Scott Swanson
At the Sweet Home High School Auto Shop Tuesday morning, Sept. 30, Nikolas Dishaw was getting a lesson in cutting – trees.
Dishaw, a junior, sat in an office chair-like operator’s seat, surrounded by joysticks and buttons. His feet danced over several pedals as he watched a boom and jaws on a vertical video screen about the size of a big-screen TV directly in front of him. On the screen, his “machine” rolled…