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Turbo Services Tests First Engine in Immokalee Vol. 45 No. 30 Thursday, August 9, 2012 Inside... Turbo Services Letters to the Editor tests fi rst engine ...Page 3 in Immokalee Collier By Patty Brant at the airport. The company just Immokalee Bulletin opened its new turbo jet test facil- County ity at Airport Park. District Power is the basis for so many The Immokalee testing facility of the things that make modern is only 1,500 square feet, but it has Bus Routes life possible. And power the new- a big job. est tenant at Immokalee Regional In a modest building consisting ...Pages 4 Airport. only of a control room and a test- and 5 More precisely, Turbo Ser- ing area, Turbo Services rebuilds vices, Inc. - an industrial gas tur- Pratt and Whitney GG-4 Turbine bine company headquartered in Immokalee Bulletin/Patty Brant Engines in its Margate-area facil- Turbo Services, Inc., owner Tom Stout points out details on the Margate that builds the engines ity and is now testing these rebuilt School that make the power to supply computer screen to Commissioner Jim Coletta as testing com- News modern life - is the newest tenant See TURBO — Page 2 mences. ...Pages 6 , 7 & 8 Rotary Club hosts Ticks! An outdoor District Governor visit hazard District 6960’s District Governor, Steve Schlueter, ...Page 11 along with his wife, Pam, and Area 6 Assistant Gov- ernor, Don Adams, paid our club a visit on July 25. This was the District Governor’s Offi cial Club Visit. DG Steve Schlueter gave our club a brief pre- sentation on the District’s See Page 2 for information about Special to the Immokalee Bulletin/TIF how to contact the newspaper. goals for this Rotary Year, Courtesy photo/Rotary as well as the offi cial mes- District Gov. Steve Schlueter paid a Charity Classic winners sage from President Sakuji visit to the local Immokalee Rotary newszap.com Overall and winning men’s team in the Annual Immokalee Tanaka. July meeting. Free Speech Free Ads Foundation Charity Challenge Classic includes Jeff Wil- He explained that there an overview of a water and sanita- liams, John Reiss, Pro Rob Anderson, John Costigan, W.R. will be no Governor’s project this tion project in St. Lucia. There are and Skip Hildebrand. The annual event raised $150,000 to year. He encouraged our club to about 150 people in the village, and benefi t Immokalee children. See more on this story on Page participate in one or more of the the houses are very close together 5 District’s sponsored projects. DG Schlueter’s presentation included See ROTARY — Page 2 2 Immokalee Bulletin August 9, 2012 cia has three Rotary Clubs that our District ROTARY can partner with. Continued From Page 1 DG Schlueter’s presentation also high- lighted reading programs and a water safety program geared towards presentations at with no roads. The existing water source for local schools. He also presented the Theme the whole village is a 1” standpipe, which only provides water two days a week. The for this year’s District Conference - Having homes the people live in are roughly 4’x8’ Fun… Helping Others. This year’s confer- and are located on former banana planta- ence will focus on the activities and fellow- tions. Each home is owned by a member of ship events that each club has held through- the same family. By law, they cannot sell the out the year. DG Steve Schlueter encouraged land unless they have consensus between our club to take photos at each of our events all of the family members, which limits their and send copies to him so they can be made ability to raise money for the necessary im- part of the presentation for the District Con- provements. Steve Schlueter said that St. Lu- ference. Alligator causes crash - Immokalee woman injured Immokalee Bulletin/Patty Brant This immense engine was the subject of the fi rst ever turbo engine test at Turbo An Immokalee woman was seriously injured in a one-car crash July 28 on CR 850 just Services, Inc., located on Immokalee Airport. south of Whidden Loop Road. The mishap occurred at about 5:50 a.m. According to the Florida Highway Patrol report, 34-year-old Myrka Charles was south- bound on CR 850 and struck an alligator on the roadway, losing control of the vehicle. Anyone on site, even inside the control Her 2006 Chevy Cobalt traveled onto the east shoulder and through a wire fence, contin- TURBO room, dons protective hearing gear while the engine roars. ued east and struck a tree. It came to a fi nal rest on the east shoulder facing east against Continued From Page 1 The engine being tested that day is capa- a tree. engines in Immokalee. Workers fi red up its ble of providing power for 7,000 homes and The driver was airlifted to Lee Memorial Hospital with serious injuries. Ms. Charles uses 2,500 gallons of fuel. These goliaths put was wearing a seat belt at the time of the incident, which was not alcohol related, the fi rst test engine at the Immokalee facility on August 1. out an average of 17,000 pounds of thrust report said. With enough electronic gadgetry to rival and 30 megawatts of power. a jet cockpit, the control room was packed The computers in the control room log with people to witness that fi rst test. information of the actual test for the client to Owner Tom Stout deferred to Collier analyze to make sure it operates within the County District 5 Commissioner Jim Coletta required parameters of their specifi cations. to push the button that cranked up the huge The company has 20 employees in total; engine. four or fi ve may be at the Immokalee facil- A bullet proof window allows the con- ity as needed. They build and test some 24 troller a view of the engine as the monitor- ing process goes on and cameras are used turbo engines per year. These huge engines to verify everything that happens. are used by facilities like power companies To Reach Us Staff throughout the world. Mailing Address: P.O. 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