SUMMER 2012

114 THE DISTRIBUTOR’S

114 THE DISTRIBUTOR’S LINK PWFA - 10842 Noel Street, #107, Los Alamitos, CA 90720 • Tel: 714.484.4747 • Fax: 562.684.0695 • www.pac-west.org PACIFIC-WEST FASTENER ASSOCIATION PAC-WEST HOSTS THIRD ANNUAL MEL KIRSNER MEMORIAL GOLF OUTING Kelly Lehman and John Reid (Pacific Warehouse Sales) partnered with Jim Moir (Pencom) and Ernie Ewegen (Applied Industry Marketing) to win first-place honors at the third annual Mel Kirsner Memorial Golf Outing, held Monday, May 7, 2012 at the Vellano Country Club in Chino Hills, California. Second place honors went to Kevin Chappell (Ababa Bolt), Kelly Tobin (Bristol Machine) and Bob Porteous and Scott Gibson (Porteous Fastener Company). The third place team was Jim Riley and Jim Daly (Element Materials Technology) and Dan McDevitt and John Thalasinos (T&T Enterprises). Special thanks go to Sentry Insurance for sponsoring a hole-in-one contest for ,000 cash. Sadly there wasn’t a winner! We are grateful for the support of ND Industries and their donation of a sleeve of balls for each player. Because of our generous sponsors there were many contest holes at the outing. • Bossard Metrics sponsored the Inside the Rectangle contest on Hole 1 • Element Materials Technology sponsored the Inside the Circle contest on Hole 3 • Fully Threaded Radio sponsored the Closest to the Hole contest on Hole 4 • Industrial Fasteners Institute sponsored the Closest to the Hole contest on Hole 7 • INxSQL Software sponsored the Men’s Long Drive contest on Hole 9 • Kanebridge sponsored the Closet to the Line (Straightest Drive) contest on Hole 10 • Metric & Multistandard Components sponsored the Inside the Triangle contest on Hole 14 • Pacific Fasteners sponsored the Ladies’ Long Drive contest on Hole 16 • Pell Mell Supply sponsored the Closest to the Hole contest on Hole 17 • WCL Company sponsored the Inside the Square contest on Hole 18 At the post-game reception, which was emceed by Pac- West board member Tracy Lehman (Pacific Warehouse Sales), some great raffle prizes were handed out. Proceeds from the sale of raffle tickets also benefited the Mel Kirsner Memorial Scholarship Fund; more than ,000 was raised at this event. Pac-West thanks all our golf outing sponsors for their generous support: • Bossard Metrics • Sentry Insurance • N-D Industries • WCL Company (Pac-West silver sponsor) • Element Materials Technology • Fully Threaded Radio • Industrial Fasteners Institute • INxSQL Software (Pac- West bronze partner) • Kanebridge Corporation • Metric & Multistandard Components (Pac-West bronze partner) • Pacific Fasteners Ltd. • Pell Mell Supply • AZ Lifting Hardware • Long-Lok Fasteners • Nucor • Pacific Warehouse Sales • Pentrate Metal Processing • Porteous Fastener (Pac-West platinum partner) • The Socket Source And, we thank the following companies for donating prizes for the event: • K-Surplus • Porteous Fastener Company • Sentry Insurance • T&T Enterprises • Vellano Country Club • WCL Company We had a great team organizing the event: Tracy Lehman (Pacific Warehouse Sales), Kevin Chavis (Porteous Fastener Company) and Kelly Lehman (Pacific Warehouse Sales). As an integral part of the fastener community during his life, Mel Kirsner earned the respect and admiration of everyone involved with fasteners. Mel started in the industry in 1958 and was also a founding member of the Western Association of Fastener Distributors. Mel valued not only traditional education but also the shared knowledge and experience of those around him. Upon his death Mel performed an act of generosity for the fastener industry by leaving money in his will to what is now the Pacific-West Fastener Association scholarship program. In 2010 the first Mel Kirsner Memorial Golf Outing was held to help add to the fund that Mel started. For links to photos and video, visit www.pac-west.org