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The Westmounter

get to know

Mackenzie Levesque

NEW ASSISTANT IN TRAINING

Mackenzie (Mac) Levesque “So far, so good!” said Mac on
started working at Westmount an early October morning when

this past March, joining the asked how classes were going. “Surrounded by trees, grass, the mountains when I lived out West, and last winter I

Turf & Maintenance team as Mac worked most recently at Bear Mountain Resort and flowers, I love all of it.” taught skiing at Chicopee,” she concludes.

our new Assistant in Training. in Victoria, B.C. and before that Banff Springs GC in Superintendent Cory Janzen remarked, “We are

This fall, she started the two- Alberta and Rebel Creek Golf Club in Petersburg, just How did someone who did not golf as a child get fortunate to have Mac on our team. Her enthusiasm
outside Waterloo. What she loves about the turf and
into this business? “My father was friends with a
year Turfgrass Management maintenance business is: “just being outside all day.” superintendent who hired me to work on his course,” and work ethic are contagious. She has a very bright
future in the turf industry. Once she completes her
Diploma Program at the she explains. “This is simply how it started.” education, she will become our 2nd Assistant. The

University of Guelph. “Doing this type of work is When not working, Mac enjoys boating at her cottage Assistant team of Adam and Mac will be one of the best
incredibly enjoyable,” Mac adds. in the summer and skiing in the winter. “I got a taste of in the business.”

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