I got to admit it – I just love my job sometimes. Not only did I have the flexibility to take two days off this week, but I got to do so for a great organization, a great event, & I got to promote another one some more. Yep, you guessed it; it was for SkillsUSA & the Alabama State Championships & of course, the mikeroweWORKS site & foundation. With that said, here are just a few tidbits & the bulk of the pictures I could take… (HTRC: SkillsUSA & MRW)
UPDATE: We got taken to the Tool Shed with this article – the mikeroweWORKS Tool Shed that is. Hmmm, love the way it looks, maybe we should hire them to do our articles…
Alabama Skilled Trades Day is now…
On April 20th Governor Robert Bentley signed a proclamation naming April 23-27 “Alabama Skilled Trades Week.” Not only did he recognize it for this year, but added that that each year “Alabama Skilled Trades Week” will be celebrated the last week of April to coincide with the annual Alabama SkillsUSA Leadership Conference. ( More Info @ ACRI – Go Build Alabama / full press release & picture credit to PRNewsWire)
2 Special Shout Out’s:
While everyone that helps & works long hours is definitely due a shout-out & a huge thanks I have two special ones I got to address. The first is to Dan Williams of Limestone County Schools for not only all the effort he put in to make sure the Carpentry & Cabinetry events happened (where all anyone has to do is show up), but his desire to help the students out via some excellent prize packages which includes help making it to Nationals for the top finishers. Shoot not only did he make sure those two events were covered but he had some for the Electrical Competition.
The second shout out is to Redmond Machinery of Atlanta who supports not only the schools, SkillsUSA, but also the FFA. In this case the tools you see below where at the Georgia competition last week, Tennessee on Monday & Tuesday & setup ready to go for Alabama on Wednesday. Next week this & some other ones will back in Georgia for the FFA’s contests.
Cabinetry:
End of Day 1
2 hours to go...
End of Competition - 2 of the 5 High School competitor cabinets
End of Competition - The 2 Trade School competitors
Carpentry:
Getting the area stocked & setup
Carpentry Day 1 Project - High School (9) on top - Trade School (4) on bottom
1 hour into the contest
3 hours into day 1 (7) (3)
Let the judging begin
End of Day 1
Day 2 plans
1st to finish for the day
That's all folks
Electrical:
Getting ready for the Electrical Portion
Halfway through Day 1
Start of day 2 - sorry that is all I got for them
Masonry:
Getting the mud ready for the 1/2 day competition
30 Minutes in - Trade Schools
2 Hours In
2 1/2 hours in
3 hours in
Masonry - High School
Masonry - High School a little later
Other Misc. Pictures:
Display of Welding Challenge Results
SkillsUSA - Alabama Pin Contest Winners
Alabama Power Display - hey it looked cool
Speaking of cool displays & tools - shoot they were nice enough to do the door fronts for the cabinet guys
The Motor Control test areas sign
Ok, it's all Greek to me - motor control
Nice little student project
One of the Crime Tests - this one was a car stop
The Cosmetology Area with some amazing work on display
