Students, like Tom Milliman of Spencerport, demonstrated their skills at the annual Monroe 2-Orleans BOCES Career and Technical Education Center open house recently. Tom, a Food Service student, was serving up a plate of pasta with pesto sauce. Students in over 30 programs at the Center showed off their skills to family and friends. The evening culminated with the annual Skills USA VICA (Vocational Industrial Clubs of America) awards program.

There were 104 winners in the local VICA competition, which is judged by professionals working in the fields in which the students are competing. Besides Tom Milliman (at right), other Spencerport winners were Jeff Peters and Seth Louden, Auto Body Repair; William Ryan, Auto Mechanics; John Nevadomski, Commercial Art; RoseAnn Cangiano and Anita Passafiume, Cosmetology; Nicole Hahn, Dental Assisting; Jessica Gouveia, Early Childhood Education; Brian Soper, Electronics; Desiree Plucknette, Food Preparation; Ian Davis, Intro to Building Trades; Jason Glende and Tyrone Cunningham, Intro to Food Service; Jennifer Wisner, Personal Services; Timothy Sander, John Schukitis and Troy Capone, TV/Radio Broadcasting; Thomas Hare, Recreational Vehicles; John Zielinski, Industrial/Residential Electricity; and Michael O'Hara, Carpentry.