77-year-old Gets Creative to
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Lonnie Cannon turned to MTC for training
Necessity, they say, is the mother of invention.
At the least it’s the mother of a career change for 77-year-old Lonnie Cannon.
Cannon ran a small construction company — mostly roofing, he said, but renovations and other work too. When the economy dried up, so did jobs for his company. So he made a decision.
“If I couldn’t find me something to do,” he said, “I thought I’d make me a job.”
Back in January, he and his wife started constructing an outbuilding. He plans to run electricity to it, but he hasn’t yet. The eaves were left open to let out the summer heat, and they’ll have to be covered before cold weather. Otherwise, it’s about done.
The building is divided in half. On the left is Cannon’s workshop, where he plans to build and refinish furniture. On the right is a knickknack shop where his wife will sell glassware she’s accumulated over 25 years. The shop is open already, even though the interior is decidedly unfinished.
Although he’d worked in construction, Cannon felt he needed some specialized knowledge to work on furniture, so he enrolled at Moultrie Technical College.
CLICK HERE to read the article in its entirety as written by Moultrie Observer reporter Kevin Hall and published on September 23, 2010.
