Mazama High School - Valhalla Yearbook (Klamath Falls, OR)

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VICA If you were to ask someone what VICA stood for, probably only half of the people in the school would know. It stands for Vocational In- dustrial Arts Club of America. But then only a quarter of those would know what VICA does. What it does is compete in skills contests based on each member s indus- trial art specialty. They also stress leadership and community service. Among VICA's 40 members were the six elected leaders. They were: Shawn Pomeroy, President; Ed Valdez, Vice President; Craig Hoppe, Secretary; Brian Brown, Treasurer; Brian Bryson, Reporter; and Sally Vassallo, Parlimen- tarian. In November the officers attended a fall leadership conference in Bend to help them be better leaders of their club. There was also a state skills contest that VICA participated in. Of all the Mazama participants, only Matt Barrows placed in the top three. In fact, Barrows took first place in the mousetrap car contest. According to ad- visor Scott Teeples, the cars improved a lot over last year. It used to be that they would only trav- el a third of the runway at best. This year, Matt's car had no problems go- ing the whole distance, explained Teeples. As a whole, VICA is dedicated to training for leadership in the working world. It works with the school to train in differ- ent areas of work and job search methods. Dennis Bailey's mouse- trap vehicle. Mr. Bailey took second in the com- petition that took place between the club mem- bers and the advisors. Showing off their winning cars are Dennis Bailey, second place; Scott Tee- ples, first place; and Matt Barrows, third place. They cars were only al- lowed to be powered by a mousetrap. VICA Members: front Row - Tom Bivens. Second Row - Kari Hubbard, Becky Mahan, Lorin Schrader, Sally Vassallo, Kelly Haddock, Rob McCollough. Third Row - Ian Atkinson, Matt Barrows, Shawn Pomeroy, Joe Melton, Ed Valdez. Back Row - Mr. Scott Teeples, Dave Polley, Trent Lynn, Scott Cavener, Rick Williamson Troy Johnson, Craig Hoppe, and Mr. Dennis Bailey. 142 - VICA i

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Lori Gabrielson, Michele Pinner, Kim Sorensen, and Machi Kudo get tangled up in crepe paper while decorating. Mike Ferguson helps Lori Gabrielson cuts out tape pink crepe paper to paper hearts in the cafe- the ceiling. The decora- teria. tors took time during the weekend to help with the dance. Life is full of stress and yearbook ads to it.” Trisia Hughes, Mugs Section Yearbook - 141

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OH THE JOB Mike Allison, Rafael Reyes, Jason Rhinevault, Bob Welzbacker, Brian Engel, Todd Simms, Matt Male, Dusty Baird, and Danny Story show of their completed house. The building of the house took nine weeks. Instructor Bob Welzbacker's origi- nal plan for his third and fourth year Me- chanical Drawing students was to have them all draw house plans. They were to conform with PP L weather standards; with all local, state, and na- tional codes; and be entered in the Kla- math Home Builders Association contest. After a semester of drawing though, only a few were com- pleted and able to be entered in the contest. Welzbacker then came up with the idea of building a scale model of one of the houses, a plan he has actually carried out twice be- fore. The class then voted on which house they wanted to build. As it turned out, they chose the house designed by Brian Engel. The next step was to divide the class into four teams: foundation and floor, outside walls, inside walls, and trusses. It was then time to go to work with each team building their own specialty with slight adjustments being made. The scale the house was built on was one inch equal to one foot. Accord- ing to Welzbacker, the project really brought out the nat- ural leadership qua- lities in some of the students. Next year though, he plans to build a couple of houses but on a smaller scale and let the students have them after they are finished. The students real- ized the impor- tance of modular construction and the project really went well. - Bob Welzbacker. Feature 143