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Brett W. Todd is the managing editor of Clinton County Today. Clinton County Today is a community-focused website to provide individuals of Clinton County Indiana and surrounding areas with information impacting their lives. Clinton County Today is a service of Progressive Partners of Indiana, LLC where Brett W. Todd is its managing member.

CSF School Board Accepts Supt. Don DeWesse’s Retirement Effective Oct 2, Joel McKinney Named Interim Beginning Oct 3

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In a special meeting of the Community Schools of Frankfort School Board held Tuesday, August 25, 2020, the School Board accepted a letter of retirement from Superintendent Don DeWeese Effective Friday, October 2, 2020.

The Board then approved a separation agreement between The Community Schools of Frankfort and Superintendent Don DeWeese. The specifics of the separation agreement has yet to be released.

DeWeese previously submitted his letter of retirement at the July 14, 2020, School Board meeting and the Board accepted with an effective date of January 11, 2021.

During the same July 14 meeting, the Board named current CSF Assistant Superintendent Joel McKinney to replace DeWeese as new Superintendent beginning January 12, 2021.

McKinney will begin serving as Interim Superintendent on October 3 until his official start as the next Superintendent of CSF on January 12, 2021.

In other business conducted during the special meeting, the School Board approved the creation of a new position and job description for a COVID-19 Assistant. This new position will be advertised to seek applicants. Currently, the task of tracking and performing contact tracing related to the pandemic within CSF falls on McKinney.

Governor Holcomb Addresses Claims COVID-19 Will Be Over November 4th

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During the open questioning portion of the August 12, 2020, weekly briefing with Governor Holcomb and other state officials, Governor Holcomb was asked how he would address those that claim COVID-19 will all be over November 4th. November 4th is the day after the 2020 Presidential Election.

Below are the reporter’s question and Governor Holcomb’s reply

Reporter:
“I’ve heard, even from business people who are greatly respected, this is all going to be over November 4th. What do you say to those people? I’m serious. I have heard that multiple times.”

Governor Holcomb:
“Well I’m not your bookie, but don’t bet on it. If we’ve learned anything – it’s you know – we, we wake up every day with three scenarios in mind; one that it’s going to stay the same, one it’s going to get worse, or one it’s going to get better. And, we’re trying to do everything we can 24/7 to realize the third scenario and that will require us all to do our part. So there should be no, ‘well, I’ll just punt my responsibilities because this will all be over on any given day that you hope will occur.’ That is not a strategy for good health or success.”

The next scheduled Governor Holcomb briefing is Wednesday, August 26, 2020.

Paid Parenting Leave Policy Adopted By Frankfort Board of Works

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During the Monday, August 24, 2020, meeting of the Frankfort Board of Public Works, Resolution 20-10, a resolution to adopt a paid parenting leave policy and to provide paid leave for certain qualified city employees, passed unanimously.

This new policy provides mothers with 30 consecutive calendar days and fathers with 15 consecutive calendar days of paid leave. The leave would apply to parents who adopt as well. The paid leave will run concurrently with FMLA.

“I think it’s a good benefit for our employees and I’m just really excited about it,” said Frankfort Mayor Judy Sheets. “I’m glad that we were able to do that for them.”

Mayor Sheets talked about how the policy will work and how this benefit was never addressed previously.

“It is something that has never been addressed as far as I know in a handbook or anything like that. It will run concurrently with their FMLA and they’re able to have that time off and then after that, it is their option whether or not they want to use their vacation, sick or anything like that as well.”

The Mayor spoke of why this policy was addressed at this time.

“We currently have a female that is pregnant and we want to make sure that we had this done in time for her to get this benefit as well. I guess, I put the push on this. Let’s get this done, let’s not have her worry about these things. I have been in that position. It is really worrisome to the parents, ‘how are they going to handle that leave?’”

Update (8/25/20): 2 New Clinton County Residents Have Tested Positive For COVID-19 As Reported By The ISDH

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The Indiana State Department of Health (ISDH) announced today, Tuesday, August 25, 2020, Clinton County had 2 new positive tests, 523 residents have now tested positive for COVID-19. There are 6 deaths related to COVID-19 in Clinton County. At least 6,667 residents of Clinton County have been tested as reported by the ISDH.

