T he C olumbia P ress
March 15, 2019
Grade school hosts Oregon Battle of the Books
Local teams have been get-
ting ready for regional com-
petitions of Oregon Battle of
the Books.
Warrenton Grade School’s
third through fifth grades
traveled to St. Helens last
weekend for a regional com-
petition.
The middle school competi-
tion will be Saturday, March
16, at Warrenton Grade
School.The top teams in each
division move on to compete
at the OBOB state finals April
6 at Chemeketa Community
College in Salem.
In Battle of the Books com-
petitions, teams participate
in a round robin, quiz bowl-
type competition.
Students read up to 16
books and answer questions
as a team on the content. The
questions are written by vol-
unteer teams of teachers, li-
brarians, and others.
Warrenton started with
about 30 participants be-
tween the two divisions, but
only one team of five students
for each division is able to
compete regionally.
Warrenton teams faced off
earlier in the year in a prac-
tice battle against OBOB
teams from Astoria at the As-
toria Public Library.
Participation in this com-
petition fosters in students a
love of reading and can gen-
erate much excitement about
academic achievement, said
Dianna Widdows, Warrenton
Grade School’s library media
specialist.
The program continues to
grow each year to the point
where thousands of students
participate at the school lev-
el.
“The positive image of read-
ing created by the Battle of the
Books has incalculable effects
on attitudes toward reading
of a large number of area stu-
dents,” Widdows said.
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Love of reading starts early
Northwest power supplies low, BPA says
Unseasonably cold tem-
peratures have put pressure
on the region’s electricity
system, the Bonneville Power
Administration announced.
The cold, plus low stream
flows that limit hydropower
production, and constraints
on transmission imports has
caused the provider to take
steps to increase power sup-
plies and reduce consumer
demand.
“It’s always a good idea to
use electricity wisely, and it’s
even more important when
supplies are tight,” said Elliot
Mainzer, BPA administrator.
As temperatures are fore-
cast to remain unseasonably
cool, BPA has asked custom-
ers to reduce energy use when
possible to relieve stress on
the power system.
As the nation’s single larg-
est supplier of carbon-free
hydroelectricity, BPA takes
its responsibilities to the re-
gion very seriously and is pre-
pared to manage through all
water conditions.
BPA, a nonprofit feder-
al power marketer, and its
partners are tracking the low
streamflow conditions in the
Columbia and Snake river
basins and will continue to
explore various options for
meeting power needs.
Public safety calls
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March 9, 0-100 block East Har-
bor Drive.
• Male lift assist, 6:06 a.m.
March 9, 500 block Pacific
Drive.
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wants transport, 10:26 a.m.
March 9, 90500 block Digger
Road.
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p.m. March 9, 33100 block Patri-
ot Way, Camp Rilea.
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10:25 a.m. March 10, 1100 block
Northwest Ridge Road.
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male, 2:11 p.m. March 10, 0-100
block North Highway 101.
• Male with possible stroke,
4:25 p.m. March 10, 2200 block
Southeast Dolphin Avenue.
• Male with chest pain, 6:24 p.m.
March 10, 33100 block Patriot
Way, Camp Rilea.
Photo courtesy Rick Newton
Julian Barajas, 3, of Warrenton clutches his first book
received from Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library. With
him are his father, Julian Sr., and mother, Mayvis Cardi-
naletti. Imagination Library is a free book-gifting program
begun by the singer that mails books to children from
birth until they begin school, regardless of family income.
Launched in 1995, more than 116 million books have
been given away worldwide. To learn more, go to imagi-
nationlibrary.com.