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Volley, serve and hustle your way
to the top of the `ladder'
Eight jump into the pool and are
headed to Vegas
An all-star in Cooperstown
St. Paul hoopster returns from
successful tourney in Ohio
With
a new floor,
hoopsters will soon be
hitting the boards |
With volunteer help the basketball court at St. Paul High School is new,
while saving $10,000 |
By B. Scott Anderson, Newberg
Graphic Sports Editor
Email Scott at banderson@eaglenewspapers.com
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 ST. PAUL — St. Paul residents are used to hard work and volunteering
and that is paying off as the high school’s new basketball/volleyball court nears
completion.
Because volunteers removed existing bleachers and the old floor, the project
cost $10,000 less than it would have otherwise.
Following the removal of the old high school gym floor and cleaning up all
the waste and dust, volunteers then anchored down the existing 2-inch square ribs over the
existing slab of cement with more than 3,000 anchor bolts.
Then Tower Woods, a company from Roseburg who successfully bid the $60,000
project, began by adding a one-by-three-inch strip on top of the 2-by-2s and bolting them
down with 3,100 anchor bolts, according to Steve Hightower, president of the company.
On top of the new ribs went 8,000 square feet of one-half-inch exterior grade
plywood (resists moisture) as a sub-floor. On top of the plywood, Tower crews will lay
three- quarter-inch maple boards to form the primary floor and then paint lettering and
game lines on the maple prior to coats of clear resin, which are expected to dry in 24
hours. The resin polyurethane oil base coating will consist of 80 gallons of seal for the
final finish.
Holes were cut in the floor to allow metal volleyball poles to be lowered into
their one-foot-deep holders on either side of mid-court.
“Resilient is the word for the quality of the floor. It does not bounce
or give with the runners’ shoes, but it absorbs, thus being easier on the legs than a
cement or solid surface,” Hightower said.
The wooden bleacher seats have been sent to the Oregon State Corrections
furniture shop for refinishing. The metal structures that combine with the wooden seats
are stored in the school district’s bus barn and will be bolted into the gym when the
surface has cured.
Tower Woods began laying the maple boards Thursday.
“All will be done in time for practice to begin for the St. Paul
volleyball team,” said Bruce Shull, St. Paul superintendent. |
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From August 2,
2003, Newberg Graphic
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