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Wednesday, March 7, 2001
Amherst, Ohio
Brian Cesear does all he can to work toward a state championship during competition on Saturday.
Brian Cesea
scores singL
victory at state
Despite a valiant effort, Marion L. Steele High School grappler
Brian Cesear was not able to bring home a state championship
over the weekend.
But he did tally a win over last year's 171 Division I state
champ, Nick Lukens, in a 4-3 decision.
Cesear, a junior, ended this year with a 33-5 record after losing
two more battles to J.R. Fairmn of Mayfield and Jared Snyder of
Massillon Perry.
Cesear enjoyed a heroic sendoff from his classmates at the high
school last Thursday.
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Science Olympics just as tough for 'athletes'
A burning cauldron, a grand
march into the arena, the entire
world watching. Well, not exactly,
but that doesn't diminish the spectacle that is the Science Olympics.
Students from Nord Junior High
participated in the intellectual olympiad and have advanced to the state
level of the nationally sanctioned
event
"These kids have worked so
hard," stated team coach and Nord
teacher Kelly Kordelesky. "We have
been working and practicing since
the fall."
Just like the athletic Olympics, the
science version consists of several
"events" in which teams compete
for scores. Included in the 23 events
are such titles as bridge building,
mission possible, and mystery architecture. Each event has a set of
parameters that the students must
follow.
For example, the Olympics has an
event in which students must first
build a model car. They must then
calibrate it so that it will start and
stop at a distance specified by a
judge. Each event has its own parameters that are specific to the science that is being utilized.
The Nord team is in its fourth
year of existence, and has shown
great improvement in recent years.
"Four years ago we finished in last
place," one student explained. "But
this will be our third time going to
state. This is also our first first place
finish at the regional competition."
While the mechanical events such
as the car, a homemade airplane,
and a machine that resembles an out
of control version of the board game
"Mouse Trap" are more interesting
to the public eye, other events such
Several members of the Nord Junior High science team demonstrate their gadgets.
Members ot the Nord Junior High School Science Olympiad team will be competing in the
state level of the Science Olympics.
as the science of crime busters, and
rocks and minerals are none the less
impressive.
In the crime busters event students are given several vials of powder. They are required to determine
what the powder is and how it relates to a series of suspects. They
also inspect clothing fibers, footprints, and fingerprints. These gumshoes are conducting tests that are
very, similar to ones utilized by real
life crime scene investigators.
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The slate competition is held on
the campus of The Ohio State University on April 20 and 21. The top
two teams from that competition
will qualify for the national competition which will be held in
Colorado.
According to Kordelesky the money that is used for travel and other
expenses is raised entirely by the
students.
"They've raised $2,300 dollars
this year," she said. "Every year the
kids raise all the money. They sell
candy ban and put on a dance. They
really work hard. And every year we
spend all of the $2,500."
This year the Nord team is hoping
that the fund will be a little thin.
That will mean that the squad will
be on their way to Colorado.
Results from the Regional competition: First place medal: Joe Gigliotti and Brett Rosso for bridge
building, Rachel Washburn for mission possible, Lilly Russell and Sara
Weiland for rocks and minerals, Michelle Stark and Austin Meggitt for
science of fitness, and Rachel
Washburn for H20 quality.
Second place medals: Mackenzie Anderson and Michelle Stark for
amphibians and reptiles, Brett Russo
and Matt Jenkins for battery buggy,
and Lilly Russell and Rachel Wash-
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Third place medals: Brandon
Raymond, Kate Hollingsworth, and
Stephanie Heafer for experimental
design, Annette McKinney and Michelle Stark for Life process lab, Stephanie Heafer and Lilly Russell for
metric mastery, and Annette
McKinney and Joe Gigliotti for science of crime busters.
Fourth place medals: Brett Ruso
and Dan Shiltzs for get your bearing, and Kate Hollingsworth and
Stephanie Heafer for road scholar.
5-7 place ribbons: Kate Holling-
sowith for can't judge a powder, Joe
Gigliotti and Matt Jenkins for Dynamic planet, Brandon Raymond
and Dan Shiltzs for mystery architecture, Dan Shiltzs and Austin
Meggitt for the plane, Annette
McKinney and Cory Prosowski for
reach for the stars, and Brandon
Raymond and Matt Jenkins for using the web.
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Leadership Lorain County
taps local woman as leader
Fancy refurbishing
Interested residents and business owners attend an open house of an apartment being refurbished above a business on Park Avenue as
part of the downtown restoration plants. The
apartment is a work in progress designed to
show people the potential for downtown living.
The board of trustees of
Leadership Lorain County has
named Amherst resident Gail
Stumphauzer as its new executive director. Stumphauzer,
who has served as Leadership
Lorain County program director for the past three years,
will assume her new role
immediately.
"Gail Stumphauzer hat the
knowledge, skills, and vision
to help guide Leadorahip Lorain County into the new millennium," staled organization
president Phil Schaefer. "We
are thrilled that Gail has
stepped up to the plate lo
take on this new challenge.
Her proven track record in
program development, combined with her experience in
continued success of the organization and our stakeholders."
"It is an honor and a privilege to assume the leadership role in this dynamic organization,'' explained Stumphauzer. "Each year current
class members are encouraged
to leam all that they can about the county so that they
can join the ranks of hundreds of alumni who make a
human resource
are all positive attributes that
we think will help enaure the
positive
munity. The wonderful thing
about my job is that I leam
with and from each class. I
am continually inspired to do
more because of the generous
and talented people of Leadership Lorain County."
Stumphauaer has a barhfkw
of acts degree in social work
and psychology from the University of Akron and has
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