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“I can’t wait,” he said. “I hope
I learn a lot from it.”
Other students and teachers
participating are from high
schools in Bandon and Lincoln
City, as well as Southwestern
Oregon Community College
and Oregon Coast Community
College.
“This project will provide a
transformational educational
experience for high school and
community college students
and their teachers,” said Tracy
Crews, marine education man-
ager for Oregon Sea Grant.
“By immersing students and
teachers in at-sea research, we
hope to increase the STEM-re-
lated skills of all participants
and encourage students to
seek out STEM careers,” she
said.
Hansen, Quashnick-Hollo-
way and the others will con-
duct marine mammal and
seabird surveys and correlate
Tracy Crews of Oregon Sea
Grant works with a student.
the presence and absence with
oceanographic data.
They’ll also conduct plankton
tows where marine mammals
are found to determine prey
availability.
Photo
identification
of
whales will be conducted to
describe individual movement
patterns, and the team will fly
drones over whales to docu-
ment behavior and assess body
condition.
The project is a collaborative
effort of Oregon Sea Grant, Or-
egon State’s College of Earth,
Ocean and Atmospheric Sci-
ences and the Oregon Coast
STEM Hub, which serves ed-
ucators, students and commu-
nities along the Oregon Coast.
The STEM Hub is at the Hat-
field Marine Science Center in
Newport.
The research vessel Oceanus
is operated by Oregon State
University and owned by the
National Science Foundation.
Leigh Torres, an assistant
professor at Oregon State and
a member of the university’s
Marine Mammal Institute,
and Kim Bernard, an assistant
professor at Oregon State who
leads the Zooplankton Ecology
Lab, will be the chief scientists
on the excursion.
OSU is one of only two uni-
versities in the country desig-
nated a land-, sea-, space- and
sun-grant institution.
This Week in Aboriginal History
by Carl A. Ellis
Lewis and Clark encounter Sioux, who make demands
Sept. 21, 1904: Chief Jo-
seph, leader of the Wallowa
band of the Nez Perce Tribe,
dies. He led his people on an
epic flight across the Rocky
Mountains in 1877.
Sept. 22, 1783: The Conti-
nental Congress, consider-
ing the steady encroachment
of white colonists, issues a
proclamation prohibiting un-
authorized settlement or pur-
chase of Indian lands. It de-
clares that Congress has the
sole right to regulate trade
and manage all affairs with
Indians.
Sept. 23, 1839: The Chero-
kee Nation’s Supreme Court
is established.
Sept. 24, 1804: The Teton
Sioux meet the Lewis and
Clark Expedition. Judging
them somewhat hostile, the
party fires an air gun. The
Indians aren’tt frightened or
impressed, and demand one
of group’s boats as a toll for
passing upriver.
Sept. 25, 1513: Spanish ex-
plorer Vasco Nunez de Bal-
boa, the first European to
cross America, claims the
Pacific Ocean for Spain after
crossing the isthmus of Pan-
ama.
Sept. 26, 1867: Both sides
sustain heavy losses on the fi-
nal day of a three-day fight in
Infernal Canyon, present-day
Modoc County, Calif. The 1st
Cavalry, 23rd Infantry and
Boise Indian scouts fought
with a combined force of
Paiute, Pit River and Modoc
Indians. The Army loses one
officer and six soldiers, plus
one civilian is killed and 11
soldiers are wounded. Indi-
an losses include 20 deaths,
12 wounded and two who are
captured.
Sept. 27, 1719: Frenchman
Charles Claude du Tisne is
scouting around northern
Oklahoma near the Arkan-
sas River. He claims the ter-
ritory for France. Eventually
a trading post is built near
Newkirk.
Ellis is an author and his-
torian working on a book
about American Indians.
Senior Moments
with Emma Edwards
A better label for baby boomers
Some of us seniors (a word
that seems to represent peo-
ple age 50 to 105) were dis-
cussing the fact that many or
most of us have “kids” 50 and
older.
AARP thinks we’re seniors
upon reaching our 50th
birthday, while most senior
discounts are offered to those
55 and older. I remain part
of a group of seniors at my
big church, where social ac-
tivities and Bible studies are
offered to those 55 and older.
I think we need to speak
more clearly about what I
think of as the “forgotten
group” of people, the baby
boomers. No, I’m not ad-
vocating we call them baby
boomers. Instead, I think a
positive name would be the
“boomer bunch.”
Think of how much easier it
would be to plan outings for
them -- the ones ages 50 to 75.
Then we could still have that
amazing group of 75 to 105.
I know the word “bunch”
belongs to bananas, such as a
bunch of bananas. But how of-
ten have you seen a banana at
the grocery store all by itself?
That’s why I like the word
“bunch.” Seniors can often be
found in bunches.
I probably won’t be so pop-
ular with this next thought.
Sometimes I’m embarrassed
to take even a 10 percent se-
Senior lunch menu
Monday, Sept. 24: Baked chicken breast, cornbread stuffing,
gravy, green beans, spinach salad, apple pie.
Thursday, Sept. 27: Hamburger stroganoff, noodles, carrots,
coleslaw, bread pudding.
The Warrenton senior lunch program is at noon (doors
open at 10:30 a.m.) Mondays and Thursdays at Warrenton
Community Center, 170 SW Third St. Suggested donation is
$5 for ages 55 and older; $7 for those younger. For more
information, call 503-861-3502.
nior discount when a young
mother is standing by, obvi-
ously pinching her pennies.
I am told by the “experts”
that the coveted discount is
figured into prices in other
ways. Who knows, but I wish
I could turn around and say
“Here, take my discount” and
help someone that day.
I used to buy a spendy jar
of a vegetable/fruit wash un-
til I learned that half a cup
white vinegar stirred into 2
1/2 cups of water was an even
better wash. I know that the
phrase “God helps those who
help themselves” is not in the
Bible, but it works for me.
Speaking of fruit, like ap-
ples and canning, autumn of-
ficially begins tomorrow. No
way! Yes, WAY!
On a lighter note, how many
of us enjoy chewing bubble
gum? You know age does
things to us mobility-wise,
but most of us still can amaze
ourselves and the kids with
our bubble gum blowing abil-
ities. Maybe we should have a
contest someday.
Anyway, I learned that in
1928, 23-year-old Walter Di-
emer created the world’s first
successful bubble gum. Do
you remember the name? I
think I’ll make you wait until
next week because I think it
will eventually come to you.
Talk about groups, I heard
of an interesting group the
other day. Once a week, there
is a group of retired men who
get together to eat out. They
call themselves the ROMEOS
(retired old men eating out).
We seniors know how to
have fun! But think of it;
many in the boomer bunch
still are hard at work, so can’t
always be there. I know, food
for thought!