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Show Vernal Express Wednesday, April 28, 2004 B 1 n ' lvr ns" K A &Q O) Some "bunny" cares Designers Becky Valdez and Lucinda Winter helped the Easter Bunny provide baskets filled with candy and toys to needy children. chil-dren. Helped by Angela Mackay, Ashley Millett, Falon Lawson, Kathy Quinto and Jo Shupe, the women delivered 23 Easter baskets bas-kets to the Division of Child and Family Services for distribution by Deb Smith. The group hopes to become involved next year on an even larger basis. Those interested, may contact Valdez at 789-8540. Scott Merkley, Gavin Kron, Nick Fugal and William Reese, advisor, make up the UHS VICA AMT team. Uintah's VICA performs well at State Vince Ingalls and Adam Francisco represent UHS well in the VICA robotics competition. VICA students go to nationals Twelve Uintah High School VICA students will compete at the VICA national competition in Kansas City, Mo., June 21-26, based on each winning first place at a recent VICA Skills-USA Contest held in Salt Lake City. At the Skills-USA Contest held April 1-2 at Salt Lake Community College, UHS VICA Adviser Keith McMullin said 27 students participated, partici-pated, with 15 students placing in the competition and 12 winning first place. First place winners in automated manufacturing were team members: Scott Merkley, Gavin Kron and Nick Fugal. Doug Snider was the first place winner in welding, while first place team members in robotics technology technol-ogy were: Vince Ingalls and Adam Francisco. Taking first place in club business busi-ness procedure (parliamentary procedure) pro-cedure) were team members: Adam Goodrich, Alexis Faucett, Lori Olivers, Kamrie Ford, Marlynn Chew, and Kimberly Snow. Others who placed in the Skills-USA Skills-USA contest, but who did not qualify qual-ify to attend VICA national competition compe-tition was Rpn Knrt7 sprnnH nlarp in motorcycle repair; Sam McKee, third place in power technology; and Adam Francisco, third place in principles of technology. UHS VICA Adviser Keith McMullin said 27 students participated partici-pated in the event "I think that by us placing so many students at Uintah High School, it reflects on the quality of the vocational voca-tional programs that we have at the high school," McMullin said. "But we have a long ways to go. There are 72 different contests in areas such as foods, nursing, clothing, cosmetology, tv production, etc., where we had no participants." He said the school's goal next year is to have even more participants in those categories. VICA or Vocational Industrial Clubs of America is a national organization that emphasizes building build-ing career skills while students are enrolled in high school. Uintah High School has participated partici-pated in the Skills-USA contest for over 25 years. McMullin said four teachers at the school, along with the school administration, gave strong support trt the VTPA nrnpram this year The Uintah High School (UHS) VICA chapter attended state competition com-petition at Salt Lake Community College (SLCC) April 1-2, taking first places in the automated manufacturing manu-facturing technology (AMT), welding, weld-ing, robotics and parliamentary procedure events. For the third year in a row, UHS had a winning team of three in the AMT event. Scott Merkley, Nick Fugal and Gavin Kron each won gold medals and full tuition scholarships schol-arships for one year to SLCC or Utah Valley State College (UVSC). According to William Reese, State VICA chairman for the AMT event, and Uintah High School CADCAMAMT instructor, the team consists of some of "the sharpest kids in the high school." All three are student members of the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) and understand the value of manufacturing as the cornerstone of the economy. The ultimate goal of the AMT event is to build a part. Upon receiving three dimensional design information about the part, the students drew it in 3-D using Computer Aided Design (CAD). After that, they exported the part to a CAM program to generate tool paths, or G & M codes. They transferred trans-ferred the G & M codes via floppy disk to a CNC milling machine and produced the real part. When finished, they submitted the part, along with a blueprint and documentation, to the judges, who were from Central Machine in Duchesne and Boeing of Salt Lake City. The event is so complex that only three high schools in the state competed in the event; two Ogden-area Ogden-area schools were Uintah's only competitors. Reese said all three students have done much more challenging work, such as producing plastic molds and Kevlar parts in the CAD CAM AMT lab at Uintah High School. These three students will represent Utah at VICA nationals in Kansas City, Kan. in June. UHS also shined in the welding competition. Out of 32 competing compet-ing schools, Doug Snyder took first place in the secondary welding weld-ing competition, making him the first student from UHS to take first place in 16 years. In addition to having the opportunity to travel to Kansas City, Kan., in June to represent rep-resent the state of Utah, Snyder also received a two-year full tuition scholarship to any college in Utah, a $700 welder and a $200 cash award from Lincoln Electric. The first place winner in the post-secondary welding competition. Cole Murray, is a former student of UHS. Students from UHS also performed per-formed well in other categories. Marlynn Chew, Lorie Olivers, Adam Goodrich and Alexis Faucett beat out all the competition for a first place in the parliamentary procedure event; Vince Ingalls and Adam Francisco brought home top honors in the robotics competition. Marlynn Chew, Adam Goodrich, Lorie Chivers and Alexis Faucett are members of the winning VICA parliamentary procedure team. Uintah FFA holds year end banquet The banquet dinner for the Uintah High School (UHS) Future Farmers of America (FFA) Chapter was a great success, according to FFA adviser David Wilson. It began with the introductions of the retiring Uintah FFA chapter officers. offi-cers. Then, awards were given to all those who competed during the past year. The awards were followed by a dinner. After dinner, more awards were presented: Reuben McKeachnie and Megan McKeachnie, Proficiency awards; Kimberly Snow, Extemporaneous Speaking award; Nicole Justice, Prepared Speaking award; Kayla Batty, Creed Speaking award; and Jennessee Forster, Star Greenhand award. The members of the Parliamentary Procedure team, which are Marlynn Chew, Alexis Faucett, Adam Goodrich, Lorie Olivers. Kamrie Ford. John Gillmnn and Kimberly Snow, were also honored hon-ored with plaques. Chelsie Cook, president; Alexis Faucett, secretary; Adam Goodrich, treasurer; and Candace Smuin, historian, his-torian, all made remarks as retiring officers. The other retiring officers are: John Gillman, vice president; Marlynn Chew, parliamentarian; Lorie Chivers. sentinel; and April Gerber, reporter. The FFA chapter thanked the retiring officers for a year of hard work and good success, then welcomed wel-comed the new officers for the 2004-2M5 school year. They are: Marlynn Chew, president; Reuben McKeachnie, vice president; Chelsie Slaugh, secretary; Jennessee Forster, sentinel; Kimberly Snow, reporter; report-er; Kamrie Ford, treasurer; Emily Shue, parliamentarian; and Brandon Gustafson. historian. e"" -s. f sd v j C(UTiOrialk one mile with vp U f W f UCUH II HU J partimient Proudly Presents Gold Medal Milo 2004 I 4 jr. if It onday May 3, 2004 estone Legac Park West 500 North Vernal Opm - 6:30pm X X 4 "X Qr friends end family and make this the of a heafthiar you! TriCounty Health Departmentois communities to stay healthier and jtive. If you have anyjiiJrioiild like more information, please contact S-uchesne, or toll free at 1-866-275-0246. You i 722-5085 can also contact us through our web site: www.tricountyhealth.com. B-t iryld 1 |