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The staff at the Broken Bow Water Treatment Plant includes, front, Jennie Woods, water treatment supervisor; middle row, from left, Vickie Patterson, city manager; Gary Swift, retired public works director and current project manager; and Shawn Hilton, operator; back row, Jamie Denison, public works director; Kenneth Moore, maintenance/operator; and Stacey Humphrey and Misty Swift, operators.
Jennie Woods is a cheerleader for water management careers.
It’s what she teaches students in her beginner water lab course for the Oklahoma Rural Water Association. And it’s more than lip service. As water treatment plant supervisor for the Broken Bow (Oklahoma) Public Works...