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SIX - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, November 9,2011 OM SI exhibit to arrive in H eppner A colorful three- foot globe with dazzling displays and video films projected onto its inside surface has been placed by the Oregon Museum of Sci ence and Industry (OMSI) at the Oregon Trail Library District’s Heppner branch from November 10 through November 23. The globe is called Magic Planet. It is one com ponent o f a NASA- designed exhibit called “Earth from Space.” The globe itself sits on top of a projector and is connected to a laptop pro grammed by NASA to show dozens o f moving images and programs as the globe lights up and spins. L ibrary patro n s o f all ages can use push buttons to have the Magic Planet show any of doz ens of brilliantly-colored displays such as Earth’s city lights, climate change, tsunamis, wind streams, ocean currents, geographic features and much more... including seven-m inute videos about Earth that are projected onto the globe’s surface. “The Magic Planet .is amazing. It captivates the senses. The one we’ve brought out to eastern Or egon is a smaller version of the same Science on a Sphere exhibit we have here at the museum in Portland,” said Nate Lesiuk, program developer for OMSI’s Earth from Space program. “Peo ple are fascinated by it. Here at the museum, we call it ‘eye candy.’” Other parts of the Earth from Space exhibit brought to the Heppner library include a table- top spinning praxinoscope, which is a mirrored device showing weather patterns and a viewing weather sta tion. The E arth from Space exhibit components are brought to eastern Or egon through a NASA grant provided to OMSI in part nership with Libraries of Eastern Oregon (LEO). OTLD is providing the first host sites for the exhibit to be featured in eastern Oregon. “We’ve never had anything quite like this come to our libraries be fore,” said OTLD director Marsha Richmond. “I hope people will come in to the library and see the Magic Planet and all that it offers, as it features so many dif ferent moving images of Earth. “The sphere is easy to manipulate to show dif ferent weather patterns and how our planet really looks from space. It’s fun to ex plore the many displays included with it, and people o f all ages have access to using it,” she added. Aside from being available for general patron use, OTLD will also pro gram the Magic Planet to show its brief videos at des ignated times; a schedule is available at the library. The E arth from Space exhibit will be ro tated among public libraries in eastern Oregon from this month through February of 2013. H eppner youth end soccer season Heppner youth with their soccer trophies for the 2011 year. -Contributed photo Last Tuesday, the H eppner yo u th so ccer coaches hosted an awards night complete with pizza and trophies for partici pating soccer players and their fam ilies. Trophies were handed out to each individual, and sponsors were recognized for their support o f the Heppner soccer program. Sponsors this year were Pam and Stan Cutsforth, Pioneer Memo rial Physical Therapy, and Les Schwab Tire Center. Approximately 44 youth aged four to nine fielded four different teams for Heppner. Stephanie Hisler and Kacee Lathrop coached the U6 combined team, which consisted of boys and girls under the age of six. Russ Nichols coached the U8 boys-only team. Toni N ichols and Darcee Mitchell coached the U10 girls-only team, and Jason Hanna coached the U10 boys-only team. Teams practiced during the week and trav eled to Hermiston every Saturday during September and O ctober for gam es against H erm iston-area youth. The team coaches said there was tremendous improvement overall and commended the players for their dedication and effort throughout the season. S o ccer sig n u p s take place at the end of the school year, with a dead line usually in mid-June. More information will be available when signups ap proach next year. H ERO ES receives donation OCC shoeboxes due Nov. 20 Local residents are busy packing shoe boxes to send to needy children worldwide through Opera tion Christmas Child (OCC) this month. Last year, 8.1 mil lion shoes boxes were de livered to children in more than 100 countries through OCC and the Samaritan’s Purse organization. When local teenager Rebecca Jepsen first heard about the project last fall, she thought it would be a great idea to get her church. Willow Creek Baptist, involved. Jepsen ended up collect ing and delivering 44 shoe boxes full of gifts to the nearest collection point in Kennewick, WA. “I’m excited that even more people are join ing forces with the project this year,” says Jepsen. B esides W illow Creek Baptist, other partici pating churches include the United Methodist