Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, March 25, 2009 - FIVE
Ione Community School hosts science fair
lo n e C o m m u n ity
School hosted a science
fair this past week for grades
kindergarten through high
school student that boasted
over 100 people present and
50 entries.
S tu d en t w ere a c
countable for developing
a project, creating a report
com plete with objective,
hypothesis, materials, pro
cedure, data, conclusion and
bibliography in addition to a
display board. Each project
was unique and different
and catered to the individual
interest o f students. “ I was
really proud o f these kids,”
said science teacher, Erin
Heideman. “Their projects
were w onderful and they
did a tremendous job at the
fair. This is the third year for
the science fair and it keeps
getting better.”
Elementary judges
were Bink Ramos, middle
school ju d g es were Lisa
Rietmann and Bill Jepsen
and high school judges were
Jim Swanson and Howard
Mullin. The winners of each
category listed below re
ceived science medals and
the judges picked an overall
fair exhibit and people who
attended voted for a 'peo
ple’s choice’ award in each
category; grade, middle or
high school.
G rade School
-Engineering: Ally
Haguewood, Babali Peter
son (4lh/5,h), Jessie Flynn,
Hannah Padberg (4,h/5th)
-P hysical Science
(Chemistry): Malychi Wen-
berg (K)
-Physical (Physics)
M agnetism : A ngel Ruiz,
Danny Doherty (4,h/5,h)
-Physical (Physics)
Electricity: Ann Rietmann
(4th/5,h)
-Physical (Physics)
E nergy: Jake H eidem an
( l 1)
-Biology (Zoology)
A natom y: Jen n a T aylor
(4th/5,h)
-Biology (Zoology)
Physiology: Jason Juarez,
Joshua Stillman (4,h/5,h)
-Biology (Botany)
Physiology: Yaneri Cavillo,
Ashley Medina, and Marisol
Avila (4/5)
M iddle School
-Biology (M icrobi
ology): Lacey Thompson,
and Julianne Carlson
-B iology (B otany)
Behaviorism: Stacee Hal-
vorsen and Shadow Ken
drick
-E arth (G e o lo g y )
V olcanology: K aid Peck
and Brandon Peck
-Physical (Physics)
Machines: Gus Peterson and
Joe Doherty
-Physical (Physics)
Energy: Emily Holland and
Top Left Photo: People walk through the maze of science projects. Top Right Photo: Irene Holtz visits with Ashley Medina about
her science project. Bottom Left Photo: Megan Doherty spent her birthday roaming the science fair and talking to Hannah Flynn.
Bottom Right Photo: Mary Rietmann and Makenna Ramos pose next to their display board. -Contributed Photos
Jackie Juarez
High School
-Biology (General):
Tanner Rietmann and Alex
Rietmann
-Physical (Chemis
try): Rebecca Jepsen
-Physical (Physics)
Magnets: Steven Holland
Buy-in waiver extension approved
for Disaster Assistance Programs
Darcy Vial, Execu
tive D irector o f USDA’s
Farm Service A gency in
Heppner recently announced
that producers who did not
obtain crop insurance or
Non-insured Crop Disaster
Assistance Program (NAP)
coverage for 2008 can pay
a buy-in fee through May
18,2009, to become eligible
for 2008 disaster assistance
programs authorized by the
Food, C onservation, and
Energy Act of 2008.
“Producers have an
additional opportunity to
become eligible for several
programs if they suffered
2008 a g ricu ltu ral losses
due to natural disaster,” said
Vial.
Producers who have
not already taken the neces
sary steps to become eligible
for the Supplemental Rev
enue A ssistance Program
(SU R E), Em ergency A s
sistance for Livestock, Hon
eybees, and Farm -Raised
Fish (ELAP), and the Tree
Assistance Program (TAP)
are required to com plete
the following steps by May
18, 2009:
-Pay a $100 “buy-
in” fee per crop. The maxi
mum fee is $300 per county,
per producer, not to exceed
$900 for multi-county pro
ducers.
-In the case o f each
insurable crop, excluding
grazing land, agree to obtain
a policy or plan o f insurance
for the next insurance year
for which crop insurance
is available; coverage level
should equal 70 percent or
more o f the yield at 100
percent o f the price.
-In the case o f each
non-insurable crop, agree to
file the required paperwork
and pay the applicable ad
ministrative NAP coverage
Basket Class at Artisan Village!
Sunday, April 15,12-6 p.m. Learn basket
of your choice, twined or woven. Cost
and time will vary with basket you choose
to make. Can be Easter or Everyday.
Artisan Village
Main Street, Heppner, Phone 676-8282
Hours: Monday-Friday 9:30 - 5:30
Sunday 12:00 - 5:00
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fee by the applicable state
application closing date for
the next available year.
P ro d u c e rs w ho
choose to “buy in" under
this provision will be con
sidered, for insured crops,
to have obtained a policy
or plan o f insurance for the
2008 crop year at a level of
coverage not to exceed 70
percent o f the yield at 100
percent o f the price. For
non-insurable crops, pro
ducers will be considered
to have a level of coverage
equal to 70 percent o f the
yield. These levels of cover
age will be used to calculate
the 2008 SURE guarantee.
