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8A Daily News – Friday, May 4, 2012 Education in Tehama County KEEP ON LEARNING Students support Ronald McDonald House Charities Special to the DN To support the Ronald McDonald House Charities through its Pop Tab Collection Program each seventh period class at Maywood Middle School collected the pop tabs on aluminum cans, bringing in 109 pounds. Each classroom's tabs were weighed, in grams, to see which first period class had the most and Lynda Robinet's seventh period class was the big winners, col- lecting 47.25 pounds alone. Each student from her winning class will receive two hours of bowling, one hot dog, fries and a soda at Java Lanes Bowling Center in Corning. The class will visit Java Lanes on May 15. After the tabs are collected, the local Ronald McDonald House Charities Chapter brings the collec- tion to local recycling centers, where they are weighed to determine their value. One pound of tabs is worth 57 cents, and one gallon of pop tabs, 4,175 tabs, is worth $1.49. It costs about $20 a night for a family to stay at a Ronald McDonald House, if they can afford it. Otherwise, donations like the Pop Tab Collection Program pay for the families to stay. Dean's List at Biola University Hannah-Roberts of Red Bluff was among 1,371 stu- dents named to Biola University's Fall 2011 Dean's List for academic excellence. Red Bluff resident named to Biola students are placed on the Dean's List to honor those with a grade point average of 3.6 or higher while enrolled in twelve of more credit units and whose cumulative grade point average is at least a 3.2. This past fall, 33 percent of Biola students achieved this aca- demic goal. Courtesy photo Melinda Brooks came to Metteer SERRF and read Leonardo the Terrible Monster to the kindergarteners. The students then used oil pastels to create their own unique terrible monster. Evergreen students meet NASA director By JULIE ZEEB DN Staff Writer Evergreen Middle School had a unique opportunity in April when it had the chance to meet NASA Director Charles Bolden. "Inclusion on the Biola Dean's List is an indication that this student is performing exceptionally well in a rigorous academic program," said Patricia Pike, vice provost for undergraduate education. "Our Dean's List students are bright, motivated, engaged, competent, and personable. They are already demonstrating the charac- teristics of success that results from applied intelligence and that will support future endeavors in society, com- munity, career, and family life." Biola's grade point average requirement for the Dean's List is one of the highest among Southern Cali- fornia Christian universities. Biola University is a private Christian university located in Southern California on the border of Los Angeles and Orange counties in the city of La Mirada. With an enrollment of 6,250 students, the school offers 145 academic programs in six schools and degrees ranging from B.A. to Ph.D. For more information, visit www.biola.edu or call (562) 777 – 4061. Women in Math and Science The students are work- ing on a NASA distance learning program, Mars Student Imaging Project, which the school has done for the last seven years and mentoring a high school group in their first year of the project in Syd- ney, Australia. Metteer students learn to use pastels On April 4, the stu- dents skyped with the Australian group and took turns explaining their pro- ject and asking questions of Bolden. Arizona State University's Mars Educa- tion was also a part of the conference. The Australian group is studying hydrothermal areas on Mars as they might be a good place to look for evidence of past life, while the seventh grade group at Evergreen is working to find evi- dence of seasonal changes on Mars, looking in areas not previously explored as much. Daily News photo by Julie Zeeb Evergreen School IT Manager Jake Hickok works out some communication bugs for Wednesday's Skype call to Sydney, Australia to talk with NASA Director Charles Bolden. Courtesy photo Lincoln Street School eighth grader Cori Longchamps and her sister, Jenna, discuss what they learned from attending the 2012 Women in Math and Science Conference at Shasta College. The goals of the conference include increasing young women's interest in mathematics and sci- ence and promoting awareness of career oppor- tunities in the related fields. Cori enjoyed having the opportunity to meet professionals in the fields of veterinary and animal sciences and zoology. She also found the sessions on aviation and forensics interesting and was glad