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Ohio Water Environment Association Volume 90:1 | Issue 1 2017 uckeye Bulletin Perrysburg WWTP Then & Now Read More Inside pg. 36-39 Water Environment Association Preserving & Enhancing Ohio’s Water Environment www.ohiowea.orgwww.ohiowea.org 1 2 Buckeye Bulletin - Issue 1 | 2017 What’s Inside Disclaimer The Buckeye Bulletin (BB) is the official Features publication of the Ohio Water Environment Association, Inc., a not-for-profit corporation Logo Redesign Contest 7 founded in 1926, dedicated to the improvement of water quality in Ohio and the continuing Kocarek Korner 8-9 education of water professionals. It is one of the top five member associations of the Water One Water Government Affairs Workshop 17 Environment Federation. 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SE President John Owen Contact OWEA at [email protected] or the chair of a [email protected] committee that interests you for more information. 4 Buckeye Bulletin - Issue 1 | 2017 OWEA OFFICIALS OWEA NewS anD CALENDAR 2016-2017 Committee Chairs OWEA NEWS OWEA Calendar This year is the Buckeye Bulletin's 90th volume! During the year we will share a little Buckeye March 8 Executive Committee Meeting Bulletin history in each Issue. If you have any 9 One Water Government Affairs Workshop 22 NW Section Meeting Buckeye Bulletin history in mind that you would like to see, please email Megan Borror May Collection Systems Workshop at [email protected] with ideas or 10 Executive Committee Meeting suggestions. June 25 Executive Committee Meeting 26-29 OWEA Technical Conference Career Opportunities No charge for job seekers. No charge to post a position if you or a fellow em- Find OWEA on your favorite social network ployee are an OWEA/WEF member. $167 for a 30 day posting if not a member. $167 for a Professional Membership We encourage you to join OWEA and reap all the benefits of membership. Same price as a posting! Are you a social media guru? Find out how you can become part of OWEA’s social media team. Email us at [email protected] Welcome New Members October 2016 - December 2016 Keith Baker Jeff Hawks Dan Sanchez Holly Boyer Christopher Huhnke Katherine Schaad Chris Bruegge David Jenkins Charles Schaffer Jeremy Carico Alan Johnson Jennifer Scott-Wasilk Rosita Cruz Andrew Knowles Collin R. Smith Nicholas Cunningham Hana Litwin Marco Stammegna Kenneth Day Todd Logan Jim Straehan Maria Donisi Diane McConnell Dave Striffler Daniel Eruich Jamie Mills Ron Swinko Mark Fashian Mitchell Myers Nadia Swit Daniel Figola Peter Neumann Rod Vautier Roberta Gellner Shawn Nixon Stacy White Robert Greytak William T. Randals Weizhong Xiao Thank you for joining the Ohio Water Environment Association and the Water Environment Federation. We welcome your contribution to preserving and enhancing Ohio’s water quality environment. Visit http://www.ohiowea.org/memberships.php for OWEA membership information www.ohiowea.org 5 PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE As I sit down to write this message to Public Education Committee has money to you, the members of OWEA, I could not give away!!! There is nothing more important help but be inspired by the current events. in our communities then the image we On Friday January 20th the United States represent to the residents. The education demonstrated to the world what makes our committee wants to help you, it could be democracy a beacon to all. The peaceful money for a trip by local school kids to the transfer of power from one freely elected WWTP, or money to support a beach or president to another is unlike any other in river cleanup project. As an example check the world. out the article in this issue about a whole Then on January 21st what was supposed bunch of kids visiting the Dayton WWTP. A to be the woman's march on Washington huge thank you to Jason Tincu for all the turned into a national movement. Millions hard work he put into making this happen. Ted Baker Dale Kocarek will once again lead an Ohio and millions of women (and a few men) OWEA President marched peacefully in almost every city contingent on a fly in to Washington D.C. in America. Mothers and daughters, Grandmothers and Dale and his crew will zig zag back and forth across granddaughters marched to remind those in Washington Capitol Hill to bring our message to House and Senate that this country belongs to, We the People. And no other members from Ohio. We want to be the voice of real message could be stronger. unbiased information to those elected officials. A voice As your president I am here to tell you that OWEA is no that represents every city, town, and village in every different.