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Working together as a team, Sophomore Matthew Burnham
and Freshman David Gray find Woods very educational.
(M. Bruning)
By taking Architechual Drafting and Design, Senior Timothy
Beberniss improves hi s artistic talents. (M. Bruning)
Classes Offer Experience 1 ...
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For Real-Life Situations

Students Find New Usage For Vocational Skills

-Renae Caverhill-
Although most industrial arts classes took and skills. By meeting at least once a month,
time and dedication, students found them worth members were able to complete three major proj-
the effort both during the school day and after. ects. Their first seiVice projects were making 300
In May the industrial arts students worked wooden cars for the Toys For Tots Organization.
on an Adopt a Highway program set up by the Students spent 25 to 30 hours of their spare time
state. The students walked two miles of highway doing something for others. Sophomore Aaron
picking up trash as they went. Students were also Puttcamp said, ''I'm really glad I got the opportu-
given the opportunity to enter their creations in a nity to help make others happy. "
series of competitions. Some of these competi- The second seiVice project was refinish-
tions were Metro Omaha Builders Association, ing five tables for the Good Samaritan Manor in
Peru State College Fair and Competition, Wayne downtown Omaha. Their third project was repair-
State College Fair and Competition, and The ing and fixing up the weight room equipment. By
Vocational Industrial Clubs of America Student doing this for less money than would an outside
Competition. company, the VICA students were also able to
Students also were able to continue their come in on certain evenings to work on personal
skills in a newly organized club for vocational projects.
oriented students. Vocational Industrial Clubs of Given these extra opportunities, students
America or VICA gave them the opportunity to be were able to apply the learning from classwork
in a club that allowed them to use their knowledge into real-life experiences.

Taking time to acquire a skill, Senior Dale Milham learns to
work with a specialized tool, a dialcalaper, to check
measurements in the thousandths. (M. Bruning)

Senior Brock MoUer shows hi s aristic skills by designing and
building a grandfather clock. (S. Alukonis)

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