The rolling 7-day positivity rate of unique individuals for Clinton County is 4.6% as of August 18, 2020. The State of Indiana as a whole is 6.8%.

Additionally, the ISDH announced that 841 additional Hoosiers have been diagnosed with COVID-19 through testing at ISDH, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and private laboratories. That brings to 88,421 the total number of Indiana residents known to have the novel coronavirus following corrections to the previous day’s total.

A total of 3,023 Hoosiers have died to date. Deaths are reported based on when data are received by ISDH and occurred over multiple days.

To date, 1,010,981 tests have been reported to ISDH, up from 1,002,038 on Monday.

The Regenstrief Institute released updated hospitalization data as of August 24, 2020, 11:59 p.m. for Clinton County. Data are unique individuals and cumulative.

Total Hospitalizations: 38
Emergency Visits: 95
ICU Admits: 7
Hospital Deaths: 3

Statewide Recovery: 66,703 (78%)
Statewide Deceased: 3,023 (4%)
Statewide Active: 15,289 (18%)

Free COVID-19 Test Center in Clinton County
Children age 3 and older can be tested as well as anyone who needs a test can get tested.

Location:
850 Delphi Ave, Frankfort (Back Activity Building of the old Christian Life Church)
8am – 6pm (Monday – Friday) through August 26th

To schedule a test, use one of the following:
web: https://lhi.care/covidtesting
phone: (888) 634-1116

The COVID-19 testing clinic has tested an additional 4,000+ Clinton County residents since May 13th.

Frankfort City Council Approves 53.6% Increase To Water Rates

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The Frankfort City Council took the final two-steps to increase water rates by 53.6% at its Monday, August 24, 2020, Council meeting. After holding a public hearing on Ordinance 20-13, the Council voted 6-0 approving the new water rate.

The water rate increase will be phased in over 3-years.

After the meeting, Todd Corrie, General Manager of the Frankfort Municipal Utilities, was ecstatic the 3-year process of developing plans for much-needed work on the existing water system was completed.

“I am very happy that this is done, ecstatic,” said Corrie. “It has been a long process. We have been working on this probably for 3-years now.”

Over $13,600,000 is needed to expand and begin repair of the current Frankfort water network. This need is being driven by a forecasted demand in water usage over the next 20-years and the current condition of the system.

Corrie discussed how the new funds will be used.

“There’s going to be an upgrade to the plant. It’s going to go from 6 million gallons to 9 million gallons a day. We are going to finish off something that we call the Jefferson Loop. It is connecting from Jefferson back around to the industrial park off of County Road 0.”

He also added the increase will help in making the plants safer and allow for the replacement of existing water main.

“We’re going to go to an on-site generation for our chlorine. Then, we have money in there to rehabilitate one of the water towers and then be saving money with this to do the next one probably 5 years down the road. Also be in place to replace water mains at a rate of maybe a mile a year is what we’re going to be shooting for and it is all very expensive.”

When asked when ratepayers should expect to see the increase, Corrie said the topic will be discussed at the next Utility Service Board meeting.

“We are going to discuss this at our next Utility Service Board and it (the rate increase) will be sometime between September and October 1st.”

The next USB meeting will be Tuesday, September 8, 2020, at 7 p.m.

Update (8/24/20): 16 New Clinton County Residents Have Tested Positive For COVID-19 As Reported By The ISDH

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The Indiana State Department of Health (ISDH) announced today, Monday, August 24, 2020, Clinton County had 16 new positive tests, 521 residents have now tested positive for COVID-19. There are 6 deaths related to COVID-19 in Clinton County. At least 6,597 residents of Clinton County have been tested as reported by the ISDH.

The rolling 7-day positivity rate for Clinton County is 3.7% as of August 17, 2020. The State of Indiana as a whole is 7%.

Additionally, the ISDH announced that 688 additional Hoosiers have been diagnosed with COVID-19 through testing at ISDH, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and private laboratories. That brings to 87,592 the total number of Indiana residents known to have the novel coronavirus following corrections to the previous day’s total.

