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2nd place tie -- Ashton Martin with her experiment - "Will
Common Chemicals Found in Cigarettes Alter the Blood of a Non-
Smoker?"
2nd place tie -- Courtney McKenzie with her experiment -
"Memory".
3rd place -- Meghan Stull with her experiment - "How Dirty is
Your Laundry?"
4th place --Karin Moore with her experiment - "The effect of
Salt and Sugar on Seeds".
5th place --John Gorrell with his experiment - "Methods of
Fingerprinting .
Best Experiemental Design -- Kelly Karrick with his
experiment - "Experimenting with Stimuli That Attracts Mosquitoes".
[ Eetters to the editor €ite welcome ]
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Best Real Life Application --Bran-
don Donohew with his experiment - "How the Mind
Perceives Images".
Science project
winners chosen
Mrs. Porter's Accelerated Biolo-
gy class participated in Individual
Science Projects as part of a require-
ment for the course. The students
had to choose their own experimen-
tal design and then perform the ex-
periment. The follow! g students
received certficiates of excellence
for their projects:
1 st place - Kristen Amett - "How
Much Do You Know About Your
Water"
2nd place (tie) - Courtney McK-
enzie - "Memory"
2nd place (tie) - Ashton Martin -
"Will Common Chemicals Found in
Cigarettes Alter the Blood of a Non-
Smoker?"
3rd place - Meghan Stuli - "How
Dirty is Your Laundry?"
4th place - Karin Moore - "The
Effect of Salt and Sugar on Seeds"
5th place - John Gorrell - "Meth-
ods of Fingerprinting"
Best Experimental Design - Kelly
Karrick - "Experimenting with Stim-
uli that Attracts Mosquitoes"
Best Appearance - Zachary Jones
- "Water Analysis"
Best 'Real Life' Application -
Brandon Donohew- "How The Mind
Perceives Images".
Survey of snacks
in Kentucky schools
Over the past 25 years, the preva-
lence of overweight and obesity in
the American population has in-
creatt at an alarming rate. Sixty-
one ptment of American Adults are
overweight or obese. Currently
300,000 Americans die annually
from causes related to excess body
weight. Retired Surgeon General
David Satcher predicted the extra
pounds Americans are carrying could
surpass tobacco as the leading cause
of preventable death.
Increased body weight among
children and adolescents is of partic-
ular concern. The number of over-
weight children has almost doubled
in the last two decades, increasing
from seven percent in 1980 to 13
percent in 1999. The number of over-
weight teens has nearly tripled over
the same time period, increasing from
five percent to thirteen percent.
Sixty-six percent of the schools
responding reported student access
to vending machines. Ninety-seven
percent of high schools, 89 percent
of middle schools and 45 percent of
elementary schools have vending
machines available for student use.
These figures are comparable for
elementary and high school students
nationally, but Kentucky middle
school students have greater access
to vending machines than their coun-
terparts across the U. S. Nationally,
44 percent of elementary schools
have student vending machines, 74
percent of middle and 98 percent of
high schools.
Though Kentucky regulations
require schools to make vending
machines inaccessible to students
until one-half hour after lunch is
served, a variety of practices are
currently in use. Nearly 12 percent
of responding schools made vend-
ing machines available to students
before school in the morning. Six
percent of schools allowed student
access t.o vending machines through-
out the day and six percent allowed
access during the lunch period. Fif-
ty-nine percent provided after school
access and 54 percent allowed ac-
cess after lunch.
Eighty-four percent of the food
sold in vending machines in Ken-
tucky schools is "junk food"; soft
drinks, candy, fried foods, and past-
ries. Regular soda, candy and fried
snacks are the three most common
snacks in vending slots.
School stores, canteens and snack
bars are another source of snacks
for Kentucky students. Thirty-six
percent of schools have some type
of school store. Stores are most com-
mon in elementary schools (42 per-
cent). Thirty percent of middle and
high schools have these stores. Over
one-third of school stores are open
for student business during lunch.
Over sixty percent of schools stocked
THE BATH COUNTY NEWS-OUTLOOK
Owingsviile, Ky.--Week of February 28 - March 7, 2002
Best Appearance -- Zachary Jones with
his experiment - "Water Analysis".
fried snacks and candy. Fifty-eight
percent carry water and 15 percent
offer fruit.
Eighty-one percent of all schools
used food as a reward for behaviors,
attendance or academic achieve-
ment. Sixty-four percent of food
rewards in schools are candy, 46
percent are soft drinks, and 83 per-
cent are pizza. Many schools also
use non-food rewards such as a 'no
homework pass', a special task or
lunch with a teacher.
Children spend a lot of time in
schools and are afforded a great deal
of freedom in selecting snack foods.
Schools can and should provide an
environment that exemplifies a
healthy relationship with food, said
Dr. Janet Tietyen, Kentucky Exten-
sion Food and
According to
ease Control
timated 83 percent c
percent of boys in
fewer than the
ed number of servin
veg,
school students
ence food
cal activity seem to
sponsible for
weight in children.
gests that programs
viduals, families,
schools are needed
trend. State and
ments, schools,
rices are workin
tion and resources to
problem. Parents
izens
lem of weight among
By encouraging
choices and regular
ty, communities can
impact on school
ical activit)
improvement of healthS
Kentucky's children.
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