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TUESDAY, APRIL 22, 1997 R2 1p9A ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH 1997 GREATER ST. LOUIS SCIENCE FAIR In THne Fa Winners 2 Brothers Win Division Honors In Science Fair From page eight torn torn After the awards presentations the fair will close. But competition continues for Madhu Pocha, a senior at Parkway South High School, and Lau By Phyllis Brasch Librach Of the Post-Dispatch Staff Scraps of paper, left over from a mad dash to finish two science fair entries, still litter the living room of the house where teen-agers Jeff and Ryan McClintock live in Ballwin. "You can hardly walk in it," said their mother, Nancy McClintock.

The mess seems worthwhile now that the McClintock brothers each won a division honor at the Greater St. Louis Science Fair. Jeff, a seventh-grader at Parkway West, beat out 408 other entries with his study of how gravity affects the growth of lima beans and black-eyed peas. Ryan, a junior at Mary InstituteSt. Louis Country Day School, won from a field of 190 entries.

Ryan built six models of bridges to analyze how each structure handles stress, The McClintocks and seven other division winners will receive their honors at an awards ceremony at 7 tonight at Greensfelder Recreation Center at Queeny Park, 550 Weid-man Road in west St. Louis County. The division winners represent the students who took top honors in grades six through 12. Awards also will be presented to students in grades six through 12 who won blue ribbons. Winners who earned red and green ribbons and honorable mentions can pick up their awards after 3 p.m.

today at the Greensfelder Recreation Center. Also receiving awards tonight will be students who took top prizes in the honors division and those who won awards from private industry or professional associations. J. McClintock R. McClintock Parkway West High School who takes college-level biology.

The fair attracted more than 3,500 exhibits representing the work of 10,557 students at 346 schools in St. Louis, St. Louis County and Jefferson County. The Post-Dispatch and the Monsanto Fund sponsor the fair, in conjunction with St. Louis Community College at Forest Park.

The St. Louis County Department of Parks and Re creation provides free space at Queeny Park. As the fair marked its 50th anni- versary, event organizers honored Melba "Jimi" James with a plaque in appreciation of her service and dedication. James, a retired science teacher, has been with the fair for 39 years, including 21 as fair director. James labels the event the largest regional science fair in the country.

She expects the field of entries to grow again next year. Bigger could mean better for the McClintocksi why? Next year they could bring home three ribbons when Jeff and Ryan's younger sister, Amy, a sixth-grader at Parkway West Middle School, en ters for the first time. ra D. Mayberry, Kramer a senior at Hazelwood West. They will compete next month in the International Science and Engineering Fair in Louisville, Ky.

Each has also received a $3,000 scholarship from the Monsanto Fund. Roberto Young, a junior at Sumner High, earned a red ribbon for his entry in the honors division. He downloaded images that showed a cross section of the brain to the hard drive of a medical computer. "And from there I transferred that image through the Internet to the hard drive of a Macintosh computer," he said. The same project earned Roberto, 16, a trip to Seattle to represent St.

Louis Public Schools at the National Junior Academies of Science fair. Many honors entries carried titles sure to leave most readers with a mouthful of unpronounceable words. Take Courtney A. Kramer's entry: "Reversibility of Dendritic Variocosi-ties After Hypoxia Ischemia Causing Glutamate Excitotoxicity." "Translated, it means I studied damage to the body's neurotransmitters caused by lack of oxygen and glucose and determined it can be reversed," said Courtney, a junior at NavyMarine Corps Distinguished Achievement Awards: certificate and graphing calculator to Elizabeth Wilcockson, Pattonville Senior; Stephanie Nash, Ursuline Academy; Ryan McClintock, Mary InstituteCountry Day School; Stephanie Piatt, Parkway South. Optical Society of Greater St Louis: $50 savings bond A optics kit to Eric Smith, St.

Roch; Hao T. Nguyen, Gateway Institute of Technology; certificate to Aaisha Irwin, Carr Lane Visual Performing Arts; Keelyn Hutchison, St. Genevieve DuBois; Melissa Ham, chairman, Carr Lane Visual Performing Arts; John Cox, Parkway West High; Ian Wasserman, Gateway Institute of Twechnology; Norma Drulea, Central Visual Performing Arts; OSA Optics Discovery Kit to: Katie Schembri, Parkway Northeast Middle; Mary PantaneRuthie Wel-gus, Parkway West. PRC Inc. $50 check to Tai Quong, Gateway Institute of Technology; Shai Sachs, Ladue Hor-ton-Watkins; Daniel Gwinn, AcademicAthletic Academy; Chris Willard, Ritenour School District.

