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. She also plays vollyball,
basketball and softball. -Contributedphoto
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