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Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, May 7, 2008 - THREE Hands-on learning at Willow Creek Watershed Field Day Over 100 5th grad ers attended the 11th A n nual Willow Creek WFD on Wednesday, April 33, at Duane N eiffer’s property west o f Lexington. Students from Heppner, lone, and Windy River stepped o ff o f their buses, gathered in groups with an lone student leader and headed for the various stations. With the help of Bill Ew ing and Kevin Payne the students planted w il low cuttings on the banks o f Willow Creek. At this station they learned how planting the trees helps the stream bank. At the weather station. National Weather Service Hydrologist Dennis Hull helped students take temperature and humidity readings of the weather. As a weather balloon was re leased, one student tracked its direction with a compass, another watched its height with a range finder and a third wrote down the direc tion and elevation at certain points as the balloon floated away in the sky. This taught Kendra Rayburn, Latosha Bowles, Dennis Kennedy, and Sean Murray show students how to measure basic water quality parameters. -Contributedphoto the kids how the winds may change as the balloon moved from ground-level to higher elevations. At the Water Quality Station Dieter Waite’s Hep pner High School science class, Sean Murray, Dennis Kenney, Kendra Rayburn, Latosha Bowles helped stu dents measure basic water quality parameters including pH, turbidity, conductivity, temperature, and dissolved oxygen. Along with these stations students visited sta tions that taught them about soils, macro-invertebrates, wheat plant identification, and mapping. The student lead ers and helpers for the day were lone students: Matt C olem an, Kaylee Palma- teer, Tiana Camarillo, Alex Carlson, Max Trahan, Kylee Svetich, Justin Archer, Kev in Fowler, Paul Hams, Tori Heagy, Emily Rietmann, RJ Ramos, Brenna Rietmann, Camilo Acusto, Bora Moon, Beth M orter, and Tanner Rietmann. Mark Jones, Windy River Elementary Principal, attended for the first time and he thought the field day was a great learning opportunity for all the students. “ 1 really liked the hands-on learning at all stations. The stations also reinforced a lot o f the science benchmarks for 5th graders. I thought the high school students did an excel lent job in their leadership/ mentor role. I would like to thank all the presenters and volunteers for making this a great learning experience for the students o f Morrow County,” commented Mr. Jones. The continued suc cess of this field day is due to the cooperation o f the Corp of Engineers, the sup port from many agencies, teachers, students, parents and sch o o ls. C aryn A p pier, Umatilla/Morrow ESD, coordinated the field day with the help of the Natural Resources System Consor tium. H eppner “Read A loud!” set for May 15 Area writers o f all ages and talents are invited to read their own works or from those o f their favorite authors at a special “Read A loud!” program set for the Heppner Public Library on Thursday, May 15, at 7 p.m. Participants are en couraged to bring poems, essays, short stories or other forms o f written works and to read aloud to those who attend. The event will be facilitated by Lyn Craig, ex ecutive director of Libraries o f Eastern Oregon (LEO), and Marsha Richmond, di rector o f the Oregon Trail Library District, as part of L E O ’s regional The Big Read program which pro motes literacy. Depending on how many persons come to read aloud, presenters will have between five and 15 minutes to read from their works. Students from a language arts class at Heppner High ~ Letters to the Editor ~ School have also been in vited. Those attending, as well as other area writers, are invited to submit their works for consideration in a LEO anthology of the works o f Eastern Oregon writers of all levels, intended to be published within the next year. For further informa tion, please contact Craig at 541-763-2355 or Richmond at 541-481-3365. HES schedule of events -A Town Hall Meeting will bed held on May 19 at 7 p.m. in the HES Library. This event is open to all community members. -The HES Spring Concert will be held on May 27, at 6:30 p.m. in the HES gym. -HES will be having their annual barbecue lunch for all students and parents on May 30. Those planning to attend are asked to call the school on the morning of May 30. The Heppner Gazette Times will prim all letters to the Editor w ith the following criteria met. letters submitted to the newspaper will need to have the name o f the sender along with a legible signature. We are also requesting that you provide your address and a phone number where you can be reached. The address and phone number will only be used for verification and w ill not be printed in the newspaper. Letters may not be libelous. The GT reserves the right to edit. The GT is not responsible for accuracy o f statements made in letters. Any letters expressing thanks will be placed in the classifieds under “ Card o f Thanks” at a cost o f $ 10 . A Democrat since the age of eight To the editor; I sometimes tell people I’ve been a Democrat since 1 was eight years old, the day my dad took me and my brother up to Portland to see Harry Truman speak to a crow d from the back o f a train at Union Station. 