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10:31 AM Friday, March 12, 2010

Oxford resident wins national competition

Badin High School junior James Koch, an Oxford resident, and senior Alex Brown have won a national contest in the 2010 Neuroscience for Kids poetry competition.

Brown and Koch wrote limericks about the nervous system for the competition, which featured 646 entries from 36 states and five foreign countries.

Ten finalists were chosen at each of four grade levels, including grades nine through 12, and then three winners selected in each category by a panel of 11 judges.

“Being able to write clever limericks like they did shows you that they have paid attention and mastered the material. This is truly a major accomplishment,” said Kay Collins, who teaches the pair in her physiology classes,

Koch is the son of Roger and Carol Koch, of Oxford, and a graduate of Queen of Peace School.

Koch limerick was:

‘‘Every movement accounted for,

Even ones that you may ignore,

It keeps you alive,

So that you may thrive.

The brain does all of this and more.’’

Tobin on Indiana dean’s list, earns special honor

Taylor Tobin, a first year student at Indiana University-Bloomington, and the daughter of Ann and Dennis Tobin of Liberty, Ind., was named to the dean’s list earning above a 3.7 GPA for fall of 2009.

Tobin was also honored as a Herbert Presidential scholar and recognized as a Founders Scholars for earning a 3.8 GPA or higher.

Tobin is in the Hutton Honors College majoring in physics and astronomy.

Oxford native makes dean’s list

Laura Evans, of Oxford, was recognized on the 2009 dean’s and honorable mention list at Crown College.

Dean’s list requires 12 semester credits and a GPA of 3.50 or higher and honorable mention requires a GPA of at least 3.250.

Crown College is a four-year private college located in St. Bonifacius, 30 minutes west of Minneapolis, Minn.

James Koch

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