"font-size: 10pt;">Bay Minette, Alabama—

"font-size: 10pt;">More than 1,500 students from 50 schools within

the Southern region of Alabama will participate in the 28th Annual

Computer Science Fair sponsored by Faulkner State Community

College.  The date for the Computer Fair is Friday, March 15, at

9:00 am in the L. D. Owen Performing Arts Center at Faulkner State

Community College in Bay Minette.

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"font-size: 10pt;" lang="X-NONE" xml:lang="X-NONE">Students from

3^rd through 12^th grades will compete in 14

categories, which include Information Technology, Internet Web Page

Authorship, Applications, Media, Hardware, Individual Programming,

Video Production, Web Page Creation, Group Projects, and Team

Programming. 

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"font-size: 10pt;" lang="X-NONE" xml:lang="X-NONE">Twenty counties

will be represented during this event through public and private

schools. These counties include Mobile, Baldwin, Monroe, Escambia,

Washington, Clarke, Wilcox, and Conecuh, Barbour, Dale, Pike,

Covington, and Houston counties. 

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"font-size: 10pt;" lang="X-NONE" xml:lang="X-NONE">Winners from the

computer fair will have opportunities to compete at the State Fair

in April at Auburn University in Montgomery and will compete with

the winners from seven other regions throughout the state.  Prizes

and college scholarships will be awarded to competition

winners.

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"font-size: 10pt;" lang="X-NONE" xml:lang="X-NONE">The public is

invited to attend, and there is no admission cost. 

For more information contact Charles Lake at 251-580-2149 or via

e-mail at

"mailto:clake@faulknerstate.edu">clake@faulknerstate.edu.