2005 Expo Dinner

The Loyal Order of The 704 dinner was a smashing success in San Antonio. We took in 19 new members. The auction for the three (3) 704 meters brought in a ton of cash. One (which Ron Hranac successfully had high bid) was so old that it had c-fittings on it and a c-fitting jumper. Ron was later heard bragging that it was probably his first meter in some cable system in Washington state.

New Inductees were:

Jack Burton…..nominated by Andy Healey
Ray Thomas…. “””””””””” Sally Kinsman
Doc Thissen ”””””””””’ Todd Lubers
Suzann Holzer ””””””””’ Andy Healey
Bob Powell ””””””””””’ Gregg Allshouse
Glenn Shield ”””””””””’ Ian MacFanquhar
Jim Feola ””””””””””’ Les Read
Brian Hemmings ””””””””””” John Kirpinski
Peter Makowchuk ””””””””””” Barry Bonhan
Randy Reynard ””””””””””” Ron Hranac
Steve Richey ””””””””””””” Jim George
Fred Rogers ”””””””””””””” Nick Meko
Ray Hoffman ”””””””””””””’ Nick Meko
Ken Knoche ”””””””””””””’ Steve Dyche
Roger Hughs ””””””””””””” Joe Jarrell
Tina Tomblin ”””””””””’ Ralph Malewski
Levi Anderson ””””””””””””’ Steve Allen
Charles Hanchett ””””””’ Paul Hales
Archer Taylor ”””””””””””’ Rex Porter

Our Sargeant-At-Arms, Nick Meko, was able to collect quite a few fines for failure to wear the 704 pin during the dinner (or other SCTE functions).

Sally Kinsman handled the induction ceremonies. There was little decorum thoughtout the evening. Kinsman kept wanting to show off her Pink Flamingo socks and other unmentionables. Security only intervened once but Richard Covell never showed up for the meeting so they left.

Two arguments were settled when each of the aged contestants passed out, face down, into their dessert.

The highlight of the evening was being able to raise almost $17,000 for The Cable Center. The low point of the evening was having to ask Larry Massaglia to leave the room when he was caught eating a bowl of vanilla ice cream with his fingers!

Submitted but not scanned;
Read but not edited:

Pinky Porter

_________________
Admin
Dennis C Jones II
http://catvjbs.com

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published.