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.... proBP mail. lauuBt, wtwunu, obwob IPMDAt. AjtUL tt. lSSS Meeting Slated Tuesday to Discuss Bond Issue, School Budget Phoenix E. R. James, sup- cational research bureau ofition and gym facilities at the , classrooms would total about i 1. The assessed valuation , any, in the annual tax levy I ' 1 . , nntendent of the Phoenix- the University of Oregon was high school, which at present i $285,000, the board said. has increased 35 per cent in for building purposes, the UN DAY, APRIL M, IMS erintendent of the Phoenix Talent school district, has re minded district patrons that a meeting will be held at the Phoenix Grange hall at 8 p.m. Tuesday, April 30, to ex plain a bond issue and 1963-64 school budget. Patrons of district 4 will vote on the bond issue and the amount of the school budget exceeding the 6 per cent lim itation at the annual school election May 6. Patrons also will elect board members. Polls will be open May 6 between 2 and 8 p.m. at the Phoenix and Talent grade school gyms. Candidates Listed Candidates for school board directors are Allen Harris, in cumbent, and Mrs. Leah Zun del from the Phoenix area; and Ed Heim, who is running without opposition from the Talent area. Heim is a candi date for the position of Bruce Cyphers, who is not seeking reelection. Patrons of the district will vole on a serial school bond Issue for new buildings and additional educational facil ities, James noted. Bonds will not be sold at one time, but in two different stages as needed, thus effecting a sav ings in interest charges and bond election costs, he point ed out. The school board and ad ministration has been study ing building needs of the dis trict for the past several years. In the spring of 1962 the edu employed to conduct a sur vey of the building needs of tne Phoenix district. James noted that the cur rent bonding plan is the re- the suit of the findings of the re search bureau and of confer ences involving the school board, the research bureau personnel, and the school ad ministration. Details of the overall long range building program are now being worked out by school officials and the arch itect. The first issue of bonds will cover the remodeling of the present high school shop and vocational agriculture depart ments into four or five urgent ly needed high school class rooms and a biology lecture and laboratory area, the board noted. The first issue also will be used to build a separate build ing for vocational agriculture and woodshop a short dis tance from the present high school building. Provide for Gymnasium It also would provide for a gymnasium at the Talent Jun ior High school, as well as a multipurpose room which would get full utilization as a music room and school cafe teria with complete kitchen and dining area facilities, the board noted. The initial bond sale also would provide for a cafeteria at the high school, as well as expansion of physical educa- Petitions to Form Water District in West Side Signed Petitions for formation of a water district in the west side area have been complet ed, according to George A. Cooksey, 2930 Oakridge ave., a member of the water dis trict committee. Cooksey said he was able to get more than the 100 re quired signatures. Ninety-five per cent of the homeowners visited signed the six peti tions, he said. A water district with future water lines serving the area were deemed necessary fol lowing a public meeting of affected property owners at the West Side school last fall. Earlier the Jackson county public health department sani tarians discovered a large per centage of the water wells in Recognition Dinner Set at Crater High Central Point - For the first time this year, a banquet will be held Thursday, May 2, hon oring seniors at Crater High school who are in the top 5 per cent of the class scholas tically. Members of the baseball, track, cross - country, wrest ling and tennis teams also will be recognized at the banquet. Speaker for the event will be John Dcllcnback. Jackson county member in the House of Representatives. More than 100 students are expected to be recognized at the dinner. The banquet will begin at 7 p.m. in Crater High school gymnasium and will be open to friends and relatives of the students. Ellsworth Robinson, past grand master of the In dependent Order of Odd Fel lows, will be master of cere monies. Tle event is being spon sored this year by the Central Point and Gold Hill Lions clubs. Present plans call for the banquet to replace the several smaller banquets held now to honor individual team members. Tickets are available at Cra ter High school or from mem bers of the Gold Hill or Cen tra! Point Lions