Submitted by Huntington County Community School Corporation - Tuesday, January 26, 2021 1:52 PM
This graphic shows, in green, the areas the public will utilize at Crestview Middle School while the gymnasium is set up as a COVID-19 vaccination site. The yellow denotes an area of the gym that will be closed to both the public, and the students and staff of CMS. A curtain will divide the ‘green’ area from the ‘yellow’ area to protect students’ privacy. Graphic provided by Huntington County Community School Corporation.
Huntington County Community School Corporation (HCCSC) and Crestview Middle School are aware of concerns expressed by members of the community regarding the selection of Crestview to serve as a COVID-19 vaccination site.
Friday, January 22, 2021 12:48 PM
The COVID-19 vaccine, previously administered at the Huntington County Health Department, will now be administered at Crestview Middle School.
Starting today, Monday, Jan. 25, Huntington County’s COVID-19 vaccine clinic will move to the school, located at 1151 500N, Huntington.
“We’re all ready for life to go back to normal, and there’s one path to normal: Get yourself vaccinated,” said Dr. Matt Pflieger, a local physician and member of the Huntington County Health Board. “This is so important.”
As of press time, Indiana residents 70 and older, healthcare workers and first responders were eligible to register for the vaccine.
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Ashley Shepherd, director of gifted services for the Western Buckeye Educational Service Center, announces that the 2021 Journal Gazette Van Wert County Spelling Bee will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday, January 31, in the Lincolnview High School gym.
Immediate family members and grandparents of each speller are welcome to attend this event. Masks are required for all that enter, and while seated during the bee. Spectators are also asked to socially distance themselves from other families.
Twelve contestants representing seven Van Wert County schools, grades 5-8, will compete for the honor of representing the county in the Journal Gazette Regional Spelling Bee presented by STAR Financial Bank on March 6. The Regional Spelling Bee will be held in the Purdue University Fort Wayne Rhinehart Recital Hall at 10 a.m. that day. The winner of the Regional contest will go on to compete in the National Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C.
Ex-teacher to serve 4 years for sex abuse
JIM CHAPMAN | The Journal Gazette
A former teacher has been ordered to serve four years of a six-year prison sentence for sexual misconduct with a girl at a defunct Fort Wayne charter school.
Eric M. Gerdes, 40, pleaded guilty in October in Allen Superior Court to felony sexual misconduct with a minor.
Judge David Zent on Monday sentenced Gerdes to six years – with two years suspended – and two years probation. Additional charges of sexual misconduct, child molesting, vicarious sexual gratification and dissemination of matter harmful to minors were dismissed as part of the plea deal.