Kentucky Lake Section  

American Chemical Society

October 2002 Meeting:

The KLS-ACS meeting involved the presentation of demonstrations by students from Paducah Tilghman High School and SAACS from Bethel College, Lambuth University, Union University and the University of Tennessee at Martin.  Approximately 100 people attended the meeting and Melanie Mitchell, Union City High School Chemistry Teacher, was awarded the Howard Hyuck Outstanding High School Teacher Award.  In addition, a proclamation was read by Mayor Larry W. Taylor (Martin, TN) declaring October 20-26 as National Chemistry Week.

Banner in Johnson Physical Science Building at UTM

Local Section NCW Activities: (click on image to enlarge)

Martin's mayor proclaiming October 20-26 National Chemistry Week.  Pictured are (front row, from left) Micheal W. Fultz, University of Tennessee Martin SAACS president; Larry Taylor, mayor of Martin; S.K. Airee, UT Martin SAACS faculty adviser and coordinator of the National Chemistry Week activities for the Kentucky Lake Section of the American Chemical Society; (back row, from left) Rebekah Kirkpatrick, SAACS secretary; Nancy W. Hinds, coordinator for UT Martin's NCW activities; and Marion Pitts, chemistry teacher at Westview High School.

Car wash sponsored by UTM SAACS in conjunction with Chemistry Keeps Us Clean. The charge for washing was a donation for charity of cleaning supplies. Here Martin resident Betty Giles presents detergent to SAACS Erich Bitzer, Andy Bernard & Emily Bethart. In the background SAACS president Micheal Fultz and secretary Rebekah Kirkpatrick are seen cleaning the car.

Union City High School teacher Melanie Thorpe Mitchell receiving the KLS Howard Hyuck Outstanding Chemistry Teacher Award. L to R: KLS chair Jozsef Devenyi, Melanie Mitchell, KLS secretary Brent Montgomery, award chair Jane Hardin and chair-elect Ricky Cox.

UTM SAACS president involving the Primary School kids in discussion after Elephant's toothpaste demo.

Mayor of Jackson Charles Farmer with Dr. Charles Baldwin (Union University), Haylie Thompson and Ingrid Renberg in conjunction with the Proclamation for NCW.

Lindsey Barnes and Kiera Knappman of Union University conducting back yard demonstration of ammonia fountain.

This site was created by Ricky Cox in the Department of Chemistry
Last Modified:  November 19, 2002