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FOUR - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, April 14,2010 lone Community School Science Fair winners announced lone Community School hosted its science fair for grades kindergar ten through high school student that boasted over 200 people present and 60 entries. Student were ac countable for developing a project, creating a report complete with objective, hypothesis, materials, pro cedure, data, conclusion and bibliography in ad dition to a display board. Each project was unique and different and catered to the individual interest of students. “1 was really proud of these kids,” said science teacher, Erin Heide- man. ‘'Their projects were wonderful and they did a tremendous job at the fair. This is the fourth year for the science fair and it keeps getting better. Elementary judges were Bill Jepsen, middle school judges were Kerry Rietmann and Tucker Rice and high school judges w ere D ella H eidem an and Dwayne Neiffer. The winners of each category listed below received sci ence medals and the judges picked an overall fair ex hibit and people who at tended voted for a ‘people’s Pictured top left is grade school Science Fair Winner, Jill Ru dolf- 2nd grade. Top right is middle school Science Fair Winner. Dustin Luti-Kth grade. Bottom right is high school Science Fair Winner. Rebecca Jepsen- 10th grade. -ContributedPhotos choice’ award in each cat egory; grade, middle or high school. Grade school win ners were: Austin Morter, 5th grade, turbo racer (Peo p le’s Choice Award, I s' place Physical Science/Ma- chines); Nate Ostheller, 2nd grade, hot/cold air (1st place Physical Science/Chemis- try); Tom Rudolf, kinder garten, liquids floating and sinking ( l 51 place Physi cal Science/Chem istry); Maize Hill, kindergarten, magnetic fields (1st place Physical Science/Physics); Jake Heideman, 2nd grade, heat dispersion (1st place Physical Science/Energy); Megan Doherty, 2nd grade, magnetized cereal (1sl place Physical Science/Magne- tism); Emma Rietmann, 2nd grade, volcanoes (1“ place Geology: Volcanoes);Aaron Smythe, 3rd grade, bees (1st place Biology: Animals; Jill Rudolf, 2nd grade, see plants drinking (1st place Biology: Botany); and Ma- lychi Wenberg, l 51 grade, fossil exploration ( Is' place Geology: Fossils. Middle school win ners were: Joe Doherty and Daniel Holtz, 7,h grade, peanut power (1st Physical Science: Energy); Bailey Haguewood and Joel Still man, 8,h grade, airplane Putman to attend 2010 American Legion Auxiliary Oregon Girls State session responsibilities of citizen ship. Oregon Girls State provides the opportunity for high school juniors from throughout the state to learn through the development of mock governments at the county and state levels. Experiences may include public speaking while cam paigning for various public offices, drafting and pre K elsi Putm an, a junior at Heppner High School, will attend this year’s American Legion A uxiliary Oregon Girls State session at Willamette University from June 20- 26. About 200 of Oregon’s junior girls are expected to attend. Girls State, a na tionwide program spon sored by the American Le gion Auxiliary, is designed to increase the delegates’ awareness and knowledge pf,governmental processes, while learning about the du ties, privileges, rights and senting bills for passage in the Girls State legislature, serving as a lobbyist to help influence decision-making, participating in mock tri als and a wide variety of workshops, and hearing presentations by some of Oregon’s highest elected officials and other inspira tional speakers. designs (1st Engineering); Oskar Peterson and Lukas Babcock, 7th grade, cardinal power (1st place Physical Science: Physics); Emily Holland, Larissa Jones and Nicole Lutz, 8th grade, cab bage concoction (People’s Choice Award and Is' place Biology: Botonay: Behav iorism ); Ann Rietm ann and Shelby Williams, 6lh grade, dog saliva (1st place Biology: Microbiology); and Jessie Flynn, 6th grade, volcanoes (1st place Earth Science: Geology). High school win ners were: Jordan Peter son, Jasm ine Verduzco, and Mary McElligott, 10th grade, effects of gender on the brain ( l 51 place Biology: General); Rebecca Jepsen, 10lh grade, best and worst of killers of bacteria (1st place Biology: M icrobiology); Collette Cason, Christine Raible, and Shannon Met calfe, 10th grade, sweet and salty sprouts (1" place Biology: Botany: Anato my); Alisha Taylor, Stacee Halvorsen, and Julianne Carlson, 9U> grade, marker madness ( l 51 place Physical Science: Chemistry); and Tanner Bass and Sam Irons, 9,h grade, hot ice (People’s Choice Award and l 5' place Physical Science: Physics: Energy). Overall judges pick for the grade school was awarded to second grader Jill