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23 June 2000

"Rural Water Team" Wins The 10th Annual NFED Charity Golf Tournament.

On June 23, A "Rural Water Golf Team" consisting of Mike Wallace (Rural Development - Nashville, IL), Jim Mimlitz and Jack Mimlitz (Navionics Research - Saint Louis, MO), and Team Captain Steve Fletcher (Washington County Water Company - Nashville, IL) competed in the 10th Annual NFED Apple Classic Golf Tournament.

The tournament featured over thirty 4-person teams competing in a scramble format at Spring Valley Golf Club in Okawville, Illinois. The "Rural Water Team" posted the day's best score, 18 under par, and won the tournament outright. Also, the team won the day's only "Skin" with an eagle at the Par-4 17th on Jack Mimlitz's 150 yard 7-iron shot into the hole. NFED (The National Foundation for Ectodermal Dysplasias) is the worldwide organization committed to assisting people with ectodermal dysplasia, a group of genetic disorders which are identified by the absence or deficient function of at least two derivatives of the ectoderm (i.e. teeth, hair, nails, glands). For more information, visit their web site at http://nfed.org. Congratulations to NFED for a successful tournament and fundraiser!

Steve Fletcher, Mike Wallace, Jack Mimlitz and Jim Mimlitz.

17 March 2000

Navionics Presents Wireless Telemetry And Control Briefing At The Missouri Rural Water Association Annual Spring Technical Conference In Columbia, Missouri.

On March 15-16, Allen Taylor of Richards Electric Motor Company and Jim Mimlitz of Navionics Research met with representatives from rural water systems throughout the state of Missouri at the MRWA Annual Spring Technical Conference in Columbia, Missouri. On the second day of the conference, Mr. Mimlitz presented a 30-minute briefing to conference attendees titled "The 6 Key Steps To A Successful Wireless Telemetry And Control Project". The briefing, which was well attended by operators, engineers, and industry representatives, detailed Navionics' structured approach to turnkey integration of wireless telemetry and control systems. Congratulations to the MRWA staff for another successful, well-attended conference.

25 Feb 2000

Navionics and Richards Exhibit Wireless Telemetry And Control Systems At The Illinois Rural Water Association Annual Technical Conference In Effingham, Illinois.

Allen Taylor of Richards Electric Motor Company and Jim Mimlitz of Navionics Research met with representatives from rural water systems throughout the state of Illinois at the IRWA Annual Technical Conference in Effingham, Illinois on Feb 22-23. This conference, in which Navionics has been a participant for the past 5 years, brings operators, engineers, board members, and suppliers together to discuss products and solutions of interest to the rural water industry. This year, Navionics' exhibit focused upon the customer-service offerings within our internet web site, http://wireless-telemetry.com. Also, a demonstration was given of the long-distance telemetry dial-in capability. In fact, every year, several of our customers stop by the booth to review the performance of their water systems back home. Congratulations to the IRWA staff for another successful, well-attended conference.

Gathered at the Navionics exhibit are Jerry Boyles (Linden & Company), Jim Mimlitz (Navionics), Greg Bates (Jersey County Rural Water), and Terry Hagen (Jersey County Rural Water).

01 June 1999

Navionics Featured In The May 1999 Issue Of "The Mighty Mho", The Publication Of The St. Louis Section Of The Institute Of Electrical And Electronics Engineers. From The May 1999 Mighty Mho ... INDUSTRY SPOTLIGHT

The Industry Spotlight is an occasional feature of the St. Louis Section Newsletter. It was started in 1996 as an effort to increase our membership's awareness of the many EE-related industries in our area... The spotlight this month is on Navionics Research, Inc. of St. Louis, MO.

Navionics (Jim Mimlitz, BSEE Univ. of Missouri - Rolla '88, President) is the manufacturer of the 'WiSTAR' Wireless Control System -- a system which is comprised of a network of programmable, single-board-computer-based industrial controllers, along with one or more fixed or portable Windows98/NT-based monitoring workstations. The peer-to-peer communications, which often cover territories over thousands of square miles, are directed over VHF, UHF, or spread-spectrum radio channels. Mr. Mimlitz, who was in Rolla recently to give a talk to the UMR-IEEE student chapter, has been directing his expanding company's efforts toward solving control and monitoring problems in the utility areas of water, wastewater, and power load management. He can be reached at (636)938-9309 or via email at mimlitz@wireless-telemetry.com.