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Water For Life International by Tim Rasmussen Car P x ey ooked over the co ect on of too s and mach nery c uttered around h s shop and on the approach from the road. “There s a ot of h story here,” he sa d, as we wa ked toward the o d dr ng r g sunk near y ax e deep n the earth. The truck carry ng the 22W ooked very t red. It was an ear y 1940s m tary 6x6. The t res were st ho d ng a r, but not much e se. Open ng the door nv ted attack by the hornets and bees wh ch had taken up res dence ns de the o d truck. Gary ooked over the o d r g. It dated from the ear y 1940s, as we . Some th ngs cou d be sa vaged; perhaps the r g tse f was okay. The motor on the r g was probab y junk, though. The exhaust p pe was open to the sky, co ect ng a the ra n and snow over the ast 15 or more years. Most ke y the eng ne was se zed and cou d not be started, but the cab es were st good and appropr ate areas were st grease covered. Gary and I had trave ed about 80 m es south of Spokane just across the border nto Idaho to the home of Car P x ey. He had wr tten and nv ted us to come down and ook at the too s he had, and was w ng to donate to Water For L fe. Gary had gone down to meet Car when there was snow on the ground, but had not been ab e to rea y ook over the yard. We were there to get what we cou d and make arrangements for gett ng the heavy tems ready for the owboy tra er we were go ng to send ater. Car had ment oned there was some cas ng p pe we cou d have and po nted out where t was, down n a tt e swa e covered w th brush and nv s b e from where we stood. Gary waded nto the brush and found 14 engths of new s x- nch stee cas ng p pe. It was st banded and some of the p pe had factory caps st protect ng the ends. Th s was a good f nd. Gary en sted a ne ghbor w th a sk d-steer on tracks and w th n about 15 m nutes had the p pe oaded and secured on the tra er we had brought. The 5000 pounds of new p pe was about a the tra er cou d take, but we were ab e to pu t out of the ow spot and up onto the road. Th s p pe s go ng on a journey. W th n s x months, we w oad t n nto a con- ta ner and send t to Guatema a where one of our vo unteer dr operators w nsta t n severa remote v ages. Car P x ey s o d but new p pe w he p a ot of peop e. We are constant y seek ng donat ons of p pe, equ pment, mater a , and vo unteers. If you, ke Car , have mater a s tt ng unused n your yard or shop and you wou d ke us put t to use, p ease et us know. It s on y through the generos ty of w ng fo ks that Water For L fe can br ng c ean, safe water to fo ks who otherw se wou d have none. P ease he p us. If you wou d ke to he p, contact Gary Bartho omew at 509-466-5075 or 509-939-1941 Tim Tim Rasmussen may be contacted via e-mail to michele@ worldwidedrillingresource.com Congratulat ons to : i Gavin Swear i ngen AAA Wel l Dr i l l ing Lexington, SC Winner for August! Time for a Little Fun! August Puzzle Solution: Geoprobe Systems ® WorldWide Electric Corp. Can you identify which ads in this issue these two photos came from? Win a prize! Send your completed puzzle to: WWDR PO Box 660 Bonifay, FL 32425 or fax to: 850-547-0329 _______________ _______________ 47 WorldWide Drilling Resource ® SEPTEMBER 2016