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Two QI our 8.o,hcn lelllcd hom ,he umon
reeemly, They arc Wllhe W Mock of Buufon Ind
Homer C. 8lcku~ of POll5mou,h We ale , rneful
10 . hesc men fOI .htrr ¥u.s of $Clv.ee 10 the umon
Alto n .he lune mcelln~ lelv.ee fI,ns were aWlided
to the lollowlng. 1. A. M.ller IShop 99), 5 yells, I,
L lIums 15hofl 511, 5 ¥ealSl I' A Peuson 15hop
031,5 ye.,,; lohn T Charman I~h"r till. t~ yr·1r~ 1
and r W LewIS ISho!" 51), 20 yu"
At our September meelln, an Insurance repre
lentallve spoke The locII.s tlym, 10 mike aVail·
.ble to 1t5 memkrs ~ rarkatr wh l~h mrlndr.
doc,ol" ~lsn5. allornc¥'s feu. emClgency .oom
v,.It. Ind drnraJ work. wllh the benefits raid
dlrec.ly 10 ynu no mallCr whal D1hel plans you
Im/:ht have T he cOSt Will be .boul $30 mon.h,
but we mlU' have a mlnllnum nombe. of enrollees
Lei', aUlry 10 ,el ,"YolYed After all. the ullIon
can only work for you If you work for III
o l. RAMsn PS
Brother Cunningham Mourned;
Work is Slow
L.U. 932 (I&e ), coos 8A Y, ORI!.-tlme. I. Cun·
ningham, eharrel membel of Local 931. passed
.w.yon Au&,," I , ] 984 Ilrolhu Cunnin,h.m W.~
IllItillcd mto the local III 1939 and rellred after 30
¥UII III 1969. He was SO yean old. Our locil
u.ltnds lIS .ym path¥ and condolences to hlsiamll y
and lo~ed onCi
Our local held II! Annuall'icnic on luly 28 Ihls
yeal at SImpson Pa.k In North Bend. Wc had I
p.euy fail 'urnout cons,dc'1l1g 50 mau¥ of our
members Wel~ OUt 01 ,own II the IImc r should
have lome p,ctures next month
Thlng~ atC lull leaUy flow here 'n Coo. lIay
Some of Our members, howe~er. arc ,etlln, a lew
sporadIC .hort.lerm lobi. but nOI tnough 10 bank
on The.e·s talk of bulJdmjl; a new eounly Jail h(re
10 Ihe .une of $8 mIllion. bUI lellln, fln~nemg
mly be a p.oblem Tht indlnlliaJ work here IS nL!
We'le mil keepmg nUl fingels clossed on the NOl,h
Spa Othel c.tics nOt 111 OUI !""SdICllon such .,
ASlolLa, Tacoma and Tokyo have ,Dilen 30me of
Ihe OIl eompames' Walk that we Were looking for
Thele IS ont bnght SpOI alon/: Ihat hne, howevcr,
Ind Ihal', Ihe eonslrucuon of lome small modulu
lor Ihe north slope explol.llon by KRI These small
modules arc suppotcd to be erecled n Ihe old
C I" me rn Bunkcl Hill on the caSI ~lde of Coos
lIay We'.e hopmg thcy'll hue umon labor. but 10
fll nOlhrng IS eeJlain Only a lew men ..... ould be
requlrtd on Ihcse small modules If we eYen Ret
Ihe wOlk
II seem~ Ihu we'~e had a great number 01
Ira"elers 5',o;nin, 00. books recenlly I don', mean
to dIscourage anyone. but we seem 10 be. hOI SPOI
for ruman, and so Ia, thaI', IUS! about all they
U(. lumon, We wish they welen't, bUI .hey are
It', gomg on three yellS now smec some of OUI
handl hne had any rcal work here, and. hopefully,
thl! won't JaSI much longel. That'5 most of Rea '
,~n'. lerm, isn'l ILl Vou can help c h~n ,c ,hal by
gelting OUt to Ihe polls on Novembe. 6 and cutmg
your vOtC We also need belle. luendance II our
union meellnpi so get OUI and vOle and sec you
It Ihe .e,ulll meelln,' on the .econd Monday 01
,he monlh at 800 p m
Local Involved
In Negotiations
Bill McC ... HRll P"ES
LU, 953Ii.u,t,em,utvllupl), I!AU CLA IR E, WIS.­
It " my sinct. e hope Ihlt wh,le you Ire rudmg
thiS IlIIcle We WIll.]] be lookin, ahed 10 a more
.eeure and promlsml IUlu.e wLlh I min In the
Whi.e 1I0use wh o ca.el, I min who hu pledged
to gi~e his full I llCnlion In the plighl of the Walking
people, a man who wIll lead thil gltat counllY OUI
of Ihe economiC r(cenron thaI we h~v( been PUI
In by the forme • • dmimstruion-In .dmln;str:l
tion whose only COntern was Ihar Ihe rich /:(1
rlthe •• nd Ihe poor ,e' poQnr 11 we mu" ,uffe.
