Golden Manhole Society Inductee

No, it’s not a secret society, but it is a prestigious one. On August 29^th, Tim Schneller was awarded with the Golden Manhole Society honor at the Kansas WaterEnvironment Association (KWEA) annual awards luncheon. He joins fellow co-workers Bill Carter and Gary Beck who have won the award in past years.

 

The Golden Manhole society was founded in 1998 and recognizes top professionals for their contributions to the collection system industry through volunteerism on regional and national collection systems committees, writing of papers and articles and over all respected reputation. Tim’s reputation has definitely contributed to his induction. He is known as “The Professor” for his innovation, thought-provoking solutions and willingness to share his knowledge.

 

Congratulations, Tim! It is quite an honor.

Beautiful Day for Golf

"Challenge the Teen” is what participants were faced with on August 24 in the Rocky Mountain Chapter ISPE Golf Tournament in Brighton, Colorado. GBA sponsored Hole 11 where Michelle Marquardt and Katie McKenzie oversaw the game. Joe Winslow’s teen son is quite the golfer and teams had an opportunity to challenge him for a chance to win money.  Team participants were entered in the drawing to win in one of two ways: If participants opted to “Challenge the Teen” from the blue tees they were required to tie their score with GBA’s teen. The alternative option resulted in teams playing from the blue tees while GBA’s teen played at a longer distance from the black tees. In this event, ISPE golfers had to bring in a lower score than our teen. All teams were able to play the hole as a scramble affording them with several opportunities to tie or beat our teen. Winners were Ryan Penny, Brent Beisharr, and Jon Schlottman from Haldemann-Homme and Jeff Keckler with Amico. Congrats, gentlemen!

 

With an overall participation of 35 teams, GBA’s Life Sciences Group had two teams of four which included Mike Glasker and Becky Rivoire hosting clients from GlobeImmune and QSPEC. Joe Winslow participated on the second team with clients from Piper Electric and Aerotek Scientific.

 

As it turned out, it was a beautiful day for golf.