Mr. Ballou’s Technical Drawing class students tested out their catapults on Principal Bob Snee Friday morning. The goal of Mr. Ballou’s project was to have his students design a simple plan of a machine and build it using their blue prints. The catapults were a success in Mr. Ballou’s eyes. “Even though the structure and function was simple, building a machine and making little adjustments along the way until it functions properly is a very difficult process,” said Ballou. The design and building of the catapults took over one month of the Technical Drawing classes. The students tested out their catapults using water balloons against a number of stand-in targets before Principal Snee arrived in the front of the school. Try as they might, the students could not hit Snee, who confidently showed up appareled in his best shirt and tie and sipping from his coffee cup.  Snee stood 20 yards away as the design students attempted to hit him with their ammo from a distance of about 20 yards. After it was all over Mr. Snee stated, “I was fairly dry, only getting splashed by indirect hits.  Water is in my shoes, my socks and pants are wet, but overall I’m dry.”  (Photo by Stephen Finley)