to have attended. Lantino Outreach of Tehama County Latino Outreach of Tehama County presents.... Multi-Cultural Celebration May 5th from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tehama District Fairgrounds Cinco de Mayo 14th Annual ★ Health ★ Local Community Services Information Food ★ Entertainment ★ Children's Activities ages 6-17 $Adults $ Tickets available online at statetheatreredbluff.com 5.00 — FRI THE ARTS — T H E A T R E "Stuart Little" May 8th • under 5 Free • 7pm 8.00 One thing the group is looking into is whether dark streaks are evidence of the seasonal changes. The group also includ- ed eighth-graders, who studied mud volcanoes last year in the Mars pro- ject, who have continued the project their group started by studying places on earth that are similar through the NASA program Expedi- tion Earth and Beyond. Emmie was the first to ask a question from the Evergreen group and wanted to know what Bolden's most memo- rable experience in the 14 years working in the space program. The two years he spent training with Russ- ian astronauts in Houston and the experience of getting to know them and their families while learning about the Russ- ian Culture was what Bolden remembers most. Sign Stage on Tour presents As for missions in space, Bolden said his second flight when the astronauts released the Hubble telescope over South America, off the coast of Peru, and watched it float away at the rate of 30,000 meters per hour or 8 meters per second. and green beans. The crew was also able to eat fresh fruit for at least the first few days, he said. The interesting thing was that sometimes in space, people had increased sensitivities to salt, Bolden said. The food was put in a His other choice for top memories of mis- sions included his third flight in which he was involved in an experi- ment to see if firing elec- tronic beam at the earth's atmosphere to see if it would create an artificial aurora, which it did suc- cessfully. "It was very similar to the natural aurora," Bolden said. Haylee asked Bolden about what the meals were like in space. "They were great," Bolden said. "We don't eat out of tubes any more. We had small con- tainers that we would take the top off and add water to rehydrate it." Bolden, who flew between 1986 and 1994, said his favorite things to eat in space included shrimp cocktails, an 8 ounce ribeye steak, rice Albertson Training Center Daycare EMS Approved Pediatric CPR/First Aid Industrial OSHA Approved CPR/First Aid Public Adult CPR & First Aid Wilderness First Aid Babysitting Safety Youth Water Safety Daily and affordable classes: AHA/HCP or Pro-CPR 530-527-4997 80 Gurnsey Ave. - Red Bluff, CA 96080 (Behind Guy Rents) margescpr@juno.com food warmer, which is very similar to a microwave in appear- ance, he said. Jericho asked Bolden about what his duties were. Duties include being one of the presi- dent's advisors on the space aeronautics and overseeing NASA's bud- get. what was the most diffi- cult part of training for a shuttle mission. Toby asked Bolden gram," Bolden said. "It's part luck and part hard work. NASA had 6,300 apply for the 2013 class and will pick 200 to bring to Houston for an interview." "Getting into the pro- Of those, only 10 will be chosen, he said. Once in the program, the hard- est part for him was learning all the systems on the space shuttle, but things are harder for K W I K K U T S Family Hair Salon $200 REGULAR HAIRCUT off with coupon Not good with other offers 1064 South Main St., Red Bluff • 529-3540 Reg. $13.95 Expires 5/31/12 those today, he said. "Everyone has to be able to do three thing- Be trained and certified for a space walk, certified in how to operate robot arms and be fluent in Russian," Bolden said. The Russian is neces- sary because the crew, especially the flight engineer, has to be able to monitor the systems and everything on the craft that takes them to the International Space Station is written in Russian because it is Russian-made, Bolden said. There is also a need to communicate with Moscow if something does go wrong, he said. Evergreen does fundraising on its own and donations to the pro- gram are always wel- come. Donations can be dropped off or mailed to the school, 19500 Learn- ing Way, Cottonwood, 96022. For more infor- mation on the program call 347-3411. ——— Julie Zeeb can be reached at 527-2153, extension 115 or jzeeb@redbluffdailynews .com. Follow her on Twitter @DN_Zeeb. Family Fun, Yarn, Demos 529-3298 Livestock Sale Hand Crafters Paradise Fiber/Wool & Guardian Fiber on the Foot May 5th 10th Annual , 9-5 +5 other events @ TDFG