Lehman Catholic High School held its annual Science Fair on Wednesday, Feb. 7, in the Geise Family Gymnasium. LCHS students submitted 60 projects for judging. Seventeen students received superior ratings, qualifying them to participate in district competition. Students must earn at least 36 out of a possible 40 points to receive a superior rating.
Senior, Abby Jones was the only student to receive the highest rating of 40 points for her project: The effects of isoflavones on the inhibitory effects of nitrogen on soybeans. The Lehman Catholic students listed below also received a superior rating.
Lisa Adams – The effects of essential oils on plants.
Ryan Gibson – What liquid causes red edge peperonia to grow the quickest?
Cari Ann Rindler – Acid rain and how it affects different types of grasses.
Max Schmiesing – What amount of sugar produces the largest kombucha SCOBY?
Abby Schutt – Killing e coli with bleach.
Heidi Schutt – Does cooking decrease vitamin levels?
Tyler Sollmann – Effects of different sediment on plant growth.
Ann Pannapara – The effects of isoflavones on the inhibitory effects of nitrogen on soybeans.
Jacquelyn Schemmel – Increasing the germination rate of soybeans.
Melanie Brunner – The effect of denaturation on lactose function.
Ryan Goettemoeller – The combustion of different fuels in a cannon.
Abby Jones - The effects of isoflavones on the inhibitory effects of nitrogen on soybeans.
Tyler Lachey - Which type of caulk is the best adhesive?
Maddy McFarland – The remediation of radish plant growth settings.
Alanna O'Leary - The best detergent for DNA extraction.
Clare Schmiesing – Which oil holds heat and cold the longest?
Advanced Materials: Tyler Lachey – Which type of chalk is the best adhesive?
Agriculture & Food Technology: Abby Jones – The effects of isoflavones on the inhibitory effects of nitrogen on soybeans.
Environmental Sciences: Skye Shi – The effects of estrogen on plant fertility.
The Governor's Thomas Edison Award for Excellence in Student Research stress STEM Education which is both the mastery and integration of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics for all PK-12 students. It incorporates scientific inquiry and technological design through student-focuses, project-based curricula to develop skills of communication, teamwork/collaboration, creativity/innovation, critical thinking, and problem solving.
All students who participated in the Science Fair received certificates from the Ohio Academy of Science.
This year's judges included: Ruth Bake, John Biggs with Emerson Climate Technology, Gary Bonifas, Judy Briggs, Joe Bundy with Hobart Brothers Inc., Dr. Shambhunath Choudhary with Charles River Laboratories, Ann Comer, Ed Cubik, Mary Cubick, Mike Decker with DuBois Chemicals Inc., Jacob Groshek with Emerson Climate Technology, Bill Hayes, Hal Heiner, Jim Hemm with Dare Electronics Inc., Doug Hemsworth with Sponseller Group Inc., Jeff Hoying with Emerson Climate Technology, Libby Jacob, Russell Kill with Holy Rosary School, Pankaj Kumar with Charles River Laboratories, Nikhil Lakhkar with Emerson Climate Technology, Brent Lange with General Motors, Brian Latham, Dr. Robert McDevitt with Shelby County Surgical Associates, Ken Monnier with Emerson Climate Technology, Dennis Pax with Emerson Climate Technology, Aaron Sargeant with Charles River Laboratories, Dr. William Schemmel with Ohio Vision LLC, Dr. Greg Schmiesing with Flinn Veterinary Clinic, Harold Schmiesing, Doug Smith with French Oil Mill Machinery, Betsy Snyder, Jon Snyder with ITW Hobart Brothers, Robyn Sprock with St. Patrick School, Gwen Stiver with Holy Angels Catholic School, Dr. Jeff Van Treese, Jenny Weber, Dr. Paul Weber, Steve Wenning with Emerson Climate Technology, Kim Wenning with Emerson Climate Technology, Dr. John Wilding with Ohio Vision LLC and Dr. Timothy Woodward with Tri-County Veterinary Service.
Faulty of the Lehman Catholic Science Department who assisted the students in preparing for the event include Tracy Hall, Leah Bertke and Science Department Chair Sister Ginny Scherer.
The District Science Fair will be held on March 10, at Edison Community College. Those who receive superiors at that level will be invited to the State Science Fair at The Ohio State University on May 12.


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Mets bats quiet again versus Padres for third straight loss as NL East lead slims
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Some help arrived Saturday for the Mets, but lefty-hitting Daniel Vogelbach was in the dugout, not in the lineup.
And on another quiet night for their bats, and with a 1-through-9 that looked the same as it did months ago, the Mets appeared to need more reinforcements.
They made a clear case for adding another righty bat as they were silenced by the Padres, 2-1, in front of 39,359 at Citi Field on a muggy summer night, losing a third consecutive game for just the second time this season.
The Mets fell to 58-37 and their NL East lead dropped to just a half-game above the Braves after their loss and Atlanta's 7-2 victory over the Angels. The Mets' lead had been 10 ¹/₂ games at the beginning of June.
Francisco Lindor strikes out against the Padres.
