We had a great turn out. If you

didn’t make it, we hope to see

you next year!

It is also that time of year to

start talking about PWX in Or-

lando and our Chapter Dinner

at Seaworld (next to the Beluga

Whales) on August 26.

For more information on our

Chapter, visit our website at

www.chicago.apwa.net and

follow us on Facebook at APWA

Chicago Metro and on Twitter at

@APWAChicago.

T h a n k

you to

a l l

that attend-

ed our Chap-

ter Expo and

Roadeo on

May 24 and

May 25! The

event at the

Odeum in

Villa Park welcomed approxi-

mately 2,000 attendees to

celebrate Public Works Week!

Congratulations to all the

winners of the Roadeo. Spe-

cial thanks to Laura McGov-

ern and her committee for

planning such a great event.

The Chapter also recently

wrapped up three other suc-

cessful events:

Illinois Roads Scholar

MAPSI

Chicago Cubs Outing.

All three events sold out! Spe-

cial thanks to Steve Ludwig for

a successful presentation at

the inaugural Roads Scholar

training in Effingham.

We recently enjoyed some golf

at our Annual Chapter Outing

at Bartlett Hills on June 29.

Letter from the Chapter President — Sean O’Dell, Vice President – Baxter & Woodman, Inc.

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APWA Chicago Metro Chapter July 2017

Volume 49, Issue 3

Inside this issue:

Cubs Bleacher Night 2

Fox Valley Branch Schol-

arships

3

City Branch Annual Golf

Outing

Chicago Emergency

Management Tour

4

ISPE Wema - City

Branch

5

Chapter Expo

2017 YP Top Golf

6

George Schober Memo-

rial PW5k Run

7

Expo Extra

50th Anniversary Subur-

ban Branch

9

Suburban Branch Siz-

zling Start

MAPSI

10

SW Branch 11

Lake Branch Scholar-

ships

LB Learning & Network-

ing

12

My Congress Experience 12

Save the Date 14

M ay 8th through 12th

marked the first-

ever session of the

APWA Illinois Roads Scholar

Program. Thirty-nine at-

tendees comprised the first

class, which met at the Keller

Convention Center in Effing-

ham, Illinois for a full week of

power training. Attendees

experienced subjects such as

flagger training, traffic inci-

dent management, snow and

ice control, electrical distribu-

tion system safety, work zone

safety, trenching and shoring,

mower safety, as well as ses-

sions relative to understand-

ing personality differences

and how to be a great team

member.

In our mission to provide edu-

cational opportunities for

members and future mem-

bers, this new Chicago Metro

Chapter offering is designed

for front line road right of way

workers, with the goal of form-

ing the safest, most knowl-

edgeable, teammates in the

country. This one week per

year, three-year program

brings an immense amount of

education to your team mem-

bers, provides great value for

the cost, and takes place in a

nice compact one-week pack-

age.

Are you an APWA Illinois

Roads Scholar? Join us May 7-

11, 2018 as we add forty

more classmates in our quest

to develop the best team-

mates in the nation! Further

information can be found at

www.illinoisroadsscholarprogr

am.com. Watch your email;

registration for the next session

will be open very soon!

Find out more about Steve Lud-

wig by visiting:

www.ludwigspeaks.com

Sean O’Dell

Chapter President

Illinois Roads Scholar Program (IRSP) Inaugural Session

by Steve Ludwig, Ludwig Speaks, LLC

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Chicago Metro Officers -

2017

President

Sean O’Dell Baxter & Woodman, Inc. sodell@baxwood.com

President Elect

John Briggs, PE Gewalt Hamilton Associates, Inc. jbriggs@gha-engineers.com

Vice President

Rachel Lang Corrective Asphalt Materials rachel@cammidwest.com

Treasurer

Marty Wittrock Village of Libertyville mwittrock@libertyville.com

Secretary

Mike Hall Village of Schaumburg mhall@ci.schaumburg.il.us

Branch Presidents

City Branch President

Doug Yerkes, PE HBK Engineering dyerkes@hbkengineering.com

Fox Valley Branch President

Bob Mitchard Village of Algonquin bobmitchard@algonquin.org

Lake Branch President

Tony Wolff Ciorba Group, Inc. twolff@ciorba.com

Southwest Branch President

Marc Grigas Strand Associates, Inc. marc.grigas@strand.com

Suburban Branch President

Ryan Kearney Village of Mount Prospect RKearney@mountprospect.org

The Metro

Chapter Newsletter

35 people from the Chap-

ter. The game highlights in-

clude the Cubs hitting two

home runs, a pinch hit appear-

ance by Ichiro Suzuki, a bat-

ting practice ball caught by

Don Nacino, and a Cubs

win! The Chapter hopes to

make this a regular event. We

hope to see you next year at

the Friendly Confines.

