Fair Motivates Child, 12, to Contact a Latin American Missionary
Arnold boy, 12, solved a water purification problem to win Mastodon Art/Science Regional Fair Award. The event helps Jefferson County children explore possible careers, but few donations may affect the fair's reach this year.
Twelve-year-old Dennis Kohl Jr. created a homemade water purifier and won the Earth Science award at the Mastodon Art/Science Regional Fair. The idea came to Kohl after he contacted a Guatemalan missionary, Nancy Henson, a few years ago. Kohl won the Earth Science Award last year as well. Kohl found Henson online while researching ideas. He contacted her to learn some of her greatest challenges. She told Kohl clean water was her greatest challenge, and he made it his, too. After completing the project, he sent the treated water to the Jefferson County Health Department. The department's results indicated that his purifier worked. "I like doing the fair because it gives me a chance to do hands-on projects and displays them so people can …
