Ohio Governor John Kasich talks to members of the Vantage “Ed Gee” team (from left) Kurt Hoersten (Delphos Jefferson), Aaron Contreraz (Paulding) (back), Chazz Hahn (Paulding), Scott Pohlman (Delphos Jefferson), Jacob Blair (Paulding), Dominic Ardner (Delphos Jefferson), and Michael Miracle (Parkway).

Ed Gee is a metal sculpture the students designed and fabricated to represent all 16 career technical programs Vantage has to offer high school students. His permanent home will be in the large display case at the new student entrance. Ed Gee was unveiled at the Vantage Grand Open House on Feb. 25. This project was selected as one of 30 projects to be on display at the Ohio Statehouse. Seven members of the junior Industrial Mechanics class and their teacher, Kevin Van Oss, worked on the project with local artist (and Vantage alum), Connie Boley since early fall. Team leader, Dominic Ardner from Delphos Jefferson said, “Working on the Ed Gee project taught me responsibility, teamwork, and leadership. We used everything that we learn in Industrial Mechanics to build Ed Gee  — welding, electricity, milling, fabricating and even CAD — with the new Torchmate. It was pretty cool that the Governor stopped at our display too.”