 1984 to 1993 1985 to 1992 1987 to 1996 1992 to 2004 1993 to 1996 1994 to 1997 1996 to 2006 1996 to 2002 1997 to 2006 2002 to 2011 2004 to 2007 2004 to 2010 2006 to 2015 2006 to 2011 2007 to 2010 2010 to date 2010 to date 2011 to date 2011 to date 2015 to date
* Deceased + Past Chairman of State Association of Soil and Water Conservation District Supervisors ^ Past Area V Chairman for the Soil & Water Conservation District Supervisors
Left to right: Steve Hayes, Jr., Scott McCarty, Eric Snyder, Cathy Becker, Pam Earlywine
ANNUAL BANQUET TO BE HELD FEBRUARY 1ST
The Wayne County SWCD invites you to come enjoy dinner and an evening of fellowship and fun at their 68th annual banquet. The banquet will be held on Monday, February 1, 2016, at the Kuhlman Center located on the Wayne County 4-H Fairgrounds. The evening will begin at 6:30 pm with a buffet-style dinner catered by Rihm’s of Cambridge City. The doors will open at 6:00 pm. Conservation award presentations and the election of supervisor will be held following dinner. We are pleased to announce our guest speaker for the evening will be Scott Ham, the outgoing Chairman of the Indiana State Soil Conservation Board! Scott is the Manager of Silver Creek Water Corporation where he has worked for 26 years. He has served in the State of Indiana as a certified water operator since 1988 and is active in many local and industry organizations. He is a retired Command Sergeant Major with 27 years of experience in the military. Scott has been deployed to Bosnia, Afghanistan and Iraq. He is also an entertainer and he and his wife Heidi live in New Albany and have two children, Harvest & Hickory Ham. Tickets can be purchased for $10.00 by printing and mailing an order form available on our website at http://
Scott Ham waynecountyswcd.org/news-andevents/ or by stopping in the district office Monday-Friday between 8:00 am and 4:30 pm at 823 South Round Barn Road, Richmond, IN. Tickets can also be purchased from any of the following supervisors: Cathy Becker, Scott McCarty, Eric Snyder, Pam Earlywine, and Stephen Hayes, Jr.
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MEET THE 2015 USDA SERVICE CENTER STAFF
The agencies of the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), the Wayne County Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD), and the Farm Service Agency (FSA) are housed in the USDA Service Center at 823 South Round Barn Road, Richmond. The NRCS and SWCD agencies provide educational, technical and financial assistance, and information about soil, water and related natural resource conservation in Wayne County.
Colt VanNatta, Acting Conservationist (NRCS)
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(L-R) Zach Lee, Watershed Coordinator (SWCD); Brett Stewart, District Coordinator/Treasurer (SWCD); LuAnne Holeva, Conservation Education Coordinator, (SWCD, SWMD, & City of Richmond/Sanitary District); Raquel Lori Divine, Soil Conservationist Sheryl Brown, District Coordinator/ Baker, District Technician (SWCD) (NRCS) and Evan Divine, Assisting Treasurer (SWCD), retired as of July 1st District Conservationist (NRCS) The FSA administers farm commodity programs, farm BIN and emergency loans, conservation and environmental programs, and emergency and disaster assistance programs. These programs provide a safety net to help farmers produce an adequate food supply, maintain viable operations and contribute to the year round availability of variety of low cost safe and nutritious foods.
