CHRISTMAS MEETING SCHEDUL E ALL MEETINGS 7:00 P.M. MEMBERS ONLY Mon., Dec. 5

Madison

Sheraton Hotel - 706 John Nolan Drive

Tues., Dec. 6

Appleton

Darboy Club - N9695 County Hwy N

Wed., Dec. 7

Green Bay

Rock Garden - 1951 Bond Street

Thurs., Dec. 8

Altoona

Holiday Inn - 2703 Craig Road

Fri., Dec. 9

Superior

Moose Lodge - 66 E. 5th Street

Sat., Dec. 10

Ashland

Zars - Sanborn Avenue

Sun., Dec. 11

Rice Lake

Moose Lodge #402 - 40 E. Newton Street

Mon., Dec. 12

Antigo

Steger’s North Star Lanes - 400 Posser Place

Tues., Dec. 13

Wausau

Labor Temple - 318 S. 3rd Street

Wed., Dec. 14

Pewaukee

Waukesha Expo Center - N1W24848 Northview Rd.

Thurs., Dec. 15

Fond du Lac

Knights of Columbus Hall - 795 Fond du Lac Ave.

Fri., Dec. 16

Manitowoc

Club Bil-Mar - 3627 County Road CR

Mon., Dec. 19

Kenosha

U.A.W. Club - 3615 Washington Road

Tues., Dec. 20

Janesville

Janesville Best Western - Hwy 26 North of I-90

Wed., Dec. 21

Boscobel

Bowling & Recreation Lanes - Highway 61 South

Thurs., Dec. 22

La Crosse

Baus Haus - 1920 Ward Avenue

ATTENTION APPLET ON RETIREE’S We will be having a Christmas Meeting on December 7th at the Appleton Union Hall. Please contact the Appleton Office at (920) 739-6378 by December 1st if you would like to attend.

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O P E R AT I N G ENGINEERS LOCAL 139 SPECIAL CHRISTMAS NEWSLETTER ISSUE November 2005

Terrance E. McGowan Business Manager The holidays mean a lot of different things to a lot of different people and for many of us, it becomes the time of year in which we reflect upon the prior twelve months in our lives. Because it draws yet another work season to a close, many in the skilled trades reflect upon their accomplishments in our industry. Some take this time of year to reflect upon a much broader range of things in their lives. Work, friends, family and for those with a positive attitude, giving thanks for the many blessings they may have received over the year. Like many of our members, I attended a parochial school as a kid. Through most of my youth, I was under the impression that the holidays we celebrated during the winter were somewhat exclusive to the Christians. It wasn’t until I grew older that I came to realize that many walks of life celebrate during this time of the year in one way or another. Whether it is religious, ethnic or even personal, it seems that most people take time out this time of year to give thanks and show appreciation to people who made a difference in their lives in one way or another. That being said, think of how appropriate it is that we take this time to show recognition and appreciation to so many members that have made Local 139 the great Local that it is. During the seventeen Christmas meetings that your constitutional officers and I shall attend during December, we will follow a very time tested agenda. We will recognize those who receive service pins, engineers of the year awards for retired and active members and stand in silent prayer for those members who passed on during the year. These are all members who have played a role in making our union, therefore our lives, a little better through their participation. This year, as an added tribute to the retiree's of the year, we are hanging brand new wall displays in the district offices commemorating those who have won the retiree of the year awards. This was the result of a discussion during a meeting of the Appleton retiree's club when Brother Jack Miller made a suggestion for the project. While it never really was a formal motion, club president Cal Larson checked in for a progress report on behalf of those concerned. District C and D display the recipients in their respective offices, District B office displays the Madison and La Crosse recipients and the displays in Pewaukee and Coloma recognize all retiree's of the year statewide. Good call Jack! This holiday season, take time to personally thank someone who took the time to make you a little bit better at making a living in our trade, oh and while we’re at it, take time out to enjoy the holidays a little bit yourselves. Fraternally,

