Whitko Community Schools announces winner of recent contest
(Talk of the Town photo provided) With the start of the new school year, Whitko Schools encouraged parents to register for the latest electronic updates. 
School delays /closings, blog updates, lunch balance alerts and school newsletters are sent to parents wishing to receive notification by email or phone through the PowerSchool Program. All parents registered by Thursday, September 1, 2011, were entered into a drawing for an Apple IPad 2 donated by Brian Hensley of A. Hattersley & Sons of Fort Wayne, Indiana. John and Kelly Klefeker of Columbia City were chosen as the winners. Shown above, is Superintendent Steve Clason with John Klefeker and his son, Garrett, a second grade student at Pierceton Elementary School.