REGIONAL SCIENCE FAIR ANNOUNCES WINNERS

The 36th Annual Southeast Missouri Regional Science Fair honored top student participants during its awards program Thursday night at the Show Me Center.

The two top senior winners were Jennifer Henry of South Pemiscot High School in Steele and Melissa Engelen of Leopold R-III in Leopold. Both will advance to International Science Fair competition in Nashville Tenn.

Other winners in this year's science fair include:

Louis Unfer Scholarship

Jennifer Henry, South Pemiscot High, Steele.

Dr. E. Lawrence Bahn

Memorial Award

Winner: Chasity Stephens, Marquand-Zion R-6, Marquand.

Alternate: Melannie Dodson, Clearwater R-I, Piedmont.

Linda Godwin Award

Sarah Strickland, Oak Ridge R-6, Oak Ridge.

JUNIOR DIVISION

Behaviorial and Social Sciences

First: Carrie Freeman, Kennett Junior High, Kennett, Becky Burns, Clearwater R-I, Piedmont; Second: Shannon Newcomb, Central Junior High, Cape Girardeau, Kimberly Dark, Charleston Junior High, Charleston; Third: Jenny Anderson, Katie Anderson, Perryville Junior High, Perryville; Julie Massey, Bloomfield Middle, Bloomfield.

Biochemistry

First: Tim Speight, South Pemiscot, Steele, Kyle Dellamano, L.J. Schultz, Cape Girardeau; Second: Lorelei Morris, Clearwater R-I, Piedmont; Third: Stacie Lambert, Sikeston Junior High, Sikeston.

Botany

First: Lisa Lawhorn, Kennett Junior High, Kennett; Second: Claire Bruce, Kennett Junior High, Kennett, Jennifer Westbrook, Advance R-IV, Advance; Third: Ellen Eye, John A. Evans Middle School, Potosi, Heather Smith, T.S. Hill Middle School, Dexter.

Chemistry

First: Carrie Smith, Central Junior High, Sam Teeters, Woodland; Second: Walter Pollock, Sikeston Junior High, Sikeston; Third: Nancy Riggs, Kennett Junior High, Kennett, Alicia Bridges, Charleston Junior High, Charleston.

Earth and Space Sciences

First: Matt Vollink, St. Vincent de Paul, Cape Girardeau; Second: Amanda Bell, Kennett Junior High, Kennett, Dustin Shemwell, Central Junior High, Cape Girardeau; Third: Allen Suttle, Hayti Junior High, Hayti, Tim White, Central Junior High, Cape Girardeau, Clifton Copeland, John A. Evans Middle, Potosi.

Engineering

First: Amy Duncan, Clearwater R-I, Piedmont, Second: Mark Rose, Central Junior High, Cape Girardeau; Third: Kimberly Brown, Maria Pontillas, St. Vincent, Perryville.

Environmental Sciences

First: Sara Beth Martin, Kennett Junior High, Kennett, Jobeth Lightfoot, Kennett Junior High, Kennett; Second: Jason Glueck, Oak Ridge R-6, Oak Ridge; Third: Kristi Jenkins and Jamie Freed, Advance R-IV, Advance, Lisa DeBrock and Sarah Landewee, Leopold R-III, Leopold.

Mathematics

First: Ryan Branstetter, John A. Evans Middle, Potosi; Second: Marc Huffman, John A. Evans Middle, Potosi; Third: Peter Olesen, Central Junior High, Cape Girardeau, Amber McCormick, St. Mary, Cape Girardeau.

Medicine and Health

First: Nida Luangjamekorn, Kennet Junior High, Kennett; Second: Daniel Smathers, John A. Evans Middle, Potosi, Keith Anderson, St. Joseph, Scott City; Third: Carissa Kutz, Perryville Junior High, Perryville, Amanda Nelson, Jackie Ervin, Advance R-IV, Advance, Jennifer Ormsby, Poplar Bluff Junior High, Poplar Bluff.

Microbiology

First: Stacy Hamlett, Kennett Junior High, Kennett, Jennifer Miller, St. Joseph, Scott City; Second: Doyle Noe, Sikeston Junior High, Sikeston; Third: Janet Thompson, Clearwater R-I, Piedmont, Susan Ellis, South Pemiscot, Steele.

Physics

First: Jamie-Rae Woodring, John A. Evans Middle, Potosi; Second: Josh Collier, Kennett Junior High, Kennett, David Linden, L.J. Schultz, Cape Girardeau; Third: Mark Slagg, John A. Evans Middle, Potosi, Robert Schack, John A. Evans Middle, Potosi, Autumn Bowling, Bloomfield Middle, Bloomfield.

Zoology

First: Tom Richards, Central Junior High, Cape Girardeau; Second: Jeremy Butler, Charleston Junior High, Charleston; Third: Krissi Priest and Jamie Welker, St. Vincent de Paul, Cape Girardeau, Lisa Boyd, Kennett Junior High, Kennett.

SENIOR DIVISION

Behaviorial and Social Sciences

First: Glendon Guttenfelder, Sikeston High, Sikeston; Second, Ben Johnson, Sikeston High, Sikeston; Third: Sara Long and Kathy Jenkins, Advance R-IV, Advance.

Botany

First: Jennifer Henry, South Pemiscot High, Steele; Second: Keith Berry, Sikeston High, Sikeston; Third: Amy McMillan, Oak Ridge R-6, Oak Ridge.

