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77 WorldWide Drilling Resource ® DECEMBER 2013 Send your Who’s in the News to: promotions@worldwidedrillingresource.com Ron Peterson of Baroid Industrial Drilling Products Receives Top National Ground Water Association Award Ron B. Peterson received the Ross L. Oliver Award for outstanding contributions to the groundwater industry. He has been with Baroid for 35 years and served the ground- water industry in a number of capacities. At the recent 2013 Cal ifornia Groundwater Association (CGA) Convention and Trade Show in Reno, Nevada, Veronica I. “Ronnie” Jones received the award in recognition of her outstanding and gra- cious service to the association. “Every team needs a leader ~ BUT, without a team there can be no leader. I express my sincerest heartfelt thanks to the WWDR Team for allowing me the privilege of being their leader, and to the CGA for the honor bestowed,” said Ronnie. Thompson Pump & Manufacturing Co. Announces Promotion Thompson Pump & Mfg. Co. has promoted Bobby Zitzka to the role of sales manager to oversee the cor- porate sales team including national accounts, interna- tional sales, municipal sales, and the inside sales depart- ment based in Port Orange, Florida. CEO and President of WorldWide Drilling Resource, Inc. named Woman of the Year by the California Groundwater Association