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NOVEMBER 23, 2022
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL LVIX • NO 30
A Candlelit Christmas BY ADRIAN ESCHENWALD
The Conestoga Area Historical Society, 51 Kendig Road, Conestoga, will host its annual Candlelight Christmas on Saturday, Dec. 10, from 5 to 9 p.m. The event will include live music and refreshments. During the event, the paths around the museum grounds will be lit by luminarias, and each building will be fully decorated for the holidays. Guests will have an opportunity to tour the property and its many buildings of historical significance. Volunteers dressed in periodaccurate clothing will be stationed throughout the museum grounds, many of them operating different shops such as the tin shop, carpentry station, weaving shop, blacksmith shop and pottery works.
Students participated in various hands-on learning activites during Construction Wars.
Students Participate In Construction Wars n Oct. 10, students from Marticville Middle School participated in Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) Keystone’s Construction Wars, a yearly interactive career exploration event. The students had an opportunity to work with professionals from various construction industries such as carpentry, plumbing and masonry. Each fall, a group of students visits ABC Keystone’s facility, which serves to train individuals in specific trades. Training courses are offered on metalworking, job site safety and electrical work, along with other trades and related topics. Many companies even pay for
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their employees to attend classes at the facility immediately after being hired. Construction Wars is an event that serves to encourage students in their interests and guide them through the proper path to pursue a career in the trades. During Construction Wars, students rotated through six stations, each with its own hands-on activity. At the carpentry station, students assembled their own wooden step stool. At the sheet bending station, they were coached on how to fashion a tool tray from raw materials. Students then visited the plumbing station, where they assembled and tested a closed-circuit pipe and were educated on the inner workings of a water system. At the masonry station, students put together a brick
wall and layered it. After visiting the masonry station, students were taken to the site excavation classroom, where they learned how different work sites are excavated and how construction equipment and procedures are coordinated and mapped via computers. Lastly, students received first aid training and were instructed on CPR and emergency procedures. Each individual who operated a station is actively employed in his or her respective field and granted the students insight on what it’s like to pursue a career in it. Students gained a perspective on aspects of each industry such as the education required to work in it, average pay and working conditions. “If kids don’t want to be on a computer or at an office all day
for work, they can go to (Construction Wars) to see what other options are out there,” said Steve Evans, who teaches applied engineering and technology education classes at Marticville Middle School. Marticville Middle School previously participated in Construction Wars only once a year, but due to increased interest, it now sends a group in the fall and a group in the spring. The school is currently looking to begin hosting career day once again to provide another opportunity for students to gain insight on prospective lines of work. Evans said the school plans to bring community members into the school to educate children on their fields and guide them through which classes to take in order to best prepare for the future.
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