Using tongs, Jim Moran sticks a long, thin piece of wire into the small but very hot fire of the blacksmith’s forge.
When he removes the metal, the tip is white hot.
Heather Schwartz of Albany started her Web site “I Hate Gym Class” to help girls counter the notion that they were not good at sports. “My whole Web site is about encouragement and support and trying to get across the idea that you can do it,” Schwartz said.
