Local student wins first place in nat'l science competition

Even though we already ran a story on this event based on information supplied by science teacher Jeff Wehr, we are including this article because it provides additional information

Kira E. Powell, a student at Odessa High School finished in first place in the environmental sciences category at the 50th National Junior Science and Humanities Symposium (JSHS) held May 5-6 in Bethesda, Md. The award comes with a $12,000 scholarship.

Powell presented her original research project, “The Development of a Novel Sodium Polyacryl-ate Seed Treatment” earlier in the symposium and was judged by experts i...