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Hood River News, Saturday, March 7, 2015
Dayley advances to State Geographic Bee
Photo by Kirby Neumann-Rea
JEREMIAH DAYLEY, on the HRMS campus, enjoys U.S. geog-
raphy questions most, but is preparing for global questions.
Jeremiah Dayley gained
his geography chops the
classic way.
“I have some atlases
around the house, and I
subscribe to National Geo-
graphic,” said the Hood
River Middle School sixth
grader, who is a semifinal-
ist in the 2015 Oregon Na-
tional Geographic State
Bee, sponsored by Google
and Plum Creek, March 27
in Salem.
This is the second level
of the National Geograph-
ic Bee competition, which
is now in its 27th year.
School Bees were held in
schools with fourth-
through eighth-grade stu-
dents throughout the state
to determine each school
champion. Last month,
school champions then
took a qualifying test,
which they submitted to
the National Geographic
Society. The National Geo-
graphic Society has invited
up to 100 of the top-scoring
students in each of the 50
states, District of Colum-
bia, Department of De-
fense Dependents Schools
and U.S. territories to com-
pete in the state Bees.
“It’s quite an achieve-
ment for a sixth grader,”
and the first time the
school has had a semi-final-
ist, said HRMS principal
Brent Emmons. This year,
53 HRMS students partici-
pated, up from about 30 in
past years.
Each state champion
will receive $100, the “Na-
tional Geographic Atlas of
the World, 10th Edition,” a
medal, and a trip to Wash-
ington, D.C., to represent
their state in the National
Geographic Bee Champi-
onship to be held at Nation-
al Geographic Society
headquarters, May 11-13.
The national champion
will receive a $50,000 col-
lege scholarship and life-
time membership in the
Society. The national cham-
pion will also travel (along
with one parent or
guardian), all expenses
paid, to the Galápagos Is-
lands, where he/she will
experience geog raphy
firsthand through up-close
encounters with the island-
s’ unique wildlife and land-
scapes. Travel for the trip
is provided by Lindblad Ex-
peditions and National Ge-
og raphic.
Visit
www.nationalgeographic.c
om/geobee for more infor-
mation on the National Ge-
ographic Bee.
National Geographic
Channel and Nat Geo
WILD will air the 2015 Na-
tional Geographic Bee
Championship final round,
moderated by award-win-
ning journalist Soledad
O’Brien, on Friday, May 15,
at 8 p.m. ET. The final
round will be aired later on
public television stations.
Check local television list-
ings for air date and time
in your area.
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How would you fare as a
Bee contestant? At the
school Bees this year, stu-
dents had to answer such
questions as:
Balboa Park, with more
than ten museums, per-
forming arts centers, and
gardens, is located in
which southern California
city?
San Diego
Taylor Swift performed
songs from her album Red
last summer in Kuala
Lumpur, the capital of
which Asian country that
borders the South China
Sea?
Malaysia
Disney’s blockbuster
movie Frozen is set in the
fictional land of Arendelle,
which was largely inspired
by the country of Norway.
Norway is located on
which European peninsu-
la?
Scandinavian Peninsula
This Week at HRVHS
Monday, March 9
Friday, March 13
Ski team awards, 6 p.m. @
Cafeteria
“The Madwoman of Chail-
lot” (winter play), 7 p.m. @
Bowe Theatre
Tuesday, March10
National Honor Society in-
duction, 7:30 pm @Bowe The-
atre
Wednesday, March 11
Wrestling team awards, 5
p.m. @ Cafeteria
Thursday, March 12
Choir performance, 12:15
p.m. @HRMS
Smarter Balance Informa-
tion Night, 6 p.m. @ Bowe
Theatre
HRV football meeting, 7
p.m. @ Room H-15
Saturday, March 14
Lear n by Doing Track
Clinic, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. @
HRVHS
Fashion Club Meeting,
10 a.m. @ Room B-2
“The Madwoman of Chail-
lot” (winter play), 7 p.m. @
Bowe Theatre
Sunday, March 15
No activities scheduled
All games and activities
(home and away) can be
found at www.HRVHS.com
Page contest coming
to an end at library
Photo by Trisha Walker
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Hood River artist. Lindberg
taught a bookmaking class in
the cafeteria, where students
used visual imagery — and
watercolors — to express their
thoughts and feelings. Every
day, the students would jour-
nal about the previous day’s
experiences.
