Coming soon to a college campus near or in Augusta GA, the Silver Age of Science, aka the 25th Science Olympiad national Tournament.

A quick reminder (longer things coming on Sunday):

There are a couple web pages that deal with information that was specifically designed for teams with limited experience at a national. We encourage all ya ‘all, regardless of your years experience, to look at these pages and mail us if you have any questions.

general info: http://www.aug.edu/nso/coach.htm
swap meets : http://www.aug.edu/nso/swap.htm
activities: http://www.aug.edu/nso/games.htm

To keep parents and other amused and working during the times when students are doing things,

1. You will be receiving a whole list of questions pertaining to the anniversaries listed at the bottom many pages.

2. There will be a contest dealing with the history of Augusta and Augusta State University. This contest will be run as an adult event with a meaningful prize. Details to follow.

Only a couple of you attempted to connect Bill to Mark Harmon, so here you go.

1. The father of Mark Harmon is Tom Harmon
2. Tom Harmon was born in Rensselaer, IN, and then moved to Gary, Indiana.
3. Tom Harmon played football for Horace Mann (High) School.
4. Dorothy Knight attended junior high school at Horace Mann.
5. Dorothy mentioned that she thought she and Tom may have been in perhaps the same grade.
6. Dorothy Knight married Harvey Wellnitz. They lived in Gary and had three children, who all grew up in Gary. The three children(oldest to youngest) were William R, Wendy L, and Thomas R

Now, today’s challenge. Connect the executive director of 2009 SONT and the coach of the Dallas Mavericks in as few steps as possible.

Question 2: How many neurons in the brain of WRW may be malfunctioning? Orders of magnitude only.