Colleen has been diagnosed with cancer and has undergone three major surgeries. Their medical bills are overwhelming. A dinner/dance party is being hosted by Sam and Colleen?s family to raise money to help pay their medical bills. Your $50 ticket includes a buffet dinner featuring Top Round Sliced w/Au Jus, Chicken Marsala, Parsley Buttered Redskins, Green Beans Almandine, Pasta Marina, coffee & mini pastries, beer, pop and wash. A 50/50 dinner raffle ticket is also available for $75.00. This is a B.Y.O.B. event. There will be side board 50/50 raffles and great prizes for auction. More details to follow?Save the date. This event will be held Saturday October 22, 2011, 6:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m., at St. Clarence Church/Main Hall, 30106 Lorain Road, North Olmsted, Ohio 44070. For tickets see Brother Rick Shelly or contact Jones Lang LaSalle at 216-421-7744.

Thank you, Brothers and Sisters and all registered voters who signed the petition to get Senate Bill 5 put on the ballot. Let's keep on fighting for our working families and vote SB 5 out in November.

Congratulations to Brother Dave Wondolowski who has been named Parma Democratic Party "Union Democrat of the Year". Best wishes for a speedy return to good health from the Local 5 members and Executive Board to Dave's father, Mr. Don Wondolowski.

Congratulations to Brother Danny T. George for receiving his 50 year Gold Card Award this month.The officers and members of Local 5 thank you for your many years of service and dedication to our union and our craft. We wish you the very best of health and happiness.

The members and officers of Local 5 offer our sincere sympathies to the families and friends of Brother Michael Karas, and Brother Andrew J. La Vecchia, the father of Brothers Nicholas and Andrew and the grandfather of Brother A.J., who passed away recently.                

Pre-apprenticeship applications are accepted Mondays from 8:30 a.m. to 10 a.m. at the Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers Local 5 Union Hall, 4205 Chester Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44103. A valid driver?s license and a high school diploma or G.E.D. must be provided prior to filling out an application.

Please send your local monthly union dues ($21.00 per month) to the OADC Dues Processing Center, 5171 Hudson Drive, Hudson, Ohio 44236 or call 1-800-442-0479 to make checkless payments or to pay by credit card. Please do not send them to Local 5, as this may cause a delay which could result in you being dropped.  

Note: if signing as a new member or reinstating at the Hall, checks, money orders, or phone payments may be made. Sorry, but it is the policy of Local 5 to not accept cash.

To make arrangements to be drug tested, call Safety Controls Technology at 216-587-3000.
 
For a list of signatory contractors contact information log on to www.oadc.net.

YOUR FAMILY LOVES YOU. STAY HYDRATED AND WORK SAFELY!