Citizen of the Week: Rodney Hornbuckle and his students

Dalton Daily Citizen

May 09, 2008 11:22 pm

— Rodney Hornbuckle recently supervised the students in his construction class at the Whitfield County Career Academy as they built the interior and exterior walls for Dalton-Whitfield Habitat for Humanity houses Nos. 6 and 9. In the process, students learned to read blueprints and then translate what they read into the actual assembled walls.
After the walls were done, they helped load them on a truck from Baldridge Lumber to be delivered to the work sites. The walls were well built, had easy interconnectivity and allowed Habitat volunteers to be far ahead in their building schedule for the year.
House No. 6, the “Dow Chemical House,” should be done in approximately five weeks. Dow Chemical donates funds for time, materials and miscellaneous costs. House No. 9 was built by members of Five Springs United Methodist Church using materials paid for by Habitat funds.
Hornbuckle taught his students that they were able to be useful in the building trade while learning to also give time and effort to their community.
“We at the Dalton-Whitfield Habitat for Humanity hope to continue this working relationship and jointly build affordable housing for those who qualify,” said board member Michael Zemaitis.
For their work for the Habitat for Humanity, The Daily Citizen names Rodney Hornbuckle and his construction students at as Citizens of the Week.