The Keynote Address - Keystone Laboratories, Inc.

The Keynote Address
July - September 2008
UPCOMING EVENTS
August 2, 2008
Iowa Cubs
Employee/Client
Baseball Outing
(Des Moines, Iowa)
August 5—
5—7, 2008
Kansas Environmental
Conference
(Overland Park, Kansas)
Annual Client/Vendor
Golf Outing
The Annual Client/Vendor Golf Outing was held Friday, July 11, 2008 at the Country
Club in Newton, Iowa. It was a beautiful sunny day, with warmer temperatures and
higher humidity...but
but a nice breeze!
breeze
August 16, 2008
Kansas City T-Bones
Employee/Client
Baseball Outing
(Kansas City, Kansas)
Members of Keystone Staff were joined by Clients from—Apex Environmental, Barker
Lemar, Geode Environmental LLC, Lincolnway Energy, Montgomery Watson Harza,
and Trileaf
Thank you also to all the participating Vendors, including—Art a la Carte, Edge
Construction Services, Forbes Office Solutions, Gallagher Benefit Services, Interstate
Insurance, Matthias, Campbell, Tyler, Nuzum & Rickers, Maxim Advertising, Midland
Scientific, SESCO Management Consultants, UPS, US Bank, and Quality
Environmental Containers (QEC) and Phillip Lilly who provided the bottled water for
the event.
August 18—
18—20, 2008
New Jersey Audit—Newton
September 1, 2008
Labor Day Holiday
September 5, 2008
United Way KickOff
Clients, Vendors, and Keystone Staff all took part in the noon lunch (catered by
Quiznos), 18-hole golf event, evening supper (catered by Culvers), and some social
time to “talk shop” or just get to know each other better as partners in business.
September 8—
8—9, 2008
Iowa Rural Water
Fall Conference
(Okoboji, Iowa)
The Newton Country Club Staff, Golf Pro, and Pro Shop Staff were very
accommodating and great hosts for Keystone’s golf outing!
September 22—
22—24, 2008
Iowa Rural Water
Fall Conference
(Dubuque, Iowa)
Inside This Issue
KMT Moving Forward
2
Summer Employees
3
Employee Pictures
4
Iowa Floods Update
4
Staff Profile—Wyatt Schmidt 5
ICP-MS Update
For the clients of Keystone Laboratories
5
Page 2
The Keynote Address
KMT Moving Forward
Keystone Materials Testing (KMT) is a corporate affiliate of Keystone Laboratories.
Recently, KMT has been getting
business from a couple of biodiesel plants including Central Iowa Energy right here in Newton.
KMT is pushing ahead into the biofuels testing market with new equipment set to
arrive in mid August.
KMT has also recently published a new E-Commerce web
www.dieselcart.com, and is experiencing strong growth in that area as well.
site,
If you get a chance, please visit the KMT web site, www.kmtlabs.com, and check
out the analysis we plan to offer the biodiesel and diesel testing market.
~Josh King
Department Spotlight—
Spotlight—Microbiology
New Incubator
Jim Pryke—
Pryke—Sample Technician
This picture was emailed from
Gerald Edgar—the Safety Team
Leader at SauerSauer-Danfoss
(Ames, Iowa)
We recently purchased a
BOD incubator
incubator. It will
allow us to increase our
BOD storage capacity.
The incubator stabilizes
the temperature of the
BOD/CBOD bottles for the
five day incubation time
frame.
It is a picture of Jim Pryke safely
sampling at Sauer-Danfoss
“Safety is its own
reward—earn it!”
Farewell—
Farewell—Lisa Riegel
A farewell party for Lisa Riegel’s last day was held on May 22, 2008 from 11:30—12:30 PM in the conference room. It was a
special time to recognize Lisa for her dedication and 17+ years of employment with Keystone Laboratories.
If you would like to contact Lisa, her new address is: 757 Hazelhurst Circle—Keokuk, Iowa 52632 Her cell phone number is:
(641) 521-5631 and her email address is: lriegel13@gmail.com
Co-workers celebrated with Lisa during a gift/
card opening...potluck, and of course a time
of eating cake!
Best of luck, Lisa and family! We miss you,
but look forward to hearing from you in your
new adventures in Keokuk.
Page 3
The Keynote Address
Summer Employees—
Employees—Newton
During the summer months when we need a little “extra” staffing to help us keep up with our increased sample load, we rely
on our Summer Employees, who most usually are high school or college students. Some of the students are working here for
the first time, and some have returned for several summers. We thoroughly enjoy having them and we look forward to their
return as the busy season comes. This crew has provided exceptional help to get us through Summer 2008. Thanks to each
one of you!
Stephanie Goos
Stephanie Goos was hired May 27, 2008 to assist the Inorganics Department. She attends
Augustana College in Sioux Falls, SD and will be a sophomore. Stephanie’s prior job was as
a lifeguard. She loves all sports, especially soccer. Stephanie also likes to be outside and
listen to music. She has a dog named Roxy, and a cat named, Speedo.
