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  • December

    Christmas Parade

    Christmas Parade

    Big things come in small packages, and that adage couldn’t of rang truer than on Saturday night when the city of Glenville hosted its Annual Christmas Parade downtown. Old Saint Nick headlined the event, but asked his close pal, “Bobber the Water Safety Dog” to participate in providing the children of Glenville an exciting evening of colorful lights, festive costumes and lots and lots of candy!
  • Christmas Cookies with Bobber and Santa

    Christmas Cookies with Bobber and Santa

    The Annual Christmas Cookies with Bobber and Santa was held at the Burnsville Community Building. Participants enjoyed learning about water safety in a creative hands-on hypothermia activity called Frosty Fingers, made water safety ornaments, met Bobber the Water Safety Dog and Santa, received water safety promotions, made Christmas ornaments with the Friends of Burnsville Lake and celebrated the holidays with cookies and hot chocolate.
  • Chris Clabough finishes annual diving refresher training.

    Clabough named Nashville District Employee of the Month for September 2021

    Chris Clabough, a member of the navigation lock and repair station maintenance force, is named U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District Employee of the Month for September 2021. He is recognized primarily for his program improvement efforts while concurrently performing temporary duties as the Diving Safety Instructor supporting Louisville District’s Olmsted Construction Project Office.
  • Construction on the single-span concrete arch, that replaced the two steel pipe culverts, at Joint Base Lewis-McChord Airfield, Tacoma, Washington.

    Army Corps Completes JBLM Airfield Runway Repairs Ahead of Schedule

    The construction of a single-span concrete arch at Joint Base Lewis-McChord Airfield, Tacoma, Washington, was completed ahead of schedule in February 2021. The reinforced concrete structure can withstand a 100-year stormflow compared to the 1950s design that could withstand a 50-year stormflow, and replaces two steel pipe culverts that began eroding and thinning out, causing major structural issues and debris blockages to the runway and the Clover Creek stream that ran beneath it.
  • Two men pose for a picture in front of the American and USACE flags

    Resident Engineer gives back to veterans with hometown USACE district

    As a student at John F. Kennedy High School in Sacramento, Earl Chow once attended a presentation from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District. Intrigued by their mission and projects, Chow decided to pursue a career in civil engineering. Now, he’s the resident engineer for the Department of Veterans Affairs Stockton project with the District.