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BOCES Welding Class Bike Racks Unveiled
in Dedication Ceremony

(L-R) Dawn Meland (Medina Tourism Committee), Mary Lewis (Medina Business Association), Rene Schuner and James Hancock (both from the Village of Medina Tourism) and Orleans Career and Technical Education Welding teacher Eric Farrell and his daughters Addison and Charlotte. 

Last year students in Eric Farrell’s Welding Program at the Orleans Career and Technical Education Center made some creative welding sculptures at the request of the Village of Medina Tourism Committee. “We wanted some bike racks in downtown Medina,” says committee member James Hancock.  “The apple is Medina’s symbol because of all the fruit we produce, and the students decided to make that their theme and made some gorgeous pieces.  We were all impressed how beautiful they are.” 

Mr. Farrell’s class designed the bike racks, made each individual part in AutoCAD, and then used a CNC machine and a plasma cutter to bend the material and then weld and grind it. The racks were then delivered to F&H Metal Finishing Company for painting. The Department of Public Works placed two of them on Main Street and the third by the canal. 

On Sat., Aug. 9, the bike racks were officially dedicated by the Medina Tourism Committee with Mr. Farrell being their honored guest.  “We are just thrilled to have them for our riders to use and so thankful to the Orleans/Niagara BOCES Welding students for the amazing job they did,” says Mr. Hancock. 

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