Working up industry appetites
Lake City High School sophomore Xanaia Dahlstrom runs a mini excavator Friday morning assisted by retired construction worker Jim Sieck during the annual Hard Hats, Hammers and Hot Dogs skilled trades career day at the Kootenai Technical Education Campus in Rathdrum.
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Coeur d'Alene High School freshman Daymian Reese, center, points as he controls a compactor Friday morning at the Hard Hats, Hammers and Hot Dogs event at KTEC. He is flanked by classmates Fynyx Workman, left, and Justin Gilmore.
From left, Lake City High sophomores Aurora Johnson, Lexi Larwin and Karingtin Hayes show off small wood pieces they fashioned at the carpentry station Friday morning during Hard Hats, Hammers and Hot Dogs at KTEC.
RATHDRUM — The bucket on the miniature excavator inched forward, swung out and dropped onto a stack of tires as Xanaia Dahlstrom diligently moved the levers to accomplish her task.
“It was really fun,” the Lake City High School sophomore said Friday morning. "It runs really smoothly and the way it moves is really intuitive. It did take a little bit for me to figure it out.”
Guiding her was Jim Sieck, a retired construction worker and business owner with extensive knowledge of heavy machinery. It was his sixth year volunteering as a community partner for the Hard Hats, Hammers and Hot Dogs skilled trades high school career day at the Kootenai Technical Education Campus in Rathdrum.
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