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Ashley Fouch was named the new Daleville High School boys basketball coach during a news conference on May 3 at the school. Fouch comes back home to Daleville after leaving for a year.
John P. Cleary | The Herald Bulletin Editorial: Daleville gets it right with hiring of Fouch
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Ashley Fouch was named the new Daleville High School boys basketball coach during a news conference on May 3 at the school. Fouch comes back home to Daleville after leaving for a year.
John P. Cleary | The Herald Bulletin
They’ve been playing the state high school basketball tournament in Indiana since 1910.
ROME CITY â With the 2020-21 school year nearly complete, the East Noble School Corp. is looking ahead to the 2021-22 year.
Superintendent Ann Linson updated the school board during Wednesday nightâs meeting on the safety protocols, which will be in place in anticipation of a continuation of the pandemic deeper into 2021.
âA lot can change between now and August,â Linson said. âWe are hoping things will be business as usual. To make that happen, we need more people to get the vaccine.â
For the most part, the plan presented for in-person learning mirrors the current plan in place.
âTo ensure the safety of our students, East Noble School Corp. will follow guidance and mandates provided by the Indiana Department of Health, Noble County Department of Health and the Indiana Department of Education,â Linson advised.
45 years ago, Sept. 1, 1976
The Central Noble football team whipped Fremont in its opening game, 12-6.
The Adrian Lortie family, R. R. 1, Kimmell, would be hosting Miss Magdelena Stehli of Switzerland, as part of the International 4-H Youth Exchange.
The Central Noble cheerleaders placed second in the State Fair Cheerleading contest. Warren Central of Indianapolis was first and Spring Valley third. Lori Kochlenger of Warren Central was named Miss Cheerleader.
The son of a Wawaka couple had achieved the rank of Airman First Class in the U. S. Air Force. Airman Kevin R. Alexander, whose parents were Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth F. Alexander of Rt. 1, Wawaka, was a security police specialist at Kadena AB, Okinawa, Japan, and served with a unit of the Pacific Air Force.
Greg Wright, 52, has been umpiring since 1998 and consistently at the high school level since 2008. He said his tactic in dealing with complaints is to take the comments from fans as “comic relief” and not engage in any back and forth. He also understands that coaches have a rooting interest and “are going to fight for their kids.”
“Their job may be on the line if they fail,” Wright said of coaches. “But when younger kids start out and people start yelling at them, whether it is fans or coaches, they don’t know how to deal with somebody right in their face. With fans, you have to have the personality that you find it funny. A lot of them don’t know what they are talking about. But for a younger umpire, once they get that they say, ‘You know what, this isn’t for me.’ Then they get out of it. Most of us doing it are 40-plus and there are quite a few who are 60-plus. We need more people to get involved. Without adult participation, the kids don’t play. The w