Corvallis Gazette-Times from Corvallis, Oregon • 7

ALBANY (OR) DEMOCRAT-HERALD, CORVALLIS (OR) GAZETTE -TIMES MID-VALLEY SUNDAY, AUG. 15, 1999 I. Catching some air Ioadlss $60 million F.Y.I. Information that can make a difference rl- 1 J' it 7 Plan for 2003. ODOT would build the 10-mile segment on the Strobeck list away from the present highway, using a different corridor.

To illustrate the size of the project, Tom Lauer, the project delivery manager in ODOT Region 2, gave these numbers: The eastern segment now under construction is moving half a million cubic yards of dirt, while the center section on the Strobeck list would move 4.5 million cubic yards. One of the reasons for moving ahead with the Highway 20 straightening is to lift restrictions on freight-hauling trucks. Lauer said ODOT limits trucks on the routes to 48-foot trailers. "And even those are scary at times," he said. Shippers in Toledo and Newport want to run 53-foot trailers, but they're not now allowed because in sharp curves they would cut into the other lane.

The newly aligned highway would have two regular lanes with climbing lanes, and occasionally there would be four lanes, Lauer said. The Legislature also passed a bill requiring ODOT to evaluate each road modernization project for imposition of a toll. But Rep. Jeff Kropf, R-Halsey, a member of the House Transportation Committee, said no one mentioned turning Highway 20 into a toll road. Kropf said the toll idea came up mainly for new roads.

He added an amendment calling for a study of building a north-south freeway from Umatilla to the south Oregon line, and there the idea of a toll was to be considered. On 1-5, the Jefferson interchange project would lengthen and realign the southbound on-ramp to allow trucks to enter the freeway at a better clip. Trucks now come in slowly, forcing a "mass migration" of freeway traffic into the left lane. Lauer said about 1,500 vehicles a day use the on-ramp. No timeline has been established for the on-ramp project.

All the roads on the Strobeck list are envisioned to be done by 2005-6. The projects are in addition to the work already planned in the State Transportation Improvement Program, including rebuilding part of 1-5 north of Albany. The Associated Phess Matt Sparks, 15, of Longview, leaves the skateboard ramp at Longview's Cloney Park Friday afternoon. Siiscisl evsr.ts MONDAY Christian drama, 10:45 a.m., Albany Church of the Nazarene, 1305 Hill St. S.E.

Northwest Nazarene College students will perform. Everyone is welcome. Corvallis Community Band, 8 p.m., free concert in Corvallis Central Park, near the gazebo. Mondays at Monteith concert, 7 p.m. Monteith Riverpark, Albany; Knox Brothers' gospel songs; free, donations accepted All welcome.

Seniors, disabled may use Call-A-Ride, 917-7770. GliHdren's activities MONDAY Bedtime stories, 7 p.m., Corvallis-Benton County Public Library, 645 N.W. Monroe St. Organizations TODAY Exotic Bird Club, 2 p.m., Turner Community Center, Birch and Fourth streets, 757-3117. MONDAY After Hours Chess Club, 10 p.m.

to midnight, Interzone, 1563 N.W. Monroe Ave. Corvallis. Free, open to the public. Information: Dave Foster, 926-2906.

American Business Women, 5:30 p.m. Potluck picnic and bottle auction, Avery Park, Corvallis. Bring a bottle of something; 753-6738. Chess Club, 7 to. 10 p.m., Old World Deli, 341 S.W.

Second Corvallis. Bring chess sets, chess clocks. Information: 926-2906. Corvallis Toastmasters Club No. 395, 6 p.m., Burton's Sunnybrook Restaurant, 119 S.W.

Third St. Weekly meeting to learn and practice public speaking. All ages, visitors welcome. Information: 753-1319. i Ferguson Chapter No.

5, Royal Arch Masons (York Rite) and Oregon Council No. 2, 7:30 p.m., Corvallis Masonic Hall, 306 S.W. Madison Ave. Meeting, members only. Information: 757-9034.

Meditation Group, 7 p.m., 320 S.E. Mayberry, Corvallis. Exploration of different techniques, styles of meditation. Information: 758-5722. South Albany High School Parents of Seniors, 7 p.m., SAHS Student Center, 3705 Columbus S.E.

Class of 2000 graduation party planning. Contact Joy Douglas at 928-6754. Ward 5 Meeting, 2 p.m., Tenochtitlan Grocery Store, 916 N.W. Beca, Corvallis. Featured is Councilor Mike Beilstein.

PuSslic meetings MONDAY Adair Village City Council, 7:30 p.m., Adair Village Community Building, 6030 N.E. William R. Carr Avenue, Adair Village. Public hearing, open to the public. Albany Planning Commission, 5:15 p.m.

council chamber. City Hall, 333 Broadalbin S.W. Benton County Special Transportation Advisory Committee, 2:30 to 4:30 p.m., Tuesday, Aug. 17; Benton-Corvallis Public Library, 645 N.W. Monroe Main meeting room.

