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Hands on science to begin
TW O - Heppner Gazette-Tim es, Heppner, Oregon W ednesday, Decem ber 2.1998
2nd week Christmas Punch
The Official Newspaper
o f the City o f Heppner and the County of Morrow
The winter session of Hands
on Science is scheduled to begin
January
8
at
Heppner
Elementary School on non
school Fridays. The Hands on
Science
Program
is
a
recreational science program
open to children in grades K-6.
TTiis winter session will feature
classes in architecture and
engineering.
"Shape Makers" (K -l) will
have the students build the
"strongest bridges" and the
"tallest towers". The students
will change circles to cylinders,
squares to cubes and triangles to
tetrahedrons.
Finger traps,
rapper snappers, ramps and
balancing acts will have center
stage in this class. This K-l
class will be held from 10-11
a.m.
"Towers and Tales" (2-3) will
present classes where the
adventures will take the students
across a bridge, down a river in
a boat and into the land of the
pyramids. The students will
build decoders and abacus.
They will also untangle the
mysteries of scytales and
Egyptian hieroglyphics. This
class will be held from 1:30-2:30
p.m.
"Behind the Magic" (4-6) will
have the students explore
topology, geodesics, balance and
three-dimensional designs. The
activities are designed to tickle
the brain with teasers, puzzles,
tricks, and games. Some may
think this is magic, but the
students will unlock the science
secrets behind these activities.
This claSs will be held from 10-
winners announced
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Youth orchestra to give concert
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The newly formed Youth
Orchestra of the Oregon East
Symphony will present its debut
concert
at
on
Saturday,
December 5, at 4 p.m. at the
Armand Larive Middle School
Auditorium in Hermiston.
Thirty-two young people from
Heppner,
Hermiston and
Pendleton have been rehearsing
since September. Players range
from age eight through college
students. The orchestra includes
17 string players and a full
complement of symphonic
winds.
A few local adult
musicians will round out the
instrumentation at the concert.
The program will include
works by Bach and Albinoni, as
well as popular and seasonal
favorites like "Rudolph the Red-
Nosed Reindeer" and "Carol of
the Bells."
A task group from the OES met
during die summer to develop
the plan for a preparatory
orchestra. The orchestra was
needed because violinists from
most area towns did not have an
orchestra in which to play, said
April Hall Cutting, Hermiston
coordinator. "Pendleton is one
of the few school districts in the
state to still maintain a string
instrument program," she said.
Cutting said that the OES board
continues to strengthen its
outreach program.
"We had more than enough
musicians turn out to audition,"
said R. Lee Friese, founding
director of the Youth Orchestra.
Fnese also conducts the Oregon
East Symphony. "Most of the
players had no experience in a
symphony. It is a very different
from practicing alone or playing
in a band," Friese observed.
Associate conductor Tony
Marks of LaGrande said, "These
kids have come a long way in
just a few rehearsals. I'm real
proud of them." Marks was the
co-founder of the Grande Ronde
Youth Orchestra in 1990. Other
staff include Antigone Dudder,
Pendleton, as string coach and
Cutting.
The debut concert is sponsored
by Express Personnel Services
and the Desert Arts Council. In
addition, Hermiston Kiwanis
Club has made a major donation
to the scholarship fund to assist
players in paying for private
music lessons.
The youth
orchestra is supported by the
Outreach Program of the Oregon
East Symphony.
Special needs Children sought
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Referral, located at the
Schools in Morrow and
Umatilla-Morrow ESD, 1-800-
Umatilla
counties
are
927-5847, ext. 133.
attempting to locate all persons
Special needs could include
through age 21 not enrolled in
concerns with: hearing, vision,
school who may have special
speech,
language,
health,
needs.
learning, developmental delay,
Anyone having concerns
traumatic
brain
injury,
regarding a child in his or her
emotional
or
behavioral
care who is aged five-21 is
problems, mental retardation,
asked to contact the Morrow
orthopedic problems, autism or
County School District special
other disabilities.
education department contact
person,
Michael
Keown,
Morrow County School District j
R -l, 989-8202, 270 W. Main,
Box 368, Lexington, 97839.
Anyone having concerns
Send or Receive
about a child in his or her care |
who is aged birth-five years is i
Heppner Gazette-Times
asked to contact the Umatilla-
676-9211
Morrow County Resource and
Shannon Bara of Gardner’s Men's Wear in Heppner draws out this
week's winners in the Christmas Punch Contest now going on in
Heppner. She drew out the following $25 gift certificate winners:
Frances Peck won a $25 gift certificate to Lott's Electric; Betty
Rietmann won a gift certificate to The Shoe Box; Carolyn Holt to
Central Market and Sherree Mahoney won a gift certificate to
Pettyjohn's Farm & Builders Supply.
