The program Siliman and Ohnick refer to is that sponsored by the newly-formed Rickover Science Institute, an ambitious educational endeavor by the Ad miral Hyman G. Rickover Foundation in McLean, Virginia. The Richover Science Institute program seeks to “foster development of the intellectual and practical skills of gifted and talented youth in math and science,” according to Rickover Foundation officials. “It is the only program in the country to combine theoretical study with hands-on research projects for each student,” said public affairs news releases heralding the institute’s inaugural program. Siliman and Ohnick were two of 54 outstanding American high school students chosen in nationwide competition to attend Wayne Extension banquet set BETHANY The annual dinner results of a nutrition computer meeting of the Wayne County program known as EATS, and the Cooperative Extension Association proposed Extension state-wide will be held Thursday at 7:45 p.m. computer network, in the Bethany Methodist Church Election of seven members to Hall, Bethany. the Extension Executive Com- A highlight of the event will be mittee will also be held and printed recognition of William Foster, annual Extension reports will be State Representative, for the distributed, support he has provided to the Tickets for the annual dinner Extension Service and Penn State, meeting can be secured from the In addition, reports will be given local Extension Office in the on several projects with which Courthouse or from any member of Extension has been associated this the Extension Executive Com- COLLEGE PARK, Md. - Two outstanding American high school students, chosen in a nationwide competition, just got their first taste of what research at an academic institution is all about at The University of Maryland. “My only regret is the program was too short,” said 17-year-old Amy Lynn Sillman, of Piqua, Ohio, who will graduate from high school next year. 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Ohnick worked with Dr. Charles Mulchi, associate professor of agronomy at UMAES. “We worked on exposing soybeans to ozone to determine the damaging effects of pollution on agricultural crops,” said Ohnick. Both students will return after the program this summer to their respective hometowns to fimsh senior years in high school. After that? Both have general ideas about their future. Sillman is interested in biochemistry, Olinick in a math-related field, such as engineering. 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