fOUl mo.e )'U", of that admmlSIl~1I0n . we can
bbme nobody bUI oursd.·u The cfleelll WIll hne
on our fUlule, yours and mme, and our chrldrcn'J
WIll be deva5l3I1ng. Do you exercise yoo. light IS
a free Amellcanl Do you VOle, Dr dl) you 1~1
somebody else deCide your fulur d Only you can
answer Ihat que"ion 1I0pduily you answered 11.
"Vr\. 1 VOIr"
P.esently III our local. we're bemg kepI busy
wllh n q~OIillions. We're Anding concern Irom the
employers n to whit is ,00n, to hAppen rn the
fUlu.c In some areUlhe 1I0D'UOIOD ltub.l dcmenl
II causmg nOlhrn! bUI n ouble. They come 111. do
Ihe wOlk cheaply wllh rnupencneed pel)ple, wLlh
no lega.d for qllllily and Ihcn pull OUI. leaving the
CUSIOlllCT, the consumer, dilSatlSAd It ,hen be·
comes necessary fOI U5 11\ corrcct Ihe p.oblems
they eruted and try to nllke them unde"tand
why Ihere wcre problems m the firSl pllce We
hive an obhgauon as unIOn members 10 keep Ihe
publiC mformed.o thlt Ihey WOn 'l ,et stuck wllh
shoddy work done by Innpeneneed people We',e
the ]lCOrle who must go Ihlou,h years oillamln,
tl) become upellenccd to be qualified to do the
loh 1\~IIt We 'le Uillon, d.II11l " 1 be proud III" and
rwud of your work Let u. be Ihe leadell Show
your suppon for ¥our II1l10n 1I10lhcli and S,sters.
AI .... ly. uk for and buy union made In the USA
There 15 I d.y SCI aside IhlS month for all of us
10 take lime 10 ,i~e .hanks Take a few mmll.es
.nd cognate your blcssmgs To all of you hom all
of us here, Tom, Howard, Denny, C"ol. !)Qn,
r()nnl~ anrl mysel/. hIVe a Ibppy and ~afe Thanks·
glvmg
IliH.l C( MI C Ir"l~r M H 11M
Two Sisters Attain
Positions in Local
LU .965( u &~ m l. MAD ISON, WI S. Slcw.,ds Lau
ne Sokolak and Holly lblvcrwn of ,he MadIson
UnLllllended I Confe.ence held at the 1981 MId·
West School for Women'. Worker •. OellOll, MIch·
,,,nn, Imm 1I11y 2Q th,o\lgh August J
E!icellve Septcmber I. 19&4. SIStel Sokol~k has
bi:en appoimed Unit challpcIson of Local Unit
965.13, Mldlson, by Ihe Exe(u!Lve BO~ld , 10 fill
Ihe vacancy crellcd by the apf'Om.ment of M.ehael
B Gllff,O Ihe pDllIlon of assI5tJnl busrness man­
',U 01 Local 96S, Mdlson. e/lecILve same dare
Blolher Graff .etalnS hIS eleeled f'OsllLon of "ICe
preSident of Local 965. MadIson l!rother Graff w.ll
be wOlk111g wirh and fOI lIusiness Mauger and
Fmlncl~l SeCletary Michael "/>lIck" Koehle.
Sister Nan Laufenberg ."um,,1 Ihe posiuon of
Unll lecorder and 111'$11111 financial .celc,ary of
Ihe MadIson unll dfceuvt !)eptembe. ], ]/1:\4
Nan ran un ~ onleSled 1\ the .egular monthly meCI­
In,of the MadIson Unll on Au,un ]4. 1984 SISler
lin Wale rendeled hel rt51gnaILon from Ihe abO;H"e
1"'''''''''' fur p~ •• unal rcawn. bUI eununucs as an
aCllve and "aluahle member of Ihe M.d15on Unn
Nan was apf'Om lcd to the aSSIS'al1l Anlncla! sec·
.ctary position by Iluslness Managcr-Fm.ndal Sec·
rCllr¥ Mleh.el "Mick" Koehlel
President Larry Lenhardl and V,ce P. esldenl
MIke C raff attended the 581h Annual Convcnllon
of the W15eonJm State AFL·CIO. Imernallonal
IIrOlhcrhoocl of Eleetncal Workt" Confe.ence at
EIU ClaLle, WiSConSIn, luly 19 Ihtou,h 1] Thuty·
lIye dde,.,u at!ended the Conference, whIch aIludcd
10 Ihe prcscnl Slue of Ihe economy amon,
the electrical worken and the fonhc1;mlLng election'.
