From treats to trestles

Photos by Bruce Asato
Advertiser Staff Photographer

A student-built bridge bows under the addition of a 1-pound weight during the Popsicle Stick Bridge competition among middle-school students, yesterday at the University of Hawai'i. This bridge, built by Dole Middle School students, held 87 pounds before collapsing.

Mililani Middle School seventh-graders, from left, Emily Saka, Isabel Romero and Allison Nakahara hold their first-place bridge, which supported 211 pounds.