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  • Kira Powell headed to London Symposium

    Jeffery Wehr

    Odessa High School junior and advanced science research student Kira Powell returned to Odessa Sunday from the 49th Annual Science and Humanities Symposium in San Diego, Calif., having earned first place in Environmental Science. In July, she will fly to London, England to represent the United States at the London International Youth Science Forum. According to State Science Symposium director Ray Meyers, no one from the State of Washington has ever before earned the position...

  • Wehr science student of the year

    Jeffery Wehr

    Thorsen Wehr was reading a Popular Science magazine one day, and in an article saw listed the Top Ten Brilliant Minds. One person, a researcher at Cal Tech, was trying to focus sound like people focus light with a magnifying glass. Thor thought he would give that a try and began working on something somewhat similar, but different enough to call it his own. After some time, he e-mailed the Cal Tech researcher, Dr. Daraio, and she e-mailed him copies of her work to study. She said that when he finished his research, he should...