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Thenineelementarystudentsandtheschooltheyrepresentare,fromle ,PaytonByrne, Antelope Elementary School; Lauryn Meredith, Flournoy Elementary School; Maria Vargas, Gerber Elementary School; Sierra Huntsman, Lassen View Elementary School; Trinity Fritz, Los Molinos Elementary School; Tristen Bailey, Maywood Middle School; Sofie Parks, Reeds Creek Elementary School; Addie Galantine, Richfield Elementary School and Brooke Dial, Vista Preparatory Academy. The five high school students and the school they represent are, from le , Alex Davila, Corning High School; Juan Rodriquez, Los Molinos High School; Aubrey Bell, Mercy High School; Mary Herrera Ramos, Red Bluff High School and Brenda Gamboa, Salisbury High School. ELKSLODGE Students from area ele- mentary and high schools were honored by the Elks recently for the month of March. The students were cho- sen because they consis- tently exhibit positive char- acteristics and have admi- rable goals. Each honored student was accompanied by some- one from their school who spoke highly of them. The recipients gave ac- colades to their parents and teachers and to their school. Elementary,highschoolstudentshonored Lincoln Street School will be holding kindergar- ten registration 1-2 p.m. Wednesday, April 13. Any child who turns 5 before Sept. 2 is eligible to enroll in kindergarten. Children who turn 5 af- ter Sept. 1, but before Dec. 2, are eligible to enroll in transitional kindergarten. Lincoln Street School is an independent study pro- gram that follows a home school model and serves students in transitional kindergarten through eighth grade. For more informa- tion, visit www.lincoln- streetschool.org. School to hold kindergarten registration on April 13 LINCOLN STREET CONTRIBUTED PHOTO Lincoln Street School students meet with local firefighters. A team of California State University, Chico students was awarded $14,963 from the U.S. En- vironmental Protection Agency to research and develop sustainable bio- filtration technology for small urban areas like Chico. The CSU, Chico team is one of only seven in California selected for the grant, and is com- prised of six students across the civil engi- neering, chemistry and environmental science majors, including Harry Mills, chemistry; Sophia Bauer, environmental science; Spencer Carroll, environmental science; Mark Triassi, environ- mental science; Autumn Reagan, civil engineer- ing and James Norris, civil engineering. The grant is a part of the EPA's People, Prosper- ity and the Environment Student Design Competi- tion, which gives univer- sity students the opportu- nity to develop innovative, sustainable products and designs. It operates in two phases, the first of which awards university student teams grant money to de- velop sustainable technol- ogy. The second phase oc- curs in April, when each team brings its design and research to the Na- tional Sustainable De- sign Expo in Washing- ton, D.C., and competes to receive up to $75,000 to expand and implement its design. Using Chico as the staging ground for their research, the students will develop green meth- ods for filtering urban storm water runoff in or- der to reduce the impact of sediments, pesticides, metals and other pollut- ants on local aquatic eco- systems. "Biofiltration is a re- ally relevant area of re- search and a promising, sustainable solution for dealing with urban storm runoff, especially up here in the North State where we deal with strong storm events in the winter," said Sandrine Matiasek, geo- logical and environmen- tal sciences professor and faculty investigator for the project. According to their proj- ect abstract, titled "Eval- uating Biofiltration in Small Urban Areas: Chico, California Case Study," the team plans on testing the effectiveness of biofil- tration using sand, com- post, lava rock, zeolite (an absorbent mineral), and native, drought resistant plants. Matiasek said that their research explores rela- tively new territory in re- gards to testing and adapt- ing sustainable filtration processes. "What this project is trying to do is bring in sci- ence to back up this new solution to dealing with storm runoff," Matiasek said. "The goal is to fill in a gap in knowledge. Large urban areas are already re- quired to deal with storm runoff. So far, it hasn't re- ally been implemented for small urban areas because of cost." Matiasek added that on top of gaining expe- rience in biofiltration re- search, the student team is also partnering with lo- cal organizations and re- sources to develop its de- sign. The students have al- ready collaborated with the Center for Water and the Environment on cam- pus, with Facilities Man- agement Services to ac- quire soil samples and are planning on meeting with the Campus Sustainability Committee and the City of Chico to present their re- search results. For more information on the grant, visit https:// www.epa.gov/P3. CHICO STATE Students receive $14,963 grant to develop water filters TheAssociatedPress HONOLULU The Univer- sity of Hawaii has asked independent safety ex- perts to investigate what caused a laboratory explo- sion last month that seri- ously injured a visiting re- searcher. The school said Monday that the University of Cal- ifornia Center for Labora- tory Safety will look into the March 16 blast. A team from the center was on the University of Hawaii's flag- ship Manoa campus last week. The investigation is ex- pected to be completed by the end of the month. The university says the explosion occurred when a researcher was growing cells by feeding them a mix- ture of low-pressure hydro- gen, carbon dioxide and ox- ygen. The school says the same process has been used almost daily and without incident since 2008 at a lab that's part of the Hawaii Natural En- ergy Institute. MARCH 16 BLAST University of Hawaii has independent safety experts review lab explosion PLEASE RECYCLE THIS NEWSPAPER. BROOKDALE RED BLUFF ANNUAL ROUND-UP KICK OFF 705 Luther Rd, Red Bluff Ca 530-529-2900 Like Us On Facebook! 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