Crestwood High School/NICC students weld cross for school entrance

Friday, June 2, 2023

Alum-Line and President/CEO Gary Gooder donated all the aluminum for the project, and Bob’s Electric co-owner Darrel Andera mounted and installed electrical wiring to illuminate the cross.  

CRESCO, Iowa—Crestwood High School students enrolled in the Welding career pathway certificate program at Northeast Iowa Community College donated their energy and talents to the creation of a new cross for the entrance of Notre Dame Catholic School.

The metal cross was celebrated in an unveiling ceremony on May 31 at the school. The students, with the guidance of NICC Welding and Computer Numerical Control (CNC) instructor Jason Bye, worked on the cross’ manufacture from April to May at the NICC Cresco Center.

Alum-Line and President/CEO Gary Gooder donated all the aluminum for the project, and Bob’s Electric co-owner Darrel Andera mounted and installed electrical wiring to illuminate the cross.  

Participating student welders were Aidan Leff, Alex Moser, Ayden Alber, Breydon Drilling, Colton Hruska, Colton Knight, Drew Jackson, Grady Juelsgaard, Kalob Kerndt, Riley Roberts, Bryce Hanson, Caden Baca, DJ Tobacco, Dominic Maly, Landen Bigler, Max Klimesh, Kole Balvanz, Stephen Lake and William Schrage.

“NICC Welding instructor, Jason Bye, worked with his welding students providing a great hands-on learning experience in the lab creating this project from start to finish. These students worked really hard and did an amazing job on the cross. What a great way to provide their talent to their local community on this very successful project!” said Allanda Gehling, NICC Cresco Center director.