MurrayGuard NewsMurrayGuard News

September 2013Jackson, Tennessee

It’s time to recognize anindividual who was andis one of the most

important people responsi-ble for making MurrayGuard the successful com-pany it is today.

Lee (Elias) Collinsjumped in with MurrayGuard in the very begin-ning, supporting those of ustrying to build a securitycompany with very littleexperience and limitedknowledge about security.Thanks to Lee’s encourage-ment for success, buyingstock, becoming a boardmember in the beginning in1970, and never giving up,Murray Guard became asuccess. Who knows, other-wise!

The Fairview Restaurantin Memphis became thebusiness, social and share-holder home for the compa-ny and was instrumental fornew shareholders and friends. It also was a political meeting place for oth-ers. The partnership family with Ms. Olga, Lee, Gage and Anna, plusother friends, gave tremendous and strong support for the company.

We also haven’t forgotten Harvey Martin. He was a great friend, too!Without that family and their friends, Murray Guard may not be heretoday. The company, shareholders and all of us are grateful.

Thanks, Lee, for all you have done and continue to do!

– Roger Murray Jr., Buster Ferguson, Jimmy Exum and Jimmy Ward

A tribute to Lee (Elias) CollinsThe best friend never to forget

The polar bears helped to make theFairview Restaurant a Memphis landmark.

Lee Collins, above, stands outside of the FairviewRestaurant. Harvey Martin, at right, was a treasured employee. What’s your story?

As we work on a written history of MurrayGuard, we welcome input from past and

present employees, clients, shareholders andother Murray Guard friends.

Send your anecdote or story about MurrayGuard to Mary Reed, mary@reedmarketing.comor call her at 731-499-0224. Send pictures forthe book to Mary Reed, 25 Mallory Drive, Jack-son, TN 38305. All will be returned.

MURRAY GUARD, INC.58 Murray Guard DriveP.O. Box 10248Jackson, TN 38308-0104Phone: 731-668-3400www.murrayguard.com

Roger G. Murray Jr.Chairman & CEO

Gerald P. Ferguson, Jr.President

Rick ShackelfordExecutive Vice President

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Our Appreciation to You,Jimmy Exum

In 1986, Murray Guard purchased Total Reach Television from JimmyExum and Bill Way. At that time, Total Reach was operating primarily inthe West Tennessee area. After joining with Murray Guard and with Jimmy’s leadership, TRTV

expanded into Michigan, New York, South Carolina, North Carolina andFlorida, and became a major player in the cable TV advertising business.

TRTV was a very successful venture for Murray Guard for many years. In2003, due to a changing business environment, the decision was made toexit the cable television advertising business by selling our assets to JacksonEnergy Authority and bringing a key executive to Murray Guard, which wasa tremendous plus for the company.

At that time, Jimmy came on board with Murray Guard as Vice Presidentof Sales and eventually was named Executive Vice President of the company.

Jimmy always has been an outstanding performer and a results-drivenindividual. He is a person with many talents, and he has always accepted anytask put before him with confidence and a can-do attitude. The tasks havebeen many, and Jimmy’s many talents were utilized, whether it involved run-ning Total Reach, building offices for Murray Guard, decorating the corpo-rate office, running the sales effort for Murray Guard or helping to direct theoperation of the security business.

It has truly been a pleasure to work with Jimmy for the past 25 years, andwe appreciate all that he has done to make our company a success.

In addition to his duties at Total Reach and Murray Guard, Jimmy hasbeen involved in numerous community organizations and projects over theyears. He has produced the Miss Tennessee Scholarship Pageant for morethan 40 years, which has been a tremendous event for the City of Jackson.In 2009 Jimmy received the Jackson Leadership Award presented by theWest Tennessee Healthcare Foundation.

In 2010, Jimmy founded Jaxon Records, a music recording and produc-tion studio, which he has always had a passion for and where he spends a lotof time these days.

In 2012, Jimmy decided to take a less active role in the day-to-day operationof the business, but continues to support Murray Guard as a senior advisor.

On behalf of the shareholders and employees of Murray Guard, we wantto thank Jimmy Exum for his dedication and loyalty to our company. Thankyou Jimmy for the loyalty and dedication given to all.

