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Helping to engineer success
Tammara Green/Post-Register
Ariel Belino just finished his first year as the engineer for the City of Quincy.
Ariel Belino joined the City of Quincy as the new engineer in June of last year.
He was born in Olongapo City, Philippines, the site of the largest U.S. Naval base in Southeast Asia. His father worked on the base for 25 years. Camp John Hay is a recreational base located there with an amphitheater, a golf course and a bowling alley. Belino went to high school, where he was encouraged to choose a career path.
“I was good at math, science and physics, which are all part of engineering, so that’s what I chose,” said Belino.
He then attended the University of Baguio, in Baguio City, where he received a degree in civil engineering. After coming to the United States in 1999, he eventually found his way to Washington state, and then settled down halfway between Ephrata and Quincy with his wife, Laura, and their two sons.
Belino finds that the biggest difference between Quincy and the Philippines, where he came from, is the weather.
“I would see commercials where it was snowing, and I thought, ‘How nice it would be to go there,’ but I came here in the month of October and it was really cold,” he said.
Belino started out working for Grant County before he was hired on in Quincy, and finds new challenges on a daily basis.
“We mostly worked on road projects for the county. Here in Quincy, the biggest challenge is keeping up with the changes and the growth of the city. We are dealing with everything from sewer projects to the building of the new library,” he said.
Belino’s attraction to the Quincy Valley is the many outdoor recreational activities it offers. “There is the Columbia there, and there are trails for hiking and biking. I also love the local fresh fruits and vegetables of the summer,” said Belino.
