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Contact [email protected]. call 570-503-7177. this road before; machine aids didn’t put people don’t. Feb 25 – Mar 1: CSIA National Chimney Sweep the pace it is now, I think there is plenty Jan 23: CSIA Certified Chimney Sweep Review & Looking for new Sweep / Entrepreneur: small Rou- Exams, Oreland, PA. Jamison Home Services, 1429 Training School, Plainfield, IN. CSIA Tech Center, of reason for concern. One might look us all out of work, just made us more Ulmer Ave, 19075. Call CSIA at 317-837-5362 or visit 2155 Commercial Dr, 46168. Six-day course includes eccentric sweep business, idyllic New England productive and made our lives easier. tine labor is classroom and field instruction. Contact CSIA at setting, 30 year history of soot, sweat, smiles at the picture below and say, “Let’s see it www.csia.org for more info. replaced all www.csia.org or call 317-837-5362 for more info. and treating folks fairly. Organized and ex- climb up a scaffold and rebuild a top.” Plus new jobs crop up to replace the old Jan 23-24: Olympia Academy All-Star Seminar, pandable. Will work with right person to make Nashville, TN. 8 speakers, technical and business ones.” I can’t deny any of that, but am the time by the dream come true. Contact [email protected] That would be a trick indeed. But the big classes. Register online at olympiachimney.com or March 13-15: Hearth, Patio and Barbecue Expo, not so sure it holds up into the future. machines. I call 570-503-7177. Dallas, TX. Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center. Experienced Sweep Wanted - Looking for a point is that lots of stuff people do now For more info, visit www.hpbexpo.com. When machines can fix machines, live in Mary- Jan 23-25: Warrior Leadership Conference, certified sweep to join our team. 40 year old, is going to be done by robots later. Dale Howard Shreveport, LA. 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