Myrtle Point High School - Bobcat Yearbook (Myrtle Point, OR)

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Vo-Ag Students Prepare For Future In Vocational Agriculture students learned skills they may use later in life. Mr. Verlin Hermann, Vo-Ag instructor, taught livestock judging, selection, breeding, and management. Vo-Ag students learned about different kinds of soils. They studied what types of fertilizers to use to make the soil good for raising different types of crops. The students learned how to prune fruit trees and they gained experience by pruning trees around Myrtle Point. The students learned leadership skills and shop skills including welding. The students grew flowers for the Bobcat House. They did experiments in judging livestock, meats, and soils. Students learned to keep records of their observations. Vo-Ag students completed individual farm projects. For example, Nancy Baker, raised a sow named Peaches. Peaches plays ball, hide-n-seek, chase, and other games. She has produced three litters of pigs so far. They have been quite profitable, Nancy reported. Peaches was the champion Future Farmers of America sow at the Coos County Fair. Nancy earned a Grand Champion Showmanship award at the Coos County Fair with Peaches. Mr. Hermann and Rod Odle measure a met-ol strip for Rod's class project. Flermann Retires Mr. Hermann, the FFA adviser, will not be teaching at MPHS next year. Mr. Hermann said, I have taught at the high school for 20 years, and it was a wonderful experience which was full of enjoyment. He felt that the most rewarding part of being the FFA adviser was being able to watch the development of FFA members. Mr. Hermann explains some different pruning techniques to members of his Vo-Ag class Vocational Agriculture 19

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Sixth House Features Sunspace Last year's Bobcat House started an energy saving tradition with a woodstove that heated the house's water. But this year's Bobcat House went one step further with a 9 x 23 ft. sunspace. The sunspace captures the sun's heat and distributes heat throughout the house. The sunspace will help save energy and money. Supervisor Mr. Hartvigson feels the construction class offers good experiences to students. It's an introduction to the carpentry trade with on-the-job experience. In construction class, the paperwork and homework is slim, but the individual labor gives a certain satisfaction. Mr. Hartvigson said, Construction is one of the best classes I have ever taught. He said he likes the class because he can observe the results rather than grade them. 1 Ready to work on the Bobcat House is Sherri Hooper. 2 Mr. Hartvigson helps Jim Fischer and Randy Davis with the roof on the garage of the Bobcat House 3. Tim Lakey and Bill Dollarhyde cut extra supports for the garage roof 18 Construction

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Forestry Class Is Active Forestry classes had a variety of projects that were worked on this year, including preparation of the nature trail at the lower land lab. The land lab is three different pieces of property at different locations. They are used for tree growth study areas and one is to be logged off. We had a very good representation for our school at both Skills Day and the state contest in Salem, commented Mr. Dyal. Other projects the forestry class did were to enlarge and refine their logging system units. They also developed a more complete safety program. This was a year of many accomplishments. 1. Terry Atkins helps Mr. Dyal, forestry teacher, set up a model yarder 2. The cNps fly ds Terry Atkins sows into a log 20 Forestry