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IPSSA Texas News Volume 3, Issue 7 Newsletter available on-line subscribe at www.ipssatexas.com July 2013
Chapter Outreach Events ········· 1
Chapter Meeting Dates & Notices/Contacts/Advertising Information. 2
Chapter Notices/Calendar ········ 3
APEC News/Truck Magnets ······ 4
Region Meetings/Elections ······· 4
Pool Quiz Answers/Birthdays ···· 7
Memorial Celebration ·············· 11
Timeless Business Advice ········ 12
Another Summer in Texas ········ 13
Austin Chapter Drawing ··········· 15
Pool Quiz ····························· 16
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Southlake Children’s Safety Fair On Saturday May 18th we again attended the City of South-lake's annual Children's Safety fair. The event was held at the Southlake Town Center between 10 am and 1pm. This year we had Marc Edwards from Sea Clear show up and help out with the set up, handouts, and clean up after the event was done. Thanks Marc. It was the first day of high temperatures so our friends at the Southlake building permits invited us to move under their dinning canopy, Thank you Paul Ward and company. That canopy made a big difference. The visitors to the safety fair started out small but built up strongly over the last two hours and we handed out 150 Wa-ter Watcher Tags and just as many coloring books to the kids. Parents are appreciative to receive the common sense re-minder booklets provided by I.P.S.S.A that gives helpful tips on how to have a water safe summer in the backyard, or community pool. As long as they will have us we will keep coming back. Thanks, Dave Boyd Tarrant County President
Flower Mound Children Safety Fair
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in Flower Mound held it’s first safety fair on June 15, 2013. IPSSA Texas was invited to inform attendees about water safety and pass out “Water Watcher” tags. Jeremy Smith, our IPSSA Texas safety chair and president of the Mid Cities chapter, was joined by Keith May and Mike Bomalick also of Mid Cities chapter and Gordon and Ingrid Slagle of the Fort Worth chapter. Police, Fire, Care Flight and other health related services were represented and the weather co-operated wonderfully. Everyone was pleased and we were invited back for next year. These little missions can be so important if we can just avert one tragedy. On a sad
note, the day before
the safety fair a four
year old boy drowned
in a family pool, in
Flower Mound.
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Keith May, Michelle Inzunza, Jeremy Smith, Ingrid Slagle
