Local Compass

JOURNAL: ISSUE 2 - 2015

Wisconsin District Council

Local 6 Wisconsin

In June 2014, then Director Jeff Leckwee (now retired) presented service awards to Local 6 members.

From left, Brother Leckwee, 40-year member Glen Lewitzke, 50-year members Lawrence Sitko and Gary Muench, 25-year members Joseph Wanserski and Myron Karlen, and WI DC Field Representative Vern McGivern

Fifty-year member Dale Kopf proudly displays his Gold Card.

Local 8 Wisconsin

From left, WI DC Field Representative Bill Bonlender, Local 8 President Mark Titzkowski, 50-year member Walter Hodel, 25-year member Marcus Farina, 50-year member Joseph Klem Jr., 25-year members Fernando “Luis” Cruz and Wilfredo “Freddie” Cruz, WI DC Director Gary Burns, and 25-year member Curtis Wedell.

Local 6 Illinois

From left, 50-year members David Rampa and Walter “Frank” Hartke, and 40-year member John Hengl.

From left, 25-year member Kevin Crain, 50-year member John Negray, 40-year member Kevin Robinson, and 50-year member Francis Liesse.

Local 1 Maryland/Virgina/DC

Forty-year member James Natali, right, receives his service award from Local 1 MD/VA/DC President Scott Garvin in February.

In February, 25-year member Reynaldo Sandoval, right, receives his service award from Local 1 MD/VA/DC President Scott Garvin.

Local 2 Washington/Idaho/Montana

Stanley Carr, a 75-year member of Local 2 Washington/Idaho/Montana, with his plaque recognizing a lifetime of dedicated service to the Union. Brother Carr began his career working at Fort Lewis, a U.S. military facility located southwest of Tacoma, WA, and was an employee of BAC signatory contractor, the Henson Company (Seattle, WA), for 35 years. A third-generation bricklayer whose grandfather was a mason contractor in England and whose father, uncle and brother were also bricklayers, he joined the Union in Seattle in 1939 at age 20. Brother Carr will be 95 years young in August and could not be prouder to be a BAC member!