Weather Forecast   Blackduck School levy is necessary for
repairs   Blackduck School District is running a 20-year bond
referendum for $830,000. On a $100,000 home, the cost will be
$21 a year. This includes vacation homes too. If passed, it will
be used only to replace the school roof, replace or repair brick
work, buy three buses and a van. School employees will not
benefit financially from the passing of this bond referendum.
The roof has leaked for some time now and it's getting worse so
it is necessary to replace it. Outside, crumbling bricks need to
be replaced or repaired because they are also getting worse. We
have one bus that has 257,000 miles on it and many of our other
buses have over 150,000. Repairs are happening more often and
are costly plus the bus bodies are wearing away. Our usual
practice is to run our buses 10 years before they are replaced.
We have not had the money to keep up the 10-year schedule. Our
van is 12 years old and by law we must get rid of it. It has
214,000 miles.  The scho