Well, it is that time of year again. The Stephens County Education and Literacy Foundation (SELF) hosted their annual Bee Smart Spelling & Trivia Bee. The bee raises money for child and adult literacy programs throughout the county, in efforts to eliminate illiteracy in our region. Once again, Osborne was excited to bring together their best spellers to join in the event.
Our team of three came from three different departments. Representing Osborne at the spelling bee were Russ (from Shipping), West (from IT), and your friendly Osblogger (a.k.a. myself, Melody, from Customer Service). While we did not win this year, we advanced further than last year, finishing in the top 8, and ahead of last year’s defending champions.
Our team thoroughly enjoyed the event, and appreciated the opportunity to participate in such a good cause.
Above (L-R) Myself (Melody), Russ, and West. You can see how well we were doing by how empty the seats behind us were. Go Team Osborne!
Above: A little earlier on in the match, Russ, West, and I discuss the spelling of a word. We were limited to 30 seconds for discussion before we had to start spelling.
Recently, Osborne Wood Products was able to participate in a job fair held at Bob Jones University. Leon Osborne and JR, his executive assistant, traveled to Greenville to attend this event.
For those unfamiliar with the school, Bob Jones University is a Christian university, and has a high reputation with area businesses. Other notable facts about the school include that the Bob Jones University Museum and Gallery is said to hold one of America’s finest collections of Italian paintings.
Twenty to Thirty businesses were present at the job fair, with around 500 students having walked through in all. The event was set up in a large conference hall with the business each represented at their exhibit tables. The atmosphere was business professional, in keeping with the school’s dress code. Booklets were made so the students were aware of all of the job opportunities, with attention being given to jobs specifically geared toward graduates. The participating businesses were also each given the opportunity to post job listings on a free web site the school posted for the students to browse.
From the job-oriented school tours we have done to college and university events such as this, we are always excited about opportunities to be a part of that process in the life of a student; helping to equip them for the transition that begins at graduation.
In the above photo, JR speaks with a student at Osborne’s exhibit table. Products featured on the table from left to right are: 1456 Classic Reeded Island Leg, 4070 Bridle Bun Foot, 8005 Venice Classic Corbel, 8030 Milan Corbel with Acanthus Leaves, and 1301 Colonial Coffee Table Leg.
Yesterday we celebrated our 10,000 invoice mark! We had subs and it was pretty exciting. And on the 14th it was Noah’s birthday. Happy Birthday Noah!
Well the blog hasn’t been working for a while. But its up and running again!
Today was Russ’s birthday! Martha made us coconut cake! YUM! so good. Martha also had a birthday recently. Lots of cake! And more to come still! Russ tried to start a tradition where everyone signs over their checks to the birthday boy. Noah (who works part time) said that it would be fine with him. Especially since his birthday is coming up soon!
Today we had a goodbye party for David, whose been working out in shipping with us for a while now. A few weeks ago Klista was highered to work on the lathes. I’m drooling. 
Me and power tools. And now we have hired Hank and Nathan. Hank will also work on the lathes. He’s run a metal lathe before at Fanello Industries Inc. Nathan will be working in shipping, helping to cover for David. He’s done rescue swimming with the coast Guard for one year. Sweet! So I guess if we have a flood here we’ll be in good hands.
David, its been great working with you. And to the rest of you, welcome aboard!
Last week we got to celebrate two birthday’s! Sherry was here with us on her birthday, which is a rare treat since she lives in North Carolina and our office is in Georgia.
Matthew also had his birthday this past week. Happy birthday to both of you!
Hey, we just had a HUGE custom order! Well, the product at least was huge! It is a dowel which is 10 inches in diameter! Ashely posed by it to give us an idea of how big it truly is. Personally I’m just glad I don’t have to carry it. It looks pretty heavy!
Justin, one of our lathe operators, had his last day today. He is going to be involved in laser craft. It sounds pretty cool. So good luck Justin!
A while ago we had camera’s come in and video tape the making of the process an order goes through from the time we get it to the time it is sent.
(here’s a picture of one of the shot idea’s being figured out)
And at long last.. I am proud to present, the link to this awesome movie!
http://www.osbornewood.com/custom-orders.mov
You get to see the whole process, the drawing of a custom leg, choosing of the wood, the lathes, the saws, and everything up till the UPS truck receives the last package.
I hope you enjoy!
The movie is based on actual events, but the time you receive your order may very.