Science Fair Supply Co: $20 cash, display kit and certificate to Harriet William, Soldan International Studies; Brian Hardnacke, Ritenour School District; Nicole Williams, St. Margaret of Scotland; Cara Miller, Kirby Junior; Arash Sabet, Parkway West High. Southwestern Bell: $100 savings bond, plaque and certificate to Brian Keller, Christ Community Lutheran; $75 savings bond, plaque and certificate to Nikita Penn, Carr Lane Visual and Performing Arts; $50 Savings Bond, plaque and certificate to Leland Jaffe, Parkway Central. Statistical Consultants Plus: $50 to Me-lanie Miller, Metro High; Charusha Greene, Hazelwood East High. SL Louis Dietietic Association: Certificate to Kate Burton, North Jefferson Middle; Allison Leet, Christ Community Lutheran; Stephanie Taylor, St.

James the Greater. St. Louis Metropolitan Medical Society: $200 and certificate to Aidin A. Sabet, Parkway West High; $100 and certificate to Madchu Pocha, Parkway South $50 and certificate to Chris Halliburton, chairman, Madison Tri-A; Johnny Ton, Hazelwood Central High; $25 and certificate to Sechita Otey, Sumner; Aaron Brown, Kirkwood High; Roger Singh, Parkway Central Middle; Carolina Guzman, Bunche International Studies; $20 and certificate to Kate Turkcan, St. Gerard Majella; Jason Meyer, Parkway West Middle; Megan Holmes, Carr Lane Visual and Performing Arts; Maggie Webb, Holman Middle.

SL Louis Science Center Invited to Division Winner Day at the Science Center: Adam Kay, St. Norbert; Aaron Heil, Ritenour School Distsrict; Jeff McClintock, Parkway West Middle; William Scherding, Rockwood School District; Rachel Silverberg, Brittany Woods Middle; Stephanie Nash, Ursuline Academy; Elizabeth Wilcockson, Pattonville Senior; Ryan McClintock, Mary InstituteSt. Louis Country Day; Stephanie Piatt, Parkway South High; Laura Mayberry, Hazelwood West High; Madhu Pocha, Parkway South High. U.S. Army: $50 Savings Bond, certificate and medallion to Kristin Everding, Ursuline Academy; certificate with folder to Brian Eufinger, Parkway West High; Abby Hammerman, Parkway Central High; Betsy Dale, Ursuline Academy; Mary PantaneRuthie Welgus, Parkway West; certificate to Demetrius Caldwell, Beaumont; Michael Petty, Beaumont; Jennifer Sat-ton, Sumner; Angie Crowe, Ursuline Academy; Patrick King, Hazelwood East; Shawn Kumar, Parkway West High; Sachin Parikh, chairman, Parkway South High; Nathan Warre, Central Visual and Performing Arts; David Tufts, Central Visual and Performing Arts; Jennifer Sherwin, Metro High; Linh Bui, Soldan International Studies.

U.S. Department of Health Human Services: Certificate to Fredrick Saunders, Vashon. U.S. Metric Association: Certificate to: Ken Susman, Parkway Northeast Middle. University of Missouri at Rolla-McDonnell Alumni: $50 savings bond to Ryan McClintock, Mary InstituteCountry Day School; David Tufts, Central Visual and Performing Arts.

Urban Regional Information Systems Association: $50 savings bond to Chris Hauf, McKinley Classical Junior Academy; Shai Sachs, Ladue-Horton Watkins. Voyage Scientifica: Certificate $50 check to Bryce Roberts, Gateway Middle tronautics: $50 and certificate to William Scherding, Rockwood School District; Bao Quang Pham, Bunche International Studies; Tudor Masek, Brittany Woods Middle; Ryan McClintock, Mary InstituteCountry Day School; Diem Troung, chairman, Fanning Middle. American Institute of Chemical Engineers: $40 savings bond and certificate to Megan Moriarity, Kirby Junior; Linda Lowmus, Gateway Middle; Lindsay Rick, Kirby Junior. American MENSA of St Louis: $50 check and certificate to Radhika Tripuraneni, Ladue-Horton Watkins; Shai Sachs, Ladue-Horton Watkins. Alpha Chi Sigma, Professional Fraternity in Chemistry, St Louis Chapter T-shirt and certificate to Christine E.

