Track Eagles Twice "Raining" Champions    We appreciate the help of Lisa Morris for her suggestion to call the school photographer and the willingness of Crabtree Photography to let us use their photos of the LHS Track Teams who claimed both the girls and boys championship this weekend. Sorry, but we were unable to get names of the participants at the time of this printing.  (Track team photos by Crabtree Photography) Lincoln Music Department Holds Spring Concerts    Members of all the Lincoln High School choirs invited the Community Choir to sing along with them on the Battle Hymn of the Republic. Beth Bowman, Lincoln Music Chair, is directing the group.    The band is applauded following their concert Sunday evening. Kathryn Ray, band instructor is at the far right. It looked like a formal event as the group proudly wore the new outfits purchased by the Music Boosters Association. Don’t they all look great. More next issue on the concerts.    Tuesday, May 5th, between 4:00 & 10:00 p.m. you may eat at Texas Roadhouse, who in return, will donate 10% of your purchase to the Lincoln Music Department. You must have a flyer for it to count. No flyers may be given out on the property. Call 478-5916 with questions or to get a flyer. The Elementary Music Program is at 7:00 p.m. that same night. Schedue your time to attend both.

   There are NO confirmed cases of the North America Human Influenza A in Wayne County.
    Wayne County began implementation of it’s Pandemic Operations Plan on Monday, April 27. Under the plan, the Wayne County Health Department is taking action as the lead agency with coordination being provided by the Wayne County Emergency Management Agency. Reid Hospital is assisting on technical issues. The Wayne County Emergency Operations Center has been activated.
    The Health Department has conducted several media interviews and released a Public Service Announcement to local media outlets as well as maintaining coordination with The Indiana State Department of Health. Wayne County EMA has been monitoring the situation and information sources, especially http://www.cdc.gov/swineflu. and has provided a steady stream of information to local first responders, schools, government offices, and businesses and the media. Information has been provided to daycare centers and nursing homes. For more of this story please subscribe!

Congratulations to Western Wayne Elementary, Placed First in Spell Bowl

By Coach Misty Ingalls
    Western Wayne Elementary Spell Bowl Team won the Wayne County Spell Bowl Championship for 2009 defending the title from last year’s competition. The Spell Bowl team is comprised of fourth, fifth and sixth graders. This year’s team members were sixth graders Kiersten Merida, Kerrigan Werking, William Redd and Austin Linville; fifth graders Benjamin Bertsch, Ross Bohlander, Brandon Mettler and Seth Randall; fourth graders Allison Johnson, Courtney Belt, Robby Slone and Nicholas Cupp.
    This is a wonderful group of spellers to work with! They have been practicing three and four times a week since the beginning of March. The competition was held on April 21st at Hagerstown High School Auditorium. They competed against the other county schools. Results were Western Wayne 74, Hagerstown 71, Centerville 63 and Northeastern 56 points. For more of this story please subscribe!