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Wednesday, February 14, 2018 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
Alpine skiers race under
perfect conditions
By Rongi Yost
Correspondent
PHOTO BY JIM ANDERSON
Savannah Porsche, Claire Landon and Parker Warren looking at the world of tiny things through new microscopes.
Foundation provides microscopes
By Jim Anderson
Correspondent
In order for a student to
go out into the world think-
ing big, he or she sometimes
finds it necessary to take a
really good look at the tiny
things in life. One of the best
methods for doing that is to
use a microscope, and last
week the Sisters High School
students in Rima Givot’s sci-
ence class were at it up to
their ears — a few of them
even pulling their hair(s) out.
The students had water
from a pond, old pieces of
newspaper tissue, roots of
plants, blood slides and other
stuff to look at, including
pieces of human hair; their
own, that is.
The microscopes the stu-
dents were using were made
available through the won-
derful events that take place
when a community and a
school system get together
and give it their all. There’s
just no way a school system
can afford to buy everything
they need to make their edu-
cational system work per-
fectly — so everyone in the
community pitches in.
The Sisters Schools
Foundation is the bucket that
stores the monetary contribu-
tions offered by members of
the community. The Sisters
Science Club, and donations
from individuals and other
foundations, keep the bucket
filled so teachers can with-
draw the funds for tools they
need to do their job better.
Rima Givot, the SHS sci-
ence/biology teacher, asked
for and received 18 Lieder
microscopes with swivel
heads. The swivel heads
make it possible for two or
more students to use the same
scope just be swiveling the
head around so all can see the
specimen under investigation.
Givot uses the scopes for a
great deal of her biological
investigations, even to teach-
ing blood work with prepared
slides from biological supply
sources.
“I have been so excited
to see the biology students
become proficient at using
the microscopes,” she said.
“They have been explor-
ing and comparing different
types of cells, relating struc-
ture to function in the larger
organisms where the cells
originate. The microscopes
have been working really
well. They were new last
year, purchased with a grant
thanks to the Sisters Schools
Foundation and the Sisters
Science Club.”
One of Givot’s students
who was so caught up in the
new adventure of using a
scope had this to say about
his first look at a typical gar-
den veggie:
“The cells in an onion root
contain a cell wall, cell mem-
brane, cytoplasm, nucleus,
nucleolus, a large vacuole,
and other parts we can see
with our microscopes.
“The cells are shaped like
bricks all pushed together. An
onion bulb, which is white
since it grows underground
and it doesn’t have sunlight
to provide energy to the chlo-
roplasts, is made up of lay-
ers, which are almost in a
brick-like shape being pushed
together just like their cells.
They don’t have chloroplasts
because they grow under-
ground, in which sunlight is
not able to reach them.”
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Clear, cold weather cre-
ated ideal race conditions on
Mt. Bachelor’s Cliffhanger
run on Saturday, February
10, for the OSAA giant
slalom race. Warmer tem-
peratures earlier in the
week added moisture to the
snow, and colder tempera-
tures on Saturday froze the
moisture, which created a
nice hard crust for the race
course.
Coach Gabe Chladek
said, “The perfect conditions
led to a fast surface and little
rutting.”
This was the first giant
slalom the Outlaws raced
in two weeks, and the team
did a good job of adjust-
ing to the faster racing
style.
Holland Hartman and
Skylar Wilkins, the two
Outlaws girls, skied well, and
are showing improvement
with every race. Hartman fin-
ished 34th in the combined,
and Wilkins was right behind
her at 35th.
The boys are getting
faster with every race as
well. George Chladek skied
his best giant slalom race to
date, scored 35 points for the
team, and earned 13th place
in the combined score. Ethan
Morgan finished 19th in the
boys combined, which Coach
Chladek noted was a very
impressive athletic perfor-
mance for a first-year racer.
Ethan scored 16 points for
the Outlaws.
Evan Palmer also had two
very good runs. Evan slid
out on his hip early in his
first run and still pulled off
21st place in the combined,
and scored 16 points for the
team.
The Sisters boys com-
bined finish order is as fol-
lows: George Chladek 13th,
Ethan Morgan 19th, Evan
Palmer 21st, John Banks
48th, Christopher Lundgren
52nd, Conner Petke 53rd,
Spencer Kemp 67th, Corbin
Johnson 69th, and Ian Cash
71st.
The Outlaws have the
next two weekends off from
races, and will focus on
training for the league finals,
which will be held Friday
and Saturday, March 2 and 3
at Mt. Bachelor.
Frontiers In Science
MONTHLY SYMPOSIUM IN SISTERS
Undamming
the Elwha:
A River
Revived
Jerry Freilich,
Ph.D.
Dr. Jerry Freilich
was chief of research for
Olympic National Park
during the largest dam removals in U. S. history, a project
that is now returning the Elwha River to its much wilder
former life – often in unexpected ways.
Dr. Freilich has devoted his life to research and science
education throughout a long career with the National Park
Service. The planning for the Elwha River dam removals
took decades; the actual work, completed in 2014, had taken
several years, and the restoration of the river will fl ow far
into the future.
Dr. Freilich will share the ongoing story of the Elwha – its
turbulent history and emerging future, the effects of the
dams on the ecosystem and the Lower Elwha Kallam Tribe,
impacts on the local economy, and changes in the river’s
delta on the Strait of Juan de Fuca.
Tuesday, February 27
At The Belfry, 302 E. Main Ave., Sisters
One-hour lecture begins at 7 p.m.
Doors open at 6 p.m. for community hour!
Admission: $5;
Science Club Donors,
Teachers and Students - FREE
Save the Date: Tues., March. 27
Dr. Larry Price: “Gravitational Waves:
The Discovery of the Century”
Bring your curiosity and an appetite for food, drink & knowledge!