We have a gallery of photos by Jeff Cutright from Saturday’s state indoor track meet at Liberty University in Lynchburg. The gallery includes photos of Hidden Valley and Cave Spring runners.
Here are some results from Mark Taylor of The Roanoke Times:
Hidden Valley’s Haley Cutright won the 1000 meter state title. Hidden Valley girls placed fourth overall.
Cutright placed third in the 1,600. Annie LeHardy was second in the 1,600 and sixth in the 1,000. In the 500, she earned another second. Carolyn Bethel, a Hidden Valley sophomore, was fourth in the 500.
Cave Spring freshman Katie Fortner was third in the 3,200 and fifth in the 1,600. For boys, Cave Spring’s Cody Seymour was third in the 3,200.
The 2011 Roanoke County Science Fair was held on Saturday, Feb. 26 at William Byrd High School.
The Science Fair is endorsed by the national Science Service in Washington, D.C .and is administered by the Roanoke County Public Schools. The fair featured work from the best student projects within ten secondary schools. Thirty science projects from grades 9-12 and ten middle school projects from grades 6-8 will represent Roanoke County in the annual Western Virginia Regional Science Fair on Saturday, March 19 at Hollins University.
The International Science and Engineering Fair will be held May 8-13 in Los Angeles, California.
Winners in the Middle School Division
Physics/Chemistry/Engineering
1st Place – Gwendylan Turner, William Byrd Middle School, Project- The Effects of Different Materials on Evaporation
2nd Place- Kelly Devens, Glenvar Middle School, Project- Effects of Common Materials on the Strength of a Magnet
3rd Place- Sreeroopa Som, Hidden Valley Middle School, Project- It’s All in the Core
Honorable Mention- Molly Kwitny, Cave Spring Middle School, Project- A Comparative Study of the efficacy of various organic pesticides on Halyomorpha halys
Honorable Mention- Jordan Clingenpeel, Cave Spring Middle School, Project- What works best?
Biology
1st Place- Natalie Horn, Cave Spring Middle School, Project- How does humidity affect human hair?
2nd Place- Ryan DeRolf, Glenvar Middle School, Project- Effect of Alkaline, Neutral, and Acidic pH Levels on Plants
3rd Place- Georgia Farthing, Hidden Valley Middle School, Project- Decomposition of Fast Food Burgers
Honorable Mention- Josh Key, Cave Spring Middle School, Project- How Colored Light Affects Plant Growth
Team Projects
1st Place- Micah Dance and Jacob Parcell, William Byrd Middle School, Project- Crystal Radio
2nd Place- Andrew Stultz and Greg Moehling, Glenvar Middle School, Project- Design’s Effect on the Speed of Pinewood Derby Cars
Honorable Mention- Stuart Beveridge and Mark Bolinger, Hidden Valley Middle School, Project- Drop and Roll
Honorable Mention- Billy Ferguson and Hunter Bruner, William Byrd Middle School, Project- Burning Bones
High School Division
Behavioral and Social Sciences
1st Place- Krysta Luzynski, Cave Spring High School, Project- The Effect of Music therapy on Children with Autism’s Ability to Retain Information
2nd Place- Emily Campbell, Northside High School, Project- The Relationship Between Voice Patterns and Stress
3rd Place- William Gerhardt, Cave Spring High School, Project- Perceiving Time
Mathematical/Computer Sciences
1st Place- Will Gooding, Hidden Valley High School, Project- Eigenvalue of the Zakharov-Shabat System
2nd Place- Noah Luther, Hidden Valley High School, Project- Forensic Recovery of Deleted Electronic Data using Disk Recovery Software
Engineering
1st Place- Melinda Boggs, Hidden Valley High School, Project- Measuring ETFE Wall Thickness
2nd Place- Shai Mustafa, Cave Spring High School, Project- Science of Bridges
3rd Place- Brent Blankenship, William Byrd High School, Project- The Amazing Solar Cooker
Physics and Astronomy
