Monday, April 15, 2013

Hammond robotics team gears up for world championship

<p>HAMMOND | The School City of Hammond's robotics team is preparing to head to the world championship months after the program lost a major sponsor, placing its future in jeopardy.</p><p>The team obtained a $5,000 grant from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to keep the program afloat for this year, team volunteer Dee Jones said.</p><p>"It's been everybody pulling together," Jones said. "I guess it has made us become closer and more of a family to some degree. I don't know if anybody thought we'd be where we are today. Our goal was to make sure we had a team, and a team that was ready to compete."</p><p>Beatty International, a longtime mentor for the team, pulled its support because of the financial impact the company expected to incur from the city's new scavenging ban. One of Beatty's subsidiaries ran a retail yard for local scrappers, and proceeds generated by the business were used to support community activities.</p><p><a href="http://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/lake/hammond/hammond-robotics-team-gears-up-for-world-championship/article_14e3fbbd-2653-5849-ade8-68bd1122541c.html">Keep reading...</a></p>

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