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
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GOOD LUCK m m s
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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
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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.