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COVERT - De pite a S5
million incre the Covert
School District' State Equalized .
Valuation, Superintendent Al
fred Hawkins told the Covert
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School Board onday night that
the district will need the ddit
ional mill e he recommended
1 t month to help b I nee
next year's budget.
Hawkins ed the board to
on ider . increasing the total
mill ge by 1 * mills from 22.58
to 24.08. He aid the dditional
mill ge will bring in 143 628.
But he told the board 'We
re spending more than we're
t king in. It will ta e 250000
t balance next ye r's 2.9
udget. wkins· d.. the
a ditional money will come
from dditional t revenue due
. to th jump in the di trier'
SEV from S90,151 551 to
$95,151,551. He e tima e th
incre d revenue from property
taxe and the incre d mill ge
will generate a total of
256,528.
Ha kim said he doe not
know yet whether the district
will have to roll bac its millage
due to the Headlee Amendment.
"I h ven't got-my factors yet,
he said. s prec utionary
measure, he asked the board
to set a Truth and Taxation
Hearing in c the district's
increase SEV requires roll-
back. The board t Truth
nd Tax tion Hearing and a
hearing on the district's
2957 345 propo d budget for
Study
utrition needs of elderly
'utritional eeds of the
Elderly" ill be the topic
of a minar on Thursday,
y 23, t the Benton H r
bor Holid y Inn, from 1:00
p.m. to 4:00 p.m. pon ored
by the Region IV Area
gency on ging.
tty Guettler, RD., will
pre nt a program on the
b . c nutritional need of
th elderly, biological chan e
of ging that may affect
nutritional tatu, dietary
chang to con ider as we age,
$1 Off ANY CAKE
and pecial diet information.
Guettler i the nutritionist
at the Area Agency on Aging
and h worked with the
pecial nutritional need of
the elderly for over nine
ye IS.
CO t is 2 per per n
under 60 yean of e d
$ 1 for tho over 60 years.
Person can register by mail
ing their registration to the
agency at 11 Ship Street
St. Jo ph, ichigan 49085:
BUY 1st DOZ.n REG. PRiCE
Cooki 5 2';�6z 1/ price
2 LOAVES
$1
AY 20 - 26. 1915
June 10 at 7:30 in the hool
"cafeteria .
In other are , the board
voted to spend $7,272 to up
gr de the district' computer
y tern. Hawkins aid the new
equipment will be used to
improve the school' gr ding
and scheduling procedure.
The bo rd voted to p y the
way of three members of th
Covert Academic Challenge Quiz
Bowl Team to Dallas, Texas, so
they can compete in the national
Quiz Bowl competition. Six of
the nine-member team will be
paid for by WHFB and other
pon on of the Quiz Bowl.
The Co eft team won the grand
championship in meet ith
iles High S hool.
The board" approved an
8410 budget for the di trict's
e
summer recreational program.
The program i jointly ponsored
by Covert To nship and the
chool district.
The bo rd pproved 185
day school calendar beginning
August 26, 1985 and ending
June 6, 1986.
. The board pproved a ne
retirement policy whereby non
union personnel can be paid
for up to 30 d ys of unu d
ic time upon retir ment.
Peggy Washington, coordin -
" tor of the School Youth Advo-
c cy (SY A) program announced
that parents are invited to
attend program on drug bu
Wednesday t 3 p.m. in the
school' uditorium. ashing
ton and two other 51 ff member
g v reports on the ucce of
the SY program. In addition
. tudents who participated in
th program and two parents
te tified how the program h
helped them to gro develop'
higher lf-e eem and mmuni
cate with peer and parents
better.
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BE a HARBOR - ov
ie for children will be shown
on Frid y, y 24 at 4:00.
ho ing is: agic Pony" -
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The library will be closed
on Saturday, y 25, in ob-
rvanee of the Memorial
Day eekend. The library
Will remain cIo d on
Saturday throughout the um-:
mer months.
ew books dded to the
Junior collection include: "The
Bre Dance Kids; Poem of
Sport, otion and locomo-
tion" by lillian orrison; "Oh,
Kojo! How Could You!" by
Vema Aardem . and "Amelia
Bedelia Go Camping" by
Peggy Parish.
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