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RAY PANTEL SAFETY AWARD WINNERS
The Ray Pantel Safety Award was first given in 1994. The award's purpose is to recognize a SAIA member who demonstrates the quality of dedication of leadership, cooperation and service that were exemplified by one of the SAIA founding fathers—Ray Pantel.
The Ray Pantel Meritorious Service Award is given in memory of the late Ray Pantel, who performed his duties for the electic cooperative Loss Control Program of Texas for 24 years.
Ray earned the respect of electric cooperatives throughout Texas, as well as the United States, as a safety instructor, training specialist, and later, as a general coordinator of the Loss Control Program. He was intrumental in the development of a safety certification program and continually fought for the development and continuation of the loss control program.
Some photos of recent winners appear below. The list of all award recipients appears after the photos.
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Richard Randall from South Kentucky RECC is the 2011 Ray Pantel award recipient. Here, Richard is accepting his award at the SAIA summer meeting in Kansas City, MO. |
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Doyle Totty works as a safety specialist for Meriwether Lewis Electric in Tennessee and is the 2010 Ray Pantel winner. Here's Doyle at the National Utility Training Safety and Education (NUTSEA) annual safety conference in Charlestown SC. |
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Michael Welzheimer 2007 Recipient, Eddie Black 2006, and 2008 Ray Pantel Award Recipient Larry Detwiler. |
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2007 Ray Pantel Award Recipient Michael Welzheimer of Grayson Collin RECC in Texas. |
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South Kentucky RECC's Eddie Black receiving the 2006 Ray Pantel Award from KAEC S&LP Director Clarence Greene. |
| Previous Ray Pantel Award Recipients |
| 2011 |
Richard Randall, KY |
| 2010 |
Doyle Totty , SC |
| 2009 |
Clarance Greene, KY |
| 2008 |
Larry Detwiler, KS |
| 2007 |
Mike Welzheimer, TX |
| 2006 |
Eddie Black |
| 2005 |
Mike Bergeaux |
| 2004 |
Norman McDugle, OK |
| 2003 |
Jim Wright, GA |
| 2002 |
Danny Hayes, TN |
| 2001 |
Ken Guffey, OK |
| 2000 |
Buck Theriot, LA |
| 1999 |
Guy Thompson, OK |
| 1998 |
Stan Rucker, MS |
| 1997 |
Ron Jones, AZ |
| 1996 |
Joe Johnson, OK |
| 1995 |
Harold Statts, OK |
| 1994 |
Larry Baker, TX |
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