Chemistry

First: Heyde Potashnick, Sikeston High, Sikeston; Second: Tracy Harmon, West County R-IV, Leadwood; Third: Judee Williams, Sikeston High, Sikeston.

Environmental Sciences

First: Chasity Stephens, Marquand-Zion R-6, Marquand; Second: Laura Davis, South Pemiscot High, Steele; Third: Kristal Berkbigler, Oak Ridge R-6, Oak Ridge.

Mathematics

First: Sarah Strickland, Oak Ridge R-6, Oak Ridge; Third: Sarah Dees and Reita Myers, Marquand-Zion R-6, Marquand, Edwin Kennon and Ricky Lord, Marquand-Zion R-6, Marquand.

Microbiology

Melissa Engelen, Leopold R-III, Leopold; Second: Holly White, Sikeston High, Sikeston, John Askew, Sikeston High, Sikeston; Third: Melannie Dodson, Clearwater R-I, Piedmont.

Physics

First: Kyle Jeffries, Sikeston High, Sikeston; Second: Robin Chambers, Sikeston High, Sikeston, Brandon Gregory, Jeremy French, Advance R-IV, Advance; Third: Tim Jackson, Sikeston High, Sikeston.

Zoology

First: Amy Hillhouse, South Pemiscot High, Steele; Second: Elizabeth Banderman, Sikeston High, Sikeston; Third: Anne Stewart, Sikeston High, Sikeston.

OTHER AWARDS:

Alfred B. Joy Creativity

Matt Vollink, St. Vincent de Paul, Cape Girardeau; Danny Wittenborn, St. Vincent de Paul, Cape Girardeau.

American Chemical Society

Junior Biochemistry: Tim Speight, South Pemiscot, Steele.

Junior Chemistry: Sam Teeters, Woodland.

Senior Chemistry: Heyde Potashnick, Sikeston High, Sikeston.

American Foundation of

Vision Awareness

Carissa Kutz, Perryville Junior High, Perryville.

American Society for

Microbiology

Stacy Hamlett, Kennett Junior High, Kennett; Melissa Engelen, Leopold R-III, Leopold; Holly White, Sikeston High, Sikeston.

Association of Women

Geoscientists

Jennifer Henry, South Pemiscot High, Steele.

Audubon Society

Corey Ruesler, Immaculate Conception, Jackson; Melissa Engelen, Leopold R-III, Leopold.

Cape County Veterinary

Medicine Society

Junior: Tom Richards, Central Junior High, Cape Girardeau.

Senior: Melissa Engelen, Leopold R-III, Leopold.

Cape Girardeau Area

Engineers Club

Junior: Mark Rose, Central Junior High, Cape Girardeau.

Senior: Brandon Gregory and Jeremy French, Advance R-IV, Advance.

Eastman Kodak

First: Matt Vollink, St. Vincent de Paul, Cape Girardeau; Second: Sara Beth Martin, Kennett Junior High, Kennett.

Environmental Analysis

South, Inc.

Seventh Grade: Jobeth Lightfoot, Kennett Junior High, Kennett.

Eighth Grade: Sara Beth Martin, Kennett Junior High, Kennett.

Ninth Grade: Jason Glueck, Oak Ridge R-6, Oak Ridge.

Junior Engineering

Technical Society

Mark Rose, Central Junior High, Cape Girardeau.

Louis Unfer Award

Junior Earth Science: Matt Vollink, St. Vincent de Paul, Cape Girardeau.

Junior Engineering: Amy Duncan, Clearwater R-I, Piedmont.

National Association for

the Advancement of

Colored People

Allen Suttle, Hayti Junior High, Hayti.

National Association of

Biology Teachers

Chasity Stephens, Marquand-Zion R-6, Marquand.

National Council of

Mathematics Teachers

Sarah Strickland, Oak Ridge R-6, Oak Ridge.

Sierra Club

Jennifer Henry, South Pemiscot High, Steele.

Southeast Missouri

Dental Society

Junior: Daniel Smathers, John A. Evans Middle, Potosi.

Senior: Jennifer Henry, South Pemiscot High, Steele.

Union Electric

Brandon Gregory and Jeremy French, Advance R-IV, Advance.

United States Army

Most Outstanding: Chasity Stephens, Marquand-Zion R-6, Marquand.

Outstanding: Mark Rose, Central Junior High, Cape Girardeau; Sarah Strickland, Oak Ridge R-6, Oak Ridge; Jennifer Henry, South Pemiscot High, Steele.

United States Department

of Energy

Laura Davis, South Pemiscot High, Steele.

United States Department of

Health & Human Services

Bobbi King, Oak Ridge R-6, Oak Ridge.

United States Marine Corps

First: John Askew, Sikeston High, Sikeston; Second: Chasity Stephens, Marquand-Zion R-6, Marquand.

United States

Metric Association

Lauri Lankheit, Sikeston High, Sikeston.

United States Navy

First: Heyde Potashnick, Sikeston High, Sikeston; Second: Jennifer Henry, South Pemiscot High, Steele; Third: Laura Davis, South Pemiscot High, Steele, Melissa Engelen, Leopold R-III, Leopold.

Yale Science &

Engineering Association

Heyde Potashnick, Sikeston High, Sikeston.

Best Group Exhibit

Jennifer Westbrook and Leslie Richmond, Advance R-IV, Advance.

Top Eighth Grade Student

Sara Beth Martin, Kennett Junior High, Kennett.

Overall Junior Life Science

Nida Luangjamekorn, Kennett Junior High, Kennett.

Overall Junior Physical Science

Tim Speight, South Pemiscot, Steele.