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By LAUREN ZEUGNER Staff Writer
PARTNERING WITH THE When ground was bro- COMMUNITY — Melvin Pouch, ken for Brianna Adams a member of Warsaw Area Caand her family’s new Habi- reer Center’s building trades tat for Humanity home last class uses a table saw. Memmonth, it was the start of a bers of the class are currently new partnership between working on a home for HabiHabitat for Humanity of tat for Humanity of KosciusKosciusko County and the ko County. The students are builders trades program at building the exterior and intethe Warsaw Area Career rior walls of the home. Photo Center. provided by Habitat for HuBen Logan, executive manity of Kosciusko County. director of Habitat for Humanity, explained the chapter has been in Kosciusko with them every afternoon. County since 1991. It has worked “They’ll actually be buildon and off through the years with ing the walls offsite. They’re gostudents in the building trades ing to be working on this house program at both Warsaw Comtwo hours an afternoon as part munity High School and Tippeof their curriculum,” Logan said. canoe Valley High School. During most Habitat In those instances, the stubuilds, most of the work is done dents usually came out to assist in the morning and the kids will where some younger stronger be working from 1-3 p.m., so he’s bodies were needed to do some “excited to have a longer build heavy lifting. time.” For this build, which is on Logan explained the stuland donated by the Salvation dents in the building trades Army, Logan and Andrea Miller, class focus on general construca building trades teacher at the tion, although with this build WACC and Habitat volunteer, they may have an opportunity connected. Miller, who served as to learn about electrical work a supervisor on a recent Women’s since one of the construction Build Habitat project, wanted to staff working with them is a liget her students involved. censed electrician. “It’s a very natural fit. We’re The students will be able to very excited to have a more fordo all the exterior and interior mal relationship,” Logan said. walls. Professionals will handle “We’re also a member of the local constructing the trusses and builders association (Builders door headers and the plumbAssociation of North Central Ining, electrical, HAVC and roofdiana) and are passionate about ing. The students will assist in building trades students being installing the dry wall, but not involved.” doing the mudding. “They’re just excited to be “Construction is a huge GETTING A NEW HOME — Brianna Adams and her puzzle piece ... you have to forebuilding a house from the start, sons, Jy’el, left and Jyon, are shown at the ground breakto put some of the skills they’ve see 10 steps down the road. This ing of their new home, which is being built by Habitat for been practicing into play,” Miller is probably the best way Humanity and members of the Warsaw Area Career Censaid. “Our students working on a for the kids to learn,” ter builders trades class. home that may be more realistic Logan said. “It also The family’s new home is expected to be completed for them in the future.” provides the stuin the spring of 2025. Photo provided by Habitat for HuGround was broken on the dents with an manity of Kosciusko County. new home in October and exopportunity to (In Selected Areas) cavation of the property is unwork with a loderway. Meanwhile, the builder brought all the pre-cut materials to the Martin’s Supermarket cal contractor trades students have been hard at work location and volunteers put the walls to- and see what they do.” Menards working with two construction staff gether in the parking lot. With a few holiRunnings “We’re doing a very similar pro- day breaks and Mother members from Habitat. Logan explained the students are cess,” Logan said. “We’re going to do Nature playing a role, Rural King doing something similar to the panel the walls in sections so when the site is Logan said he wasn’t sure build Habitat did with Wildman earli- ready, we can go.” how fast the construction of The construction team has worked Continued on page 2 er this year. During that build, Habitat
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