NOTICE OF MILLAGE RENEWAL ELECTION FARMINGTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS TO THE QUALIFIED ELECTORS OF FARMINGTON PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT, A CONSTITUENT SCHOOL DISTRICT OF OAKLAND SCHOOLS, AN INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL DISTRICT, OAKLAND COUNTY, MICHIGAN: NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that a special election will be held in the Farmington Public School District, County of Oakland, and State of Michigan, on Tuesday, the 2nd day of February, 1993, for the purpose of submitting the following proposition: BALLOT (Explanation of Proposition) The following millage proposition authorizes the renewal and the continued levy of previ- ously approved millages, a part of which has recently expired and a part of which is still authorized to become effective as the existing millages expire. MILLAGE PROPOSITION Shall the limitation on the amount of taxes which may be assessed against all property in Farmington Public School District, Oakland County, Michigan, for operating purposes, be increased and continued for levy in the amounts and for the years as follows: a. by 4.3155 mills ($4.3155 on each $1,000.00) on state equalized valuation, for the years 1993 through 2001, inclusive (this is a renewal of the millage which expired with the 1992 tax levy); by 4.3155 mills ($4.3155 on each $1,000.00) on state equalized valuation, b. for the years 1994 through 2001, inclusive (this is a renewal of the millage which expired with the 1993 tax levy); and c. by 3.4524 mills ($3.4524 on each $1,000.00) on state equalized valuation, for the years 1995 through 2001, inclusive (this is a renewal of the millage which will expire with the 1994 tax levy)? Yes No The following statement has been received from the County Treasurer as to previously voted increases in the total tax vote limitation affecting taxable property in the school dis- trict, to wit: LETTERS page 6 cast this message loudly and clearly and over and over again? Any other talk only le- gitimizes the promiscuity that is so rampant in our society. We would also ask that The Jewish News revise its jour- nalistic policies. We would hope that in the future such news items, which only help perpetuate immoral behavior, would not be given front-page status in the newspaper. Rabbi Chaskel Grubner Council of Orthodox Rabbis Possibilities For Torah Aura The Torah Aura approach to AIDS education for Jewish students (Jan. 8) opens up a fascinating array of possibil- ities for future courses, not only for students but for the Jewish public as well. Per- haps I can suggest a follow- up course: "Preserving a Marriage and Preventing Divorce" — "With the wide-spread acceptance of extra-marital affairs in our society, it has become neces- sary to use Jewish values * such as ahavat Yisroel (loving one's fellow Jew), chinuch (ed- ucation), and Shema Yisroel (Hear 0 Israel), to address < the issue of safe adultery to prevent hurting one's spouse and children (surely among. the noblest of Torah ideals) and to preserve one's home and marriage. Choosing an appropriate partner, discre- tion, Chanukah gifts, and oth- er issues will be explored in —\ this course." Future course offerings' might include "Alef, Bet and the IRS: Safe Cheating for the Businessman," and "Safe Pol- itics: Public (Self-) Service Without Being Caught." The —\ possibilities for Torah Aura are mind-boggling indeed. Chaya Sarah Silberberg West Bloomfield COUNTY TREASURER'S STATEMENT AS REQUIRED BY ACT NO. 62 OF THE PUBLIC ACTS OF 1933 AS AMENDED I, C. Hugh Dohany, County Treasurer of the County of Oakland, State of Michigan, do hereby certify that according to the records in my office, as of August 31, 1992, the total of all voted increases in the tax rate limitation above the 15 mills established by Section 6 of Article IX of the Michigan Constitution of 1963 affecting taxable property in the Farmington Public School District, in said County, is as follows: LOCAL UNIT Farmington Public School District VOTED INCREASE 5.00 5.00 4.00 4.00 4.00 5.75 Township of West Bloomfield County School District of Oakland County YEARS INCREASE EFFECTIVE 1983 to 1992 Inclusive 1984 to 1993 Inclusive 1985 to 1994 Inclusive 1986 to 1995 Inclusive 1988 to 1997 Inlcusive 1988 to 1997 Inclusive 1.00 2.00 .50 .25 .25 Unlimited 1988 to 1992 Inclusive 1988 to 1997 Inclusive 1990 to 2003 Inclusive 1991 to 2000 Inclusive 2.25 Unlimited County of Oakland .25 1992 to 2001 Inclusive Oakland Community College 1.00 Unlimited C. HUGH DOHANY, TREASURER OAKLAND COUNTY Dated: August 31, 1992 NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN, that the polls for said election will be open from 7:00 o'clock P.M.to 8:00 o'clock P.M., Eastern Standard Time, and that the voting places will be as follows: Precinct No. 1: Precinct No. 2: LLJ Precinct No. 3: Precinct No. 4: Longacre Elementary School 34850 Arundel Street Wm. Grace Elementary School 29040 Shiawassee East Middle School 25000 Middlebelt Road Warner Middle School 30303 W. Fourteen Mile Road Precinct No. 5: Precinct No. 6: Precinct No. 7: Precinct No. 8: Wooddale Elementary School 28600 Peppermill Road Forest Elementary School 34545 Old Timber Road Hillside Elementary School 36801 W. Eleven Mile Road Gill Elementary School 21195 Gill Road F- CD CC UJ LLJ 8 Absentee ballot applications will be available at the Lewis Schulman Administrative Center, 32500 Shiawassee, during the weekdays beginning Wednesday, January 13, 1993 through Monday, February 1, 1993. The Administrative Center will also be open for absentee voting on Saturday, January 30, 1993 from 10:00 A.M. until 2:00 P.M. This notice is given by order of the Board of Education of said school district. Dated: November 17, 1992 Joseph Svoke Secretary, Board of Education Senators Warn Syria On Travel Restrictions New York (JTA) — Two prominent senators have warned Syria that its halt in issuing travel visas to its Jews, along with other re- cent policy moves, threatens closer U.S.- Syrian relations. Sens. Charles Grassley, R- Iowa, and Edward Kennedy, D- Mass., also cited as threats to bilateral ties Syria's recent refusal to meet with U.S. officials to discuss terrorism, the in- crease in terrorism from Syrian-controlled Lebanon and the continuing Syrian support of groups such as Islamic Jihad, Hezbollah and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. The message was conveyed in a Dec. 22 letter to the Syrian ambassador to the United States, Walid al- Moualem. So far, the senators have received no reply from Syria, according to an aide to Mr. Grassley. Since Syria lifted the travel ban it had long im- posed on its Jewish commun- ity, some 2,400 have left the country, according to a statement by Syria's Chief Rabbi Ibrahim Hamra. He said another 1,450 remain. It is believed that about 1,000 of those wish to leave, ) as well. At a news conference last week in Damascus, Rabbi Hamra echoed the official Syrian position being given to American officials. He said that "administrative problems" have delayed exit permits for the Jews, but de- nied there had been a policy reversal. Mr. Moualem had given a similar response recently to-i, a letter from the Rev. Jesse Jackson expressing concern over the halt in visas. The Syrian ambassador had stated that "the Syrian L government's decision of April 1992 to allow Syrian -7 ( Jews to travel still stands." This claim was disputed by the Council for the Rescue of ) Syrian Jews in New York. "If, in fact, there has been c no policy shift, then we anx- iously await such evidence'=\, in a resumption of the gran- c) ting of permits to travel," said Alice Harary, president of the council, in a state- ment. "To date, no such (.7 / resumption has occurred." The halt in visas began in late October, shortly before the U.S. presidential elec- tion.