Moulder, Hazelwood West and Brian Elliot, Parkway Centra; certificate to Chloe Davis, Gateway Institute of Technology; Chante Jackson, Carr Lane Visual Performing Arts; Annie Saraceno, McKinley Classical Junior Academy; Mike Cook, St. Margaret of Scotland. American Meterological Society: Certificate to Kimberly Jones, Gateway Institute of Technology; Arnie Phillips, Parkway West. American Society for Metals, SL Louis Chapter $500 Savings Bond to Robert Madi-gan, Hazelwood West. American Society of Civil Engineers, St Louis Section: $50 to Jon Saettele, Pattonville Heights Middle School; Damon Vaughan, Gateway Middle School; Ryan McClintock, Mary InstituteCountry Day School.

American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air Conditioning Engineers: $100 to Jennifer Levin, Ferguson Middle. American Statistical Association: $50 savings bond to Kim McHugh, Holman Middle School; Parag Shah, chairman, Hazelwood East. Association for Women Geoscientists: Certificate to Mark Freeman, Parkway Northeast Middle. Auxiliary of the Missouri Veterinary Medical Association: $50, medallion certificate to Travis Hofman, Rockwood School District. East Central District, Federated Garden Clubs of Missouri: $50 to Amanda Richardson, Kirby Junior; $25 Cash to Samone Reynolds, Kirby Junior; Angela Bohnenkamp, Kirby Junior; Jodessa Byers, chairman, Hazelwood West Junior; Scott Gal, chairman, Hazelwood West Junior; Krystyna Dowling, Good Shepherd; Michael Kremer, St.

Michael the Archangel; $15 to Monkhoun Chantharath, Pruitt Military academy; Dieu Tran, Kirby Junior; Anna Luangxay-sana, Blow Middle; Joe Schniers, AcademicAthletic Academy; Laniva Stevens, L'Ouverture Middle. Eastern Missouri Society for Paleontology: Paleontology gift and membership to Jeremy Karnowski, McKinley Classical Junior Academy. Eastman Kodak Company: Photo kit to Jennifer LaFollete, Hazelwood Central High; photo kit for teacher to Nick Damaso, Hazel-wood Central. Explorers CLub, St Louis-Mississippi Valley: $100 Marlin Perkins Award to Stephanie Piatt, Parkway South. Fitzpatrick Pharmacy $50 and certificate to: Tiffany Johnson, Vashon High.

Gifted Resource Council: Learning lab class to Joe Byrne, Ritenour School District. Greater SL Louis Dental Society: $50 to Suzane Holland, St. Gerard Majella; Amanda Wolf, chairman, Fanning Middle; Josh Neptune, Parkway West. Institute for Operations Research and Management Science: Graphing scientific calculator and certificate to Kristin Everding, Ursuline Academy; certificate to Shai Sachs, Ladue-Horton Watkins. Institute of Food Technologists: $100 Bond to Kate Burton, North Jefferson Middle; Tyler Stensland, Parkway South Middle; Melissa Lechner, Parkway South Middle.

lota Sigma Pi, Promethium Chapter: Certificate and "The Book for Working Women" to Stephanie Nash, Ursuline Academy. Landscape Nurserymens Association: $50 to Grace Havlak, St. Genevieve DuBois; Ryan Reeb, Parkway South Middle; Jasenka Memisevic, Bunche International Studies; Lee Schuermann, St. Norbert; Angela Bohnenkamp, Kirby Junior; Laura LeResche, Haelwood West Junior; Tom Dye, Parkway West High; Maggie Christ, Fox Senior High; Dawn DuBois, Pattonville Senior High; Lance Valiant, Beaumont. Mid America Aquacenter Pass to Mid American Aquacenter to Valerie Repking, chairman, St.

Norbert; Brenda Appleby, Hazelwood West Junior; Kelli Pritchett, Ritenour School District; Laura Olson, Christ Community Lutheran; Andrew McClanahan, St. Louis Homes-choolers; William Johnson, chairman, Gateway Middle School. Missouri Organization of Clinical Laboratory Science: $25 check certificate to Christy Hume, Hazelwood Central High. NACE International: Certificate to Nick Choksi, Parkway West. National Council of Teachers of Mathematics: Certificate and book to Tai Duong, Gateway Institute of Technology.

