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2 ❚ THE SIUSLAW NEWS SCHOOL NEWSLETTER ❚ April 2017 Mapleton Mapleton School District awarded $2.9 million seismic grant M apleton School District has received $2.9 million in grant funding from Business Oregon to rehabilitate Mapleton Elementary School and Mapleton High School to better prepare and withstand a major earth- quake. Business Oregon, the state’s economic devel- opment agency, award- ed 100 grants totaling $125,000,000 to Oregon schools and colleges. Other Lane County dis- tricts included in this round of granting were Junction City School District (Oaklea Middle School — $1,499,565), Lowell School District (Lundy Elementary — $1,334,280) and South Lane (Lincoln Middle School — $2,164,130). Mapleton Elementary School received $1,409,104 for retrofit projects including installing new shear walls, anchor bolts, roof sheathing and straps, and infilling the exist- ing soft story. Mapleton High School received $1,500,000 million for retrofit proj- ects including installing new shear walls, anchor blots and removing the existing glass block windows. Blocking and additional edge nailing in the high school gym- nasium will also increase the capacity of the existing unblocked diaphragm. Since passing a $4 million general obliga- tion bond in May 2016 and receiving the matching $4 million grant from the state of Oregon, Mapleton School District contin- ued to seek additional funding. The seismic grant will allow the dis- trict to increase the scope of the planned bond projects to include costly seismic improve- ments. In addition to the seis- mic grant, the district has also received $75,000 in grant funds from USDA and ODE for other construction projects. Solving Oregon’s problems Mapleton students join SOLVE Spring Beach Cleanup COURTESY PHOTOS O n April 1, students from Mapleton School District joined the SOLVE Spring Oregon Beach Cleanup. Ten students from Mapleton middle and high schools volunteered to search for litter and debris on the South Jetty of the Siuslaw River. The students enjoyed a beautiful day with no wind or rain! According to SOLVE, nearly 5,000 volunteers removed an estimated 56,000 pounds of litter and marine debris from along all 362 miles of the Ore- gon coast. — Sub- mitted by Maria E. McEldowney Coastal Community R OTARY S PEECH C ONTEST ANNOUNCES AWARD RECIPIENTS F for this event. Organizer Meg Spencer, Sius- law Public Library director and Rotarian, said, “Each contestant this year did an amazing job of engaging the audience and talk- ing about issues in the world they are passionate about in light of the 4 Way Test. Any of these four young people could have done a great job represent- ing our region at the district level.” Gibney will go on to compete at the regional level in May in Albany. Gibney shared with her audi- ence that she will use her prize money to fund part of the cost of participating in a 4-H Inter- national program to South Ko- rea this summer. — Submitted by Lauren Hesse COURTESY PHOTO (From left) Hanna Anderson, Kiyah Cleveland, Benjamin Cahoon and Gabrielle Gibney Email Features Editor Chantelle Meyer cmeyer@thesiuslawnews.com CE, REN FLO SER Strong on Education Strong on Literacy Strong on Leadership Go to www.thesiuslawnews.com and subscribe and get our E-edition so you can keep in touch with your hometown news and sports. 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Obitu . . ion Opin Siuslaw News + www.shoppelocal.biz Congratulations, Class of 2017 SUBMISSIONS WELCOME DAY NES WED INSIDE our local students com- peted for a total of $1,000 prize money at Rotary Club of Florence’s annual 4 Way Test speech competition April 13 at Florence Events Center. Mapleton High School stu- dent Gabrielle Gibney came in first to receive $500, followed by second place winner and Siuslaw High School student Hanna Anderson, who received $350, and Kiyah Cleveland in third for $150. Ben Cahoon re- ceived fourth place. Judges were Florence Rotar- ians Crystal Farnsworth, Jane Hanawalt and Pat Riley. Vickie Kennedy of the Siuslaw Tale Spinners chapter of the Toastmasters Internation- al provided the official timing
