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By Marie Rossiter, Staff Writer 12:56 AM Monday, November 30, 2009

Students in the Warren County Career Center Automotive Collision program applied their skills to help county emergency services by restoring a power generator.

Three seniors at the career center dedicated class and lab time working on the generator that was purchased from the water and sewer department, according to Warren County Emergency Management Services Operations Manager Rick Murray.

“Now it is restored and we can use it to power an emergency room, small government office or a 911 telecommunications center in the case of a power outage when emergency services are critical,” Murray said.

WCCC automobile collision instructor Virgil Neal estimated the students’ work saved the county between $3,000 and $4,000.

The project took about two weeks to complete, according to WCCC student Kevin Cornett of Waynesville.

“It was in horrible shape when we got it,” Cornett said. “It was pretty rusted out and needed a lot of work.”

In order to restore the generator, it first had to be sanded and prepped for weather sealing and a new paint job.

“I think that took almost the whole two weeks right there,” said Haley Sargent of Lebanon, another second-year WCCC automobile collision student.

Six seniors and 18 juniors from around Warren County participate in the automobile collision program, Neal said. In addition to the generator project, the students have repainted police cruisers for Springboro and Waynesville, as well as fire trucks for Clearcreek Twp. and Union Twp.

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