Jocelyn Isley
Jocelyn Isley was hired May 19, 2008 to assist the Sample Prep Department. She attended
Newton High School, and graduated in 2008. Jocelyn’s prior job was with Pizza Ranch. She
enjoys singing, running, shopping and spending time with her dog, Chloe. Jocelyn will be
attending Evangel University in Springfield, MO in the Fall 2008 as a freshman.
Stephanie Larson
Stephanie Larson works as a chemist for the Inorganics Department. Her prior employment
was with Iowa State University as an undergrad lab assistant. She has since graduated
from Iowa State University (May 2008) with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Biochemistry,
and she will attend Veterinary School in August 2008. Stephanie has some pets that
include horses, dogs, cats, and a betta fish. She also enjoys golfing and riding her horse.
Rebecca Roth
Rebecca Roth was hired July 22, 2008 to work as a Lab Technician in the Sample Prep
Department. Her main duties are to work with testing water and soil samples. Her prior
employment was with the Maytag Dairy Farm. She is currently attending Buena Vista
University in Storm Lake, Iowa for media studies. She would like to go into Film/TV, mostly
behind the scenes. Her hobbies are dancing, watching movies, and spending time with
family and friends. She has one cat named Edison. Rebecca enjoys traveling. One of her
most favorite places to go is Estes Park, Colorado to hike. Rebecca and her sister are
planning on going to the top of Long’s Peak this summer. She also enjoyed traveling for two
weeks in Europe during the Summer of 2007.
Welcome….we’re glad to have you as part of Keystone’s Summer Crew!
Keystone Laboratories,
Page 4
The Keynote Address
Employee Pictures
“While the Cat’s Away the Mice will Play!”
Bill and Denell Henninger Celebrated Their 28th Wedding Anniversary—
Anniversary—June 26, 2008
“Jerry the Model
Model”
“If our clients have questions
about their data, we are always
happy to talk to them and make
sure they have the answers they
need.”
~Jerry Dawson
Organics Laboratory Manager
Iowa Floods Update
The Iowa clean-up effort is underway as the state struggles to try and “put back” all that was
washed away. EPA Region 7 has been granted an additional $4 million of funding from the
Federal Emergency Management Administration (FEMA) to continue hazardous materials and
oil-related operations. Keystone Laboratories is also making efforts to provide services to the
communities that are dealing with the aftermaths of our flood. Our Waterloo location has experienced and increased volume of samples in the area. We are also offering 1/2 off the first
work order of all new clients who choose to bring the sample to Keystone.
Page 5
The Keynote Address
Staff Profile—
Profile—Wyatt Schmidt
Wyatt Schmidt works as a Chemist I for the Inorganics Department at
Keystone Laboratories’ Newton location. His main job duties include—
running the Distillation Rack, NOX, Total Phosphorus, and many other Wet
Chem analyses.
Wyatt has a Bachelor of Science Degree in Biology from Nebraska Wesleyan
University, and his previous employer was Lincoln Orthopedic Physical
Therapy where he worked as a Physical Therapy Tech. Wyatt began his
employment with Keystone Laboratories in February 2007.
His family includes his parents, Jim and Debbie, who live in Lincoln,
Nebraska. His father, Jim, is a Professor of Economics at the University of
Nebraska. Wyatt has an older brother Mike (age 28), and a little brother
Owen (age 21).
Wyatt shares that he had a hamster named “Harry” who sadly passed last year. Wyatt’s “off-work” interests include fishing,
hunting, and boating. He also enjoys going to Nebraska football games...and driving to Kansas City every weekend! Wyatt
shares that his favorite vacation spot is Las Vegas.
Also, Wyatt occasionally delivers for Quiznos despite “being treated poorly by the ownership”
Wyatt would like to include “I don’t care what other people say, I think Peter’s jokes are hilarious!”!
We’re glad to have you as a part of Keystone Laboratories, Wyatt!
ICPICP-MS Update
Happy Birthday, Denell!
The Iowa DNR has granted provisional certification for metals
analysis by methods 200.8 and 6020 by ICP-MS. We have already started to analyze drinking water lead and copper samples.
A group of co-workers
celebrated
Denell Henninger’s
birthday on July 2, 2008
by going to lunch together
at Panda Garden
in Newton.
A great time was
had by all!
Welcome Summer Intern—
Intern—Risa Heck Bazal
Risa Heck Bazal is working as an intern in the Marketing
and Human Resources Department. She is a 5th—year
senior at Buena Vista, majoring in Business Management
and Human Services. Her prior employment was as a
Senior Customer Sales Consultant at Maytag. Risa is
married to Jared, and they have a son—Nicholas who is 8
years old and going into 2nd grade. Her hobbies include
reading, shopping, and changing hair colors! She has
four dogs including three Cocker Spaniels—Sadie, Cooper,
and Jackson and one Pomeranian named Kobe. The
family also cares for one foster dog—Skyler—who is also a
Cocker Spaniel. Risa shares that she and Jared are licensed foster parents and they enjoy
coaching their son’s soccer team—the Newton Bulls. Welcome to Keystone, Risa!
Keystone Laboratories,
Inc.
is a member of the
American Council of
Independent
Laboratories, Inc.