SCIENCE-FAIR WINNERS ARE SOURCE OF PRIDE

Students Amanda Busby and Kendra Riddle from Southeast Missouri decimated stereotypes about women and science, impressing the world with their grasp of chemistry.

The two competed this month in the International Science and Engineering Fair in San Jose, Calif. Busby, a Kennett High School senior, took home a $1,500 award, a full tuition scholarship to the University of Missouri-Rolla and a $200 award from the American Chemical Society for her study "Glass I-V: Toward a Standard."

Riddle, a Sikeston High School junior, won a $1,500 scholarship to the University of Missouri-Rolla for her project "Fire Prevention: Study of Polyacrylate Polymers." And she has another year left in high school to win even more prestigious scholarships and awards.

Both, along with their teachers and parents, deserve our hearty congratulations.