Oklahoma SCS/NRCS Retired Employees

Oklahoma SCS/NRCS Retired Employees

Minutes of Meeting

October 26, 2012

Oklahoma SCS/NRCS Retired Employees met at the Golden Corral Buffet at 520 South MacArthur Blvd. in Oklahoma City.  Thirty people were in attendance.

President Dan Runnels called the meeting to order.  Nickey Lambeth provided the blessing for the meal.  Everyone enjoyed the buffet meal. 

Following the meal, President Runnels again called the meeting to order.  Jim Smith introduced himself as a first time attendee.  Those in attendance introduced themselves and their spouse if in attendance.

Secretary/Treasurer Sandra Hough read the minutes of the April 27, 2012, meeting.  They were approved as read.  The treasurers’ report showed a balance at the last meeting of $873.21, with $260.00 dues deposited for a beginning balance of $1,133.21.  Expenses for this meeting were $207.94 leaving an ending balance of $925.27.   There were 340 notices mailed, 5 returned, 3 re-mailed.   Current addresses are needed for Bobby Morton, Chelsea; and Carl Mackey, Kingfisher.

The retiree website (www.cyber-shack.net/nrcs/ ) has been helpful in our effort to keep retirees informed.  This website also has a posting of the attendees, minutes and pictures from each of the meetings.

Fred Fortney read a list of recent retiree deaths:  Vernon (Spec) Horn, 6/12/04 & his wife Nezzie, 9/5/11; Trudie Green, 8/7/12, mother of Johnny Green former State Conservation Engineer & husband Joe Green, former engineer with SCS; Helen Riley, 8/21/12, widow of John T. Riley, Jr., Agronomist @ Clinton Technical Office;  Arvel Sumpter, 9/16/12, Conservation Technician,  retired in 1992, 81 yrs. old;  Wayne Holler, 9/21/12, Construction Inspector, Pauls Valley Watershed Office, retired in 2010 with 45 years’ service, 73 yrs. old; Bobby Davis, 10/6/12, Area Engineer Duncan Technical Office, 38 yrs service, 76 yrs. old; Doris Lambeth, 10/17/12, wife of Nickey J. Lambeth, retired Area Conservationist at Clinton living at Okemah; Gene Richardson, Marlow.  A moment of silence was observed and Fred offered a prayer. 

 Four new retirees have been added to our retiree list:  Tim Miller, Resource Engineer McAlester Technical Office, 6/1/12; Brian Bredesen, Civil Engineering Technician on Design Staff in Stillwater, 8/3/12, 32 yrs service; Randy Wingfield, Conservation Technician at Durant, 8/3/12; & Bobby Cline, District Conservationist at Sulphur, 10/2/12, 36 yrs. service.

Randy Freeland had a slide show of slides he had borrowed from the State Office information section to show to the group.  He invited others who might have slides to bring them to show to the group.  He will load them into trays for viewing.   Everyone looks forward to being able to continue this part of the program.

Dan Runnels shared information on a documentary made on the dust bowl.  The documentary will be shown on PBS (OETA) on November 18^th & 19^th.  Prior to those dates, screenings will be shown:

            November 5 in Stillwater

            November 8 in OKC

            November 12 in Tulsa

Randy Freeland is the Oklahoma representative to ARCSE and uses information gathered at the meeting to provide news articles for the newsletters sent to members of the organization every other month.  Dues are $18 per year and he has membership applications for anyone interested in joining.  He asked those in attendance who have activities not previously reported to complete an information sheet or update information.

A discussion was held on the date for the next meeting which has been held on the fourth Friday of October & April.  No one expressed any objections to either the date or the location. 

The next meeting is scheduled for Friday, April 26, 2013, at the Golden Corral Buffet, 520 South MacArthur Blvd. in Oklahoma City.  It is located between I-40 & Reno behind the Shell Station.  Take Exit #144 off I-40.  Go north on MacArthur Blvd.

There was no other business to bring before the group and the meeting was adjourned.

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