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lone Board considers shorter bus routes II i I ii I im I i I ii III iiiii II i I im II Bessie Wetzell Newspaper I ibrar\ University o f Oregon Eugene, OR 97403 VOL 125 NO. 47 10 Pages The lone School B oard, at th eir regular m eeting M onday night, heard a report from Marcie Buschke with Mid-Columbia Bus suggesting ways to sh o rten bus times for stu d en ts. A ccording to Buschke, with changes, no child would be on the bus for more than one hour and 30 minutes one way. Buschke told the board that lone busses go “four different directions” on roads that are often bad. "We just have a really long way to go," added Buschke. C u rren tly , some students in remote areas face at least an h our and 45 minute ride one way. The board was anxious to implement the changes and asked M id -C o lu m b ia to subm it costs as soon as possible. The board hoped to have the new routes by the time school resumes after the Christmas break. Also at the meeting, the board learned that the C ardinal B ooster Club donated $1,000 to the nine- member lone School speech and debate team for transportation, registration fees and lodging so that they could attend the 5A/6A Wednesday, November 22,2006 Morrow County, Heppner, Oregon speech to u rn am en t at Tualatin High School last weekend. Out of over 250 students from over 25 high schools, Sarah Stillm an receiv ed first place for "novice oratory speech"; Teonna Vandever and Tiana Camarillo placed fourth in novice debate; and Camarillo ranked second as an individual debate speaker. A d m in istra to r Bryn Browning noted that the debate team did not seek the grant, but the booster club wanted to recognize their efforts. Airport improvements an economic asset, says public works director Meet Rostock Germany Editor's note: the following information on Rostock, Germany, the hometown o f Tim Hauer, HHS exchange student, is from Tim \ dad, Uwe Hauer. by llwe H auer Rostock is a nearby 8(X) years old ’hanseatic' and university town in the northeast of Germany (about 2(X) km north of Berlin and 180 km east of Hamburg). It's the largest city in Mecklenburg-West Pomerania with around 25(),()(X) inhabitants. Here is the centre of the holiday area and the shipping industry among the German coastline of Baltic. Rostock and river Warnow History and present The name "Roztoc" first appears in 1161 AD in a chronicle by the Danish historian Saxo Grammaticus. At that time the Slavic stronghold was attacked bv the king of the Danes. In 1200 German merchants and craftsmen founded the settlement of Rostock here. Eighteen years later, it received its charter from Prince Borwin 1. In the course of time, the Middle and New Towns were built. In 1265 they and the Old Tow n united in a single community. Trade and crafts flourished and the city gained monetary sovereignty as well as full judicial authority. In 1323 Rostock acquired the little fishing hamlet of Warnemuende, thus securing free access by water to the Baltic Sea. Soon Rostock, Luebeck and Wismar founded the Hanseatic League. Rostock became one of the largest and most powerful cities on the Baltic. The city’s dynamic growth was halted for a lengthy period by collapse of the Hanseatic League, effects of the Thirty Years' War and the devastating conflagration of 1677. Only in the late 19th century did Rostock experience a renaissance of shipping under sail, becoming an important harbor for the export of grain. Eight hundred years of history have shaped this “Gatew ay to the North". Rostock has preserved much of the charm that it once possessed as the most important member of the "Hanseatic League” . Rostock has kept its importance as a trade center to this day. as well as its status as a college town. Today Rostock is a vibrant seaport which proudly bears the name "Hansestadt" (Hanseatic City). Commercialism abounds, traffic fills the streets, and many bombed-out areas were replaced with the functional architecture popular during post-war times. But her churches, massive gates and fortifications, the town hall and typical gabled patrician town houses, which form the boundary of many streets, recall a glorious era of sailing ships dating back to the early Middle Ages. continued page two Public Works Director Burke O 'B rien points out new taxiway being constructed as part of the Lexington A irport upgrade project T h an k s to the efforts o f the M orrow C ounty Public Works D ep artm en t, along with several Federal Aviation Administration grants, the L ex in g to n A irport is u