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We t came and went APRIL that s! And most of the Un ted States s g ad to see t. March eft, and as I wr te th s, I am hop ng aga nst a odds that th s past wet, nasty w nter has eft us and Spr ng s here f na y. What happened to our Groundhog? Must have gotten up on the wrong s de of the bed that morn ng n February. As we ro nto May, and tera y ro that s I ment oned we wou d have coverage once aga n at the GEFCO N neteenth Annua Resource Dr ng Fundamenta s Sem nar at the r fac ty n En d, Ok ahoma. Can’t wa t to see the da y report VP Troy Cunn ngham w be prov d ng. They w be post ed on our webs te on a da y bas s, as we as our Facebook page. If you have been tak ng note on that Facebook page, the remode of our off ces n Bon fay s mov ng fu speed ahead. And, t s ook ng terr f c. D Day = Done Day for our move nto that part of the off ce s set for May 1st. Photos w def n ty be posted for the World to see. You just can’t stop th s great Team. Check out Ronnie’s Real World for on the scene photos. Bes des Brenda hav ng an ann versary M che e and Marce had another one th s year that w make them hav ng been here s nce 2007 can you te us how many years they have been w th us? Amy, Kathy, and Bonn e fo ow up qu ck y as we . Then, not to be forgotten are Troy and Mar e, w th Dave a so sm ng. Such a wonderfu fee ng when such great peop e want to stay and ded cate so many hours to our ndustry. I’m proud they ca th s the r “second home”. r Wid D n e ur e Wo ld e rilli g R so c ® has a ot to offer, bes des our Solid Gold Smiles : Check out our a ways chang ng webs te now mob e enab ed for ease of access wh e you are on the go. And ook at a those sm ng faces at events WorldWide by c ck ng on the “photo ga ery”. Fee free to down oad and pr nt your own cop es w th our comp ments. 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WorldWide Drilling Resource ® The complete magazine for the drilling industry worldwide owned by drilling industry associates dedicated to bringing the most up-to-date technology and information to subscribers Covering construction-geotechnical directional environmental exploration-blasthole shallow gas & oil, geothermal, min- ing water well irrigation wastewater from bits to pumps to rigs to tanks through wire and more - whatever it takes to get the drilling job completed Managing Publisher/CEO/President Veronica “Ronnie” Jones Vice President Troy Cunningham Office Administrator Michele Stevens Editor Bonnie Love Associate Editor Amy White General Sales Manager Brenda Helms Classified Sales Manager Kathy Heinrich Display Sales Manager Dave Hose Production/Webmaster Marcel Schimpf Representative Marie Cunningham Editorial Contributors for this month: Mark Battersby John Christ Tim Connor Bill Corey Scott Cosby Jim Kuebelbeck Thomas Kwader Tim Rasmussen Kyle Rehme Harry Short (In Memory Of) Ray Roerick “Billy Bob Smith” Britt Storkson Harold White Robert Evans Wilson Jr Hyd/Eng Consultant Thomas Kwader Ph D PG Consultant Mary Ann Pelletier * Editorial contributions & advertisements include statements of fact and opin- ions that are the sole responsibility of the author and/or companies and do not necessarily imply any opinion of the owners management or staff of WorldWide Dr i ll ing Resource ® . mages may have been altered for clarity Complete advertising information may be found at www.worldwidedrillingresource.com or by calling 850-547-0102 WorldWide Drilling Resource ® makes every effort not to place advertisements for “like” products on the same page in our publication this may occur however due to size and space within the publication We regret any inconvenience this may cause our advertisers WorldWide Drilling Resource ® s published monthly by WorldWide Drilling Resource nc a Florida Corporation PO Box 660 (3089 Northride Lane) Bonifay FL 32425-0660 Telephone 850-547-0102 Fax 850-547-0329 E-mail wwdr@worldwidedrillingresource.com Website www.worldwidedrillingresource.com Copyright 2016, WorldWide Drilling Resource, Inc. 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