Had a fine group in from General Shale this week.

Tim Brooks
Joe Spalding
Donald Didelot

I also had Ken Brandon, a local internet expert who will be advising us on how
to better use this amazing tool to better serve our customers.

You may notice from the class pictures that we have re-arranged the training room. We
should now be able to accommodate six students rather than the present four. After a
full day in the classroom on Tuesday, we did the tour thing on Wednesday. Wes Combs
of J. C. Steele & Sons gave us an instructive tour of the Foundry. Howard Tysinger
finished up in the assembly area. These guys sure make you feel welcome and
they certainly have story to tell. The Steele Tour is always a "highlight" of the training
experience. We then went on to Pine Hall Brick in Madison, NC. The robots, "Preston"
and "Phil" were taking the afternoon off but the rest of the Paver Plant was business as
usual. We enjoyed our visit.

A great group.

Ernie Wright