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THE DAVEY BULLETIN
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November/December 2021
HURRICANE NICHOLAS HITS TEXAS UTILITY
Davey crews from Eastern Utility services and Wolf Tree,
Inc., a Davey company, responded to support Davey Tree
Surgery Company crews as they worked to help
CenterPoint Energy restore power to over 400,000
customers after Hurricane Nicholas made landfall
in September.
The Category 1 hurricane hit central Texas on Sept. 14.
A total 63 employees responded to assist 45 local Davey
Davey general foremen Carlos Guerrero, Adrian Vela and Alex Garcia
received kudos from CenterPoint Energy officials for their work on the
Hurricane Nicholas recovery reopening roads and restoring power.
crews already working so CenterPoint Energy could
restore power to customers.
Brandon Freeman, area manager, said the crews
worked 16-hour days for nearly a week assisting in the
restoration efforts.
TREE CARE AT FIRST AFRICAN-AMERICAN BUILT GOLF COURSE
Davey's Canton Residential/
Commercial (R/C) office provided tree
pruning work to the historic Clearview
Golf Club in East Canton, Ohio.
Established in 1946 by golfer and
World War II veteran William J. Powell,
Clearview Golf Club is the first golf
course in the U.S. designed, built
and owned by an African American.
Clearview Golf Club is on the National
Register of Historic Places.
The Canton office learned the work
office did clearance pruning to open
sightlines to the greens from the tee
boxes. A crew spent half a day
working on the trees.
"I'm glad we were able to find time in
our schedule to complete this work,"
said Jeff Wernet, district manager.
"It was nice to be part of helping them
prepare the course for their event."
needed to be completed before their
75th Anniversary Fundraising event,
which was only a week away at the
time. Also, the Pro Football Hall of
Fame Enshrinement Week was the
same week as their anniversary event
and some celebrities were visiting the
course. Clearview Golf Club wanted
the course to be in top condition for
their special guests.
Two tee boxes on the course were
obstructed by mature trees. The
Jim Hicks, foreman, and Ian Tuel, trimmer, from
the Canton R/C office work to clear sightlines
around a tee box at Clearview Golf Club.
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