The artist's conception above is reprinted from
the April edition of Chalk Talk, Warren County
Schools' newsletter. Shown are the funding sources
expected to provide in excess of $821,0(0 annually
for school building projects. The impact of the three
guaranteed sources of funding? the restricted one
half cent sales taxes, the Basic Education Plan
and Increased corporate income taxes? will have
an even greater impact if the request made to the
fourth source, the Critical Needs School Facilities
Fund, is approved. Using these resources, bond
debts can be retired over a 20-year period without
an increase in property taxes.
Main Street Limb
Splintered By Van
One of Main Street Warren
ton's trees is short one of its <
boughs following an encounter of
the worst kind with a transfer
truck early Monday night.
A North American Van Lines
driver had been travelling north
along Main Street when, at about
7:30 p.m., he pulled over to the
right of the street? in front of
BB&T? to allow another truck to
pass.
During that maneuver, un
known to the driver, a limb from
the sturdy tree that has grown for
years in front of the financial in
stitution became caught between
the cab and trailer of the North
American truck.
The unidentified driver con
tinued down Main Street, but
soon realized what had happened
and returned to the scene.
According to Warrenton Police
Officer Sara Solorz, the driver
apologized for the damage to the
tree and offered to pay? before
continuing on his way.
No Warren Property Tax Increase Indicated
As School Officials Urge Bond Issue Passage
By THLRLKTTA M. BROWN
News EMI tor
Area residents and businesses
in Warren County last week
received a special edition of
Chalk Talk, Warren County
Schools' newsletter, which
focussed on the approaching
$11.35 million May 3rd bond
referendum for school capital
improvements.
Filled with eye-catching
graphics, the special edition
featured the following headline:
"No property tax increase in
dicated; funding guaranteed by
1987 Finance Act."
The headline referred to the
School Facilities Finance Act
enacted last year by the N.C.
General Assembly, which pro
vides three sources of funding for
school construction: (1) the
restricted one-half cent sales
taxes, which are expected to con
tribute $427,000 annually; the in
crease from five to six percent
for the corporate income tax
rate, which will result in about
$161,000 annually; and the Basic
Education Plan (BEP) that will
provide $233,000 annually.
According to the special edi
tion, the three sources will pro
vide for Warren County annual
allocations of $821,000 to finance
construction projects and retire
the bonds.
A fourth source of funding is
also explained in the special edi
tion. The Critical Needs School
Facilities Fund may provide up
to $3.1 million, if the application
submitted recently receives ap
proval. Notification of that award
will not be received until after the
May 3rd school bond referendum.
The $11.35 million sought by the
Warren County Board of Educa
tion will be used for four projects:
?construction of a new middle
school at a cost of $7 million.
(John Graham and Norlina mid
dle schools would be closed. )
Current Plan of Organization
Proposed Plan of Organization
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?construction of an addition at
Northside Elementary School at
a cost of $1.39 million. (North
Warren and Hawkins elementary
schools would be closed.)
?site improvements and con
struction of multipurpose rooms
at the South Warren, Vaughan
and Mariam Boyd Elementary
sites at a cost of $1.06 million.
Emphasized in the special edi
tion was the fact that voters on
May 3 will decide on three
separate bond issues: county
buildings at a cost of $1.6 million,
a new law enforcement center at
a cost of $1.55 million and school
buildings at a cost of $11.35
million.
Four public hearings have been
set by the Warren County Board
of Education for the month of
April to clarify the issues and to
receive comments from citizens :
Tuesday, April 19 at Vaughan
Elementary School; Thursday,
April 21 at South Warren Elemen
tary School ; Tuesday, April 26 at
Northside Elementary School
and Thursday, April 28 at
Mariam Boyd Elementary
School.
Copies of the special edition of
Chalk Talk are available at the
Warren County Schools' Central
Office on Cousin Lucy's Lane.
Commission Approves
Issuance Of Bonds
The application for approval of
the issuance of general obligation
bonds for projects in Warren
County was approved on April 5
by the Local Government Com
mission of North Carolina.
In a letter sent April 6 to Coun
ty Manager Charles J. Worth,
John D. Foust, North Carolina
deputy treasurer, confirmed ap
proval by the state controlling
body for Warren County to issue
the $14.5 million bond package.
The three components that
make up the items to be voted on
separately by citizens when they
go to the polls on May 3 are:
county building bonds totaling
$1.6 million; school bonds totaling
$11.35 million and law enforce
ment center ( jail ) bonds totaling
$1.55 million.
The Local Government Com
mission is a division of the State
of North Carolina Department of
State Treasurer, which is located
in Raleigh.
Included in the application,
which was submitted on March 1,
were a number of items, among
them certified copies of the
resolutions, publisher's affidavits
of the notices of intent, and
capital budget and related
information.
Also included was ad valorem
tax information for the three
immediately past fiscal years.
For 1904-85 the approved valua
tion for Warren County was
|23B,062. With a county tax rate of
$1.00, the levy was $2,382,104.
For 1985-86, the valuation was
$419,392,233. At a county tax rate
of 69 cents, the resulting levy was
$2,954,891.
For 1986-87, the valuation was
$433,307,337. A levy of $3,227,194
was based on a county tax rate of
73 cents.
For the current fiscal year, a
county tax rate of 76 cents will
result in a levy of $3,382,336. War
ren County's valuation for 1987-88
is $439,161,168.
According to a timetable re
leased at a recent meeting of the
Warren County Board of County
Commissioners, following the
May 3 referendum, election
results will be canvassed by the
Warren County Board of Elec
tions. By May 25, or sooner if the
county commissioners convene in
a special meeting, a statement of
the results of the referendum will
be published in area newspapers.
Spirit Protection
Parents on the Sea islands off
Georgia and South Carolina pass
their infants over the coffins of de
ceased relatives to prevent spirits
from bothering the children, says
National Geographic.
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