K G W A Kansas Ground Water Association Newsletter October 2014 KGWA Members, Shortly after my summer newsletter it started raining in SW Kansas. We had record breaking rains in June and nice rains in July and August to make it a much better summer than we have had in a while. The drought is not over, but this is a nice start. Most areas will even have some nice dry land crops. We had our Fall Seminar and Golf Tournament a couple weeks ago. Even though our Fall Seminars are typically not as well attended as our Spring Seminar, I consider it a success and certainly a lot of fun. This is a great opportunity to get away for a couple days after the long hard summer to enjoy the fellowship of other contractors, pick up a new idea or two at the seminar, test out you skills at the casino and get the opportunity to play golf at a fantastic golf course. Even if you don’t golf or partake in the casino games, it’s a great place to relax and have fun! If you take advantage of the new “Gold Membership” this seminar is free. We plan to explain the “Gold Membership” in more detail at our Conference in January. We do our best to offer informative and interesting classes at our seminars. Our goal is to provide presentations on topics of interest to you. So if you would let us know what topics would be of interest to you or tell us about a presentation you may have seen elsewhere that you think would be beneficial to others we will do our best to provide them. Have you considered serving on the Board of Directors for this great association? We have four board members that have served for many years and have indicated that this will be their last year. That means will need a few replacements. We have had a couple that have expressed an interest, but we still need a couple more. Maybe it’s time to share your time and talent! The organization helps with mileage and motel expenses. Please call for more details. We always appreciate your input. How can the KGWA serve you better? Plan to attend out Annual Conference on January 21st – 23rd in Hutchinson. I look forward to seeing you there! Bruce Reichmuth President Inside this issue: 34614 - Desk of Dale Scholarship Recipients Scholarship Recipients Fall Seminar/Golf Tourney From the Desk of Dale Hayse **The KGWA 2015 Convention will be held at the Ramada Conference Center, in Hutchinson, on January 22nd & 23rd, 2015. The Convention will offer many great seminars and training courses that should be of interest to everyone needing to further their education. Seminars are shaping up to be very interesting and informative for all aspects of the water industry; whether you’re a contractor, regulator, geotechnical expert, or business manager….or a combination of all. **Exhibitor registration information has been sent out! Booths will be assigned on a first come, first serve basis, to KGWA Members first, then to non-members. Every effort will be made to give you the location you request. Let us know if you don’t receive information and would like to exhibit! The Ramada in Hutchinson is under new ownership. The new owner’s have been making improvements such as new boilers for hot water and new individual heat and air units in the rooms on the north side of the hotel. More improvements are planned. KGWA President Bruce Reichmuth and I will be attending the Governor’s Conference on the Future of Water in Kansas on November 12th and 13th. He will be announcing the 50 year vision plan that has been worked on for the last year. Updates in next newsletter. We want to thank our M & S Gold Members: Alloy Machine Works Environmental Manufacturing Franklin Electric Co. Gicon Pumps & Equipment Mid-America Pump & Supply Pentair Water Preferred Pump Roberts Pump & Supply Titan Industries VolkBell Western Hydro Corp Left: Claire Enns is sponsored by Southwest Windmill & Water Well. She is starting her freshman year at the Kansas State in Manhattan. Left: Rachel Youkum is sponsored by Jesse Youkum Well Drilling. She is starting her junior year at Johnson County Community College in Overland Park. Right: Emily Risley is sponsored by Above: Kali Hoskinson is sponsored by Hoskinson Sales & Service. She is starting her sophomore year at Seward County Community College in Liberal. Preferred Pump & Equipment. She is staring her junior year at University of Kansas in Lawerence. Right: Sara Devine is sponsored by Crescant Services. She is starting her graduate program at Kansas State University. Below: Mason Quintanar is sponsored by Environmental Manufacturing. He is starting his sophomore year at Kansas State University. Above: Alex Beemer is sponsored by Larsen & Associates. He will be a senior at Kansas State University. Above: BayLee Hoskinson is sponsored by