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year, and he and his stu-
dents have stuck to a basic
plan allowing them to com-
plete the project in one or
two semesters. They started
on one go-kart last year as
a class. This year, the stu-
dents paired up into groups
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their own go-kart projects.
McMichael said students
Cody Boggs and Chris
Humphrey were essential
to the program’s success.
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at its highest speed, runs 32
mph.
Both Boggs and Hum-
phrey said, without the go-
kart program, they would
have no opportunity to gain
experience in the mechan-
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“I am interested in all
trades,” Boggs said.
Humphrey agreed.
“This is just something
we’re good at and some-
thing we like doing,” he
said.
Stephen Morris, a junior
at UHS, said the go-kart
class is preparing him for
his future career as a diesel
and track mechanic in the
United States Navy.
Morris said he has at-
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ity disorder, but when he
works on engines and in
the metal shop, that doesn’t
bother him.
“When I’m working on
an engine, I don’t have to
worry about that,” he said.
“It holds my focus. Taking
in every bolt, piston rings,
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Morris said working on
go-karts, or engines in gen-
eral, is like a puzzle he has
to solve, which is what he
enjoys most.
“It is extremely exciting
because, like working on a
car, you think you got an
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next problem,” he said.
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complished something.”
UHS senior Trevor
Hodge said he has found
his true calling in life
through the metals program
BUDGET:
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the park,” according to the
resolution authorizing the
transaction in the agenda.
City Manager Byron
Smith said most of the
other expenditures not
covered by grants will
come from the city’s regu-
lar surplus or savings.
The budget includes
$35,000 for a skate park,
$45,000 for Oxbow Trail,
$45,000 for the Sun-
set Park expansion and
$55,000 for the pool slide.
Many smaller expendi-
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The metal shop class is important to many students at Umatilla High School, including a number of girls. Pictured from left, junior Kimberly Garcia, sophomore
Melisa Claustro and sophomore Brenda Campos weld a rack together that will hold some of the high school’s shop tools.
at school.
“It was after I did it here
that I really started think-
ing about wanting to do
(welding),” he said. “I was
in woods (shop), and I real-
ly liked it. Then I got into
welding.”
Hodge said he now
wants to go to school to be-
come a machinist after he
graduates, and the go-kart
program has better pre-
pared him for that.
“It helped me learn a lot
of welds,” he said.
Hodge said what he likes
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perfectly with his personal-
ity and skill set.
“It is just kind of relax-
ing,” he said. “You get into
the zone.”
Since completing some
of the go-karts, the students
have test driven their vehi-
cles on the asphalt driveway
behind the school. Wednes-
day, the students used a
go-kart to drag the school’s
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coaches wouldn’t have to
do it by hand.
“It’s been fun,” Morris
said.
McMichael said the stu-
dents will sell four go-karts
for $350 a piece to help
raise money for the pro-
gram. That wouldn’t com-
pletely cover the costs of
the program next year, but
it is a start.
“If we want to continue
doing something like this, it
is very expensive,” McMi-
chael said. “I would like to
continue doing these proj-
ects.”
McMichael said each
go-kart requires about $650
worth of parts, which is a
huge cost burden for the
district. He said he was for-
tunate the district funded
the program this year, but
more funds will be needed
for the program to continue
in future years.
People can contact Mc-
Michael about the go-kart
program or purchasing the
cars at mcmichaelj@uma-
tillasd.org.
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built by students as classmate Cody Boggs sits in the driver’s seat and classmate Stephen
Morris watches.
tures are also in the bud-
get, but the largest bud-
geted items not covered
by grants are $600,000
for Hermiston Energy Ser-
vices and $250,000 for the
Utility Fund to establish
reserves for future expen-
ditures related to rate sta-
bilization.
The council will also
vote on an ordinance
amendment
authoriz-
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people from parks for 30
days if they misuse city
equipment. Council mem-
bers will also vote on or-
dinances to annex into the
city 20 acres of land near
the airport for the Eastern
Oregon Trade and Event
Center and a .16-acre res-
idential lot on Northeast
Second Street near East
Theater Lane.
In a work session be-
fore the meeting at 6 p.m.,
Blue Mountain Commu-
nity College will present
information about its May
19 bond measure.
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