Also today, 16,215 antigen tests and 975 positive cases from July 28 through August 22 are being added to the cumulative reports. Moving forward, antigen cases and testing from the most recent 24-hour period will be included in the daily reports. Tests and cases from prior to July 28 will be added to the cumulative reports once they are verified.

A total of 3,008 Hoosiers have died to date. Deaths are reported based on when data are received by ISDH and occurred over multiple days.

To date, 1,002,038 tests have been reported to ISDH, up from 977,802 on Sunday.

The Regenstrief Institute released updated hospitalization data as of August 23, 2020, 11:59 p.m. for Clinton County. Data are unique individuals and cumulative.

Total Hospitalizations: 37
Emergency Visits: 94
ICU Admits: 8
Hospital Deaths: 3

Statewide Recovery: 64,131 (78%)
Statewide Deceased: 2,992 (4%)
Statewide Active: 15,085 (18%)

Free COVID-19 Test Center in Clinton County
Children age 3 and older can be tested as well as anyone who needs a test can get tested.

Location:
850 Delphi Ave, Frankfort (Back Activity Building of the old Christian Life Church)
8am – 6pm (Monday – Friday) through August 26th

To schedule a test, use one of the following:
web: https://lhi.care/covidtesting
phone: (888) 634-1116

The COVID-19 testing clinic has tested an additional 4,000+ Clinton County residents since May 13th.

Clinton Central Makes Changes to In-Person Learning Due To COVID-19 Cases: 10 Positive Cases Throughout Corporation, 3 New Cases Over Past 3-Days

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Clinton Central Superintendent Al Remaly notified parents Sunday, August 23, 2020, of changes to in-person learning.

Remaly said in a letter: “I was hoping to not have to make this call and I apologize that it is late on Sunday afternoon, but there are going to be some changes to the daily schedules at Clinton Central. We have had a total of 10 COVID19 positive cases throughout the corporation, 3 over the past three days. With the contact tracing that has been conducted, about 25% of the students at the jr/sr high school are impacted. This does not mean that 25% of the students have COVID19, it means they are considered close contacts and are required to quarantine for 14 days.”

“For Clinton Central Elementary, all students will be on remote learning for 1 week only starting Monday, August 24th. The elementary students will resume with their regular school schedule on Monday, August 31st. Why only one week? There have been no new cases of COVID19 outside of the 4th grade section. The daily structure/schedule of the elementary is much easier to control.”

“For Clinton Central Jr/Sr High School, all students will begin remote learning for 2 weeks starting on Monday, August 24th. Instead of resuming with a regular schedule, the jr/sr high school students will transition to a Hybrid Schedule beginning on Tuesday, September 8th. A hybrid schedule allows us to have only 50% of the students in the building and allows us to ensure social distancing of 6 feet or more. For these 2 weeks, all extracurricular activities are postponed.”

“Sometime tomorrow, all students/families will receive information from either the building principal or the classroom teacher about how learning will proceed.”

Update (8/23/20): 2 New Clinton County Residents Have Tested Positive For COVID-19 As Reported By The ISDH

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The Indiana State Department of Health (ISDH) announced today, Sunday, August 23, 2020, Clinton County had 2 new positive test, 503 residents have now tested positive for COVID-19. There are 6 deaths related to COVID-19 in Clinton County. At least 6,501 residents of Clinton County have been tested as reported by the ISDH.

The rolling 7-day positivity rate for Clinton County is 3.6% as of August 16, 2020. The State of Indiana as a whole is 7.4%.

Additionally, the ISDH announced that 618 additional Hoosiers have been diagnosed with COVID-19 through testing at ISDH, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and private laboratories. That brings to 85,932 the total number of Indiana residents known to have the novel coronavirus following corrections to the previous day’s total.

A total of 3,003 Hoosiers have died to date. Deaths are reported based on when data are received by ISDH and occurred over multiple days.

To date, 977,802 tests have been reported to ISDH, up from 969,646 on Saturday.

The Regenstrief Institute released updated hospitalization data as of August 21, 2020, 11:59 p.m. for Clinton County. Data are unique individuals and cumulative.

Total Hospitalizations: 37
Emergency Visits: 93
ICU Admits: 8
Hospital Deaths: 3

Statewide Recovery: 64,131 (78%)
Statewide Deceased: 2,992 (4%)
Statewide Active: 15,085 (18%)

Free COVID-19 Test Center in Clinton County
Children age 3 and older can be tested as well as anyone who needs a test can get tested.

