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Students win awards at science fair

Ten local students recognized for science projects at regionals
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100 Mile House Elementary School students won a number of awards at the 2015 Cariboo Mainline Regional Science Fair

100 Mile House students were among the award winners at the 2015 Cariboo Mainline Regional Science Fair at Thompson Rivers University in Kamloops, April 9-10.

Peter Skene Ogden Secondary School student Leanne Varney won gold for an anti-texting while driving project.

Camille Barton and Mia Weir of 100 Mile House Elementary School won gold for their project, titled “Really!”

A silver award went to Devin Giroux and Ryan Balbirnie for a project the Grade 7 boys did on genetics. The pair also won a BC Genome Award trophy for their work.

Alexa O’Dette and Emily Menzel, Jordyn Karl and Maya Geerts, and Megan Balbirnie, all earned bronze awards.

Merit awards went to Anthony Silverton, Mathew O’Dette and Kolten Lindner, Lucas Barton and Connor Giroux, and Darlyssa Chretien and Julia Mosher.