Master Roads Scholar
Mark  Bucklin

Master Roads Scholar
Greg Hatfield

Master Roads Scholar
Mike Hillhouse

            Mark Bucklin has been the Town of   Bristol Highway Supervisor for the past ten years. Before working for Bristol  he worked for ten years in pri­vate construction and in the Army Corp of Engineers for seven years.

            Mark takes classes to keep up to date with all the new information and technology generated in the transportation field. He likes to bring informa­tion from the workshops back to   Bristol  . Mark is always looking for a better way to do things. He also enjoys meeting people from other towns.

            His supervisors are glad that he has worked hard to reach the Master Road Scholar level.

            Mark and his wife, Linda, have been married for 21 years. They have two children. Mark likes to hunt and he especially enjoys working on his house and garden. He grows several varieties of apples.

            Congratulations to Master Road  Scholar Mark Bucklin!

            Greg Hatfield is the Superintendent of the Public Works Department in Whitefield. Greg has been at this position for five years. He’s been with Whitefield for 11 years previously he was an equipment operator and highway foreman. He worked for the State of   NH  ’s Bureau of Off-Highway Vehicles a division of DRED doing trail maintenance and building bridges.

             Greg takes classes to benefit the town and himself. Classes allow him to stay cur­rent by keeping up with the latest and newest ideas. They allow him to expand his knowledge of older information, too. He feels that, just when you think you don’t have anything else to learn, there’s always some new, valuable information to be found.

             Greg’s supervisors are very pleased with his achievement of Master Road Scholar status. He likes to send his crew to classes as well, and feels that the   Technology  Transfer  Center  is a valuable asset to all towns.

             Greg has two children, a son and a daughter. He enjoys hunting, fish­ing and four wheeling with his kids.

             Congratulations to Master Road  Scholar Greg Hatfield!

            Mike Hillhouse is the Utility Superintendent with the Goffstown Department of Public Works, where he has worked since 1991. Prior to this, he worked with Maine Drilling and Blasting.

            Mike believes it is beneficial to stay on the leading edge of technology, which is the motiva­tion behind his obtaining the Master Roads Scholar level. He says he is always looking for better ways to do what the public works depart­ment does. He said he has learned a lot from the workshops both directly and indirectly. Recently, Goffstown obtained a $15,000 grant to correct an ongoing flooding problem. He learned about the grant through colleagues in the workshops.

            Mike says that the Public Works Director and the Selectmen have been supportive and are pro-education and training.

            Mike and Susan have been married 19 year and have an eleven-year-old daughter, Kayla. As a family, they enjoy traveling. They are also involved with the Garden Railroad Society and are in the process of building an outdoor garden rail­road in their yard.