Whit, chairman, Sumner; Crystal Wilson, Rdbsevelt; Zedekiah Worsham, Hazelwood Central; Dana Wynn, Normandy High. Twelfth Grade Division winner Stephanie Piatt, Parkway South High. Blue winners: Rebecca Byers, Hazelwood Central; J)iuia Greene, Vashon; Michele Hemen-way, Ursuline Academy; Tiffany Johnson, Vashon; Tran Le, Soldan International Studies; Matt Reker, chairman, Hazelwood East; Mandy Roehr, Ursuline Academy; Jennifer Sherwin, Metro; Nathan Shore, Metro; Aysha Upchurch, Metro; Jennifer Yu, Hazelwood Central High. Red winners: Cristin Barrett, Ursuline Academy; Rebecca Battern, chairman, Parkway South; Beth Beck, Ursuline Academy; Linh Bui, Soldan International Studies; Jeannette Downey, Ursuline Academy; Charusha Greene, Hazel-wood East; Lucretia Hayes, chairman, Beaumont; Megan Henslee, Ursuline Academy; Renee Jeep, Ursuline Academy; Kimberly Jones, Gateway Institute of Technology; Mike Khoda-doust, Parkway West; Jennifer Lynch, Hazel-wood Central; Lindsay Misegades, Hazelwood Central; Adrienne Nihls, Ursuline Academy; PrasandPatel, Hazelwood West; Valerie Pierce, Gateway Institute of Technology; Travis Tanner, Beaumont; Lantz Thomas, Gateway Institute Amy Walker, Ursuline Academy; Lakisha Wells, Vashon; Tony West-brooks, chairman, Hazelwood East; Alicia Whitt-ington, Hazelwood East. Green winners: Nicole Bonds, Gateway Institute of Technology; Jeremy Bradley, Beaumont; Jon Dakins, Hazelwood West; Jamal Davis, Sumner; Norma Drulea, Central Visual and Perfonfiing Arts; Tamorah Miles, Gateway Institute of- Technology; Carrie Mueller, Cleveland Naval Junior ROTC; Takesha Pratt, chairman, Beaumont; Angelique Smith, Beaumont.

Honors Division ISEF Norman R.D. Jones) Division winner Laura D. Mayberry, Hazelwood West; ISEF (Louis C. Lunte) division winner: Madhu Pocha, Parkway South. Blue-winners: Alice M.

Chang, Parkway West; Aidin A. Sabet, Parkway West; Shai Sachs, Ladue Horton Watkins; Radhika Tripur-aneni, Ladue Horton Watkins; Kristin E. Vogel, Hazelwood West High. Red Winners: A'Biel R. Hammonds, Ladue Horton Watkins; Ame L.

Hertling, chairman, Fox Senior; Christy A. Hume, Hazelwood Central; Colltjtney A. Kramer, Parkway West; Jeffrey A. Loesel. Ladue Horton Watkins; Christine E.

Moulder, Hazelwood West; Dilruba Nisar, Ladue Horton Watkins; Sneha Sastry, Mary InstituteSt. Louis Country Day; Roberto Young, Sumner High. Green winners: Shaunita N. Brown, Beaumont; Michelle R. Coleman, Hazelwood West; Kathleen M.

Gardiner, Hazelwood West; Mag-daline Matthews, Hazelwood West; Monica Washington, Beaumont; Mercedes C. Wilburn, Central Visual and Performing Arts. Special Awards Air Waste Management Association: First Award of 100 to: Sonya William, Gateway Award of $75 to: Kristy Karles-kint, Ureuline Academy; third Award of $50 to: Melissa Schapiro, Parkway Central High; fourth Award of $25 to: Michael Kremer, St. Michael the Archangel. American Chemical Society-St.

