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Dillard.Griffin@xxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2009 14:00:12 -0500> > > Below
is an article form the Lexington Herald Leader about this past> Saturdays
county science fair.> I wanted to share this article with everyone because
your Buckley Hills> Audubon chapter, was a really great part of this science
fair. Some of our> board members worked as judges at the fair, and others
were working at our> booth. Along with the science fair the Lexington
Explorium (formerly know> as the Children's museum) sponsors a science
related fair outside of the> science fair exhibit area. The BHAS had been
asked to once again this year> to sponsor a booth or display for the
Explorium. Tony Brusate put a lot of> work into arranging for the Raptor
Rehabilitation of Kentucky Organization,> to have several raptors on
display. This organization is located in> Louisville Kentucky, and they
brought for the on site display several of> their raptors,: hawks, owls and
a bald eagle. This large display was> really a great success. With the 640
entry in the fair and the kids> friends, parents and teachers there was
estimated to be more than three> thousand people on site. I think that all
of them must have come by the> display. Raptor Rehabilitation had sent four
trained individuals to answer> questions, all of them were really great in
talking with the adults and the> youngsters. They were really professionally
in being able to deal with the> hundreds of questions. Talking with the
persons one to one. I have had> several phone calls today thanking BHAS for
sponsoring the show. One> person called to tell me that she had never seen a
bald eagle, and how> grateful she was to have been able to see one so up
close. It was really> a great event, and we got exposure to the 3,000
guests. From this came the> idea of taking a field trip to Louisville to
visit the Raptor> Rehabilitation center. We could drive up one day, tour the
facility do> some volunteer work, help clean cages and such.> Anyway I just
wanted to be sure and follow up on this with everyone.> Ruth/Dottie the
unofficial photographer for the event was Tony. He got> some great pictures
that we could use one for the newsletter and perhaps> use, with Tony's
permission, some of the photographs for the web site.> Thanks to everyone
for the success and the great help put into the science> fair and for
arranging to have the exhibition as a apart of the county> program. Joe in
order to get the folk paid for bringing the exhibit down> from Louisville,
Tony (Anthony Brusate) paid them we will need to make a> check to reimburse
Tony for this.> > Dillard Griffin> Manager, Production Operations> Kentucky
American Water> office 859 268 6340> mobile 859 537 0739>
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article > > > > > > > > > > Monday, Feb 9, 2009> Posted on Sun, Feb. 08,
2009> Kids investigate DNA and the 5-second rule> Kentucky American Water
Science Fair> By Ashlee Clark> aclark@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Courtney Mims had
a question: Is there any truth to the five-second rule?> > Courtney, 9, had
watched an episode of the Food Network show Food> Detectives that examined
whether it was safe to eat something that had> been on the ground for no
more than five seconds.> > So Courtney created her own five-second-rule
experiment. She dropped a> piece of cheese on the floor in her home and
examined it.> > "A lot of bacteria grew on the cheese," she said.> >
Courtney and more than 640 Fayette County students in grades four through>
12 presented experiments at the 25th annual Kentucky American Water> Science
Fair on Saturday at Bryan Station High School.> > The school's gym was
filled with presentation boards that displayed> pictures and explanations of
projects. The younger students' experiments> examined a variety of topics,
such as how much DNA is in a banana,> whether plants listen and what
concrete is good for. The presentations> closer to the stage displayed the
more complex work of the high school> entrants, delving into cellular
respiration and the effect of tangibility> on memory.> > "I think we have a
bright future ahead of us if our kids stay on track,"> said Courtney's
mother, Natalie Mims.> > Judges went from display to display and questioned
students about their> experiments, while parents watched from the
surrounding bleachers. The> winning students — 120 in all — will advance to
the Central Kentucky> Regional Science Engineering Fair on March 7 at the
University of> Kentucky.> > Six students with projects related to water
earned the Water Award. And> three students with projects related to the
environment received the new> Mayor's Urban Environmental Award from
Lexington Mayor Jim Newberry. The> mayor joined Kentucky American Water
President Nick Rowe and Fayette> County Public Schools Superintendent Stu
Silberman in the award> presentations.> > Paul Laurence Dunbar senior Han
Shi's project explored whether imaging> can detect the effects of a lung
cancer vaccine.> > Han, who won a medal for his project, said he has enjoyed
working on the> yearlong project.> > "It's a mysterious disease, cancer," he
said.> > Han also enjoyed looking at the younger children's experiments.> >
"It's fun seeing the kids being nurtured into scientists," he said.> > Ellen
Watts, 12, conducted an experiment at her grandmother's day care to> figure
out whether traditional hand-washing or hand sanitizer is more> effective
for 4-year-olds. Watts said she learned that sanitizer is> better because
small children don't wash thoroughly enough.> > Watts, who is home-schooled,
has been in two or three other science> fairs.> > "I like the competition to
see how well I do," she said.> > Reach Ashlee Clark at (859) 626-5878.> >
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