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At left, John Buckley, East Fork Irrigation district manager, at a recent event marking the district’s project to pipe and pressurize 56
miles of open-ditch irrigation canals.
Honored for their contributions to supporting the progress and implementation of irrigation modernization projects are, from left,
Jed Jorgensen, director of energy solutions; Farmers Conservation Alliance; Peter West, director of energy efficiency and renewable
energy generation, Energy Trust of Oregon; Julie Davies O’Shea, executive director, Farmers Conservation Alliance; John Buckley,
East Fork Irrigation District manager; and Brian Nakamura, East Fork Irrigation District board president.
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East Fork Irrigation District
celebrates modernization project
HOOD RIVER — In mid-May, East Fork Irrigation District
(EFID) celebrated a project now underway to pipe and pres-
surize 56 miles of open-ditch irrigation canals.
Modernizing their irrigation infrastructure will conserve
water, reduce energy use, improve reliability, increase public
safety, and enhance fish and wildlife habitat in the Hood
River watershed, said a press release.
“This marks a significant step forward for our patrons, our
natural resources, and for the entire Hood River watershed,”
said John Buckley, East Fork Irrigation District manager.
“By working together, we are saving money and increasing
the reliability of our irrigation systems at the same time. The
improvements we are making today will benefit generations
of water users.”
Once the 10-year project is completed, EFID will save
more than $300,000 in patron pumping costs while improv-
ing the overall efficiency and reliability of the entire irrigation
system, said the press release.
By converting open-ditch irrigation canals into under-
ground, closed-piped systems, the project will eliminate
water losses from end spills, saving an estimated 16.6 cubic
feet per second, or 5,287 acre-feet annually. The district will
allocate 75 percent of the saved water, or up to 12.45 cubic
feet per second, to instream use during the irrigation season.
“This project supports the span of diverse agricultural pro-
ducers in the Hood River watershed who rely on irrigation,
enabling them to produce more efficiently and cut costs,”
said Jason Jeans, Natural Resources Conservation Service
(NRCS) Oregon acting state conservationist. “The vast ben-
efits to landowners and the environment are significant and
quantifiable.”
“Farmers Conservation Alliance is honored to help the
East Fork Irrigation District — right in our backyard — take
steps towards a more efficient and reliable irrigation sys-
tem,” said Julie Davies O’Shea, executive director, Farmers
Conservation Alliance (FCA). “And to recognize visionary
leaders like Sen. Merkley, East Fork’s John Buckley and
Energy Trust of Oregon’s Peter West. Without Sen. Merkley’s
leadership on PL-566, projects like this would not be possi-
ble. Access to funding from PL566 has made things we never
thought possible a reality. This plan will save more than
$300,000 a year for EFID’s farmers, conserving water, reduc-
ing energy use, improving reliability, and enhancing fish and
wildlife habitat in the Hood River watershed.”
“In the time I have been here, we have piped over 37 miles
— they’ve been anything from a little ditch to a large canal,”
said Buckley. “I didn’t think I’d ever see the day when we’d
have an open system that would ever be closed.”
Buckley is retiring after 41 years with East Fork Irrigation
District; he has been manager of the district since 1996.
“There are now 25 different projects in this state with FCA,
in 14 different counties, representing 55% of the irrigable
land in Oregon. It has been my joy and pleasure to be a
part of these solutions,” said Peter West, Energy Trust of
Oregon’s director of energy efficiency and renewable energy
generation.
With the support of Energy Trust of Oregon, FCA launched
the Irrigation Modernization Program in 2015 to support
farmers in their pursuit of comprehensive irrigation improve-
ments. The IMP delivers full modernization strategies that
identify infrastructure improvements, funding sources, and
strategic partnerships that enable projects to become shovel
ready, said a press release.
The project is a joint effort among NRCS, East Fork
Irrigation District, Bonneville Power Administration,
Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs, Hood River Watershed
Group, Energy Trust of Oregon, Farmers Conservation
Alliance and in coordination with other agencies, stakehold-
ers, and the public.
For more information on the project, visit fcasolutions.org/
EFID-celebration.
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What does Snoopy teach children?
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Snoopy teaches us that having an active imagination is not only
fun, but important. Snoopy is very creative. He loves to write
stories. He also paints, performs puppet shows (which he calls
“Pawpet Shows,” often retellings of his favorite movies), and he
dances a lot.
noopy was created as a cartoon
character by Charles M. Schulz in
1950. Snoopy is based on a real dog
Schulz had when he was a teenager,
named Spike. Spike had a white body
with black ears (like Snoopy!) and was a
very smart dog—also like Snoopy!
