Anderson County High School - Beartracks Yearbook

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During auto mechanics senior George Cocanougher works on a motor that he built and plans To put in his car, ThaT's The Brakes! In auto mechanics class, taught by Mr. Mike Arm- strong, students learn The basics of good car care. howto align tires, fix brakes, build Transmissions, and generally keep The car's engine running smoothly. I Took This class, because I want to learn more about cars, and howto keep Them in good shape, said junior Dustin Curtis. All of The cars are worked on during class Time only. The customers bring The cars in and The stu- dent do all of The repair work. Another Thing The class does is prepare for and enter The VICA contest. Last year They placed iaith in The nation and 22nd The year before. They plan To enter it again This year. They also plan To enter The state Plymouth Trouble Shooting Contest. Seniors Wade Tinsley and Tony Mattingly work on a car brought in by a customer. The class charges only a 52.00 fee for working on The car and The customer pays for all parts. Auto Mechanics - 425

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lVlelT Down! Heading The welding course aT vocaTional school is William Weatherford. Mr. Weatherford has been Teaching for 'lo years, and helps The sTudenTs To masTer many Tools, such as a cuTTing Torch. This Two-year course includes sTudy in arc weld- ing, work wiTh nig, Tig, and oxygen aceTylene. Peo- ple from Mercer CounTy bring maTerials in To be welded. We weld a loT of eauipmenT for farmers, said junior Bertram Buntain. Besides learning The differenT Types of eauipmenT and how To use Them, The welding class also welds pieces of meTal ThaT They use on The Trailor ThaT They are building. The besT parT of vocaTional school is The free Training. lT would cosT 825,000 for Two years aT a welding school. The sTudenTs also geT Training when They work aT The E.W. Brown Power PlanT. During welding class. junior Jamie Anderson cools a piece of sheeT meTal. Seeing sparks fly is someThing junior Bertram Buntain comes in conTacT wiTh a loT in his welding class aT Voc. School. Welding - 424 l l l l l l While waiTing in line for Kevin Goodlett from WesTern To finish cuTTing a piece of meTaI, junior Brad Burge marks a piece of meTal ThaT is ready To be cuT.

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426 House AT Work If you need o house builT, jusT geT in Touch wiTh The Horrodsburg VocdTionol School corpenTry closs. Eoch yeor The corpenTry closs builds d house, which is Their rnojor projecT. lvlosT sTudenTs reolly enjoy working on The house. IT hos been hdrd building o house, buT iT olso hos been reolly fun, sold junior Richard Cunningham. i'lT mokes you redlize how much work goes inTo building jusT one house. i'l Think iT is d real chollenge for The sTudenTs while working on The house, soid Mr. Holly Chilton. Mr. Chilton Tedches The cdrpenTry cldss. The whole yedr is noT dedicoTed jusT To building The house. The closs olso does speciol projecTs such os rnoking ndrne bloTes which They sell for profiTs for The closs. lf sTudenTs reolly Try, They con benefiT o IoT from This cIdss, sold senior Tim Schell, o Two-year cor- penTry sTudenT. WesTern-Anderson junior Mark Hursi ond senior Ronnie Black Try To sTroighTen ouT The Toble sow. Trying To cuT The rlghT size of wood, senior Tim Schell does o IiTTle figuring before cuTTing, l - VocdTionol CorpenTry Uivloking iT srnooTh' is whoT junior Brlan Jones senior Anlhony Aldridge ond junior Richard Cunningham Try To occompllsh