The blog is pleased to pass on the following recognition of Lipan's Richard Ator for his community service. For those that know Richard, this award makes perfect sense. This national corporate recognition makes Lipan proud! The company's website reports having 23,705 employees working in approximately 190 plant locations. Saint-Gobain's monthly employee newsletter states that Richard was chosen from 80 nominations through out the company's U.S. and Canadian operations:Saint-Gobain Corporation recently announced the winners of this year’s Volunteer Recognition Awards.
The employee winners and their community organizations (to which Saint-Gobain donates $1,000) are: Richard Ator, Maintenance Technician, Saint-Gobain Abrasives, Stephenville, Texas—Lipan Fire Department, Lipan, Texas; Sandy Beach, Plant Controller, CertainTeed Insulation, Chowchilla, California—Make-A-Wish Foundation, Fresno, California; Janet Lynch, Six Sigma Black Belt, CertainTeed, Valley Forge, Pennsylvania—Southampton 4-H Seeing Eye Puppy Club; Steve Martin, Product Designer, Saint-Gobain Containers, Muncie, Indiana—Ward Township Volunteer Fire Department; and Javier Renteria, Warehouse Supervisor, CertainTeed Insulation, Chowchilla, California—Merced Youth Soccer Association, Merced, California.
The retiree winner: Barbara Guth, retired General Accounting Supervisor from Corhart Refractories, Louisville, Kentucky, who volunteers for AMVETS National Ladies Auxiliary, based in Lanham, Maryland.
October marks the beginning of deer bow season. From one tree perch around 7:15 pm all the feeder attracted was a noisy herd of 13 black feral pigs! One hunter claims to have seen the mother of all bucks with a big 5x5 rack, but darkness prevented a good shot.