Hoskinson Sales & Service. She is entering her sophomore year at Wichita State University. Left: Mitchell Rork is sponsored by Rork Drilling. He is starting sophomore year at Kansas State University. The Kansas Ground Water Association took full advantage of the Prairie Band Casino & Resort facilities on September 19th & 20th. The traditional 6-CEU available Fall Seminar was held on Friday . On Saturday, 30 golfers teed off at 8:00 a.m. after spending an evening playing in the casino and attending a social hour/ hors d’oeuvres. The weather was in favor of golfers on Saturday and the sunshine, perfect temps, and little wind provided the ideal environment to golf. Sponsorship paid a key role in the success of this year’s Fall event. KGWA extends a huge “THANK YOU” to all of the sponsors that made it possible. Listed at the bottom of the page are the sponsors for this year’s event. Right: Golfers enjoy a perfect day for a game of golf. Sunshine, moderate temperatures and very little wind made it an ideal golf day. Left: Golfers kicked back and relax on a beautiful day. Sponsors: Alloy Machine Works Environmental Mfg Franklin Electric Gicon L & N Pump Merrill Mfg./Amtrol, Inc. Pentair Preferred Pump Mid-America Pump & Supply Roberts Pump & Supply Titan Industries Western Hydro Volkbell Kansas Ground Water Association P O Box 107 Mullinville, KS 67109 2014-2015 Membership Application Company: _____________________________________________________________ Contact Person: _________________________________________________________ Address: _______________________________________________________________ City, State, Zip: _________________________________________________________ Telephone: _______________________ Fax: ________________________________ Donations are accepted for the Scholarship Fund. Amount included for this fund.______________ Check appropriate division and send with check to the address above. _______ Contractor’s Division $150.00 Any person, firm or corporation having a regularly established place of business and engaged in the business of drilling and/or servicing water wells and/or pumps, shall be eligible for membership in the Contractors Division. _______ Manufacturers & Suppliers Division $150.00 Any person, firm or corporation engaged in the manufacture or sale of merchandise, materials, accessories or services used or sold by active members shall be eligible for membership in the Manufacturers & Suppliers Division. _______ Technical Division $150.00 Persons, firms or organizations engaged in occupations pertaining to the supervision, regulation or investigation of underground water or ground water supply, or any teacher in a recognized institution whose field of teaching, research, or study is of interest to and/or associated with the water well industry, shall be eligible for membership in the Technical Division. _______ Technical Division Individual (firm must be member first) _______ Associate/Student Member $ 50.00 $ 35.00 Any individual or organization who wishes to be supportive of the Kansas Ground Water Association, its goals and objectives, not eligible for any of the above divisions is eligible for Associate membership. Any Individual enrolled in an accredited high school, university, college, preparatory school, or vocational education program, public or private, studying or teaching subject matter embracing the ground water industry. ***If you are a licensed contractor that would like to be listed on the Contractor Locator at www.kgwa.org, please fill out the following information: Kansas Counties Served:_____________________________________________________________ Please Circle your primary types of service: Domestic Well Drilling Domestic Well Service Irrigation Well Drilling Irrigation Well Service Environmental Well Drilling Environmental Well Service Please make checks payable to KGWA*******Membership year is from July 1 to June 30 Please return this form with your membership check. 2015 Newsletter Advertising 4 issues (does not include Convention Issue) Printed on 8 1/2 ” x 11” pages Full Inside Cover Page ---------------------------- $350. Full Newsletter Page ------------------------------- $300. Half Newsletter Page ------------------------------- $175. Fourth Newsletter Page ---------------------------- $100. Business Card Ad ----------------------------------- $50. All fees are due in advance. All questions and correspondence should be directed to: Kansas Ground Water Association Dale Hayse, Exec. Director P O Box 107 Mullinville, Kansas 67109 620-548-2669 KsGroundWater@gmail.com Kansas Ground Water Association P O Box 107 Mullinville, KS 67109 OR CURRENT RESIDENT See you in Hutchinson! Annual Convention January 22 & 23, 2015