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Even in a year of extraordinary documentaries like “RBG,” “Won’t You Be My Neighbor?” and “Three Identical Strangers,” “Science Fair” is something special.

Winner of audience awards at both Sundance and South by Southwest (not an easy accomplishment), this infectious and exuberant film wins you over by focusing on the enthusiasm and enviable good spirits of the smart and engaging young people who compete in “the Olympics of science fairs.”

If you want to increase your faith in the future of humanity and have a rollicking good time doing it, there is no better place to go.

Crisply directed by Cristina Costantini and Darren Foster, “Science Fair” focuses on the 2017 Los Angeles-hosted edition of the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair, familiarly known as ISEF.

In existence since 1942, ISEF presently attracts roughly 7 million initial competitors who duke it out in 425 qualifying fairs around the world.

This group is winnowed down to 1,700 high school student finalists from close to 80 countries, competing in 22 categories but all hoping they walk off with the coveted Gordon E. Moore award for the best project.

Costantini knows this world intimately — she is a former competitor who placed fourth in her category as a high school freshman — and the film’s insider sensibility benefits from her knowledge.

Costantini and Foster, who first worked together on “Death by Fentanyl,” a much darker and very different documentary on the opioid crisis, turn out to have impeccable instincts for the intimate and the warmly comic that gives this film

Article source: https://www.heraldcourier.com/community/entertainment/review-science-fair-is-a-winner-even-in-a-year/article_3ae5a057-0f5d-5a04-8e02-f35529067dba.html

The Somerset County 4-H Program will host an open house on Wednesday, Oct. 3 from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at the Ted Blum 4-H Center, 310 Milltown Road, Bridgewater.

Representatives from a variety of 4-H clubs throughout the county will be at the event to speak about their groups. The event will include hands-on activities and demonstrations to help children find clubs that interest them. New members will be able to sign up during the open house. The Somerset County 4-H is looking for adults as well as children to get involved with the organization; parent volunteers are needed for local clubs.

The nonformal, education program offers a variety of programming for youth, but a large focus is the 4-H clubs, which are led by adult volunteers. Clubs focus on subject matter related to the interests of the 4-Hers. Some examples of clubs in Somerset County include the arts such as theater arts and Chinese culture, STEM-focused projects such as rocketry and model airplanes, poultry, dog, and horse, robotics and computers.

“Our 4-H members pledge their heads, hands, hearts and health to the betterment of their community and we are looking for new members and volunteers to help make Somerset County a better place,” said Lisa Rothenburger, 4-H agent.

The 4-H youth program uses a “learn-by-doing approach that enables youth in grades K through 13 to develop the knowledge, attitude and skills they need to become competent, caring and contributing citizens in their community and the world.”

The 4-H Youth Development Program

Article source: https://www.nj.com/messenger-gazette/index.ssf/2018/09/post_134.html

Luke Murphy, a longtime Aspen native, has taken the controls of the Aspen Higher Learning Flight Academy following the recent departure of former director Greg Roark. Murphy teaches Aspen middle and high school students in the classroom, and is also a certified flight instructor.

“Basically, for the last 25 years, flying had just been an expensive hobby,” said Murphy, who started his new position in August. “I saw this as an opportunity to move into aviation full time and pass on my love of flying to high school students.”

Murphy, who began working at the Aspen-Pitkin County Airport when he was 14 and learned to fly as soon as he was able, was working on his instruction certificate when he was contacted by Mike Pearce. Pearce, who is a member of the new AHLFA board, told him that the academy needed a replacement for Greg Roark, who originally started the program four years ago.

“It was really his vision that started, not only the program here at the high school, but also the nonprofit out at the airport,” Murphy said. He went on to explain that Roark’s departure concerned members of the community who were unsure if the program would continue without him.

Robert Holton, another member of the new board, said in an email that he had heard rumors the program was done when Roark left. Holton went on to say that he’s happy to see Murphy brought on and is energized by all of the new ideas

Article source: https://www.aspendailynews.com/news/new-director-helming-aspen-higher-learning-flight-academy/article_286db71e-bfa4-11e8-9f5f-43a8bf45e638.html

Aug. 23, 1925 — Sept. 18, 2018

Dr. Robert B. Nachbar was a respected and accomplished oral surgeon, but that was just one facet of his personality.

He loved camping in remote parts of northern Ontario and Maine, where he would fly fish with flies he tied himself. He was a competitive shooter and enjoyed duck hunting. He made wood furniture, duck decoys and what his son Richard Nachbar called “museum quality” model airplanes. He also liked full-size airplanes, getting his pilot’s license and taking the family on sightseeing trips in a leased Cessna.

Dr. Nachbar died Sept. 18, 2018, in Beechwood Continuing Care. He was 93 and had lived in the Blocher Homes in Williamsville for more than three years.

Born in Buffalo, he was the oldest child of Norman and Thelma Weber Nachbar. The family moved to Williamsville in the 1930s and eventually had three more children.

Dr. Nachbar was a graduate of Williamsville High School.

He had completed two years of dental school before enlisting in the U.S. Army on July 9, 1945, so he was assigned to the the 30th Infantry Medical Detachment. Serving in Germany, he provided dental care to members of the U.S. Armed Forces and civilians in clinics, his son said.

Dr. Nachbar was discharged on Jan. 19, 1947. An avid photographer, he brought home enough photos to fill multiple albums, and often told stories about his wartime experiences, his son said.

On Sept. 20, 1950, he married Judith Ann Jaeger in Amherst Community Church. They had four children, Robert Jr., Pauline, Richard

Article source: https://buffalonews.com/2018/09/24/robert-b-nachbar-93-oral-surgeon-sportsman-woodworker-and-pilot/