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Breaking News ..................................................................13 Classified Section: WorldWide SUPER MART™ ..................57-72 Dealmakers ........................................................................36 Education Connection .................................................27,36 Fun Page ............................................................................34 Hot Off the Press - Sponsored by Aries Industries, Inc. ..9 Obituary: Sturges III, Thomas Benedict “Tom” ..............41 Photo Gallery ...........................................................12,30,44 Product Spotlight ..............................................................28 Ronnie’s Real World . .....................................................34 Where are you planning to go? ........................................49 Who’s in the News .............................................................13 WorldWide Association Memberships ................................23 WorldWide Business Directory™ ..................................10,11 WorldWide .........6 WorldWide Service Center™ ...............................................56 Editorial Focus for August - Agricultural / Irrigation C&G DIR ENV EXB G&O GEO MIN WTR Allegheny Instruments........................................................43 America West Drilling Supply..............................................69 AMS, Inc.............................................................................27 Aries Industries, Inc..............................................................9 Armstrong Machine Co., Inc. (AMCI)..................................39 Atlantic Screen & Manufacturing, Inc. (ASI)........................52 Atlantic Water Well Drilling Convention (AWWA)................18 Baker Water Systems.........................................................30 Baroid Industrial Drilling Products (IDP)..............................24 Better Water Industries, Inc.................................................16 Bitco, Inc...............................................................................8 Bloom Mfg., Inc...................................................................28 Blue Demon Company, Inc.................................................49 Central Mine Equipment Company (CME)..........................40 Constant Water, LLC...........................................................25 Diedrich Drill........................................................................21 Drill Pipe, Inc.......................................................................51 Drilling Equipment Sales, Inc. (DES)..................................71 Drilling Supply & Mfg (DSM)...............................................53 DRILLMAX ® ..........................................................................2 Filmark Products, Inc..........................................................56 Foremost Industries............................................................29 GEFCO, Inc. (an Astec Industries Company).....................72 GEOFLUID Drilling & Foundations.....................................32 Geoprobe Systems ® ............................................................48 Geothermal Supply Company, Inc. (GSC)..........................31 Headwater Companies.......................................................15 Infinity Tool Manufacturing....................................................4 Kruse Energy Auctioneers..................................................22 KS Bit, Inc...........................................................................37 MARL Technologies, Inc.....................................................50 Merrill Mfg...........................................................................33 Mills Machine Company, Inc...............................................35 N&N Drilling Supply.............................................................13 National Drilling Association (NDA) Convention..................46 Palmer Bit Company...........................................................70 Pioneer Sands LLC...............................................................7 PUL-A-PUMP ® of PA, Inc....................................................44 Qwater Well Development Tools.........................................20 Rex McFadden Ltd.............................................................17 SEMCO, Inc..........................................................................1 SIMCO ® Drilling Equipment...................................................3 Sonic Drill Corporation........................................................55 Star Iron Works, Inc............................................................26 Star Iron Works, Inc............................................................42 TDH Manufacturing Inc.......................................................45 The Water Expo..................................................................54 Well-Vu, Inc.........................................................................38 Wyo-Ben, Inc......................................................................19 Advertisers Featured Editorial: C&G - Construction/Geotechnical ENV - Environmental G&O - Shallow Gas and Oil MIN - Mining DIR - Horizontal Directional Drilling EXB - Exploration/Blasthole GEO - Geothermal WTR - Water How a Deaf Hire Opened Our Eyes..........................19 “Smith, Billy Bob”: The “Idiot’s” Corner..................31 Terex Opens New Service Center.............................51 Project Aids Expansion of Natural Gas Infrastructure...54 Wilson, Jr., Robert Evans: The Un-Comfort Zone II...14 A New ePortal Initiative at Horizontal Drilling Site.....22 Gas, Oil, and Montana Coal......................................34 HDD Equipment Company Makes A Big Move.........43 Honoring Those Who Serve......................................18 The Independence State is Rich in Heritage.............46 Wire, Jeremy C.: Tales from the Field......................52 Kwader, Thomas: Environmental Monitoring...........55 What is Air Core Drilling?..........................................17 Still Best in the West.................................................30 Frequently-Used Geological Terms Part 73..............39 Connor, Tim: Change and Beginnings........................43 Storkson, Britt: Too Many Cooks..............................7 E-News Flash Readers’ Choice: Complying with OSHA’s..20 Gas Hydrates as a Source of Natural Gas?..............35 Methane Research Continues..................................38 High Temperature Communication Tool will Aid........31 Tannehill, Todd: Boring Thoughts............................41 The Trias Westland Geothermal Project...................44 White, Harold: Oil/Water Exploration..............................47 Battersby, Mark E.: Drilling Into Money Not Boring.....8 Will Space Exploration Prompt a New Kind of Mining?...25 Ensuring Cobalt Supply for the Future.............................28 The World of Minerals - Fluorite................................47 Irrigation Scholarships Announced.............................8 Rasmussen, Tim: Water For Life International.......12 Ballard, Thomas E.: Notes from the Groundwater Guy..26 The Importance of Water Testing..............................49 Royal Eijkelkamp to Design Sri Lanka’s Groundwater..52 5 WorldWide Drilling Resource ® AUGUST 2018