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817-304-7244
7186 Baker Blvd.
Richland Hills, TX 76118
DALLAS MEMBER MEETING
Dos Charros Restaurant
108 University Village Dr.
Richardson, TX. 75081
Fourth Tuesday - 5:30pm
Eustaquio Portillo President 214-325-6746
Bill Winter Vice President 972-523-0537
James Stapleton Secretary 972-422-7665
Juan Colunga Treasurer 214-478-2360
FORT WORTH MEMBER MEETING
La Playa Maya Restaurant
1540 N. Main Street
Fort Worth, TX 76106
Third Tuesday of the month 6:30pm
Tina Lehmann President 817-991-0555
Tony Martinez Vice President 817-825-
6684
Jason Sanchez Secretary 817-901-8363
John Powers Treasurer 817-453-5426
HOUSTON MEMBER MEETING
Fuddruckers
2475 Kirkwood
Houston, TX
Second Tuesday of the month 7:00pm
Board Meeting preceding
Rita Jacobsmeyer President
281-808-9730
David Queen Vice President
281-807-5442
Will Caudle Secretary 281-345-9656
Doug Dinkins Treasurer 281-794-6644
MID CITIES MEMBER MEETING
SCP Carrollton
2107 Hutton Dr.,
Carrollton, TX 75006
First Monday of the month 7:00pm
Jeremy Smith President 214-695-8717
Kraig Williams Vice President 972-800-
2123
Keith May Secretary 800-507-9010
Mike Bomalick Treasurer 469-939-7647
RIO GRANDE MEMBER MEETING
SCP McAllen
1201 W. Warren Street
Rio Grande Valley
Second Tuesday of the month 6:30pm
Humberto Garces President 956-867-
7194
Ron Long Vice President 830-246-2788
Johnny Schultz Treasurer 830-253-1222
AUSTIN MEMBER MEETING
Holiday Inn Town Lake
20 North IH-35
Austin, TX 78701
First Tuesday of the month 6:00pm
Donny Greenway President 512-300-9947
Keith Timm Vice President 512-636-3750
Will Pietri Treasurer 512-351-0323
Frank Berlanga Jr. Secretary 512-563-9971
NORTH AUSTIN MEMBER MEETING
ACC Cypress Creek
1555 Cypress Creek Rd. Room 102
Cedar Park, TX 78613
Second Tuesday of the month 6:00pm
Jim Smith President 512-206-0606
Shane Applegate Vice President
512-487-4264
Hal Denbar Secretary 512-636-8122
Rick Beaubouef Treasurer 512-466-9672
CORPUS CHRISTI MEMBER MEETING
Island Italian Restaurant
15370 S. Padre Island Dr.
Corpus Christi, TX 78418
First Thursday of the month 6:30pm
Mike Baker President 361-563-7665
Ben Goslin Vice President 361-442-6187
Wade Deshazer Secretary 361-658-8581
Michael Holzer Treasurer 361-815-0936
SAN ANTONIO MEETING
Clear Springs Restaurant
606 Afton Oaks
San Antonio, TX
First Monday of the month
Officers Meeting 6:00 pm
Chapter Meeting 6:30 pm
Attendance is taken 7:00 pm
Phil Sharp President 210-748-4091
Randy Keefe Vice President 210-519-
7901
Becky Clayson Secretary 210-240-3121
Frank Berlanga Treasurer 210-732-7817
TARRANT COUNTY MEMBER MEETING
Dixie House Café
6200 E. Lancaster
Fort Worth, TX 76112
First Tuesday of the month 7:00pm
Dave Boyd President 817-235-5654
Will Ainsworth Vice President 817-987-
8580
Rodney Meyer Secretary 469-644-0576
Chris Byars Treasurer 817-597-5132
WAXAHACHIE MEMBER MEETING
Quality Inn & Suites
3891 S. Great Southwest Pkwy.
Grand Prairie, TX 75052
Second Wednesday of the month 7:00am
Neal Holt President 972-617-9877
Larry Hutson Vice President 972-617-7999
Bob Bauer Treasurer 214-577-4843
Gary Harrell Secretary 817-896-7655
CHAPTER MEMBER MEETINGS
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July 2013 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1 2 3 4 Independ-
ence Day
5 6
7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Region 9
Board Meeting
San Antonio
14 15 16 17 18 19 20
21 22 23 24 25 26 27Region 12
Board Meeting
Coppell
28 29 30 31
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Meeting
San Antonio &
Mid Cities
Meeting
N.Austin, Houston,
Rio Grande Valley,
Meeting
Waxahachie
Meeting
Dallas
Meeting
Corpus Christi
Meeting
Fort Worth
Meeting
Austin, Tarrant
County
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At our last meeting we discussed a unique situation with one of
our members, Kevin Donovan. Kevin has been asked to be on
a committee that is designing future plans for the City of Arling-
ton's Parks and Recreation department. His term is for one
year and his committee meets once a month. Among other
things they will be proposing land acquisition to meet the future
community needs for "green" space, a new aquatic park, and
refurbishment of the current community center which has in-
door swim facilities. The problem is the committee scheduled their monthly meeting
on the same day and time our chapter has its member meeting. Our chapter dis-
cussed several options and the one that made most sense, and unanimously ap-
proved by the membership, was to move our scheduled meeting date from the sec-
ond Tuesday of each month to the First Tuesday, same time, same restaurant. An-
other benefit to moving the date will allow those vendors, distributors and product
reps who also attend A.P.S.P's region three meeting on the second Tuesday to now
come to our chapter meeting without conflicting schedules.
