Exercises 8.3 - 8.4

Bridge Completed

Last year during the flood, the bridge over Roaring Creek was washed out. At the time, the bridge was  75 years old, but served a great purpose. When the bridge was passable, the people of Oak Grove only had to travel a mile to Highway 19. However, with the bridge out, the residents had to travel a lot farther to get to work. 

The county has been working on getting it fixed for some time now, and the bridge has actually been open for a couple of weeks. The bridge cost seven hundred thousand dollars to replace. The cost was split up between the county, the state, and the U.S. department of transportation. 

We have a quote from Roland Lively, the department head of the County Department of Transportation. (Insert sound byte)

"The bridge was not in great shape when it was destroyed. We already had some money in the county budget for repairs. Problem was, we didn't have enough to replace the bridge. We were just going to to repair it. Fortunately, some state and federal money was available, and we were able to do it a lot quicker than we had expected."

The new bridge spans 33 feet over Roaring Creek along Roaring Creek Road, and the town is excited to see it back. 

New Basketball Coach

Harbrace University announced the appointing of a new head women’s basketball coach today. After a record of 3 wins and 22 losses last season, which made it the third season in a row with a losing record, Coach Jess Storey resigned at the end of the season.

Pam Neubaugher (NEW-bow-er) had been the assistant head coach at Staley College in Pennsylvania for three years.

In an interview, Neubaugher said, (Insert sound byte)

We are looking forward to a new start for the Harbrace team this season!