| Bond foes question feasibility
The district has until Sept. 1, 2009 to vacate Sunrise, according to a property sale agreement with ADM Inc.Platte Center Elementary School is not expected to be impacted by this proposal, according to Eugene Goering, board member.The estimated $11.8 million price tag for the project, which includes a 70,000-square-foot building and 29 acres of land located northeast of the intersection at 33rd Avenue and 83rd Street, would also include construction of a wing for science rooms at Lakeview High School.The $9.8 million bond -- $2 million from the building fund will be used for the project -- will be financed over a 20 year period by a levy increase, which could range from as much as 8.3 cents to as little as 7 cents per $100 valuation, or $83 and $70, respectively, per $100,000 valuation, according to Marc Munford, assistant vice president of Ameritas Investment Corp.The net increase on the district's levy, following retirement of a 2 cent bond in September, could range from 5.5-6.5 cents per $100 valuation, or $55-$65 per $100,000 valuation.But if the bond does not pass, the district's board of education may use part or all of that $2 million to relocate the Sunrise students to Platte Center and Shell Creek.Superintendent Paul Calvert provided some cost figures for portables if the district must relocate students from Sunrise to the other elementary sites.According to Calvert, the district currently owns two portables, and up to six more may be needed to accommodate the additional students from Sunrise.
Yeltsin, Bhutto Among Notable '07 Deaths
Pakistan's former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto arrives to address to her last public rally in Rawalpindi, Pakistan in this Dec. 27, 2007 file photo. In an Oct. 26 email sent to CNN's Wolf Blitzer through an intermediary, Bhutto complained about her security, stating that if anything happened to her, "I would hold (Pakistani President Pervez) Musharraf responsible." (AP Photo/Mohammad Javed, File) .
If I were president, what would I do?
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