Social studies teacher with passion for building takes over Crossler wood shop
When he got out of the U.S. Navy in 1994, Joe Matot figured he’d spend his life building houses.
He had a carpentry background and soon got a job in construction, but found himself reconsidering while walking a beam on a home he was building east of Salem.
“It was freezing, you know, and just, and I thought, ‘Man, there’s got to be something warmer out there,’” he said. He decided to go back to…
