The INDEPENDENT, June 6, 2012
Page 11
Election results show 34-197
school bond measure passed
Official results from the May
15 election show 34-197 Banks
School District #13 bond meas-
ure passing with 763 votes
(50.43 percent). There were
750 no votes (49.57 percent).
There would be an automatic
recount if the difference in the
number of votes was six or
less.
The bond measure is for
$10.5 million, and will cause an
anticipated increase in property
taxes of $.28 per $1,000 of as-
sessed value.
Funds from the sale of the
bond are expected to be used
to tear out old sections of the
junior high and the library and
remove the portable class-
rooms. A new two story wing
will be built that will include
Banks Girls Softball team took first place at state last weekend. Photo from OSAA website.
BHS Softball team takes first at State
Banks High School Softball
Team took first place in the 4A
division at the state tournament
last weekend. The Braves won
their final game, against Cas-
cade, by a score of 2-0.
Jenny Compton coached
the tournament winning team
of Marla Gooding, Taylor Herb,
Natalie Larsen, Aubrey Rue,
Molly Hammond, Chelsea
Bunn, Riley Gerlinger, Kaylin
VanDomelen, Hannah Van-
Domelen, Madison Soper,
Courtney Engeseth, Tiffany
Snyder, Alexis Applebee, Lexi
Chung, Melissa Masters, Jojo
Wren, Alyssa Chung, Kortni
Ragsdale, Johanna Mrosek,
Madison Seed, Kindel Bailey,
Emily Vandehey, and Katie
Lyda.
Obesity caused by inactivity and bad diet
From page 10
More background on the re-
port:
The prevalence of obese
adults increased 121 percent
from 1990 to 2009. The preva-
lence of overweight adults (25
to 29 BMI) increased 11 per-
cent, from 32 percent in 1990
to 36 percent in 2009. The
sharp rise in obesity versus
overweight is significant be-
cause it means more people
are gaining more weight.
Among Oregon adults with
diagnosed diabetes, 82 per-
cent were overweight or obese;
73 percent of adults with a his-
tory of heart attacks were over-
weight or obese. Only 32 per-
cent of those with arthritis met
minimum physical activity rec-
ommendations. Among youth,
obesity increased more than 50
percent between 2001 and
2009. Nearly 27 percent of
eighth-graders and 24 percent
of 11th-graders were over-
weight or obese in 2009. Fuel-
ing these increases are high
rates of physical inactivity and
poor nutrition among adults
and adolescents.
• Only 57 percent of adults
met minimum physical activity
recommendations.
• Fifty-two percent of eighth-
graders reported watching TV
or using video games, comput-
er games or the Internet for
non-school work for three or
more hours in an average
school day.
• Only 12 percent of 11th-
graders said they participated
in daily physical education.
• Just 26 percent of adults
and 18 percent of 11th-graders
ate five or more servings of
fruits and vegetables a day.
• Twenty-one percent of
eighth-graders drank seven or
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more soft drinks in the past
week. This averages out to a
half-gallon per week and more
than 2.5 gallons per month.
classrooms, plus a library,
technology, special education
and science rooms in the area
where administration is now.
Paving of the parking lot and
an new gravel emergency road
from Oak Way to the elemen-
tary school will be included.
At the high school, a new
heating system, roof repairs,
an alarm and sprinkler system
will be added. In addition, site
lighting will be installed in the
parking lots. The bleachers in
the gymnasium will be replaced
and some classrooms will be
remodeled to address the cur-
rent lack of science facilities.
Finally, an outdoor restroom,
centrally located to the fields, is
planned.
In The Service
Army Pfc. Steven J. Harr II
has graduated from the Basic
Field Artillery Cannon Crew-
member Advanced Individual
Training course at Fort Sill,
Lawton, Oklahoma.
The course is designed to
train servicemembers to main-
tain, prepare and load ammuni-
tion for firing; operate and per-
form operator maintenance on
prime movers, self-propelled
Howitzers, and ammunition ve-
hicles; store, maintain, and dis-
tribute ammunition to using
units as a member of battery or
battalion ammunition section;
perform crew maintenance and
participate in maintenance of
weapons and equipment; and
establish and maintain radio
and wire communications.
Harr is the son of Steve J.
and Pamela A. Harr of Banks.
He is a 1997 graduate of Banks
High School and earned an as-
sociate degree in 2009 from
Portland Community College.
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