Basehor Sentinel (Newspaper) - March 28, 2002, Basehor, Kansas online Sentinel March Recall effort begins in Piper School Area Easter egg Bobcats open baseball Volume Number 8 CUNTS Students injured in Colorado bus crash JOSHUA ROBERTS Nine students were injured when a bus carrying 23 members of the Basehor Linwood High School band was by a truck March near the None of the students injuries were life school officials Most of the students were treated at an area hospital and later one junior Jennifer did sustain leg and hip injuries that required surgery at a Denver Poolers parents are with her in principal BUI Hatfield She is expected to make a and be back home in a Hatfield The band students were returning home from a spring break trip when their charter bus was by a truck pulling a trail The truck was not a school officials The accident occurred at 11 on Interstate 70 in Initial reports indicate the truck slid into the back of the bus as a result of slick roads and inclement school officials Those students not taken to the hospital were guests of a local church and Veterans of Foreign Wars hall that night in The church and the thought really ought to get a pat on the Hatfield Everyone commented on the We thought people did nice things for our The students returned to Monday night and were back in school Tuesday Everyone made it home and parents were relieved and happy to see Hatfield Everybody is relieved they are back home and School officials said a review would take place in the coming weeks to see if the accident could have been Were going to visit with everyone to make sure that future trips are as safe as they can Hatfield Hatfield said from the reports he the students bus driver acted appropriately and adjusted to the increasingly difficult We felt based on the See page 3A Were going to visit with everyone to make sure that future trips are as safe as they can Hatfield principal A LA CARTE JOSHUA JUDY RODINA a Basehor resident and Meals on Wheels prepares a meal March at the Hickory Villa senior The Meals on Wheels program delivers lunch to elderly homebound Meals on Wheels dishes out to senior citizens JOSHUA ROBERTS For homebound Basehor residents can have lunch delivered to their homes through the Leavenworth County Council on Aging and the Hickory Villa senior The Meals on Wheels program is sponsored by the Council on Aging and the meals are delivered to the senior center at 15426 Hickory Street in Hickory Villa resident Judy who coordinates the Meals on Wheels said the service is valuable to elderly residents who are not able to leave their I feel like its doing a service to people that cant get out and those with a limited income cant cook a meal for a Rodina Seven homebound Basehor resi dents currently have meals delivered to them The meals are prepared at the Broadway Heights nursing home in Leavenworth and sent to Hickory where Rodina and others deliver them to elderly Basehor resi The meals are also offered at the senior where Hickory Villa residents or others can dine Rodina said to 20 meals are prepared every She said other Basehor not just senior can also eat at the senior center as long as they call ahead of Anyone in Basehor or Leavenworth County can as long as they ahead of time so we know how many meals to she The Meals on Wheels program has been offered in the city and See Special election draws near Fate of proposed excise tax to be decided April 2 JOSHUA ROBERTS In an upcoming special Basehor resi dents will decide whether city officials can proceed with plans to implement a transportation excise Voting for the special election will be from 7 to 7 April at High School At two public meetings March 21 and resi dents and city officials met for answer sessions concerning the excise tax and its The excise tax is a 9 cents per square foot levy applied to new development that remodel more than 51 percent of their homes assessed valu A cap of has been placed on the remodeling por tion of the City officials said the money garnered from the excise tax would be used for obtaining matching fund grants from the Kansas Department of Transportation for road The streets need ing improvements are Parallel and Leavenworth city officials Improvements will entail widening the roads to 36 with curb and asphalt and storm and making the roads two lanes with a center turn What we need are improved said Mike Basehor city codes All city officials estimate the street improvements will cost approximately To gain KDOT the city must match 25 percent of the funds its requesting from the EXCISE TAX VOTING Voting for the spe cial election will be from 7 to 7 April at High School The Sentinel will post a story about the the excise tax special election on site Tuesday after are announced by the Leavenworth County Clerks See page 3A Area residents donate at Community Blood Drive JOSHUA ROBERTS About 50 Basehor residents donated blood during the Kansas Community Blood The blood drive took place March in the small gymnasium at Basehor Linwood High a collection supervisor for the Community Blood Center of Greater Kansas said her organization counts on the donations of volunteers to supply the needs of area hospitals and blood drive is so we can have safe Holcomb We need over 500 units a day to meet the demand of the Thats a lot of blood in a days The Blood Center hosts five to six blood drives a day in hopes of meeting the needs of the she The Basehor blood drive was one of two the city will host in A second drive is scheduled for Both blood drives are sponsored by the Basehor Kiwanis Kiwanis Club president Paul Runnels said the drives are part of the Kiwanis Clubs com We need over 500 units a day to meet the demand of the Connie Holcomb collection supervisor JOSHUA HENRY a Leavenworth County was one of many who donated blood March at High CALL US TELEPHONE 913 7241887 OR 4224048 FAX 913 4224233