January 2014

January 2014
BARSCREEN BEE
The Official Newsletter of the Northern Sacramento Valley Section
of the California Water Environment Association
www.cwea.org/nsv
NSVS
EXECUTIVE
BOARD
PRESIDENT
Nancy Cameron
Sierra Foothill Lab
530 301-6655
nancy@sierralab.com
VICE PRESIDENT
Rob Price
City of Olivehurst
530 682-0736
rprice@opud.org
Saturday, February, 1st, 2014
Feather Falls Casino 3 Alverda Dr., Oroville, Ca. 95966
Map page 2, Hotel info page 3
$30.00 Per Person
Buffet Style Dinner:
SEC-TREASURER
April Overfield
SC-OR
530-534-0353
aoverfield@sc-or.com
2-YR DIRECTOR
Nolan Randal
CH2M Hill
530 229-3341
530 243-5831
nrandal@ch2m.com
Outstanding Service
Award
Northern Sacra-
1-YR DIRECTOR
Tracy Wyhlidko
City of Redding
530-224-4319
twyhlidko@
ci.redding.ca.us
The Barscreen Bee is a
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the Northern Sacramento Valley Section of
the California Water
Environment Association.
Articles, announcements, job postings,
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e-mailed to the newsletter editor, Eric Wold at:
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5:30
6:00
7:00
7:30
8:00
Vegetarian Lasagna
Sliced Roasted Turkey Breast
Burgundy Sirloin Tip
Roasted Red Potatoes
Rice Pilaf
Green salad & Dressings
Pasta Primavera Salad
Carrot Raisin salad
Assorted Desserts
No-Host Cocktails with Appetizers
Dinner
Award Presentations
Installation of Officers
Door Prizes - Of Course, Additional Prizes Always Welcome
530 894-4300
Please RSVP by January 24th
Call April Overfield at SCOR 530 534-0353
The CWEA Northern Sacramento Valley Section 2014 Annual Awards Banquet.
The CWEA Northern Sacramento Valley Section 2014 Annual Awards Banquet will be held on Saturday, February 1, 2014 at the
Feather Falls Casino, 3 Alverda Dr., Oroville, CA 95966. Hotel rooms at the casino are available at a reduced rate .
The dinner is $30.00 per person and begins at 5:30 with appetizers and no-host cocktails, 6:00 dinner, 7:00 awards presentations
7:30 installation of officers and 8:00 door prizes. This has been a great venue for our banquet and we are looking forward to seeing everyone there. Please mark your calendars, arrange for babysitters, and do whatever you need to do to make sure you can
attend. See you there.
Hotel info next page.
From the North: Take Hwy 70 South through Oroville and turn left on Ophir Rd (at the South end of Oroville).
Follow Ophir/Palermo Marysville Rd to the intersection of Lower Wyandotte Rd. Continue forward on Lower Wyandotte Rd. Feather Falls will be on the left.
From the South: Take Hwy 70 North and turn right on Ophir Rd (at South end of
Oroville). Follow Ophir/Palermo Marysville Rd to the intersection of Lower Wyandotte Rd. Continue forward on
Lower Wyandotte Rd. Feather Falls will be on the left.
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Feather Falls Casino Hotel info
Feather Falls Casino has offered to hold a block of
rooms at a discount rate of $30 off. The rate for a
room with king size bed is $109 plus tax and the
rate for a room with two queen size beds is $119.
There is no deposit for the group but, there is a cut
off date for this rate which would be January 25th
2014. After the Jan 25th date any reservations
would be at the regular rate.
You can book online by going to the website
www.featherfallscasino.com and going to “Lodgereservations” and using the code word “NSVS14”.
To make reservations by phone, call toll free 1-877
-562-4646 or 530-533-3885 and ask for reservations. For our group, use the code name
“NSVS14”. If you have any problems, ask for Scott
Nash, Front Office Manager, Feather Falls Hotel,
530 533-3885 ext 102.
NSVS Calendar of Events
Feb. 1
NSVS Annual Banquet at Feather Falls
Casino, Oroville Ca.
Feb. 19 Board Meeting -All Board meetings held at 10:00
am at the Italian Cottage restaurant 2234 Esplanade, Chico.
