WoodLINKS USA/Product Design & Development program students at the Southern Virginia Higher Education Center recently received prizes for competing in the WoodLINKS, USA/International Woodworking Fair competition held last summer in Atlanta, GA.

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A story about interior woodworking for the 281-foot-long M/Y Cakewalk "super" yacht and a treatment for transforming wood to its core with an acetylation process, were the most viewed items posted on WoodworkingNetwork.com in October.

The Wood Component Manufacturers Assn. recently donated $2,500 to WoodLINKS USA.

GRAND RAPIDS, MI -- Stiles Shop Solutions has donated a new Ironwood machine as part of the prize package being awarded to the winning school of the WoodLINKS USA 2010 RTA contest.

One issue that remains as timely today as it was when I joined Wood & Wood Products in 1985 is the recruitment, training and retaining of skilled employees.