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students in each facility. ·•· · total of $97.56 million for around 1500 students, These new . schools would .·. both. facilities. ·The startthe .district will also .·Sports Editor ·· - make enough :i;-oom ' so that up costs for the year before - continue to promote ; The Lincoln High coun- _ all Lincoln Public · eletnen- ·. the schools would open smaller learning enviselors ran into quite a pre~ tary schools would -_be · · would cost the district an- . ronments within all of \ dicament during the second grades K-5, middle schools . • other $1. 9 million per -the high schools, as week _of school. _... _ well as continuing -~ ' _ There were around ~=~~~~~~=,~~~~~~=~~~~~~~=~~ specialty focus p1!0q ; 13 new students to Based Upon theim()Strecent levy projections ._ grams similar to the , be registered and -· ·· zoo school, · and the enrolled at LHS, for 1999.;.2000,the property tax increase is new ar(s and humani; - however, there - estimated to ,be no more than the following:. ties ·school opening i were no class .es to -_· this year. _ \ - put them in. Every · L_ So , the question 1 - class -that Lincoln Home"Value $75.000 $10~000 $125.000 $150;000 . is, "How much is this \\ High offers was - . Monthly Increase - $ 5.21 · $6.94 · $8.68 · $10;42 · going to cost taxpay~ /; full. Lincoln PubAnnual Increase - $62.49 $83.33 $104.16 $124.99 ers? "If tile bond issue 1ic S c h o o l s h o p e s .. iiiiiiiiii;:;;;.iiiiiiiiii•iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii.iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii•iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii.;.iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii pas s es , then property \' to alleviate these , truces will be increased. ;, problems when voters head However, -the amount to the polls on October 5, to would be grades 6-8, and all ·· school. property truces will in; .vote on the proposed b_ond high schools 'would be ·The ongoing costs for crease depends on the ! issue. . _ . grades 9-12. . _ the ·schools would _be -· value of the trucpayer's ', The · Lincoln. Public -· Initial costs for the two around $4 million per year home. · Schools (LPS) school board - high schools are estimated ·· ($2 million per school) In addition, the is asking voters to approve to be $81.3 million ($40.65 which includes utilities, school board is comI bonds in the amount of million per school). not to '· athletics and activities, mitted to returning : i $100 million to build new mention the equiptment, maintenance, and non'" any savings acheived ! : high schools : in northwest furnishings and fees that · classroom staff. in the construction of i
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was ·called "the ·region of . Muslims in all of Bosnia, Al- cans d()n't know their Student Link Editor · Balkans," was u,nder the b ;ania, - - Kosovo, and stoi:tes or the American Muslim's c-ontrol until the Ot- ·· c :hechyanains is not less - government's rules in A year ago Albania was in - toman ·Empire began to be tJha.n 95°/o,' while 90o/o of their cases. . . _ -..·.the _news constantly .- There -, weakened and the Russian ·--'-Serbs are Christians. There - ---·Sophomore Hatixhe were very quick actiotl~ cm<JEmpire lnfluen<;ed the area. h :as never been a peace Govorl is a Lincoln High unclear information about All of those small countries there. student and an Alb·a\ that regior in American me- were seized and put together · In 1998 the United Sates . nian refugee. < She has dia. Most of the news was _, · · been here - for four about American troops that months. On March 3, went there. Now we hardly --.1999 a Serbian officer hear anything about Albania. ;came to her familiy's It seems that the war ended llouse warning them to and president . Slobodan · - leave immediately._ - At Milosivic acquiesced to the - that time Govori lived world's voices. The general -with her mother and two image of the people is that ev- · .other sisters, ' :Katlma, -_ erything is fine now, and the and Rukaia. They · Albanian people went back to moved to ·another house their homes in peace ..· Actu-_-.in a sma1l_village called _·ally, more than 6QO/o of the AlBrestena. Her brother banian people ended up as _· Xhafgr Govori and _his refuges in many countries, wife used to live there, including the United States. but they had already left We have about 25 -families in . to .another _place .._··They Lincoln, and we also have 6 .·did not .know where he - . Albanians students here at was. ·_ _--·.Lincoln High School. · · On .the March 31, Most of us don't even six more Serbian solkn~w .the Geography or the ···.,· --· diers came telling them •• history of that land. _In the > to JUOVe again, but this · •-•·> 18th century the ,Ottoman ··_ Hatixhe Govori (10), ol)e of six refugee students __ . time out of their coun. Empire conquered that land~ from KQsovo,works on a prqjectduring class, try.--Govori said, ·..They -_·.Most of the Bosnians, Alba- . . ... , . . .. .·.. . . were ._wearing masks · nians, Chechyanains, and under the rule of one govern- intervened, but the Alba- · and black uniforms. · ·Kosovos (95°/oare Albanians, -__mentca.lledYugoslavia,which. _- -niians endedup 'as refuges in They h.ad many guns. • I --..·.5010are Serbian's) accepted Is,. means the "native people." - more than 8 countries in- , was very scared." They >lam as their religion. You can _ The _Otto .man Elllpire _had ·· eluding the United States. - did not take anything see the influence ofthe Ar- some control over it until _· - Albanian people have be- with them . but the "abs and Turkish Muslims on World War I, bht the Serbian come a part of Our lives,ard - clothes that they were · the culture of the ,people in government Jjas .,always be ~ we have many other refuges wearing. They walked . many aspects: construction, lieved that this land was his- form otner countries like .· for siX hours, but they decoration, eating, dressing tortca.lly theirs. Religion is B,osnia, Iraq, Afghanistan, Cont'd on pg. 4 and so on. This region, which also a factor. The percent of _ and Croatia. Most Ameri. .
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