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| November 2006 | Archived Newsletters | ||||||||||||||||||
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Bill Lucas gave a great deal to The Shoals area as well. After moving
to Florence in 1998 to serve as president of the northwest region of
Colonial Bank, Bill took an active role in economic development. He served
on the SEDA Board of Directors for seven years. Bill also served as a
board member of Northwest-Shoals Community College Foundation, in the
president's cabinet of the University of North Alabama, and as vice chairman
of the Shoals Area Chamber of Commerce.Both Bill Lucas and Bob Downie willingly gave of their time and energy to help improve the lives of all of the citizens who call The Shoals home. SEDA and The Shoals were fortunate to have had Bob and Bill to move our community forward. They will be missed by all. |
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Firestone Building Products, a division of BFS
Diversified Products, LLC, has acquired the
GenFlex
Building Products unit from OMNOVA Solutions, Inc. The
transaction includes the GenFlex manufacturing facility in
Tuscumbia, Alabama, an office in Maumee, Ohio, and
a product distribution center in Columbus, Ohio. GenFlex Building Products
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The
Shoals
Manufacturers Association (SMA) held its annual
dinner on November 9 at
Turtle Point Yacht and Country Club. Members of
the SMA, as well as invited guests, enjoyed the opportunity
to strengthen the close ties between the public and private
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(l to r) Larry Puller (Monarch Ceramic Tile), Kay Puller, Liz Anderson (SEDA), Mayor Billy Don Anderson |
(l to r) Brian Parasiliti (Imperial Casting), Suzannah Parasiliti, Judy Parasiliti, Carl Parasiliti (Imperial Casting), Karen Buckreus, Mike Buckreus (Sara Lee) |
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(l to r) Bill Calvery (Dixie Heat Treating), Bonnie Calvery, Ricky Sizemore, Pat Shoemaker, Mayor Bill Shoemaker |
(l to r) Chip Flournoy (Listerhill Total Maintenance Center), Sandra Scarborough (Wise Alloys), Earl McGuire (Wise Alloys) |
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The
Shoals Training Alliance
continues to assist local industry in obtaining training at
a reasonable cost. The Alliance organized two training
classes during November. One class, Forklift: Train the Trainer, was held on November 9 at Northwest Shoals Community College and gave employees of local companies the opportunity to learn basic operation concepts,  general safety principles, situational awareness,
hazard recognition and compliance with OSHA regulations.
Another class, PLC Basics, is continuing through the first week of December. Topics covered in this class, which is designed for maintenance personnel, include: types of PLC inputs and outputs--creating a simple logic program; creating a new project; wiring diagrams versus line diagrams--electrical versus logic flow; logic functions; setup communication and downloading I/O configuration; installing and connecting the PLC; PLC simulation CD overview; start and stop control--batch mixer simulation; OTE, XIC and XIO instructions--U/D counter instructions; TON and TOF timer instructions; compare instructions--math instructions; count and compare--limit compare, mask compare; status indicators; clearing a fault; moving a project between processors; sequencer instructions; bit shift instructions; using the force instruction. The Shoals Industry Education Alliance, often referred to as the Shoals Training Alliance, was created in 1996 by SEDA in conjunction with Shoals area manufacturers, Alabama Industrial Development Training, Northwest-Shoals Community College, Shoals secondary technology centers (Burrell Slater Center for Technology, Allen Thornton Technical Center, Muscle Shoals Center for Technology), and Shoals Area/Tri-County Adult Education. Classes began in January 1997 by assisting companies in meeting their training needs. By identifying similar training needs among several companies, the Training Alliance has scheduled training courses at an affordable cost to the companies. The Shoals Training Alliance was the first in the State of Alabama and is now being used as a model for other training alliances throughout the state. The Shoals Training Alliance meets quarterly to discuss ongoing needs for training. For more information, please contact Lesley Cox at (256) 764-0351. |
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Dairy
Queen, won the award from among more than 100 vendors.
SEDA will miss the enthusiasm and warm-heartedness of
both Robert (Bob) Downie and Bill Lucas, two members of the SEDA Board of
Directors who died in recent months.
will operate as an independent
business unit called GenFlex Roofing Systems.
