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Dream It! Do It! tours manufacturers
By Denton Cushing
denton.cushing@theindependent.com
Published: Thursday, November 3, 2011 10:52 PM CDT
The Grand Island Chamber of Commerce’s Dream It! Do It! program is giving Grand Island Senior High students a firsthand look at what career opportunities in Grand Island can look and feel like.
About 20 students from GISH’s Advanced Metals class started the day off with a tour of Hornady Manufacturing Company and will also visit Penrose Machining Inc., Chief Fabrication and the Platte Generating Station.
“We went on a tour mostly of the bullet plant and I showed them the steps from the very beginning when the lead comes in, to cups, to all the draws and different machines,” Materials Manager Michelle Fitzke said. “Then we went to the tools area and we went in the ammunition area where the ammo is loaded and everything is hand inspected.”
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