2015 WATERSHED REPORT
By: Zach Lee
Watershed Coordinator The Wayne County Soil and Water Conservation District was awarded a 319 Grant from the Indiana Department of Environmental Management for the Whitewater Watershed Initiative on October 2, 2014. The main purpose of this grant is to help improve the water Jan Burk, Program Technician, retired quality of the West Fork of the Whitewater as of October 31st River Watershed by providing funds to implement Best Management Practices. The Cost-Share Program helps fund the implementation of Best Management Practices by providing the recipients 75% of the total cost of their project. These Best Management Practices will reduce the amount of nutrients, sediment, and other contaminates from going into our rivers and streams. Throughout the year, we have a variety of local public educational events such as Earlham’s Health Day, Family Earth Day, and the 4H Fair. Our booths allow us to spread educational messages about a variety of topics such as recycling, invasive species, and water quality. This also gives us an opportunity for you to stop by and ask questions about conservation and other interesting topics. In June, we held the Middle Fork Reservoir Cleanup in Richmond where (L-R) Nikki Bryant, Program Technician; Dick Best, County Executive Director; volunteers from the city, the Boys and Girls Club, and the Richmond Lions Club went Dakota Shepard, Program Technician; Jim Austerman, Program Technician
around the shores of the Middle Fork Reservoir and picked up 10 full bags of trash. This trash is not only affecting our community, but also the animal’s habitat. In August, we held The West Fork River Cleanup in Milton, Indiana. Four volunteers from the area crawled up and down the banks collecting trash. By the end of the cleanup, two flat bottom boats were filled with trash. The trash collected ranged from plastic bottles, plastic pipes, tires, and various metal pieces. The volunteers were surprised by the amount of junk collected in the mile stretch of the river. In October, the Whitewater Watershed Initiative held an educational event called, “The West Fork River Field Day.” We looked at the chemistry of the river to evaluate the possible contaminates found in the river. We also collected bugs called Benthic Macroinvertebrates that live on the stream bed to help analyze the water quality in this area. In November, the Whitewater Watershed Initiative also provided a public meeting at the Centerville Lions Club. We discussed Urban Best Management Practices at this meeting. Some people who attended the meeting were not aware that some of our water quality issues come from the urban environment. We talked about a variety of Urban Best Management Practices such as rain Please see Page 6 for rest of article
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EDUCATOR’S YEAR IN REVIEW – 2015 What a busy and eventful year 2015 was for me. Let me tell you a little about what went on in case you were not there at these events. At our IASWCD Annual Conference in January I listened to a speaker from Purdue University present his research on neonicotinoids and pollinators, bees in particular. Neonicotinoids are an insecticide that are applied to plants. Bees are static-electrically charged and that helps them to pick up pollen. Unfortunately this charge is detrimental to them if they fly through an area where this insecticide has been applied and still in the air, through a cloud of talc that has been emptied from a planter, or have their hive in the path of the plume of the spray or talc. The neonicotinoid is drawn to the bee and will kill it. Imagine many bees being affected and dying, then imagine your favorite fruits and vegetables not being pollinated. Those plants will not bear anything - that includes seeds for the next planting. We all need to be aware of the good and the bad of the chemicals we use in our environment and the effects it may have on those organisms and resources we heavily rely upon. Through NRCS our office was able to get some soil tubes with local soil samples to use for cover crop demonstrations at events. The tubes were planted with Annual Rye Grass, Cow Peas, Hairy Vetch, Crimson Clover, Tillage Radish, and Buckwheat. The purpose of these demonstration tubes is to show the root growth down into the soil that helps to loosen it so that water can get into the soil where it is needed, keep nutrients and the soil on site after harvest and through the next year’s planting, and to provide food for those necessary organisms in the soil during this time that it might otherwise be barren. It is my hope that we can do this again for 2016 to have at our events. This summer I started a new outreach with the Richmond Sanitary District
and Earlham College on stormwater education. Beginning with the Bark in the Park Pet Walk, we provided each walker with a clip-on pet waste bag dispenser and a small card with basic information. This continued on with outreach at local dog training/obedience classes. Pet waste is one of the many things that contribute to stormwater pollution as it contains bacteria and parasites, including worms (and we are NOT talking about earthworms). The longer the waste remains on the ground the longer it can create a problem. When rain or snowmelt, called stormwater, begins to move across the surface of the earth it carries pollutants with it. These pollutants then enter our waters directly by running into streams, rivers, or ponds. In an urban area where there are street drains, water will enter the drains and then go directly to the bodies of water – untreated. That is correct – stormwater is NOT run through a wastewater treatment plant. The system was designed to remove water quickly to prevent flooding of streets and other properties and is piped to local bodies of water. This fall I got to go out and play in a stream and help students at Northeastern Middle School find “critters” that live in it. I do not get the time to do this very often and it is something that I dearly enjoy doing. The students found some macroinvertebrates that help to determine the health of the stream. Some are very sensitive to pollutants so if you find those organisms in the stream you know it is healthy. Other organisms can survive even in polluted waters, so finding them is not a bad thing, unless that is all you find living in it. We found a variety of macroinvertebrates that day and so the stream was in pretty good shape that day. We also discussed what can lead to poor water quality (soil erosion, failing septic systems, poor agriculture practices, and illegal dumping just to name a few). We
also found larger organisms such as native crawdads and darters (little fish in the streams). We discussed the easy identification of the rusty sided crawdad which is invasive and aggressive toward native crawdads as well as the high oxygen content needed to support darters. I wish we could have spent more time out there, but classroom studies were calling them back to school. Besides these events and activities I have shared with you many more things make up what was done this year: being involved with the Indiana Envirothon at the local and state level with many associated duties, having booths at a variety of events throughout the year promoting a variety of environmental and conservation information to all ages, setting up volunteers to be Richie the Recycling Raccoon, helping to maintain the Rain Garden on the Wayne County Fairgrounds, helping and/or organizing
educational events such as Union County AG Day and Conservation Days, attending a variety of conferences and workshops to keep updated on current trends and information, grant writing to help fund projects, working on fundraisers, and all the day to day office work of replying to e-mail, phone calls, webpage updates, and whatever each day brings. Many of these things could not be accomplished without the help of volunteers and supporters in our community. I appreciate each and every one that makes thing run so smoothly. It is a unique job opportunity to serve four different entities: Wayne County Soil and Water Conservation District, Union County Soil and Water Conservation District, Wayne and Union Solid Waste Management District (WUR SWMD), and the Richmond Sanitary District. It is one that keeps me on my toes - that is for sure!
