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01-16-03: St. Henry board to place levy on ballot
School district voters to see operating levy in November

By JANIE SOUTHARD
The Daily Standard
   
    ST. HENRY -  St. Henry Consolidated Local Schools board of education members this week approved placing a five-year emergency operating levy on the November ballot, rather than for the May election.
    The current 7-mill levy, which was voted in during 1998, expires this year and brings $490,000 in annual collections.
    Choosing November means the board won't need special meetings and so forth to get it on in May, which gives them until the August deadline to prepare the language of the levy, according to District Treasurer Glenn Miller.
    Work on the school's new all-weather track is progressing.
    Athletic Booster President Bruce Miller spoke at the board of education meeting this week presenting drawings and information on the project, which is expected to be completed by mid-August.
    "The boosters have actually been working toward the new track for many years. We wanted to get the bleachers, lights, and so forth in place so there would be no heavy equipment driving over the new track," Miller told The Daily Standard on Wednesday afternoon.
    Initial work on the new track, which is located at the football field where the existing limestone-base track was installed in 1979, is underway with some earthwork and removing the fence.
    Board members this week approved $75,200 toward the $318,000 project. The boosters have $150,000 to contribute and the rest will be solicited from the community.
    "The school's portion is made up of $11,000 they received from selling sidewalk bricks and $6,800 they received from the village for a sanitary easement," Miller said.
    The contractor for the job is Dave Painter of Mid-American in Arcanum.
    During the organizational meeting, Ralph Nietfeld was elected president and Bill Link as vice president.

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