And Snoopy spreads love and
friendship throughout the
Peanuts comic strip,
especially when he kisses
Lucy, even if she doesn’t
like “dog lips.”
Spike’s name was also used for one of
Snoopy’s brothers. In the Peanuts comic
strip, Snoopy’s brother Spike
lives in the desert and
sometimes
talks to the
cactus!
Snoopy makes mistakes,
too. He often forgets the
name of his owner, Charlie
Brown. Circle every other
letter to find out what
Snoopy calls him instead.
Standards Link: Reading Comprehension: Follow simple written directions.
Use the number code to find out some
amazing facts about Snoopy!
0 1 2 3 4
5 6 7 8 9
Number of Peanuts comic strips
Charles M. Schulz drew during his
50-year career:
Snoopy Through the Years
As he sits on his doghouse, Snoopy imagines
himself to be much more than just an ordinary
dog. One example is the World War I Flying Ace
shown above, who is always in search of his
enemy, the dreaded Red Baron.
Snoopy started out as a small puppy in Peanuts and acted a lot like a real dog. But as
the Peanuts comic strip developed, Snoopy grew up, stood on two feet, climbed on top
of his doghouse, and had wild, imaginative adventures! Compare the versions of
Snoopy. Circle three things about Snoopy that stayed the same through the years.
Although
Snoopy is
perhaps the
world’s most famous
beagle, his breed had not
been mentioned at all for the
first 10 years or so of Peanuts.
And when he was first
called a beagle, Snoopy
denied it!
How did Snoopy “meet” his little bird buddy,
Woodstock? Woodstock was born in a nest
built on Snoopy’s stomach one day while he
was napping on top of his doghouse. A mama
bird laid two eggs in the nest, and two chicks
hatched. One of the chicks flew away.
But the other couldn’t quite fly right and
never seemed to want to go far.
That little bird was Woodstock.
And Snoopy and Woodstock
soon became best friends.
The astronauts _____ the lunar
module in outer space when they
returned to Earth. So Snoopy (the
lunar module) has been orbiting
in space for over 50 years!
Today, Snoopy’s image is used on a special pin
given to astronauts and NASA scientists called
The Silver Snoopy Award. The Silver Snoopy
Award is awarded for __________.
Number of Snoopy and the Peanuts gang
feature films:
TV specials:
Number of newspapers in which Peanuts
appeared:
A Very Special Award
Make Pictures Talk
Cut out a photo in the newspaper that has a
person or an animal in it. Make up something
for each person or animal to say.
In 1969, Snoopy soared into _________
in the Peanuts comic strip and declared
himself the “first Beagle on the Moon.”
At the same time in real life, ___________
were trying to land on the moon. The lunar
module that was part of the Apollo 10 mission
that ______ astronauts to the
moon in May 1969, was
nicknamed Snoopy.
Images courtesy: Peanuts Worldwide, LLC
Which of the characters below has Snoopy
pretended to be? Do the math under each
character below. If the answer is an even
number, circle that character in green. If it’s an
odd number, cross it out in red crayon.
ASTRONAUTS
WOODSTOCK
PEANUTS
F S M R O F R E P U
STOMACH
N C E E L G A E B S
SNOOPY
S I D Y O N A N P S
BEAGLE
P M A D P N Y I D A
SAFETY
I O L M U O L P O F
SPIKE
COMIC
K C O T S D O O W E
SMART
E O S M A R T N G T
MEDAL
N S T O M A C H S Y
MOON
S T U A N O R T S A
LIPS
Standards Link: Letter sequencing. Recognize identical
DOG
words. Skim and scan reading. Recall spelling patterns.
Charles Schulz won many
awards for his Peanuts work.
Shortly after his death in 2000,
the U.S. Congress voted to
recognize Charles Schulz’s
work and life with the highest
honor the United States
government can bestow upon
a citizen. Hold this page up
to a mirror to discover the
name of this award.
Standards Link: Writing dialogue.
Comic Strip
Puzzles
Find a comic strip in
the newspaper and cut
the frames apart. Then
read the comic and
see if you can put the
strip back together in
the correct order.
Standards Link: Sequence
information.
Toon Opinion
What is your favorite cartoon?
Why is it your favorite? Use
examples to back up your opinion.
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