RLC MarketPlace 2018 Car Show results

MT. VERNON, Ill. – The sixth annual Rend Lake College Car Show brought out over 50 local enthusiasts to the RLC MarketPlace in Mt. Vernon to compete for 22 awards and help raise money for student scholarships. The event was held last Saturday, October 6.

Below are the results of the 2018 Car Show, as chosen by RLC Automotive Technology students. To view photos from the event, visit RLC’s Flickr account at www.flickr.com/photos/rendlakecollege.

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Best Ford – Tom Duncan of Mt. Vernon, 1930 Ford Model A Coupe

Best GM – Chris Barker of Mt. Vernon, 1947 GMC COE

Best Mopar – Travis Branson of Salem, 1970 Plymouth Barracuda

Best Chevy – Richard Page of Mt. Vernon, 1967 Chevy Nova Supersport

Best Dodge – David Pierce of Marion, 1930 Chrysler CJ6

Best Orphan – John Gray of Dahlgren, 1948 International KB2

Best 4×4 – Brett Damron of Mt. Vernon, 2017 Chevy 3500

Best Street Rod – Louis Schrum of Mt. Vernon, 1928 Ford Model A Lakes Modified

Best Truck – Jeff Osborn of Mt. Vernon, 1953 Chevy Truck

Best Motor – Jim Hutcheson of Mt. Vernon, 1955 Chevy 210 Race Car

Best Wheels & Tires – Bob Dillon of Mt. Vernon, 1950 Mercury Sedan

Best Paint – Diane Morgan of Centralia, 1967 Chevy Nova

Best Sound System – Brody Willis of Mt. Vernon, 2005 Chevy Silverado

Best Motorcycle – Starr Williams of Mt. Vernon, 2007 Kawasaki ZX-14-Ninja

Best Exhaust – Quentin Sullivan of McLeansboro, 1992 Chevy Truck

Best Rat Rod – Ancil Burwell of Mt. Vernon, 1935 Pierce Arrow Pickup

Best Interior – Mike & Roma Pottorff of Fairfield, 1963 Ford Falcon Convertible

Best Corvette – Alan Stockman of Mt. Vernon, 1974 Chevy Corvette

Best Mustang – Barb Childers of Mt. Vernon, 1965 Ford Mustang Convertible

Best Camaro – Rick Taylor of Woodlawn, 1968 Chevy Camaro

Best Race Car – Jim & Joy Luster of Benton, 2002 Pontiac Trans Am

Club Participation – Kingsmen of Mt. Vernon

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INA, Ill. – Rend Lake College has been chosen as the largest recipient of the 2018 Brookwood-Sago grant totaling $97,853.50 from the U.S. Department of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA).

The grant is part of $250,000 in awards issued by the MSHA this year. The funding is designed to help organizations develop and conduct training programs that support safety and prevent health hazards in underground mines.

Specifically, RLC will utilize the funds for its Mine Emergencies: Train, Prepare and Prevent project, said Gabriele Farner, Dean of Applied Science & Advanced Technology. This two-fold project includes, first, an invitation to rescue teams and fire brigades from Illinois, Indiana, and Kentucky to participate in mine rescue and firefighting skills at RLC’s Coal Mine Training Center or at Southeastern Illinois College in Harrisburg. The grant funds will provide for instruction and food during the training.

“Being awarded the Brookwood-Sago grant allows a regional partnership between RLC and Southeastern Illinois College. This reinforces a regional commitment to mine safety and skill readiness to meet the demands of the mining industry,” Farner explained. “Mine rescue teams provided letters of support for this project, and now they will benefit with a free day of training.”

Part two of the project will utilize grant funds to reduce training costs for new miners in accordance with MSHA standards, thereby helping many local, small mines to create a stronger pool of candidates.

All of the trainings funded by the grant will begin this month and run through the end of September 2019. Farner estimates 400 miners will be trained at RLC and SIC during this time.

RLC was first awarded a Brookwood-Sago grant in 2009 totaling $50,000, which was used to train mine fire brigades and rescue teams, plus develop new curriculum for future trainings. In 2012, RLC received a second $93,000 grant that, in addition to training, allowed for the construction of the three-story firefighting facility, built from shipping containers, on the west side of campus. A third grant in 2016 of $133,240 focused on continued training and preparedness for mine emergencies.

A provision in the Mine Improvement and New Emergency Response Act of 2006 established the Brookwood-Sago grant program to promote mine safety while honoring the 25 miners who died in Brookwood, Ala., in 2001, at the Jim Walter Resources #5 mine, and in Buchannon, W. Va., in 2006, at the Sago Mine.

For more information about RLC’s Brookwood-Sago grant or mine trainings, contact the Applied Science and Technology Division at 618-437-5321, Ext. 1261. Read more about the Brookwood-Sago grants online at www.msha.gov.

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  • United Mine Workers of America Career Centers Inc. in Prosperity, Penn., is receiving $50,000 to develop a video and companion training documents to better prepare responsible persons for Mine Emergency Response Development exercises.
  • West Virginia University Research Corporation in Morgantown, W. Va., is receiving $52,146.50 to provide emergency prevention and preparedness training to coal miners and coal mine operators in the areas of self-contained self-rescuer expectations and mine rescue.

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