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Jeffrey will return to the
board once he has an agree-
ment for purchasing the
property.
“Without this, it would be
a challenge to move forward
with the bond,” he said. “The
property is the cornerstone of
the bond.”
The district is running out
of room at both of its campus-
es and both sit near wetlands
and tsunami inundation
zones. Regulations recently
went into effect that prevent
the district from doing any
future building in those areas
or on those campuses.
Earlier this year, a commit-
tee 20 community and school
staff members worked with a
consultant to determine what
facilities the district needs
keep Debbie Morrow as
and what they’d cost
its chair and Greg Mor-
and concluded the dis-
rill as vice chair.
trict has little choice but
• Board members de-
to build a large campus
clared a vacancy on the
out of the danger zone.
board with the recent
It’s expected to take
resignation of Stacey
18 years and more than
Morrow Brown.
Applications
$36 million.
for the position will
Next month is the
be accepted in August
deadline on whether
with interviews done
the district puts a bond d e -
in September. The new
cision before voters.
board member would
A bond large enough t o
be appointed in Octo-
cover the long-range
ber and serve until the
facilities plan would
Morrill
require taxing property
next election in May
owners an estimated $2.49 2019.
per $1,000 of assessed prop-
• Heard a report on con-
erty value. The owner of a struction of the career techni-
$150,000 house would pay cal education building at the
about $375 per year in that high school.
scenario.
The first round of bids came
Also Wednesday night:
in higher than expected, so
• The school board voted to the project will be downsized.
This Week in Aboriginal History
by Carl A. Ellis
Crow Indians steal Lewis and Clark’s horses
July 20, 1847: Thomas
H. Hardy, superintendent of
Indian Affairs in St. Louis,
warns of trouble from declin-
ing buffalo herds.
July 21, 1806: Crow Indi-
ans steal 24 horses from the
Lewis and Clark expedition.
July 22, 1675: Three
Wampanoag Indians are
hanged in Plymouth, Mass.,
for the murder of John Sas-
samon, an advisor to Po-
kanoket Indian Chief Meta-
com.
The three Wampanoags had
been arrested by members of
the Plymouth Colony on the
testimony of an Indian wit-
ness. The jury also included
some Indians.
July 23, 1805: The Treaty
of the Chickasaw Nation is
signed.
The federal government
paid off $20,000 in Chicka-
saw trading debt in exchange
for 2.25 million acres of
hunting land in present-day
Kentucky, central Tennessee
and northern Alabama.
July 24, 1865: Cheyenne
and Lakota Indians raid the
most northerly outpost of the
U.S. Army in what is known
as the Battle of Platte Bridge.
They kill members of a cav-
alry platoon that had been
sent to meet a wagon train as
well as the wagon drivers and
escorts.
July 25, 1865: Gen. Pat-
rick Connor organizes three
columns of soldiers to begin
an invasion of the Powder
River Basin from the Black
Hills to the Bighorn Moun-
tains.
They’re ordered to kill every
male Indian older than 12.
Conner builds a fort on the
Powder River and wagon
trains begin to cross the basin
on their way to the Montana
gold fields.
July 26, 1759: The French
relinquish Fort Carillon in
New York to Gen. Jeffrey Am-
herst, commander in chief of
British forces.
The British change the
name to Fort Ticondero-
ga, from the Iroquois word
Cheonderoga, which means
land between the waters.
Ellis is an author and his-
torian working on a book
about American Indians.
Learn more about American
Indian history at facebook.
com/snippetsintime.
Senior Moments
with Emma Edwards
Retired? You may need a vacation
Guess what I did to change
my perspective? I took what
could be called a vacation this
last week.
Why would I need a vaca-
tion when I am on a continu-
ous vacation?
According to my Merriam
Webster Dictionary, the first
known use of the word was in
1883. Some of its synonyms
are break, holiday, leave and
recess.
The younger set sometimes
calls it “vegetating.” Most de-
scriptions of vacation include
the word restful or respite.
I’ve come to the conclusion
that we seniors need to take
vacations now and then.
Seems we get so caught up
with doctor, dentist, therapy
(all kinds) and on and on that
we jokingly say it has become
our social life. But when we
do something just for fun, it’s
getting away.
A vacation! Truthfully, I
had almost forgotten how fun
it would be to just plain get
away. I’m already thinking
about another respite.
“Travel serves many pur-
poses,” says Gregory Jantz, a
mental health expert in Ed-
monds, Wash. “Any time we
change our environment, we
have the potential to change
our perspective. And when
you change your perspec-
tive, you may find pleasure in
Senior lunch menu
Monday, July 23: Chicken a la king, biscuits, broccoli, mixed
greens, fruit crisp.
Thursday, July 26: Pork stew, mashed potatoes, carrots, cu-
cumber salad, bread pudding.
The Warrenton senior lunch program is at noon (doors
open at 10:30 a.m.) Mondays and Thursdays at Warrenton
Community Center, 170 SW Third St. Suggested donation is
$5 for ages 55 and older; $7 for those younger. For more
information, call 503-861-3502.
things that maybe you didn’t
know you’d enjoy.”
You know people come to
our area from around the
world because we offer so
many fun experiences. So, if
you don’t like sleeping in any
bed but your own, research
all that’s available in our area.
Go to our local chamber
of commerce for an array of
ideas. You could do an “un-
derground tour” of the batter-
ies at Fort Stevens and learn
how the enemy targets were
found, how the guns were
aimed, and the steps taken to
fire the guns.
For more information, visit
the website wp.me/p8roGU-Gf.
If you are at all like me, you
probably hesitate to do a lot of
things that would be fun and
use age and/or mobility as an
excuse to say “no thank you.”
What did I do on my most
recent vacation? I “hung out”
with one of my young adult
granddaughters who chose to
stay home rather than go to
their church’s annual family
campout.
She had to do all the water-
ing and care for the animals
and birds and chickens. She
even walked me, fed me and
entertained me!
One of my favorite patrons
at our Warrenton Senior
Lunch site said he missed my
“word of the week” segment.
So he gave me a list of 10
words to explore. My favorite
was tatterdemalion, which
means ragamuffin, which
gave me another thought
about vacations.
We just kick back and
can wear our most tattered
clothes and totally relax.
Tatterdemalion has been
around since 1608. Words
are fun for sure!