Senior Class Shares their Projects at HCHS!

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Ray Griffin presented his Senior Project on woodworking with beautiful examples of his skill in this craft.

Ray Griffin presented his Senior Project on woodworking with beautiful examples of his skill in this craft.


Wednesday, the seniors at Happy Camp High School made their presentations of all the good work that they’ve accomplished with their Senior Projects. These projects are required for graduation which is only about ten days away, June 7th.

Speaking in front of a group of people from the community was a new experience and some admitted to butterflies in the stomach awaiting their turn, but all the presentations I heard were very good. Several did their presentations at the same time in the gym, so one couldn’t hear them all, but I enjoyed some of each of the student’s presentations.

Raymond Griffin had a good presentation on woodworking and only a small number of all of the wonderful tables, routed signs and cartoon characters and even glass etchings. They were beautiful. Back in the shop class more of his work was on display for people to see for the Open House preceded the presentations.

Cheyenne Moore had a presentation on firefighting and lots of tools and photos to show. She gave a very poised and knowledgeable explanation of her project.It is good to hear that Cheyenne will be employed by the Forest Service north of us at the Rogue River National Forest this summer.

West Timbrook also had the fire fighting topic, and as West has been serving on the Volunteer Fire Department for awhile it was good to see him share his understanding of the topic.

Cassidy Little had a very complete explanation of the job of Cheerleading Coach and shared her work with the Putawan Cheerleaders,

Kris Nelson is the valedictorian of his class and he has been very busy as he has already accomplished over a semester of college credits during his high school years. He had an interesting dummy for part of the project that he was reporting on, but I missed that part of his talk, but Kris did an excellent job of speaking.

Bridget Koons had a number of dental tools on her table and her board explained the work of a dental hygienist. Some of the examples of poor dental situations were particularly repulsive and effectively emphasized the importance of good dental hygiene!

Justin Smith gave a very good explanation of Video Games which seems to be a very popular topic with young men in our community. Justin did a great job telling about the development of video games.

Brandon Tripp had some great photos of sports. He’s had another topic in mind, but students sometimes find it difficult to find a mentor who can instruct and help them to learn enough about their topic. Brandon loves sports and he has also been invited to be one of four from Siskiyou County who was invited to take part in All Star Team this summer.

Cayla Hammon had a very complete display of the methodology of Elementary Education and did a very good presentation also.

It will be good to see the students take their places in caps and gowns June 7th, and those who will be graduating elsewhere this spring, but oh how we are sad that we shall miss their presence, especially with this class which has done amazing things.

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Young Scientists have a Fair at HCES!

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Happy Camp Elementary School’s Science Fair was great!! Science Fair Winners were: Best of Show: Tyler Hahn (Kindergarten!) who did a project on Sound Waves including tin can telephone. Principal’s Award was won by Keelan Hahn (5th Grade) on Electrical Currents. First Place: Lava Lamp: Group Project by Barbara Bledsoe (6th) and Royale Pinassi (6th)Second Place: Bridges Stress Test: Silas Yamamoto (8th grade)
Third Place: Hydrogen Generator by Brad Hahn (6th grade) which turned out to be an exceptionally exciting experiment and whose photo was in last Tuesday’s Valley View. So glad that the community had an opportunity to see the Science Fair at the Open House. It was great to see what the youngsters had accomplished!

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Elk Complex Fire’s New Team Updates Happy Camp Meeting

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The crwods are thinning at the Happy Camp Town Meetings at the Grange. There was no one from the Sheriff’s Department to tell us about evacuations. There was no one from Emergency Services telling us where to go for emergency shelter if we had to leave our homes. There was not even anyone from Mike Dietrich’s Team 1 National Team as they completed their two weeks and went home, or are going home now. Yesterday Kent Swartzlander, who was the original Incident commander on this fire, took over again.

Phulis Swanson, with Park Service patch on her shoulder, introduced the speakers. Don Hall, Deputy District Ranger for the Happy Camp District had just returned from a few days off. We were glad to see Don back, and glad that he had some time off and time for photos and jazz and “non-fire” activities.

Kent Swarzlander showed how all the fire’s are contained. There is a little concern on the east side of the Wingate/King/Titus whjere the fire had been spotty and some fuels left. But all in all, it is under control at this time. Even the little 80 acre Hummingbird Fire, although it never had bulldozers working on it has remained right at 80 acres and isn’t going anywhere. They need to keep monitoring, patrolling and mopping up. But with due diligence, it is not expected that anything will get away with flaring up and causing more problems.

 Harold Tripp mentioned that all the smoke is down in Somes Bar. That’s not pleasant, but the smoke has to go somewhere. Harold mentioned that he used to be against the backburn but has seen how well it works and has won him over.

Staffing on the fires is down from about 1200 to 900 and will likely go down to 500 strong before next weekend.  There was concern about repair and restoration that will be discussed further at the next meeting. The most common comment was to thank the firefighters, for their work and skills and professionalism. We also appreciate their help in keeping us informed about what was happening.

ONE LAST THING, is the appreciation for our own Fire Safe Council. Without the work that they and the Forest Service have done in removing fuels for a perimeter around our community this story could have had a much more disastrous ending. Duane put up a sign to thank the Fire Fighters, but we need to thank Duane Armbruster, George Harper, Carol Sharpe and all the people working on the Fire Safe Council helping year round to have our community prepared in the case of (inevitably) a wildfire. Tell them, “Thanks” when you see them, and volunteer to help them.. Next time, you may be glad that you did!!

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May is winding down but BUSY

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Loved ones gathered to honor Willard Titus!
What a wonderful opporunity to thank our Armed Forces personnel at Siskiyou Golden Fairgournds Saturday!! One specdial hero from local area was honored, Willard Titus!!

I’d planned to update the Children & Youth with the story of the Elemetary Science Fair winners and the High School Spring Performance.

i’d planned to tell you more about the MidKlamath Watershed Stewardship plans for our youth and especially the FoodShed plans which are really exciting.

Then thre is all the opporunities for Flea Market & Crafters at the Klamath River Community Hall, Horse Creek Community Church Rummage and Bake Sale and lots of Yard Sales between there and Happy Camp where the Grange will be hosting a bunch–Indoror and Outdoor on June 8th. It’s going to be a great time!!

There’s also a Seiad Fire Sale and the Happy Camp Library Sale in Happy Camp on June 1st just before Final Exams for all the students…..leading up to G R A D U A T I O N!!

Please forgive me a bit, however, My laptop wasn’t working, then it was, then the cord refused to deliver electrical poser, so it wasn’t, so we got a new cord. Now, however, it has refused to start again. So that will delay the posts that I’d really like to make. thank you for your patience and all efforts will be made to get caught up soon. Thank you!!

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