SALUTE TON INSIDE JUNCTION CITY, KANSAS Social Hometown of Security Collin & Kirstin benefits Adams Holton Recorder subscribers increasing. for three years. CServing te Jacson onty ommnity or years See page 8. Volume 152, Issue 84 HOLTON, KANSAS • Wednesday, October 16, 2019 14 Pages $1.00 Forums to be held to discuss school bond By David Powls the district enough money to The Holton school district now consider this new bond is- will be hosting two evenings of sue by returning to the original “community forums’’ starting terms of the 2014 bond issue. at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. Davies, in a letter to the edi- 23 and Thursday, Oct. 24, at the tor, explains the new bond issue Holton High School Library, to proposal on page 13 of this edi- explain the school bond propos- tion. al that will be voted on Tuesday, Also at Monday night’s board Nov. 5 at the general election. meeting, some information At Monday night’s Holton about the “blue water’’ - el- school board meeting, Super- evated copper level issue at the intendent Bob Davies reminded elementary school - was shared board members about the public in open session. Some other in- forums and indicated that Trane formation about the issue, how- representatives Kevin Ward and ever, deemed “a controversial Adam Johnson will attend the topic’’ was only shared with the forums to help explain the heat- school board in closed, special ing, ventilation and air condi- session. tioning upgrades needed at the Davies said he and the dis- high school and middle school. trict’s attorney had attended a Dustin Avey of Piper Jaffray meeting at the end of Septem- will also attend the public fo- ber with the builders of the el- rums, Davies said, to help ex- ementary school and their at- plain how the refinancing of the torneys. district’s 2014 bond issue on the new elementary school saved Continued to Page 9 19th Chili RV B.O.E. receives Cook-Off technology update Of the 17 different vari- By Ali Holcomb ActivPanels have been installed eties of chili available for Technology continues to play in classrooms in the district. sampling at last Saturday’s an important role in the class- The 70-inch touchscreen panels Fall Fest Chili Cook-Off, rooms at Royal Valley, the USD are large television-like screens a panel of seven judges 337 Board of Education learned that can be used for instructional deemed the chili served during its meeting Monday eve- displays or student interaction. by Holton Dental on the ning. The district is slowly phasing south side of Holton’s Town Mark Haefke, district tech- out the Promethean boards that Square to be the best, giv- nology coordinator, shared in- were purchased and installed ing the Holton Dental team formation on a new model of in 2012 and require a ceiling — shown above, from left to Chromebook laptop being used mount projector. right, Lizzie Poell, McKenna at the high school and new in- Haefke said the teachers can Hulsing and Kelli Young — teractive panels that have been wirelessly connect their lap- something to smile about. installed in several classrooms tops to the ActivPanels. The At right, the sign on Caro- lyn Cochren’s chili booth on this past year. ActivPanels’ operating sys- the north side of the Square Each freshman at RVHS re- tems can also be replaced and asked visitors to the Chili ceived a new Chromebook updated without having to re- Cook-Off to “Fall For My laptop to use for their four place the entire panel, which Chili” — and sure enough, years at the high school. The was becoming an issue with the they did. For the second screens on these Chromebooks Promethean boards. year in a row, Cochren’s “flip around” and can lie com- “Being able to upgrade the chili earned top honors in pletely flat and be used solely unit is what really has sold me,” the “People’s Choice” vot- as a touchscreen without a key- Haefke said. ing at the cook-off. board. Photos by Brian Sanders In the past year, 12 Promethean Continued to Page 14 JH B.O.E. considers Mobile app for road and bridge OK’d By Ali Holcomb Cary, N.C. Commissioner bridge director, met with include information for work live streaming events With two votes for and Ed Kathrens did not vote in representatives from Dude orders, scheduled vehicle one vote against, the Jackson favor of app, which includes a Solutions via a webinar. maintenance, complaints, By Brian Sanders State High School Activities County Commissioners OK’d $6,000 start-up fee in addition Barnett said the county inventory, photos and costs of Starting in 2011, sports Association and the NFHS the purchase of a customized to $5,000 each