Thanks,
Dave Boyd
Tarrant County Chapter President
Tarrant County Chapter Meeting Date Change Fourth of July I have often wondered why we all say
“Happy 4th”, when every other holiday is
named by it’s name. We don’t say “Happy
1st January” or “Have a merry December
25th”, why is it not “Happy Independence
Day”???
What is Independence Day? For most of us I
guess it means getting together with family,
a parade and some barbeque and to watch
the fireworks. Wouldn’t it be different if we
actually read the Declaration of Independ-
ence out load for our children during our
celebration so we could remember why we
celebrate this special day?? Like I said, just
a thought, since I’m not originally from here I
do especially appreciate this day
Ingrid Slagle
UPCOMING EVENTS
Region 9 Board Meeting July 13th,
Double Tree by Hilton Hotel, 502 W.
Cesar E. Chavez Blvd., San Anto-
nio
Region 12 Board Meeting
July 27th, Jetline, 850 Freeport
Pkwy., # 200, Coppell
2013 Elections
Region 9 will have it’s
elections for new offi-
cers this November,
the Fort Worth Chapter, Waxaha-
chie Chapter and the San Antonio
Chapter, will also have elections
this year. Put your name in the hat
and see if you would like to serve
for a term or two.
Region 9 Executive Board Director - Jim Jacobsmeyer
281-474-7665
Secretary - Phil Sharp
210-673-2909 - San Antonio
Treasurer- Mike Baker 361-563-7665 - Corpus Christi
Austin - Donny Greenway
512-300-9947
North Austin - Jim Smith 512-206-0606
Houston - Rita Jacobsmeyer 281-474-7665
Rio Grande - Humberto Garces 956-867-7194
Region 12 Executive Board
Director - Jason S. Lehmann 817-605-0194
Secretary - Neal Holt 214-837-5884 - Waxahachie
Treasurer - Jeremy Smith 214-695-8717 - Mid Cities
Dallas - Eustaquio Portillo 214-325-6746 Fort Worth - Tina Lehmann 817-605-0194
Tarrant County - Dave Boyd 817-235-5654
1. IPSSA Basic Training Manual – Part 1
Chemicals
a. Member price is $ 24.95
b. Workbook price is $6.95
c. Non-member price is $49.95
d. Workbook price is $12.95
2. IPSSA Basic Training Manual – Part 2 Equip-
ment
a. Member price is $24.95
b. Workbook price is $6.95
c. Non-member price is $39.95
d. Workbook price is $12.95 Page 4
ORDER YOUR IPSSA TRAINING MANUALS
YOU CAN ORDER THESE TRAINING MANUALS AT
YOUR NEAREST CHAPTER OR ONLINE AT WWW.IPSSA.COM
IPSSA TEXAS Launches it’s
“Who’s in Your Backyard?” Campaign
In an attempt to raise awareness of IPSSA, both, to the consumer and to the non-
member service companies, IPSSA Texas has designed this truck magnetic sign.
Contact Ingrid Slagle [email protected] 817.304.7244
10” x 20” Truck Magnet
$25.00 each
9.5” round Truck Magnet
$15.00 each
APEC had a meeting on June 15th, a new board was voted in. Kevin Tucker, whom most of
you know as one of the founding members of APEC, and a supporter of IPSSA and APSP,
was voted in as President for this term. Congratulations Kevin, we know, under your stew-
ardship APEC will keep on track in protecting our industry. Join APEC to keep up with
upcoming laws that may affect your ability to do your job.
New APEC Board President - Kevin Tucker Vice President - Craig Johnson Treasurer - Rick Beaubouef Secretary - Dave Randall TDLR is out there checking for compliance of the licensing laws, so please “Get your Li-
censes” and keep them updated. If you do repair work you must comply with the law.
