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These students learn something while having fun with power tools

Participants weld, lay brick, read blueprints and more in contractors’ skills challenge

Johnson High freshman Amy Loera cuts a board Thursday, Nov. 8, 2018, at the Chicopee Woods Agricultural Center in the cabinet making portion of the Northeast Georgia Workforce Development Alliance Skills Challenge. The event is sponsored by Bowen & Watson and Carroll Daniel Construction, along with The Associated General Contractors of Georgia. - photo by Scott Rogers

11092018 SKILLS 5.jpg — Johnson High freshman Amy Loera cuts a board Thursday, Nov. 8, 2018, at the Chicopee Woods Agricultural Center in the cabinet making portion of the Northeast Georgia Workforce Development Alliance Skills Challenge. The event is sponsored by Bowen & Watson and Carroll Daniel Construction, along with The Associated General Contractors of Georgia. - photo by Scott Rogers

The Associated General Contractors of Georgia hosted the event that has grown over the years while Carroll Daniel Construction and Bowen & Watson Inc. provided judges for each event.