– Roger Murray Jr.– Buster Ferguson

– Jimmy Ward

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Administrative changes will keepMurray Guard on successful path

As you can see by the story on the previous page, I’vestepped down as Executive Vice President to becomeSenior Advisor as I begin to prepare for retirement. I

am continuing to be at Murray Guard part-time, working onspecial projects and assisting Buster Ferguson as needed.

I’m not ready to say “goodbye” just yet, but this will be mylast column as Executive Vice President.

The past year at Murray Guard has seen several otherchanges in management as Murray Guard prepares for the con-tinued success of our company and an ever-changing businessatmosphere. I am delighted to welcome …

n Blair Ross, Vice President of Operations. Blair has anextensive military background and brings a different perspectiveto the contract guard business. Since he arrived in April 2012,Blair has revamped and strengthened our training program,made some organizational changes and is helping us add tech-nology advances so we can offer more services to our customers.Technology is changing the way we offer services to our clients,and Blair is lead-ing those efforts.

n Vince DiPiero, VicePresident ofSales. Vince, whostarted in Marchof this year, bringsmany years ofexperience in salestraining and salesmanagement from working with other large security companies.

Vince and Blair are dividing some of my former duties. n Roger Murray III joins the corporate management team

as Special Assistant to the Chairman. His duties include specialprojects, customer relations and helping with our marketingefforts.

n Rick Shackelford, for-mer Vice Presidentof Accounting, isMurray Guard’snew Executive VicePresident. Rickstarted with me atTotal Reach inAugust 1980 andmoved over to Murray Guard in January 1996.

n David Harris is our newChief Financial Officer. Davidjoined Murray Guard inAugust 1989.

n Also retiring is RickAdams, Vice President of Kentucky Operations. Rick, who hasbeen with Murray Guard since October 1994, will continue towork as a consult-ant, helping uswith quality con-trol.

I also welcomethree new branchmanagers, DavidYarbrough inKnoxville, MichaelCushenberry inChattanooga and Randy Corpus, who was promoted fromAccount Manager, in Louisville.

AwardsIt was great to see Rick Adams and his team in Louisville

win the Branch of the Year Award. I also congratulate NFS,Nashville and Knoxville for winning the Awards of Excellenceand Mark Ferrebe as Salesman of the Year. Mark works out ofthe Atlanta office and is doing a great job.

Congratulations to the many recipients of Murray Guard’sother individual awards. I’ve always said the strength of thiscompany is our employees. It gets tougher each year to decidewho to recognize.

Personnel PlacementsPersonnel Placements also had a great

year. Ben Ferguson and his group are veryambitious in bringing in new accountsand making improvements. We continueto be the only Jackson staffing companythat trains people before they get to thejob. Their customers appreciate that.

Personnel Placements has offices inJackson, Milan, Memphis and MiddleTennessee and also has clients in East Tennessee.

It’s an exciting time at Murray Guard, and I am happy to bea part of it. This is turning out to be another successful year forMurray Guard!

– Jimmy Exum, Senior Adviser

Blair Ross

Roger Murray III Rick Shackelford

David Harris

Vince DiPiero

Rick Adams

Ben Ferguson

The Louisville Branch earned highmarks during the past fiscal year forthe way it handled several different

sensitive accounts and for starting several cost-saving programs that were implemented acrossthe company, said Jimmy Exum, former Sen-ior Vice President.

“Generally speaking,” he said, “Louisvillehad an overall good year.” It also was a greatway for Rick Adams to bow out as Vice Presi-dent of Kentucky Operations and slip intopart-time consulting work for Murray Guard.

Nashville, Knoxville and NFS earnedAwards of Excellence. “All three improvedtheir performance well enough to be recog-nized,” said Jimmy, as he congratulated allfour Branches for doing so well.

Louisville wins Branch of the YearNashville, Knoxville, NFS earn Awards of Excellence

Louisville: Representing the Louisville Branch for winning the Branch of the YearAward are back row, from left, Robert Fusting, YUM Account Manager; HumanResources Manager Kelly Chism; Josh Carter, Area Supervisor; and Timothy Close,Metro Account Manager; and front row, from left, Rob Hayes, Operations Manager;

RickAdams,Consultant;and RandyCorpus,GeneralManager.

