Local 1 Alberta Presents Service Awards

Local 1 AB recently presented 50- and 25-year members with service awards. From left, 50-year member Harry Clouston, 25-year member Ivan Hubans, 50-year member Richard Hatley, Local 1 President Wally Shaw, Local 1 Business Manager Alan Ramsay, and 25-year member Marvin Strangway. Fifty-year member Heinz Michaels is not pictured.

Fifty-year member Joachim Winters, left, and Ramsay.	Ramsay, left, with 25-year member Ejnar Nissen.

Local 2 Nova Scotia Presents Service Awards

From left, 50-year member Sydney Walsh, 25-year member and Local 2 President Rick MacLeod, 50-year member Edward Yates, IU Special Deputy Albert Vincent, 40-year member Gerald Oakley (past Local 2 President), 50-year member Elliot Smith, and 50-year member Jack Youden (past Local 2 President). Fifty-year member Melvin Gouthro and 40-year member Harry Jerrett are not pictured.

IU Special Deputy Albert Vincent, right, recently presented Local 2 NS member Bill Leon with a plaque on behalf of the Local’s membership. Brother Leon, an active Union member for more than 60 years, diligently served on many of the Local’s committees, and lives up to his personal creed of always conducting himself with “class.”

Local 1 Nebraska Holds Annual Banquets

Local 1 NE Omaha Gold Card members, seated, from left, Joe Cohan, Oscar Finck, Gordon Foutch, George Poulsen, and Carl Poulsen. Second row, from left, Carl Watts, Bill Barden, John Reisbeck, Richard Kruse, Jerome Pecoraro, Ken Kelly, Richard O’Hara, and BAC Region 7 Director Randy Kelly. Back row, Floyd Lemme, Ted Kisicki, Gerald Swift, Tom Duffy, and retired BAC Vice President James Richardson.

Local 1 NE 40-year members, front row, from left, Richard Krueger, John Paladino, Don Siebert, Orfeo Marus, and Carl Bortol. Back row, from left, Dean Zimmerman, John Bonham, John Novak, Mike Wolfsbauer, Al Kruse, Jim Patterson, John Bauermeister, Richardson, and Kelly.

Local 67 Illinois Honors Class of 2002

The officers of Local 67 IL recently honored the 22 graduates of the Union’s tile layers apprentice program. First row, seated, from left, Tytus Henry, Chris Crague, Todd Friedewald, Chris Lynch, and Local 67 Business Manager/Apprentice Coordinator Frank O’Lone. Second row, from left, Local 67 instructor Paul Duschinsky, Joe Sylvestri, Daniel Wolfe, Chuck Eltman, John Bauer, Andrew Hybert, and Eric Ulrich. Third row, from left, John Mikel, Peter Majcher, Mike Herak, Ryan Carrig, Brian Mavraganes, Jeff Schwier, Annette Johnson and Dan Broberg. Edgar Cantu, Robert Maier, Mike Rodriguez, and Sean Wiggins are not pictured.

Local 1 Ohio Presents Gold Card

The officers of BAC Southern Ohio District Council’s Local 1 OH recently honored the Local’s new Gold Card members at a party held on their behalf. Front row, from left, Local 1 Gold Card members Richard Johnson, Myrl Henry, and Gene Oelke. Back row, from left, Local 1 Secretary Ron Allgire, President Jon A. Roesti, and Treasurer Dave Pain.

Local 1 Oregon Apprentices Build for Community

Local 1 OR apprentices, under the direction of Local 1 Business Manager John Mohlis, the Local’s Apprentice Coordinator Joe Luna, and Instructor Dan Bonife, recently honed their skills and civic pride by building new dugouts and a conscession stand for Oregon City’s Redland Baseball Association. “The apprentices enjoyed donating their talent and energy because unlike their work in the classroom that they tear down, this project is built to last. These projects are good for them, and good for the community,” says Mohlis. A total of 23 local apprentices participated.