Create successful ePaper yourself
Turn your PDF publications into a flip-book with our unique Google optimized e-Paper software.
employee notes<br />
SCOTT SNYDER<br />
Headworks Operator<br />
Scott Snyder retired<br />
from Loup Power<br />
District after 30<br />
years of service.<br />
Snyder joined Loup<br />
in 1992 as a Maintenance<br />
Man at the<br />
Genoa Headworks.<br />
He was promoted<br />
to Dredge Operator<br />
in 1998 and was<br />
named Headworks<br />
Operator in 2018.<br />
He was a member of the team that<br />
operates and maintains the District’s<br />
dredge at the Genoa Headworks.<br />
Snyder is a native of Genoa and a<br />
graduate of Genoa High School. He<br />
and his late wife, Rose, are the parents<br />
of a daughter, Tanya, and a grandson,<br />
Easton.<br />
AMANDA HENRY<br />
Human Resources Manager<br />
Amanda Henry<br />
joined Loup Power<br />
District in 2013 as<br />
Human Resources<br />
Manager.<br />
She is responsible<br />
for maintaining the<br />
District’s policies<br />
and procedures<br />
in the human<br />
resources area and<br />
for ensuring compliance<br />
with all federal<br />
and state regulations.<br />
Henry is a graduate of Columbus High<br />
School and earned a bachelor’s degree<br />
in Communication Studies from the<br />
University of Nebraska–Lincoln and<br />
a master’s degree in Management<br />
from Doane College. She holds a PHR<br />
(Professional in Human Resources) certification<br />
and SHRM-CP Certification.<br />
She serves as a board member for<br />
the Columbus Area Human Resource<br />
Association and Society for Human<br />
Resource Management (SHRM) of<br />
Nebraska.<br />
She has a daughter, Elyssa.<br />
RETIRED<br />
10 YEARS<br />
TIM RECEK<br />
Carpenter/Utility<br />
Tim Recek of<br />
Columbus was<br />
recently promoted<br />
to Carpenter/Utility<br />
at Loup Power<br />
District.<br />
In his new role,<br />
Recek is responsible<br />
for the construction<br />
and maintenance<br />
of District facilities,<br />
such as substation<br />
foundations and<br />
buildings, office buildings, and retail<br />
offices. He also helps maintain the<br />
canal and surrounding areas.<br />
Recek joined Loup Power District in<br />
2017 as a Utilityman based out of the<br />
Columbus Service Center. In 2019, he<br />
transferred to Maintenance Man and<br />
was promoted to Equipment Operator<br />
in 2020.<br />
Recek and his wife, Brenda, have two<br />
children: son, Dylan, and daughter,<br />
Sydney.<br />
JOE KLECKNER<br />
Headworks Operator<br />
Kleckner joined<br />
Loup in 2008 as<br />
a Maintenance<br />
Man at the Genoa<br />
Headworks. He<br />
was promoted to<br />
Equipment Operator<br />
in 2011 before being<br />
named Dredge<br />
Operator in 2018. In<br />
2021, he transferred<br />
to Headworks<br />
Operator.<br />
PROMOTION<br />
15 YEARS<br />
Kleckner operates and maintains<br />
heavy equipment at Loup’s Genoa<br />
Headworks. He also builds discharge<br />
pipeline for the dredge, constructs<br />
and maintains dikes in the Headworks<br />
discharge area, and performs other<br />
hydro-related tasks.<br />
Kleckner is a graduate of Genoa High<br />
School. He and his wife, Brooke, are<br />
the parents of two children: Ryder and<br />
Annabelle.<br />
SCOTT GOTTSCH<br />
Storekeeper<br />
Scott Gottsch joined<br />
Loup in 1998 as a<br />
Maintenance Man at<br />
the Genoa Headworks.<br />
In 2000, he<br />
was promoted to<br />
Carpenter/Utilityman<br />
on the Canal Crew<br />
based out of the<br />
Columbus Service<br />
Center.<br />
Gottsch was<br />
promoted to Headgates Operator at<br />
the Genoa Headworks in 2008 and<br />
transferred to the position of Storekeeper<br />
I in 2016.<br />
As Storekeeper, Gottsch’s duties<br />
include purchasing, storing, and issuing<br />
materials and stock for projects across<br />
Loup’s service area. The materials<br />
include poles, connectors, and wire.<br />
Gottsch is a graduate of Monroe High<br />
School. He and his wife, Sandy, are<br />
the parents of three children: Kelly,<br />
Megan and Courtney. They have eight<br />
grandchildren.<br />
JUSTIN M KOHL<br />
Meter Relay and Equipment Technician<br />
Justin Kohl joined<br />
Loup Power District<br />
as Meter Relay and<br />
Equipment Technician<br />
at the Columbus<br />
Service Center<br />
in 2022.<br />
In this role, Kohl is<br />
a member of the<br />
team responsible<br />
for installation and<br />
1 YEAR<br />
maintenance of<br />
substation power<br />
equipment. He is also responsible for<br />
reading meters and completing service<br />
orders.<br />
Kohl is a native of Lincoln and a graduate<br />
of Lincoln East High School. He<br />
has associates degrees in Electrical<br />
Construction and Control from Northeast<br />
Community College and Utility<br />
Line from Metro Community College.<br />
Kohl and his wife, Abbi, have two<br />
children: Ella and Rhett.<br />
25 YEARS<br />
14 | GENERATOR