Join Waukesha resident Brien Lee and his blog, Sir Fido, as they explore the city and report on the interesting things they find.
Visited the Carpentry Training Center Open House in Pewaukee with my son yesterday. There were two race cars on display, vendors, free food and giveaways but the best part was the time two gentlemen had for us to show us around, answer all our questions and tell us all about carpentry apprenticeship. It's a beautiful building and the program sounds great too.
My son loves working in wood, thanks in large part to one of his great teachers at North, Mr. Kugler. He has built several nice pieces this year; a clock, poker table, a roll-top bread box... which was partly accomplished by working overtime after school. Through Mr. Kugler's guidance his class has built several wooden sheds this year, the most recent just last Thursday for the Waukesha County Food Pantry.
The local papers, The Journal Sentinel and Waukesha Freeman, had photos of the kids building the shed at the Pantry. In Friday's Freeman the picture caption mentioned my son was using a circular saw to cut wood for a shed to store food for the Pantry. Well, my son wasn't in the picture, it wasn't a circular saw, wasn't cutting wood, and the shed isn't going to be used to store food. The article was well-researched and written but the picture caption was all wrong.
So the Freeman caption was wrong. One of the things I feel the Freeman does right is sponsoring Freeman Friday Night Live. Now in it's fourth year I think the music is a very good thing for the downtown and on a good night, like last Friday, you can almost feel it. The sidewalks and parking spots were crowded and with four stages spread throughout downtown it certainly encourages exploration. I especially like the write up the Freeman does for Friday Night Live in Thursday's paper. It lets us know about the performers and points out things to listen for.
