Illinois Valley News, Cave Junction, Ore. Wednesday, May 25, 2011
Page A-7
Structure, style tested in bridge-building
By Darcy Wallace
IVN Staff Writer
Lorna Byrne Middle
School students tested
their physics and structural
knowledge last week by
constructing
one-meter
bridges out of nothing but
rolled-up newspaper and
masking tape.
Starting
Thursday,
May 19, and continuing
into Monday, May 23,
students of Tim Talty’s
science classes tested their
completed bridges to see
how much weight they
could bear.
According to Talty,
bridges had to be more than
just functional; each group
of students was required to
come up with a theme for
the bridge in line with a list
of consumer demands.
“We talked about
customer
requirements
for a product,” Talty said.
“They were presented a
list of [provisions] in terms
of distance it covered,
materials and the fact that
they wanted [the bridge] to
be a tourist attraction.”
On Friday, the first
group of students tested
“Food Fight,” a bridge
model
adorned
with
strands of popcorn as part
of a culinary theme.
Like many other
bridges, a model made
from masking tape and
newspaper didn’t look so
strong. But when tested
with buckets of rocks, the
bridge supported about 62
pounds.
“I think at first the
students
were
pretty
pessimistic,” Talty said.
“When I told them the
bridge had to hold the
weight of a Lorna Byrne
student, they thought it
wasn’t possible. But when
we started learning about
[truss] systems and how
bridges are built…I think it
boosted their confidence.”
Talty said working
together
in
groups
and
watching
others
constructing their bridges
in real-time, they began
to realize the project was
possible.
One blue bridge, as
of Monday, May 23, had
risen far above the others,
holding a full 80 pounds.
But many others held quite
a bit more than students
originally expected.
To prepare for the
projects, students watched
films and studied basic
bridge structures, which
Talty said also satisfied
Oregon requirements in
science curriculums.
This was the first
year Talty has tried this
project, and he was
pleased with the results.
He plans to run it again
next year, possibly with
more specific requirements
and benchmarks to be
completed. Otherwise, it
will likely be similar to
this year.
“I think they saw you
can actually support a great
(Photo by Darcy Wallace, Illinois Valley News)
deal of weight without Lorna Byrne Middle School students from Mr. Talty’s science classes put their
a lot of weight,” Talty physics and structural skills to the test Friday, May 20 in the new bridge-
said. “Plus the sharing of building project.
ideas and observing other
structures being built…
students were sharing
information about what
works and what doesn’t.
In the end, I think a lot felt
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By Darcy Wallace
pretty good about what
Laurel Cemetery contains
The association comprises
IVN Staff Writer
they were able to do.”
members who have family the gravesites of Valley
Laurel Cemetery Association
heads clean-up
The Dutch are coming... continued from A-1
“I think [the Illinois Valley] is a great
community,” Harper said. “It’s a natural
extension of what we’ve been building
in Grants Pass. Our plan was to slowly
spiral out from where we started…Cave
Junction is a natural step for us.”
Harper said he lives in Ashland and
frequently drives through the Rogue
Valley and along the I-5 corridor. He said
he’s stopped in the Valley frequently at
Wild River Brewing, the Oregon Caves,
and appreciates the community from his
perspective as a tourist.
“Part of what took so long to get this
built, even though we owned the land,
was so we could gear up to be a part of
this community,” Harper said. “We want
to make sure whoever operates the store
is part of the philosophy…a natural part
of being a Southern Oregon business is
having a presence in Cave Junction.”
The Laurel Cemetery
Association once again put
on its annual clean-up of the
Laurel Cemetery grounds in
Cave Junction May 20-22.
This year, the association
provided hot dogs for the
volunteers who hiked the
cemetery terrain to clear brush,
rake and spruce up the area.
Though the board consists
of five main members, they
credited the many volunteers
who take on much of the work
members buried in the
cemetery. Many have lived in
the Valley for decades or have
family history dating back
several generations.
According to the Laurel
Cemetery Association website,
the group formed in 1947 to
maintain the grounds. The
original board of directors
included representatives from
organizations such as the
Masonic Lodge, I.V. Grange
370 and the I.V. Federated
residents dating back to the
early 1800s. The cemetery has
also been known as the Masonic
Cemetery, the New Kerby
Cemetery and more recently,
Lauren Hill Cemetery.
According
to
the
Association’s
monthly
newsletter,
the
Annual
Meeting of Laurel Cemetery is
scheduled for Sunday, May 29,
in the Laurel Chapel, followed
by a potluck on the grounds at
noon.
(Photo by Stacy Byrne, Illinois Valley News)
As soon as next week this familiar CJ building may be gone. It’s to be replaced
by a new building that will be the new Dutch Bro’s coffee shop.
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