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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
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