Linn County Commissioner, Will Tucker greeted CSC’s YouthBuild Americorps students at the entrance to the Linn County Courthouse April 21st. He arranged for them to see a video on the role of Oregon’s 36 counties. Afterwards they attended the Board of Commissioners April 21st meeting.The three Linn County commissioners , John Lindsey, William Tucker and Board Chairman, Roger Nyquist welcomed the 9 students and 3 teachers from the Community Services Consortium’s Lebanon program. Students in YouthBuild learn construction and job skills while they work on completing their education. YouthBuild gives dropouts the opportunity to get a GED or High School diploma. YouthBuild students contribute 450 hours to their community during the nine-month program.
Students, Colton Ringheimer and Khristian Magelssen gave short presentations to the Board about their YouthBuild experiences, including these highlights:
Students:
• Built two homes, one in Lebanon and one in Albany
• Finished a sock drive project for the homeless and collected 238 pairs of socks
• Learned job skills through building homes for low income families
• Completed a week -long boot camp in electrical skills, learning to draw circuits and how to wire a complete house.
Students:
• Built two homes, one in Lebanon and one in Albany
• Finished a sock drive project for the homeless and collected 238 pairs of socks
• Learned job skills through building homes for low income families
• Completed a week -long boot camp in electrical skills, learning to draw circuits and how to wire a complete house.
“Soon, YouthBuild will help me obtain my certification in wildland fire fighting for the summer,” Ringheimer said. “And then, I plan to go to college so I can join the Marine Corp.”
“After YouthBuild, I plan to do either the IBEW (International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers) apprenticeship training to become a Journeyman electrician or attend college for a bachelors degree in Business Administration, said Magelssen. “But either way, I ultimately plan on going to Officer Candidate School for the Marines.
The students also visited the Linn County Environmental Health Department to see how it affects building and they received an outline on looking for information and permit application process in the Planning and Building Department.
