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Joshua Fewell, Jonathon
Fierro, Quenton Freeman,
Madison Hair, Alexis Hall,
Ruby Hamrick, Blake Hill,
Matthew Jelenek, Jillian
Kilgore, Gabriel Kimmell,
Aaron Manchester, Kenneth
McCrary, Brayden Michael,
Haley Miller, Wesley Miller,
Kylah Morgan, Chariya
Nam-Arsa, Lauren Ravesloot, Emily Rhodes, Madison Rich, Nathan Robinson,
Jackie Rosa, Karly Schwingle, Abigail Scott, Robert
Searcy, Adelyn Shinn,
Marissa Shoffner, Larkin
Stephens-Avery, Benjamin
Stephenson, Jacob Stevens, Rebekka Stevens, Jeffrey Swisher, Hayley Williamson, Alexis Wininger,
Bailey Wisehart, Austin
Workman and Tyler Worl.
• Grade 11 – Natasha
Bishop, Chyanna Blythe,
Riley Burris, Dylan Chance,
ReeAnn Clawson, Levi Edgington, Zachariah Fewell,
Jenna Fleming, Isaac Geringer, Joel Graybill, Maddison Guyer, Karen
Hartwich, Erin Herrell,
Austin Herschberger, Maysie
Hewitt, Lacey Hinkle, Tyler
Jones, Tristyn Koon, Kailyn
Koontz, Marco Mantica,
Blake May, Tyler Paredes,
Crystal Phillips, Andriy
Prokhorenko, Kaitlin
Rowlett, Jordan Sexton,
Katherine Shafer, Mason
Silvers, Alexa Singletary,
Brandon Spence, Kylee Stuber, Malynn Thompson,
Aubrie Townsend, Gabrielle
Uhrin, James Wilkison, Connor Williams, Morgan Wisehart, Savannah Wolf and
Haley Yeager.
• Grade 10 – Davion
Allen, Hannah Bahrenburg,
Ashley Bautista, Michael
Benge, Brittany Bertrand,
Ryan Clark, Meagan Collins,
Kaylin Cook, Kristian Costner, KaRyn Daily, Dakota
Douglass, Allison Dragstrem, Eric Edwards, Brandy
Enyeart, Joseph Ferry, Ashton Floyd, Shelby Friend,
Renee Gunion, Connor Harvey, Courtney Hoover, Abby
Jewell, Michael Koebler,
Devin Lambrecht, Janessa
Luster, Kaitlyn Marshall,
Kelsey Martin, Cassidy
Miles, Alex Miller, Joshua
Miller, Jonathan Morgan,
Korlond Morgan, Aaron
Nightingale, Kishan Patel,
Kyle Ravesloot, Rebecca
Ray, Kyra Rogers, Victoria
Ruden, Blake Sarver, Zachary Scott, Amber Strik,
Jalynn Stull, Hannah Swick,
Courtney Turcheck, Addison
Vincent, David Walsh, Kathryn White, Wayde Willson
and Tyler Yoars.
• Grade nine – Anbrea
Adams, Brandan Aughinbaugh, Aubry Bailey, Alexis
Bennett, Slate Boggs, Gatlin
Brooks, Shawna Chase,
Emily Collins, Laurin Cook,
Alexander Davis, Braxton
Dewey, Joshua Edgington,
Luke Edgington, Jeffery
Fisher, Ayris Gilbertson, Garrett Glassburn, Brogan
Guyer, Shaina Hawkins,
Brooke Hibbard, Emma
Hintz, Austin Howay, Mason
Ingram, Branson Jones, Tanner Jones, Kelsey Kinslow,
Brittany Lamb, Josey Lamberson, Katlynn Lamble,
Sydne Leary, Alyssa Lehrer,
James Lewis, Brendan
Manus, Ashley Miller, Bryce
Moeller, Holly Morris, Brooke
Moser, Evan Myers, Allee
Nethercutt, Autumn North,
Dalton Outlaw, Meera Patel,
Chandler Pitts, Raygan Plothow, Syenna Powell, Mickayla Schipper, Jakob Taylor,
Taylor Vance, Jameson Vigar,
Megan Weaver, Ani Weitzel,
Sydney Wick, Fletcher Williams, Aaron Willis and Matthew Wooten.
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Councilwoman Linda Harp
said county residents already
pay too many taxes. She said
local governments need to control spending rather than increase taxes, and she would
vote against the measure.
“Twenty dollars doesn’t seem
like much. I spend more than
that on coffee a month,” Harp
said. “But there are people in
this county who cannot afford
another raise in their taxes.
That’s money that goes towards
gas and food for some.”
Commissioner Josh Francis
said the county hasn’t increased
its overall spending in eight
years, but the cost of goods and
services has dramatically increased in that time.
He said the county isn’t overspending, and the only way
make up the budget shortfall is
to increase revenue.
“All of (the elected officials)
here are going to be paying the
same new tax that everyone
else is,” Francis said. “It’s not
like we’re exempt from it. We’re
going to feel it, too. But we also
know from our side of things
that we have a responsibility to
run this county, and without
the income, we can’t do it.”
Council President Ralph
Duckwall said he didn’t like the
idea of instituting a new tax,
but he said it may be the only
way to keep the county running.
“Personally, as a conservative,
it pains me to do this,” he said. “
… But we’re between a rock
and a hard place. If we increase
the tax, will we inhibit growth?
If we don’t increase it, will we
still be able to offer basic services?”
The council considered implementing a highway-user tax
eight years ago, but voted down
the measure.
Forty-nine counties currently
have a wheel tax, including
Howard, Tipton and Cass counties.
The council is set to vote on
instituting the new tax during
its regular meeting at 7 p.m.
Tuesday.
Peru
approves
pay raises
BY CARSON GERBER
MC WEEKLY
City employees and elected
officials are set to receive a
1.5 percent pay raise next
year after city council approved the increase last
week.
City Clerk-Treasurer Jackie
Gray said the raise will cost
in total an additional $64,000.
This will be the second
time workers received a raise
in two years. Employees and
elected officials received a
1.5-percent pay increase during this year’s budget.
>> See PAY RAISE
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