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= ax aks. You just can't stop Leanne Philip! 4 As if winning at the Durham Regional Science Fair wasn't enough, now she has. earned three major prizes at the Cana- da-wide Science Fair, Including a coveted Bronze medallion. See story for a glimpse at just some of Leanne's spectacular accomplishments. Last chance to avert a strike Members of Township coun- cil are holding mediation talks to- day (June 7) in the hopes that a strike by 11 municipal office workers can be averted. The 11 employees, who were recently certified as part of the Ca- nadian Union of Public Employ- ees, could be on strike this week if mediation fails to settle out- standing issues. The major stumbling block in those negotiations is wages, with the employees asking for a $2 per hour. increase across the board ~ (about $4,000 per year) ~The Township council, which met in-camera on Monday to dis- what it is prep; to offer. Scugog or Jerry Taylor High only say that the Township "prepared to go to mediation and bargain in good faith." cuss the props has not disclosed He added that the municipality is concerned over the possiblliy of a strike. While declining to go into specifics, the Mayor said the fact the council has decided to attend the mediation sessions, suggests that there is room for negotiation. The 11 employees work in a varicty of jobs at the municipal office, including the treasury de- partment, building inspection, and general administration. John Cherry, a national rep with CUPE, who is acting on be- half of the employees, told the Star a week ago that there is room for movement in negotiations, or the employees would not have agreed to meet with a mediator. However, the 11 have already voted 90 per cent in favour of strike action, should that become necessary. PORT PERRY STAR -- Tuesday, June 7 1988 -- 3 Grade 10 student wins medal at Canadiar Fair Fifteen year old Leanne Philip certainly does her hometown proud. The Grade 10 Port Perry High School student captured three ma- jor awards at the Canada-wide Science Fair held recently in Win- nipeg, including the Bronze medal for the best physics project in all of Canada. She also took home awards for best project displaying some as- pect of transportation, and best exhibitor showing potential as a researcher. And she did this in the face of some pretty stiff competition--300 other top exhibitors, all winners in their own regions, from all over Canada. To even make it to the Canadian competition, exhibitors had much to accomplish, from winning at the school level, to winning at the regional level. Leanne won the Durham Re- gional Science Fair for the second year in a row, in competition with 220 other students, with her pro- ject "Is It The Size?", an investig- ative look at the effeciency of three different grain sizes of road salt. The project is a continuation of last year's award winning project, "Ice Man Comes. Ice Man Goes," which examined how much salt is needed under various weather con- ditions. And if you think Leanne has come to know everything there is to know about road salt, you're wrong. In fact, she is continuing her re- search into this necessary winter de-icer over the summer, working for the Ministry of Transportation and Communication. It's not often they hire on a 15 year old to work in their research department, but then again, not many 15 year olds are like Leanne. Her interest in salt research has also attracted the attention of two other important research facilitics- -Dom-Tar Chemicals, and the Salt Institute in Ottawa. She's flattered by their offers and attention, but she thinks she will go to the Ministry for the summer and continue her research with new de-icing chemicals. It's pretty clear that Leanne takes her science fair project a lot more seriously than most kids who ask their teachers if they have to do a project, whine about the prospect, and then either whip something up with bristol board, or talk a parent into doing the work. Leanne's classmates can't figure out why she spends so much time on her project (she' s already work- ing on next year's entry), but to Leanne, it's more than just some- thing that has to be done. She wants to be a researcher when she finishes school (where she manages marks in the 80's as well as full-time work on her pro- ject--she gets up at 5:30 a.m. to accomplish all this) and in the meantime, next year to be exact, Leanne wants to win the grand prize at the Canada-wide science fair--and a chance at International competition. 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