LuAnne Holeva, Conservation Education Coordinator
e-mail: luanne.holeva@in.nacdnet.net www.waste-not.org 765-966-0191 ext. 110 www.richmondindiana.gov/stormwater www.waynecountyswcd.org www.richmondindiana.gov/recycling
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DISTRICT WILL HOLD SUPERVISOR ELECTION AT FEBRUARY 1ST ANNUAL MEETING
The election of a District Supervisor for a three-year term will be conducted at the SWCD Annual Meeting February 1st at the Kuhlman Center located on the Wayne County Fairgrounds. Persons attending the meeting who are of voting age and a resident of the county may cast a vote for the supervisor of their choice. The Board of Supervisors is made up of two appointed and three elected individuals who are willing to help promote conservation through activities of the district. The term
of Eric Snyder, elected supervisor is expiring. Eric has chosen to run for a third term. On the ballot for “elected” supervisor will be Eric Snyder and Brad Bihl. Scott McCarty of Washington Township has chosen to serve another term as an appointed supervisor. He will also take the oath of supervisor at the annual meeting. Scott is the Agriculture Department Manager at The Bath State Bank. Candidate Eric Snyder has a cow/calf operation and is a contract grower for Maxwell Farms of Indiana. He operates 100 acres in Abington Township in southern Wayne County. Conservation practices include tile drainage, grassed waterways, pasture seeding, fencing, watering system, heavy use protection areas and a mortality composting facility.
Students testing their knowledge at the East Central Regional Envirothon contest in March
Eric is a graduate of Centerville High School and has a degree from Purdue University in Animal AgriBusiness. He is a past 4-H director and Extension Board member and is a member of the Indiana Farm Bureau as well as the Centerville United Methodist Church. Eric and his wife Lori have four children: two sons ages ten and seven months, and two daughters, ages six and four. Eric has served as a supervisor on the Soil and Water Conservation District’s board since 2010. He is very interested in protecting our natural resources and staying active as a supervisor with the Soil and Water Conservation District. Candidate Brad Bihl has operated his family’s 420 acre farm in New Garden Township for the past three years. Conservation practices include no till and cover crops. Brad is a graduate of Northeastern High School and has a degree in
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Forestry from Purdue University. He is a member of St. Andrews Church in Richmond, IN. He is married to Lisa Bihl, who works for an environmental consulting firm that does water quality work, among other things. They have two children, Aubrey, age six, and Ethan, age 5. When Brad can find spare time he enjoys wood working. He also volunteers his time at Conservation Days as a presenter at the Combine learning station. Brad states that “he never imagined he would be a candidate in an election” but that when the opportunity presented itself he decided it was a good time for a new challenge.
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2015 DISTRICT CALENDAR OF EVENTS
This special report is being presented to the people of Wayne County from the Wayne County Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD). It is the 68th Annual Report of the District and highlights the activities of the SWCD from January 1, 2015, through December 31, 2015. The SWCD Board of Supervisors meets on the first Tuesday of each month to conduct their business and chart their course for meaningful conservation accomplishments. Public participation is always welcomed. Some of the results of your SWCD’s planning are shown month by month in the following: JANUARY Sheryl Brown, LuAnne Holeva, Raquel Baker, and Nathan Lind attended the Indiana Association Soil and Water Conservation District Annual Conference in Indianapolis and represented Wayne County at the legislative breakfast. FEBRUARY Approximately 230 attended the 67th SWCD annual meeting at the Kuhlman Center. The following were recognized: 1) Marjorie Black and Family – Outstanding Conservation Farmer; 2) Stephanie McCurdy – Conservation Communication Award; 3) Dick Best – Conservation Merit Award; 4) J.B. Cain – Good Year Conservation Award; 5) Hagerstown Team 1 Soil Judging Team – top team from Wayne County in the area soil judging contest – Members recognized were Georgia Coffman, Andy Herr, Peter Hellwarth, and Sam Tollett. Also recognized was Ally Bowman for the Top Individual at the area contest; 6) 4-H Achievement Award – Alex Logue. Stephen Hayes, Jr. was elected for his first term as supervisor on the SWCD Board. Speaker for the evening was Katie Stam-Irk, Miss America 2009, “You Can Take a Miss America off the Farm but You Can’t Take Farming out of Miss America”. The 35th annual conservation farming workshop hosted by the Wayne Co. SWCD attracted approximately 75 people on February 19th. Attendees listened to USDA program updates from Nathan Lind, Natural Resources Conservation Service; Dick Best, Farm Service Agency; Jonathan Ferris, Wayne County Purdue Extension; and Zach Lee, SWCD Watershed Coordinator. Also on the program was a Cover Crop Panel/ members Steve Meyer, Jim Howell, Kevin Hollinger and Greg Downing, moderator. Bill Johnson, Professor of Weed Science, Purdue University, spoke on herbicide resistant weeds. MARCH SWCD was represented by Zach Lee and LuAnne Holeva at the Earlham Wellness Fair on March 5th.
