SECTION NEWS JUNE 2016 / WELDING JOURNAL 115 tivity that now requires synthesis of many disciplines. Dr. David spoke to Student Chapter members and took a photo with students following his talk. IDAHO/MONTANA March 13 Location: BYU-Idaho, Rexburg, Ida. Presenter: Denis Clark, PE/CWI and Principal at DEClark Welding, PLLC Topic: Welding fumes: What you need to know about them Summary: Melvin “Royster” Weaver received a Section Meritorious Award for his active participation in nearly every Section meeting over the past decade. Royster, owner of Royster Welding, LLC, travels, at minimum, 150 miles round trip to attend the Section’s meetings. Tevan Boersma received a belated Student Chapter Member Award for assisting with the reactivation of the BYUIdaho student chapter. Boersma was also awarded the Section Meritorious Award. District 21 Sam Lindsey, director (858) 740-1917 slindsey@sandiego.gov EVIT Student Chapter March 29 Location: Phoenix Convention Center, Phoenix, Ariz. Event: SkillsUSA State Contest, Arizona Summary: EVIT students won gold at the state SkillsUSA contest, and, as a result, they will compete in the national competition in Louisville, Ky., in June, against other state winners in the welding fabrication category. LOS ANGELES/INLAND EMPIRE April 13 Location: Los Angeles Trade-Technical College (LATTC), Los Angeles, Calif. Presenter: Tony Gonzalez, Section program committee chairman Topic: How to form an AWS student chapter Summary: Gonzalez discussed AWS and the importance and benefits of being a student member with LATTC students. He also described the process of how to form a student chapter and handed out membership forms, Careers in Welding magazines, AWS stickers, and a list of available student scholarships. SAN DIEGO April 4 Location: Yuma, Ariz. Event: Arizona SkillsUSA State Championships Summary: Students from the Arizona Western College Ernest Lopez Welding Institute helped to set up the welding fabrication competition as well as competed. Faculty and staff were proud that the AWC SkillsUSA Student Chapter, with its advisor James Veldhuis, won several gold and a silver medal at this year’s state championship; winning the gold in team fabrication: Pedro Ordaz, Diego Espinoza, and Jonathan Ballinger; winning the gold in related technical math: Victor Cortez, who also IDAHO/MONTANA — LEFT — Royster Weaver received the Section Meritorious Award for his active participation in Section meetings over the past decade. RIGHT — Tevan Boersma received the Student Chapter Member and Section Meritorious Awards for his proactive efforts while he was BYUIdaho student chapter chairman. EVIT Student Chapter — Welding fabrication competition gold medal winners (from left) Logan Gneck, Bronson Brown, and Ryan Budgett at the Arizona SkillsUSA contest ceremony. LOS ANGELES/INLAND EMPIRE — Los Angeles Trade – Technical College Welding Instructor Darlene Thompson (far left) and her students pose for a group photo with Section Program Committee Chairman Tony Gonzalez (front center).
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