Church, All Saints Episcopal, Hope L utheran and the lone Community Church. Oth er students, including the Heppner ASB officers, are packing shoe boxes as well. It will be more convenient to deliver the collected boxes this year, because now there is a collection site at New Hope Church in Hermiston. Rebecca Jepsen with some of the shoe boxes she’s col lected for Operation Christ mas Child. -Photo by Nancy Jepsen P articip an ts are asked to fill and wrap a shoe box or similar container for a boy or girl, aged 2 to 14, with school supplies, toys, necessity items, hard candy and a note o f encourage ment, if desired. Step-by step shoebox instructions are available at www.sa- maritanspurse.org. Boxes can be delivered on or be fore Sunday, November 20 to Willow Creek Baptist, All Saints Episcopal, lone Community Church or at a drop box on the porch of Keith and Deana Price’s home at 565 NW Gale Street in Heppner. Jepsen can also pick up boxes if participants can’t make it to a drop site. Contact Rebecca Jepsen at 676-5244 for more information. HES choir group to offer leaf raking Legion celebrates Veteran’s Day The lone American Legion will hold a Veterans’ Day program on Friday, November 11 at the lone Legion Hall. The program will begin with a ceremony at the lone school flagpole at 10:30 a.m. From there, it will proceed to the Legion Hall, where unserviceable flags will be of ficially retired. After that, everyone is invited to assemble inside the hall to view a large display of World War II memorabilia. Refreshments will be served. Back (L-R): Deb Campbell, Jim Kindle and Barb Moore. Front (L-R): First-graders Anthony Rankin, Dillan Doyle and Adan Guerra. -Contributedphoto Cheek out our new Digital Photo Maehino | Many new capabilitieiTi Print directly from your fecebook page! GOOD LUCK m m s Remember- Pkarmcy CLOSED Saturdays A maretto M ocha $ 3.25 E gg N og F rappe $ 3.50 W edding HES choir members will be offering leaf-raking services in exchange for donations to fund their trip to Eugene in Janu ary. -Contributed photo Anyone who visited the Haunted Shop during the Halloween weekend may have unknowingly helped out a local program. Jim Kindle and his crew, who put together the Haunted Shop, decided that this year’s proceeds would be given to the Heppner Elementary HEROES reading program. The donation came to $300. HEROES co-coordinafors Barb Moore and Deb Campbell have volunteers from the community come to the elementary school to read with students who need a little extra reading help. The program receives some funding from the Adopt-a-Teacher group, but most of the funding comes from fundraisers and outside donations. Heppner Elementary School choir members will be offering leaf raking services to help fund an upcom ing trip. The Oregon Music Educators Association has selected 11 Heppner Elementary choir students to per form in a choral group representing the best of Oregon’s elementary school choirs. This event will take place on January 14 during the OMEA conference luncheon in Eugene. The leaf-raking project is part of the students’ fundraising to make the trip possible. They will be offer ing their services on two different Saturdays, November 12 or 19, for anyone interested. The youth welcome any donation for their services, big or small. Anyone who would like some eager young choir members to rake up their leaves, contact Pam Schmidt at 541-676-5676. lone Elementary HHS announces introduces first ASB students of the month Tab1< le s Robert Whalen & Elizabeth Titus W e d n e sd a y , N o v e m b e r Q tb Erik Patton & Lisa Speeler S a tu r d a y , N o v e m b e r 1 2 tli For the first time ever, lone Elementary School has an elemen tary ASB. Front: Andrew Ames, sergeant-at-arms; Morgan Orem, publicity representative and Dayshawn Neal, activities Heppner High School students of the month for October were representative. Back: Karsyn Rios, secretary; Kaitlin Garrett, (L-R): Nicole Kempkin, Jasmine Garcia, Maggie Collins, Justin vice president and Seth Thompson, president. -Contributed Pranger, Kolby Currin and Skyler Palmer. October’s character trait was respect. -Contributedphoto photo Jaci Hughes & B A C K 2 B E E C H E R S Adrian Driven R esta u ra n t & L ounge lo n e , O regon W e reg ret to inform th e p u b lic th a t w e w ill be c lo sin g on r b u sin ess effective Sunday N ovem b er 13* T h a n k yon for you r b u sin ess and su p p ort. W ed d in g - N o v e m b e r 2 3 r d ^ M umuj ' j D aiuj 217 North Mam St Haopnar-Phona 679-91M -F lo ra l 076-9426 Serving Morrow, Wheeler & Gilliam counties Since 1959 t Willow Creek Symphony correction The Willow Creek Symphony will hold its concert at Irrigon Jr./Sr. High this Sunday, Novem ber 13 at 4 p.m., not 7 p.m. as previously announced.
