What’s the best way to get an egg to fall from 80 feet up, hit the ground, and not break?
There are, apparently, many, and students at Butteville Elementary School had a lot of fun exploring several of them during the annual Butteville Egg Drop, which was held at the school last Friday.
“Make it soft and use a lot of cushioning,” said seventh grader Mallory Pappas, who added, “My main thing was a parachute.”
Pappas’s egg did, indeed, make it to the ground softly, after being dropped by Nick Borgatti of A-Cut-Above Tree Service from the bucket of his boom truck, as it was suspended high above the schools playground.
According to sixth grade teacher and principle organizer Chet Kyle, the goal of the increasingly popular annual Butteville event is to keep the egg from breaking. However, he also noted that there were other judged categories as well, including one for aesthetics.
The egg toss is intended to be both a fun, as well as a learning activity, noted Kyle.
Sixth grader Jordan Pavlic was also of the “parachute” school of thinking. In fact, Jordan’s creation was built to resemble a giant mushroom.
Chrissy Linfoot had her own theory. “Make a horrible box that will blow up on the outside,” she said, explaining that deep within the box, there needs to be ample cushion around the egg.
This year’s event was graced with sunny skies and warm weather, a welcome relief after last year’s snow and rain showers.
The following students received top scores in the competition. The top sixth graders in alphabetical order were: Trevor Jackson, Emily Longworth, Emily Mills, Jordan Pavlic and Camille Peterson.
The top three seventh graders were Kaylee Anderson, Johanna Stensaas and Andrew Matheson.
The top three eighth graders were Kaela Slabaugh, Noah Osborn and Clayton Mills. These three students will be going to COS later this week to compete in a county wide egg drop.
Kyle and the rest of the Butteville staff extended their thanks to Nick Borgatti of A-Cut-Above as well as the Weed Fire Department Volunteer Kevin Stenmark, who was on hand to help keep things safe.
The Weed Volunteer Fire Department dedicated their services as a gesture to firefighter Becky Quigley, a member of the Salmon River Hotshots, who was recently injured while on a forest fire in Plumas County.
