Advanced Manufacturing Teacher Christian Blake (center left) and CareerTech Center Director Joe Riddensdale cut the ribbon held by advanced manufactuing students Juel (left) and Colin on Jan. 23. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
State Sen. Mark McConkey (R-Freedom) checks out a student-built stove, which utilized some of the new welding tools, before the ribbon-cutting ceremony for the MWV CareerTech Center's renovated welding shop at Kennett High School on Jan. 23. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
From left: MWV Career and Technical Center Director Joe Riddensdale, Mt. Washington Valley Chamber of Commerce Chris Proulx and former state representative Karen Umberger attend a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the center’s renovated welding shop at Kennett High School on Jan. 23. The moment was bittersweet for Riddensdale, whose last day on the job before retirement is Friday.(RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Advanced Manufacturing Teacher Christian Blake (center left) and CareerTech Center Director Joe Riddensdale cut the ribbon held by advanced manufactuing students Juel (left) and Colin on Jan. 23. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Students in an introductory MWV CareerTech course try their hand at welding at Kennett High School on Oct. 15. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
State Sen. Mark McConkey (R-Freedom) checks out a student-built stove, which utilized some of the new welding tools, before the ribbon-cutting ceremony for the MWV CareerTech Center's renovated welding shop at Kennett High School on Jan. 23. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
From left: MWV Career and Technical Center Director Joe Riddensdale, Mt. Washington Valley Chamber of Commerce Chris Proulx and former state representative Karen Umberger attend a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the center’s renovated welding shop at Kennett High School on Jan. 23. The moment was bittersweet for Riddensdale, whose last day on the job before retirement is Friday.(RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
CONWAY — The welding shop at the Mount Washington Valley Career and Technical Center has undergone an extreme makeover — one that could make it the envy of vocational programs across the nation.
Last Friday, students, staff and special guests, including state Sen. Mark McConkey (R-Freedom), Mt. Washington Valley Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Chris Proulx and former state representative Karen Umberger, gathered for a ribbon-cutting at the state-of-the art welding shop, complete with 12 stations — expanded from five — at Kennett High School.
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