Producers who meet
the definition o f “Socially
D isad v an tag ed , L im ited
Resource,” or “Beginning
Farmer or Rancher,” are not
required to pay the buy-in
fee.
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and Adam Collin
-Physical (Physics)
Energy: Zac Orem, Jordan
Peterson, and Luke Emmel
-Physical (Physics)
Electricity: Micah Stillman
and Kaleb Dumler
Overall judges pick
for the grade school was
awarded to Danny Doherty
and Angel Ruiz for electro
magnetism, middle school
went to Gus Peterson and
Joe Doherty for their work
with building a hovercraft
and overall pick for high
school went Rebecca Jepsen
for the pH testing o f bever
ages. People’s choice went
to Rachel Holland for el
ementary, Jackie Juarez and
Emily Holland for middle
school and Kaleb Dumler
and Micah Stillman in the
high school.
Morrow County Court weekly meeting held
The Morrow County
Court met on March 18 at
the Port o f Morrow offices
with Judge Tallman, Com
missioner Grieb and Com
missioner Rea in attendance.
Following is a summary o f
those meeting provided by
Leann Rea.
-T h e C o u r t a p
proved monthly Accounts
Payable in the amount o f
$138,970.89.
-The Court signed
an In te r G o v e rn m e n ta l
Agreement (IGA) for the
creation of the management
plan for the Columbia River
Enterprise Zone. The Court
also signed an IGA for the
management plan for the
Columbia River Enterprise
Zone.
-The Court reviewed
and signed two letters re
garding the disposition of
the Mustard at the Umatilla
Army Depot.
-Reviewed a memo
provided by the sh eriff’s
office regarding costs of the
contract between the City of
Heppner and the Morrow
County Sheriff’s Office.
-The Road Depart
ment provided photos o f
the fill on Depot Lane and
the head walls o f the Road
Canyon Bridge. Report: De-
pot Lane - Have completed
all touch up work along the
shoulders, removed the con
struction signs and put up all
o f the road signs. No more
work will be done in this
area until the crew comes
back some time in May to
do the paving. It is estimated
that the paving project will
take seven days, plus one
day o f staging. Upper Rhea
Creek Road - Part o f the
crew is w o rk in g on e x
tending culverts and doing
shoulder work on the road,
between Ruggs and Basey
Canyon Road. Road Canyon
Bridge - This week the crew
has continued with installa
tion o f the sediment fence
and tying rebar into the head
walls for the bridge and set
ting the forms to grade. On
Thursday plans are to pour
concrete for both headwalls.
One side will be poured in
the morning and the other
side in the afternoon. Road
grading - The crew will
continue with road grading
as weather permits. Graders
are w orking in the Ione-
Gooseberry, Lexington and
Upper Rhea Creek areas.
Road sweeping - The crew
has been sweeping paved
roads in the Irrigon area.
When this project is finished
the sweeper will move to the
Boardman area.
-The Court signed an
access permit onto Wilson
Lane for Cecil and Nancy
Swaggart.
-The C ourt heard
a report that the City o f
Boardman will be conduct
ing their annual free cleanup
project from April 1 through
April 30. Anyone who re
sides within the city limits
o f Boardman and wishes
to take items directly to the
North Morrow Transfer Sta
tion must go to city hall and
obtain a voucher allowing
for the free disposal. The
Court reminds all Morrow
County residents those large
appliances (stoves, refrig
erators, washers, dry ers etc.)
and large furniture (sofas,
m attresses, dressers etc.)
may be taken to the transfer
stations and disposed o f at
no cost. The North Morrow
Transfer Station is located
on Frontage Road just east
of Bombing Range Road and
the South Morrow Transfer
Station is located on High
way 74 between Lexington
and Heppner. Both Stations
are open from 9 a.m. to 4
p.m. Saturdays and Sundays
except holidays.
Weed-free feed required in Northwest Forests
As part o f a larger
effort to reduce invasive
species on national forest
lands, w eed-free feed is
being required in the 17
national forests and the
C rooked R iver N ational
G rasslands o f the Pacific
Northwest this year. This
follows a requirem ent in
2007 that weed-free feed be
used in Pacific Northwest
Wildernesses.
Livestock ow ners
and others will be required
to use feed that is either
co m m ercially processed
feed or crop products certi
fied to be free o f w eed seeds.
Officials w ill concentrate on
education and compliance
this year, until signage and
outreach efforts are fully
implemented with stricter
enforcement to follow.
The new re q u ire
ment says that all hay, cubed
hay, straw, mulch, and other
such products used or stored
on national forest lands
be state certified as weed
free. Crop products often
contain seeds o f non-native
w eeds that germ inate on
public lands and damage
th eir health and beauty.
Non-native weeds such as
leafy spurge, spotted knap
weed, yellow star thistle,
and others are alien to the
United States and have no
natural enem ies to check
their spread.
Oregon and Wash
ington have developed cer
tification processes for crop
products. Hay fields are in
spected to ensure that listed
noxious w eed seeds are
absent. Once a field passes
this in sp ectio n , hay and
other crop products from the
field are labeled as “certified
w eed-free.” C om m ercial
ly processed feed (pellets
and steamed, rolled grains)
are not affected by the order
and should be used in the af
fected national forest lands
if certified hay products are
not available.
For more inform a
tion, visit w w w .fs.fed.us/
rô/weeds.
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