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Volume XIII, Edition 9

news-2-you
www.news-2-you.com October 25, 2010

WHAT

PORTLANDS STREETCARS
Portland, Oregon is Americas Streetcar Town.

Americas

first

new streetcars

are in

Portland.

The Portland Streetcar company opened in

2001.

2001
People love to ride the colorful streetcars.

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news page
No one likes to drive in big city traffic.

Taxis

and

cars

crowd

city

streets.

+
What will make city travel easier ?

?
Cities like Portland have found an answer.

They have brought

back an old

idea.

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People have been riding streetcars since the 1800s.

1800s

First,

horses

pulled the streetcars

on

city

streets.

Then the streetcars were put

on railroad tracks.

The streetcars traveled

faster

on the tracks.

In the 1880s, electric power replaced the horses.

1880s

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Most cities built streetcar lines.

Millions

of

people

rode the streetcars every day.

1,000,000s

In the 1930s,

people

stopped

riding

them.

1930s

More

and

more

people

began to buy

cars.

+
After World War II, most families had a car.

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People drove their cars in the city.

Gasoline was

cheap.

Buses

replaced streetcars in

most

cities.

Cities

paved

over

their

streetcar

tracks.

Only

two

cities

kept

their

old

streetcars. *

2
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Today, city streets are too crowded.

Cities

want

fewer

cars

on

their

streets.

Portland still had

its

old

streetcar

tracks.

The city

bought

new streetcars for the old

tracks.

Portland

opened a four

mile

streetcar

line.

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Today, streetcars are better.

The streetcars have comfortable seats

and air conditioning.

+
They even have message boards and vending machines.

+
You can bring a stroller or wheelchair inside.

or

The streetcars have

wider

doors

and no steps.

+
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The people of Portland like their streetcars.

The tickets

are

cheap

and the ride

is

fun.

+
Many people leave their cars at home.

Over

12,000

people

ride the streetcar

each

day.

12,000

A new

3.3

mile

track will open in

2012.

3.3

2012

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WHO

in the

news

STREETCAR CREW
Most streetcars have a driver and a conductor.

+
Both the driver and the conductor wear uniforms.

+
The driver drives the streetcar.

He

stops so people can enter

and

exit.

+
The driver sits in the front of the streetcar.

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A conductor walks

in the

news

through the streetcar.

He

helps passengers and

answers questions.

+
The conductor also takes ticket money from the passengers.

He

tells the driver

when to stop

and

go.

+
Sometimes the conductor helps move the trolley pole. *

* The trolley pole connects the streetcar to the overhead electric line. October 25, 2010
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WHERE

in the

news

PORTLAND, OREGON
Portland is the largest city in Oregon.

The city

is

near the Willamette

and Columbia Rivers.

+
You can see two snow - capped mountains from Portland.

2
Mount Hood and Mount Saint Helens are near the city.

+
Portland has a professional basketball team: the Trail Blazers.

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recipe page
Line
NEED

Drink

Juice

Serves 4

1 liter carbonated water

1/4 C lemon juice

1/4 C lime juice

4 lemon slices

4 lime slices

2 t honey

pitcher

spoon

4 cups

1. Put water, lemon juice, lime juice, lemons, limes and honey in pitcher. Stir well.

2. Put in refrigerator for one hour.

3. Pour in cups.

4. Drink.
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joke page
Knock, Knock.

Whos there ?

Line.

Line who ?

Line

to the police

is

very bad.

Lying

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game page
Circle the pictures about PORTLANDS STREETCARS.
laundry city line conductor

air conditioning

uniform

ride

space

streetcar

toaster

electric power

traffic

street

driver

lunch box

message board

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review page
1. WHAT is this paper about ?
Woolly Worm 2010 World Series Portlands Streetcars

2. WHERE are Americas new streetcars ?

Portland, Oregon

amusement park

island

3. WHAT crowds city streets ?

boats

hippos

taxis

4. WHAT first pulled streetcars on city streets ?

horses

children

flies

5. WHAT replaced streetcars in most cities ?

wagons

buses

airplanes

6. HOW many people ride a Portland streetcar each day ?

500

12,000

1 million

500

12,000

1,000,000

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puzzle page
ACROSS DOWN

3 5 7 8

driver people conductor track

1 2 4 6 7

Portland ride streetcar car city

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sudoku page
Fill in the grid using the pictures below so that every row, every column and every large box contains the following four items: .

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think page
1. WHAT is the difference between a bus and a streetcar ?

2. WHY would you

like a streetcar in

your

city

3. WHY

do

big

cities

like

streetcars ?

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sports page
NEW HOME FOR THE NETS
The New Jersey Nets are an NBA basketball team. *

They will begin the 2010

2011

season

on November 3.

2010 - 2011
The Nets will be playing in a new home arena. **

This

year, the Nets will play

in

Newark, New Jersey.

The Nets will play in the Prudential Center.

* National Basketball Association ** Previously, the Nets played in East Rutherford, New Jersey for 29 years. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Jersey_Nets October 25, 2010
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The Nets will be in Newark for two years.

The team will move

to New York City in

2012.

2012

They will find

new home

in Brooklyn.

The Nets

hope for better

luck in Brooklyn.

The team

won

only

12

games in

2009 - 2010.

12

2009 - 2010

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words page
streetcar ride

driver

conductor

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