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Honorary Member

L.U. 6 (c,i,o,st&u), SAN FRANCISCO, CA Local 6 honored recently retired Bus. Mgr. John "Lou" Reid of sister Local 595, Dublin, CA. Bus. Mgr. John ORourke presented Lou a plaque naming him an honorary member of Local 6.

September plans include the Local 6 Picnic on September 14 at Sigmund Stern Grove in San Francisco and the Second Annual Charity Motorcycle Run to Camp Concord on September 27-29 at Lake Tahoe. This year the LMCC Run will benefit St. Anthonys Dining Room and Food Pantry.

Jeff Sweeney, P.S.

Annual Completion Dinner

L.U. 20 (em,i,mt,o,spa,t&u), DALLAS-FORT WORTH, TXThe North Texas JATC held its Annual Completion Dinner May 11.

Congratulations to graduates Anthony Adams, Conrado Alvarez, Robbie Anderson, Patsy Aycock, Clinton Coleman, Charliss Coleman, Chad Comer, William Crook, Rodney Diseker, Enrique Dominguez, Christopher Finney, Timothy Fitch, Michael Fitzgerald, Patrick Gills, Gerado Granados, Nicholas Guzman, Douglas Haley, Shawn Hamilton, Christopher Hankins, William Hawkins, Kevin Johnston, Henry Kelton, III, Ronald Kirby, Jason Larmeir, Ian Mack, Adolfo Maldonado, Bryan Mannke, Luis Marquez, Michael Mayo, Rudyard OHara, Douglas Paslay, Alexander Patnett, Michael Phelan, Stanley Powell, James Preston, Nolan Price, Jeffrey Sallee, Amir Shaheed, Brian Shanks, Stacy Smith, Richard Soileau, Christian Sorber, Terry Tosh, Jr., Jeremy Voss, Robert Watson, Patricia Williams and Alex Woodard.

Outstanding Apprentice awards were presented to Conrado Alvarez and Nolan Price. The Gold Pliers Awards went to Michael Jones and Jon Herrera (first year), Matthew Poole and William Langford (second year), Ian Gailey and Tony Linderman (third year), Robert Zimmerman and Arthur Alba (fourth year) and Jeremy Voss (fifth year).

Perfect attendance awards went to Conrado Alvarez, Chad Comer, William Crook, Patrick Gills, Nicholas Guzman, Douglas Haley, Henry Kelton, Nolan Price, Stacy Smith and Alex Woodard.

NECA awards went to Jon Herrera and Michael Jones (first year), William Langford and Matthew Poole (second year), Benjamin Weible and Ian Gailey (third year) and David Bonlie and Robert Zimerman (fourth year).

Jerry D. Ashford, Jr., B.M./F.S.

Mourning Two Brothers

L.U. 24 (ees,i&spa), BALTIMORE, MDWith a heavy heart we say goodbye to two loved and respected members. Bros. Jack W. McCorkle and Francisco Saverio "Chico" Voso passed away.

Bro. Jack McCorkle began his career as a journeyman electrician in Mississippi after serving as an aviation mechanic and tail gunner in World War II in both the Atlantic and Pacific theaters. Jack became Local 24 business manager in 1968, a position he held until his retirement in 1988.

Jacks many accomplishments include establishing our first pension fund in 1971, the construction of our new building in 1973, and the creation of a severance and annuity fund in 1976.

Bro. Francisco Saverio "Chico" Voso was a perennial shop steward, and served on the Executive Board and Entertainment Committee. He is well known for his service as referral agent, a position he excelled at.

Michael Lange, P.S.

Good Work Picture
L.U. 26 (ees,em,es,govt,i&mt), WASHINGTON, DCLongtime employee Joan Thompson retired on August 1 after 32 years of service working in the Local 26 finance office. We wish her many happy and healthy years of retirement.

Being registered to vote in November is an urgent matterexercise your right to vote on Election Day.

The June apprenticeship graduation banquet hosted more than 400 peopleone of the best turnouts ever. Another milestone in our JATC program included the dedication ceremony on September 5 of our new training facility in Manassas, VA.

At this writing, the work picture in Washington, DC continues to be good.

Local 26 is saddened to report the following deaths: retired Bros. Royal F. Scritchfield, William K. Gebhardt and Relice F. "Sparky" Watts, Jr., and Bro. Walter C. Meade.

Congratulations to recent retirees Donald E. Rinehart, James A. Long, Mervyn Chancellor, Roy G. Gilliss, Rexford C. Deery, Ward E. Hostetler, Gilbert I. Quackenbush, Paul OHaire and William W. Mangum.

Howard L. Ritchie, Jr., B.M.

A Local Hero
L.U. 34 (em,i,rts&spa), PEORIA, ILThis past winter, Bro. Clarence K. Garner "CK" was driving to work in icy road conditions and saw a glass company truck tipped over on its side. CK got out to help, and found a man pinned under the truck and called for help on his cell phone. He then quickly took the ladder racks off the top of the truck and used them to pry up the truck enough to pull the driver out from underneath. He then used his winter clothes to keep the driver warm.

After help arrived, CK left to go to work. After work he visited the drivers family at the hospital. The driver suffered life-threatening injuries; however, because of Bro. Garners quick action, his life was saved.

Jason Norton, P.S.

Denny Potter Retires

L.U. 38 (i), CLEVELAND, OHCongratulations to Bro. Denny Potter, who retired in May after 42 years with the IBEW. Denny served the local in many capacities and we thank him and wish him many happy years of retirement.

Bus. Mgr. Salvatore Chilia appointed Executive Board member Jim Embrescia to fill the business agent position. The vacant Executive Board position was filled with Examining Board member Joe Floran and his vacant position was filled with Bro. Dan Gallagher. Congratulations to all.

Work picked up a little, while the Cleveland schools and the steel mills remain the wild card for future work, along with the $350 million Cleveland Heart Center project.

Congratulations to Bro. Paul Leonetti who took action and got involved when he witnessed a robbery in progress in Richmond Heights. Thanks to Paul the thieves were arrested.

Ongoing organizing has kept pressure on the nonunion contractors. We recently won an election at Lawndale Electric, and have signed some new contractors to the inside, residential and teledata agreements.

Welcome new contractors Murphy Electric, Lakeside Services, J.T.M. Electric, Alpha Electric, Balishin Enterprises, National Connect, Lakeland Electric and G. T. Electric.

Dennis Meaney, Organizer