Chicago Metro Newsletter is

emailed to Chicago Metro mem-

bers three times per year.

The December issue is mailed.

Communications/Publicity Chair/

Newsletter Editor:

Jorge Cruz

Village of Wilmette

1200 Wilmette Avenue

Wilmette, IL 60091

847.853.7623

cruzj@wilmette.com

Please update your member

information at:

www2.apwa.net/login/

To advertise in the newsletter,

contact: Laura Ditanto via email

at lditanto@libertyville.com or by

phone: 847-247-5432.

Cubs Bleacher Night By: Sean O’Dell, Baxter & Woodman, Inc.

T he APWA Chicago Met-

ro Chapter visited

Wrigley Field on June

5th to watch the Cubs take on

the Miami Marlins. We took

over the Hornitas Hacienda

section of the Bleachers with

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ior at University of Wis-

consin - Madison. She is

minoring in International

Engineering.

Marissa Banks, University

of Illinois where she will

minor in Environmental/

Construction.

Tristan Sanderson, soph-

omore at Iowa State Uni-

versity.

Emily Schildmeyer, fresh-

man at Virginia Tech.

She is minoring in Busi-

ness.

Join the FVB at our annual

scholarship golf outing on

Friday, August 4th at Randall

Oaks Golf Club to meet some

of these amazing students

and support next year's recipi-

ents.

Fox Valley Branch Scholarships

by Jenn Anderson, S.E., P.E. , Hampton Lenzini and Renwick Inc.

O n a beautiful sunny

day known as June

13th, the Fox Valley

Branch (FVB) got together to

celebrate our scholarship re-

cipients at Randall Oaks Golf

Club. The Fox Valley Branch

Scholarship award process is

quite different than any other

Chicago Metro branch! The

FVB awards more money than

any other branch! Interviews

are conducted with applicants

in order to get to know the

students on a more personal

level. This allows the Branch

to stay in touch with them, and

assist in their search of both

summer internships and full

time employment. Many

scholarship recipients have

become active members of

APWA throughout the Chicago-

land area. We are very proud

of this accomplishment.

The Fox Valley Branch has

been awarding scholarships

for 30 years. Our total amount

awarded has been $158,380.

We have awarded scholarships

to 26 different universities,

and there have been 135 Indi-

vidual scholarships awarded in

total.

This year's amazing recipients

are majoring in Civil Engineer-

ing unless noted, and are:

Sarah Magnuson, Senior

at Marquette University

with a minor in Concentra-

tion in Engineering Lead-

ership. This summer Sa-

rah is interning with

Hampton, Lenzini and

Renwick Inc.

Anish Bhatt, Junior at

Iowa State University

where he is also earning a

certificate in Leadership

Studies.

David Farrell, Freshman

at University of Illinois,

graduate of Marmion

Academy. He will focus

on transportation.

Connor Hull, Junior at

Ohio Northern University.

He will minor in music.

Luke Kazmer, Junior at

Marquette University.

Currently, he is working as

a co-op student at

Baxter & Woodman.

Dylan Ray, student at

University of Iowa.

He is working on a

minor in Architec-

ture.

Aine Naughton, Sen-

ics included:

Huff & Huff - Handling & Dis-

posal Considerations for Spe-

cial Waste

American Survey & Engineer-

ing - LiDAR (Light Detection

And Ranging).

at how the OEMC manages

incidents, coordinates events,

and communicates with the

Chicago’s multiple Depart-

ments, all while keeping the

city hopping on a regular basis.

APWA is truly

grateful to all

of the staff at

OEMC that

helped make

this tour a

success!

Seminar on Biosolids & MWRD Stickney Tour by Jonathan B. Trent, PE, Baxter & Woodman, Inc.