Louis Section: First Award of 6-month Science Center menibership, book certificate to Wesley Tucker, Parkway Northeast Middle; Nathan Feldman, Parkway Central High; Christine E. MouldeT. Hazelwood West High Second Award of book-amd certificate to Megan Moriarity, Kirby 'Junior; Sabrina Montgomery, Vashon High; Third award of book amd certificate to Jason Kenning, Remington Traditional; Nathan High. American Association of University Women, Ballwin-Chesterfield Branch: $50 to 6th grade student Kate Burton, North Jefferson Middle; $50 to 7th grade student Rachel Denisons Parkway Central Middle; $50 to 8th grade Student Rachel Silverberg, Brittany Woods Middle; $50 to 9th grade student Stephanie Nash, Ursuline Academy; $100 to a 10 through 12th grade student, Stephanie Piatt, Parkway $200 to Honor's Division student, Christine E. Moulder, Hazelwood West.

American Foundation for Vision Awareness, Missouri Affiliate: $50 and plaque to Teresa vNiemeier, Ursuline Academy; Honorable Mention Certificate to: Jaime Gilligan, Ursuline Academy. American Industrial Hygiene Assocation: $200 Savings Bond to Blannie Wagner, Ladue Junior High. American Institute of Aeronautics As Activist Joins GOP Council Race ett says Wolkowitz may have the edge on winning the nomination. Shalowitz however, says that he has a shot because his appeal is as 3 candidate "from the people up" instead of "from the leadership Cunnane is a founder of the St. Patrick's Center for the homeless and is a former executive director of Confluence St.

Louis. She said she sees public service as an extension of her private-sector work. Williams, the GOP committeeman for Maryland Heights Township, ran unsuccessfully against Brodsky for the council nomination in the August, 1994 Republicaniprimary. County Republican Chairman Paul Ground said Ray Gruender, an attorney from University City and the GOP nominee for county prosecutor in 1994, initially appeared to have the best chance of getting the nomin1 tion. Ground said Gruender withdrew after his law firm, Thompson Cobunr, asked him not to run.

A Few Withdrew, Left Room For Her To Run Wednesday night, and the Democrats on Monday. GOP sources say Cunnane may have an edge because she is close politically to U.S. Rep. James Talent, R-Chesterfield, and has raised money for his campaigns and the campaign of Clarence Harmon, the new Democratic mayor of St. Louis.

She got into the council race after some others dropped out; Williams has been in from the start. The district generally votes Republican, so the GOP nominee will be the favorite. On the Democratic side, the race has narrowed to two attorneys Creve Coeur Councilman Richard Wolkowitz, 28, and Howard Shalowitz, 35, of University City. County Executive George R. "Buzz" Westfall recommended Wolkowitz to the committee.

County Democratic chairman Kathleen Burk- By Mark Schlinkmann Regional Political Correspondent Edith Cunnane, a longtime activist in charity and social services, is the latest candidate to emerge in the race for a St. Louis County Council vacancy. Cunnane, 54, of Creve Coeur, is vying for the Republican nomination for the 3rd District County Council seat. Chuck Williams, 46, a real estate executive from Town and Country, also is a candidate. Both hope to succeed Mark Brodsky, who cited health reasons for his resignation last month.

Brodsky, a Republican, had 21 months left in his 4-year term. A special election is set for Aug. 5. Prior to that, nominees will be chosen by 16 members each of the Republican and Democratic county committees from the townships that include parts of the council district. The district stretches from Clayton to Chesterfield.

The GOP group will hold its selection meeting 1A1 School; Keelyn Hutchison, St. Genevieve DuBois; Katie Schembri, Parkway Northeast Middle. Yale Science Engineering Association Award certificate and medallion to Beth Steinborn, Hazelwood Central High. Monsanto Fund: $4,000 Scholarship to Alice M. Chang; Radhika Tripuraneni, Ladue-Horton Watkins; Aidin A.

Sabet, Parkway West High; $3,000 Scholarship to Madhu Pocha, Parkway South; Laura D. Mayberry, Hazelwood West; $2,000 Scholarship to Shai Sachs, Ladue-Horton Watkins. Washington University: $2,500 scholarship to Christine E. Moulder, Hazelwood West. Conference Of Black Mayors Meets Here nArCHtVIXIIET THE MJL EOT COilEfTi President Al Gore will visit.

Kansas City Mayor Emanuel Cleaver, the conference president, and St. Louis Mayor Clarence Harmon, are slated to address the group Thursday morning. Former Mayor Freeman Bosley Jr. also is scheduled to speak. Rock Hill Mayor Kennard Whitfield, president of the Missouri Conference of Black Mayors, will be the master of ceremonies at Thursday's luncheon.

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