Fayetteville veteran gets back to roots with woodworking
As a kid, Kurt Ballash was drawn to two things — wood and the military.“What draws me to wood is just the natural tones of it,” he said. “There’s no faking it.”Growing up in Cleveland, Ohio, Ballash spent time in a woodshop that his grandfather had after serving in the military during the Korean War.His grandfather and father would craft custom cabinets, and Ballash was enthralled watching while driving nails into scrap […]
