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2 MAIL TRIBUNE. MedforJ. Or. A TTE5it, March CI. I960 J fir ' SNOW TURNED TO FUN The 21 inches of snow that has fallen in the St. Louis area so far this month produced a house full of fun for these children. Elane Kammler, 9, and her brother, Ricky, 12, rub noses, Eskimo fashion, at the entrance to an igloo they built from a huge pile of snow outside their home. (UPI Telephoto) Meteorologists Learn Why More Rain Falls On West Side of Peak Corvallis - The reason why the Willamette valley side of Mary's Peak gets nearly twice as much rainfall as the coast side-even though storms usu ally blow in from the ocean has been pinpointed by Ore gon State college meteorolo gists. With the help of weather radar, the OSC scientists have found that as the lower layers of rain clouds glide up the mountain they keep rising on an angle to a "summit" past the Peak. In this area, where the clouds begin to drop down again, most precipitation is dumped. Measurements of winter rainfall on the Peak are ap proximately 75 inches for the Local People to Attend Conference Representatives of the Jun ior Service League Kinder garten, Medford, are planning to attend the 12th annual con ference for parents of pre school age deaf and hard of hearing children scheduled at the Oregon State School for the Deaf in Salem April 10, 11 and 12. The League kindergarten is one of 12 schools or institu tions sending representatives to the annual conference. One of the speakers sched uled for the second day of the conference, Monday, April 11, is Dr. Jack Ingram, otolo gist, Medford private practi tioner. He will speak on a panel to discuss "Diagnosis and Treatment of the Deaf Child." Sunday, first day of the conference, delegates will meet in the main building au ditorium of the Oregon State School for the Deaf. M. B. Clatterbuck, superintend e n t, will give the welcoming speech. The school's activities will be discussed. Monday's sessions are sched uled to start with a break fast. Talks will follow on speech, language, lipreading, rhythm and a panel discussion on "Understanding the Deaf Child." east and north sides and 40 for ; the west and south slopes. The Mary's Peak study, which will be continued through the year, is part of OSC's long-range research on use of radar for mapping storm patterns and for fore casting and observing weath er. A $5,000 grant was received i from the National Science Foundation for the Mary's Peak study and a $33,000 1 grant from the U.S. Army Sig nal Corps Engineering Labor atories for other phases of the extensive program this year, j A $250,000 portable radar set was loaned to the college for the studies by the Signal Corps. In the past five years since meteorology researcn was started by OSC, research grants totaling $160,000 have been received. Dr. Fred W. Decker, associ ate professor of physics, is in charge of the meteorology branch of the Science Re search Institute. Working with him are Herbert Kershaw Jr., i Wilfred G. Jensby, Wendell M. Cook and a group of nine meteorology student research assistants. OSC is one of only 16 col leges in the country that pre pares students for jobs as pro fessional meteorologists with the weather bureau, armed services and research organizations. FFA Names Mollala Youth President Pendleton - (UPD - Dennis Wood, 18, of Mollala, was elected president of the Ore gon State Future Farmers of America for 1960 at the group's state convention here Friday. Named vice president was Keith Simmons of Enterprise. Annual awards were pre sented Friday night to chap ters and chapter members. The new 600-foot radar tele- scope to be built by the Navy in West Virginia will, theor etically, have a range of 38 billion light years. Now you may charge money at "Honeyland"... THE ONE-STOP STORE FOR TOUR HONEY NEEDS! 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