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SIX - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, February 28,2007 Heppner students to enter CyberFair ■ ju •» Pictured are Heppner High Students in Mrs. Marquardt's class: Brynna Rust. Jessica Hughes. Chance Day, Forrest Reed, and Rlarissa Wellman. Other participating students that Mere not pictured are: Ayla Fuimaono, kellec Jones. Jodessa Chapa. Erin Price, Bryan Holland, Mark McCabe, My ah South worth. Stephanie Howard. Rim Crumhliss, Chris l.ien, and keenan ■Plwlo hy Darlene Marquardt Jack. Heppner students are exploring the historical past of Heppner, Morrow County and surrounding areas. It is part o f their y early C y b e rF a ir entry. Each year one, or sev e ra l, of M rs. M a rq u a rd t's co m p u te r classes have entered this contest. This is the fourth year to have an entry. There were several c a te g o rie s in w hich students could choose from for entering. This year they choose “'H isto ric a l Landmarks.” They chose the category because they believe their community is so rich with history. The entry must be completed by Wednesday, March 7. Anyone interested can w atch the w ork in progress by visiting the entry site at h ttp :// w w w .g e o c itie s .c o m / heppnercyberfair/ CyberFair2007/ The theme for the overall CyberFair 2007 is “ E m pow er and U n ite !” Students are encouraged to prepare for the future by thinking about the possible future, the probable future, the preferable future and the preventable future. Projects that best illustrate “future thinking” are invited to the W orld F uture S o ciety international conference in M in n eap o lis, M N, July 2007. Now in its 12th year, C y b erF a ir has been describ ed as the largest educational event of its kind ever held on the Internet. T his program brin g s to g e th e r m ore than one million students across 100 countries. To view past w inners and take a virtual journey around the globe to learn about people, p ro g ram s and th e ir com m unities, visit the w eb site at h ttp :// www.gsh.org/gsh/cf/. International Schools CyberFair is an award-winning, authentic learning program used by sch o o ls and youth organizations around the w orld. Youth co n d u ct research and publish their fin d in g s on the Web. Recognition is given to the best projects in each of eight categories: local lead ers, b u sin esses, community organizations, h isto ric a l lan d m ark s, environment, music, art, and local specialties. This White House en d o rsed pro g ram en co u rag es yo u th to becom e c o m m u n ity ambassadors by working collaboratively and using technology to share what they have learn ed . Students evaluate each other's projects by using a unique online evaluation tool. CyberFair activities are designed to su p p o rt 21st cen tu ry learning skills and global lite ra c y stan d a rd s. C y b erF air en co u rag es youth to c o n n ec t the knowledge they learn in school to real w orld applications. IHS Chemistry Class takes career field trip By Alex Carlson T he lone H igh School Chemistry class took a field trip to C hem ical W aste M anagem ent in Arlington and the Boardman C oal Fire Plant on Wednesday, February 21. The first stop on the trip was at C h em ical W aste M anagem ent. T here, the class learn ed how they neu tralize ch em icals for disposal and the techniques that they use to dispose of them . T he lab m an ag er showed the class the landfill and the laboratory. In the lab, he explained the different processes of neutralization and detection. The class also o b serv ed the d ifferen t containers that neutralized chemicals are put into. The next stop on the field trip was the Boardman Coal Fire Plant. While at the plant, the class was able to do many things such as meet the chem ists and tour the plant. A chemist at the coal fire plant has to control the w ater q u a lity and the students were able to learn how they do that. Along with meeting the chemists, the class saw train cars of coal get unloaded, observed the fireball, and saw the main control room of the plant. Teacher, Mr. Holland, said, “ I ’m very glad that the students were able to see how some of the chemistry concepts that they’ve been learning can be applied in real life.” HHS FFA to IMS students take educational field trip to Portland celebrate FFA week,,, 1 " ' M D -C O L U M B I Pictured are back row, standing: Mariah Bradfield. Jeremy Coleman, Christine Raihle, Cassie Arhogast, Makenna Ramos, Mary Rietmann, Raleh Dtimler. Micah Stillman. Luke Emmel, Adam Collin. Jordan Peterson and Omar Mancilla: bottom row, kneeling: Mason Haguewood, Steven Holland and Melanie Eldrige. “Lions, tigers and monkeys. Oh, my!” That was kind of the theme for the recent field trip the seventh and eighth graders of lone Middle School went on this past week. Students visited the O regon M useum o f Science and Industry, OMSI, and the O regon Prim ate R esearch C en ter in Beaverton. “It was a fantastic experience,” said m iddle school science teacher. Erin Heideman. “I was extremely proud of how these young people handled themselves and the efforts they made in order to be able to go. They represented our community very well.” Due to a grant from the lone E d u catio n F o u n d atio n , stu d en ts bo ard ed a c ru is e r for P ortland early Thursday morning and spent all day at O M SI. They w atched an O m nim ax th eatre presentation of Mt. Everest, attended a w atershed lab w ith O M SI p erso n n el, toured the USS Blueback S u b m arin e and rode a motion simulator in addition Magnetic Door Signs to g etting to see all the OMSI exhibits. After a group dinner and a unique hotel stay with middle schoolers, students visited the Oregon Primate R esearch C e n te r in Beaverton. This facility was the first of its kind in the United States and is now only one of eight. It houses over 4000 m onkeys and 6000 rodent type creatures that are used in a variety of research areas. All students got a first hand look at the p rim ate s, th e ir liv in g quarters and all of the lab areas scientists and their assistance work in. “I had n ev er seen m onkeys so close,” said eighth grader M arco Juarez. “ I wish I could have touched one.” Several parents and chaperons volunteered their time to