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It took until the ninth inning, but the Mets finally mounted a rally to avoid being shut out. J.D. Davis, hanging on to his righty-hitting DH spot by a thread, blooped a single to right field to score Pete Alonso. But with runners on the corners, Tomas Nido — batting despite a hand contusion suffered a night earlier, with Jeff McNeil sitting unused on the bench — popped out to second to end the threat against Padres closer Taylor Rogers.
Manager Buck Showalter said McNeil was available to bat against the lefty Rogers, but he felt comfortable with Nido in the spot. The Mets' problems, however, were bigger than the choice for the game's last batter.
"We had some opportunities, we put some people out there," Showalter said after his team went 1-for-9 with runners in scoring position. "We just couldn't get that hit to put us over the hump."
Manny Machado celebrates his home run against the Mets on Saturday.
Employing a righty-heavy lineup that included Davis (2-for-4 with two strikeouts) at DH against lefty Blake Snell, the Mets stranded eight runners on another night when big hits were missing. They have scored 10 runs in their past five games.
Chris Bassitt (seven innings, two runs) was excellent in a start in which he briefly flirted with perfection, but even perfection might not have been enough, because the Mets' offense had no pulse.
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Starling Marte was the surprising biggest culprit. The right fielder struck out three times during an 0-for-4 night, leaving three on base in the process.
Vogelbach, the slugger acquired Friday from the Pirates, is a righty-killer who likely will make his Mets debut Sunday. His DH partner for the moment is Davis, who walked back to the dugout following his seventh-inning strikeout hearing boos from a crowd that likely will see a different righty DH for the final few months of the season.
Davis has been a problem, but was not the problem Saturday. The Mets advanced a runner into scoring position in the second, third, fourth and fifth innings and came up empty each time.
"They figured out a way to push two across. Usually that doesn't stand up," Showalter said. "It's just a spot here where [runs] are hard to come by. I have a lot of confidence that will change."
The chances dried up after Snell was lifted, until the ultimately disappointing ninth.
While the offense was wasting its opportunities, Bassitt was wasting no pitches.
A Padres batter did not reach base until the fifth and San Diego did not score until the sixth — under controversial circumstances.
Bassitt, who struck out 11 to match a career high, walked none, hit one batter with a pitch and surrendered four hits. It seemed he was out of the sixth inning when a top-of-the-zone slider surprised Manny Machado, who watched it go by. Bassitt had taken several steps toward the dugout when he realized what could have been strike three was actually ball one, as called by umpire Jim Wolfe.
Chris Bassitt allowed a two-run homer to Manny Machado that was the difference in the Mets' loss.
Asked how he saw the pitch, Bassitt said: "Like everyone else. But it's part of the game. It's OK that he missed it. I just have to make a much better pitch the pitch after that."
The next pitch — a "terrible" slider, Bassitt said — slid into the middle of the plate, and Machado rocketed it to left field for a two-run home run that brought Bassitt into a deep squat and the park into a stunned silence.
The swing ruined a brilliant performance by the Mets righty who, since a 3 ¹/₃-inning, seven-run outing against the Padres on June 8, has strung together six straight quality starts in which he has posted a 2.43 ERA.
Bassitt has rounded into form, and there are clear avenues for the Mets to enter the postseason with a potentially dominant rotation if Jacob deGrom returns and his health lasts.
But the rotation was far from the minds of the Mets. Some help had arrived for the offense, but clearly not enough, with a week and a half until the trade deadline.
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Purpose: Radiotherapy for head and neck cancer may result in serious side effects, such as hyposalivation, impairing the patient's quality of life. Modern radiotherapy techniques attempt to reduce the dose to salivary glands (SG), which however, results in low-dose irradiation of the tissue stem cells. Here we assess the low-dose sensitivity of tissue stem cells and the consequences for tissue function. Experimental Design: Post-irradiation rat SG secretory function was determined after pilocarpine induction. Murine and patient-derived SG and thyroid gland organoids were irradiated and clonogenic survival was assessed. The DNA damage response (DDR) was analyzed in organoids and modulated using different radiation modalities, chemical inhibition and genetic modification. Results: Relative low-dose irradiation to the high-density stem cell region of rat SG disproportionally impaired function. Hyper-radiosensitivity at doses <1 Gy, followed by relative radioresistance at doses ≥1Gy, was observed in SG and thyroid gland organoid cultures. DDR modulation resulted in diminished, or even abrogated, relative radioresistance. Furthermore, inhibition of the DDR protein ATM impaired DNA repair after 1 Gy, but not 0.25 Gy. Irradiation of patient-derived SG organoid cells showed similar responses, while a single 1 Gy dose to SG-derived stem cells resulted in greater survival than clinically relevant fractionated doses of 4x0.25 Gy. Conclusions: We show that murine and human glandular tissue stem cells exhibit a dose-threshold in DDR activation, resulting in low dose hyper-radiosensitivity, with clinical implications in radiotherapy treatment planning. Furthermore, our results from patient-derived organoids highlight the potential of organoids to study normal tissue responses to radiation.
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