T he City Branch JEP

Talks have been so

successful that CDOT

is now incorporating a similar

concept. The lunch and learns

are organized by APWA City

Branch members. They were

held this past October and

November. The first two top-

We look forward to many more

successful Lunch & Learns in

the future! Any questions or if

you are looking to present a

topic, please contact John

Mick II, PE via email at:

jmick@baxterwoodman.com.

Chapter Facebook Page

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pants enjoyed an after-

noon of golf (9 holes) at

Indian Boundary Golf Club

located in the Schiller

Woods Forest Preserve.

Proceeds from the event

benefitted the City

Branch’s “Dr. Emil Nigro

Scholarship Fund”. The

weather cooperated, the

course was in great

shape, and a good time

was had by all!

T he City Branch kicked

off the 2017 golf sea-

son with its annual golf

outing on May 9th. Partici-

City Branch Annual Golf Outing

by Jonathan B. Trent, PE, Baxter & Woodman, Inc.

C ity Branch’s October Event consisted of a

seminar and tour of MWRD’s Stickney

Water Reclamation Plant. Event partici-

pates had a unique opportunity to learn about

biosolids and immediately see the process tak-

ing place via a tour of the Stickney Water Recla-

mation Plant.

T he City Branch hosted a

once in a lifetime oppor-

tunity with

its March tour of

the Chicago Of-

fice of Emergency

Management and

Communications

(OEMC). Tour

participants were

able to get an

intimate behind

the scenes look

City Branch Chicago Office of Emergency Management and Communications Tour by Jonathan B. Trent, PE, Baxter & Woodman, Inc.

Wema Program – Engineers Without Borders Chicagoland Professional Chapter

by Alan L. Phelps - Baxter & Woodman, Inc.

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W ema Children’s

Centre/Highway

Academy is an

organization which began in

2008, when founders Teresa

Wati and Stephen Juma estab-

lished a school and orphanage

to give the increasing number

of impoverished and orphaned

children in Bukembe Village,

Kenya a great education and a

home. Today, the organization

has grown extensively with the

establishment of Wema Chil-

dren, Inc., the USA-based

chapter, which facilitates a

variety of financial support

and on-the-ground support

from multiple high schools

and colleges.

While on a service trip to Hon-

duras in 2014, Alan Phelps

(Baxter & Woodman) learned

about Wema through a friend

he had met. He was informed

that the borehole which sup-

plies the schools and the or-

phanage had become contam-

inated with high turbidity and

pathogenic bacteria which

infected 50 of the children

with typhoid. Alan took it upon

himself to research solutions

and collect useful data to

make a proper recommenda-

tion. As Alan continued to

work on collecting data, it

became obvious to him that

there were too many variables,

many of them uncertain, to be

able to make a responsible

recommendation alone. Alan

recruited the help of an old

friend from college to gain a

second opinion. A few emails

and one conference call later,

Alan put the project through

the Chicagoland Professional

Chapter of Engineers Without

Borders, recruited an experi-

enced design team, and spent

the summer, fall, and winter of

2016 gathering data, coordi-

nating with Wema’s own vol-

unteers, working with their old

contractor, and creating a

water treatment design.

The design consisted of a

pressurized granular media

filter and a drop tablet chlorin-

ator. As simple as it may

sound, the specifications of

the existing pump caused

seemingly endless challenges

with pressure requirements,

making it difficult to devise a

treatment system which would

remove the contaminants

while still having enough pres-

sure to convey water up to a

tank where the outlet was

located up another 6.5 me-

ters. These issues required

for a complete re-design only

3 weeks before departure to

Kenya for implementation.

Thankfully, a local vendor and

ins ta l le r h ad a p re -

manufactured filter which fit

the design criteria quite nicely.

Unfortunately, at the time of

travel, only one other person

from the design team could

travel. Alan reached out to

multiple networks and ended

up with a team of 5 talented

and dedicated professionals,

including coworker Mark

Dachsteiner. Mark provided

excellent project management

and construction observation

at the time of installation.

Mark and Alan agreed that

despite the challenges faced

during construction, the pro-

ject was a huge success and

they intend to return in the

future to assist Teresa and

Stephen with future water and

energy projects.

EWB – Chicagoland team with Wema staff. Left to right – Teresa Wati

(Wema director), Steve Graziano, Steve Spicer, Alan Phelps, Brittany

Sterling, Mark Dachsteiner, Anna (Wema), Joshua Juma (Wema)

Team members with Wema high

school group, working to seal

the tank lid. This was consid-

ered a source of contamination

during tank overflows when the

water would flow out from the

lid instead of out of the overflow

hole.

