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As was done for the first time two years ago, the
closing banquet was held on Wednesday night rather than Thursday noon.
This is a much better arrangement. Unlike last year, we were back in the Corbett Center ballroom, rather than the
Ramada Inn, but the food was excellent, and it was a pleasant evening with an
excellent keynote speaker.
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| With the economy weak, turnout for this year's
competition was down, but there were still overall a good number of
schools on hand. |
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| The always up, always enthusiastic WERC director Abbas Ghassemi at the podium getting things going after dinner. |
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| The keynote speaker for this year's closing banquet,
Michael Gabeldon, a scientist with the Bureau of Reclamation, gave a an
excellent talk, complete with sound effects, about his agency's history
and work. |
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| The entire group in front of our motel after the
banquet on our last night in Las Cruces. The next morning would
begin 2.46 x 106 consecutive hours in the van as we made our
way to the Grand Canyon. |
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