Terry McGowan Business Manager

LA CROSSE

SERVICE RECOGNITION AWARDS 60 YEAR District B Johnson, Willard A

District D Eland, Elmer

Chalekian, Jack Daniels, Leo J Drea, Earl J Gustafson, Walter Kossow, Ronald R Matkey, Lawrence Mc Grady, James Mudek, Kenneth Pearson, Michael J Retzack, Russell R Sossaman, Floyd Sweet, Lyle A Westrich, Orland

55 YEAR District B District A Snyder, Andrew M

District B Briggs, Earl

District C Micale, Rosario Novotny, R A

District D Tupper, Warren

Out of State Day, William H

50 YEAR District A Anderson, Ronald

Abraham, Thomas Biba, John F Caya, Charles Fleming, Leonard Hawkinson, Lyman Markham, Duane Patcle, Frank J Queen, Virgil R Rabuck, Herbert Ryan, James Schroeder, Robert J Winchel, Carl E

District C Cline, Glenn Delaney, Leo Hornung, Richard Nelson, James L Nutt, Lowell E Scharhag, William A Sorenson, Millard C

District D Knickelbine, Dale Robenhorst, Hubert Schuh, John

Shaw Sr., Donald W

Out of State Kaiser, Donald W Reynolds, Ernest H

45 YEAR District A Arendt, Peter J Beine, Harold Dykstra, Marlan L Hodel, Carl Jung, Milford W Markham, Glen Osmundsen, William Peroceschi, Robert Schmidt, Donald W

District B Birkrem, Glenn Bock, Donald D Donovan Jr., George Fosdal, Roger Kohl, Vernon Mallon, Stanley R Moungey, Wayne Novak, Myron J Volla Jr., Atwell Wendt, Martin H

District C Cole, Elverne L Fochs, Marvin J Kruger, Gordon Laird, John M Morris, Robert H Podolak, Henry E

Ringstad, Robert Sand, Frank Willman, James

District D Calaway, Bernard Culver, Ronald N Dhein, Ralph N Hlavachek, John L Huhndorf, Eugene J Larson, Calvin Meyers, Robert G Micolichek, Raymond Pochron, Stanley E Smith, Norbert

Out of State Keller, Ralph E Morris, William H Picotte, Donald W Smith, Robert L Voelzke, George Yuker, Lewis

40 YEAR District A Barr Jr., Ben Bednarek, Ronald J Bitters, Francis Bock, Gordon J Cable, Ralph M Dobberfuhl, Gordon Flancher, Wayne Hartwig, Paul L Henkel, Lloyd Klaus, Arthur D Kruzan, Leonard R Luedtke, Jimmie W Mayer, Andrew J

SERVICE RECOGNITION AWARDS 40 YEAR District A Mehevic, Leroy T Mehrtens, Kenneth J Meyer, Harold Micolichek, Gerald Moczynski, Marvin G Nedset, Ronald E Ney, John G O’Brien, John K Piefer, James E Roethle, Glen L Rutkowski, Richard Schultz, Gerald A Voelker, Roy W Wilfrath, Daniel P Zeitler, Heinz K

District B Bakke, Ralph Barrett, Purl D Bowen, Charles M Breidel, Donald E Burns, Gordon C Crichton,Clifford Dahlby, James C Dull, Jerry L Dull, Vilas L Eastman, Daniel Fitschen, John Haerterich, Roger Halderson, Robert C Handel, John Hardie, Glen W Hartshorne, Douglas Hibl, Anton E Homburg, Rodney K Houlihan, Terry Jackson, Glenn Johnson, Gerald

Johnson, William C Kessenich, Gilbert Kessenich, James E Lybert, Peter L May, William H Merwin, Richard A Nickel, Arthur H Potterton, John B Quandahl, Howard R Roelke, Richard M Schulenburg, Melvin Shurpit, Ervin Slinde, Russell K Stegen, Laverne A Treu, John J Walsh, John T