1st Place- Parker Benzie, Cave Spring High School, Project- testing How Friction Affects the Force Needed to Set an Object in Motion
2nd Place- Michael Waering, Northside High School, Project- Effect of solution in water on the index of refraction
3rd Place- Lindsey Hypes, William Byrd High School, Project- How Temperature Affects Clarinet Tuning
Medicine and Health Biochemistry
1st Place- Harsh Patolia, Hidden Valley High School, Project- Competitive Exclusion and Intestinal Bacteria: A model for a New Possible Treatment for Clostridium difficile
2nd Place- Sreemoyee Som, Hidden Valley High School, Project- The Effect of Potato Extracts on Muscle Movement in Wildtype and Mutant Ceanorhabditis elegans
Microbiology/Biology Energy and Transportation
1st Place- Alexander Thomas, Cave Spring High School, Project- The Effect of Agitation on Lipid Production in Chlorella
Honorable Mention- Carly Jenison, William Byrd High School, Project- The Power of the Sun
Environmental/Plant Sciences
1st Place- Madhura Chitnavis, Hidden Valley High School, Project- The Effects of P. fluorescens on the Effectiveness of inorganic and Organic Fertilizers in Vigna radiata
2nd Place- Sarah Thomsen, Glenvar High School, Project- E.Coli 0157:H7 Survival in River Water
3rd Place- Lindsey Hanks, Glenvar High School, Project- The Effects of Calcium-, Potassium-, and Magnesium-Enriched Distilled Water on the Germination and Growth of Radish Seeds
Honorable Mention- Brianne Richardson, William Byrd High School, Project- Colorful Adaptations
Chemistry
1st Place- Ian Forbes, Hidden Valley High School, Project- The Effect of Cleaning Chemicals on the Chemiluminescence Reaction of Luminol
2nd Place- Mitchell Powell, William Byrd High School, Project- Effect of Varying pH of Hydrochloric Acid on Copper Wire
Team Projects
1st Place- Varun Kavuru and Michael Zhang, Hidden Valley and Cave Spring High School, Project- Simulation of Novel H1N1 Virus Through a Population
Louisiana-born Eric and Brent McGraw have found the local hiking and history to their liking since moving to the area last year. Eric’s co-worker Ashley Odell and myself joined the brothers on a hike up Sharp Top and on a steep diversion to the 1943 plane crash site on the mountain. Eric likes war history especially, so the crash site was particularly interesting to him. Sharp Top’s view alone is worth the hike but the diversion made it even more interesting, though much tougher.
Blue Ridge Potters Guild and the Brambleton Center present Clay College on Saturday, March 12 from 1 to 5 p.m. at the
Brambleton Center.
-Experienced Guild potters bring hands on opportunities and hand outs regarding all things clay.
-Highwater Clay store on the stage and 2-4 class choices each hour.
-Critique, bring a mug for beverage and talk design and craftsmanship
-Sculpture
-Glaze formulation, application and trouble shooting
-Paint on clay/brush strokes
-Handbuilding
-Jewelry making
-Throwing variety of forms and vessels
-Finishing the pot for a smooth bottom
Pottery Exhibit, BRPG Library
Fees: $5 for students with ID and Blue Ridge Potters Guild members
$10 for the general public.
Register at: RoanokeCountyParks.com or call the Brambleton Center at 540-772-7529.
The Brambleton Center is located off 419 (Electric Road) at 3738 Brambleton Ave. SW in Roanoke.
Contact Ann Hess at annhess@verizon.net for more information and detailed schedule.
Visit:
Learn of additional BRPG sponsored workshops in 2011
and the Annual Show and Sale in October.
Calling all Kings, Queens, Knights, Nobleman, Ladies, Maidens, Gentleman, and Courtiers. Come be a part of the
Court of Camelot and the Knights of the Round Table! Showtimers will be holding auditions for an upcoming production of Camelot which will be produced July 21 through Aug. 7.
