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Michael D. Chason Director of Public Relations ABAC 30 -- 2802 Moore Highway Tifton, GA 31793-2601 Phone 229-391-5055 Fax 229-391-5056 mchason@abac.edu

IMMEDIATE FEBRUARY 28, 2005

LOWNDES COUNTY STUDENT TAKES SCIENCE FAIR TITLE

TIFTON—Courtney Walker from Lowndes Middle School was the first place winner in the junior division (grades 6 - 8) of the recent Abraham Baldwin College Regional Science and Engineering Fair. The title of her project was “Which Foods Do Ants Like/Dislike” in the category of Zoology.

Cyndi Harrell, Walker’s teacher, received an award plaque. Walker also won the Suber Award for best junior division project in the field of entomology.

Megan Green from Ben Hill Middle School won second place in the junior division for her project “Will a Gerbil Learn to Follow a Path of a Particular Color to Find a Reward in a Maze?”

The American Chemical Society Award of a $100 savings bond for the best

Chemistry project went to Brooke Sims from Lowndes Middle School. The title of her project was “Which Type of Water Will Rust Iron the Fastest?” Harrell, who is also her teacher, received a year’s subscription to the Journal of Chemical Education.

A total of 100 students from three counties (Lowndes, Colquitt, and Ben Hill) participated in the fair. ABAC Science and Mathematics Division Chair Ray Barber coordinated the event.

Ten students qualified for the Georgia Science and Engineering Fair (State Competition) in Athens on April 6-9. Qualifiers by county included Sims and Walker of Lowndes; James D. McKie, Haley L. Gilleland, Paul R. Johnson, and Green of Ben Hill; and Seth J. Norman, Ashley M. Mead, Christina M. Craft, and William K. Pierce of Colquitt.

Students by county who will serve as alternates include Kimberly K. Cawley of Ben Hill and Angela J. Moxley and Hunter D. Stone of Colquitt.

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