Oakville Newspapers

Oakville Beaver, 23 May 2014, p. 8

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www.insideHALTON.com | OAKVILLE BEAVER | Friday, May 23, 2014 | 8 Youths represent at national and international science fairs by Julia Le Oakville Beaver Staff Nart Barileva Aagnik Pant Jack Mogus Eduard Brenninkmeijer Katie Brent Calvin Rieder Oakville youths did the town proud at the Canada-Wide Science Fair in Windsor, Ont. and Intel International Science and Engineering Fair in Los Angeles, Calif., this month. Abbey Park High School students Nart Barileva and Aagnik Pant won silver medals for their project: SolventBased Cellulose Crystallinity Minimization to Improve Biofuel Production. Emily Carr Public School Grade 8 student Jack Mogus also won a silver medal for his project Jocks, Girdles and Guards -- A Dilatant Anomaly. Each silver medal comes with a $300 cash award and a scholarship of $2,000-$2,500. Oakville Christian School Grade 8 student Eduard Brenninkmeijer took home a bronze medal, a $100 cash award and a $1,000 scholarship for his project Flood Water Purification at Home. Oakville resident Katie Brent, who attends Burlington's Notre Dame Catholic Secondary School, also earned a bronze medal, a $100 cash award, a $1,000 scholarship and the Australian National Youth Science Forum Award for her project Telemetric Vest: Wearable Computing for Patient Welfare. She has been invited to participate in the Australian National Youth Science Forum in January 2015, a trip valued at $2,500. Meanwhile at the international level, St. Thomas Aquinas Secondary School Grade 11 student Calvin Rieder placed second in the Environmental Management category for his project Passive Manipulation of Thermal Radiation -- Dual Purpose Condensers to Provide Potable Water. That distinction earned him a $1,500 cash award and an asteroid named after him. The students qualified for the international and national competition after being among 70 elementary and high school students who hauled a number of awards home from the Bay Area Science and Engineering Fair in Hamilton in April. For more information, visit www.basef.ca. POVERTY NEVERRESTS We are pleased to announce an exciting new partnership with KSM and Halton Fresh Food Box. 8 WINERIES. 8 CHEFS. 8 LIVE BANDS. 1 AWESOME VIEW. DONATE TODAY! Your monthly donations provide fresh produce for families in need. Provides for up to 3 families. Yes, I would like to help families in need... Here's how I can help ... A monthly gift of $ _________________ or a single gift of $ __________________ Visa / Mastercard: # _____________________________________________ Expiry Date: ____________ NAME ____________________________________________________________________________________________ STREET ADDRESS ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ CITY/ PROVINCE ________________________________________________________ POSTAL CODE _______________________________ EMAIL __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ A weekend celebration of wine, food and music on the Beamsville Bench. www.grazethebench.com June 7 & 8, 2014 12 pm ­ 5 pm Donations can be made online at www.kerrstreet.net or fill out and forward the form below. Audi Centre Oakville PHONE ___________________________________________________ CELL _________________________________________________________ If paying by cheque, please detach and forward with your payment to: Kerr Street Ministries, 485 Kerr Street, Oakville ON L6K 3C6. A receipt for income tax purposes will be sent to you. For more information on how you can help this growing ministry need contact us today at 905-845-7485. Charitable Reg. No. 897106845RR0001

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