Knoxville: Human Resources/Office ManagerJudy Miles, left, and Operations Manager PhillipRogers accept the Award of Excellence for theKnoxville Branch.

Nashville: Representing the Nashville Branch for winning the Awardof Excellence are, above, from left, Robert Pullen, Operations Manager;William Hoffman, Area Manager; Connie Burton, Human ResourcesManager; and Daryl Buck, General Manager. Not pictured FrankEldridge, Area Manager; Brandon Stengel, Regional Sales Manager;and Pam Rolley, TVA Supervisor.

NFS: At left, representing NFS are, left to right, front row, Scott Simp-son, Human Resources Manager, and Allen Chadwell, OperationsManager; and second row, Facility Manager Doug Harrison, Directorof Operations Mark Seidler and Payroll Specialist Wayne Sykes. Notpictured is Scheduling Specialist Jennifer Higgins.

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Murray Guard’s Premier Security Supervisor’s course is presented by senior corporatemanagement and training representatives in small group sessions and held regionally.It provides comprehensive opportunities for sharing insights and experiences among oursupervisors.

To develop and maintain effective security offices and betterserve clients, Murray Guard launched a comprehensivetraining program that

addresses all facets of the company.The program, which is run

through Murray Guard’s PremierSecurity Academy, provides arange of centralized, regional,branch or distributed training ele-ments for all employees from basicsecurity officers to corporate management staff. It addresses securi-ty training, education and development requirements.

“Murray Guard has made a significant change to its trainingprogram to reinforcethe importance of high-ly professional andstructured training,”said Blair Ross, VicePresident for Opera-tions and Chief Tech-nology Officer. “It’s notjust something we’retalking about; it’s some-thing we are doing.”

The training is avail-able in branch offices,at the corporate train-ing facility and online.Ross said the initiativeis a company priority.

“We are refocusingcorporate assets ontraining and profession-al development.”

Beginning officersfirst get a uniformedsecurity officer state

license and additional training from Murray Guard. Seasoned offi-cers must complete a one-hour per-quarter sustainment program.

The training programs vary and are typically developed on anindividual client basis depending on what is needed at a particularjob site.

The company also developed the Job Knowledge AssessmentProgram — a new tool that helps branches evaluate the level ofsecurity education of newly assigned officers. The tool elevates theperformance of security officers and provides clients with a higherquality of service, Ross said.

Murray Guard understands that effective training is a key ele-ment to developing a professional security officer, Ross said. Headded that the company sets high standards for trainees, workingwith persistence and enthusiasm until the desired results areachieved.

“Murray Guard views the training and development of our per-sonnel as an important investment,” Ross said. “We want to evolveinto an industry-leading example.”

Murray Guard deploys new training program

Murray Guard’s Vice President for Operations Blair Ross, right,and Director of Operations and Training Jerry Switalski present thePremier Security Supervisors course to Area and Site Supervisors.

MG’s Chief Financial Officer DavidHarris discusses efficient provision ofsecurity services with MG Branch Oper-ations Managers during the recent Pre-mier Security Manager’s training inNashville.

Jerry Switalski, above, Murray Guard’s Directorof Operations and Training, talks to Area andSite Supervisors during the recent Premier Securi-ty Supervisor’s Course.

Employees across the company received special awards for theirefforts in the 2012 fiscal year. They were …

Most Valuable Employeen Claude Kelly, Vice President, Human

Resources, had a stellar year. He not onlyworked hard with several new nationalaccounts, he also completely revamped andmodernized the Human Resource Depart-ment, making most of it computerized.

Human Resource AwardnWinning the Human Resource Award

were GretchenWoodruff, HumanResource Manager atthe LexingtonBranch, and ScottSimpson, HumanResource and Opera-tions Manager atNFS.

Salesman of the Yearn Mark Ferrebe, Regional Sales Manag-

er, Atlanta Branch. Mark used his extensiveexperience in the security business and salesto attract new clients to Murray Guard. “Heis a solid performer,” said Jimmy Exum.former Executive Vice President and now aSenior Advisor to the company. “Overall, hehad an excellent year.”

