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Show UVCC students take top honors Association of State Supervisors of Trade and Industrial Education. Sponsoring its founding were the American Vocational Association, the U.S. Office of Education, the AFL-CIO, and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. Student members are joined by 15,000 teachers and administrators as professional members along with labor organizations, manufacture firms and related busing industrial members. There are 51 chartered sta) associations, including peurto B7 and the Virgin Islands. Then, ,! 14,000 clubs in high sit vocational technical centers ars vocational schools, junior coiC and community colleges. Four members of the Vocational Industrial Clubs of America (VICA) from Utah Valley Community College came home medal winners from the U.S. Skill Olympics recently held in Wichita, Kansas. Coming home with first place honors were John Crawford in Electronics Technology and Wayne Dittmore in the Job Interview division. A second place award was won by John Ekins, Pleasant Grove, for Prepared Speech and third place in Auto Body went to Rondo Biggs. Three of the 16 UVCC students were from Pleasant Grove. In addition to John Ekins, were Nila Fordham and Kelvyn Blackhurst who competed in opening and closing ceremony. Nila was president of the team. She was also a member of last year's team that placed second in the nation. Nila is also the Utah State VICA president for 1987-88. Called the "Showcase of Vocational Education," the nation's finest vocational students compete for medals in 38 different trade, technical, and leadership events. More than 2500 students from around the country competed for honors. More medals were won by participants from the State of Utah than any other state, with UVCC students tying with Salt Lake Community College for top honors in the nation. VICA emphasizes respect for the dignity of work, high standards in trade ethics, workmanship, scholarship and safety. It promotes understanding of the free enterprise system and encourages development develop-ment of patriotism through the practice of democracy in the club. VICA was organized in 1965 as a non-profit educational association with the assistance of the National |