Arc-Avista partnership
Arc-Avista partnership hones skills of nine employees with disabilities
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Malachi Chaney drives a forklift while his co-worker Scott Strickland guides a heavy insulator bound for recycling Sept. 9. Both of them work at the Investment Recovery Center at Avista Utilities where they sort cast-off wiring and equipment for recycling, an effort which employs nine people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. The ARC of Spokane provides the workers, and the partnership is 30 years old.
Jesse Tinsley The Spokesman-Review
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Malachi Chaney, right, tests a piece of copper wire with a magnet to make sure it’s not iron before dropping it into a bin for recycling Sept. 9. At left is his co-worker Scott Strickland. Both of them work at the Investment Recovery Center at Avista Utilities where they sort cast-off wiring and equipment for recycling, an effort that hires nine adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities. The Arc of Spokane provided the workers; the partnership is 30 years old.
Jesse Tinsley The Spokesman-Review
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Malachi Chaney drives a forklift and sets a heavy insulator bound for recycling onto a pallet Sept. 9. Chaney works at the Investment Recovery Center at Avista Utilities where they sort cast-off wiring and equipment for recycling, an effort that employs nine developmentally delayed adults to sort discarded materials. The ARC of Spokane provides the workers, and the partnership is 30 years old.
Jesse Tinsley The Spokesman-Review
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Malachi Chaney looks over bins of copper at Avista Utilities on Sept. 9. Chaney works at the Investment Recovery Center at Avista Utilities where they sort cast-off wiring and equipment for recycling, an effort which employs nine people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. The ARC of Spokane provides the workers, and the partnership is 30 years old.
Jesse Tinsley The Spokesman-Review
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Malachi Chaney, right, drives a forklift and sets down a heavy insulator bound for recycling onto a pallet Sept. 9. Chaney works at the Investment Recovery Center at Avista Utilities where they sort cast-off wiring and equipment for recycling, an effort that employs nine workers with intellectual and developmental disabilities. The ARC of Spokane provides the workers, and the partnership is 30 years old.
Jesse Tinsley The Spokesman-Review
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