{"id":538,"date":"2026-02-26T19:04:39","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T19:04:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/northwest\/?p=538"},"modified":"2026-04-15T19:09:45","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T19:09:45","slug":"recap-2026-behind-the-mask-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/northwest\/2026\/02\/26\/recap-2026-behind-the-mask-competition\/","title":{"rendered":"Recap: 2026 Behind-the-Mask Competition"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"538\" class=\"elementor elementor-538\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-46c69a6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"46c69a6\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b07eb00\" data-id=\"b07eb00\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cd49d64 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cd49d64\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Date of Event:<\/strong> 02\/26\/2026<\/p><p><strong>Location:\u00a0<\/strong>MN State College Southeast &#8211; Winona Campus 1250 Homer Rd Winona MN 55987<\/p><p><strong>Number of Attendees:<\/strong> 175<\/p><p><strong>Presenter\/Notable Guest(s):\u00a0<\/strong>Notable Guest: 60 year Life Member Don Peterson President and Founder of the Mississippi Welders Supply Company<\/p><p><strong>Event Summary:\u00a0<\/strong>This was the annual NW Section Behind the Mask competition. 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