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Local students win at BASEF by Tim Whitnell Metroland West Media 13 | Thursday, April 14, 2016 | OAKVILLE BEAVER | www.insideHALTON.com For more news, visit www.insidehalton.com/oakville-on As a Maid Right owner you have my quality guarantee with every clean. Halton Region students shone at an annual science and engineering fair in Hamilton, collecting numerous awards, with a select few earning trips to upcoming international and national competitions. Dozens of elementary and high school students from Halton were recognized with various honours at the 56th annual Bay Area Science and Engineering Fair (BASEF) awards ceremony held at Mohawk College on Tuesday. From the hundreds operated, customized and programmable USB HID keyboard with interface circuitry, known as TiC (Tongue Interface Communication). It is an assistive technology device with "augmentative and alternative communication capabilities for individuals with severe physical impairments and communication deficiencies to effectively communicate and control their environment." Mogus and two high school students from Hamilton have qualified to show their projects at the Intel international science and engineering competition in Phoenix, Arizona from May 8-13. A duo from an Oakville elementary school won one of the Hamilton competition's special awards. FREE Save $25 off your Schedule 3 cleans, 1st regular service clean and off4th yourfree* 4th get$50 the SM SPECIAL $ * 75 O ff CLEAN *Receive the 4th of four cleans at no charge up to $125 Not valid on prior services. *Not valid value. on prior services. Not redeemable for redeemable cash. Applies to cash. new customers only. Not for Applies to new customers only. SPRING CLEANING SPECIAL OFFER: 289.809.9823 (XXX) XXX-XXXX localurladdressgoeshere.com Oakville.MaidRight.com Same Reliable Owners Clean Every Visit Eco-Friendly Cleaning Products Colour-Coded Cloths Reduce Cross Contamination EnviroShield® Whole Home Disinfecting Strongest Guarantee In the Industry ©2015 Maid Right Franchising LLC. Maid Right and JAN-PRO International are subsidiaries of Premium Franchise Brands LLC. aBSOlutely everythinG iS On Sale tO Clear POt Belly OutDOOr fire Pit Only CLOSING SALE ParSOn COffee taBle reg $99.99 DOOr CraSher! z-line Design tv Stand reg $199.99 Emma Mogus of projects produced by Hamilton and area students, displayed for the public and judges to see last week, one stood above the others from a Halton perspective. White Oaks Secondary Emma Mogus of Oakville's White Oaks Secondary School, entered in her first science fair, placed second overall in the Bestin-Fair Award category for her project TiC -- Tongue Interface Communication Assistive Technology for Severe Impairments. It took Mogus two years to develop her invention. She is a volunteer researcher at McMaster University in the Department of Engineering Physics. Mogus' project relates to what she describes as the design and development of a low-cost, non-invasive, tongue- St. Bernadette The BASEF Chairman's Award was won by Mark McCready and Fadi Graise of St. Bernadette for their project titled Does The Distance Between Dominoes Effect The Speed That They Fall? Halton elementary and high school students also accounted for several industry-sponsored awards, as well as 14 Gold Merit, 41 Silver Merit and 64 Bronze Merit awards. Sixteen students with top projects in Hamilton advance to the Canada Wide Science Fair to be held in Montreal on May 14-21. Nine of the 16 BASEF projects going to nationals are by Halton students. Four Burlington students qualified for nationals: Katie Brent of Notre Dame S.S., Caroline Mahut of M.M. Robinson H.S., Michael Wolfe of Trinity Christian School and Dylex Suan of St. Christopher elementary. Oakville students, most of them from independent schools, accounted for five of the 16 people qualifying for nationals. see Independent on p.19 $ 99 Price $ 9999 99 $ sale Price 6999 $ leather COuCh BaMBOO PillOW reg $39.99 $ 29999 BreaD MaKer Only $ sale Price all MattreSSeS On Sale eg: Kingsdown King Mattress as lOw as 29 500 taKe an aDDitiOnal Our alreaDy reDuCeD PriCeS. huGe SeleCtiOn all ClOthinG $ uP tO 49 99 40% off all ShOeS taKe anOther the lOWeSt StiCKer PriCe COttOnelle tOilet PaPer 12 double rolls 33% off $ 99 2/$ tOyS anD GaMeS BeD SheetS anD COMfOrterS 40% off 25% off hurry in - everythinG MuSt GO! area ruGS 25% off 10% off 5 11 4/$20 KitChen, Bath anD launDry CleaninG SuPPlieS. alreaDy DiSCOunteD PriCeS (incl. Tide, Oxi clean, Purex, Gain and mOre) DunlOP GOlf CluB SetS Many, Many MOre in-StOre DealS! 905.842.0221 520 Kerr Street Oakville Like us on Facebook.com/Big Deal Oakville Check for our daily updates. · f a s h i o n · e l e c t ro n i c s · h o m e d e c o r · t o y s & g a m e s · h e a l t h & b e a u t y · h o u s e w a re s · bedding & linens · household supplies · seasonal · luggage & bags