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FOUR - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, May 30, 2012 Students explore fossil beds Area students high in middle school track rankings By Orissa A. Burghard On May 23, the lone School District’s eighth- grade science class took a field trip to the Thomas Condon Paleontology Cen ter in the Sheep Rock unit of the John Day Fossil Beds National Monument. While several students had been to the fossil beds before, most students had not. Students had the op portunity to hike up through Blue Basin. This unique landscape was carved by erosion though clay-stones and tuff laid down 27 mil lion years ago. Students en joyed seeing the variety of fossils that had been found in this region. Jessie Flynn was sur prised to find that, “ There were 10 different dog spe cies in the world,” back then. Rachel Holland wrote that, “I knew that the area was tropical, but l didn’t know just how tropical.” Michelle Ordway, a ranger and paleontologist at the Thomas Condon Visi tor Center, led the stuifents through a unique program titled “Ashfall Discover ies.” During the two hours, she explained the types of notes that paleontologists take when they find fossils in the field and how fossils are removed and transport ed back for cleaning and preservation. The students then had the opportunity to search for and excavate fos sil replicas in the field, take notes like a paleontologist lone’s eighth-grade science class recently took a field trip to the Thomas Condon Visitor Center, w here students got to dig out their own fossil replicas. Top: Visitor Center staff member Mr. Ediger discusses how to find fossils and the geology of the valley. Pictured are (L-R): Ire' Neal, Mr. Ediger. Markus Smith, Jorge Aguilar, Jason Juarez, Rachael Holland and Ann keitman. Bottom: The lone eighth-grade science class at the bottom of the Blue Basin. (L-K): Josh Stillman, Markus Smith (hack), Shalva Looslie, Hailey Jones, Jessie Flynn, Tre’ Neal (front), Jorge Aguilar. Jenna Taylor, Rachael Holland (hack), Brenden Thompson (front), Ann Keitman (hack), Teddy Goldsworthy and Jason Juarez. -Contributedphotos and record (heir findings, Next, they had an oppor tunity to see what it would be like trying to remove the fossils from the rock that encases them. Ann Rietman said. It lone inducts NHR members surprised me how careful they have to be when re moving a fossil.” After touring the visitor center and finding “their” fossil on display, students went out to a private fossil digging site, where they were allowed to search for fossils on their own. They created display tags for these fossils using the in formation they had learned at the fossil beds and spent some time examining them in the classroom the next day. All in all, lone's eighth- graders enjoyed a beauti ful day outside, learning about the local geology and the ancient history of this amazing part of Oregon. South Morrow Coun ty rankings following the Umatilla/Morrow MSAA track and field meet are as follows: Men: 100M : 6 th, T om my Bredfield, Heppner, 12.84c 2 0 0 M : 9 '\ T om my Bredfield, Heppner, 26.54c 800M: 8th, Skyler Palm er, Heppner, 2:35.00. 1500M: 10,h, Skyler Palmer, Heppner, 5:19.00 100M hurdles, 30”: 4Ul, Cord Flynn, lone, 17.30a 300M hurdles, 30”: 2th, Cord Flynn, lone, 49.04c 4x100 meter relay: 9th, lone team of Hector Agui lar, Joshua Stillman, Jorge Aguilar and Cord Flynn, 54.84c Shot put: 8-pound.: 1st, Tommy Bredfield, Heppner, 37’ 7.00; 8"'. Jorge Aguilar, lone, 34' 10.00 Discus: 5th, CJ Kindle, Heppner, 99’ 6.00 High jump: 5lh (tie), CJ TO EVERYONE WHO VOTED IH FAVOR OF THE RECENT SCHOOL LEVY Thanks to the lone Edu cation Foundation, April 17 was a great day for science and the lone ninth-grade physical science class, who enjoyed a fantastic day at L1GO in Richland, WA. Students began the day exploring LIGO, a unique scientific observatory lo cated not far from the Han ford site. If you Google LIGO, you will read, “LIGO is a ‘Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Obser vatory’, where scientists seek to detect gravitational waves—ripples in the fabric of space-time. First predict ed by Einstein in his theory of general relativity, gravi tational waves are produced by exotic events involving black holes, neutron stars Community lunch menu Elohim Covenant Church members will be serv ing lunch on Wednesday, June 6 at St. Patrick’s Senior Center. The meal will include sausage casserole, sliced tomatoes and cucumbers, applesauce, hot