District C Andriesen, Richard Bartz, Frederick H Beson, Robert L Biller, James A Culver, William W Dohms, Douglas A Domaika, Ronald Engel, William J Evenson, David P Flood, Ronald R Hill, Donald E Hoffmann, James J Jondreau, Ralph E La Porte, Charles L Ludescher, Bernard Luedtke, Larry A Mackey, Dale Mohr, Alfred Musil, Lloyd E Neinstadt, John L Ostrowski, Robert E Rostamo, Wayne R Sandstrom, Gerald Shimon, James J Sirek, Ralph A Sontag, Norman

Thatcher, Gary W Tuskowski, Ralph D Udeen, Floyd Weber, William A Zahrte, Dudley

District D Bratz, Gerhardt Buchman, Robert L Casey, Donald D Goebel, Donald J Greely, Willard Gulseth, Donald H Gulseth, Norman Hahn, Joseph F Heldt, Arthur G Hirth, Carl P Jeske, Florian Kiekhafer, Robert Lorrigan, Joseph Lutzke, Elwin Mallmann, Raymond Marohl, Dale J Mc Ginty, John F Melville, Donald Metzler, Clayton Morrow, Bernard Pagel, Richard Paquette, Charles G Rettler, Duane J Richley, Willis E Roedig, Charles A Rusch, Victor Shilbauer, William Steinhauer, Donald Thomas, James P Van de Hei, Ken Verkuilen, Ronald Weichart, Robert Williams, Jerry P Wissbroecker, Ervin Wodsedalek, Milton Wunderlich, Ted A

Out of State Bills, Archie J Hermanson, Richard Lamoureaux Sr., Howard Larson, Warren Sande, Lawrence E

35 YEAR District A Baumgartner, James Beuthling, Anthony Buggs Sr., Bobby G Caskey, Roger A Doro, Richard Ellis, Willie D Friemoth, Richard Galasinski, Ronald Garza, Jose F Grisolono, Kenneth Hermanson, Gerald Hoopes, Tod T Kolacinski, Leo Konop, John M Lilly, Patrick A Lorenz, William H Lupo, Thomas P Meissner, Roger L Millikin, Clarence Purdy, Peter J Saddy, Michael F Wewers, Francis Wilk, Richard J

District B Alm, Earl P Brechler, Ralph W Brown, Hugh

SERVICE RECOGNITION AWARDS 35 YEAR District B Christenson, James Coleman, John D Derber, Paul O Doty, Arnold E Eller, John O Ferry, Larry Griffith, Michael G Hazel, Harry L Hoeper, David C Huebel, Roger F King, Clifford M Purdum, Robert W Schmidt, Larry R Umland, La Verne W Wuthrich Jr., Marvin

District C Anderson, Robert J Arndt, Melvin Bryan, Arlyn Kolnik, Danny M Kruger, Larry W Kunes, Claire Olson, Ardell B Ouimette, Edward Ponick, Reinhold D Prusak, Phillip J Schneveis, Henry D Smothers, Rodney E Strzyzewski, Robert

District D Adams III, Arthur S Aerts, Randall D Haczynski, John Kane, Darrell J Korth, Roger M

Lambie, Ronald R Miller, Harold D Renel, Fred A Romenesko, Harlan Schultz Jr., Lavern Stedl, Robert Wieber, Arthur J

Out of State Bewsher, Lloyd A Blue, George N Fryer, Robert C Gudel, Harvey Lavigne, Patrick Leonard, Theodis Mittlestadt, Glenn Sommermeyer, Don Stuedemann, Arnold

30 YEAR District A Barrett, William Beck, Robert A Bowden, Wallace E Charmoli, Richard Dedolph, Don D Edwards Jr., Joseph Elliott, James D Ellis, Earl C Glynn, Daniel P Healey, Richard Herrell, James K Ische, Robert Kenney, Edward W Kuchta, Kenneth J Kuehl, Dennis L Lovrek, Peter Ponfil, Paul R Potter, Gary L Rasmussen, Donald A

