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Tuesday, June 10th, 2008

That’s My Oregon

Robert Heen
Broadway Middle School
Seaside, Oregon
My name is Robert Heen. I live in Seaside, Oregon. I’m going to tell you about when we hade a gale. The wind reached up to 100 miles an hour. In my neighborhood all of the power went out and a whole lot of trees went down. I was stuck at [...]



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Tuesday, June 10th, 2008

The Worst Storm in Oregon’s History

Kyle Hague
Broadway Middle School
Seaside, Oregon
On December 2-3, 2007 the worst storm recorded in history in the Oregon coast in Northwestern Oregon. The storms on December 2nd and 3rd continued for an extreme, long-duration wind cycle with hurricane-force wind gusts of up to 137 mph. Gale-force winds tore up forests and buildings, mudslides and landslides caused [...]



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Tuesday, June 10th, 2008

Just A Piece of Oregon Its’ Self

Emma Bergin
Broadway Middle School
Seaside, Oregon
Oregon, population 3,700,758; and to think I am just one of the millions who live and make my life here. I may only be thirteen, but I think that because I live in Oregon, my life is unfolding ten times greater than it ever could have. Oregon has so many wonderful [...]



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Tuesday, June 10th, 2008

Still a Good Fun Place

Joel Licari
Broadway Middle School
Seaside, Oregon
My name is Joel Licari. When I moved to Seaside, OR, from Portland, OR, I thought it was so fun the first 5-6 years. So I decided to talk to the city- since there are a lot of good skaters in Seaside I thought there should be a new and improved [...]



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Tuesday, June 10th, 2008

Brett Willyard’s Oregon Story

Brett Willyard
Broadway Middle School
Seaside, Oregong
Oregon is a very beautiful state, there’s only one problem, you never get the time to really explore it. But that all changed in late December 2007, when the power got knocked out for a week. The first couple days of the storm were fierce, tipping over trees in every direction. [...]