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Advertisers Breaking News ..................................................................13 Classified Section: WorldWide SUPER MART™ ..................49-64 Education Connection ......................................................32 Hot Off the Press .................................................................9 Obituary: Ferrio, Mike A. ..................................................21 Obituary: Ravizza, Ronald J. “Ron” ................................21 Photo Gallery ..........................................................11,12,46 Product Spotlight ..............................................................36 Ronnie’s Real World ......................................................33 Who’s in the News ............................................................13 WorldWide Business Directory™ .................................10,11 WorldWide .........6 WorldWide Service Center™ ..............................................48 Construction-Geotechnical Building Up the Workers of Tomorrow.................................26 Connor, Tim: Life is a Teacher...........................................32 AnAcademy of Excellence for Tunneling and Construction....46 Directional Frequently-Used Geological Terms Part 63........................14 Flexible HDD Training Available.........................................35 Environmental Engineers Without Borders Program Receives Donation...25 The World of Minerals.........................................................29 Wire, Jeremy C.: Tales from the Field................................42 Kwader, Thomas: Environmental Monitoring....................44 Exploration-Blasthole Kuebelbeck, Jim: Through the Back Door!........................23 Battersby, Mark E.: Drilling Into Money Not Boring...........24 Minerals Education for Everyone........................................38 New Global Training Available............................................45 Gas & Oil Storkson, Britt: How to Weigh and Warm a Cat...........20,36 Where to Go for Oil and Gas Training.................................26 Education is Worth the Investment.....................................34 Geothermal Geothermal Training from the Best.....................................12 “Smith, Billy Bob”: The “Idiot’s” Corner............................27 Tavino, Peter: New York State Geothermal Rebate Program..47 Mining Wilson, Jr., Robert Evans: The Un-Comfort Zone II....8,30 Mining Schools in the USA..................................................16 Mining Equipment Operators Receive Top-Notch Training...22 Mining’s Environmental Accomplishments are Unknown...40 Water White, Harold: Oil/Water Exploration.................................15 A Little Excitement in New England for the Water Well Expo..25 Rasmussen, Tim: Water For Life International..................41 E-News Flash Readers’ Choice: Mysteries of Groundwater..45 Editorial Aardvark Packers...............................................................32 Allegheny Instruments........................................................23 America West Drilling Supply..............................................61 Aries Industries, Inc..............................................................9 Armstrong Machine Co., Inc. (AMCI)..................................33 Atlantic Screen & Manufacturing, Inc. (ASI)........................34 Baker Water Systems.........................................................44 Baroid Industrial Drilling Products (IDP)..............................62 Better Water Industries, Inc.................................................30 Bitco, Inc...............................................................................8 Bloom Mfg., Inc...................................................................20 Blue Demon Company, Inc.................................................42 Constant Water, LLC...........................................................46 Drilling Equipment Sales, Inc. (DES)..................................64 Drilling Supply & Mfg (DSM)...............................................28 DRILLMAX, Inc...................................................................63 Filmark Products, Inc..........................................................24 Flomatic Corporation..........................................................14 Foremost Industries............................................................43 GEFCO, Inc. (an Astec Industries Company).......................1 GeoPro, Inc.........................................................................30 Geoprobe Systems ® ............................................................18 Geoprobe Systems ® ............................................................19 Geothermal Supply Company, Inc. (GSC)..........................44 Hardface Technologies.......................................................15 HINOWA S.p.A...................................................................41 Hole Products.....................................................................13 Industrial Test Systems (ITS)..............................................35 Infinity Tool Manufacturing....................................................3 Int’l Construction & Utility Equipment Expo (ICUEE).............4 KS Bit, Inc...........................................................................37 Laval Underground Surveys...............................................40 MARL Technologies, Inc.....................................................20 Mills Machine Company, Inc...............................................21 National Drilling Association (NDA) Convention..................42 Noland Drilling Equipment....................................................8 Palmer Bit Company...........................................................17 Qwater Well Development Tools.........................................23 Rauch Manufacturing, Inc...................................................25 Rex McFadden Ltd.............................................................39 SAER Elettropompe S.p.A....................................................7 SEMCO, Inc..........................................................................2 Star Iron Works, Inc............................................................29 Star Iron Works, Inc............................................................47 Sullivan-Palatek, Inc...........................................................36 Throop Rock Bit Company..................................................27 Tim Speaks 4 U...................................................................35 Well-Vu, Inc.........................................................................16 Wyo-Ben, Inc......................................................................12 5 WorldWide Drilling Resource ® JULY 2017