Rudolf for her experi ment with plants, middle school went to eighth grad er, Dustin Lutz, for his work with his household products and their flammability and overall pick for high school went to sophomore, Rebec ca Jepsen, for the evaluated the bacteria killing potential of household cleaners. Boardman invests in future, offers development incentives During Tuesday’s Boardman City Council meeting, councilors passed two resolutions in hopes of promoting development within the city. The resolu tions were recommenda tions by the Boardm an Economic Development Committee, who have been working over the last sev eral months on ways to en courage new development United Methodist Church members will be serv in Boardman. ing lunch on Wednesday, April 21. The.mentt willinclude The first resolution chicken and dumplings, orange glazed beets, biscuits, and temporarily suspends the crunchy peach pudding. city’s system development charges for one year, up to $10,000. The second resolution reduces the city’s commercial water over Senior Center Menu age rate by 35 cents per thousand gallons for one year. The council felt these steps could possibly attract developers and as well as individuals to build in Boardman. City Manager Karen Pettigrew said the economic impact would cost about $10,000 in wa ter revenues over the next year. Mayor Chet Phillips said the cost illustrates the city is “investing in our fu ture”. He feels the benefits will outweigh the cost if it encourages new develop ment. Other ideas suggested by the Economic Develop ment Committee included offering a free tree and three months of free water and sewer service to all new homebuyers. In other city news, councilors heard reports from the city’s department heads as part of the city’s quarterly Strategic Plan review. The council passed a budget adjustment reso lution to cover the cost of a new police car, and consultant and engineering fees for street and water projects. The next regularly scheduled City Council meeting will be Tuesday, April 20, 2010 at 7 p.m. at Boardman City Hall. Obama administration names Morrow County resident to USDA’s Farm Service Agency State Committee le rs send Greg Smith a Message Greg Smith was one of only TWO Republicans to vote to increase your income taxes...the ONLY Republican to vote to release violent felons early...he voted to INCREASE your gas taxes...and dramatically increase your car registration fee.... He voted WITH THE DEMOCRATS and Downtown Portland, NOT Eastern Oregon! How are you going to explain that, GregP The Obama A d ministration recently an nounced the individuals who will serve on the Or egon Farm Service Agency State Committee, one of which is from M orrow County. The state commit tee members will oversee the activities of the agency, including carrying out the state agricultural conserva tion programs, resolving appeals from the agriculture community and helping to keep producers informed about FSA programs. Vernon Frederick- son o f Boardman owns and operates Frederick- son Farming-Oregon Hay Products with his wife and brother. He has served on the board of directors for M orrow County G rain, Washington Pea Growers, Morrow County Soil and Water, M orrow County FSA C om m ittee, Blue- Mountain Potato Growers, and the Lower Umatilla Basin Ground Water Task- force. U S D A ’s F a r m Service Agency works to increase economic opportu nity and improve the quality of life for rural Americans. Some of the agency’s efforts include facilitating income support, disaster assistance and conservation programs, providing operating loans for the procurement of farm equipment, seed and fertil izer, as well as offering ownership loans to help new and veteran producers purchase a farm. FSA also works to procure various commodities to benefit low- income families through domestic food assistance programs. Creative Care Preschool to hold yard sale Creative Care Preschool will hold a fundraiser yard sale on Saturday, April 17, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the lone Legion Hall. Voters have a choice. “I believe in smaller government and lower taxes... that includes the hidden taxes of permits and fees. This especially holds true during a deep recession...The unforgivable and outrageous early release of violent felons as a cost saving measure not only places citizens in danger, but opens the door to criminals to re-offend, costing the state even more. It's absolutely crazy. We can do better than that." — Colleen MacLeod To Help Colleen MacLeod, go to her website: www.colleenmacleod.com Vote Greg Smith Out. le t’s Send a Voice to Salem we Trust. Vote Paid Colleen MacLeod for by Common Sense for Oregon Vinyl Lettering for windows Magnetic Door Signs Heppner Gazette-Times 541-676-9228 » I