Members welcome and encouraged to attend our first Board
meeting of the year and help plan the coming year.
Mar. 19 Training Meeting-Oroville
Sierra Foothill Laboratory, Colusa
Welcomes Kristin Baker to the Staff
Born in Lancaster, California, her family relocated to Gridley
and Oroville where she grew up, and graduated from Oroville
High School in 2009. She was continuing her education at Butte
College in Early Childhood Education when we were able to
convince her to come to work for us in Colusa last May.
Her husband Jeremy Cain works for the City of Colusa as a Mechanic/Operator for the Streets Department. They have an adorable 20 month old daughter Kylie. We all love to spoil Kylie
with cookies and candy just so we can see that smile she has.
After spending many months commuting from Oroville they
found a house to rent here in Colusa. She no longer falls asleep
at the lab bench!
Kristin spends her days preparing Bacti Media for all of Sierra
Foothill Laboratory locations. She has also quickly learned to
run Ammonia and TKN distillations, set up and read Coliform
samples and will soon be proficient at BOD determinations.
Kristin also serves as a back up courier for Twila when she is on
vacation. She still talks of pursuing a career working with children, so we try to be childish as often as possible to keep her
here.
So if you get a chance to meet Kristin while she is driving the
courier route, or get to talk to her on the phone, (We might let
her attend a training session one of these days so you can meet
her.) please wish her a warm welcome and put in a good word
for a career in Wastewater.
By the way if the name Cain sounds familiar, Kristin’s father in
law is the Public Works Administrator for the City of Colusa.
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President’s Message
by Nolan Randall/CH2M HILL
November Meeting in Yuba City: Our last training of the year was held in Yuba City. We had some
slight miscommunication with one speaker, but the crew adapted and put on a great day of training.
With our first speaker missing it allowed more time for the other speakers to talk and they had a lot to
talk about. While our second speaker was setting up, April improvised and we went around the room
everyone introducing themselves and telling where they worked and what they did. Gary Doty and
Derek Walker of Hach and Pat Posthumus of Yuba City were soon finished setting up and our meeting
continued.
Gary , Derek and Pat gave a presentation of the Hach
TNT+ Tests for TKN and Nitrate; Keith Bourgeous of Carollo Engineering presented a talk on UV Disinfection; and
Andrew O’Keefe of Electro Scan Company showed how
their technology works to detect leaks. All talks were very
interesting and topped off with an amazing lunch provided
compliments of the Yuba City Wastewater Facility. The
next time you see a training event on the calendar in Yuba
City, go! Not only will you experience some great training,
you will enjoy a great lunch too. A tour of the Sunsweet
Fruit Processing facility followed lunch. I was not able to
go on the tour this year, but did take the tour a couple years
ago at a training in Yuba City and it was a very interesting
tour.
Year in Review: The year included some great training
(and great food, of course) in Oroville, Colusa, Grass Valley, Redding, and Yuba City. For 2013 we also added a fun
event where we spent an evening at the sprint car races in
Chico. There was a small CWEA crowd, but all who attended had a great time. Look for it again on the calendar
for 2014. We toured some interesting facilities in addition
to the normal wastewater facilities and equipment: a Chinese Temple, mushroom production facility, and a fruit
processing plant. The year also had some down points as
we lost a couple good friends in Jim Hawley and Greg
Cash. With that I leave you with the hopes for a better
2014.
2013 Awards Banquet: Our annual awards banquet will be
held on February 1st at the Feather Falls Casino in Oroville
(see more information elsewhere in this newsletter). As
proven last year, the food will be great, the company will
be greater, and the fun will never end…
Pic’s top to bottom
Pat Posthumus demonstrating the Hach nitrogen test
The attentive crowd at the Yuba City WWTP
Kieth Bourgeous discussing UV disinfection
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Northern Sacramento Valley Section Corporate Sponsors
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Northern Sacramento Valley Section Corporate Sponsors
gcjc2@juno.com
mikeambrosi@aquadyneassociates
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Northern Sacramento Valley Section Corporate Sponsors
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Northern Sacramento Valley Section Corporate Sponsors
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