The Bluffer - Red Bluff, CA
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ack. September 27, 2013 Page 3 Features Ag. Mechanics & FFA Animals FFA and the agriculture classes are working hard getting their projects ready for fair Bluffer/ Josiah Vasey S partan ound off What is your favorite part about fair? Nik in Agriculture 3 and 4 is working on his project during 6th period. Grey Groetke Staff Writer RBHS's very own Ag mechanics class put some of its projects on display at the RB Fair this Wednesday the 25th of September. A total of 55 different metal projects made here at school were entered into the fair. According to Mr. Pritchard, the fair provides an excellent opportunity for the Ag mechanics classes to demonstrate to the community what they can do. The Ag mechanic students expressed pride in their projects and were eager to show what they had constructed. Some of the entries include: a branded bench and a barbecue for FFA by Wyatt Brown, a bumper, 3 roses, and a hat rack by Dustin Fernandez, a bumper and spurs by Hayden Hinkle, 2 other benches by junior Ethan Aponte and senior Joshua Jackson. The following is a list of RBHS students and graduates whose Ag mechanics projects were entered into the fair this year: Zack Taylor, Casey Gannon, Logan Robinson, Ethan Aponte, Joshua Jackson, Kyler Pucket, Jordan Roberts, Nathan Schmidt, Cole Draper, Kelsey Kruse, Chase Root, Kody Hall, Lester Gonzalez, Levi Conner, Dylan Holbrook, Wyatt Cook, Chris Bradley, Dylan Kendrick, Hayden Hinkle, Wyatt Brown, Dustin Fernandez, Nicholas Schluep, Samantha Griego, Aaron Latourell, Gabe Stinson, Ernesto Ochub, Sebastian Mata, and Braden Enoes. Students say they enjoy building the projects and how the Ag mechanics class operates, and how it provides them with practical training. Senior Ag mechanics student Joshua Jackson said, "I enjoy Welding, it runs like a normal welding shop would; it gives you real skills you can use in life for careers," If anyone would like to view the Ag mechanics projects, as many of the Ag mechanic students said they hoped people would do, they will be on display at the RB Fair at the Ron Knight 4H building throughout the fair. Three Agriculture students are wrangling a steer and are preparing for fair. Julia Liebert Viewpoint Editor The fair is here and the Red Bluff High School FFA students are ready and excited! Mrs. Stroud is the lambs, goats, and poultry adviser. There are twelve lamb exhibitors, three poultry exhibitors, and two goat exhibitors. One goat exhibitor is a breading goat exhibitor, but the rest are all market. For lambs and goats they can be shown as a breeding animal, but that wouldn't be shown at the fair, but the market animals could be sold at the Live Stock Auction because they are raised for meat. The poultry exhibitors, if they place high enough, get to sell their chickens at the fair. They are not egg laying hens; they are strictly for meat. Mrs. Svejda is the swine, horse, and rabbit adviser. There are twenty swine exhibitors, one rabbit exhibitor, and two horse exhibitors. For the swine section of Red Bluff High School FFA, there are 20 market exhibitors and one breeding exhibitor. If you have a market pig there are two ways you could show it. You could show it in a market class and you can also show it in the showmanship class. If you have a breeding pig you would show it in the breeding classes and also the showmanship classes. For the horse exhibitors they could do Gymkhana or dress their horses in costumes and a lot more fun activities. For the Rabbit exhibitor, she is placing it as a meat rabbit and the same purpose applies for rabbits as goats, sheep, etc. Mr. Pritchard is the beef adviser. There are eleven students, and they are selling their steers as market steer projects. There are three students that have a breeding project. Quality of the steer and they have to show for showmanship in which they have the ability to show it off. Noah Caylor (9) "I like the rides and the curly fries." Taylor Skelton (10) "I like the rides and the kettle corn." New Advanced Placement classes are a bonus four year degree in college. Another advantage for taking an AP class in high school is that the same things are thought in an AP class here as taking an AP class in college. Those are only three out of the many benefits from taking advanced placement classes. Mrs. Gambetta also shared, "Even if you do not take the AP class, you can still take the AP test for that subject and if you receive a three or higher then that's great!" Even though taking the AP test without taking the class first may be difficult, it is possible to pass. Some categories of advanced placement test are: Arts, English, History and Social Sciences, Mathematics and Computer Science, Science, and World Languages. If you have the opportunity to take an AP test and score a three or high on it at most colleges they will turn your score into college credits. Tymberlyn Bealer Staff Writer RBHS is offering two new advanced placement classes this year. One of those classes is AP Studio Art taught by Mr. Hendricks. The other new AP class that has been added to RBHS is AP World Civilization which is being taught by Mr. Norton for the sophomore class. Mrs. Gambetta who works in the counselor's office point of view about offering the new AP classes to student is, "It's always great to have a wide variety of AP class for students to push themselves." There's an abundance of benefits from taking AP classes. One benefit from taking an advanced placement class is your grade point average score for an A equals five points which is higher than you can get in any non advanced class. Also, it has been proven that students who complete at least one advanced placement class have a greater chance of completing their Bluffer/ Ceighlee Fennel Ceighlee Fennel One Stop Gas Station Open 5am-11pm RBHS students buy hot food & get a 24oz soda for ONLY 99¢ Your One Stop Convenience Store 714 Walnut St. Red Bluff Go Green There are lots of different programs and things that Red Bluff High School does to be green. One thing is the solar panels out by the Baker soccer complex. Those solar panels provide energy for the school's electricity. Also, they have a program that takes care of the recycling during fifth period. The Special Spartans collect all the classes' recycling to fund their different approved activities such as field trips, gifts for the holidays, parties, and the money also goes towards the Special Olympics. They recycle cans, paper, and plastic bottles. The One of the Special Spartans said, "It feels good to recycle and if no one was recycling then there would be a lot of trash." Of course, there are the white recycling buckets around school in the classrooms. Unfortunately not everyone uses them and just throws everything into the trash whether it is actual trash or objects that can be recycled. There The recycling "program is a win-win for everyone because we are saving the school money while saving the environment." -Mrs. Drake could be real recycling bins in classrooms plus the white buckets. That would help with recycling because people might take more notice of it and make an effort towards recycling more. Although, there are different things that the school does that wastes resources and energy. First of all, the lights are kept on all night in the Gym and the Fieldhouse. Another is not having someone turn off all the computers in classes around campus. DFLSDU energy is wasted just by keeping the computers on all day. Some teachers try hard and recycle, but others could make more of an effort. If the teachers led by example, then students might follow that example and more of a movement would occur towards becoming greener. Air-conditioning can also become an issue because some classrooms are excessively cold when it is unneeded. Also when the air-conditioning is on and the door is open on a hot day, having all that air doing nothing for anyone is very wasteful. The same goes for heating a room. Choncho Torres (11) "Looking at all the animals." Sofia Oropeza (12) "I love the giant corndogs!" Mrs. Phillips (Teacher) "Seeing all the hard work the students put into their animals and the first place." Mr. Null (Teacher) "Seeing all the fair animals and projects." Sound Off/Maggie Tallan