PLSO Oregon Surveyor Nov/Dec 2019

Professional Land Surveyors of Oregon | www.plso.org 11 2020 Annual Conference Above: Don’t be left wondering what was around the next corner. Buy a raffle ticket and win a jet boat tour that visits the wild-section of the Rogue River. Photo provided by Jerry’s Rogue Jets. Left: “Mt Hood in Blue,” a topography painting print by Katie Reim that will be up for auction this year. Image provided by Reim. Hofland Survey Monuments’ beautiful donation to PLSO for “preservation” of the Willamette Base & Meridian duplicate initial point. The duplicate initial point monument has been mounted into a unique NW native Big Leaf Maple burl. The burl was finished with help from the Northwest Woodturners (within a mile of actual Willamette Stone). This will be an annual item to be displayed in a home or office for the duration of one-year. Hofland Survey Monuments will be an exhibitor at the 2020 Conference. Dear PLSO, I want to thank you for this year’s PLSO scholarship. This award gives me so much encouragement going forward into my senior year as well as starting my career. I’m grateful for everything the members of PLSO have done to establish this scholarship to help me andmy fellow colleagues support our educational pursuits. I am excited for the future and am looking forward to serving the people of Oregon. Thank you, Matthew Larraneta The Silent Auction The silent auction begins the first day of our Annual Conference on Wednesday afternoon and continues through Thursday evening at the auction. Dinner will be served with a cash bar before leading into our quick but fun Live Auction, designed for our larger ticket items. This year, auction events will again be emceed by PLSO member Leo Litowich and professional auctioneer, Sid Voorheis. Time to let your competitive streak show for a good cause! Midwest Chapter recently promoted surveying to middle school aged children at the Elevate Lane County Career Expo in October, where kids were introduced to local careers in a fun and interactive way. Dave Wellman put cracked corn in a kiddie wading pool and then buried rubber duckies with magnets glued to them, with the idea being for the kids to experience looking for monuments by using a metal detector to locate the ducks. This photo shows Wellman explaining how to use a metal detector to an interested student.