Madison Messenger - January 16th, 2022

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Wreaths Across America in Plumwood
The Monroe Winners 4-H Club participated in Wreaths Across America, raising funds to place wreaths at
Plumwood Cemetery in honor of military veterans. Placing wreaths for each of the branches of the U.S. military
were: (from left) Richard Reiselt, who served in the Army, Army wreath; Madelyne Bartoe, Marine Corps
wreath; Kamber Mitchell, Navy wreath; Jill Reiselt, who served in the Air Force, Air Force wreath; Charlie
Hall, Space Force wreath; Korrine Mitchell, Coast Guard wreath; Kora Mitchell, Merchant Marines wreath;
and Wendy Hall, club advisor, POW/MIA (wreath placed by Rena Kirts). The 4-H club’s goal is to place
wreaths at the more than 155 veterans’ graves at the cemetery. Visit www.wreathsacrossamerica.org.
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Tom Kitchen, president of the local education union, said he feels
teachers have done a good job overall at keeping school doors open
and kids in class. While he fears the district might reach the point
where it needs to go on remote learning, he hopes that is not the
case.
Kitchen estimated that approximately 17 percent of middle
school students were absent on Jan. 10.
If modifications need to be made, Kitchen asked the board to give
teachers a day to prepare for any transition. He also felt full-scale
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presentations should be curtailed.
“I’m asking the board to consider suspending
school assemblies for the time
being,” Kitchen said.
In other business, district treasurer
Mark Ingles asked the board to approve the
establishment of the William Lenz Sr. and
William Lentz Jr. Scholarship Fund. Both
men were West Jefferson graduates. The
fund was established by Wilma Lentz, the
widow of William Lentz Jr., and will provide
$10,000 scholarships to two athletes on an
annual basis.
The school board also approved a $2,500
donation from Pepsi Cola Bottlers, a $3,500
zero-turn mower for the operations department
from an anonymous donor, and a
$5,490 donation from the Madison County
Prosecutor’s Office to the operations department
for district security upgrades.
CMH4 Amazon donated $7,000 in personal
and household items to 30 Norwood
Elementary families. The items included:
vacuum cleaners; winter coats; health care
items such as shampoo, toothbrushes, toothpaste
and deodorant; pillows and pillow covers;
blankets; socks; underwear and
sweatpants.
“We talked about several options, but
these were items they don’t necessarily get
but things they need,” said Principal Sue
Barte. “(Amazon) reached out to me because
they wanted to do something for the community.”
Prior to the regular meeting, the board
held its annual organizational meeting and
elected Dr. Meg Hiss as board president for
2022 and Whitney Duemmel as vice president.