Brownsville Council 7 p.m., library, 146 Spaulding Brownsville. Corvallis City Council, noon and 7 p.m. Downtown Fire Station, 400 N.W. Harrison. Agenda: consent, visitors propositions, public hearing, standing committee reports and new business.

Corvallis School District Board of Directors meeting, 5 p.m.. Central Administration Building (board meeting room), 1555 S.W. 35th St. mm Continued from A1 The package is not referred to the voters or if it is as seems likely the voters approve it in the pri-niary next May. The projects survive the winnowing that would be necessary because they are part of a $725 million statewide list, while only about $550 million would be available to get them done.

No overwhelming objections or environmental, problems arise during an accelerated public comment period the Oregon Department of Transportation may launch for these hurry-up projects. The projects get approval from the Legislative Emergency Board, which would have to release the money. ODOT Director Grace Crunican listed the projects in a letter to Rep. Ken Strobeck, R-Beaverton, last May 14, and the lineup since has become known as the Strobeck It contains projects ODOT recommended for funding under a bonding proposal then under consideration. Eventually, lawmakers passed a transportation package that includes a 5-cent boost in the gasoline tax and a $600 million bond issue for highway projects.

An estimated $50 million of the bond proceeds would be consumed by the costs of the bond issue itself, according to Robert Smith, a spokesman for the department. That would leave $550 million for the road projects. Part of the proceeds from the added tax would be used to pay off the highway bonds. The $60 million project on the Corvallis-Newport Highway (Highway 20) would extend from milepost 14.5 to milepost 24.75. It would be built using what ODOT calls a "design build" system, in which construction would start while some of the project was still being designed.

Earth moving for the road might start, for example, while engineers-were still designing bridges. The $60 million segment would complete the modernization of Highway 20, for which planning began in 1984. Construction is under way on a $19 million project to straighten the road from mile post 29 near Eddyville to milepost 24.75. ODOT plans to do another segment, from milepost 14.5 to 16.1, at a cost of $11 million. That part is scheduled in the State Transportation Improvement Young Bend inmates do their time constructively The Associated Press BEND With nails and hammers, shovels and sweat, a group of juvenile offenders in Bend helped pay off their debt to society by building a house for a needy family.

Friday, the house was given to a family of five, and the young inmates of the innovative program in Deschutes County discovered what it was like to be giving instead of taking. Here, offenders who would otherwise be held in out-of-town youth prisons, stay in the community. They spend nights and days off at the juvenile justice center, but they also attend school. And they work. Their showpiece was the three-bedroom house for the Bend Area Habitat for Humanity.

Working with other volunteers, the inmates joined in all phases of construction. Daniel Robison, 16; described meeting the family who will live in the house he helped build. "It's weird to see someone's face; they're so happy because something's happening for them," he said. Robison logged more than 200 hours on the home. After six years on parole, probation or in some form of juvenile lockup, Robison was released from parole Wednesday.

For the first time since he was 10, his life is not governed by any juvenile program. He sounds ready for the change. "It's like choices: You choose to rob the bank; you choose to steal the car; you choose to beat up that guy," he said. "People say it's peer pressure. That's not true.

You choose to do it, or you can choose not to do it." Robison has chosen to finish his senior year of high school this year. In addition to building the home, the youths, none convicted of violent offenses, have built concrete planters in the Bend downtown area and helped build parks. Corvallis. Agenda: approval of con-struction bid for Osborn Aquatior Center Project. LinnBentonLincoln Disability1 Services Advisory Council, 1:30 tcj 3:30 D.m., Hatfield Marine Science Center, Newport.

Discussion of trjqj needs of persons with disabpties tnj the three-county area monthly meeting. Information: TashaJ Mulder 812-6007 or (888) voice, or 928-3670 TTY. PuEsIic IseaStli Birth control pill pickup, 8 a. ml to 5 p.m., Benton County Health Department (Family Planning Clinic) 530 N.W. 27th Corvallis; Information: 757-6839.

i Child Care Food Council for Children, 757 8842 or (800)424-5369. 'I Food handler class and test 3:30 p.m., Benton County Health Department, 530 N.W. 27th St. Corvallis. To certify as a food handlerv according to Benton County ordi nance.

Pick up a free study booklet! before the class. Books are on loan at the Corvallis-Benton County Public; Library reference desk. Cost: $10v exam fee. Information: 754-1688. 5.

Free medical clinic, 8:30 ten 11 a.m., Community Outreach. 128 S.W. Ninth Corvallis. outpatient care for low-income, unin-J sured patients who have no othfcr. access to medical care.

Free HIV test-5 ing the first and third Monday each month from noon to 3 p.m.J Information: 758-3000. HIV testing and counseling, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Benton County Health Department (Family PlanningI Clinic), 530 N.W. 27th Corvallis. By appointment only.

Sliding fee seated Information: 757-6839. Pregnancy testing and coun-J seling, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Bentp'tr. County Health Department (Family; Planning Clinic), 530 N.W. 27th Corvallis.