Water, Sanitation and Hygiene

and Engineering education day,

EWB team in front of the class-

room.

WMAN, Fleet Managers

and plenty of comradery

two full days of education

programs including 36

programs with opportuni-

ties for CEU’s and PDH’s

two great days of road-

eo... on a new course with

fun new challenges

a professional photo

booth hosted by the

Young Professionals

Group

Expo Extra Happy Hour

hosted by Suburban

Branch on Wednesday

5K race and after party

on Thursday

door prizes, churros, ice

cream, a videographer on

a skateboard and much

more!

Over 100 vendors exhibited at

Expo this year, with over

O n Thursday April 20,

2017, the APWA

Young Professionals

(YP) hosted the 5th Annual

Top Golf Event. This year we

were at the Top Golf facility in

Naperville, Illinois.

Approximately 35 attendees

enjoyed two hours of friendly

competition while warming up

their golf in anticipation of the

upcoming golf season. Both

Young and Experienced Pro-

fessionals were able to net-

work, dine, and play through-

out the event. A good time

was had by all!

Chicago Metro Chapter Expo 2017

by Catherine Case, Laura McGovern

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T he Chicago Metro

Chapter Conference

and Exposition 2017

was a great success! After an

11-year hiatus, Chicago Metro

Chapter went back to the

birthplace of our Expo: the

Villa Park Odeum. Although

our old friend the Odeum has

not really changed in the years

we have been apart (can you

say “retro”?), Chicago Metro

Chapter has changed a lot, so

there was lots of work re-

quired to fit our new footprint

into a smaller space and still

make it fun. Some of the high-

lights of the two-day show

included:

a full house on the expo

floor including equipment

and vendor demonstra-

tions

a fun hospitality booth

with games, donuts, chur-

ros, ice cream, IPSI, IP-

2,000 participants on site to

view the show, attend educa-

tion sessions, participate in

the Roadeo, volunteer or just

hang out.

We were lucky to have a visit

from PW Paws, the APWA

mascot! He toured around

the floor, education sessions

and roadeo making everyone

smile and posing for some

photo ops.

Thank you to all our Volun-

teers and Speakers! Without

you, we could not put on the

event so seamlessly! Hope to

see everyone back next year

for Expo 2018!

2017 YP Top Golf by Michelle Lipinski, PE, Rubino Engineering

phalt Materials, Civiltech, HR

Green, Rubino Engineering

and V3.

Mile Marker Sponsors had

their company logo on the mile

marker. The Mile Marker

Sponsors were Clark Dietz and

RJN Group.

The PW5K committee original-

ly committed to donating $5

per attendee to the Schober

Fund, but due to its over-

whelming success the Chapter

is donating $1,000!

All individual runners and

walkers received a medal, T-

Shirt and a goodie bag. First,

second and third place finish-

ers, for both male and female,

received a trophy and a $50 or

$25 gift card. All of the results

can be found at: http://

www.webscorer.com/race?

raceid=101768

Place Finishers (minutes)

Male:

1st: John B. Rosak - 18:33

2nd: Mike Elliott - 21:56

3rd: Greg Wolterstorff - 22:33

Female:

1st: Kerry Behr - 23:34

2nd: Jackie Dearborn – 23:50

3rd: Shauna Urlacher – 25:09

Teams

Eight teams competed in the

Team Category. The first place

team was team Baxter &

Woodman with a combined

score of 88:38 minutes and

consisted of Larry Kravets

(21:02), Stephen Amann

(22:33), Shane Firsching

(22:50) and Sean O’Dell

(22:53). Each member re-

ceived an individual team tro-

phy.

Branch Scoring

All five branches of the APWA

Chicago Metro Chapter com-

peted in the Chapter Chal-

lenge. Upon registration for

the race, all participants must

pledge to a Branch. The

scores from the four fastest

members of each branch are

combined. For the past three

years, the Fox Valley Branch

has reigned. This year the

Suburban Branch took top

honors. In doing so, the Sub-

urban Branch received the

traveling Branch Trophy and

was signed by the team.

The event was amazing.

Thank you to the 5K Commit-

tee and our volunteers.

