Orion High School - Charger Yearbook (Orion, IL)

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u hing Buttons To be competitive in the job market, students eeded to have various skills and be capable of orking on an assortment of machines. But where ere these skills aquired? Carla Ochanpaugh, one of the three business Fachers, taught a class called Office Machines. his class offered all business-minded people the hands on experience they needed. With the business world still increasing, stu- ents needed to have a great deal of knowledge. chanpaugh said, It is important students learn lot of skills and keep in step with other indivi- Iuals their own age, these trades make them em- loyable and might give them an added edge. Each student enrolled in this class worked on wachines such as the dictaphone, Xerox, Electron- I: 60, Burroughs Word Processor, ditto, and three ifferent adding machines. This is the best class l teach because students re taught what they will come across in the fu- .ure, said Ochanpaugh. Carla Qchanpaugh helps Traci Melton find her stored program on the Bur- roughs Word Processor. 449 'www'

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Elaine Addis Laurel Schoon Business Senior Business Pom Pon in Class Sponsor Sponsor I44 Business ZA, W ,.wM Business Assistant Michelle Putney uses one of her many talents to xerox copies for OHS teachers. Trying to make totals add up. Julie Gass uses the Victor Adding Machine for help. Tammy Sales finds making booklets much easier with the use of a collator.

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Resource Area Filled with informative resource materials, the library consists of 8,360 shelved books. Due to a big budget cut this year, librarian Doris Wherry was able to purchase only two new books, 54 mag- azine and newspaper subscriptions. The library purchased a new VCR machine and cable into the school. The access to the cable coupled with the VCR will be a very valuable edu- cational tooI, said Tom Domino. l've taped many shows from PBS on Vietnam, Central America, and other topical areas and these have been highly informative. Besides the nine sets of encyclopedias the li- brary contains many other references: almanacs, dictionaries, magazines, microfilm and microfiche machines, and nine computers with ISO discs. Mike Berg and Mrs. Wherry have a computer conference. While Danny Anselmi puts the tape into the VCR, Randy Stephens turns on the T V Mrs. Morse shows Wendy Anderson how to use the Microfiche machine. l46 Library KQV