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March 05 Catherine won!Well, how exciting is this! Catherine's Paper towel project took First Place for Individual Project Physical Sciences and then she took first Place Overall for Physical Sciences. She has now received a Letter of Intent to attend the CWSF (national) Science Fair In Ottawa!! We are filling that out this evening. There were 10 letters handed out but only 4 or 5 kids will go. We are so excited it is stupid. Also: She was invited to display her project at GreenWeek here at the College beginning March 17. (Pictures to be uploaded when techie husband arrives home)
I was amazed overall at the choices the kids made to study and test from hovercrafts, and conterfeit money, environmental concerns, and how to wash fruit and veggies properly. One fellow received accolades for a project based on Phantom Draw. the amount of electricity an item uses if it is plugged in but not in use. He took his own home and calculated $75/year and then multiplied that by the number of houses in Medicine Hat, then Alberta and then Canada. These kids at our school are 13 and 14 years old. At the Regionals there was a younger division Grades 4-6 and an older division as well. The Best overall was a little robotic puppy made from recycled parts. The winner, Kate, lives in our cul de sac. When they interviewed her for the paper she said, " I just like going out to the garage with my Dad, and seeing how things work."
On not such a lite note, my Mom is 81 and has been persuaded that it is time to move into assisted living. She is so distraught they had to take herto the hospital because she couldn't breathe. Way too much stress. Everyone I talk to says this is what they went through with their parents and in a month they were wondering why they hadn't moved before. Mom, has a hard time seeing things in a positive light she suffers from depression and it is hard for her to remember to think about the good stuff. We shall see.
To top off this great stress of the move , she was diagnosed with Breast Cancer. What bothers me is that the lump found is quite large and also is already under her arm, Where was her damn doctor then? This needed some time to grow or did Mom just decide not to go for her Mammograms? I had mine February 29 as part of an annual check-up. Don't forget those monthly self-exams. Early detection is the answer so don't be afraid. Better to have a small lump checked out than to go through a complete masectomy or face death. Take good care. TrackbacksThe trackback URL for this entry is: http://eidolon264.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!DEFB265C1F1B42A4!563.trak Weblogs that reference this entry
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