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