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District 16 Section 81 Nebraska Chapter February 2014
A Note from Your Section Chairman:
Well once again it is at the end of another month. The days are getting longer, but the work continues! We had a great turnout for the Bowling this year had around 18 teams with the Iron Workers teams in the lead this year. All the officers would like to thank everyone that came out to make this another great event. I would like to also thank all of the vendors that donated to the action this year. We were able to raise around $2000 dollars this year. This money will go to help support welding education. In the coming months we will be looking for section officers to help our section grow. If you know someone that has a passion for the industry and would like to come and join the board please have them contact any of the current officers. We need your help to help keep to this industry strong to connect young minds with such a great industry. We have seen a growth of students attending the meetings and with the help of our members we can continue to inspire them to be great welding professionals. Click here to view a full list of officer positions and their duties.
We had a change of plans this month for the section meeting and had to scramble to get this month’s tour and meeting and tour lined up. We will be going to PEN STEEL to see their operation. They do a lot of Robotic welding for various customers. It will be a really good tour. After the tour there will be pizza and soda.
Sincerely,
Chairman Chris Beaty
2013 – 2014 AWS Meetings & Events October 25th – Women in Welding- AWS President Nancy Cole Omaha, NE November 22th – Nucor – Tour Norfolk, NE January 18th – Bowling (Saturday) Omaha, NE February 20th – Pen Steel – Tour Omaha, NE March 20th – CLAAS – Tour Omaha, NE April 18th – National Welding Month - Ellison – Tour Council Bluffs, IA May 16th – Golf (Friday) Papillion, NE
February 20th
Pen Steel TOUR
Pen Steel is one of Omaha’s leading steel manufacturers utilizing; laser cutting, waterjet cutting, CNC lathe machining, robotic welding and more.
What: Tour
Presented By: Pen Steel
When: Thursday, February 20, 2014
Where: Pen Steel 15541 Cooper Street Omaha, NE 68138 402.827.1095
Who: All
Time: 10:00 am
Cost: FREE
Once again, and back due to suggestions from you our members, we will be holding this month’s meeting over the lunch hour. With that said, we, your Nebraska Section, will supply pizza and Pen Steel will supply soft drinks. Please take your lunch hour to tour this high-tech manufacturing facility. Socialize and mingle with your peers, AWS Nebraska Section officers and Pen Steel employees.
Your 2013-2014 Officers
District Director District 16
Dennis Wright
Chairman
Chris Beaty Metro Community College 402-738-4663 [email protected]
1st Vice Chairman
Eric Nordhues Olsson Associates 402-827-7220 [email protected]
2nd Vice Chairman
Rick Hanny Olsson Associates 402-827-7220 [email protected]
Secretary
Karl Fogleman Olsson Associates 402-677-2490 [email protected]
Treasurer
Greg Schroeter Rasmussen Mechanical 712-309-3660 [email protected]
Scholarship
Chris Ellinwood Metro Community College 402-738-4662 [email protected]
Librarian
Chris Ellinwood Metro Community College 402-738-4662 [email protected]
Publicity Paul Hannen Lincoln Electric 913-894-0888 [email protected]
Membership
Greg Schroeter Rasmussen Mechanical 712-309-3660 [email protected]
Awards
Darin Owens Metro Community College 402-738-4662 [email protected]
Visit our website at www.awssection.org/nebraska. If you
have any articles, comments or ideas for the website, please contact Karl Fogleman.
Jaquelyn Arant
We wish to thank the following AWS Corporate Members.
Company Address City State Contact Email Phone Pete’s Custom Metals 1400 Railroad St. Fremont NE Ken Burbach [email protected] 402.721.7753
Puritan Mfg. 1302 Grace St. Omaha NE Jack Tarr [email protected] 402.341.3753
Woerner Wire Works 3008 Evans St. Omaha NE Matt Scanlan [email protected]
Metropolitan C.C. P.O. Box 3777 Omaha NE Chris Beaty cbeaty3@mccneb@edu 402.738.4662
Northeast C.C 801 E. Benjamin Ave Norfolk NE John Knapp [email protected] 402.844.7201
Standard Htg & Air 11746 Portal Rd La Vista NE Randy Krager [email protected] 402.339.6700
Distefano Tech. & Mfg. 3838 S. 108th St Omaha NE Gene King [email protected] 402.451.1796
Paxton Vierling Steel P.O. Box 1085 Omaha NE Mary Troia 712.347.5500
Ammonia Refrigeration 2509 Wigle Creek Rd Homer NE Larry Bledsoe [email protected] 402.698.2180
Drake Williams Steel 1602 N 11th St. Omaha NE Derrick Fitton [email protected] 402.342.1043
Lindsay Mfg. 214 East 2nd St Lindsay NE Cameron Kaufman [email protected]
Olsson Associates 8720 S. 114th St. La Vista NE Karl Fogleman [email protected] 402.827.7220
Rasmussen Mechanical 3215 Nebraska Ave Council Bluffs IA Greg Schroeter [email protected] 712.309.3660
Riesa Construction 1651 Hwy 275 Fremont NE Marissa Anderson [email protected] 402.533.2660
Valmont Industries P.O. Box 358 Valley NE William Adams [email protected] 402.359.2201
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, 2014. The place is to be determined.
Skills USA o April 16, 17, 18 o Welding Fabrication (April 18 ONLY)
Quest Center Omaha (455 North 10th Street Omaha, NE) o Welding (Competition 17th)
Metro Community College (South Omaha Campus 2909 Edward Babe Gomez Avenue 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 Time: 9 a.m. until we have finished Length: Two (2) miles
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, 402-738-4662, [email protected] 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.
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 1st Vice Chairman Eric Nordhues Manager NDT Olsson
2nd 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)
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 402-738-4662
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.
The next one will be on Sunday, February 23rd at Metropolitan Community College from 1-7pm.
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.
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.