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1 District 16 Section 81 Nebraska Chapter April 2014 A Note from Your Section Chairman: April 24th Acieta TOUR Fellow Members, Yes it is that time! We have another exciting tour lined up for you. If you are interested in Robotics you will not want to miss this tour. It is going to be at Ellison Technologies in Council Bluffs Iowa. Last month we toured CLAAS in LaVista were they assemble their very large combines. It was quite impressive to say the least. I would like to thank all that were able to make that tour. Coming up in May is the annual AWS Golf Outing to help support our efforts in welding education and to promote welding in our area. So come out and join us this year again it will be on a Friday morning. Get your team together and join us. Lastly this month as for the last few years April is being known as National Welding Month. We have asked the Governor s office to have a Proclamation signed declaring this National Welding Month in Nebraska. One more thing don t forget to come to the Century Link Center to see all the talented students competing at the Nebraska State Skill USA Competition April 17 th. There will be 70 different competitions going on. Come out and check it out it quite to competition. Please join us in Fremont April 26 at 9:30 am at milepost 427 on highway 30 to help beautify our Nebraska highways. This is time for you to give back to our State. Sincerely, Chairman Chris Beaty Acieta formally (Ellison Technologies Automation) is a provider of advanced machining solutions to North American metalcutting manufacturers and their global affiliates. What: Tour Presented By: John Burg When: Thursday, April 24, 2014 Where: Ellison st Avenue Council Bluffs, IA Who: All Time: 6:00 pm Cost: FREE AWS Meetings & Events October 25 th Women in Welding- AWS President Nancy Cole Omaha, NE November 22 th Nucor Tour Norfolk, NE January 18 th Bowling (Saturday) Omaha, NE February 20 th Pen Steel Tour Omaha, NE March 20 th CLAAS Tour Omaha, NE April 24 th National Welding Month - Ellison Tour Council Bluffs, IA May 16 th Golf (Friday) Papillion, NE

2 AWS Nebraska Section 20 th Annual Golf Outing The Basics When: Friday, May 16th, 2014, at 7:30 AM What: Four Person Scramble Teams Where: Eagle Hills Golf Course 5012 Eagle Hills Dr., Papillion, NE Why: Network with Suppliers, Fabricators, Inspectors, and Erectors Who: Members and Non-Members are welcome The Extras The Details $75 per person includes: 18 holes of golf with cart and GPS system NY Strip Steak Lunch Sleeve of Golf Balls Traveling Trophy, so bring your Ringer Raffle for a NEW DRIVER (provided by Olsson Associates) Win a WELDER: Closest to the pin. $5/chance or $10/3 chances (provided by Lincoln Electric) Mulligan's available this year, 50/50 Raffle and more! Your Team Team Name: Golfers: Sponsor a hole in your company name for $75: Yes I want to Sponsor a hole for $75 I want to Donate for Give a ways Total: Fax/Mail to: Rick Hanny, Olsson Associates Phone: S. 67th Street, Suite 200 Fax: Omaha, NE Please respond by Mail with payment or Drop off by Friday May 9th, 2014 Make Checks Payable to AWS Nebraska Section. Payment can be made upon request via Credit Card please Call Rick Hanny.

3 Your Officers District Director District 16 Dennis Wright Chairman Chris Beaty Metro Community College nd Vice Chairman 1st Vice Chairman Eric Nordhues Olsson Associates Secretary Rick Hanny Olsson Associates Treasurer Greg Schroeter Rasmussen Mechanical Librarian Chris Ellinwood Metro Community College Membership Greg Schroeter Rasmussen Mechanical Karl Fogleman Olsson Associates Scholarship Chris Ellinwood Metro Community College Publicity Paul Hannen Lincoln Electric Awards Darin Owens Metro Community College

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6 We wish to thank the following AWS Corporate Members. Company Address City State Contact Phone Pete s Custom Metals 1400 Railroad St. Fremont NE Ken Burbach petescustom@qwestoffice.net Puritan Mfg Grace St. Omaha NE Jack Tarr jackt@puermfg.com Woerner Wire Works 3008 Evans St. Omaha NE Matt Scanlan matt@woernerwire.com Metropolitan C.C. P.O. Box 3777 Omaha NE Chris Beaty cbeaty3@mccneb@edu Northeast C.C 801 E. Benjamin Ave Norfolk NE John Knapp johnk@northeast.edu Standard Htg & Air Portal Rd La Vista NE Randy Krager randy@standardac.com Distefano Tech. & Mfg S. 108 th St Omaha NE Gene King kingtcdirgking@aol.com Paxton Vierling Steel P.O. Box 1085 Omaha NE Mary Troia Ammonia Refrigeration 2509 Wigle Creek Rd Homer NE Larry Bledsoe lbledsoe@ammoniarefrig.net Drake Williams Steel 1602 N 11 th St. Omaha NE Derrick Fitton dfitton@dwsteel.com Lindsay Mfg. 214 East 2 nd St Lindsay NE Cameron Kaufman cameron.kaufman@lindsay.com Olsson Associates 8720 S. 114 th St. La Vista NE Karl Fogleman kfogleman@olssonassociates.com Rasmussen Mechanical 3215 Nebraska Ave Council Bluffs IA Greg Schroeter greg.schroeter@rasmech.com Riesa Construction 1651 Hwy 275 Fremont NE Marissa Anderson riesa@huntel.net Valmont Industries P.O. Box 358 Valley NE William Adams wadams@valmont.com ANNOUNCEMENTS AWS CWI Seminar and Exam o The AWS CWI seminar and exam was a great success! The event was held at Valmont Industries in Valley, NE. We would like to take this opportunity to thank Valmont for the great support! o We also want to congratulate all those who successfully passed the exam. o With the event being so successful, Omaha will host next year s seminar and exam. Mark your calendars, the event will be July 13-19, The place is to be determined.