club. the area were contaminated from septic tanks. The proposed water district would extend along the Old Miliary rd. area, along Beall lane to Elk Lumber company, along Ross lane to KMED ra dio and television studios, would include the Grant Acres area near Central Point and the land between Ross lane and Beall lane, Includ ing the West Side school, Cooksey said. The petitions will be pre sented to the county court in the near future. After signa tures are verified, a public hearing will be called. Any person affected may ask to be excluded or included, ac cording to Ervin Hogan, Mod ford attorney and committee member. The court may then make any boundary changes it deems reasonable, then call for an election for formation of the district and a board of directors. If and when the district is formed the board will seek federal funds for an engineer ing study. If the engineering study determines a water system is feasible then a bond election will be called. The district would not have to pay for the engineering study unless the water system is installed. Cooksey said the proposed district would include 400 homes and possibly one farm. Illinois Valley High Students Campaigning Cave Junction Students of the Illinois Valley High school are campaigning for the student body primary election with various phases of electioneering being con ducted. Candidates running for president are Darryl Gellert and Rodger Martin; vice president, Ron K e n t f 1 e 1 d, Doug Robinson and Danny Kihs; secretary, Toni Whitley, Donna Mills and Karen El more; treasurer, Linda Ver steeg, Rae Thrasher, Mary Anne Lewis, and Diania Wil liams; sergeant at arms, Walt Zieshe. Terry McNaught and Don Wilson. LOANS UP TO $1500 Here it is-a HANDY HUNDRED or Mere! Call Crater Finance "Money From Crater Financa la Lifca Monty From Homo" CRATER FINANCE 135 HUE "KS? 864-1273 are handling almost double the number of physical educa tion students for which they were designed. Bonds for these projects would amount to about $600,000, the board said. The second sale of bonds, which would be issued a year to two years later, would be sold to construct a new six or eight room elementary school within the district to handle the increased elementary en rollment which at present is reaching its capacity at both the Phoenix and Talent ele mentary schools. It also would provide for eight more class rooms as needed in the high school and junior high school, the board said. Total About $285,000 Bonds for the additional FOR The Increased enrollment and the expansion of the instruc tional program are two rea sons for the urgent need for additional building facilities, district officiili pointed out. In its report, the bureau of research survey team said that "during the 1956 to 1981 period the Phoenix schools grew 13.5 per cent." They went on to point out that on the basis of the data presented it is their conclusion that en rollment in the Phoenix schools will continue to in crease at the same or at a greater ratio. District officials pointed out that the Phoenix district has several advantages in re gard to financing such a bond ing program at this time. Among them are: has increased 35 per cent in the past five years. Legal Bonding Limit 2. The legal bonding limit of the Phoenix school district from 1957 to 1961 has in creased from $1,228,218 to $2,394,956. 3. The remaining bonding capacity of the district is more than adequate to cover building needs in the forsee able future. Only about 10 per cent of the bonding capac ity is now being used. With the sale of the proposed bonds, this would not reach a point above 40 per cent of the bonding capacity at any time, 4. The present Phoenix High school bonds will be re tired next year, thus the first issue of bonds for the pro posed building program will mean but a slight increase, if building purposes, th board noted. Low Millaga Rate 5. The present millage rate in the Phoenix school district is the lowest In the county, with the exception of one small district. The board said the choice of a serial bond levy will enable the district to vote bonds necessary to provide for class rooms and other facilities needed immediately and in the forseeable future. However, since the bonds do not have to be sold until the need is imminent, consid erable savings in intprest pay ments, election costs, printing and bond attorney fees would be effected by having the en tire bond issue voted at one time, but the bonds sold as needed. ROLLEIFIEX BOLEX NIKON PENTAX LIICA HMtBHAP Clip This Coupon and Give It to AtlMD'C m shop AllUCK J 232 East Mail SPRING COLOR SPECIAL From Your Kodacolor Negative CAUC! 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