Comeback-of-the-Year Awardn Joe Broyles, General Manager, Johnson City. Joe overcame a

serious medical condition this past year, and he insisted on work-ing the entire time hereceived treatments.

Above and BeyondSeven employees

were given “Aboveand Beyond” awardsfor their hard worklast year. They are …

n Judy Miles,Human Resource andOffice Manager, Knoxville. Judy has a talent for hiring the rightpeople for each job, keeping turnover low.

n Craig Barden and Jack Best, Atlanta. Craig and Jack did agreat job managing an account that required 24/7 attention andwas the heart of their branch. They worked around-the-clock tokeep a very demanding client satisfied. Craig and Jack are bothgood examples of what it takes to keep such a large account opera-tional. They were challenged on a daily basis and rose above each

challenge in order tobe successful. Fromtaking phones calls atall hours of the dayand night, personallychecking on theaccount, training newguards and keepingother guards up-to-date, Craig and Jackwere willing to do whatever it took to get the job done.

n Shirley Johnson, Corporate. Shirley has played an integralrole with Murray Guard since her arrival in 1989. She has beenheavily involved in both corporate opera-tions and sales administration. This is hersecond year to receive this award. She hasan always positive, can-do attitude. Her goalis to accomplish one project so she can startthe next one. If this requires coming intothe office early, staying late or working onthe weekend, she is there until the project iscompleted and done to perfection. Weappreciate Shirley’s dedication.

n Dewanda Mosier, Billing/GeneralLedger Specialist, Corporate. Over the pastyear, Dewanda took on the challenge of rec-onciling and compiling payroll and billingfor a multiple-site client throughout theSoutheast. Her hands-on approach to thisprocess was vital in Murray Guard’s success.

n Officer Eric Vance. During late 2012,Officer Eric Vance began approved volun-tary work on the computerization of MurrayGuard’s record-keeping efforts at AerojetOrdnance in Jonesborough. Eric also washelpful in placing online an electronic- andnetwork-connected key round capability. Asa result of his efforts, and with the coopera-tion of Aerojet and Murray Guard manage-ment, we now offer our client a muchgreater professional and efficient service.

n Joe Parnell, TVA Account Manager.Joe has played an instrumental role inguiding the continued successful evolutionof the TVA account. He started work withus as the Murray Gurad Site Supervisor atthe TVA Johnsonville fossil fuel plant. Hisclearly demonstrated abilities led to histransfer to Site Supervisor at TVA’s Chat-tanooga Office Complex. Joe’s superlativeperformance in this diverse, demanding,and high-visibility environment led to hisselection in July as our Account Managerfor the entire TVA account. Joe’s exceptional energy,

Scott SimpsonGretchen Woodruff Shirley Johnson

Jack Best

Eric Vance

Joe Parnell

Dewanda Mosier

Claude Kelly

Mark Ferrebe

Joe Broyles Judy Miles

Employees receive awards

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Craig Barden

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Service Anniversaries40 Years 35 Years

30 Years

25 Years

n Nashville:Kenneth Bradleybegan his careerwith MurrayGuard on March3, 1977. In hislong tenure, Offi-cer Bradley hasserved in manydifferent assign-ments, in both Tennessee and Kentucky.He is presently assigned to a facility inClarksville, Tennessee, where he is pro-viding the same high level of service thatwe have come to expect after 35 years.

n NFS: MaryAnn Graybeal hasserved as a Securi-ty Officer at NFSfor 30 years. Shehas been an assetto both MurrayGuard and ourcustomer duringher tenure. Hervast experience was evident during thesuccessful transition into the new multi-million dollar NFS Entry/Exit ControlPoint Facility.

n Knoxville:HumanResources Man-ager Judy B.Miles has spenther entire 40-yearcareer with Mur-ray Guard inKnoxville. Shewas hired Sep-tember, 5 1973,as Branch Sec-retary.

Judy developed into a real asset forMurray Guard. On May 1, 1994, Judywas promoted to Personnel/HumanResources Manager. On June 4, 2007,Judy became the Human ResourcesManager/Office Manager.

