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AMTSociety Texas Hold-Em Tournament Results
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As part of Aviation Industry Expo, S.W.A.T. organized a Texas Hold-Em tournament as a scholarship fundraiser for AMTSociety. Close to 50 players signed up for the tournament, eager to show off their card-playing skills and have some fun. The tournament started at 7:00 p.m. at the Hotel Indigo in Dallas. One by one, players were knocked out as the tournament progressed. Just after midnight, the final two players played their last hand to determine the grand prize winner. Here are the winners.
First place: John Stewart III won a 50-inch flatscreen television.
Second: Larry Sowden won a 42-inch flatscreen television.
Third: Jeff Briers, ITI Inc., won a 37-inch flatscreen television.
Fourth: Winston Huckabee, Northwestern Mutual, won a $350 Snap-on gift certificate.
Fifth: Paulo R. Salazar III, a student at Aviation Institute of Maintenance-Dallas, won a $300 Snap-on gift certificate.
Sixth: Donna Harper, C&W Services, won a $250 Snap-on gift certificate.
Seventh: Paul Smith, Landmark Aviation, won a $200 Best Buy gift certificate.
Eighth: Vivek Gupta, Texas ProFab Corporation, won a $150 Best Buy gift certificate.
Ninth: Mitch Whitlock, IPM Inc., won a $100 Home Depot gift certificate.
Tenth: Joe Escobar won a $50 Home Depot gift certificate.
With the funds that AMTSociety raises, it presents two scholarships each year to financially assist those currently working toward their A&P certification as well as to assist those already certified in furthering their professional education and training. The two scholarships, the $1,000 William F. “Bill” O’Brien and $1,500 Charles E. Taylor scholarships, are named after two aircraft maintenance professionals who have spent their careers promoting and advancing the skilled craft of aircraft maintenance professionals.
AMTSociety was formed in 2005 as an affinity group by Aircraft Maintenance Technology to provide online certification testing and renewal programs and provide benefits and industry resources to members. It was made a full-fledged association in December 2006. Tom Hendershot was hired as the executive director in January 2007 and the board of directors was also formed. The AMTSociety board of directors includes Board Chair Peter Zeeb, Kevin D. Curry, Joe Escobar, Gary Goodpaster, Joe Hawkins, Stan Mackiewicz, Ken MacTiernan, George R. Miller Jr., and Greg Napert. AMTSociety has more than 30 corporate sponsors, 13 student chapters, three local chapters, and more than 3,000 members.
For more information contact visit www.AMTSociety.org.
