CareerTech Centers Team-Up
to Help Drumright Ball Park
Drumright's community ball fields on the Highway 33 Truck Bypass will soon have new cinderblock dugouts. The construction of the improved facilities for the many ball teams that utilize the park is the result of a cooperative effort between the Construction Trades programs at Central Technology Center in Drumright and Meridian Tech in Stillwater .
Students of David Baugus at Central Tech began the community service project for their class several weeks ago, building forms and running the concrete pads required before the cinder blocks could be laid. Meridian Tech's instructor, Bret Pickins, also leads his students to engage in community service projects each year and Pickins' own expertise in block laying proved valuable to Baugus and his students as well.
"Students in both schools' programs are learning a wide array of construction skills needed by builders in today's construction industry. This joint effort by the two instructor's programs is characteristic of how our local Technology Centers in the state's Career Tech system work together in serving the needs of individuals and communities alike across the state," said Central Tech spokesman Larry Lehr.
Central Tech Construction Trades students Devon Toland, Cushing, (left) and Mannford's Matt Beshear (right) and Seth Dewine learn the skills necessary to construct a cement block dugout at the Drumright ball park.
Central Tech Construction Trades students Jacob Myers, Cushing, (left) and Josh Cole, Bristow, learn the skills necessary to construct a cement block dugout at the Drumright ball park.
