 Well, as you drive around the brain and lakes area, you may not know that some of the signs you see are made by the Central Lakes College Welding Program. Last summer, the program partnered with the Corwin County Fair to build them a new sign. With this week's Golden Apple reporter Rachel Johnson has more. Students in the CLC Welding Lab were hard at work with members of the Corwin County Fair Board stop by to deliver an important check. We donated $1,500 to the Welding Program. Hopefully that they can utilize that and inspire some other person to come forward in this welding program. The Corwin County Fair partnered with the CLC Welding Class this summer to build them a new sign for their fairgrounds. Rodberg with the help of fellow students in the Welding Program designed and constructed a new welcome sign for the fairgrounds. We really had no idea what our finished product was going to look like, but let me tell you it's beautiful. It just fits in so well the colors and the whole nine yards. The Fair Board members presented a check that went directly into the Welding Program scholarship fund that benefits welding students specifically. I would say possibly next year or the year after we should have enough of a nest egg to be able to start awarding scholarships to students. And that's really important because most everyone that comes through the Welding Program really does want to be here and wants to be successful. And the main burden that they have is the financial expense of going to school. Scholarships are a huge asset to students at CLC as a whole. We would not be able to provide the opportunities to students that we do without this type of partnership and of course the scholarship support. So we're very grateful to the Corwin County Fair for all they've done for not just this program but so many other programs at Central Lakes College. CLC and the Corwin County Fair is looking forward to continuing their partnership into the future. We're all about partnership and this is a perfect example of an organization giving our students tremendous opportunity, creative students, amazing faculty and this organization giving back by donating to the welding department so that it can create an opportunity for other students. If you haven't driven by the fairgrounds, drive by it, look at the sign and you'll say thank you, thank you, thank you. Reporting for Brainerd with this week's Golden Apple, Rachel Johnson, Lakeland News. The Central Lakes College welding program is 90% hands on and has one of the best facilities in the state. If you enjoyed this segment of Lakeland News, please consider making a tax deductible contribution to Lakeland PBS.