{"id":1419,"date":"2025-03-24T19:30:02","date_gmt":"2025-03-24T19:30:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/atlanta\/?p=1419"},"modified":"2025-06-09T20:48:30","modified_gmt":"2025-06-09T20:48:30","slug":"recap-welding-competition-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/atlanta\/2025\/03\/24\/recap-welding-competition-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Recap: WELDING COMPETITION"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1419\" class=\"elementor elementor-1419\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f31c309 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f31c309\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f573146\" data-id=\"f573146\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2ef7bae elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2ef7bae\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Date of Event:<\/strong> 03\/24\/2025<\/p><p><strong>Location:\u00a0<\/strong>CEDERTOWN HIGH SCHOOL IN CEDERTOWN GA.<\/p><p><strong>Number of Attendees:<\/strong> 35<\/p><p><strong>Presenter\/Notable Guest(s):\u00a0<\/strong>INSTRUCTOR MATT HAYDEN<\/p><p><strong>Event Summary:\u00a0<\/strong>On MARCH 24th, CEDERTOWN high school and instructor MATT HAYDEN hosted their 1st annual POLK COUNTY welding expo and welding competition. THERE were many local industry companies in attendance as well as the AWS Atlanta section in support of the event with tables and representatives to talk to the students. The local industry companies donated all the prizes for the winners. There were 4 categories based on local industry input. 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