Joining Lindberg in the
cafeteria-turned-art-studio
was Pam Springer of High
Prairie, Wash., whose stu-
dents molded clay into bird-
houses. Charlene Fort, of
Hood River, and Stephanie
Johnston, of The Dalles,
brought their glassmaking
experience to the school’s li-
brary, helping students make
colorful designs on glass
tiles. Tim Snyder, owner of
Underground Music Station
in downtown Hood River,
turned the Old Gym stage
into a music room with a
bucket drumming class.
And those are only four of
the week’s offerings.
In the past, Mid Valley par-
ticipated in an Artists in Resi-
dence program, but that
would involve only one grade
at a time. With Arts Week, all
students are engaged all week.
And even though they chose
different classes (students
identify their top three choic-
es from the list and are placed
accordingly), they are seeing
what their classmates are
doing, too.
“There’s an exchange with
the kids, ‘I did this, I did
that,’” McCauley said.
“They’re getting the rest of
the experience.”
Art Week classes run an
MICHELE DEARING, Collection Department Specialist, updates the
Million Page Challenge board.
Photos by Trisha Walker
DANIELA GARCIA works carefully to create a sunflower motif on
her glass tile Thursday during her Art Week class, taught by Char-
lene Fort and Stephanie Johnston, two Gorge-area glass artists.
hour and a half daily, with
school staff running addition-
al classes to round out the pro-
gram. Staff purposely choses
a wide variety of activities for
the students to pick from so
everyone can find something
that interests them.
Michele Dearing, Collec-
tion Development Specialist
for the Hood River County Li-
brary District, updated the
Million Page Challenge board
at the Hood River Library
Thursday afternoon. And
we’ve got sad news, Hood
River County — we’re in last
place.
The Hood River Library
District was challenged by the
Pendleton Public Library and
a combined team of the Har-
ney and Lake County libraries
to a three-way race to see
which library’s patrons can
reach one million pages first.
The contest started Feb. 1.
As of Thursday, Hood River
County has read 76,486 pages,
putting us in last. Pendleton is
in second with 171,296 and
Harney/Lake in first with
484,223.
Books, audiobooks, newspa-
pers and magazines all count
in the contest. The catch:
They must be read or check
out from the library, and par-
ticipants must be 16 years or
older to qualify.
Assistant Library Director
Rachel Fox said patrons are
encouraged to fill out their
Million Page Challenge book-
marks (or write the number of
pages read on any sheet of
paper) and regularly turn
them in for tabulation to any
county library branch. The
contest ends March 15.
Bonus Winner #3, 4
Max Spears
cashed in as a
DOUBLE bonus
winner in this year’s
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PHENIX CARTON, Brycen Lauritsen, Oscar Zarate and Kyah Ferrel create one-of-a-kind custom birdhouses during their clay art class with
Pam Springer, a Washington artist who resides in High Prairie.
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THURSDAY, MARCH 12TH
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The combined savings of
the three approaches is esti-
mated at just under $1 mil-
lion for the 2015-16 fiscal
year.
“The college will align op-
erations to existing re-
sources, while continuing to
provide the high-quality ed-
ucational services the com-
munity has come to expect,”
Toda said.
He noted that community
college enrollment is down
across Oregon due to im-
provements in the state’s
economy.
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“The Columbia Gorge has
not been immune from this
common trend,” he said.
“Community colleges indis-
putably foster economic
growth. In doing so, we are
now, to some degree, victims
of our own success.”
Statewide enrollment is
down approximately 20 per-
cent from the height of the
(2008-11) recession.”
Revenue forecasts for the
coming year anticipate flat
tuition, level enrollment, a
“less than adequate” in-
A huge
‘Thank You’ to all
who attended my
surprise party, sent
cards and gave me
good wishes in person.
Special thanks to my
daughters, who really
“Got me”. The support
of family and friends
is priceless, and
turning 80 was
a hoot!
Sincerely,
Jo Smith
crease to $535 million for the
state-wide Community Col-
lege Support Fund and a
slight increase in property
tax receipts, Toda said.
The college is working on
next year’s budget, which
will be considered first by
the Columbia Gorge Com-
munity College Board of Ed-
ucation budget committee
and then by the board itself.
Positions are currently open
on the budget committee,
and the board is seeking ap-
plicants from Wasco and
Hood River counties: Inter-
ested people can send a let-
ter of interest with qualifi-
cations and contact informa-
tion to Tiffany Prince, assis-
tant to the president and
CGCC board, at 400 East
Scenic Dr., The Dalles, OR
97058. Deadline for consider-
ation is March 13. Oregon
law requires the college
adopt a balanced budget,
and a variety of cost-cutting
scenarios will be considered
during the upcoming budget
process.
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