Co-Chairs Rachel Lang and

Zach Matyja

Committee: Chris Baker, Jack-

ie Dearborn, Victor Ramirez,

AJ Reineking, and Allison

Swisher

Volunteers: Jorge Cruz, Mark

Homco, Jeremie Lukowicz, Jim

Massarelli, Andrea Podraza,

Phil Rash, Tiffany Schmoker,

and Carl Schoedel

An order for additional 5K T-

Shirts will be going out soon. If

interested please, contact

R a ch e l L a n g a t R a -

chel@cammidwest.com or

(630) 631-2854.

APWA George Schober Memorial PW5K and Chapter Challenge

by Rachel Lang, Cammidwest

The Metro Page 7

T he APWA Chicago Met-

ro Chapter held their

fourth annual PW5K &

Chapter Challenge on Thurs-

day, May 25th. 2017 has

brought many changes to the

PW5K. George Schober

passed away unexpectedly in

January. George had been a

part of the PW5K committee

since its inception in 2013.

The PW5K committee agreed

to rename the event in

George’s memory. In addition

to the name change, five dol-

lars of every registration fee

will be donated to The Scho-

ber Children Memorial Educa-

tion Fund.

Due to the change of venue

for the APWA Chicago Metro

Chapter Expo, the PW5K event

was moved to DeMito’s Sa-

loon in Villa Park. DeMito’s

proved to be a great location

for the event. The PW5K route

began adjacent to Cortesi

Veterans Memorial Park and

ran along the Great Western

Trail, through Villa Park neigh-

borhoods, and returned along

the Prairie Path finishing at

the Villa Park Historical Muse-

um. Runners and walkers

competed in either the 3.1

mile run or the 2 mile walk.

The PW5K had over 50 partici-

pants, which was a new record

for this event. Representatives

from every branch were in

attendance.

Special thanks to all of our

sponsors. Marathon Sponsors

had the company logo on the

shirts and were recognized at

the event. The Marathon

Sponsors were Corrective As-

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D id someone say unlimited Nachos? And Chicken Fingers? And Quesadillas too? Well that

sounds like a party … which is exactly what the Suburban Branch threw after Day 1 of the

annual Chicago Metro Expo.

For 2017, the Expo changed venue from the Schaumburg Renaissance Convention Center to the Ode-

um in Villa Park, so the Suburban Branch needed to follow suit for Expo Extra. Several locations were

investigated, but the planning committee eventually settled on Crazy Pour, just down the block from

the happenings of the Expo. Good food, good drinks, and good times were reported by pretty much all

in attendance.

This year 71 Public Works representatives were in attendance. Combining the proceeds from this

great attendance with the generous contributions of our sponsors (Baxter & Woodman, Clark Dietz,

Strand Associates, Engineering Resource Associates, Ruekert-Mielke and Hancock Engineering) al-

lowed this event to turn a profit. A donation of 10% of the proceeds will be made to Paws and Stripes

on behalf of the Suburban Branch. The mission of Paws and Stripes is to rescue shelter dogs and

train them as service dogs which are able to provide support for U.S. military veterans diagnosed with

Post‐Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) or Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) after returning from combat at

no cost to the veteran. We are grateful that the Branch was able to contribute toward such a great

cause.

Expo Extra by Chris Baker, Hancock Engineering

Suburban Branch 50th Anniversary

Where will you see the

frame next? Some pics

from Expo Extra and

the George Schober

Memorial PW5K

ed an interesting and thought-

ful approach toward "Adapting

the Built Environment for a

Healthier Future." With such a

capable, talented and energet-

ic group, we project bright

futures for everyone! A spe-

cial thanks to everyone that

supports and sponsors our

events that makes these

scholarships a reality!

Communication and Presenta-

tions. He knocked it out of the

park as usual. Bob Smith and

Kelly Coyle from Clark Baird

Smith LLC did a tag-team

presentation on preparing for

a deposition, which as usual,

was a huge crowd pleaser.

Dr. Bender finished off the

sessions with a discussion

about how adults learn and

how to create and keep a suc-

cessful team together.

This year MAPSI was attended

b y

6 8

people and has been very well

received during these first 3

years. Unlike IPSI, attendees

can apply to attend any year

as there is no requirement for

consecutive attendance.

If you are interested in more

information, please contact

M a r y B e n d e r a t

mbender102@aol.com or John

Heinz at jheinz@cbbel.com.