rolls and cook ies. Milk is served at each meal. Suggested donation is $3.50 per meal. Menu is subject to change. Y o ur suppo rt w as very MUCH APPRECIATED lone's ninth-grade physical science class took a field trip up to LIGO in Richland and enjoyed an amazing day thanks to an lone Education Foundation grant. Pictured are (L-R): Oskar Peters, Joe Doherty, Rita McElligott, Daniel Holtz and Michaela Forester. -Contributedphoto and objects perhaps not yet discovered.” After a short movie about the differing theories on gravity, students tested out a number of hands-on demonstrations. These ac tivities all revolved around wave behavior and the physics of waves, motion, force and space. Brandon Peck and Oskar Peterson enjoyed creating a stand ing wave with a string, the vibrational pattern of which changed when the students applied tension to the string. A guided tour of the facility allowed students to grasp the amazing length of the arms through which the laser shoots. The project requires amazing levels of control and detail. The level of engineering com plexity impressed many students, including Daniel Holtz and Joe Doherty. After that, students had the opportunity to visit Washington State Uni versity’s Tri-Cities cam pus. There, students had a chance to visit the food and environmental quality lab. After short introduc tions, students got to pick up the pipette themselves. Each student ran their own miniature lab. where they practiced paperjehromatog- raphy and discovered that beta-carotene can be found in spinach leaves, even though they look purely green. Next, students vis ited the computer technol ogy classroom. They got to experience a short version of a computer programming class, and each person cre ated his or her own com puter program. The class visited the Columbia River Exhibi tion Museum, where three retired scientists put on a short play, “Three Dead Guys and the Scientific Method.” All of the stu dents tried their hand at using the mechanical arm in the museum. Finally, they relaxed at a local park before enjoying a pizza din ner and heading home. “The best part for me was LIGO,” said Zach Irons, a sentiment mirrored many students. “The best part for me was watching my students engage in creating com puter programs and chro matography,” said teacher Orissa Burghard, who add ed, “Thanks to the LIGO staff, James Pratt of WSU Tri-Cities, the CREHST Museum and the lone Edu cation Foundation for this wonderful and amazing day.” Rita Van Schoiack YES FOR KIDS COMMITTEE: L arry M ills - C hairman P am D ocken L isanne C urrin L isa M ittelsdorf K athie G oad D avid S ykes J oe T aylor C armen V elasco B arb H uwe A lejandra P acheco Flynn, Rachel Holland, 59.66a High jump: 1st, Jessie Flynn, lone, 4' 9.00; 6th, Rachel Holland, lone, 4’ 3.00; 7,h (tie), Kaelyn Lind say, Heppner, 4’ 2.00; 7,h (tie), Lexi Bray, Heppner, 4’2.00 Long jump: 3"1, Jessie Flynn, lone, 14’ 7.50 By Orissa Burghard The lone chapter of the National Honor Society held its in duction ceremony on Monday, May 21. Top: President Mary Rietmann administers the pledge to new chapter members Jaqueline Juarez, Bailey Haguewood, Emily Holland, Joel Stillman, Charlette Burghard and August Peterson. Bottom: Members of the 2012 lone chapter of the National Honor So ciety (back L-R) Emily Holland, president Mary Rietmann, Jordan Peterson, treasurer Julianne Carlson, Rebecca Jepsen, JoAnna Patton, Jaqueline Juarez, Joel Stillman, Bailey Hague- wood, (middle L-R) vice-president Stacee Halvorsen, Kaytee Burghard, Makenna Ramos, (front L-K) Steven Holland, Evan Rietmann, Zac Orem, secretary Shannon Metcalfe, C'harlette Heppner High School’s National Honor Society held its induc tion ceremony for 2012 on Tuesday, May I. New members are Burghard and August Peterson. -Contributedphoto (L-R): Kyle Harrison, Lilly Sandford, Stephen Thompson, Micha Hintz and Austin Gutierrez. -Contributedphoto THAN K YOU! Kindle, Heppner, 4’ 10.00 Women: 100M: 4lh, Jessie Flynn. lone, 13.84c 800M: 9th, Ann Riet- mann, lone. 3:01.60 300M hurdles - 30”: 1st, Jessie Flynn, lone, 51.44c 4x100 meter relay: 7lh, lone team of Breaw na Tee- man, Ann Rietmann, Jessie Field trip takes students to the frontiers of science Heppner inducts NHS members a b ig Jessie Flynn of lone is one of the top track and field middle school athletes in the area. The eighth-grader is currently ranked first in the 300M hurdles in Oregon and seventh in the event among U.S. middle schools. 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