DATE: March 17, 2008
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Winners announced for science fair at Clemson
CLEMSON — Winners of the Anderson-Oconee-Pickens Regional Science Fair have collected their prizes at the Brooks Center on the Clemson University campus. Nearly 600 science projects were featured at the fair. Entries explored everything from the effect of colas on beef liver to clean cutting boards and regenerating electricity.
Griffin Binniker of Wren Elementary School in Anderson District 1 took first place in the elementary division with a project in the Earth/Space Science & Weather category titled “Holding Back the Flood.” As a first-place winner, Griffin collected the Wal-Mart Grand Prize, a desktop computer.
In the junior division, Matthew Turner, a seventh-grader of McCants Middle School in Anderson District 5 won for the project “Tomatoes, Potatoes & Peppers.” He also walked away with a desktop computer for his Wal-Mart Grand prize win.
In the senior division, 11th-grader Taylor Fitch from Belton Honea Path High School in Anderson District 2 was the winner. As the Senior Wal-Mart Grand Prize winner, Taylor received a laptop computer. She also was selected as the Intel winner and will attend the international competition at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair in Atlanta, Ga., in May. Taylor won for the project entitled “Aim to Write” in the category of Life Sciences.
Sponsors of the fair included Clemson University, Wal-Mart, Duke Energy Co., The Investment Center, Blue Mountain Media, Michelin North America, Sandvik/Valenite, Blue Ridge Electric, Itron, Milliken, BorgWarner and Palmetto Surgery Associates.
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