You can always go to the web-

site www.themapsi.org.

to young men and women that

live in Suburban Branch com-

munities. In total, over

$10,000 was awarded which

will provide educational oppor-

tunities to prepare and qualify

our future public works lead-

ers! After the awards, Dr.

Chuck Cannon, the Director of

the Morton Arboretum's Cen-

ter for Tree Science, present-

J ust two days after the

official start of summer,

the Suburban Branch

held its 2017 Suburban

Branch Scholarship Award

Luncheon and Summer Mem-

bership Meeting. The meeting

was held on a warm June

22nd day at Westwood Tavern

in Schaumburg. There were

over 40 people at the lunch-

eon to celebrate and recognize

the accomplishments of the

Suburban Branch's eleven

scholarship recipients. Six

Professional Development

Scholarships were given to

public works employees from

the Suburban Branch munici-

palities. Five Full-Time Stu-

dent Scholarships were given

Suburban Branch’s Sizzling Start to Summer

by Chris Olcott, HLR Engineering

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MAPSI—Midwest Advanced Public Service Institute By: John Heinz, Christopher B. Burke Engineering, LTD

T he third annual Mid-

west Advanced Public

Se rv ice Ins t i tu te

(MAPSI) was held April 9-12 at

the Marina Grand Resort in

New Buffalo, Michigan. MAPSI

is a collaborative program that

involves the Illinois, Michigan

and Chicago Metro Chapters

of APWA and their respective

Institutes MPSI and IPSI. The

program is attended by gradu-

ates of MPSI and IPSI and

Management personnel in

municipal services.

This year Dr. Lew Bender

(a.k.a. the Facilitator) provided

discussion and information on

the hot topic of Generational

Differences. As usual this

prompted an outstanding de-

bate among all in attendance.

(Lew has a way of prompting

these debates!) The charis-

matic and dynamic Doug Cart-

land provided insightful think-

ing while heading topics of

Happy Anniversary!

The Suburban Branch will be

celebrating its 50th Anniversary

this year.

We hope you will be able to at-

tend some of their events!

R ed hot start to summer

with the APWA SW Branch

saw the closing of the first

half of the year with a busy and

exciting May and June. The third

week in May was National Public

Works Week. In order to honor our

public works servants, the Village

of Plainfield and their President,

Michael P. Collins, had a Procla-

mation to Public Works at their

Village Board meeting on May

15th. The proclamation stated

May 21st to May 27th as

“National Public Works Week” and

recognized all that public works

services provide to their communi-

ty as an integral part of citizens

everyday lives. SW Branch Presi-

dent, Marc Grigas from Strand

Associates, Inc., received the proc-

lamation on behalf of the Branch.

The excitement continued at our

annual golf outing

on June 7th which

was held at the

Silver Lakes Coun-

try Club in Orland

Park, Illinois. 126

golfers gathered

on one of the most

gorgeous days in

recent memory to

enjoy golfing and

networking. After-

ward, the golfers were treated to a

steak dinner while the winners of

the golfing challenges were an-

nounced. In the men’s contest

category, Brent Cann from Lock-

port won the longest drive,

straightest drive, and closest to

pin contest proving that he golfs

more than “occasionally.” In the

woman’s contest category, Dar-

lene Milanowicz from Oak Forest

continued her APWA golfing domi-

nance with another win for the

longest drive. All in all, the event

raised over $5,000 for education

scholarships. The Branch would

like to extend a big thank you to

Don Cassier from SEECO Con-

sultants for organizing the

event and doing a fantastic

job. A special thank you goes

to the volunteers on the

course, Amy Wagner from

Lockport and Mark Sefcik

from Joliet, who continued to

raise scholarship funds on the

course. The Branch would also

like to thank all of the spon-

sors that contributed to the

outing!

Building on the education

scholarship funds that were

raised at the golf outing, the

SW Branch awarded four

$1,000 education scholar-

ships. We would like to con-

gratulate all winners including

Tom Wisinski who is attending

the University of Alabama,

Jessica Taskila who is enrolled

at UIC, Welsey Hogan who is

attending SIU in Carbondale,

and Brendan Ahern who is

enrolled at Bradley University.

All were worthy recipients!

