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FOUR - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, December 19, 2007 lone Middle School students perform experiments Jeremy ( oleman, Micah Stillman, kaleh Dumler, Luke Em- mel and Jordan Peterson evaluate the time lapsed before freshwater is removed during the lab. Seventh graders Jose Mejorada and Jose Ruiz work together t0 examine the xylem, cortex and phloem of a carrot in Life Science in lone. Registration begins for BMCC’s winter term Registration for Blue Mountain Community Col lege’s Winter Term is now underway. Students interested in pursuing studies may register online at www.bluecc. edu using the Online Interactive Schedule and the Student Wolfweb. Winter Term classes begin January 7 and regis tration may be done right up until that time. Students pursuing a degree are now required to speak with an advisor prior to registering. For students in the Heppner, lone and Lexington area, BMCC Coordinator, Anne Morter is available for advising and academic coun seling. Please call 422-7040 to make an appointment. Anyone interested in starting to school or resum ing their education after a break are also encouraged to make an appointment. There are a number of steps to take and many options to be discussed. Appointments can be scheduled in Heppner, Lexington or lone at a convenient time for the prospective student. Federal Financial Aid forms for the 2008-2009 academic year are now available. A supply may be found at the Heppner branch o f the Oregon iTrail Library and also at the lone Public Library. If unable to find a form, please contact Anne Morter at 422-7040 for a copy. Stu dents and prospective students are encouraged to apply for Financial Aid on the Internet using the “FAFSA On The Web” form. This form helps the applicant gather the correct information in the correct order for simplified data entry on the Internet. Heppner FFA news Sixth grader, Zane King, looks for the epidermis during a lab experiment in science at lone Community School. Eighth grade students experiment with freshwater extraction from salt water during an oceanography unit. Electric Co-Op offers winter outage safety tips With colder weather and w inter storms on the horizon, Colum bia Basin Electric Co-Op is prepared to care for its network o f h ig h -v o lta g e tra n s m is sion and distribution lines. Should an outage occur on its system, CBEC’s goal is to repair the line and return it to service as safely and quickly as possible. Even if CBEC lines are in service, certain utility custom ers may experience outages because o f problems with transm ission power lines operated by BPA, which ultimately serve CBEC. H ere are tip s for consumers if a storm knocks out power: -Keep an emergency kit ready. Include flashlights, a battery-powered radio, ex tra fuses, a wind-up clock, canned foods that require no cooking, a manual can opener, and fresh batteries. -Report power out ages to your utility. Report an outage even if neighbors have already called to report it: You may be served on a different circuit from your neighbors and the utility may not be aw are o f the problem on your line. -Assume all fallen electrical wires are “ live” and stay clear! Contact your local utility immediately and report the location o f the downed lines. If a wire falls on your car, don’t try to get out until help arrives. Stay in A re you h ap p y w ith y o u r c u rre n t M e d ic a re P a rt D Plan? Do you want LO CA L S E R V IC E with someone who can answer your pharmacy questions? M edicare’s Open Enrollm ent period is Nov. 15 through Dec. 31. You can now change your current plan. Stop in and visit with us; w e’d he glad to help! Jo h n a n d A n n M u rra y , R P H s M urray’s Drug Heppner 676-9158 Condon 384-2801 give joy. your vehicle and ask a pass erby to call the local utility. The car may be energized and it could be fatal to touch the ground and the car at the same time. -Be careful around trees during wind and ice storm events. Tree limbs be come heavier during a storm from w ater and can sag onto power lines. Anything touching a power line can be energized and dangerous. -Im portant: N ever assume a power line is not energized! Always call the utility to report any outages or downed power lines. Ic ing conditions can cause power lines to sag onto tree branches and wire fencing, creating a potentially fatal contact issue. C olum bia B asin ’s crews are w ell-trained to rebuild downed power lines and to safely restore out ages. Leave the dangerous work to them. Local Elks donate to disabled veterans Heppner Elks Lodge BPOE #358 member Ed Baker, a veteran himself, recently delivered a car-load of goods to the Veterans Home in The Dalles for our nation’s disabled veterans living there. “We took shaving gear, baseball caps, and personal hygiene items - just a lot o f goodies,” Ed said. “Many of the 138 veterans living there are on Medicaid and can’t af ford much themselves,” he continued. “We appreciate John Murray o f Murray Drugs, and Bert Houweling o f Heppner Family Foods for the generous donation o f shaving and personal hygiene supplies they donated, in addition to the goods the Lodge purchased locally,” he said. Dick Turrell, Marvin Brannon, and Roger Morti- more head-up the Elks Deer and Elk Hide Collection committee. “We collect, sort, salt, store, and then sell the hides to raise funds to purchase the goods for our veterans,” Brannon said. “Ed Baker contacts the Veteran’s home and gets an idea ofjust what the disabled men and women there need,” he continued. The Heppner Lodge also provides lap robes for veterans in the Veteran's Hospital in Walla Walla. “Ed’s wife, Grace Baker, makes the lap robes for us, with yams donated or purchased by the Lodge,” Brannon continued, “She does a really nice job on the robes”. The Elks, as a national organization, devotes millions o f dollars each year in support o f veterans and veteran organizations. “As long as there are Elks, our veterans will never be forgotten” is the national theme. 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Recently 18 teams from all over the state joined at Hermiston High School for the State FFA AG Sales competition. The H eppner FFA C hapter com peted at the state level with the advanced AG Sales team. This team consisted o f Josie Miller, Kelsie Fox, Kendra Rayburn, and Dillon Lutcher. Each member was required to sell an agriculture-related product o f their choice, choose a practicum area, take a 50 question test, and participate in a team activity. In the practicum areas, three team members placed in the Top 10 o f the state. Josie Miller placed ninth in state for prospecting, Kelsie Fox placed third in state for advertising, and Kendra Rayburn placed second in state for telephone skills. Congratulations to all members that competed in this contest. Oregon East Symphony to hold Young Artist Competition The O regon E ast Symphony is pleased to an nounce its 2008 Young Art ist Competition, which takes place every second year in Pendleton, will be held February 3, 2008 from l-5 p.m. at the Vert Auditorium. The competition gives our region’s young musicians the opportunity to prepare and perform for a panel of professional adjudicators. This year's adjudica tors include Kenneth Woods, Conductor and Music Di rector o f the Oregon East Symphony; Susan Pickett, the Catherine Could Chism Professor of Music at Whit man College in Walla Walla, WA; David Stabler, classical music critic for the Orego nian; and Reid Kajikawa, principal bassoon player and Board Member o f the Oregon East Symphony. “ We are really ex cited to have such an ac com plished group o f ad judicators coming for this event,” said Christina van der Kamp, the Symphony’s Programs A ssistant, “and we're also looking forward to hearing some o f the best young talent in the area.” Competition partici pants will compete in one o f three divisions: Inter mediate Division (through grade 8); Senior Division (Grades 9-12); and Young A dult D ivision (through age 2 5 ). P rizes w ill be awarded in each division as follow s: Interm ediate Division: $75, Senior Divi sion: $125, Young A dult Division: $150. In addition to the competition prizes, selected participants may be invited to perform with the Oregon East Symphony or A-Sharp Players Orchestra during the 2008-2009 Con cert Season. The general public is also welcome to attend this event. M ore inform ation about the Oregon East Sym phony and the Young Artist Competition can be found online at www.oregoneast- symphony.org, by emailing programs@oregoneastsym- phony.org, or by calling (541)276-0320. M jw ity QjfvdôtmcM $xom the Meppnet Qaxette-Jime»
