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TCAPWA EVENTS AND HIGHLIGHTS By John Fox
West Branch Meets at Morton Museum
The TCAPWA’s West Branch held its training opportunities. permanent and changing exhibitions that
quarterly meeting June 7, at the Collierville Training opportunities ranged engage friends, families and children in
Morton Museum, situated in Collierville’s from OSHA-certified safety interactive learning. The museum offers
Historic Downtown area. In cooperation training courses to various a permanent exhibition space, temporary
with the Morton Museum and sponsored construction safety training exhibitions, a community art gallery,
by United Rentals, the TCAPWA branch courses, such as flagger reading room and event rentals.
meeting was a great success with over training for new employees.
20 members and guests in attendance. In addition to their training Attendees brought over 30 canned
TCAPWA officers and past officers in program, United Rentals also food items to the meeting to be donated
attendance included Past TCAPWA uses a special card system to the Warrior Center Memphis Rescue
Presidents Bill Kilp and Bill Yearwood. that allows for all training performed by Mission, a Memphis-based non-profit
United Rentals and in-house training by that offers a one-year faith-based
The TCAPWA West Branch Director the municipality to be loaded onto a card residential recovery program for men,
welcomed everyone and discussed to improve tracking of courses completed. women and veterans needing long-term
several upcoming APWA and TCAPWA assistance, including food, housing,
activities, including the 2018 Public During the presentation, attendees were recovery support, educational assistance,
Works Expo in Kansas City, Missouri, the provided lunches sponsored by United job training and pastoral care. For more
Tennessee Public Works Institute courses, Rentals, and four restaurant gift cards information, visit their website at http://
and the TCAPWA/SWANA Conference provided by Eddie Yaun from Stringfellow www.warriorscenter.org.
scheduled for October 21-23, in Nashville. Equipment were given as door prizes.
The speakers were Ty Owen and Brad Following the meeting, attendees toured
Laws from United Rentals, who presented the Morton Museum of Collierville’s
information about their Trench Safety extensive exhibits, including information
products and services, municipal training, on the Town of Collierville’s history and
and United Rentals’ government plans. a recent Public Works exhibit in honor of
National Public Works Week.
During his presentation, Owen talked
about the wide variety of quality products The Morton Museum offers free
and materials available through United admission and invites visitors to explore
Rentals and the company’s various Collierville’s rich heritage with both
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