Estancia High engineering team builds a better car, wins Energy Invitational
Estancia High School seniors in Team Havoc, advised by Gerald Rizza, far right, won first place in the 2021 Vital Link Engineering Design Competition.
(Kevin Chang / Staff Photographer)
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Estancia High School engineering students were recently tasked with designing and building a vehicle large enough to accommodate a driver that would travel as fast and as far as possible on only $1 worth of energy.
In record time, 16 seniors participating in their first 2021 Vital Link Energy Invitational Engineering Design Competition working together as “Team Havoc,” had retrofitted a simple go-kart into an electric car that based on initial testing is capable of reaching speeds up to 30 mph while using only 1.0 kilowatt-hour for more than an hour of continuous driving.
Local emergency medical providers ask public to not call 911 unless necessary
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CLINTON, Tenn. Anderson County ambulance and other emergency medical workers are asking the public to reduce the strain on emergency medical personnel by not making unnecessary calls for ambulances.
“What we want is to prevent a time when you call for an ambulance, and we don’t have one to send,” Meredith Reddington, medical director for Anderson County Emergency Medical Services (ACEMS) said, adding she also wanted to prevent a time when emergency rooms could not provide “lifesaving” services to those in need.”
Reddington, Tyler Crabtree, an advanced emergency medical technician; Todd Heffern, an emergency room physician; and Nathan Sweet, ACEMS director, spoke to reporters Thursday at the ambulance service s Station One in Clinton. They explained that the Anderson County EMS is still responding to all calls. However, in order to make sure they can continue to provide services