Auditions:
Saturday, June 4th, 2011: Time: TBA, OPEN audition (call-back notices will be given that day)
Sunday, June 5th, 2011: Time: TBA, Call-back audition
*..of course, those with call-back notices given on 2/26th are not required to attend the 6/4th open audition, only 6/5th call-back day. Your attendance on 6/4th is optional.
Bring own sheet music for auditions.
Showtimers holds open auditions for all shows. Auditions are scene readings from the script; no prepared monologues are needed. For musicals, each person must have a prepared song, with sheet music. An accompanist is provided.
Future auditions
Much Ado About Nothing- comedy by Wm. Shakespeare
April 2, 2 p.m.; April 3, 2 p.m.
We have a new gallery of photos from Saturday’s Group AA/A state championship meet; these are taken by Sam Dean of The Roanoke Times. You can view them in the slideshow above, or in a gallery with captions here.
Earlier, we posted results from the meet with photos by John Wimmer; those can be seen here.
Do you have tournament photos to share? Email news@swo-co.com.
North Cross Middle School student Margaret Deane ‘17 took home the top prize at the 6th annual SPCA Art Show on Fri., Feb. 11. The fundraising event for the SPCA was held at The Taubman Art Museum in Downtown Roanoke. Approximately 50 NCS students, ranging from first grade through twelfth grade, submitted entries in the show. Deane’s painting won “Best in Show” and was selected by the Roanoke Valley SPCA Calendar Committee for the cover of the 2012 SPCA calendar as well as other promotional materials.
“It was great to see so many North Cross students, teachers, and their families at the Taubman Art Museum Friday night,” said Fine Arts Teacher Susanna Quinn. “North Cross was well represented and won more prizes than any other school.”
North Cross School students won five awards during the SPCA Art Show, which is open to both professional and amateur artists. Congratulations to the following NCS students who won honorable mentions: Olivia Bloch ‘19, Austin Boone ‘17, Morgan Sturm ‘17 and Nicole Quinn ‘15.
Art students at North Cross School are encouraged to participate in community art projects throughout the year. Along with the SPCA Art Show, students also participated in Operation Valentine this month where they made handmade Valentines for soldiers in Afghanistan and Iraq thanking them for their service.
Written by Jocelyn Holdren, intern in the development department at North Cross School
The North Cross Raiders were well represented at the VISAA Swimming State Championship last weekend. The boys’ team had a great finish, taking 8th place overall and 2nd in the small school division. The girls’ team was also victorious finishing 14th overall and placing 4th for the small school division.
Juniors, Austin Criss and Jackie Crawford both swam away with individual state titles. Crawford dominated the girls 100yd backstroke to swim past the competition and take home the title by two and half seconds, a new school record. Criss also powered over the competition in the boys 100yd backstroke to set a new school record and also an All Timesland record. Crawford and Criss set two additional school records in their other events: Crawford placed 3rd in the 50yd freestyle, and Criss finished 2nd in the 200yd freestyle.
The swimming was infectious as sophomore Mac McNally swam under the previous school record in the 200yd freestyle to finish 3rd and had a 5th place finish in the 500yd freestyle. Junior Tommy Girani swam to a best time in the 100yd backstroke to score points and finish in 16th place. The boys’ team also had an awesome 400yd freestyle relay that finished 5th overall in the meet.
“We had a great season with a small group of dedicated young student-athletes,” said Head Swim Coach Greg Lake. “Two state championships and very close to a team title leaves me speechless. I am very proud to have been able to work with these wonderful young adults, and the future of North Cross swimming looks very bright.”
The school is proud of of the effort put forth by this year’s swim team. Their attitude and hard work made this an exceptional year for swimming at North Cross School.
Written by Jocelyn Holdren, intern in the development department at North Cross School
Elizabeth Jones is the community journalist for SWoCo and can be reached at 981-3191. You can share your news and photos through the “Share” button below or at news@swo-co.com.
