Maymont Central School students and staff tried not to freeze Friday as Living Sky School Division representatives introduced the division鈥檚 new welding trailer.
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The trailer, which cost the division approximately $118,000 (including electrical work), will travel to schools in Cando and Hafford later in the school year.
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The short ceremony featured words from Living Sky board chair Ronna Pethick, director of education Brenda Vickers, and the board representative for the area, Ron Kowalchuk.
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Welding teacher Martin Link was enthusiastically greeted by students. He thanked students for giving welding a try.
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鈥淚 know welding isn鈥檛 for everybody,鈥� Link said, 鈥淚 think we live in an age of high-tech, but sometimes this tech is the way to get to the high tech.鈥�
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Kowalchuk performed a distinctive ribbon cutting, which consisted of cutting a small metal bar with a torch.
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鈥淲e look forward to the many years of learning the trailer will provide our students,鈥� principal Bridgette Millen said.
