At Local 424s Klondike Days
Pancake Breakfast, Unit 2 "Sheriff"
John Last encourages Unit 1
Chairman Jim Watson to get the
flapjacks and bacon cooking!
L.U. 424 (as,ees,em,es,i,mo,o,ptc, rtb,rts,spa&u),
EDMONTON, AB, CANADAMuch has been happening in the local this year
in conjunction with our 75th Anniversary celebrations. The May 30th
Golf Tournament and Steak Barbecue raised over $3,000 for the Juvenile
Diabetes Foundation.
The following day for the Family Picnic/Open House, members and
their families were treated to a barbecue and invited to tour the
recently completed building renovations. That evening, a gala banquet
and dance officially marked our 75th Anniversary. Highlight of the
evening was the honoring of the 10 business managers who held office
since our charter in 1928. Seven of those 10 attended the ceremony.
They were led into the waiting assembly by a piper and color guard,
followed by past local union presidents.
Unit 1 Committee served up stacks of "flapjacks", bacon
and scrambled eggs (with perfect weather), for the annual Klondike
Days Pancake Breakfast on July 11. Calgary Unit 2 Committee served
a similar breakfast on June 27, a week ahead of the world famous
Calgary Stampede.
L.U. 428 (govt,i,o,rts&spa), BAKERSFIELD, CALocal 428 was
chartered on July 21, 1903. Our local has always remained active
and has never been defunct, reinstated or rechartered. The charter
members of Local 428 were eight linemen, employees of the Sunset
Telephone and Telegraph Company of Bakersfield, CA. Those first
pioneers were: F. T. Andrews, H. P. Leeds, M. H. Murray, F. Flint,
F. J. Nichols, D. Black, C. T. Collins and H.W. Sproul. They were
joined later in 1903 by Jim Baker, founder of Jim Baker Electrifier,
and Charles Owens. On Sept. 17, 1917, then-Local 343 of Taft, CA,
was chartered and later amalgamated with Local 428 on Nov. 1, 1953.
The 100-year celebration will include a picnic in October, a golf
tournament, then dinner in November with honored guests, Int. Pres.
Edwin D. Hill and Int. Sec.-Treas. Jeremiah J. OConnor.
At our 100th anniversary year, Local 428 officers are: Bus. Mgr.
Danny Kane, Pres. James S. Elrod, Vice Pres. Don F. McLean Rec.
Sec. Duane W. Moore, Treas. John A. King. Executive Board members
are: Jon T. Bachman, Leslie G. Bragg, James Granheim, and David
B. Thomas. Examining Board members: Jerry Melson, Rick Oxford and
Eloy Zavala. Also on board are Bus. Agent Duane Moore, Organizer
Larry Adams, office secretary Jackie Nelson and trust manager Gayle
Curry.
We look forward for the present and future members to lead this
local to another 100 years.
L.U. 440 (i,o,rts&spa), RIVERSIDE, CALocal 440 extends a very
special thanks to apprentice Shawn Hicks and his wife, Michelle,
for getting the Inland Empire LMCC (which comprises Local 440, San
Bernardino Local 477, and the Southern Sierra Chapter NECA) involved
in a worthy cause. In June the I.E. LMCC presented 13 children from
the Loma Linda University Hospital pediatric dialysis unit with
gifts. Plans are in the works to raise funds for next years event.
The Boy Scout Camps new restroom and shower facilities project
at Camp Emerson, in the Idyllwild Mountains, has been completed.
We thank members Duane Tasker, Robert Wlaker, Paul Gomber, Shawn
Hicks, Ken Nickey, Rick Purper, Steve Purper, Bill Perez and Steve
Gomber for their hard work on the project.
Bus. Mgr. Bill Perez, as president of the Building and Construction
Trades Council, has been involved in negotiations of several PLAs.
The following are at this time still in negotiations: MWD Lake Skinner
Ozone Facility/San Diego Pipeline Project, Cathedral City Hotel/Retail
Complex, and Morongo Casino Project. The PLA for the second phase
of the Blythe Energy Project has been finalized and submitted to
the crafts for signatures. Please note that none of these projects
are due to start anytime before the first of the year.
Local 500 linemen Kevin Haese
(left) and Eugene Barrett install a
jumper at the 7th Annual Texas
Lineman Rodeo.
L.U. 500 (u), SAN ANTONIO, TXOn Saturday, July 12, 2003,
IBEW Local 500/City Public Service employees competed in the 7th
Annual Texas Lineman Rodeo, where linemen from 22 utilities across
Texas participated.
Team 1 consisted of Eugene Barrett, Kevin Haese and Timothy Sczech.
Team 2 consisted of Andrew Berger, Lawrence Aguayo and Ephriam Kerby.
Two apprentices competed, Tony Triana and Fastino Sanchez. Participants
competed in 15 different events ranging from hot sticking live wires
to pole rescue techniques. They were scored on work practice, safety
and time.
The team of Bros. Berger, Aguayo and Kerby placed first in the
underground primary splicing competition. Tony Briana placed first
in the "hurt-man" rescue and third in both the pole climb
and the perform change-out.
Everyone has done well, considering this is only their second competition.
The next competition will be in March 2004 at the American Public
Power Association Line Workers Rodeo right here in San Antonio.
Local 520 apprentice graduates
attend a JATC
graduation celebration in their honor.
L.U. 520 (i&spa), AUSTIN, TXLocal 520 congratulates
Apprentice of the Year Juan Garza and his fellow graduates of the
Austin JATC Class of 2003.
Graduates are: Kevin Adrian, Waylon Allen, Ivica Antolocic, Mitchell
Buerger, Eric Cain, Randy Carter, Matthew Cates, Derek Cole, Troy
Corbitt, Cody Dlouhy, Christopher Driskell, William Felps, Jordan
Flores, Rodrigo Garcia, , Joseph Garner, Joel Gore, Steve Hansen,
Donald Kelso, Robert Larson, Danny Leos, Jon Lock, Christina Loomis,
Jim Mallanez,, Miguel Marteniz, Richard Masters JR, Justin Mauck,
Eric Melde, Charles Meredith, Gregory Miech, John Milburn III, Jeremy
Miles, Wyatt Neill, Micheal Nelson, Horacio Partida, Jullianna Phillips,
Gerald Prejean, Cody Rackler, Cullen Robbins, Paul Rodgers, Paul
Schunemann, Steve Simmons, Rafael Tarango, Kristopher Teinert, Justin
Turk, and James Willmon.
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