Eight teams competed in the East Central Regional Envirothon at Hayes Arboretum on March 17th. The Southeast Regional supervisor/staff training at North Vernon was attended by Cathy Becker, Stephen Hayes Jr, Raquel Baker, and Sheryl Brown. APRIL The District promoted Soil and Water Stewardship Week with the theme: “LOCAL HEROES, Your Hardworking Pollinators” by purchasing reference materials and activity booklets to promote conservation activities throughout the year. Raquel Baker conducted the landfill inspection on April 6th. The District participated at the Family Earth Day Celebration on April 25th at the YMCA with an information booth. MAY The District received soil tubes from NRCS for display of cover crop establishment. JUNE Nathan Lind, Raquel Baker, and Zach Lee conducted the spring tillage transect on June 1st. Zach Lee organized a Middle Fork Reservoir clean-up on June 6th. Raquel Baker attended Grazing 102 clinic on June 9-10 in Dubois, IN. The District’s booth was located in the Master Gardener’s building with the WUR Solid Waste Management District and the Richmond Sanitary District at the Wayne County 4-H Fair with displays, handouts, and promotional items promoting the District’s activities. Richie the Recycling Raccoon made appearances. The Grand Champion 4-H Soil & Water Conservation project titled “Drippy Dirt” was exhibited by Alex Logue at the Wayne County 4-H Fair. JULY Brett Stewart attended the Indiana District Employee Association’s Social Media and Marketing workshop on July 28th.
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barrels, permeable pavement, rain gardens, and curb cutouts. Implementing these types of practices would cut down on the amount of toxin and other urban contaminates from reaching our rivers and streams. As you can see, the year 2015 was a year filled with exhilarating and eventful educational activities. If you would like to participate in any upcoming events this year, you may find this information in the newspaper, flyers, and at our website www.waynecountyswcd.org/news-andevents
AUGUST The SWCD launches a Facebook page. Scott McCarty attended the SWCD Supervisor Summit in Danville, IN on August 25th. Cathy Becker and Steve Hayes, Jr. attended the Leadership Institute’s Impacting Community conference at Fair Oaks Dairy in Fair Oaks, IN. Zach Lee coordinated a cleanup of the West Fork Whitewater River at Milton, IN on August 29th. Two canoes full of trash were collected. Raquel Baker and Brett Stewart volunteered at the Pathways to Water Quality exhibit at the Indiana State Fair. SEPTEMBER Zach Lee and LuAnne Holeva taught a water quality class for Northeastern sixth graders on September 4th. Zach Lee conducted a cost share public meeting at the Greens Fork Community Center on September 12th. Approximately 60 students from five area schools attended the Soil Judging practice at Kent and Sandy House’s farm ground on September 15th. OCTOBER Twenty-nine people attended the SWCD Pond Clinic held at Martindale State Fishing Area on October 1st.
Brett Stewart attended the Indiana District Employee Association’s annual fall conference in Evansville, IN October 5-7. Raquel Baker took IVY Tech agriculture class on a tour of conservation practices in use around the county. Zach Lee conducted the West Fork River Field Day in Cambridge City, IN on October 8th. Raquel Baker conducted the Landfill Inspection on October 15th. NOVEMBER Raquel Baker attended Soil Health workshop on November 3-4 in Geff, IL. Zach Lee presented on the topic of Urban Best Management Practices for Water Conservation to the Centerville Lion’s Club on November 9th. The 18th Annual Conservation Days held on November 17th & 18th was attended by over nine hundred third and fourth grade students, teachers, and accompanying parents. Raquel Baker, Zach Lee, and Lori Divine conducted the fall tillage transect. DECEMBER The SWCD helped promote conservation during the Griffey Farms Cattlemen’s Dinner Meeting in Fayette County on December 8th.
