Today's News

Bishop: 37 seniors have 'light-bulb moment'

TELL CITY - The two-member board of directors for the Perry County Learning Academy voted at a regular meeting Monday to bump Executive Director Mike Bishop's salary from $59,000 to $61,000 and hire Angela (Schroeder) Foury as a program assistant.

Bishop's raise was similar to a 3.25-percent raise given to teachers at Perry Central Community School, according to Mary Roberson, superintendent there and board member for the learning academy.

I wanted to "take my head out of the sand" (as Cannelton Mayor Smokey Graves said in a June 12 News story) long enough to explain my position as a former Cannelton city councilman regarding the city's sewer rates.

Let me preface this by saying that it is my understanding that our community is essentially set up as a user on Tell City's sewer system.

We pay that community monthly based upon how much sewage we send them for treatment. Our rates as individual household users can then be affected by that monthly cost, somewhat of a trickle-down effect.

Americans know their nation needs to wean itself from foreign oil - and eventually from petroleum altogether - but seemingly can't agree on the steps they're willing to take to boost oil and natural gas production here at home.

Should areas off our coasts now off-limits to drilling be opened to exploration? Should drilling be allowed in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, a battle zone for years between environmentalists and those who believe that area's oil reserves need to be tapped?

Employees could be called upon to help

TELL CITY - The Tell City-Troy Township School Board approved at their latest meeting a memorandum of understanding that would have school staff members, such as cafeteria workers, computer instructors, school nurses, counselors and secretaries assist the Perry County Health Department in the event of an emergency.