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Our second tour for 2009 marked a turn over and great recovery for the SFV
section. This success was supported by the fantastic effort of Anheuser-Busch
In-Bev and their staff. The section was met by the company representatives
Raghu, Roy and Richard in the Budweiser Room. The facilities were enormous and
there was an impressive collection of steins from all over the world. The
section was represented at full capacity by thirty members for the evening tour.
Section business was conducted prior to the tour. First, SFV section’s
appreciation was acknowledged to Anheuser-Busch In-Bev and its staff with a
section’s certificate of merit presented to Gail Glaser, accepted by Raghu and
Roy.
Since this was our last tour of the operating year, District D and the current
President recognized two significant SFV contributors in the success of the
section’s recovery this year. Lois Holtzclaw (current Treasurer) was recognized
for maintaining the section’s finances for the past six years as well as synergy
generated maintaining history and the pulse of the section. Vincent C.
Meraz-Mata was recognized as the most significant younger member of the year,
providing the section with forward vision for the section’s future.
The tour was divided into two phases that explained the complete brewing and
bottling process for the brew. Each phase sufficiently covered the 1,700,000
million square feet in nearly 3 hours of in depth details of what is required to
be a world class brewer and beverage distributor. Comments at the tours end
affirmed the exceptional detail and thoroughness of details presented by the
tour guides.
The ASME thanks Anheuser-Busch In-Bev and its staff for the hospitality that
they extended toward the San Fernando Valley Section. This final tour has put
the section back on the map as a viable and vibrant unit for the future of the
San Fernando Valley.