year. wouldn’t be billed until materials used for projects. events at Jackson Heights High Net work for streaming of mobile application or “app” “I think we could use $11,000 January for the mobile app and The app would give Barnett School were live streamed over post-season events, and board for road and bridge department other places,” Kathrens said that there are funds available “real time” information on the internet as they happened, members noted that about 40 employees to improve work during the commission’s in his department’s training what projects are being worked but for some reason, that schools across Kansas have flow. meeting on Tuesday. budget and computer budget to on, and new work orders could practice was discontinued a few joined NFHS’ School Broad- Commissioners Janet At a recent Jackson cover the expense. be added immediately if a need years later. cast Program. Zwonitzer and Bill Elmer County Commission The company will rises. On Monday, the Jackson The $5,000 price tag for two voted in favor of the purchase meeting, the commissioners customize the app specifically Heights USD 335 Board sys tems, Walsh noted, would from Dude Solutions of and Dan Barnett, road and for the department that could Continued to Page 9 of Education discussed the be “a big cost” for the district possibility of bringing back and not include all installation live streamed events with the costs, and parents and other purchase of multiple-camera sports fans would have to pay systems that could be mounted to subscribe to watch games in the JHHS gym and at the on NFHS. The network offers football field. a monthly pass for $9.99, as Action on the possible well as a yearly option that $5,000 pur chase of two Pixellot would cost at least $50, with multiple-cam era systems, the school receiving some rev- which would tie into a national enues from the network. network of high schools using One positive of the Pixellot similar cameras to live stream sys tem, Walsh told board sports and other events, was members, is that “you don’t tabled until more information need an operator” for the on the camera systems was cameras, which are fully auto- available to the board. mated and can track player Superintendent Adrianne move ment on the football field Walsh said district officials or basket ball court. Cameras had “talked off and on about would also activate based on how we can stream our games a schedule that is provided to again” to Cobra sports fans NFHS, it was noted. who were unable to attend However, Walsh said that she games but could watch them on had reached out to some schools demand over the internet. The in the area that had purchased Pixellot system, which uses Pixellot sys tems and was told multiple fixed cameras and can that “they haven’t had it long incorporate scoreboards into enough to give us any feedback video graphics, would be “a about it” — a statement lat- good an swer,” Walsh said. er echoed by Elementary An offer for the purchase of Principal and Athletic Director two Pixellot systems for $5,000 Cody Witte. would tie in with a recent agreement between the Kansas Continued to Page 14 The Jackson County Commissioners (shown above, from left at last night’s meeting at Netawaka) Ed Kathrens, Janet THURSDAY’S FORECAST Zwonitzer and Bill Elmer are hosting three special county commission meetings in the evenings this week to discuss the SUNNY, HIGH OF 71 .4 percent retailers’ sales tax proposal, which will be voted on in the Nov. 5 general election. Last night’s meeting was held ook for the complete forecast on page 2. in Netawaka. Additional meetings will be held at the Memorial Hall on the first floor of the Jackson County Courthouse in Holton tonight and at the Hoyt Community Building on Thursday. All meetings start at 7 p.m. Photo by Ali Holcomb " ! ! DISTRICT COURT NEWS HOLTON RECORDER, WEDNESDAY, OCT. 16, 2019, PAGE 2 Today’s Weather Forecast Sponsored By: DISTRICT COURT NEWS PAY CASH Limited Civil tem Inc. vs. Keith P. Cain, sought Jack son County vs. Ashley missed. Dispositions judg ment of $259.42 plus inter- Keller, sought judgment of Cash Link USA L.L.C., doing AND SAVE Community HealthCare Sys- est and court costs; dismissed. $456.97 plus interest and court business as Cash Link USA vs. tem Inc. vs. John Gallant, sought Community HealthCare Sys- costs; granted. Patrick Grindol, sought judg- 3¢/GAL judg ment of $308 plus interest tem Inc. vs. Bryana Zamorano, Rural Health Resources of ment of $300 plus interest and and court costs; dismissed. sought judgment of $1,522.60 Jack son County vs. Wyatt J. 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