100418 Made in Backyard (GS)

Made In Your Own Backyard Day

Gregory Shaver for Shaw Media Josh Claypool, 17, looks inside a quarter scale grain drier at Mathews Company Thursday evening, Oct.4, 2018, as student and parents from school districts 47 and 155 visited with four local manufacturing businesses to see what they do and how they do it during Made In Your Own Backyard Day. The businesses were General Kinematics, Mathews Company, Heartland Cabinetry, and Precision Water Jet.

Made In Your Own Backyard Day

Gregory Shaver for Shaw Media Mike Wilke, the operation director of Mathews Company tells students and parents about a laser cutting machine in the background as they tour Mathews Company Thursday evening, Oct.4, 2018. Student and parents from school districts 47 and 155 visited with four local manufacturing businesses to see what they do and how they do it during Made In Your Own Backyard Day. The businesses were General Kinematics, Mathews Company, Heartland Cabinetry, and Precision Water Jet.

Made In Your Own Backyard Day

Gregory Shaver for Shaw Media Eric Calder the engineering team leader at Mathews Company talks with students and parents as they tour Mathews Company Thursday evening, Oct.4, 2018. Student and parents from school districts 47 and 155 visited with four local manufacturing businesses to see what they do and how they do it during Made In Your Own Backyard Day. The businesses were General Kinematics, Mathews Company, Heartland Cabinetry, and Precision Water Jet.

Made In Your Own Backyard Day

Gregory Shaver for Shaw Media Eric Calder the engineering team leader at Mathews Company talks with students and parents as they tour Mathews Company about how he got his job at Mathews Company Thursday evening, Oct.4, 2018, Student and parents from school districts 47 and 155 visited with four local manufacturing businesses to see what they do and how they do it during Made In Your Own Backyard Day. The businesses were General Kinematics, Mathews Company, Heartland Cabinetry, and Precision Water Jet.

Made In Your Own Backyard Day

Gregory Shaver for Shaw Media Mike Wilke the operation director of Mathews Company leads students and parents as they tour Mathews Company Thursday evening, Oct.4, 2018. Student and parents from school districts 47 and 155 visited with four local manufacturing businesses to see what they do and how they do it during Made In Your Own Backyard Day. The businesses were General Kinematics, Mathews Company, Heartland Cabinetry, and Precision Water Jet.

Made In Your Own Backyard Day

Gregory Shaver for Shaw Media Randy Smith from General Kinematics talks with students and parents as they tour General Kinematics Thursday evening, Oct.4, 2018. Student and parents from school districts 47 and 155 visited with four local manufacturing businesses to see what they do and how they do it during Made In Your Own Backyard Day. The businesses were General Kinematics, Mathews Company, Heartland Cabinetry, and Precision Water Jet.

Made In Your Own Backyard Day

Gregory Shaver for Shaw Media Randy Smith from General Kinematics leads students and parents on a tour of General Kinematics Thursday evening, Oct.4, 2018. Student and parents from school districts 47 and 155 visited with four local manufacturing businesses to see what they do and how they do it during Made In Your Own Backyard Day. The businesses were General Kinematics, Mathews Company, Heartland Cabinetry, and Precision Water Jet.

Made In Your Own Backyard Day

Gregory Shaver for Shaw Media Kevin Grant of General Kinematics talks Josh Claypool, 17, center, and Daniel Tellow, 17, right, as they look at a hole punching machine during a tour of General Kinematics Thursday evening, Oct.4, 2018. Student and parents from school districts 47 and 155 visited with four local manufacturing businesses to see what they do and how they do it during Made In Your Own Backyard Day. The businesses were General Kinematics, Mathews Company, Heartland Cabinetry, and Precision Water Jet.

Made In Your Own Backyard Day

Gregory Shaver for Shaw Media Randy Smith from General Kinematics talks with students and parents as they tour General Kinematics Thursday evening, Oct.4, 2018. Student and parents from school districts 47 and 155 visited with four local manufacturing businesses to see what they do and how they do it during Made In Your Own Backyard Day. The businesses were General Kinematics, Mathews Company, Heartland Cabinetry, and Precision Water Jet.