attend the field trip. The Hefipnetr1 FFA Chapter will be celebrating FFA Week March 5 -10. A ctivities planned are as follow s: M onday, March 5, will be the tike tractor obstacle course and the dress for the day is in your favorite tractor color. The dress for Wednesday, March 7, is like your favorite animal. Thursday, March 8, will be a free community breakfast at HHS from 6-8 a.m. (Menu: sausage gravy and biscuits, juice and coffee, a straw b ale th ro w in g contest will be held with the days d ress as co w b o y / cowgirl, a petting zoo will be held in the afternoon for elementary students. Friday, March 9, will be donkey basketball at 7 p.m. The FFA members will take on the HHS staff. Pre-sale tickets are av ailab le for $6 for adults, $5 for 7th-12th grade students, $4 for K-6th grade, and younger is free. Tickets will available at the door, for an additional dollar. The donkeys are being provided by Bruce Wick of Donkey Sports from Entiat, WA. F o llo w in g the donkey basketball will be a barn dance in the Ag Barn. The dance will last from 9 p.m . until 12 a.m . HHS students are invited and it is free. The FFA members will be celebrating a fun- filled week with a trip to T riC itie s to see the A m ericans H ockey team play on Saturday, March 10. FFA m em bers need to remember to get the money in for tickets. O rder Yours Here Heppner Gazet t e- Ti mes 188 West Willow 676-9228 » ) CUSTO M BANNERS Heppner Gazette-Times 676-9228 I FFA Happenings By Relsie Eox, Heppner FFA Chapter Reporter As the reporter from the Heppner FFA chapter, I would like to tell you about some of the activities that members of our chapter have involved in this year. We have participated in curricu lar activities, FFA activities and many fundraising activ ities. Som e o f the class activities include: visiting the Thom pson’s Ranch, where we had the opportunity to help preg check and vacci nate the cows. The Horticul- ture/W ildlife Management class had a day-long field trip. The trip included a trip to Cottage Flowers of Her- miston. Julie Spoo, of Cot tage Flowers showed how she constructs flow er ar rangements. The next stop on the trip was at the Ore gon State University Exper iment Station. The research scientists there are working to develop potato varieties that are resistant to bugs; the students also had a presen tation about Integrated Pest M anagem ent w hile they were there. H erm isto n H igh School Ag Program hosted us for a tour and Tom Spoo gave some demonstrations in the greenhouse. Students were grow ing poinsettias and gave us som e b ack ground on how to do this successfully. The field trip concluded with a stop at the Irrigon Fish Hatchery. These students recently raised and released R ainbow Trout eggs for the Oregon Depart ment of Fish and Wildlife. The 158 fry were released in to Willow Creek Reservoir before the holidays. Som e o f the FFA events we have participated include: District Ag Sales Contest. Students choose a product or service to sell to a possible customer (judge). Each student also had a practicum area that they took part in and gained points for the team ’s overall score. The practicums were telephone skills, media, pros pecting, and customer rela tions. There is also a team activity, where four members work together to problem solve and present a solution for a company’s said dilem ma. We did pretty well for our first year. Kelsie Fox earned the most points for our chapter in Ag Sales, while Andre Rauch was run ner-up. P a rtic ip a n ts from H eppner included: Trent Miles, Taylor Disque, Ken dra Rayburn, Kelsie Fox and Andre Rauch. The H eppner FFA C hapter hosted the Blue Mountain District Soils Con test at B rian and Susie Thompson’s ranch. The con test was a great success and every student that participat ed had a delicious lunch th an k s to the H eppner Booster Club. It was a learn ing contest and we all had a lot to learn and did a great jo b at the contest. Emily Thom pson received ninth place High Individual. Ken dra Rayburn chose to partic ipate in the Job Interview contest and did an awesome job! We sponsored a Can Food Drive, which every class brought the most cans got a root beer float party. The ju n io r class won the contest, and we were able to donate more than 250 items to the Neighborhood Center. W e’ve been really busy with fund raising. We sold apples, which was a great success due to commu nity members, school em ployees and the schools. We made about $800. We sold Krispy Kremes in January they were sold for $8.00 per dozen. We also had a pizza feed and were able to sell out of food at the Weston game. We are also planning a trip to a Hockey game in TriCities on March 10th to celebrate G reenhand d e grees. The Greenhand de gree is the first degree that FFA members earn in the organization. That will be a culmination of the FFA Week Activities. We are celebrating FFA Week March 5-10 and have a variety of activities going on through that week. We would like to invite the community to a free break fast that Thursday (March 8’ from 6 a.m.-8 a.m. here at the school to show our ap preciation for the support you’ve shown the program in its first year back here at Heppner High. The chapter will be traveling to the State FFA Convention being held in Corvallis at OSU March 23- 27. We will have two dele gates from our chapter, as well as other members go ing to represent Heppner and serve on committees during the convention. We hope to make it over to the coast to visit Newport, since we'll be so close and some of our members haven't been to the Oregon coast before. HHS TSA members attend competition Pictured are: L-R: Chess Little. Casey O ’Neal. Baillie Keithley, Brock Herhison. Christopher Hendricks, Jordan Shepherd and Patty Little. Students from the H ep p n er H igh TSA (T ech n o lo g y S tu d en t A sso ciatio n ) braved the weather to attend the winter competition in Pendleton. They co m p eted in three ev en ts against six oth er schools in the region. The events included D ragster Design (a Co2 powered race car. Technology Problem Solving and Cyber Space Pursuit (web page design). Christopher Hendricks and Jo rd an S h ep h erd took second in T echnology Problem Solving and Baillie Keithley and Casey O'Neal took third in Cyber Space Pursuit.
