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PROFILE: “You’d think I just walked out with a PhD,” retiring Weeden remembers a proud day 30 years later

PROFILE: “You’d think I just walked out with a PhD,” retiring Weeden remembers a proud day 30 years later

Ray Weeden, a Westerly Security Officer in 1987, displays his certificate of completion of Wastewater Treatment Plant Operation classes. If ever there was a story of someone working their way to the top, it’s Ray. Ray Weeden is nearing retirement as Director of Operation & Maintenance in February after...

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PROFILES: How Kate’s ability to grow has helped her career, and the health of her coworkers

PROFILES: How Kate’s ability to grow has helped her career, and the health of her coworkers

Kate in her role as a maintenance worker. Within nine years, Kate Rybarczyk’s work ethic took her from Custodian to Plant Maintenance Manager. “As a mechanic I strengthened my problem-solving skills,” shared Kate from the Westerly Wastewater Treatment Plant. “When something wasn’t working, we’d troubleshoot to determine how we...

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PROFILES: Operations team’s top finish at state competition carries them to nationals this fall

PROFILES: Operations team’s top finish at state competition carries them to nationals this fall

Front: Christen Wood, Doug Dietzel, Dan Valek.Back: Karl Ellis, Jimmy Spencer, John Corn. New Orleans, here we come. In June, the District’s Operations Challenge team competed at the Ohio Water Environment Association (OWEA) competition in Aurora, Ohio, and their top finish guaranteed them a spot at national competition in...

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