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Maine Chapter
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News Report on the Economic and Environmental Issues with Road Salt The Cary Institute in New York has put out a report on the economic and environmental issues with road salt and deicers dated December 2010. This report can keep you up to date with issues that selectmen and residents bring forward on road salt use in a practical manner. If you have addition studies on road salt use we should post, please send them to us. Click on this link to download the report > > > In addition the Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center has published a 156 page report on Maine Winter Roads Click on this link to download the Maine report >>>. This report has detailed analysis that can be used to answer specific question road salts and deicers. If you have addition studies on road salt use we should post, please send them to us. John Charest It is with sadness that we note the passing of John Charest. Many of you knew John from his many years http://www.kjonline.com/news/director-loved-his-job-from-day-one_2010-12-14.html Public Works Director in South Portland - Position Opening With the upcoming retirement of Dana Anderson and John Switzer, South Portland Public Works has lost a combined 65+ years of City service. If you are up to the challenge of running one of Maine's largest Public Works Departments, there is an opening for a new Public Works Director in South Portland. Click here for the job position advertisement and job description. Technical Tour in Toronto On returning from a joint Maine and New England Chapter International Affairs Technical Tour in Toronto this August, Eric Labelle from Portland Public Services and Rob Robinson of Manchester, NH Public Works wrote a paper on water quality innovations from the Toronto Region. For a copy of their upcoming APWA Reporter article and a look at what the technical tour was all about, click on this Toronto Water Quality link. If you have any ideas on an International Technical Tour that may be useful to your town or city, let one of the MCAPWA Executive Committee members know and we can work on getting you into the International Affairs program. 15th Annual MCAPWA Golf Classic The 15th Annual MCAPWA Golf Classic was held on Friday, September 9th at the Natanis Golf Course in Vassalboro. We had 42 players this year which is slightly down from previous years, though the competition was extremely heated. We had 12 companies sponsoring holes with two new companies, Adams & Fogg and CDM Engineers, this year. We would like to thank our sponsors:
The battle for Low Gross came down to a tie breaker between the teams of Joe Colucci and Jeff Ross of the City of South Portland Public Works and Paul Bolduc and Steve Berry of Coastal Metal Fab. Paul and Steve won the Low Gross and the coveted trophy emblazoned with their names forever. Joe and Jeff came in second and John Johnston of Jay Public Works and Tom Graham of Tenco came in third. Barry Sheff and Randy Tome of Woodard & Curran placed first in the Low Net category. Other winners were:
It was a beautifully sunny 75 degree day with good food and camaraderie. Thank you for all that sponsored a hole. Your generosity resulted in a $300 profit that will go toward our scholarship funds. Thank you also for our players this year. We hope to see you next year on Friday, September 7, 2012 and please bring your friends and colleagues so we can get our attendance back up. MCAPWA's Annual Report Eric Labelle, MCAPWA Chapter Delegate has submitted our annual report to National APWA. For an overview of our chapter work for the year, download the report here. MCAPWA State Roadeo Championship Thanks to teams and judges from across Maine for participating in the MCAPWA State Roadeo Championship at the Fairfield DOT Training Center. Please join Roadeo Commissioner Kevin Noyes of Portland Public Services and all of our Roadeo Committee members at the Highway Congress Closing Ceremonies at the Skowhegan Fairgrounds on June 2nd to find out who won the competition and will represent Maine at the 2011 Western Snow and Ice Conference National Snowplow Roadeo Championship. 1st Time Event for National Public Works Week at the Auburn Mall. National Public Works Week - Kittery Trading Post Event May 18th The towns of Kittery, Eliot, York and Wells greeted visitors to the Kittery Trading Post with smiles, equipment, maps and public works plans as a demonstration of the variety of work done by done by their Public Works Departments. Tractors, plow trucks, roll off
Cumberland County Snow Plow Roadeo The Cumberland County Snow Plow Roadeo saw 27 teams compete at the Scarborough DPW facility on May 11th . Cape Elizabeth, Falmouth, Freeport, Gorham, Portland, Scarborough, South Portland, Standish, Westbrook and Windham were represented in the 19th Cumberland County Roadeo.
Tom Bernier and Andy Jones of Scarborough finished first, with Tom having the lowest number of points charged against him during his turn at the wheel. Tom is holding the trophy in the photo, with Andy to his left. Falmouth Public Works will also be represented at the State Roadeo Championships as Tim Martin and Mike Coffey of Falmouth finished 2nd in the County competition. Supervisor Training
Fifteen Maine Public Works professionals completed 6 days of Supervisor Training at the Gorham Municipal Center on May 12th. The training program is divided into two -3 day sessions with the first session concentrating on Leadership Skills and the Second Session focusing on technical and safety issues in Public Works along with practical field training exercises. Course work was taught by Mike Schulde of Quality Leadership Network, Pete Coughlan and his Maine Local Roads team, MCAPWA members Rob Pontau and Steve Bradstreet, with special technical assistance from Spillers survey professionals. The Maine Chapter APWA looks forward to making this training available to future supervisors in upcoming years. To the 2011 News Archive for more information about the year's activities > > >
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Calendar of Events M.U.S.T. (Managing Underground Safety Training) Supervisor Training Program MCAPWA and Maine Local Roads Center will be offering our 2 Part - 6 Day Supervisor Training Program at the Gorham Municipal Center this Spring. Dates will be: Part 1 on Tu, We & Th April 17 – 19, 2012, and Part 2 on Tu, We & Th May 8 – 10, 2012. Cost will be $395 per person for all 6 days. North American Snow Conference April 29 - May 2, 2012 in Milwaukee 21st Annual Highway Congress Exhibitor Information & Registration
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with the City of Augusta. Below is a link to his obituary and recent newspaper article on his retirement. John was selected as our 2010 Public Works Leader of the Year. John is pictured at our 2011 20th Annual Highway Congress. 
