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SUNDAY. MAY 6, 1963
MEDFOHD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD. OREGON
Residents of Jackson County to Vote on Rural School District Levy
A'J residents of Jackson
county will vole on the
' amount of the rural school
district budget outside the 6
- per cent limitation from 2 to
- 8 p.m. Monday, May 6.
'. The total budget of the
' rural school district is $3,000,-
381.25. Of this amount, the
: county equalized levy Is
: $2,743,827.93. The required
; levy is determined by formu
" la within the law, and is not
; determined by the rural
school board or the budget
'. committee, the committee
! noted.
' The available receipts to
i offset the total budget are
: $100,245.18. This leaves the
Trequlred levy of $2,900,-
136.07. Of this, the required
i county equalized levy makes
i up 94.8 per cent of the total,
i and the levy for the opera
. tional budget is 9 per cent,
or an estimated IVi mills, the
J rural school budget commit-
- tee noted.
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The tax base of the rural
school district Is $2,234,
736.89, or approximately 70
per cent of the total, This is
the amount that can be levied
without a vote. The umount
in excess of the base is $689,
399.18, or approximately 3U
per cent of the total, and is
the amount that will be sub
ject to vote,
This excess applies to the
equalized levy portion of the
budget only, the committee
noted. By law, the operation.
al budget is within the tax
base and Is the first charge
against the total levy, and is
therefore not subject to the
vote.
The Increase in the total
budget from $2,781,337.40 for
1962- 63, to $3,000,381.25, for
1963- 64, is $219,043.85. Of the
total increase 87 per cent
in the equalized levy, or
$190,242.00, an amount de
termined by law. This leaves
13 per cent or $28,801.85, of
121 Major Criminal
Offenses Reported
To Police in April
Medford police Investigated
121 major criminal offenses
during April, according to the
monthly report released re
cently by Chief of Police
Charles P. Champlin
96 Influenza Cases
Reported in County
There were 98 cases of in.
fluenza reported in Jackson
county last week, Dr. A. E.
Merkel, director of the Jack
son county public health de
partment, reported.
Medford reported the larg
est number with 50 cases.
There were 10 cases in Cen
tral Point, 13 In Shady Cove
and 13 In Phoenix. Rogue
River had 6 and Jacksonville
and Ashland each 2.
Measles claimed the second
largest group of victims with
a total of 63 cases In the coun
ty. Gold Hill reported the
largest number with 41 cases.
German measles were re
ported by 42 persons, the
largest number, 35, being In
Rogue River.
Other communicable dis
eases reported by the county
health depart ment were
mumps 15; pneumonia 9;
chicken pox 5; infectious
mononucleosis 3; scarlet fever
1, and gonorrhea 1. j
The figure represents an
increase of 46 cases over the
same month last year, and 33
cases over April, 1961. Thefts
of Items valued at less than
$50 totaled 74, while there
were 21 cases of thefts of
Items valued at more than
$50. Fourteen burglaries were
also reported, according to the
report.
U rider miscellaneous of
fenses, the report showed 46
cases - of embezzlement and
fraud, two of forgery and
counterfeiting, and nine of
minor assault.
Fifty - three arrests for
drunkenness were made, and
14 for disorderly conduct, the
report showed.
A total of 4,071 parking
tickets were Issued by police
during April, an increase of
nearly 500 over the same
month last year.
Seventy-nine motor vehicle
accidents occurred within the
city last month, compared to
51 for April, 1962. There were
no fatalities, but 27 persons
reported injuries as a result
of the mishaps.
Officers cited 129' drivers
for violation of basic ri'le last
month, and 58 motorists were
given tickets for failure to
stop at traffic signals. Two
drivers were arrested for
drunken driving, according to
the report.
the total Increase which is
subject to action by the Rural
School Pistrict Budget com
mittee. Budget for Office
The total budget of the
county school superintend
ent's office and the rural
school board which now is
the county board of educa
tion, district boundary board,
and school district reorgani
zation committee Is $238,
553.32. Estimated receipts total
$82,245.18, leaving the re
quired levy at $156,308.14.
Receipts are reimbursements
from the state for programs
such as special education for
the mentally retarded, speech
handicapped program, pro
gram for the able and gifted
students, school district re
organization, curriculum im
provement plan, federal
monies for the curriculum
center from provisions of the
National Defense Education
Act, and reimbursements
from the districts on special
education programs and for
other contracted services.
Part of the increase in the
total budget is in the increase
of two additional classes for
the education of the mentally
retarded to meet the require
ments of the compulsory edu
cation of such students by
1964. This program is re
imbursed through state funds
and from local districts parti
cipating in the program.
Also Included in the budget
are provisions for a speech
program totaling $7,750.00,
which also will be reim
bursed through state funds
and local district tuition.
The operational budget of
the county school office was
given careful consideration
by the budget committee,
and no major changes in ex
isting programs or additional
staff personnel were made,
the committee noted.
One member of the rural
school board will be elected
for a three-year term to the
seven-man board on Monday.
Zone 1, which includes Cen
tral Point. Gold Hill, Sams
Valley, Rogue River and
Evans Valley will vote Mon
day for this position.
The only nominating Detl-
tion wmcn has been submit
ted is for Don W. Bohnert,
route 1, box 224, Central
Point. William A. Starzinger
oi Kogue River, who has
served on the board for sev
eral years, did not choose to
seek reelection.
Polling Placas Listed
Polling places for Monday's
elections are:
District 4: Phoenix Elemen
tary school gym, and Talent
school gym.
District 5: Lincoln elemen
tary school.
District 6: Central Point
Junior High, Hanby school
Gold Hill, and Sams Valley
school.
District 9: Eagle Point High
school, Shady Cove elemen
tary school, and Elk-Trail ele
mentary school.
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District 35; Rogue River
High school.
District 40: Applegate ele
mentary. District 59: Prospect High
school.
District 62: Evans Valley
elementary school.
District 91: Butte Falls
High school.
District 94: Pinehurst
school.
District 549: Jackson, Lin
coln, Washington, West Side,
Wilson, Jacksonville, H o w
ard, Jefferson, Roosevelt, Oak
Grove, Hoover, Griffin Creek,
Ruch, and Lone Pine elemen
tary schools.
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