Location:
850 Delphi Ave, Frankfort (Back Activity Building of the old Christian Life Church)
8am – 6pm (Monday – Friday) through August 31st

To schedule a test, use one of the following:
web: https://lhi.care/covidtesting
phone: (888) 634-1116

The COVID-19 testing clinic has tested an additional 4,000+ Clinton County residents since May 13th.

Update (8/22/20): 5 New Clinton County Residents Have Tested Positive For COVID-19 As Reported By The ISDH

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The Indiana State Department of Health (ISDH) announced today, Saturday, August 22, 2020, Clinton County had 5 new positive tests, 501 residents have now tested positive for COVID-19. There are 6 deaths related to COVID-19 in Clinton County. At least 6,437 residents of Clinton County have been tested as reported by the ISDH.

The rolling 7-day positivity rate for Clinton County is 3.6% as of August 15, 2020. The State of Indiana as a whole is 7.4%.

Additionally, the ISDH announced that 1,010 additional Hoosiers have been diagnosed with COVID-19 through testing at ISDH, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and private laboratories. That brings to 85,317 the total number of Indiana residents known to have the novel coronavirus following corrections to the previous day’s total.

A total of 3,001 Hoosiers have died to date. Deaths are reported based on when data are received by ISDH and occurred over multiple days.

To date, 969,646 tests have been reported to ISDH, up from 958,432 on Friday.

The Regenstrief Institute released updated hospitalization data as of August 21, 2020, 11:59 p.m. for Clinton County. Data are unique individuals and cumulative.

Total Hospitalizations: 37
Emergency Visits: 91
ICU Admits: 8
Hospital Deaths: 3

Statewide Recovery: 64,131 (78%)
Statewide Deceased: 2,992 (4%)
Statewide Active: 15,085 (18%)

Free COVID-19 Test Center in Clinton County
Children age 3 and older can be tested as well as anyone who needs a test can get tested.

Location:
850 Delphi Ave, Frankfort (Back Activity Building of the old Christian Life Church)
8am – 6pm (Monday – Friday) through August 31st

To schedule a test, use one of the following:
web: https://lhi.care/covidtesting
phone: (888) 634-1116

The COVID-19 testing clinic has tested an additional 4,000+ Clinton County residents since May 13th.

Update (8/21/20): 10 New Clinton County Residents Have Tested Positive For COVID-19 As Reported By The ISDH

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The Indiana State Department of Health (ISDH) announced today, Friday, August 21, 2020, Clinton County had 10 new positive test, 495 residents have now tested positive for COVID-19. There are 6 deaths related to COVID-19 in Clinton County. At least 6,373 residents of Clinton County have been tested as reported by the ISDH.

The rolling 7-day positivity rate for Clinton County is 7.4% as of August 14, 2020. The State of Indiana as a whole is 7.5%.

Additionally, the ISDH announced that 1,050 additional Hoosiers have been diagnosed with COVID-19 through testing at ISDH, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and private laboratories. That brings to 84,317 the total number of Indiana residents known to have the novel coronavirus following corrections to the previous day’s total.

A total of 2,992 Hoosiers have died to date. Deaths are reported based on when data are received by ISDH and occurred over multiple days.

To date, 958,432 tests have been reported to ISDH, up from 945,471 on Thursday.

The Regenstrief Institute released updated hospitalization data as of August 20, 2020, 11:59 p.m. for Clinton County. Data are unique individuals and cumulative.

Total Hospitalizations: 37
Emergency Visits: 91
ICU Admits: 8
Hospital Deaths: 3

Statewide Recovery: 64,131

Free COVID-19 Test Center in Clinton County
Children age 3 and older can be tested as well as anyone who needs a test can get tested.

Location:
850 Delphi Ave, Frankfort (Back Activity Building of the old Christian Life Church)
8am – 6pm (Monday – Friday) through August 31st

To schedule a test, use one of the following:
web: https://lhi.care/covidtesting
phone: (888) 634-1116

The COVID-19 testing clinic has tested an additional 4,000+ Clinton County residents since May 13th.

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