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Hard Hats, Hammers, and Hot Dogs
Results
 The Workforce Development Task Force of Kootenai County
introduced a very successful event in April 2008, titled, “Hard Hats, Hammers & Hot Dogs”. The
event was designed as a manufacturing and construction
career day
for middle and high school kids in Kootenai County. The goal
of this event was to make young people aware of the
tremendous opportunities ranging from entry level
apprenticeship and hi tech positions to professional
opportunities that exist in our area.
The
response from the event was extremely positive, both from the
students themselves as well as from the businesses that
participated. The following results were derived from
student surveys after the event:
Thank you to all of our participating businesses and
sponsors:
 Contractors
Northwest, Inc., Haskins Steel, Avista, ACI Northwest,
Kootenai Electric, NIC, NIBCA, Interstate Concrete, CDA
Power Tools/Makita, Moss Adams, Simplex Grannel, All Wall,
Kimball Office, Overhead Door Company, Bayshore Systems,
Ground Force, Century Publishing, Habitat for Humanity,
Command Labor, The Haskins Company, STCU, Altek
Manufacturing, RDI Heating and Cooling, Spokane Home
Builders Association, Stock Building Supply, High Tech
Heating and Cooling, EW & NI Cement Masons, Ironworkers
Apprenticeship, Buck Knives, Holehan Electric, Champion
Pumping, Tradesman Int'l, Dan Lyson Concrete, AGC, City of
Coeur d'Alene, Laborers Union, Eclipse Traffic Control, H&E
Equipment Rental, Oxarc & Edge Construction, Western States,
Central Pre-Mix, Sherwin Williams, Bricklayers, Debco
Plumbing, Brian Taylor Painting, Fine Finish Carpentry,
Inland NW Consultants, Elder Help, U.S. Army, ABC, Idaho
Department of Labor, Modern Machinery, Spokane Rocks,
Command Labor, U of I, LCSC, Riverbend, Rowand Machinery,
Knife River, Volvo Rents, Mid-Mountain Machinery and Titan
Springs. Also thank you to Sysco, Super One Foods, Costco
and Panhandle State Bank.
The following people were on the committee that helped
coordinate this event: Becky Ford, Brad Murray, Brad Zier,
Brian Shull, Chris Rogers, Ed Tensen, Erik Campbell, Jason
Green, Jennifer Henage, Jim Tippett, John Moore, Kris Nowell,
Laura LaChapelle, Leticia Hernandez Ahern, Lisa Richard,
Mike Arnold, Rosie Astorquia, Russ Doumas, Shelly Donovan,
Toni Sayler, Vicki Kunz, Wayne Brokaw and Don McKenzie.
A very special thank you to Vicki
Isakson, Event Coordinator, from Idaho Department of Labor.
For more information on this event, please contact
Toni Sayler at the
Chamber office at 415-0112.
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