Man celebrates “Take Your Daughter to Work” day on his own terms
A man has been fired from AK Steel's Middletown works after trying to smuggle his ten-year-old daughter into the facilities by hiding her in the trunk of his car.
The man, Milton Nicol, told police that his daughter just wanted to “see where he worked.”
Alas, the girl never got to see her dad's dangerous worksite after all – When Mr. Nicol drove up to the plant's the gate Thursday night, a security guard asked to search his car, and Nicol had to confess.
Mr. Nicol now faces misdemeanor child endangering charges. An AK Steel spokesperson told press that Mr. Nicol was dismissed because of the plant's strict no-children policy.
Old voting machines get scrapped
The fate of more than 300 mechanical-lever voting machines in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania hangs in the balance.
The 850 pound steel machines, obsolete since they were ruled illegal after the 2005 general election, will probably be sold for
scrap, Commissioner Robert Cordaro said Monday.
Neighboring Luzerne County sold most of its 600 machines for
scrap last month, netting approximately $30,000, said Leonard Piazza, the county's director of elections.
However, Commissioner Cordaro is also interested in selling some of the machines as “antiques” on eBay.
“Some people may have an interest in these as artifacts,” Mr. Cordaro said. “That would be their highest value.”
But Cathy Ennis, spokeswoman for the state Department of State, which oversees elections, doesn't think the machines are worth any more than their weight in steel.
"They mostly are not good for anything but
scrap metal," she said.
Giant steel sculptures take over art park
It's summer time, and you know what that means. Yep, it's time to go look at steel art in the park.
You might not know this, but artist David Collens has a new exhibition this year at Storm King's 500-acre sculpture park in Hudson Valley, NY. The exhibition features massive steel sculptures from various artists amid a natural setting of grass and sky.
This year, there are 16 new large-scale sculptures, consisting mostly of curving planes and I-beam Xs. “Beethoven's Quartet” is a particularly interesting work, which includes rubber mallets and a 25,000-pound
stainless steel gong.
“Mother Peace” is a 40 foot tall structure comprised mostly of I
beams, made to look like a sailing ship with a peace sign at its mast.
This unique exhibition will be open until November 15 of this year.
Just don't look down …
Construction workers are in the process of welding steel
beams for a 4,000-foot high glass bridge over part of the Grand Canyon.
After the steel is fitted and welded together a process called “Jack-and-Roll” will be used in order to extend the bridge's cantilever “U” shape steel piece, suspended 4,000 feet over the canyon floor.
The bridge, dubbed The Skywalk, is a partnership between the local Hualapai tribe and Las Vegas entrepreneur David Jin. The design team includes Las Vegas-based MRJ Architects, Lochsa Engineering, LLC and APCO
Construction.
It is anticipated that The Skywalk, located at the Grand Canyon West, will be open to the public during the fourth quarter of 2006, with a visitor's center open in the first quarter of 2007.