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THURSDAY, MARCH 19,2015
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Baker City Students Compete in 2015 ’’Battle of the Bookr’
14 students from South Baker
Intermediate and Baker Middle
Schools competed in the Oregon
Battle
of
the
Books
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Region 6 tournament on Saturday,
March 7,2015 at the BMCC cam­
pus in Pendleton. This was the
third year for South Baker students
to participate in the statewide read­
ing program and first year for
BMS.
Oregon Battle of the Books is a
statewide reading competition
sponsored by the Oregon Associa­
tion of School Libraries and
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organized locally by participating
school systems and public
libraries. Baker County Library
District partners with the Baker 5 J
schools to participate in the activi­
ties. OBOB celebrates a love of
reading and supports good sports­
manship while motivating young
people to broaden their reading
experience and increase their read­
ing comprehension. Reader teams
in 3rd through 12th grades com­
pete in local and regional battles
before moving on to the state tour­
nament which will take place April
11,2015 in Salem.
The 14 Baker students were
finalists of approximately 46
students who began training for
OBOB last Oct. 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, including 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 Feb. 21, a local com­
petition 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 five members
which competed in two different
divisions, one division for 3rd-5th
graders and another for the 6th-8th
graders. The Region 6 tournament
included teams from La Grande,
Adrian, Arlington, Condon, Ione,
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The South Baker team compet­
ing 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 a team from Irrigon.
Karl Boman, Makayla Mills,
Kyle Handyside, and Shelby
Griffin 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 a
team from Adrian nobly and lost
by three points, which is just half
of a question.
“Our Battle students battled
bravely, answered accurately,
team-worked terrifically," said
OBOB Coach 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 unashamed 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. Donations 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 by Courtney Snyder
4th and 5th Graders from South Baker - Trinity Free, Penelope Simmons;
Jake Sargeant, Enola Watson, and Savannah Brown. Courtney Snyder in.
back.
Submitted by Courtney Snyder
6th Graders from South Baker - Makayla Mills, Shelby Griffin, Karl Boman,
and Kyle Handyside.
Submitted by Courtney Snyder
7th-8th Graders from Baker Middle School - Kale Cassidy, Grayson Jensen;
Izzy Watchel, Kristal Jensen, and Melissa Titus.
Rushton to Compete in State Solo Contest
The annual Spring Concert featur­
ing the choirs from 7th and 8th
grade, Concert Choir, Treble Choir
and Bel Canto was held on March
12.
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Eloise Violet Horan
was born Sat., March 7, 2015
at Saint Alphonsus Hospital in
Baker City to Kelly and Jim
Horan of Baker City. She
weighed 10 lbs. 7 oz. and 22
3/4 inches long. Grandpar­
ents are Mark and Barb
Whiteside of Oak Lake, Wis.,
and Tim and Jennifer Horan
of Plymouth, Minn.