Petersburg Pilot -

Petersburg High School Senior Julia Buschmann cracked a few eggs before nabbing several awards at the Southeast Alaska Regional Science Fair in Juneau, held March 9 and 10.

A student in Joni Johnson's AP biology class, Buschmann, 17, was inspired to enter her project at the science fair as a first-time competitor.

“I was always interested in organic food versus modified food,” Buschmann said.

So, which came first the idea or the egg?

“When [Johnson] introduced the project to me at the beginning of the year as we were studying a chapter on molecules … I thought doing a project on...