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12 — THE BAKER COUNTY PRESS FRIDAY, MARCH 20, 2015 Local Students compete in ‘Battle of the Books’ Fourteen students from South Baker Intermediate and Baker Middle Schools competed in the Oregon Battle of the Books – Region 6 tournament on Saturday, March 7, 2015 at the BMCC campus in Pendleton. This was the third year for South Baker students to participate in the statewide reading program and fi rst year for BMS. Oregon Battle of the Books (OBOB) is a state- wide reading competition sponsored by the Oregon Association of School Libraries and organized locally by participating school systems and public libraries. Baker County Li- brary District partners with the Baker 5J schools to participate in the activities. OBOB celebrates a love of reading and supports good sportsmanship while motivating young people to broaden their reading experience and increase their reading comprehen- sion. Reader teams in 3rd through 12th grades com- pete in local and regional battles before moving on to the state tournament which will take place April 11 in Salem. The fourteen Baker students were fi nalists of approximately 46 stu- dents who began training for OBOB last October by reading the 16 books selected for each of their divisions. Weekly practices were held at the schools by Coach Courtney Snyder of Baker County Library District to quiz students on content questions about all the books. Students needed to be able to demonstrate their ability to quickly recall a wide variety of detailed information about the books they read, in- cluding full book titles and author names. In the quiz- bowl style competition, a team is awarded points for each correct answer but points may be stolen by the other team if an incorrect answer is given or time expires. On February 21, a local competition was held at Baker County Public Library to determine the teams to advance to the regional competition. The three advancing teams consisted of four to fi ve members which competed in two different divisions, one division for 3rd-5th graders and anoth- er for the 6th-8th graders. The Region 6 tournament included teams from La Grande, Adrian, Arlington, Condon, Ione, Milton- Freewater and more. The South Baker team competing in the 3rd-5th grade division included Enola Watson, Jake Sargeant, Savannah Brown, Trinity Free, and Penelope Simmons. They made it past pool play into the bracket round where they lost to Irrigon. Karl Boman, Makayla Mills, Kyle Handyside, and Shelby Griffi n made up a team of all 6th graders from South Baker who competed in the 6th-8th grade division and bravely battled in pool play but were unable to move on to the bracket round. Grayson Jensen, Izzy Wachtel, Kristal Jensen, Melissa Titus, and Kale Cassidy comprised the 6th-8th grade division team from Baker Middle School. Having progressed past the pool play into the bracket round, they battled Adrian nobly and lost by three points, which is just half of a question. “Our Battle students battled bravely, answered accurately, team-worked terrifi cally,” said Courtney Snyder of Baker County Library. “The students involved love the program and love reading and are excited to battle another day. I am proud and un- ashamed at all they did. I’m also very excited to try again next year.” T-shirts for the OBOB teams were provided by Baker County Library District and its Friends of the Library group. Do- nations to support next year’s program can be sent to Baker County Public Library. “And should you be interested in what the students were reading,” Snyder adds, “all books are available from the Baker County Public Library!” Submitted Photo. South Baker’s 4th and 5th graders. Submitted Photo. Baker Middle School’s 7th and 8th graders. Submitted Photo. South Baker’s 6th graders. Find us on Facebook: www. facebook.com/ theBCPress The basis for successful relationships is simple: You turn to each other and you can heal, turn against each other and you damage. Getting to that “turning to” place is where it gets complicated and very personal. Using a rare mix of the author’s personal and professional experience, this book will show you how. “… an incredible, must-read book. Howard Bronson’s openness about his own relationships makes this book honest, insightful, educational and raw.” — Denise Brown President and Co-Founder The Nicole Brown Foundation New from the author of How to Heal a Broken Heart in 30 Days, as seen on The Today Show! Howard F. Bronson, MSJ, is the author of several popular self help books including: Good Idea! Now What? (Time/Warner), How To Heal A Broken Heart in 30 Days (Penguin/Random House), Dog Gone (Best- sell) and Early Winter (Bestsell) among others. His works have appeared in over 200 newsletters in the health care and legal industries. He wrote this book after years working with troubled marriages. Available in Kindle format now on Amazon, and in paperback everywhere! $10.95 paperback Black Lyon Publishing, LLC ISBN 978-1-934912-70-6