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WHAT TO DO WITH ALL THIS WATER??!
By: Raquel Baker
District Technician It seems the office is getting more and more inquiries on drainage, from
agricultural concerns to the private homeowner. With the wet spring and 2015 ending with a very soggy December, it is no wonder drainage issues can be anyone’s problem, no matter what the season. During wet weather periods, the problems magnify and tempers may or may not rise along with the water levels! Solving a drainage issue can be quick and painless or very time consuming, costly, and unfortunately, some problems only settled in court. Ideally, if there is a drainage issue involving multiple landowners, dialogue between the landowners is encouraged as the first step of action. Talk about what the concerns are between the landowners, how you can work in collaboration to solve the issues, and think about how the solution may or may not affect others. Talking amongst yourselves can go a long way if a conversation is initiated first before it becomes a dispute! Locally, various agencies can be of assistance when planning a project or answering questions: Wayne County Surveyor, Wayne County Highway Department, Indiana Department of Transportation, the Wayne County Soil and Water District (SWCD), and the Natural Resources Conservation Service, among others. The SWCD and NRCS office will assist landowners with drainage issues by providing necessary contact information for permits when working in floodplain, stream or wetland areas, topography and aerial maps and/or conducting site visits. The Wayne County Drainage Board is another local contact to help in solving drainage issues. The board consists of the three County Commissioners, with the County Surveyor serving as the primary contact. The Drainage Board is also responsible for the maintenance and proper functioning of all regulated drains in the county. The Wayne County Drainage Board meets on the 2nd Wednesday of every month, at 1:30pm. If you are considering a drainage project that involves a water body in Indiana (lake, pond, river, stream, creek, drainage ditch, and wetlands) you may need a permit from a regulatory agency. The three agencies that have regulatory jurisdiction over Indiana’s waters are the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (COE), Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM) and the Indiana Department of Natural Resources (IDNR). For agricultural producers intending to work in wetland areas, the local Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) should be contacted for compliance issues before any works begins. For contact information on the regulatory agencies that are mentioned above, along with other drainage information, please visit the Wayne County SWCD’s website at http://waynecountyswcd.org/technical/. An additional resource for drainage questions is the Indiana Drainage Handbook, which is available on-line at http://www.in.gov/dnr/water/4893.htm. If you do not have computer or internet access, please stop in the SWCD office at 823 South Round Barn Road, Richmond for the information needed or call 765-966-0191 x117. We look forward to helping you.
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WAYNE COUNTY SOIL & WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT Annual Financial Statement January 1, 2015 to December 31, 2015
Balance Brought Forward $71,856.19 RECEIPTS State for District Operations/CWI 10,000.00 County for District Operations 8,303.36 Federal Funds/319 Grant 28,535.22 Non-Government Grants 4,700.00 Other Grants (WQT Program) 6,500.00 Donations & Memberships 6,275.00 Advertising 495.00 Annual Meeting Income 1,833.00 Reimbursements & Refunds 1,625.51 Sales Income 2,169.33 Interest from Checking 90.10 TOTAL RECEIPTS 70,526.52 DISBURSEMENTS: Capital Outlays (Equipment) 32.05 Annual Meeting Expenses 3,003.40 Contractual Services 37,074.57 Cost-Share Projects/SWCD-funded 6,500.00 Dues and Subscriptions 2,894.95 Conservation Education Programs 1,850.16 Employee salary Paid by District 7,804.93 Office Supplies 2,573.89 Other Services and Charges 754.05 Postage & Delivery Expenses 1,708.75 Printing/Copying Expense 2,920.05 Sales Tax Paid to IN Dept of Revenue 106.73 Supplies for Resale 1,168.30 Travel/Lodging/Mileage/Registration/Meals 3,117.94 Workshop/Field Day Expense 8,291.16 Other Disbursements: Demo Plots/Custom Hire 1,968.39 Other Disbursements: Insurance/Permits 450.00 TOTAL DISBURSEMENTS $82,219.32 BALANCE AT DECEMBER 31 $60,163.39 Petty Cash Balance 7.33 Audited by Russ Turner and Ed Pollock on January 6, 2016. The Foregoing financial statement is true to the best of my knowledge and belief. Brett Stewart, District Treasurer Wayne County Soil and Water Conservation District Dated: January 6, 2016