Fairfield Community High School will be holding in-person registration on Tuesday, July 26 from 1-6pm and July 27 from 10am until 2pm in the school study hall/library.
The fees for this year are as follows:
Textbook rental and computer disk fee – $50 per student
Drivers Education Fee (if enrolled) – $50
Student Parking Paved Lot – $25
Student Parking Gravel Lot – $15
The Technology Fee of $55 has been waived for the 2022-2023 school year.
Financial aid forms will be available at registration for fee waivers.
On-Line registration can be found on the FCHS website at https://sites.google.com/fchsmules.com/2023reg/home
Students should make arrangements to have their picture taken during registration, regardless of if a student does in-person or on-line registration. Pictures taken during this time will be used for the yearbook and their student ID cards. The ID cards can be used at all FCHS home athletic events to allow a student to get in free of charge. There is no fee for having the pictures taken and a make-up date will be scheduled sometime during the school year.
All incoming freshmen or out of state transfer students are required by Illinois law to have a physical prior to registering for school. You must bring the completed physical form to registration. Incoming freshmen must also have proof of a 2nd varivax immunization and seniors must have proof of meningococcal (Mu -Nin-ja-cockal) vaccine. Horizon Healthcare will be present on both dates to administer physicals to those students who need them for school or sports purposes.
Any student who is a transfer to the district may pre-register in the guidance office by telephoning and scheduling an appointment at 847-9405 or 847-9406. Records from the previous school for transfer student should be sent to the FCHS guidance office. Transfer students should plan to register prior to or after regular registration.
The first day of classes for the 2022-2023 school year will be Monday, August 15 with buses running a normal schedule. Classes will be in session from 8:10 to 3pm. Every Tuesday will be a 9am late start for the purpose of curriculum development and teacher training. Classes will begin at 9 and dismiss at 3pm. Buses will run at their normal time and student who arrive early will report to study hall until the first period begins. There will be no half day or early dismissals.
Although, FCHS does not have an actual “school supply list,” some items that would be beneficial to have would be: a flash drive, highlighters, pens/pencils, pocket folders, loose leaf paper, and notebooks. Some teachers may require additional items and will notify the students when they arrive in their class.
Meet the Mules will be held on Friday, August 19, 2022.
For questions concerning registration contact the high school. This information can also be accessed at www.fchsmules.com
Fairfield Community High School District #255 will hold their Regular Meeting on Thursday, July 21 at 6pm in the FCHS Study Hall. In old business the board is set to accept a bid to demolish property at 301 W King St. In new business there will be discussions on approval of the 2022-2023 District Employee Manual, Teacher Staff Handbook, and motion to move funds to cover maintenance and operations. The board will hold an executive session for the purposes of consideration on hiring an assistant football coach, approval of a volunteer football coach, and consideration on hiring Brey Hall and Rhiannon Bridgeman for yearbook.
*The village of Mt. Erie is currently under a boil under until further notice.
The Board of Trustees of Illinois Eastern Community College District #529 held its regular monthly meeting at Wabash Valley College, on July 19, 2022. Board members John Brooks and Jan Ridgely were appointed to the Board audit committee. The committee is charged with oversight of the District’s annual audit. Trustees conducted a semi-annual review of closed session minutes. Under the Open Meetings Act, the board is required to examine closed session minutes at least twice a year. Updates to the 2022-2023 IECC catalog were approved. The catalog is considered a contract with the student body of IECC. Catalog revisions approved by the Board throughout the year were reviewed and approved for posting to the IECC website and for publication. IECC must have confidential advisors available to a student or employee who experiences sexual violence, should they choose to seek their services. To meet this requirement, trustees approved agreements with the CAISA organization and with the SAFE organization to provide counseling to those who are victims of sexual violence. Affiliation agreements were approved between the District and Embarras River Basin Head Start, Embarras River Basin Senior Center, Happy Day Express, and Lawrence Crawford Association for Exceptional Citizens. A lease agreement was approved between the District and the LTC Foundation for the usage of a 2022 Chevrolet Express G3500 Passenger LS Van. The following personnel were employed: Andrew Cougill, District Librarian, DO, effective July 21, 2022. Alexandra Mahrenholz, Agricultural Technology Instructor, WVC, effective August 10, 2022. Alexis Garner, Assistant Director, TRIO Upward Bound, DO, effective September 1, 2022. Jeremy Ellis, Head Softball Coach, FCC, effective August 8, 2022. Aaron Biddle, Interim Head Baseball Coach, WVC, effective July 20, 2022. Amy Tarr, Director of Instructional Services, OCC, effective July 25, 2022. Cameron Ireland, Coordinator of Marketing & Graphic Design, CETL, DO, effective July 25, 2022. Erin Powers, Purchasing Coordinator, DO, effective July 25, 2022. Newkirk, Student Services Specialist, DO/WVC, effective July 25, 2022. Rachel Doan, TRIO Upward Bound Counselor, DO/WVC, effective July 25, 2022. Cleo Ziegler, Custodian, LTC, effective July 25, 2022. The employment status for Jay Zwilling was changed from Systems Administrator, DO, to Manager of Data Systems, DO, effective August 1, 2022. Notice of Reassignment was approved for Steve Hnetkovsky, Associate Professor Agriculture Production, WVC, to Associate Professor, Chemistry, FCC, effective January 3, 2023. Five personnel resignations were accepted: Cori Stringfellow, Nursing Instructor, OCC, effective August 10, 2022. Robert Fournier, Head Men’s Baseball Coach, WVC, effective July 8, 2022. Cole Carter, Broadcast Services Specialist, WVC, effective August 10, 2022. Burwell, Custodian, WVC, effective June 22, 2022. Raymond Gillette, Custodian, WVC, effective June 30, 2022. All trustees were present at the July meeting.Next regular meeting of the Board of Trustees will be held at Frontier Community College, Fairfield, Tuesday, August 16, at 6:15 p.m.
