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2010 Public Works
Week Events
Southeast Branch,
Texas Chapter
American Public
Works Association
By: Katherine A. Mears, P.E.,
President Southeast Branch
Pictures: Dorothy Bergesen,
Assistant Secretary Southeast Branch
For the 50th anniversary
of Public Works Week, the Southeast Branch had two successful
and well attended events. On Monday, May 17th, the
Southeast Branch hosted our annual golf tournament to raise
money for scholarships to be distributed in August. The
tournament was held at Southwyck Golf Club in Pearland, and 29
teams participated as well as numerous volunteers.
We had great weather on a beautiful
course, and there were great prizes for the first, second and
third place teams, the most honest team, longest drive, closest
to the pin and numerous door prizes. Our sincere thanks go to
our wonderful sponsors, Greg Wine who chaired the event and his
committee – Dorothy Bergesen, Jillian Wangler, Brad Hibbetts and
Katherine A. Mears.
On Wednesday, May 20th,
the Southeast Branch held our annual picnic at Buffalo Run Park
in Missouri City. The picnic was hosted by the Cities of
Missouri City, Pearland, Alvin, Sugar Land, Stafford, Meadows
Place and Houston to do something special for the public works
employees. Several honored guests from each city including City
Council Members and City Managers attended to show their
appreciation of the Public Works Employees. Representatives
from each City spoke about how grateful they were for their
staff, and several Cities recognized a special employee.
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The City of Alvin recognized
Jay Guillot, a Project Manager in the Utilities Department.
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The City of Missouri City
recognized Stephanie Russell, a Project Coordinator in the
Engineering Division.
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The City of Stafford recognized
Nick Garcia from the Street Department.
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The City of Meadows Place
recognized Jason French from the Public Works Department.
The annual picnic is no small feat,
and the Southeast Branch would like to recognize our fantastic
sponsors, Sharon Valiante, Jessica Kelly and Grace Gonzalez for
doing such a great job planning and hosting the event.
The Southeast Branch was pleased to
bring attend to Public Works Week and hold events to recognize
and raise money for members of our Branch. We look forward to
next year and more great events to come!
2010
Public Works Young Leader of the Year
The Southeast Branch of the Texas Chapter of the American Public
Works Association is proud to announce that Jillian Wangler,
E.I.T. is the 2010 Public Works Young Leader of the Year.
Jillian has been a member of APWA since 2007, and since joining,
she has been extremely active. She is currently the
Vice-President of the Southeast Branch, and she previously
served as Secretary. She was also an integral part of the
planning committee for the 2008 TPWA Annual Conference in
Galveston.
Jillian is employed at Malcolm Pirnie, Inc. where she works as a
design engineer for water treatment facilities and pipelines
group. Jillian graduated from the University of Nevada with a
Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering with an emphasis on
environmental engineering.
Jillian will be recognized as part of Engineers Week at the
Young Engineer of the Year Dinner on Monday, February 15, 2010.
Please help me in congratulating Jillian!
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