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s <br /> ;F <br /> � p s <br /> Update on Oneka Elementary School <br /> The City of Hugo's once known as Oneka <br /> new elementary school Township. It was also <br /> ewhas been named Oneka noted that Oneka Lake <br /> Elementary School. is located just a few <br /> School I The term"Oneka" miles from the site as <br /> pdate <br /> 'comesfrom the Dakota well. School Naming <br /> word onakan and Committee member Len <br /> is translated to mean Pratt comments, "I real- <br /> striking rice into the ly like the name Oneka <br /> canoe. The name and feel it reflects the <br /> rte:t <br /> proved popular in the heritage and community <br /> "Name Our Schools" well." t` <br /> contest because of its Photo(L to R):Bob Brewer(Central M.S.Associate <br /> tie-in to the area where The existing elementary Principal),Noah McCoy(Winner of the"Name Our <br /> the school will be school will retain the Schools"contest),Ted Blaesing(WBLAS Superintendent of <br /> built the area was name Hugo Elementary <br /> Schools),Mike Ericson(Hugo City Administrator) <br /> — <br /> School. "We heard Bear Lake Area School <br /> loud and clear from Board had concerns <br /> current and former stu- that some might take <br /> dents that they wanted issue with the fact that <br /> w Y <br /> to keep the Hugo one school would bear <br /> Elementary name,cit- the Hugo name while <br /> ing the important con- the other didn't,but <br /> nection the school has DeNucci adds,"That <br /> µ a <br /> with the broader Hugo assumption proved <br /> community,"notes false." <br /> Photo(L to R):Ted Blaesing(WBLAS Superintendent of Director of Schools Construction on Oneka <br /> Schools),Mike Ericson(Hugo City Administrator), Terra and Committee Co- <br /> Hunt(One of the winners of the"Name Our Schools" Elementary School is <br /> contest),Rolf Parsons(School Board Chair),Carla Triggs Chair Larry DeNucci. <br /> (Hugo 5th grade teacher),Boh Morse(Bremer Bank),Barb Members of the White expected to begin in <br /> Kearn(Hugo principal) spring 2005. <br /> Hugo Historical Commission Displays Are <br /> Featured At Good Neighbor Days <br /> The Hugo Historical Commission once again Hugo's first annual commemorative mug was <br /> had several displays available for viewing in the available for purchase. It featured a painting of the <br /> Oneka Room in City Hall on Saturday,June 12 Hugo Feed Mill done by local artist Len Shimota. <br /> and Sunday, June 13 from noon to 5:00 p.m. dur- The limited quantity mugs sold for$8.00 each. <br /> ing Hugo Good Neighbor Days. One of the many Next year,the Commission will have a 2005 mug <br /> highlights included a 1976 Bicentennial quilt made which will feature a different Hugo"scene." <br /> by Rita Shimota that features different barns from <br /> around the Hugo landscape at that time. Someone The Hugo Historical Commission will NOT meet <br /> also found the proverbial"treasure in the attic"–a during June or July, but will resume their regular <br /> quilt featuring the embroidered names of several meeting schedule, 3rd Tuesdays at 7:00 p.m., start- <br /> Hugonians that dates back to the late 1800s. ing in August. <br />