Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, February 8, 2006 - SEVEN
HES students read 131,179 minutes in January N am es left o ff o f picture cap tion s
In two pictures ran H ep p n er High School 8 * ^ names were left out.
last week of dancers at the basketball game, a couple
aP °i°?ize t° r the error.
(R-L): Wade Matthew, Tim Lees, Shane Smith read on the steps during the after-school
reading party on Jan. 26.
Dancers from the Performing Arts Academy of Hermiston- Heppner performed during the
basketball game on Jan. 21. Dancers in the K -l'1 grade age group: (Front Row L-R): Sophie
Grant. Reiah Waite, Rachel Allen and Nicole Show; (Back Row L-R): Lannie Stone, Sierra
Morgan and Kailea Sample.
Dancers in the 2"‘l-4"’ grade age group: (Front L-R): Mattie Lindsay. Paige Grieh and Allie Allen.
In the hack row are Ella McCormack and Raelyn Lindsay. Not performing that day was Allie
Lovgren.
Top 10 Winners for January (Back Row L-R): Natalie Rauch, Mrs. Jannie Allen, Alana
Wilson, Zach Hintz and Garrett Robinson; (Middle Row L-R): Justin Bailey, Justin Pranger
and Gabby Sanchez; and (Front Row L-R): Jacob Moore, Seth Palmer and Jonathan Chen.
Students in grades
five and six at H eppner
Elementary certainly took
tim e out o f th e ir daily
routines to make time for
books during the month of
January. The annual reading
in cen tiv e
program ,
appropriately named Time
Out For Reading, was a huge
success as these young
read ers logged 131,179
m inutes during the first
month of the year.
T his
p o p u lar
program has been in place at
HES for over 15 years,
encouraging students to read
more for enjoyment, and to
keep track of the time spent
reading. “The great thing
about Time Out For Reading
is that it doesn't matter if a
student is a slow reader, or
a speed reader, as it’s the
minutes that count and not
the number of books read,”
said
Jan n ie
A llen,
coordinator of the program.
In a d d itio n
to
individual readers clocking
reading times to earn weekly
rewards and prizes at the
conclusion of the program,
there is also a team incentive.
S tudents are p laced on
“teams" and the team with
the highest average gets to
enjoy a pizza and pop lunch.
This year’s top team was the
Cinco Dunkers, with team
m em bers Justin Pranger,
captain; Joe Sallee, Hanna
FBLA students participate in regional skills conference
Lovgren, Alana Wilson and close second was Ju stin
Bailey with 9,636, followed
Samantha Waddell.
A n o th er e x citin g by Alana Wilson, Natalie
element of the program is the Rauch, Seth Palmer, Zach
evening reading party. On Hintz, G arrett R obinson,
Thursday, Jan. 26, students Jo n ath an C hen, Jacob
stayed after school until 9 Moore and Gabby Sanchez
p.m. to read, have dinner to complete the top ten.
T eachers say that
(sack dinners from home),
one
o
f
the most exciting
watch a m ovie, which is
based on a children’s novel asp ects o f the program
and play word games with comes after Time Out For
their novels in an attempt to Reading is over, as many
win prizes. Over 60 of the students have a new-found
73 students attended the love of reading and continue
Veronica Wilhelm and Brenda
party, with M rs. Dowdy, to spend their extra minutes
Mrs. Smith-Griffith, Mrs. enjoying books.
On Feb. 2, 2006. a
C lough and M rs. A llen
group o f FBLA (F uture
serving as chaperones.
B u sin ess
L eaders o f
A m erica) stu d en ts from
On Tuesday, Jan. 31,
H eppner H igh School
the m inutes had all been
totaled, and the students
trekked to La G rande to
p articip ate in the FBLA
congregated in the computer
regional skills conference
lab of HES to pick their
T he
m onthly held at E astern O regon
prizes. The prizes ranged
from CD players to stuffed S in g sp ira tio n has been University. Their advisor,
animals, from duffle bags to scheduled for Sunday, Feb. D arlene M arquardt, and
basketballs, fold-up chairs to 12 at 7 p.m. at the Nazarene Jo y ceK ay
H ollom an,
pillows, and school supplies Church located at 335 N. grandmother of one of the
to homemade chocolate chip Gilmore Street in Heppner. students, accompanied them.