3. IPSSA Intermediate Training Manual – Part 1
Chemicals
a. Member price is $24.95
b. Workbook price is $6.95
c. Non-member price is $49.95
d. Workbook price is $12.95
4. IPSSA Continuing Education Series – Pool
Chlorination Facts
a. Member price is $24.95
b. Non-member price is $29.95
APEC Votes on New Board
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Superior Houston
10641 S. Sam Houston Pkwy West, Suite 400
Houston, TX 77071
281.776.0808
Superior San Antonio
610 Sandau Road
San Antonio, TX 78216
210.341.9103
SCP Frisco
7060 All Stars Ave, Suite A
Frisco, TX 75034
214.618.9770
SCP Fort Worth
7427 Dogwood Park
Ft Worth, TX 76118
817.595.0525
SCP Arlington
2900 E. Pioneer Pkwy. Ste. 180
Grand Prairie, TX 76010
972.988.0657
SCP Houston South
1665 Townhurst, Suite 190
Houston, TX 77043
713.973.6051
SCP Houston North
9307 Millsview Road
Houston, TX 77070
281.469.9696
SCP Houston Dunvale
3938 Dunvale
Houston, TX 77063
713.783.0882
NPT Houston
4300 Pine Timbers, Suite 100
Houston, TX 77041
713.460. 8794
SCP Oklahoma City
308 Hudiburg Circle
Oklahoma City, OK 73108
405.943.1700
SCP Tulsa
5304 A South 125th East Ave, UNIT A
Tulsa, OK 74146
918.250.6106
SCP Austin
9230 Neils Thompson Dr., Suite 108
Austin, TX 78758
512.835.4200
SCP South Austin
2124 E. St. Elmo
Austin, TX 78744
512.326.8478
SCP Carrollton
2107 Hutton Drive
Carrollton, TX 75006
972.241.6626
SCP Woodlands
17001 Donwick Dr.
Conroe, TX 77385
936.321.7145
SCP San Antonio
15261 Capital Port Drive Suite 111
San Antonio, TX 78249
210.749.6596
NPT Dallas
11281 Indian Trail
Dallas, TX 75229
214.366.4009
SCP Dallas
10468 Brockwood Road,
Northgate II, Bldg. 14,
Dallas, TX 75238
214.503.6291
SCP McAllen
1201 W. Warren
Pharr, TX 78577
956.702.1885
SCP Plano
1212 10th Street, Rm B
Plano, TX 75074
972.424.2600
SCP San Antonio
1074 Arion Circle Suite 102
San Antonio, TX 78216
210.545.6161
Superior Oklahoma City
4256 Royal Avenue
Oklahoma City, OK 73108
405.947.2752
Superior Austin
200 Parker Dr., Building B - Suite 560
Austin, TX 78728
512.218.1190
Superior Grapevine
800 Industrial Blvd., Suite 400
Grapevine, TX 76051
817.410.8894
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Two people in a 400-gallon spa use up 1.0 ppm
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2. Which type of chlorine has cyanuric
acid in it?
b) Sodium dichlor
c) Trichlor
3. The pH of trichlor is approximately:
d) 2—3
4. What should you expect to see at an unusu-
ally high level if you have a chlorine generator
on a pool?
c) Total dissolved solids
5. Using which of the following to raise total
alkalinity will have the least affect on pH?
c) Sodium bicarbonate
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The Texas Bluebonnet Chapter NSDAR would like to express our ap-preciation for the $1,000 donation made by the Fort Worth IPSSA Chapter toward our veterans’ projects. We are currently in the process of evaluating which of the Veterans Programs will most benefit from this generous contribution. Debbie Rust, Regent, Texas Bluebonnet Chapter NSDAR
Great Memorial Celebration!!
We, as the Fort Worth chapter, presented a check of $1000 for the Daughters of the American Revolution veterans'’ project!! I was proud to have some of the Vietnam Vets pull the winning ticket for the grill giveaway. The winner was a Mrs. Tarral of Hurst. Gordon Slagle delivered the grill the next day. I am so pleased with the funds raised for the wounded soldiers!! The DAR chapter will put the funds toward care packages for the soldiers who need them. I am hopeful we can continue this alliance in the future and help the well deserving soldiers in any way to let them know we appreciate their sacrifice. It’s events like this that make me proud to be a mem-ber of IPSSA. When we pool our efforts together we can accom-plish so much. Thank you again to our chapter members, the DAR chapter and for all of those fighting to make this a great country.
