The Jayland carving club meets every Wednesday eventing at the Jay Community Center in Portland Indiana. Sometimes in our club meetings we working on a common project, and I have the opportunity to instruct the club on carving these snowmen that are pictured. This project will start mid November of 2009 if you are interested.
In preparing for the class I needed to find 2″x2″x4.5″ Basswood for each club member. I turned to Heinecke Wood Products which is located » Continue reading “Carving wood – Basswood”

I am sick and tired of hearing marketers telling me to do something because the economy has down-turned!

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My Made in USA Quest

I am starting a quest to find an electronic device that is fully, 100% manufactured in the good ol’ USA.

In my recent research on the internet dealing with WARN notices in Indiana, I started wondering about all the jobs that has left our country and moved to China, Mexico, Japan, Twain, or Malaysia. For those of you that are new to a WARN notice, it is …

The Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (WARN) was enacted on August 4, 1988 and became effective on February 4, 1989.
WARN offers protection to workers, their families and communities by requiring employers to provide notice 60 days in advance of covered plant closings and covered mass layoffs. This notice must be provided to either affected workers or their representatives (e.g., a labor union); to the State dislocated worker unit; and to the appropriate unit of local government.
To read more about WARN notices visit the DOL website, Click here.

Ok where was I, oh yea, made in the USA. Since I work in the Information Technology field (IT) I started wondering if there are any Business Orientated Devices that are fully manufactured in the USA. In my quick internet search, I have come up with ZERO! Not One. Many are assembled, but not one device I looked at was 100% manufactured in the USA!

Now I ask for your help in my quest to find a business electronic device, that is 100% manufactured in the USA. Are we now that dependent of foreign goods and labor?