S p ecial
m usic
cookies. After choosing a
presentations
will
be
pre
prize, winners also received
a book of their choice. All arranged by request with one
students who met the goal of per church, so we will have
360 minutes for the month more audience participation.
N ext
m o n th ’s
received a prize, 66 readers,
The Federal grazing
walked away with a prize Singspiration held on March
12, will be at the Seventh fee for Western public lands
and a book.
managed by the Bureau of
The top reader was Day Adventist Church.
The
event
is
open
to
Land Management and the
Ju stin P ran g er w ith the
the
public
and
all
are
invited
Forest Service will be $1.56
highest score ever attained
per anim al unit month
during Tim e O ut For to attend.
(AUM) in 2006, down from
Reading, 10,937 minutes. A
$1.79 in 2005. The newly
adjusted fee, determined by
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effective on March 1, applies
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to nearly 18.000 grazing
Digital or Print photos can be used
p erm its
and
leases
administered
by
the
BLM
All prices are for Premium Gloss Paper
and more than 8000 permits
(Other paper types are available)
eXamPle a
administered by the Forest
the G-T o fy ce
Service.
Petite:
6”x20” - $45
The formula used for
Small:
20”x24” - $52
calculating the grazing fee,
Medium:
24”x36” - $65
established by Congress in
the 1978 Public Rangelands
Large:
36,,x48” - $99
Im p rovem ent A ct. has
X-Large:
54"x60" - $212
c o n tin u e d
under
a
presidential Executive Order
XX-Large: 60”x72" - $273
issued in 1986. Under that
Aluminum print hangers are also available!
order, the grazing fee cannot
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Singspiration
to be held
Victorio
H eppner S tu d en ts who
attended were: Cyde Coil,
B aillie K eithley, Kelsey
W olff, B renda V ictorio,
Sarah Johnson, Veronica
Wilhelm. Grant Smith, and
Eddie Collins. Schools from
as far away as Ontario, Vale,
Burnt River and Condon,
G rant U nion, and Hood
River, as well as schools
from W allow a C ounty,
Union C ounty, U m atilla
County and Morrow County
participated in the event.
Attendance of high school
students from the Eastern
R egions of O regon was
higher than in past years.
H eppner
High
Schools Leadership group
did well among their peers.
W ilhelm and V ictorio
p a rtic ip a te d
in
an
e n tre p re n e u rsh ip team
competition and scored high
enough to be in an elite
group that is selected to
participate in that event at
the State FBLA leadership
conference in Portland. April
2-4. H ep p n er’s club can
select other members to go
to state as w ild card
participants or to participate
in certain events that are held
only at state competition and
not at regional competitions.
The club is looking fo r
sponsorships to defray the
expenses of the conference
and lodging. If you or your
business would like to help
with this special opportunity,
please mail your donation to
Heppner High School FBLA
by March 1.
BLM and Forest Service announce 2006
federal grazing fee
fall below $1.35 per AUM,
and any increase or decrease
cannot exceed 25 percent of
the previous year's level. An
Animal Unit Month is the
amount of forage needed to
sustain one cow and her calf,
one horse, or five sheep or
goats for a month.
The
an n u ally
ad ju sted grazing fee is
computed by using a 1966
base value o f $1.23 per
AUM for livestock grazing
on public lands in Western
states. The figure is then
adjusted according to three
factors - current private
grazing land lease rates, beef
cattle prices, and the cost of
livestock production. Based
on this formula, the 2006 fee
declined primarily because of
an increase in production
prices.
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The $1.56 per AUM
grazing fee applies to 16
W estern states on public
lands administered by the
BLM and the Forest Service.
The states are A rizo n a,
California. Colorado, Idaho,
Kansas, Montana, Nebraska,
N evada, New M exico,
North Dakota. Oklahoma,
O regon, South D akota,
U tah, W ashington and
W yom ing. The Forest
Service applies different
grazing fees to national
g rasslan d s and to lands
under its management in the
Eastern and M idw estern
states and parts of Texas.
The national grassland fee
will be $1.73 per AUM.
down from $1.90 in 2005,
and will also take effect
March 1. The fee for the
Eastern and M idw estern
states and parts of Texas will
be out later this month.
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