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BOND ISSUE BACK ON BALLOT
By Jessie Wagoner
[email protected]
The North Lyon County Board
of Education passed a resolution to
call a bond election Monday. Voters will have a chance to cast their
vote on May 3. After the first $39
million bond failed in October the
board made changes and are now
advocating for a $31-million bond.
The cost
The repayment for both principal and interest on a $30.9 million bond equates to an increase
of 14.64 mills. The total amount
of debt service will depend on the
amount of time it takes to repay
the bond, however a realistic time
is 20 to 25 years. According to Piper Jaffray, an investment bank and
asset management firm, the total
debt service will be $42 to $47.5
million.
“The total average tax increase
the patrons will incur for the bond
of 14.64 mills includes repayment
for both principal and interest,”
Aron Dody, North Lyon County
superintendent, said.
To determine what the increase
will mean for property owners,
they first need to know what their
assessed tax value is; to find this
information visit www.beacon.
schneidercorp.com.
“The easiest way is to get on the
beacon and look at their assessed
value,” Dody said. “It is not what
your appraised value is. It is what
your assessed value is. It goes off
your assessed value.”
Once a person knows the assessed value, they divide it by
1,000, since that is what one mill
generates. Then multiply that
amount by 14.64, because, at
most, the bond will generate 14.64
mills. For a $100,000 home, this
would result in a property tax increase of $168.36 a year.
COURTESY ILLUSTRATION
Hollis and Miller Architects presented the board with this “very conceptual rendering” of the inside of the proposed school. The
rendering is simply to show what rooms will be included in the building. The location and size of certain rooms can and will likely change
during the design period.
Reducing the
bond amount
When the $39 million bond
failed to pass in October the board
of education began taking steps to
reduce the amount of the bond.
In an effort to bring the total cost
Please see Bond, Page 3
COURTESY ILLUSTRATION
Hollis and Miller Architects presented the board with this “very conceptual rendering” of what the
building may look like. Until the design process is complete this is simply a concept.
FLU LATE TO ARRIVE IN LYON COUNTY WICHITA EAGLE HIGHLIGHTS
By Jessie Wagoner
[email protected]
Influenza activity is lower
than expected across the state
this flu season. In Lyon County
the first case of the flu appeared
on Thursday.
“We did get our first reported
case today,” Phillip Davis, CEO
at Flint Hills Community Health
Center said. “We’re going to
monitor that and keep treating patients as they come in.
The one flu case is not a Lyon
County resident, they are a resident from another community
visiting today and got sick so we
were able to take care of him.”
Renee Hively, clinic director
at FHCHC and Davis attribute
the low number of flu cases to
two things — weather fluctuations and flu vaccinations. Even
though the area has experienced
some very cold weather it hasn’t
stayed cold for a considerable
period of time.
“The weather has been cool
off and on. The flu virus really
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likes that cold weather so we are
lucky thus far.”
Last year the flu vaccinations
was not as effective against prevalent strains of the flu. This year
the vaccine appears to be working well.
“I think it’s going to be a
smaller flu year this year,” Davis said. “I think the vaccine is
hopefully working better than it
did last year. We’re going to continue monitoring that.
Hively says that they are seeing patients with other respiratory illnesses and gastroenteritis
but so far only one case of the
flu. The health center still has flu
vaccine on site if people would
like to receive a vaccine before
influenza activity increases.
“We do have doses available,”
Hively said.
The Centers for Disease
Control (CDC) recommends a
yearly flu vaccine for everyone 6
months of age and older as the
first and most important step in
protecting against the flu. In addition to getting a seasonal flu
vaccine, the CDC encourages
everyday preventive actions like
staying away from those that
are sick and washing hands fre-
quently to reduce the spread of
germs.
The flu usually comes on suddenly. People who have the flu
often have some or all of these
symptoms:
✦✦Fever or chills
✦✦Cough
✦✦Sore throat
✦✦Runny or stuffy nose
✦✦Muscle or body aches
✦✦Headaches
✦✦Fatigue
Some people may have vomiting and diarrhea, though this is
more common in children than
adults
Most people who get the flu
will recover in a few days to two
weeks. However, some people
will develop complications like
pneumonia as a result of the flu.
This can be life-threatening and
result in death.
Anyone can get the flu but
some people are at a higher risk
of developing serious flu-related
complications. People that are
over the age of 65, those with
chronic medicals conditions
like asthma, diabetes or heart
disease, pregnant women and
young children are most at risk.
WILLIAM ALLEN WHITE
The Emporia Gazette
Today’s edition of the Wichita Eagle includes
a story on the
impact of The
Emporia Gazette
founder William
Allen White.
“More than White
seven decades
after his death,
William Allen White’s influence
lives on,” the article stated.
“‘Dip your pen into your arteries and write,’ White advised
would-be writers.
“There was a time when White
— who died on Kansas Day in
1944