SILVIO MANNO: Unfortunate demise of handwriting Nov 14, 2009
Beginning next year, a lot of Louisiana high school classrooms could look like Wes Sebren's: equipped with welding gear, safety goggles and circular saws. Sebren, a teacher at West Ouachita High School near West Monroe, is at the forefront of public schools' response to a 2009 law passed by the Legislature that encourages teaching skills that students will need in the work force. (Fresno Bee -- Opinion)
La. educators turn to trades to cut dropout rate Nov 10, 2009
- Many Louisiana high school classrooms soon could look like Wes Sebren's: equipped with welding gear, safety goggles and circular saws. Sebren, a teacher at West Ouachita High School near West Monroe, is at the forefront of a new public schools strategy to reduce the dropout rate. (Nola.com -- Sports)
People Profile--Kirby Mueller ‘grew up’ with sawmill he still runs Oct 13, 2009
So this once busy little sawmill on the Mueller s Sawmill Road place mainly sits idle largely replaced by many modern circular saws and yet a proud Kirby Mueller isn t all that upset about these frequent idle periods. He concludes: We served our customers well for a long time we ve just outlived most of them. (Brenham Banner, TX)
The first race was against time Jul 30, 2009
The sounds of circular saws compete with the beeping of trucks backing up, and someone cranking Prince, and the consultations of plumbers and electricians and painters and other craftsmen of virtually every trade. Lawn mowers wail, hammers pound and golf carts whir by. (Albany Times Union)
Word on the street: Economy creates demand for used saws in Fresno Jul 20, 2009
Word of mouth has brought in an assortment of commercial- or industrial-grade table saws, drill presses, routers, even a still-in-the-crate new planer/jointer, as well as smaller power tools like drills and circular saws. JOHN WALKER / THE FRESNO BEE. (Fresno Bee -- Business)
HouseWorks: If it doesn't work ... Apr 1, 2009
And the whine of circular saws is heard every weekend. We baby boomers, now the old folks of the neighborhood, enjoy minor fame here, pumped for our hard-won knowledge of fall fertilizers and tuck-pointing and electrical wiring. (Chippewa Falls Chippewa Herald, WI)
Labor Dept. woes prompt finger-pointing Mar 26, 2009
In another case, there was no response to a phone message left saying that children were working during school hours at a food store operating circular saws and meat grinders. Another investigator accepted an employer's explanation that he couldn't pay a worker for work performed because "all our contracts have dried up.". (San Francisco Chronicle -- Politics)
Blackfoot may hold at least 5,000 more sunken logs to be salvaged Mar 16, 2009
The result is an abrasive coating that dulls circular saws and wrecks band saws. But the result is a piece of history still bearing the mill brand in its grain. (Missoulian, MT)
Colleges Sierra Vista campus look changing Mar 15, 2009
The din of circular saws cutting and hammers pounding on steel rang out in the quad. The total head count, part- and full-time students, this spring is 2,254. (Sierra Vista Herald, AZ)
HouseWorks: Build your own habitat Feb 8, 2009
How likely is it, I always ask myself, that someone will buy this book who does not already own hammers and tape measures, circular saws and drop cords, levels and squares, cat s paws and pry bars. Frankly, I think the space the tool chapter occupies could have been better used to offer just a little information on heating, electrical and plumbing systems. (Chippewa Falls Chippewa Herald, WI)
