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Wednesday, May 13, 2020 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon BALLOONS: Science project is a Sisters High School tradition Continued from page 1 collaborating during this time, but it felt like an impor- tant thing to do for the students.= Givot delivered supplies to students9 homes and com- municated online in order to pull off the experiments and launch this year. <We did a lot of group chats and zoom meetings in order to collaborate with our classmates and team mem- bers,= said student Tatum Sitz. Piper Adelt, sophomore at Sisters High School was in charge of running the cameras. <I am not really a tech per- son, but I learned a lot and enjoyed this experience,= she said. Peterzen, who has lived in Sisters for more than a decade, is the founder a n d o w n e r o f I S TA R Stratospheric Ballooning and has been working with the high school for the past six years in creating a student launch program. <I contacted Rima about doing a student launch pro- gram here,= he said. <We got funding for it as a small pro- gram and it9s a great way for students to get experience and connections in this field and spark passion and drop seeds for potential future careers.= This year, ISTAR obtained $16,000 in funding from the Battelle Memorial Institute for the program. It took about nine months of working with Battelle to obtain the funds, but it was worth the effort to secure the money to keep the program alive for future operations. Battelle Memorial Institute is a private nonprofit applied science and technol- ogy development company and Peterzen has been working with them for a while to obtain the grant for the program. <The grant will be used for furthering earth science and space programs, but it was pri- marily obtained for the weather balloon launch program at SHS,= he said. Peterzen will be continuing his work with his company, ISTAR, and for Battelle eventu- ally to test anten- nas for NASA systems and do further research in the Arctic Circle. ISTAR has also teamed with Battelle to bid on the NASA strato- spheric balloon program which involves manag- PHOTO BY CEILI CORNELIUS ing the program Up, up and away! Students launched two balloons and developing loaded with experiments last Thursday. new research opportunities. landing,= said Rima Givot. On Thursday afternoon, After retrieving the bal- the first balloon was retrieved loons, students gathered their in Post by rancher Jim Wood own experiments to collect 4 who happens to be a data on what happened to Sisters resident and father of them during flight. Sisters High School student The camera teams will Lachlan Wood, who previ- also begin piecing together ously had participated in the the footage retrieved from balloon launch program. The flight. initial data said that one of The weather balloon the balloons reached at least launch program will continue 88,000 feet in the atmosphere. at Sisters High School, and The second balloon was according to Peterzen, with spotted by a fisherman and more grants and funding, can his wife at the Prineville be made an available program Reservoir, landing in the in every school. water. <This was the first time the balloons were both spotted and we were contacted right away instead of just tracking them, they were actually seen NEED IT, RENT IT! 411 E. 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A dunking this time of year can be deadly.= This season, many people new to paddling or people who haven9t paddled in a while are strongly encour- aged to take a free, online paddling course to learn about self-rescue, how to re-board your paddle- craft, important equipment/ requirements and other safety skills to develop. Start out on calm, flat water, and slowly progress to other waterbodies as skills develop. There are also pad- dling clubs in many com- munities as well as online forums with local safety information. DECK RENOVATION Pressure Washer Luxury Senior Assisted & Independent Living DROWNING: Paddling accidents on the rise in Oregon 11 541-549-9631 506 N. Pine St. Mon-Fri: 7 am-5:30 pm Sat: 8 am-5 pm SistersRental.com The Sisters Kiwanis Food Bank is open and we welcome your visit! If you qualify by meeting the federal standard of poverty income level, we provide a wide variety of food choices tailored to your family’s tastes and geared for healthy meals. The Sisters Kiwanis Food Bank is open every other week and you are encouraged to anticipate your food needs for two weeks at a time between visits to the food bank. The next pick up date is Thursday, May 14, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. We are located at 328 W. Main Ave. in Sisters