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Harbor Freight awards $1 million to high school trades teachers: See their reactions

Harbor Freight has awarded 52 North American high school trades teachers with a total of $1 million as part of its annual "Tools for Schools" excellence in education award.
 
"I have a special place in my heart for skilled trades teachers, especially those who teach in high school," said Eric Smidt, Harbor Freight founder. "We depend on skilled trades workers. They fix the cars we drive, they build and repair the homes we live in and they do so much more.
By Robert Dalheim, April 24, 2019 | 1:35 pm CDT
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Woodworking Industry News

Harbor Freight awards $1 million to high school trades teachers: See their reactions

Harbor Freight has awarded 52 North American high school trades teachers with a total of $1 million as part of its annual "Tools for Schools" excellence in education award.
 
"I have a special place in my heart for skilled trades teachers, especially those who teach in high school," said Eric Smidt, Harbor Freight founder. "We depend on skilled trades workers. They fix the cars we drive, they build and repair the homes we live in and they do so much more.
By Robert Dalheim, April 24, 2019 | 1:35 pm CDT
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Woodworking Industry News

Harbor Freight awards $1 million to high school trades teachers: See their reactions

Harbor Freight has awarded 52 North American high school trades teachers with a total of $1 million as part of its annual "Tools for Schools" excellence in education award.
 
"I have a special place in my heart for skilled trades teachers, especially those who teach in high school," said Eric Smidt, Harbor Freight founder. "We depend on skilled trades workers. They fix the cars we drive, they build and repair the homes we live in and they do so much more.
By Robert Dalheim, April 24, 2019 | 1:35 pm CDT
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Ashley Furniture adds solar energy systems to 10 largest plants

ROMEOVILLE, Ill. - Ashley Furniture, number 1 on the FDMC 300, is investing in solar energy installations at ten of its largest U.S. manufacturing facilities. Construction at its Romeoville, Illinois plant began this week.
 
“We need a lot of energy to manufacture our products and it only makes sense to use renewable sources,” said Ron Wanek, Founder and Chairman, Ashley Furniture Industries, Inc.
By Robert Dalheim, April 24, 2019 | 12:00 pm CDT
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