ndergoing some major upgrades. A tour of the project by Public Works D irector Burke O 'B rie n Monday showed the extent of the improvements. O'Brien says the biggest part o f the renovation is the moving of one tax i-w ay and the upgrading of another. “We (public works) are going to end up constructing 5.000 feet of taxi-way”, O'Brien says. He says public works departments are not usually allowed by the FAA to tackle an airport project like this, but because of the county's proven work record the FAA allowed them to do the work, and accomplish much more with the available money. O 'B rien says there was about $600,000 in federal grants available, but w ithout the county co n trib u tin g w ork, the improvements would have been much smaller. "The asphalt alone would have cost $300,000.” he said. "We stretch those dollars out.” As part of the taxiway construction it was necessary to install a K).(XX)- foot drain field system around the entire base of the projects. Other upgrades at the airport include a new agriculture operations area. Construction of this area will allow spray plane operations such as loading and other activities to be moved away from the edge of the airport that overlooks the town of Lexington, where it will be safer and more secure. “Nobody every really liked it where it is now,” O'Brien said. Also with a grant from Connect Oregon, grant funds used to im prove transportation in the state, the airplane fueling system and the pilots lounge will be improved. The fueling system will be upgraded from an honor system to a card lock system that takes credit cards and will have new hoses and other fueling equipment. The pilots lounge upgrade will add two rooms including a computer room for navigational equipment, an extra room for pilots to continued page 2 n CUMBTEK LADDER Ladder conforms to many positions (three shown below) ¿AT O M I, I IH H K ~ S O »11 \» I S U S ! — ^ ^ Ladder 0 4 1 1 S 1 Î1 .9 9 Ladder 0 4 16 S167.99 A # Ir l S STA R«VAY K x liii U n n i I h m ln tln sltl.il I.itltlei r* s;Affotc A A * I i¡ \ M i I X , A LA 4LFNT-IH 1/4U:Nl» H {TAI «W AV s i: LEC K* Morrow County Grain Growers Lexington 989-8221 • 1-800-452-7396 For farm equipm ent, v liit our web lite at w w w m tRg.net ALL NEWS AND ADVERTISEMENT DEADLINE: M ONDAYS AT 5:00 P.M. Meeting set on revised floodplain maps A Flood Insurance Study Revision has recently been co m p le ted for in c o rp o ra te d and Patrician town houses Old and new harmoniously blend to form a city u n in c o rp o ra te d M orrow scape that could only have emerged over the course of County. This revision was many centuries. The University Square (a magnet for done through a partnership continued page 4 between FEMA and WEST C onsultants. Inc., at the The Hauer family request of former Heppner City M an ag er G erald Breazeale, currently Irrigon City Manager. It includes updated floodplain maps showing areas that would be inundated by the base flood (1 0 0 -y ea r flood). These maps will be used by lending institutions and insurance agents in determining who must purchase flood insurance and the cost of that insurance should it be necessary. In addition, the maps will be used by the county and local communities for floodplain management and permitting Back left to right: Tim Hauer’s mother. Susanne, sisters purposes. Lisa, Julia and Claudia with her little dog. Ira. Front: Tim's The basic changes in dad. Uwe. with their dog Wilma. this revision include new Tim, an exchange student at Heppner High School (inset) hydrologic and hydraulic staying with the Chris and Kathy Rauch family, is the m odeling, new vertical youngest of our four children. His sisters are Julia, 24. datum p ro je c tio n from who is a hair stylist. Claudia, 20, who is a law student, NGVD 29 to NAVD 88. and and Lisa 19, who is in high school and a candidate for the a new map panel layout ‘school-leaving examination'. Uwe is a chemist, who is based on the U.S. Geological working for a “great German shipping company" a s a safety adviser for the transport of hazardous goods and maritime Survey (USGS) 7.5 minute environmental protection. “From time to time vessels of quadrangle map grid. our company are also in Portland, therefore I must know The people most the maritime l S Lin ironmental protection regulations and d irectly affected by the also the concerning regulation in Oregon and Portland." issuance of this study are he says. Susanne. is a nurse who works in the intensive those owning property and/ care unit of the biggest hospital in Rostock. continued page two
