AWS President Nancy Cole (center) is surrounded by the ladies attending the Northwest Section dinner meeting. Shown during the Northwest Section tour are (from left) Anna Wald, Traci Tapani, AWS President Nancy Cole, and Lori Tapani. The Iowa Section members are shown during their tour of Kinze Mfg. in Williamsburg, Iowa. OCTOBER 14 Speaker: Nancy Cole, AWS president Affiliation: NCC Engineering Topic: Women in Welding Activity: In the afternoon, Cole and the Northwest Section members toured Wyoming Machine in Stacy, Minn., a company owned by two sisters, Co-Presidents Lori and Traci Tapani. CWI Anna Wald serves as the company’s QC manager. Afterward, Cole presented her talk to more than 30 members and guests at a dinner program held in Shoreview, Minn. District 16 Dennis Wright, director (913) 782-0635 awscwi1@att.net IOWA OCTOBER 24 Speaker: Nancy Cole, AWS president Affiliation: NCC Engineering Topic: Women in Welding Activity: The program was held at Vermeer Mfg. Corp. in Pella, Iowa. NOVEMBER 7 Activity: The Iowa Section members and guests toured Kinze Mfg., Inc., in Williamsburg, Iowa, for a presentation on its planter assembly area. KANSAS OCTOBER 5 Activity: The Section and Hutchinson C. C. personnel coached six Boy Scouts from Troop 301 to earn their welding merit badges. The event was held at the college in Hutchinson, Kan. OCTOBER 10 Activity: The Kansas Section members toured the Caterpillar Work Tools facility in Wamego, Kan., led by Mike Jones, plant manager. OCTOBER 19 Activity: The Section members coached eight Boy Scouts from Arkansas City, Kan., to earn their welding merit badges. NOVEMBER 14 Speaker: David Landon, AWS vice president and manager of welding engineering Affiliation: Vermeer Mfg. Co. Topic: Virtual reality welding Activity: Following the talk, Jamie Kappler (Lincoln Electric) demonstrated the VRTEX®360 virtual arc welding training system. Dennis Wright, Dist. 16 director, presented Diane Steadham the District Meritorious Award. Chair Greg Siepert presented Bob Simon his Silver Member Certificate for 25 years of service to the Society. The meeting was held at WATC National Center for Aviation Training in Wichita, Kan. KANSAS CITY OCTOBER 22 Speaker: Nancy Cole, AWS president Affiliation: NCC Engineering Topic: Women in Welding Activity: Cole and the Section members toured the new welding facilities at Kansas City Kansas C. C. Cole presented Dist. 16 Director Dennis Wright the 2013 Image of Welding Award. District 17 Jerry Knapp, director (918) 622-8600 jerry.knapp@gasandsupply.com Ric Eckstein (left), Northwest Section chair, is shown with Brad Johnson at 3M in July. 88 JANUARY 2014
Welding Journal | January 2014
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