(Continued on page 13)

August 2—Lunch Meeting Demo Days and Bags Tournament (Partnered with Suburban Branch)

Southwest Branch Upcoming Events

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Southwest Branch (SW Branch)

by Marc Grigas, PE, APWA Southwest Branch and Chicago Metro Chapter Young

Leader of the Year

Residential Hazardous Waste Collection in Oak Forest

Josh Wallace, Arlington

Heights, Northern Illinois

University

In addition to these student

scholarships, in 2017 the

Lake Branch has also provid-

ed multiple scholarships for

IPSI, the new Roads Scholar

program, and PWX, for a total

scholarship amount of nearly

$19,000. Great work Lake

Branch!

increase the chances of pro-

curing Federal dollars for local

projects. Following the

presentation, Paula Trigg (who

is also retiring at the end of

June from LCDOT) and Bruce

remained for questions and

networking. Thank you to the

Lake Branch Education Com-

mittee and to Bruce and Paula

for providing this important

insight.

The Lake Branch held its first-

ever “Learning & Networking”

event on June 1st at Mickey

Finn’s in Libertyville. Before

retiring at the end of June

from the Lake County DOT

(LCDOT), Bruce Christensen,

shared his wealth of

knowledge on the Federal

funding process and provided

tips on how to efficiently navi-

gate through the process and

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George Kontos, Buffalo

Grove, University of Illi-

nois

Kelsey Langeler, Algon-

quin, Northern Illinois

University

Brittany Chung, Liber-

tyville, University of Cali-

fornia - Davis

Kyle Johnson, Buffalo

Grove, North Park Univer-

sity

T he APWA Lake Branch

held our 2017 Scholar-

ship Luncheon on June

20th at Jimmy’s Charhouse in

Libertyville with over 50 peo-

ple in attendance. Six full-time

students were awarded a total

of $8,800, while two part-time

students received a total of

$1,200, resulting in a total of

$10,000 in student scholar-

ship awards. In addition, the

Lake Branch will also be

awarding one-year APWA stu-

dent memberships to the six

full-time students.

Thank you to the Lake Branch

Scholarship Committee, and

congratulations to the follow-

ing scholarship recipients:

Alex Kendzior, Third Lake,

University of Illinois

Abbey Buehler, Lin-

denhurst, Bradley Univer-

sity

Mike Heinz, Vernon Hills,

Marquette University

Lake Branch Scholarships by Tony Wolff, PE, Ciorba Group

Lake Branch Learning & Networking by Tony Wolff, PE Ciorba Group

Chapter Facebook Page

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Thank you to our Education

Scholarship Committee lead-

er, Tim Juskiewicz from Strand

Associates, Inc., for all his

help!

The APWA SW Branch and the

City of Oak Forest have been

planning to have a joint event

with the Illinois Environmental

Protection Agency (IEPA) for

residential hazardous waste

collection since 2012! On

June 10th, this event finally

came to fruition. Months of

planning and advertising all

paid off as over 600 vehicles

dropped off their residential

hazardous waste in Oak For-

SW Branch (Continued from page 11) est. IEPA was gracious enough

to fund the event and hire the

contractor to handle the waste

disposal. Oak Forest and their

public works employee’s host-

ed the event on their property

and set up the traffic control.

The APWA Officers, their family

members, and our philanthro-

pist, Erica Spolar from HLR,

volunteered their Saturday to

help the environment and

provide assistance with sur-

veys and traffic control.

Thanks so much to all includ-

ing Oak Forest especially Troy

Ishler and Darlene Milanowicz,

their Public Works employees,

and IEPA for making this event

happen!

Marc & Don at the Golf Outing SWB Officers at the Golf Outing

205 N Michigan Ave, Ste 2400

Chicago, IL 60601-5923

E-mail: apwa@benesch.com

Jul 12 Taste of the Fox Valley Branch

Jul 13 Wireless Infrastructure on Public Property

Jul 20 Lake Branch Scholarship Golf Outing

Jul 25 Suburban Branch 50th Anniversary - Summer Social Event

Jul 27 Westmont Green Alley Project - Construction Site Tour & BBQ [Suburban]

Aug 2 Suburban Branch Demo Day

Aug 4 Fox Valley Branch 2017 Golf Outing

Aug 25 Suburban Branch Scholarship Golf Outing & Dinner

Aug 26 Chapter Dinner at PWX 2017