LineKid's ABC's
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Hello, everyone and welcome to Earth Months Storytime Presented by
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Riverside Public Utilities Today we are going to read Line
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Kids ABC s A Kid's Guide to the Work of
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an Electrical Linemen, written by Gina Borgman and illustrated by
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Rebecca. Yay!
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This book is dedicated to my linemen.
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Ryan. Without you, this dream would not have come to
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fruition. Thanks for being my rock and better half to
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Bella, Sofia and Julia.
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You can do anything you set your mind to work
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hard towards.
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This book is my evidence of that to Lyon.
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Kids everywhere you are part of an amazing trade family.
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Be proud of where you come from.
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A is for apprentice.
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An apprentice is alignment in training.
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B is for bucket truck.
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A bucket truck is used to drive to job sites
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and reach the power lines.
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See, it's for climb.
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A lineman may have to climb the power line poles
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to work on them.
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D is for Digger truck.
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A digger truck digs holes and sets polls for the
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power line.
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E is for electricity.
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Electricity is the source that powers our homes and buildings.
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F is for Foreman.
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The foreman is the leader of a group of linemen.
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G is for generation plant.
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This place is where electrical power is made.
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H is for hot stick.
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A hot stick is an insulated long pole that lineman
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used to safely work on the power lines.
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I is for insulator.
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An insulator is a material that can stop power from
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passing through.
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J is for journeyman.
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A lineman who is done with his or her training
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as an apprentice is called a journeyman.
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K is for not a non is the joining of
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two ropes or one rope to itself.
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Lineman commonly used Bow Line, Club, Hitch Square and timber
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hitch knots.
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L is for linemen.
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A lineman is a man or woman who works on
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the power lines.
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M is for machines.
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A lineman uses different types of machines to work on
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power lines.
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N is for night.
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A lineman can be called to work day or night.
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O is for overhead.
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Power lines are often strung overhead, and the air between
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poles P is for power lines.
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Power lines are thick cables that carry electricity to our
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homes. Q is for quick.
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Linemen are quick.
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When the power goes out, they work to restore the
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power as soon as they are called r is for
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rodeo. A Lineman Rodeo is an event where linemen go
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to compete in climbing competitions.
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S is for substation.
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A substation is a secure, fenced in area that feeds
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the power lines with electricity.
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T is for transformer.
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A transformer changes the voltage to make it safe to
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use in our homes.
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U is for underground underground refers to power lines that
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are buried in the ground.
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V is for vegetation management.
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Vegetation management is keeping trees and brush away from power
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lines. Trees and brush are a common cause of power
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outages. W is for wind turbine.
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A wind turbine uses gust of wind to generate power
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from for our homes.
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X is for X brace.
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An X brace is a bracket to help support the
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polls. Why is for yard?
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The yard is where alignment keeps supplies such as power
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line poles and spools of wire.
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Z is first zone.
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There is a danger zone around where linemen are working.
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Only trained linemen are allowed in this area.
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Gina is the wife of linemen Ryan Borgman and mother
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to three line kids Isabella, Sophia and Julia Gina received
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her elementary education degree from the College of ST Brandt
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Benedict. She is a teacher by day in aspiring Children's
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book author by night.
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Wife and mom is a 24 hour job.
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After struggling to find a variety of Children's books related
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to electrical line work and other trade jobs, Janna has
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set out to change this.
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You can follow her on Facebook and Instagram under the
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tag line.
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Wife Underscore Author Rebecca is the wife of Lyman Eric
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Peters in For Mom to two line dogs, Pukey and
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Thor. They all travel full time in an RV for
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The Line Life.
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Rebecca received her bachelor's degree in youth ministry from Malone
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College in Canton, Ohio.
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Since then, she has been working with kids ages four
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through 18.
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To date, she has 18 Children's books, an animated Children's
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news show, and is working on her first animated movie,
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due to release in December 2020.
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Follow and learn more on Facebook and Instagram at the
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Adventures of Pukey.
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wider audience.
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Thank you.
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Explore the work of an electrical alignment from a cheesy
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This book will spark conversation for anyone wanting to know
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more about electrical line work