Importance. In addllion In thell annual
regular business
My amele In Ihe September '84 IIIEW lournal
entitled "Scribe ChastlSCI Membe,s Cuncerning
Aruhy" has kIndled .ome ImCI(51 apparenLly,
.nd I ea,clly aWlll some po'"lve feedback
The IDEW Life SI~lng Awards WCle Iwarded on
August 1, 1981, at the Edgcwl1cl Ccnclalmg S,,·
linn, Sheboygan. Wllcons111, dUILnlln "All I:.m·
plo¥ee" meelin/: by Presidenl La rr y Lenhardt to
Blothers T ho mu C. Shi rcd, Robel! I. Salm and
Michael r Nlwlhs for Ihel. oCt lon' In "Vlng Ihe
life of Brother fernando V,ll~rrul on December
13. 1983. Through lheLi qUIck let ion Ind knowled,e
of fhl! lid, Ihe inlUI1U ,u"alned b¥ Brolher
V.lIarrul ,"'e.c mInImIzed to filii Ind .eeood ...
deglce burnt 10 hIS face and \Lrper body. The
emergency took place on fnday mOlnms, December
13. ]983, 11 810 a,m, when pllnt helper
fernando Vlllarrul received mlUliti from I (oal·
mIll explr"run on Umt 2 at Ihe Edgewllcr Cenerating
Station, Mr V.llarreal WIS wOlking from a
!addtr lubllcalLng an adllecm ellli mLlI whcn Ihe
~enttd blast from the problem mUJ defiecled off
the walland .lruck him_ The Ihlee aforemenlioned '
coworke". rcspondrn, 10 Ihe di51urbanee from a
oenby .bop, fOllod f . Villauul wllh Plrt of hit
dOlhrnJl on Arc and .. ded hIm We Ipplaud Ihe •
exemplary lei ion. of BrothelS Shi.ecl, Salm Ind
Nawlku, Ind Ihe membership cx,end. Ihell conglllul,,;oni
for the reeognllion and the'e well·
deserve.! awards
Congutulillon, ate In OIdcl fo r Robel! C reen- ,
wald 101 Ihe ,uccuslul eompiclLon of III Ihe reqUllemenu
fOI toulneyman stalu' ••• mech.nic
II wllh WISCOnSIn Power and Light Company Tbe
effec!lve dlle of Brolher Greenwald', IIIIU, n ..
loorneymln WIS Sep,embel 2. 1984
Another cong. uulations 10 Eugene O. Scholz for
[hc complcllon of all .he Icqullcmenls fur joul'
neyman Illtul as a lervice lechnlcian- electric,
wilh W!sconlin Power and Light Company_ Thc"­
cffeclLYe dale nf BrOlhe. Scholt's 1I1t0. II jou.·
neym~n wu Scplemocr 16. 1981
TIll ncxt lime then'
/'o1J CllAEt B C ..... fr. PS
Picnic Fun
Lo cal 970 kid, ~ca r e h for eoinl in thf IIraw. This
wn l!rd . n1O &1 odling urnti
Great Labor Day Parade
And Picnic Reported
LU, 970 (I&ml, KfLSO-LONCV IEW, WASII.­
I'm sUle many of you arc haY1llg a hard lime being""
thankful thn month wllh high ul1ernp lnyrncnt and
lob disaPPOintments so prevalenl. Sullo we necd
to be Ihankful fO I wh" We do h~ve, No mailer
how bad thin,s art for us, We can ~IWlyl find
wmeone who is worse off thin we arc. So I(sei
your altitude and choose to be Ih.nklult Help your
Blother_ he needs YOUf we need you
We had I good Labor Day Parade (ven thou,o;h ~
IBEW 910 Wit not represented, I'll PUt I Jllcture of ­
the l'lpeliller'l lioal In Ihe next inue lIt 11 Iurn,
oul)
The OpclI,or, haye a pIckel on Ihe WEVCO
~Ile Wish! h.d mO re 10 .eport. bu. th,ng. IrC still
111 the .~I"C .I~'e t],q t.av~ L.:"u fu • • ,uuJ ... Iule
oow
Had I ,d p.cnle. Where a\l our members came