There were 5.1 days suitable for field work during the week ending July 17, 2022. Statewide, the average temperature was 75.3 degrees, 0.9 degrees below normal. Precipitation averaged 0.68 inches, 0.01 inches below normal. Topsoil moisture supply was rated 11 percent very short, 17 percent short, 67 percent adequate, and 5 percent surplus. Subsoil moisture supply was rated 11 percent very short, 18 percent short, 69 percent adequate and 2 percent surplus. Corn silking reached 60 percent, compared to the 5-year average of 64 percent. Corn dough reached 6 percent, even with the 5-year average. Corn condition was rated 3 percent very poor, 5 percent poor, 22 percent fair, 54 percent good, and 16 percent excellent. Soybeans blooming reached 41 percent, compared to the 5-year average of 55 percent. Soybeans setting pods reached 8 percent, compared to the 5-year average of 21 percent. Soybean condition was rated 5 percent very poor, 6 percent poor, 27 percent fair, 49 percent good, 13 percent excellent. Winter wheat harvested for grain was 96 percent, even with the 5-year average.
U.S. and Canadian ag tractor monthly unit sales in June 2022 fell, while harvester sales grew in both countries, according to the latest data from the Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM). U.S. total farm tractor sales fell 8.2 percent for the month of June compared to 2021, while U.S. self-propelled combine sales for the month grew 25.3 percent to 629 units sold. The 100+ horsepower 2WD tractor segment was the only one in the black for the fourth month in a row, up 9.6 percent, indicating continued demand in row-crop agriculture. Mid-range tractors between 40 and 100 horsepower fell 7.2 percent, and the sub-40hp segment were down 10.2 percent. 4WD tractors finished the month down only 3 percent. Total farm tractor sales are down 13.4 percent while combine harvester unit sales improved, now down only 5.5 percent on the year.
The Libertarian Party of Illinois filed roughly 37,000 petition signatures with the State Board of Elections last Monday for their statewide candidates to appear on the November ballot. July 11th was the final day for independent and new party candidates to file their nomination papers. Illinois Libertarian Party Chairman Steve Suess argues Illinois has some of the worst ballot access laws in the country. He noted that Democrats and Republicans wishing to run for statewide office only need to meet 10% of the threshold for signatures required for third-party and independent candidates. The Libertarians hope their slate of statewide candidates can receive at least 5% of the entire vote in the November election in order to become an established political party in Illinois. Scott Schluter is the Libertarian candidate for governor with John Phillips running as lieutenant governor. Jesse White, who is not related to Democrat Jesse White, hopes to become Secretary of State. Schluter, an Iraq veteran and diesel mechanic in Southern Illinois, says third-party candidates should not have to jump through so many hurdles in order to make the ballot. He feels the established parties in Illinois don’t want to give residents the opportunity to vote for who they truly want as leaders.
Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced Tuesday afternoon that he has tested positive for the coronavirus and is experiencing mild symptoms. Pritzker tested positive during a routine COVID-19 screening and has been prescribed the antiviral drug Paxlovid, his office said. He received the single-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine in spring 2021 and has received two recommended booster doses. The governor had been in quarantine as a precaution after coming into close contact with individuals who had tested positive. His office says he will continue working from home in accordance with guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Pritzker attended a White House event last week to mark the passage of bipartisan gun safety legislation and then spent the latter part of the week in Maine for a meeting of the National Governors Association before traveling to Florida to deliver a speech Saturday at a fundraiser for the state Democratic Party.
River stages as of this morning: the Little Wabash east of Fairfield stands at 18.78 feet, above the 17 ft. flood stage. Meanwhile, the Skillet Fork at Wayne City has a reading of 8.20 feet (flood stage is 15 ft.). The Little Wabash below Clay City is at 21.51 feet (flood stage is 18 ft.). Bonpas Creek at Browns reads 5.69 feet, and the Little Wabash at Main Street in Carmi reads 11.60 feet. The Wabash River at Mt. Carmel sits at 5.90 feet.
Today’s crude oil price is $97.22, up $1.62 from yesterday. The August crude oil price is $103.13, up $1.27 from yesterday morning.