Photos by Mark M. Hancock / © The Beaumont Enterprise
Central High School junior Annias Bean works on a weld at the BISD Taylor Career Center in Beaumont on Thursday, March 29, 2007. With many new, high-paying jobs available soon, the school district is training students in metal trades to meet workforce needs.
Central High School senior Zach Mayo (right) works on a computer assisted design as instructor Bid Schroeder (left) grinds the edges off a piece of metal at the BISD Taylor Career Center.
(Left and below) Central High School senior Zach Mayo adjusts the Plasmacam macine at the BISD Taylor Career Center.
(Right) Sparks fly below the Plasmacam machine at the BISD Taylor Career Center.
(Below) Completed pieces rest on a workbench at the BISD Taylor Career Center.
(Right and below) Central High School senior Donald Price operates a track torch at the BISD Taylor Career Center.
Welding and metal trades instructor Bid Schroeder observes as West Brook High School senior Matthew Bender marks measurements on a smoker at the BISD Taylor Career Center.
(Left) Award-winning metal works greet visitors at the BISD Taylor Career Center.
(Below) Central High School junior Annias Bean works on a weld at the BISD Taylor Career Center in Beaumont.
For more information about the program, please read, "Schools train students for lucrative jobs" by Beth Gallaspy.
4 comments:
While I was preparing the top image at the newsroom, several people told me about the patterns they saw in the smoke. I'd be interested to see what other people see.
Once I looked a bit closer, I can totally see a lil face in there! If it wasn't so ephemeral a substance I bet you'd get pilgrims like in the recent case of the Houston pizza pan Madonna.
By the way, nice series of images. Subject matter of training workers for all those new jobs is encouraging for the region, too.
I've heard everything from the Madonna with child and God to Chinese dragons. So, I was curious what other people saw.
I always look for extra images in clouds, smoke and water. The woman who saw Jesus in her curtain didn't get any attention though. That was really hard to shoot and she had to point it out several times before I saw what she was talking about.
I couldn't see the Jesus in that curtain either.
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