By appointment only. Calk for fee. Information: 757-6839. Pregnancy testing and coun-v seling, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Center, 2306 N.W.

Kings Corvallis. All services freJ Information: 757-9645. Sexually transmitted disease; clinic, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Benton: County Health Department Planning Clinic), 530 N.W. 27th Corvallis.

By appointment Sliding fee scale. Information: 757-J. 6839. Women, Infants and Children (WIC) program, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Benton County Health Department, 530 N.W.

27th Corvallis. Food voucher and nutrition program; by appointment only. No charge. Information: 757-6835. Stone Soup dinner, 5:30 to 6:30 p.m., St.

Mary's Catholic Church (gym), 501 N.W. 25th Free meal for those in need. 5 1 Valley AIDS Network, Call 24-hour hotline for', AIDS information, support and refer-i rals. In Albany, Corvallis or Philomath call 752-6322; other areas, call toll-free (800) 588-AIDS. 2 Volunteer osssscrtunity Wildlife Stewards, Fairplay Elementary School Library, 3855 N.E.

Highway 20, Corvallis. Wildlife Stewards is a cooperative program with Benton County 4-HOSO Extension Service. The prograrrj trains teachers and volunteers in th0 public schools in the development and use of wildlife habitats in th schoolyard. RSVP Benton County 4-H 1 by Aug. 20.

Information: 757-6750. III lT RENAISSANCE to sit for State Exarh Delta drops Fukuoka flight as a result of poor Asia economy OBITUARIES Helen M. Swoverland Feb. 28, 1912 Aug. 13, 1999 LEBANON Helen M.

Swoverland of Lebanon died Friday at the Mennonite Home in Albany. She was 87. She was born in Ladysmith, the daughter of Matthew and Nellie (Gibbs) Stine. She lived in the Ladysmith area throughout her childhood, and attended school there. She lived in Bend from 1943 to 1951, when she moved to Lebanon.

She married Ray Swoverland Dec. 7, 1932, in Ladysmith. He died in 1981. She is survived by sons Ray La Verne Swoverland of Lebanon and Dale Swoverland of West Linn; daughter Bonnie Kenley of Albany; brother with the Far East. Three high-tech companies from Kyushu, the southern main island where Fukuoka is located, chose Hillsboro for their first U.S.

ventures, mainly because of the flights. Those plans are now in question, as is the Aug. 30 arrival of 67 people in a Kyushu business delegation. Delta's Fukuoka flights, launched Oct. 29, had averaged 70 percent to 80 percent capacity since April.

But about 90 percent of those passengers paid inexpensive coach fares. As a result, the flights never made money. "You've got to be able to generate enough premium traffic to make sure you're generating the return on investment," said David Zielke, Delta district sales manager in Portland. Delta will continue its daily nonstop service from Portland to Tokyo and to Nagoya, Japan, Zielke said. The airline, which has more than 1,200 employees in Portland, expects to accomplish any reduction in staffing through transfers or attrition.

Asia's economic slump, which began two years ago when The Associated Press PORTLAND A year ago, Delta Air Lines planned to double its service between Portland and Japan, offering 35 departures a week for Asia. On Friday, Delta officials said they would halt flights Oct. 1 to Fukuoka, Japan, after less than a year, citing Japanese economic woes. The cuts will reduce Delta's weekly Portland departures for Asia to 14, a level not seen since 1991. The airline recently ended service to Seoul, South Korea, and shelved plans for flights to Osaka, Japan.

"It's a blow to Oregon," said Sho Dozono, president of Azumano International a Portland travel company. "In terms of business development, it's tough to talk about Portland as being a hub for Asia at this point." "We feel it was a shortsighted decision," said Andrew Haruyama, the city of Portland's director of international relations. The reduction of flights to Asia could complicate doing business Clarence Stine of Ladysmith; eight grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren. Four brothers and two sisters also preceded her in death. Viewing will be from 3 to 8 p.m.

Monday at Huston-Jost Funeral Home. The funeral is scheduled for 2 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home. Death notices Barbara M. Ayers of Albany died Friday at her home.

She was 80. Arrangements are pending at DeMoss-Durdan Garden Chapel, Corvallis. Agnes Pearl Caswell of Sweet Home died Saturday at her home. She was 83. Arrangements are pending at Workman Steckly Funeral Chapel.

Southeast Asian currencies plunged, has also forced other airlines to cut trans-Pacific service. "We have 747s all over the place flying domestically where they used to fly internationally," said airline analyst Michael Boyd, president of the Boyd Group in Evergreen, Colo. "We're not going to see boom growth in the Pacific again." Delta will redeploy its Fukuoka aircraft on trans-Atlantic flights. The airline risks losing its Fukuoka, Seoul and Osaka routes by leaving them vacant, but other carriers are unlikely to claim them amid current economic conditions. Attention Kmart Shoppers In the Kmart August 15, 1999 weekly Ad Circular, on Page 19, we feature an assortment of Hallmark Hall of Fame movies with an offer for the free movie "Harvey" with purchase of two of the titles.

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