Tina Lehmann
Fort Worth Chapter President
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Timeless Business Advice (Part 2)
In the last article we talked about building trust and how it relates when dealing with customers. These tenets are basic but sometimes we need to get back to basics in order to improve our business. This month we’ll continue with the second piece of advice which is delivery.
Delivery
Early in my career as a pool guy I was amazed at what customers would tell me when I showed up to
give them an estimate. It would always begin something like this, “I’m so glad you showed up, the last
guy I called never came to give me an estimate.” It immediately reminded me of a quote by Woody Al-
len: Showing up is half the battle.
By delivering on a consistent basis you can in turn charge more for your services. Customers will see that the extra costs come with
reduced headaches and less time wasted by waiting for someone to show up. Delivering great service costs more and customers that
are willing to pay for it are the customers you want to have.
By showing up on time you relay several things to your customers. First, you value both your time and theirs. Second, you deliver
what you say you are going to deliver. Third, it shows you’re a professional and thus you charge profes-
sional rates.
Now as a business broker I strive to meet my client’s needs by delivering the best service I can consis-
tently. So no matter what industry you’re in, every customer loves a company that can deliver the goods.
Next month we’ll discuss the importance of expanding your knowledge.
Click here to re-read the first part of this article
Arif Sealey - President
Apex Route Brokers www.ApexRouteBrokers.com
Dallas Chapter
Prospective Members
Juan Serrano, Acuakare
David Potter, Dollar Spa
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Watch Your Step! Almost stepped on this
the other day, be aware
of snakes and other
crawlies hiding in the
bushes and around the
pool equipment.
Another Summer in Texas Well it looks like we are in for another exciting summer in Texas. One day its hot, another it cool, and then it’s raining. If you are one
of those that thinks the weather doesn’t affect your pools, just stop and take a look at how green the grass is after a rain. Or better yet
get a water sample from the rain and break out all your test kits. One thing that I will share with you that will help keep your pools look-
ing good through the weather, keep your filters clean.
You can balance the water in a pool one minute, leave, than it rains and wipes out your pH adds nitrates and phosphates to the water,
and a lot more but if you have been keeping the filters clean, your pool should be good to go next week when you come back.
Lance Rust
Fort Worth Member
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IPSSA Austin Drawing
One lucky ticket holder will win this brand
new Polaris 2013 Sportsman 400 HO
Tickets are $20.00 each.
Please contact Jim Smith 512.206.0606 or Donny Greenway 512.300.9947 for ticket sales.
Drawing will be held September 6, 2013
at SCP North- 1pm
9230 Neils Thompson Drive
Ste 108
Winner does not need to be present to win
All proceeds are to be donated to Shayne Hawkins in support of his
fight with brain cancer. Shayne, son of Dale and Debbie Hawkins, began his fight with brain cancer in early March of this year. We wish him a
triumphant recovery and continue to send him positive thoughts!! Additional donations can be made at:
www.GoFundMe.com/Shaynes-Brain
Special thanks to Central Texas Powersports for their support
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1. What is the most commonly used swimming pool sanitizer in the United States? a) Bromine b) Ozone c) Chlorine d) Ionizers 2. If you are using liquid chlorine to sanitize your pools, what is considered the ideal total alkalinity range? a) 120-140 ppm b) 100-120 ppm c) 80-100 ppm d) 60-80 ppm 3. When balancing pool water, always adjust total alkalinity first. a) True b) False 4. Which type of chlorine has a near-neutral pH (6.8-7.0)? a) Liquid b) Trichlor c) Cal hypo d) Dichlor 5. Which of the following types of chlorine are made from gas chlorine? a) Liquid b) Trichlor c) Cal hypo d) All of the above
