Local student participates in gifted program
The Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, August Zl, IMS-SEVEN
School can be frustrating
Itnd difficult, but not just for
pedal education students
with learning disabilities or
physical handicaps.
""Between 5 and IS percent
of the school-age population
who have above-average In
telligence are not being suffic
iently challenged by the nor
mal school system and may
actually become underach-
of
levers," according to a U
0. news release.
Some 440 of these students,
who are classified as "gifted
and talented," Including
Anne Murray of Heppner,
have been participating In the
University of Oregon's new
summer enrichment program
sponsored by the College of
Education. The junior-high-school-age
young people, who
fit under the US. Office of
Education's criteria of high
achievement potential In In
telligence and creativity,
come from all over Oregon
and neighboring states to
attend one of three sessions.
The students each elect to
study four of 24 subjects,
ranging from astronomy, bot
any, physics, ecology and
creative writing to semantics,
social sciences and perform
ing arts.
The non-competitive classes
are designed for personal
enrichment, "to show these
kids they can become Inde
pendent learners," said edu
cation professor George Shep
erd, head of the program.
They are encouraged to mix
"bard" and "soft" courses, to
take classes reflecting both
their present Interests and
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areas in which U)y have no
previous knowledge, he noted.
Bill Douglas, a former
student of mime Marcel
Marceau and teacher for the
mime performance class, said
his students create and per
form their own scripts. In
every session, Douglas said,
there have been several stud
ents whose talent is "so
extraordinary that they could
easily become professional."
Other class projects include
creating artistic designs In the
lawns around the Erb Memor
ial Union and making bricks to
be laid on one of the university
walkways.
The students also at
tend other events at the
university and in the comm
unity, such as the recent brain
research conference sponsor
ed by the education college
and the Summer Music Fes
tival hosted by the music
school.
Oregon has a unique prog
ram here, Sheperd asserts,
explaining that the age group
the program serves "is at a
crucial time in then lives
where they need to explore as
many options as possible."
One problem Sheperd ack
nowledges that these students
nay face when they return to
their home schools is that
their intellectual needs are
greater than normal school
systems may be able to
supply.
But he hopes that the
summer enrichment program
kaa stimulated the students to
be more independent and to
Initiate more of their own
creative development. In add
ition, parents and teachers in
hometown schools receive
observational reports on each
student to aid in developing
each youngster's special abil
ities. Student reaction about the
program have been enthus
iastic, reports Sheperd. Most
are eager to come back next
summer.
O-plus to save
time, money
If time is money, nearly
7,000 Pacific Nortrhwest Bell
customers in Hermiston,
Stanfield and Echo stand to
save a little of both over the
next two months, thanks to a
new long distance service
called "O Plus" dialing,
according to a Pacific North
west Bell (PNB) news release.
PNB Manager Linda Buck
ner says 0 Plus" dialing
replaces the old procedure of
just dialing "O" when placing
collect, person-to-person,
credit card and third-number-'
billed long distance calls, with
the old system, the operator
took the billing information
then placed the call.
"With 'O Plus' dialing the
customer dials 'O' for an
operator and then the tele
phone number, including the
area code, if necessary. While
the call is going through, an
operator asks for the billing
information.
"An 'O Plus' dialed call is
routed to an operator using a
modern electronic console
instead of a switchboard. The
console allows the operator to
serve the customer about
twice as quickly as with a
switchboard," Pickner ex
plains. Operators will also help with
emergency calls, just like they
always have, she reports.
They'll have a complete list
of emergency services in the
towns PNB serves.
Hermiston customers were
to have gotten "O Plus"
dialing service last Thursday,
Aug. 14, Buckner says. Echo
customers will receive it
September 27. and "O Plus"
dialing comes to Stanfield on
October 25.
The local conversion is part
of a five month program to
provide the service to nearly
30 communities served by
PNB and other telephone
companies in Northeast Ore
gon. It coincides with a $2.2
million modernization project
to replace 36 outmoded wood
vea switchboards in PNB's
Pendleton Operator Service
office with 44 modern, high
speed electronic operator con
soles. The conversion will be
complete, Buckner says, in
late December.