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A rockin’ good time

WBC, students make horses for Toys for Tots

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POLSON – Six local youths will likely be having a rockin’ good time this holiday season thanks to the gift of rocking horses through Toys for Tots.

The Marine Corps League’s local Hellroaring Detachment will be distributing the gifts this week thanks to the efforts of Western Building Center and local industrial arts and art students.

Brian Moldenhauer, a WBC employee, got the idea to donate materials for the rocking horses from Eric Marten, the manager of the WBC store in Columbia Falls who has been involved in a similar project. 

“I pushed the ball a little farther down the court,” Moldenhauer said last week. “It’s a way for WBC to give back to the community. I think it’s a good deal all the way around the block. Students learn from it and recipients get the enjoyment.”

WBC donated the paint and wood, and Brad Paskey and Steve Davey had some of their industrial arts students at Polson High and Polson Middle schools make the rocking horses. 

Matt Holmes and about 10 of his art students at Polson High School painted and decorated the horses.

“The students really enjoyed the building and painting process,” Holmes said, noting that some asked if they could help when they saw them in class. 

The art students and Holmes painted the horses and made canvas ears, yarn tails and fabric buttons for them. 

“It was a great experience to have the kids create something for someone else,” Davey said, noting that 12 of his middle school students got to hone their skills in the process. “They could see the relevance of turning some raw materials into something else.”

Davey said his class looks forward to helping with the project next year. “It’s a win-win,” he said. 

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