Saddy Jr., Michael R Schoessow, David W Wetzel, Gary

District B Ashmore, Avery A Brink, Ronald Carlson, Gerald R Clausen, Ernest A De Garmo, Roger Elliott, Chester Ennis, Kenneth A Groth, Rodney G Klingaman, Richard Krumenauer, Edward Lehner, Wilfred L Mittelstaedt, Gerald Moore, Arthur L Moore, Jerry M Raemisch, Stephen F Roesler, Charles E Seiler, Paul Swenson Jr., Clarence Temple, Craig S Vaughn, Scott Whalen, Victor S Yourell, Joe

District C Bibeau, Gordon Boustead, Wayne Carter, Melvin E Domine, Robert Ellis, Dewain Grilley, Ronald D Hady, Keith Kertis, Richard L Kilcher, Eugene King, Thomas Langeberg, Michael Levelius, Robert W Maguire, John W

Nohl, Jayson T Nutt, Rickard L Olson, Dennis L Osmak, Joseph Perrenoud Jr., Stephen Proud, William Reinhardt, Kim C Scholten, Steven Schumaker, Ken Severson, Roger S Slather, Walter R Thill, Russell S Wille, Roger Wilson, Forrest T Woodford, Charles Zuleger, David A

District D Conradt, Dennis C Duckart, Ronald F Erickson, Donald V Fett, William E Franzen, Fred Griffin, Harold P Gurkowski, James Henning, Richard Immel, Marvin E Jackson, Gregory Janiak, Michael H Koehler, Emery Moderow, Lynn L Palmer, Randy Potratz, Nathan C Ross, Charles A Schultz, William J Swanson, Steven Wagner, Roger L Zamzow, Brian D

Out of State Hill, Gary L Wickham, Richard M

SERVICE RECOGNITION AWARDS 25 YEAR District A Duehning Jr., Edward Edwards, William R Fricano, Carlo P Martin, Scott J Nelson, Matthew F Obieglo Jr., Anton A Poytinger, William Primeau, Cheryl Roell, Bruce M Seprish, Eugene L Steiner, Paul A Tomaro, Mark Wade, Peter J

District B Dmytro, Robert C Endres, Alan R Hess, Curtis A Huston, Mark W Jopp, Steven W Kaderavek, Lon E Lease, Ronald D Ledman, Richard A Lytle, Norman E Mayer, Terry L Noltze, John D Pearsall, Donald J Reilly, Harold J Van Wie, James A Walters, John N Wolfe, Steven C Zwiener, Ernest S

District C Anderson, George J Babler, Randy G Berweger, Glenn T Boyd Sr., Edward A

Dombrowski, William Dresel, Dale Haas, John B Helms, Donald R Hess, John Koshak, Alan Mattison, Mark A Sigmund, Dennis Urlaub, John F Wirtala, Myron J

District D Buck, Terry Fink, Robert R Halbach, Michael D Kaat, James E Kutschenreuter, Dave Lind, Steven G Muench, Charles N Musial, Patrick D Rieth, Nick Schaefer, David G Setunsky, Terrance Waldschmidt, John P

Out of State Franklin, John J Lucas Jr., Clark S Mattmiller, Brad W Phillips, Eugene N

Service pins are awarded for years of active service only. Years spent on withdrawal do not count towards award pins. If you believe that your name should have been on this list and we inadvertently left you off, we apologize. Please contact our Pewaukee office for corrections.

HOLIDAY OFFICE CLOSINGS The following holiday closings will be observed by the Health Benefit Fund and Local 139 November 24:

Thanksgiving Day

November 25:

Day after Thanksgiving

December 23:

Day before Christmas Eve Day

December 26:

Day after Christmas

December 30:

Day before New Years Eve Day

January 2:

Day after New Years Day

GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING Saturday, January 14, 2006 10:00 A.M. Madison Union Hall 4702 S. Biltmore Lane Madison, WI

LOCAL 139 IS SPONSORING A HOLIDAY FOOD DRIVE! *For donating 2 cans of food at a Christmas Meeting a Local 139 member will receive one (1) extra ticket for the jacket/cash/turkey draw at that meeting. All canned food collected will be donated to a food shelter(s) In each respective area. Cash donations to Salvation Army cans at each meeting will be accepted in lieu of canned goods.

Limit: one (1) extra ticket per person please!

* FREE TICKETS!