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THE WRONG WAY HOUSE CHALLENGE

How Many Wrongs Can You Get Right?
Come to the Dauphin County Technical School Wrong Way House Challenge in the Marketplace. We have built in over 40 common and not-so-common mistakes people make when they take on building and remodeling projects. Everything from structure to plumbing and electrical.

For Bragging Rights:
Find all of our errors – then the next time someone asks if you know what you are doing, you have proof-positive that you do.

To Win the WTPA Grand Prize
Listen to WTPA-FM 93.5 to win Home Show tickets that include a special invitation to participate in the Wrong Way House Challenge. The winner will be chosen from all correct entrees. (If no participant gets all answers correct, winners will be chosen from those participants with the most correct answers). A Grand Prize Winner will be picked at random from all entrees that have correctly identified all errors. The prize package that includes:
 • 2 tickets to the Trans-Siberian Orchestra on April 3, Hershey Theatre
 • $100 Gift Certificate, Mountainside Ski & Sports
 • $50 Gift Certificate, Coakley’s Irish Pub & Restaurant

To Win a Wii from Huggins Printing
Try to find all the mistakes during the Show and be entered to win a Wii Game Console sponsored by Huggins Printing. Winner will be randomly selected among entries containing the complete correct answers.

About the Dauphin County Technical Schools Building Construction Program:
The Building Construction program at DCTS has a proud history that dates back to the early 1970s. The program utilizes the Residential Construction Academy curriculum, endorsed by the National Association of Home Builders, and maintains a close relationship with the HBA of Metropolitan Harrisburg and its members. Students enrolled in grades 9-12 from Dauphin County schools study skills in carpentry, electrical work, plumbing and masonry. Many students continue on to work for residential contractors, subcontractors, remodeling contractors and suppliers.

Students in the Building Construction program also participate in Building Construction Cares, a public service group made up of students from D.C.T.S. For the last two years, 14 students, their instructor and members of the program’s advisory committee traveled to the Mississippi Gulf Coast, helping to build houses for victims of Hurricane Katrina. This year the students and their instructor traveled to Cobb County, Georgia where they worked on houses damaged in unprecedented flooding that occurred in September of 2009. For more information on the program or Building Construction Cares, contact Bob Brightbill at rbrightbill@dcts.org.