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Washington Grade School Graduation, June 13
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Tomato seeds from space capture interest of elementary classes
Budding scientists at Lin
coin and Washington Grade
Schools are planting gardens
to experim ent w ith tom ato
seeds from space
Students in the classes ol
Gay Bartels, Becky Louder
and Sharon Batty at Lincoln,
plus the WGS class of Nayan
F le e n o r are g ro w in g and
m o n itoring space exposed
se ed s and E arth base d
seeds, searching for differ
ences caused by long term
exposure to cosmic radiation
Results gathered by the stu
dents will be forw arded to
NASA by June 15 for a final
report
For n e a rly 6 ye a rs the
seeds were exposed to the
harsh environment of space,
subjected to cosm ic radia
tion. tem perature extremes,
weightlessness, and the vac
uum of space Students will
be lo o k in g fo r p o s s ib le
changes in the tomato plants
such as fruit size and color
growth rate, and leaf, stem
and stalk shapes and sizes
The 12 5 m illio n tom ato
seeds were recovered by the
crew of fhe space sh uttle
C olum bia, on Ja nu a ry 12,
from the eleven ton Long Du
ration Exposure Facility satel
lite They were part of only
one of the 57 experim ents
housed on the satellite
The cooperative projecl of
NASA and Park Seed Com
pany of Greenwood S C of
fers students a one of a kind
opportunity to study the ef
fe d s of long term space ex
posure on living tissue
Record kindergarten enrollment
Fifty nine c h ild re n have
been pre registered for 1990
91 kindergarten classes a,
Washington G iade School
This is a record enrollment
for the district and the school
is trying to determine actual
class size to allow tor ade
quate planning
If you know of anyone who
did not attend the pre regis
Jennifer Hepler is
top county speller
Jennifer Hepler, a Vernon
ia High School senior, took
first place for grades 10 12
in the a n n u a l C o lu m b ia
County S pelling Bee
Her
win brought in $100 and the
opportunity to compete at the
state level in Salem
Linda Sehili, a third grader
a, Washington Grade School,
won second place, and $50,
on the primary level
, ra tio n and scre e nin g , but
has a child who will be five by
S eptem ber 1 and plans to
enroll in the fall, please ask
them to ca ll the school at
429 7941 to have th e ir
names added to the roster
WGS graduation
set for June 13th
Eighth grade graduation
cerem onies will be held on
W ednesday, June 13, at 7
pm
m the W a s h in g to n
Grade School gym
A w ards and c e rtific a te s
will be presented at that time
and a post graduation parly
is planned
Parents will be informed of
the plans for the parly when
all arrangements have been
confirmed
AUTO BUYERS BEWARE!
A Columbia County credit union,
working in conjunction with an auto
broker in Portland, is encouraging
Columbia County residents to purchase
out of county.
Buyers should be forewarned that
only Factory Authorized Dealers can
sell new cars. Anyone purchasing from
an auto broker is buying a pre-owned
vehicle.
Only Factory Authorized Dealers
can do warranty work or s e ll
extended service policy programs.
Any a fte r-m a rke t extended service
policies will not be honored in Columbia
County.
People who choose to buy from a
broker should decide - before spending
thousands of dollars - where warranty
work may be performed after purchase.
The factory warranty goes to the original
owner; it must be transferred to the
second owner and may involve hidden
costs.
We are extremely disappointed that a
C olum bia County business would
encourage any policy other than "Shop
Locally" and we want C olum bia
re sidents to be aware of p o te n tia l
problems.
YOUR COLUMBIA COUNTY FACTORY AUTHORIZED DEALERS
B R E S L IN M O T O R S
LEW ELLEN M OTORS
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