7 Skills USA o April 16, 17, 18 Please note competitions on the 17 th o Welding Competitions (April 17 th ) Secondary (High Metro Community College (South Omaha Campus 2909 Edward Babe Gomez Avenue Omaha, NE) Post-Secondary Century Link Center Omaha (455 North 10 th Street Omaha, NE) Nebraska Adopt-A-Highway Program o Your Nebraska Section has volunteered to perform a civic duty and pick up trash on a Nebraska highway. o We will pick a Saturday approximately once per quarter. Dates and times will be announced at a later date, and also posted on our website calendar. o We are in the process of submitting our application. Here are the details: Where: Highway 30 Fremont Months: April*, June, August, and October Day: Third Saturday of the months above *with the exception of April which is Easter Weekend Time: 9 a.m. until we have finished Length: Two (2) miles Date: April 26, :30am Contact: Darin Owens dowens@mccneb.edu. Meet: Fremont Highway 30 Milepost 427 Awards o Awards are open to any AWS member in good standing. If you know of a candidate you would like to nominate (including yourself), please contact Darin Owens, Welding Instructor MCC, , dowens@mccneb.edu and he will send you the proper form for your nomination. o Awards are for Section, District and National. You only need to submit one form. All Section forms automatically are submitted to District. If awarded District, are automatically submitted to National. Meritorious - This award is given in recognition of the candidate's counsel, loyalty and devotion to the affairs of the Society, assistance in promoting cordial relations with industry and other organizations, and for the contribution of time and effort on behalf of the Society.

8 CWI of the year - This award, administered by the Certification Committee, is given annually by the American Welding Society as a means of recognizing individuals participating in the Senior Certified Welding Inspector (SCWI) and Certified Welding Inspector (CWI) program whose inspection, American Welding Society, professional activity and civic activities are considered to have enhanced public awareness and opinion of both the Society and the CWI program or otherwise have made an outstanding contribution to the science of welding inspection. Educator of the year (public) - The Howard E. Adkins Instructor Membership Award is sponsored by Mrs. Wilma Adkins and family, and is given as a means of recognizing high school, trade school, technical institute or junior college instructors whose teaching activities are considered to have advanced the knowledge of welding to students in their respective schools. Educator of the year (private) - This award was established by the AWS Board of Directors as a means of honoring educators in the welding community teaching in private facilities. These individuals, in the opinion of the AWS Awards Committee, have advanced the knowledge of welding to their students through apprenticeship programs, internal corporate training programs, and similar nonpublic educational activities. o The Nebraska Section is looking for entrepreneurial volunteers that are willing to put in some of their time and efforts for a rewarding organization. AWS Board members are: Position Member Business Chairman Chris Beaty Welding Instructor MCC 1 st Vice Chairman Eric Nordhues Manager NDT Olsson 2 nd Vice Chairman Rick Hanny Vice President Olsson Treasurer Greg Schroeter Quality Control Manager RMS Secretary Karl Fogleman Business Development Olsson Awards Darin Owens Welding Instructor MCC Membership Greg Schroeter Quality Control Manager RMS Publicity Paul Hannen Technical Sales Representative Lincoln Scholarship Chris Ellinwood Welding Instructor MCC You can see the wide variety of backgrounds and people. Work with peers from local businesses Help evaluate scholarships for area students Be part of District Conferences (KC, Des Moines, Omaha) Compete to attend Leadership Seminar (Miami) (AWS paid) Compete to attend Instructors Institute (Miami) (AWS paid)

9 Advertisers o We wish to thank all the businesses (business cards) above that support our organization. Please support them when you can. o We have plenty of room for additional advertisers; please contact your supervisor to see if your company should be listed. o $100 per calendar year (January to December) AWS Central Section o The Central Nebraska Section of AWS was stale and stagnant. Our Section Officers mentored by Rick Hanny, to absorb and accept the Central Nebraska Section into our Nebraska Section. o A named Scholarship was established at AWS with the monies left in the Treasury. o We wish to welcome those members to the Central Nebraska Section. Please feel free to contact any of the officers should you have any topics, or tours you would like to see in your area. Scholarships: o AWS has several scholarships available to students at the Section, District and National levels. o Contact Chris Ellinwood Metro Community College cjellinwood@mccneb.edu Boy Scout Merit Badge We will be hosting several Welding Merit Badge clinics this year so if anyone knows of a troop that would be interested let us know. If anyone would like to get involved with this, please let us know. It is a great way to get young individuals interested in the welding profession.

10 Map of Sections District 016 Map Nebraska Section 081 By Counties o In Nebraska: Sarpy, Douglas, Saunders, Butler, Colfax, Dodge, Washington, Burt, Cuming, Stanton, Wayne, Thurston, New Counties, Knox, Boyd, Holt, Antelope, Pierce, Madison, Boone, Wheeler, Greeley, Howard, Nance, Platte, Polk, Merrick and Hall. o In Iowa: Fremont, Mills, Pottawattamie, Harrison, and Monona counties.