1 cast my first vote for president in 1960, for John F. Kennedy. Two years later 1 voted for the reelection o f Wayne Morse as senator from Oregon. Over all these many years since I’ve voted in every state and national election but to this day those are the two votes I am most proud of, not because they were the “best politicians” but because 1 believe they were the two politicians who made the most positive difference by their presence in the office they held at the time. This year I think we Oregonians have a unique op portunity to cast a ballot that can have a similar effect on this day and on our future. I write today in support o f Barrack Obama for the Democratic nomination for president and Steve Novick for the Democratic nomination for senator. In every elec tion I remember candidates o f both parties promise to change the way things are done in Washington D.C., but the reality is that the recent changes have not been posi tive for the overwhelming majority o f us. In recent polls more than 80% o f Americans think our nation is “headed in the wrong direction.” Count me among that group, yet I am not without hope that things can change for the better. Thankfully we are still a democracy and that our vote can still make a difference. This year we don’t have to vote for the better of two evils, we can vote for the best o f all choices. I am convinced that with Barrack Obama in the White House and Steve Novick in the U.S. Senate we have two people who will break the mold of establishment politicians who promise a lot when asking for your vote but disappoint you when they get in office. It’s time for a real change that will make a positive difference. Barack Obama for President, Steve Novick for Senate. Wouldn’t it be nice to have some pride in our government again? Your vote can make it happen. Dale Thompson Condon Support for John Wenholz Letter to the editor: We are writing to encourage you to support John Wenholz for Morrow County commissioner, a position in which he has served admirably since early 1997 (elected in 1996). We could fill an entire page if we listed all the volunteer projects he has accomplished throughout the years, but we will focus on his achievements as Morrow County commissioner. One very commendable trait is John’s determi nation to serve all areas o f Morrow County equally. A highpoint for John is serving on the Public Transportation W ednesday Lunch Sneciai V Advisory Committee for Oregon Department o f Transpor tation. He serves as one o f 13 members from all over the Stop by and try our wrap! state, and his efforts on the state level made it possible S a n d w ic h e s se r v e d from 11 a.m . - 2 p.m . for Morrow County to received funding for senior citizen (Skip the lines and call in your order to 676-9158!^j buses and bus storage bams. He also serves as chairman of the CSEPP Govern ing Board, and his continuing presence there has helped Morrow County stay aware o f current issues and public safety regarding the Army Depot Base. His continuing vigilance there, along with other local board members, is responsible for many o f the safety procedures and pro grams currently in place for Morrow County. During John's tenure, the Transfer Station collec tion site located on the north end o f Morrow County has been established, making it convenient for citizens to dis pose o f old furniture and appliances. John is pleased that each community in Morrow County has received a new senior citizen bus with no cost to county taxpayers. Funds Serving the Willow Creek Valley: Heppner, Lexington, & lone received through the cigarette taxes passed through the 217 North Main St., Heppner • Phone 676-9158 • Floral 676-9426 Public Transit Committee cover insurance, maintenance Monday - Friday 7 a.m. - 6 p.m. / Saturday 9 a.m. - 6 p.m. and fuel for the buses. Many good things have developed in Morrow County due to John's expertise, and he deserves our votes to enable him to continue serv ing. A1 and LaVelle Partlow Irrigon Lots of Mothers Day Gifts Now In! 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Bring your projects and have fun sew ing and do ing things to help others that need to feel loved.
