The Pace Community Action Agency is initiating a project that could provide 30 high school students in Daviess and Knox counties with paying summer jobs. PACE obtained stimulus funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act and is using those funds to created the Summer Youth Employment Initiative.
“The program will offer our youth a range of work experiences and learning activities to help them gain skills, choose careers and to encourage them to pursue advanced studies,” PACE Chief Executive Bertha Proctor said.
PACE is partnering with local businesses in the two counties that will need summer help. High school student employees will be paid from the funds obtained by PACE, while the businesses receive the help.
“The idea is a win-win,” said PACE employee Bethany Bruner. “They (the businesses) get the help at no cost to them, and the students get the experience.”
In addition to work experience, the program participants will have various training opportunities such as First Aid and workplace etiquette.
There is also an internship program being initiated with the funds. Any college junior or senior is eligible for application. PACE will have seven interns at its office filling a variety of positions including marketing coordinator, summer coordinator and computer technician.
All applicants, high school- and college-aged, will go through a formal interviewing and hiring process as if they were applying for a position with PACE. The nonprofit organization expects the Summer Youth Employment Initiative to not only provide the participants with valuable experience, but will also stimulate the spending.
“Money spent in a community turns over seven times, so the money we receive from this project should turn over in our community,” Proctor said.
PACE is excited about offering this opportunity to the young people in the area.
“This is truly stimulus funds at work,” Proctor said. “We’ve had significant impact on our local community.”
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2011 graduation rates announced
Data released by the Indiana Department of Education Tuesday shows graduation rates statewide increased 1.9 percent over last year and 4.3 percent over the 2009 rate to 85.7 percent; in total, 80 percent of graduates received a Core40 or Honors diploma, the most in Indiana’s history.
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Area high school graduation rates
Area High School
Graduation Rates
2011 2010Shoals 71.2% 72.5%
Loogootee 81.3% 82.7%
Pike Central 96% 91%
North Knox 73.2% 79.5%
South Knox 95.7% 92.8%
Vincennes 82.2% 80%
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Shakamak 91.8% 93.4%
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Local public graduation rates
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graduation rates
Washington 83.4%
North Daviess 95.5%
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Levee asks for more funds
Four years after a devastating breach, the Bennington Levee in northern Daviess County remains in need of repair, and questions about how those costs will be paid and by whom, were the main focus of the regular meeting of the Daviess County Council Wednesday morning at the Courthouse.
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Petersburg men arrested in truck wash armed robbery
An Indiana State Police investigation into the Jan. 29 armed robbery at Blue Beacon Truck Wash located near U.S. 41 and I-64 has prompted criminal charges being filed against Larry Nathaniel Davis, 26, and Branden Joe Walburn, 26, both from Petersburg. Felony warrants were issued yesterday afternoon for their arrests. At approximately 11:30 Tuesday night, Indiana State Police executed the warrants and arrested Davis and Walburn without incident.
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Taking care of those who took care of you
With people living longer in today’s society, more and more adult children are faced with helping their aging parents make difficult decisions about their living situations.
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Senior and Family Services ready to help
Senior and Family Services of Washington has a magnitude of services available, according to Executive Director Jill Cecil.
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Free senior seminars
From March through November a one-hour seminar will be offered beginning at 10:30 a.m. on the last Thursday of each month at the Washington senior center, 211 E. Main St
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Important Phone Numbers for Seniors
Important Phone Numbers
Washington Senior Center 254-1881/1-800-536-1881
Odon Senior Center 636-4722
Petersburg Senior Center 354-8727
Winslow Senior Center 789-9405
Ride Solution 254-3225/1-800-369-8899
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