Texas Welding Instructor Garners National Award

From the Sulphur Springs News-Herald...

Sulphur Springs (Texas) High School’s agriculture department’s welding students recently made out like bandits in a national welding contest sponsored by James F. Lincoln Arc Welding Foundation of Cleveland, Ohio.

If that wasn’t enough, the welding instructor himself also won at the national FFA Convention held last month in Louisville, Ky. At the same venue, Alina Tatum was one of 18 of the top youths in the country afforded the opportunity to perform on the main stage, and Blake Fisher was awarded his American Farmer certificate.

According to instructor Dan Froneberger, several of his students who submitted entries in the 2005 Student Arc Welding Award Program in June were selected as winners in July, and within the last month received letters from the James F. Lincoln Arc Welding Foundation notifying them of their awards.

Top Student Arc Welding Award Program winners included Jared Ramey, $1,000 for Best Division I Welding; Kristopher Pace and Harlan Hammond, $250 each for Regional Gold Award Division I; Dillon Millsap, $250 Regional Silver Award; and Mitch Self and Jared Ramey, $100 each for Regional Bronze Award.