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Annual Golf Tournament Hits a Hole in One for Area Teachers - June 1, 2005
Twelve Loose Cannons Returned From the Grip of the Mojave - June 11, 2005
Archived News
Annual Golf Tournament Hits a Hole in One for Area Teachers
$6,000 Gain for Santa Maria District Teachers and Classrooms
June 1, 2005
AVILA BEACH – On May 20, 2005, more than twelve dozen professionals from the oil industry
headed for green grass to raise funds local schools. This year, the Society of Petroleum
Engineers’ Golf Tournament raised more than $6,000, bringing the total raised over the
past 20 years to $200,000 for Santa Maria area teachers and classrooms.
Each year proceeds from the Avila Beach tournament provide scholarships for teachers
to attend Derricks to Desks. Derricks to Desks is a three-day education program for
teacher where they not only learn about oil, gas and energy, they also take home lesson
plans for their classrooms. The SPE also sponsors an annual contest poster contest for
all 4th through 8th grade students in the Santa Maria School District. Funds from the
golf tournament go toward purchasing supplies for the classrooms of students with the
best poster design.
“The Annual SPE Golf Tournament is a great way for both our industry and our firm to
give back to our local community,” said John Crews, Chairman of SPE’s Santa Maria
Chapter and Cannon Associates’ Director of Mechanical Engineers.
This year’s low gross winner was the team of D. Ewert, Trace Kine, Terry Geisler,
and M. Drown. The Low Net winning team included Rex Bein, Phil Daily, Paul Lorenzo
and Kurt Koerner. Mike Cannon of Cannon Associates and past president of the Santa
Maria SPE was a member of the 2nd place Low Net team. Cannon Associates has been
coordinating the tournament for the past 18 years. Each year, Cannon provides the
organizational structure and staffing to keep the tournament running smooth and
ensure participants have a fun day on the greens.
For nearly 30 years, Cannon Associates has been providing engineering,
surveying, and planning services to clients throughout California, Hawaii,
Nevada, and Arizona. With offices located in San Luis Obispo and Bakersfield,
California, the engineers and staff at Cannon Associates thrive on meeting
challenges through teamwork and individual dedication. They can be reached at
www.CannonAssociates.com.
Twelve Loose Cannons Returned From the Grip of the Mojave
Cannon Associates’ Relay Teams Succeeds in Mojave Death Race June 11
June 11, 2005
SAN LUIS OBISPO – Twelve “Loose Cannons” shot into the desert this past weekend
as part of the annual Mojave Death Race. Members of the Cannon Associates’
“Loose Cannons” team ran and road over 280 miles through the Mojave Desert and
placed 2nd in the corporate division and 10th overall. Also braving the
elements were 20 fellow employees, family and friends who provided moral and
nutritional support throughout the 24-hour race.
For the past three years, the Loose Cannons have been participating in the
Mojave Death Race, which begins and ends in Primm, Nevada. The 280-mile race is
a relay with 21 legs ranging in distance from 6 miles to 42 miles of either
running or cycling. Teams of twelve not only brave temperature extremes ranging
from 30° to 120°, they also run or ride through soft desert sand, hard packed
dirt, rocks, gravel, and weathered asphalt.
“I can’t even begin to say how proud I am to work with such a determined group
of individuals,” said Mike Cannon, president of Cannon Associates and member of
the Loose Cannons. “The teamwork and camaraderie shown throughout the race and
the weekend was phenomenal. We’re already talking about next year.”
“In order to complete a race like this, we need an extensive support team,”
Cannon adds. “We rely on our support system at the race, and those back home on
race weekend. Without our sponsors, we’d never make it into the desert and
back,” he concludes. The Loose Cannons were sponsored by Arts Cyclery, Blazing
Blenders, Commworld of Bakersfield, Copeland Sports, Cowboy Cookie N’ Grub,
Grant Construction, JCarroll, Magic Wireless, MG Sports Supplements, Nielsen
Benefits Group, Scarab Graphics Solutions, Total Financial Solutions, Wallace
& Smith, and Web Eclectics.
For nearly 30 years, Cannon Associates has been providing engineering,
surveying, and planning services to clients throughout California, Hawaii,
Nevada, and Arizona. With offices located in San Luis Obispo and Bakersfield,
California, the engineers and staff at Cannon Associates thrive on meeting
challenges through teamwork and individual dedication. They can be reached at
www.CannonAssociates.com.
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