Resource center unveiled as technological benefit

Thursday, September 14, 2006

By JASON MOON

Assistant Editor

Equipped with several desks, tables, chairs, conference rooms, 30 Dell computers, three laptops and two Macintosh computers, county residents got an eyeful of the new Knoy Resource Center at Cloverdale High School.

The grand opening for the center took place prior to the high school's Homecoming football game against Turkey Run.

The center came together with the help of several area agencies, including the Cinergy Foundation, DePauw Univer-sity, First National Bank, Indiana Association of United Ways, the Lyon Family Foun-dation, the Putnam County Community Foundation, Vec-tren Foundation, Verizon Foundation, and Wal-Mart Foundation.

Putnam County Education Council Chairperson Lynn Bohmer began Friday's festivities by welcoming all who attended.

Bohmer said the council, made up of 15 people in the education field and various other agencies, formed a partnership to provide a center to help students and parents.

"We asked the community, what can we do," Bohmer said.

Cloverdale Community School Corp. Supt. Carrie Milner told those in attendance that area where the center is housed was occupied by the high school's industrial technology department last year.

"There have been a lot of changes," Milner said. "We have a lot of good going for us here."

School officials hope the center will increase the 21st Century Scholarship program enrollment, as well as increase parental involvement, increase standardized test scores, increase the percentage of youth who graduate from high school, increase the percentage of youth who pursue post-secondary education, and increase the percentage of youth who complete post-secondary education.

Toni Tomlinson will serve as center coordinator.

The center was named after the Knoy family, a family with rich tradition in Cloverdale.

Adeline Knoy and several other family members were in attendance Friday. She said she was thrilled the center was named after her family.

"It's an honor," she said. "I'm very honored that it's being named the Knoy Resource Center."

CCSC School Board President Linda Mann said she was pleased the center was established in Cloverdale.

"Our community will benefit from this," Mann said.

DePauw will also be involved in the center as the university's Community Technology Enhancement Program (CTEP) will be housed there.

CTEP will recycle donated computers to those interested after they have been fixed and computers can also be requested.

In addition, CTEP will offer workshops at the center in the future.

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