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THURSDAY, APRIL 12, 2012
VOL. 21 NO. 15
BERLIN, N.H.
Local students shine at Junior Science and Humanities Symposium BY MELISSA GRIMA THE BERLIN DAILY SUN
BERLIN — The efforts of two local high school seniors, who each decided to expand on classroom projects independently, has earned the students high praise. So high, in fact, that one will travel to present his project nationally next month at what Gorham High School science teacher, Sarah Clemmitt calls “the premiere high school competition in the nation.” Each of the two students utilized technology available at the local schools to augment their research and their efforts resulted in big returns. Shamus Wheeler, a Berlin High School student and Milan resident, placed third in the oral presentations for the Northern New England Region at the Junior Science and Humanities Symposium (JSHS) at UNH on March
29-30. The top two finishers win automatic selection to travel to Bethesda, Md., for the national JSHS. One of the top two declined the invite, leaving Shamus bound for the D.C. area where he will again present his research titled, Glyceraldehyde 3-Phosphate Dehydrogenase in Nemesia Fruticans. The Department of Defense funds the cost of travel and attendance, since the JSHS is sponsored by the US Department of the Army, US Department of the Navy, and US Department of the Air Force. Gorham High School senior Kyle Fortin, also participated in the JSHS event, placing second in the poster presentations for the Northern New England Region. His high finish was a result of his engineering project that included designing a working prototype of a see SHINE page 8
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BHS senior Shamus Wheeler, left, conducted genetic protein research that will represent northern New England at the National Junior Science and Humanities Symposium in Bethesda, Md., next month. GHS senior Kyle Fortin, right, placed second among the 10 projects selected to participate in the poster division with his engineering entry. (COURTESY PHOTO)
UNH law student celebrates difficult court victory
Emily Laflamme and Prrofessor Charles Temple, the clinic director, discuss her clients case.
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Reprinted courtsey of the UNH School of Law. CONCORD -- A University of New Hampshire School of Law student is celebrating an extremely difficult court victory, thanks to the school’s Criminal Practice Clinic. Emily Laflamme, a third-year student who is taking part in the clinic, was assigned this semester to a client charged with aggravated DWI, or driving with a blood-alcohol level of nearly three times the legal limit.
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After meeting with her client, Laflamme knew she wanted to help the woman, who had no prior criminal history and had “made a big mistake,” Laflamme says. “She was pregnant and had a bad home-life situation; she had physical and mental issues.” When Laflamme and Professor Charles Temple, the clinic director, first began to examine the facts in the case, they weren’t very hopeful. “DWI-type cases, especially aggravated see VICTORY page 3
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