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Students t science air
Three area elementary school students
represented their schools at an international
science fair held in Cornwall from May 11-18
and the pair from East Wawanosh Public
School, Heather Campbell and Linda
Versteeg, respectively won first place in the
Gr. 7-8 life sciences division and an
honorable mention in that same category.
Kim Medd of Blyth Public School also at-
tended the competition but didn't fare as
well as the other local girls. She did capture
first place in three contests with her project
on friction and wind resistance in the Gr. 7
physical division to win the right to visit
Cornwall.
Heather, a Gr. 7,student, created a project
on the effects of air pollution on plant and
human life using her family as the latter
part of the studv's subiects. Linda, a Gr. 8
student, studied the effects of chemical
waste on area crops.
All three girls had to win at school con-
tests, district contests and the county
science fair held in Exeter before advanc-
ing.
Kim's project took her about 75 hours to
do but the actual physical experimentation
occupied a morning. She started her ex-
periments at 6 a.m. and completed them
before lunch. The rest of the time, almost 70
hours, was spent developing her ex-
periments, formulating conclusions and
creating her presentation.
"It was a two year project," said Kim, the
daughter of Dave and Sharon Medd of Blyth.
"Last year I did Slippin' and Slidin' and all
the experiments were on snow. I got that
idea when I was tobogganing." Then she
Practical music exams
BLYTH- During the month of June, the
Royal Conservatory of Music will be con-
ducting Practical Examinations across
Canada. Joan LeBlanc, examiner of the
Royal Conservatory of Music, will be ex-
amining in Blyth June 12 and 13. It will be
co-ordinated by Shirley E. Vincent of Blyth.
Joan LeBlanc lives in Toronto and has
been teaching piano since 1968. She
graduated from the Royal Conservatory
with an A.R.C.T. Piano And has students at
all levels of the Royal Conservatory, pro-
gram.
Ms. LeBlanc began her musical studies in
Owen Sound, a student of Victor Kerslake in
voice and piano, attended Owen Sound Col-
legiate, continued her studies. at York
University, Toronto and the Royal Con-
servatory of Music, a student of Gerald
Rutledge and Earle Moss.
She is a member of the Board of Ex-
aminers and has conducted Teaching
Seminars and Pedagogy Workshops
throughout Ontario.
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took the idea for her winter project and ap-
plied it to summer transportation.
To discover the effect of friction on speed
she worked out four experiments. The first
examined the effects different types of
clothing had on her speed on a bicycle using
a stop watch as a timer. She discovered a
tighter knit allows a faster speed.
Different thicknesses of bicycle tires next
came under Kim's scrutiny. She found a
thinner tire allowed more speed.
Her third experiment tested two types of
bearings in roller skates. She found the
precision bearings allowed smoother
skating than standard bearings.
Her final experiment was an investigation
of six surfaces. "I rolled a rubber ball down
six surfaces. The fastest surface was
galvanized steel, then wood, asphalt
shingles, wet asphalt, dry asphalt and
gravel."
While at the science fair in Cornwall, Kim
became friends with a boy from Trinidad.
"He was with us everyday," she said, "and
he's coming for a visit this weekend (star-
ting June 7)."
There were 625 exhibitors and 150 judges
at this massive fair with competitors from
Sweden, Sri Lanka, Jamaica, Trinidad, St.
Vincent and, of course, Canada.
Recently, Kim was recognized for her
public speaking, just one of three sisters, in-
cluding Jodee and Tammi, who did well in
speaking contests.
Kim won at Blyth Public School and went
on to tie for first place in the second division
with a girl from Hullett Central School.
"We had to have a speak off in front of
three judges and she went to Goderich 1 for
the next level)."
On June 10 Kim, Linda and Heather went
to the Huron County Board of Education of-
fice in Clinton.to explain their projects while
being filmed.
Kim isn't thinking of how she did this year
or last with her connected projects. She's
thinking ahead.
"I'm going to try and do a whole different
topic," she said, her thoughts on conquering
next year's contest.
BLYTH
CHRISTIAN REFORMED
CHURCH
Rev. Roger Gelvvicks
Servile
10 a.m.
2:30 p.m.
Sunday School 11 a.m.
Kim Medd of Blyth Public School was one of threearea elementary students'attending an
international science fair in Cornwall in May. She won three science fair exhibitions to
earn the rigl t t + go. : did Linda Versteeg and Heather Campbell, students at East
Wawanosh Pith' `'+ h+ ol, who also competed at the Cornwall fair. (Janes Friel photo)
Blyth rost Office
celebrate's employee week
leen Curran, a playwriter with the local
festival; second prize, a Canada Postal hat
won by Maureen' Montgomery. Children's
draw: first prize, a Canada Post Lego set
going to Shawn Ilenry and Trevor Thomp-
son won the Canada Post sweat band.
There is a blyth kindergarten tour slated
for June 12 with a coloring book and balloon
for all.
An interesting and informative week was
held at the Blyth Post Office as they joined
in the celebration of Employee Week.
Among the highlights was post office
trivia available for the public to take part in.
Retail sales products were on display and a
draw resulted in four customers taking
home the following; adults draw - first
prize, an antique postal truck going to CoI-
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