Kissler awarded honorable mention and scholarship

Odessa High School sophomore Cole Kissler, a member of the Advanced STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) Research class was selected back in March by the Mid-Columbia Science and Engineering Fair to represent Washington state at the 2015 GENIUS Olympiad in Oswego, New York. Kissler and his mentor and teacher Jeff Wehr flew into Syracuse and then traveled to Oswego to present his science research project, "Engineering an Aluminum Cone-Studded Solar Panel to Increase Output Efficiency."

Students from more than 65 countries and 40 U.S. states displayed their innovative ideas at St...