STUDENTS TO COMPETE IN WYTHEVILLE SCIENCE FAIR

                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: FRIDAY, January 31, 1992                   TAG: 9201310231
SECTION: CURRENT                    PAGE: NRV-2   EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY 
SOURCE: PAUL DELLINGER NEW RIVER VALLEY BUREAU
DATELINE: WYTHEVILLE                                LENGTH: Medium
STUDENTS TO COMPETE IN WYTHEVILLE SCIENCE FAIR
Giles High School, Dublin Middle School and the Southwest Virginia Governor's School in Pulaski County will be among the schools sending contestants to a newly established science fair April 4 at Wytheville Community College.
The first Blue Ridge Highlands Regional Science Fair is co-sponsored by Wytheville and New River Community Colleges.
It offers competition in 13 categories: biochemistry, computer science, engineering, environmental science, mathematics, microbiology, physics, behavioral and social sciences, botany, chemistry, earth and space science, medicine and health, and zoology.
Participating schools will come from as far east as Giles and Pulaski counties and as far west as Smyth County. Donald W. Linzey, the fair's co-director, said it is expected to draw up as many as 150 winning exhibits from area high schools.
Grades 7-8 will compete in a Junior Division and 9-12 in a Senior Division. Three prizes will be given in each category.
Two grand-prize winners, in Senior Division biological science and physical science, will receive expense-paid trips for themselves and sponsoring teachers to compete in the 43rd International Science and Engineering Fair May 10-16 in Nashville, Tenn.
Other major awards are offered by Eastman Kodak, American Society for Microbiology, U.S. Public Health Service Surgeon General, American Society of Women Geoscientists, American Society of Mathematics, U.S. Army, NASA and the U.S. Department of Energy.
"This will be the first time many students in the area have had an opportunity to go beyond their own school's competition," said Linzey, an associate professor of biology at Wytheville Community College. Ten area high schools are expected to participate in the Senior Division and six in the Junior Division.
Linzey invited businesses and industries in the service areas of the two community colleges to get involved and offer their own awards or prizes. He can be reached by calling 228-5541.
Students will start setting up exhibits April 3, with judging April 4 from 9 a.m. to noon. An awards ceremony will be held at 3 p.m. Exhibits will be open to the public April 4 from 1 to 4:30 p.m.
Giles High and Dublin Middle schools will have their science fairs in March. The regional Governor's School fair will be March 6-7 at New River Community College.

by Archana Subramaniam by CNB