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Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School is proud to announce its 9th annual science fair winners:
Grand Winners of the Science Fair Dr. James Porter Award
First Place: Naomi Scott, Fruit Fly Don’t Bother Me — Study of Non-Organic and Organic Fruits’ Effect on Drosophila Melanogaster.
Second Place: Caitlyn Francis, How Much Mercury Is Really in a Can of Starkist Chunk White and Chunk Light Tuna.
Third Place: Shaelah Huntington, Plant Growth and Oil Pollution.
Blood stain patterns. Paint ball accuracy and temperature. Snail behavior and water acidity. These were just a few of the topics picked by students at the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School for the ninth annual science fair, held at the high school cafeteria and library last Saturday. Over 200 students participated in this year’s competition with over 40 judges to decide the winners. Projects fell into one of two categories: investigative and engineering, and were divided in the areas of biology, chemistry, environmental science and physics.
Dean’s List
Several Vineyard students attending the University of Massachusetts at Boston have been named to the dean’s list for the fall 2007 semester. They are Wendy Gibson and Kelly Walden of Edgartown, and Lauren Barlosky, Alicia Maciel and Ashley Spinney of Vineyard Haven.
Repairs to the Dukes County courthouse roof could cost the county $148,000 at a time when the county commission is cutting regional services and scaling back expenditures.
The roof has been leaking since a storm in early winter, and at times water was seeping into the courthouse lights.
Named Chevalier
Donald R. Hart, a part-time Vineyard Haven resident and a former resident of Harthaven and Chilmark, has been named a Chevalier of the Legion of Honor by the president of the French Republic. The award was given by France in gratitude for Mr. Hart’s contribution to the decisive role played by the United States in the liberation of France during World War II. Napoleon created the Legion of Honor in 1802 to acknowledge services rendered to France by people of great merit.
Avery Ann Arrives
Nancy Bruguiere Morris and Edward Morris of Wayland announce the birth of a daughter, Avery Ann, who was born on Jan. 8. She weighed 8 pounds, 7 ounces. She was 20 inches long. She is the granddaughter of Bob and Judy Bruguiere of Edgartown and George and Mary Morris of Stuart, Fla. Her proud big brother Charlie and sister Hilary look forward to visiting the Island with her this spring.