The Christmas Punch Contest runs through Christmas, so remember
to pick up your card and then have it punched as you shop the
following businesses: Gardner's Men's Wear, Coast to Coast, Les
Schwab Tires, Peterson's Jewelers, Lott's Electric, Shoe Box, Central
Red Apple Market, Pettyjohn's, Morrow County Grain Growers, Court
Street Market, Murray Drugs/ Country Rose and Corbin's Bowl and
Diner.
Don't forget that all entries in the contest are entered in the grand
prize drawing, were one person will win a total of $600 in gift
certificates from participating businesses.
Fund established for ailing boy
A fund raising project is
underway to assist a young area
boy, Drew Dennis, who has
recently been diagnosed with
leukemia.
Drew, the four-year-old son of
Aron and Heidi Dennis, was
treated at the Asher Clinic in
Fossil, where his illness was
detected, and then sent to
Doembecher
Hospital
in
Portland. Over a week of tests
and treatments were performed
on the four-year-old, which
amounted to an estimated
$17,000 in hospital expenses.
With his ongoing tests, it was
necessary to have a medical
port surgically inserted in his
chest so that his blood could be
monitored. According to a
family member, now that he has
been diagnosed with acute
lymphocytic leukemia, he will
have to be treated for three and
a half to four years with
chemotherapy.
Treafrnent
entails continued injections
three times a week and lengthy
examinations.
According to the family,
Drew's illness is curable but
will be very costly for the
Dennises, with time lost at
work, and traveling and lodging
expenses. Drew's father, Aron,
worked as a ranch hand on the
Stiewer Ranch.
Many area residents drove to
Portland to support the
Dennises and brought gifts for
Drew.
A fund has been established at
Klamath First Federal and
donation boxes have been
distributed in area markets.
For more information call Blu
Blakely, 989-8365.
Rebekahs honor Delpha Jones
Holly Rebekah Lodge #139 in
Lexington honored Delpha Jones
with a reception for her 35 years
o f serving as secretary for the
lodge.
Many friends and members
enjoyed visiting with Delpha and
her husband, Cecil Jones. A
memory book was presented to
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ries of Delpha with the group.
Decorating was done by lodge
members. Refreshments were
served by Noble Grand Kathy
Clark, Vice Grand Marlene Gray
and Virginia Peck.
Delpha is a 50 year member of
the Holly Lodge this year.
Children & Families
4-H News
commission to meet
Arts and Crafts
Club to meet
The Morrow County Creative
Arts and Crafts Club will meet
Wednesday, Dec. 16, at 12 noon
at Yaw's.
After lunch, the group will
travel to the home of Betty
Mills for a Christmas goodies
and $10 gift exchange.
The B am yarders
By Emily Unruh
The next meeting of the Mor
row County Commission on Chil
dren and Families will be held on
Tuesday, Dec. 8 at 7 p.m. at the
Morrow County Public Health
office in Boardman.
The main topics of discussion
will be the Emergency Food and
Shelter grants, Community Devel
opment grants and comprehensive
planning.
This is a public meeting and
everyone is welcome to attend.
For further information, call 676-
9675.
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New this winter will be a
Hands on Science class for
preschool aged children.
In
"Mother Goose Construction
Company" the preschool-aged
child will look at why Jack
rolled down the hill, why
Humpty Dumpty couldn't be put
together again and which
building techniques make the
strongest London Bridge. These
are just a few of the Mother
Goose rhymes that will be
explored from a scientist's
perspective.
The Hands on Science program
is made available through the
Umatilla-Morrow ESD. There
is a $45 registration fee. "This
fee enables the students to come
to class with nothing and leave
with lots of stuff so they can
repeat the experiments at home,”
says Hands on Spience area
coordinator, Sarah Carlson.
Scholarships are available. "We
don't want cost to be a
prohibitive
factor
to
participation in these classes,"
says Carlson. There are eight
classes in the session which will
end on March 12.
Registration forms will be sent
home from school with the
children or forms will be
available at the public libraries
and post offices in Heppner and
lone. Those wishing to register
are asked to do so early, because
the classes are limited to 10
participants.
For more information about the
program
or
scholarship
information contact Carlson,
422-7245.
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The Bamyarders 4-H club met
on Nov. 16 and elected the fol
lowing officers: president, Daniel
Jepsen; vice president, Roy Proc
tor; secretary/treasurer, Meaghan
Unruh; parliamentarians, Julie
Proctor, Megan Healy and Whit
ney Sherritt; and reporter, Emily
Unruh.
The club also decided to look
into setting up a tour of the live
stock slaughtering facility.
The next m eeting o f The
Bamyarders will be in January.
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