She has the talent to know people andhire the right people for the branch, saidJimmy Ward, who hired Judy. “Everyonewho knows Judy likes and respects her.She can manage the Knoxville office aswell as anyone. Judy has set an outstand-ing example for our employees, and thecompany is lucky to have her.”

As Human Resource Manager, Judy isresponsible for placing the right people inthe right jobs so customers are pleasedand turnover is low. She also is responsi-ble for maintaining constant contact with

employees, identifying potential problemsearly and working to meet employees’needs.“Working with the people is always

the best part,” she said.In her time at Murray Guard, she has

seen employees and clients changethrough the years, but she said thebiggest change has been technology.“We’ve become part of the computerage,” she said.

But one thing has remained constant:the strength of the company’s people.She’s built great relationships withemployees and clients, she said, and shehas enjoyed her time at Murray Guard.

“It’s a good place to work. I’ve had awonderful career, but it isn’t over yet. Istill have a few years left.”

Mary Graybeal

n NFS: Kim-berly Bagbyrecently celebrat-ed her 25thanniversary as aSecurity Officerwith MurrayGuard. She hasbeen a key fixturein the SupplyWarehouse position for the majority ofher time at NFS. She performs exten-sive searches to ensure only authorizeditems gain entry into the protected area.

Kim Bagby

Kenneth Bradley

n Jackson:Ken Kertsetterbegan his careerwith MurrayGuard in August1988 after com-pleting 27 years ofservice in the U.S.Marine Corps. Heretired as a MasterGunnery Sergeant. Ken's commitmentof service and dedication to MurrayGuard is unsurpassed; he has performedeach task and assignment without reser-vation in the most efficient manner.

Ken Kerstetter

n Corporate:Hugh Archerstarted his MurrayGuard career inAugust 1987, hasbeen instrumentalin numerouscomputer conver-sions over the pasttwo decades. Hehas seen the company’s IT needs changedramatically several times, and eachmajor change required many hours ofdedication and commitment on hispart.

Hugh Archer

Judy Miles celebrated 40 years at Murray Guard with praise fromRoger Murray Jr., Buster Ferguson and Jimmy Ward, who hired her.

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Service Anniversaries

5 Yearsn Atlanta: Kevita Anderson, GaniuBabalola, Greg Baugh, Wanda Flem-ing, Brenda Kendrick, BrendaKitchens, Ronald Linebarger, CarlMurray, Larry Simmons, HarriettTaylor, Xavier Tolbert and LashondaTraylor

n Birmingham: Alphonse Burden,David Conner, Eddie Daniel, CharlieGarner, Robert Guyton, ChristopherHannon, James McGarry, SharonRoberts, Brian Rogol, Lenora Spiller,Emmanuel Walker, James Weaver andWilliam Wilson

n Chattanooga: Thomas Harrill, JoeMcDonald, Larry McPhail, RobertRichard, Donald Sanders, RonnieShaw and Donald Steele

n Decatur: James Dalton, Marshall

Henry, Kevin Loney and Sherri Silvan Jackson: Virlin Baker, Robert Camper,Charles Carpenter, Steve Clenney,Steven Deason, Connie Douthitt,Joseph Drago Jr., Gary Foust, DarleneGorman, Deborah High, CharlesKobilka, Steven Mankey, DeborahMcDowell, Larry McManus, WilliamMeeks, Patricia Miller, Bobby Lee Nel-son, Wayne Olson, Harold Pillow, Fen-tress Posey, Mark Roberts, Brent RogersJr., Gary Sadler, James Smith, MarkTracy and Levon Whitlow

n Knoxville: Spurgeon Bell, JosephBetemps, Account Manager BrianDavis, Samuel Harvey, Debbie SueHeadrick, Randy Henderson, JasonJohnson, James Long, Danny Lovins,

10 Years

15 Yearsn NFS: Lloyd

Allen has been aSecurity PoliceOfficer for 20years. His ability tofill multiple roleshas served bothMurray Guard andNFS well. Heworks in the SupplyWarehouse position, ensuring no prohib-ited items enter the restricted area.

n Nashville:Mike Chambersstarted his career atMurray Guard inApril 1992. Mikehas been an officerat two of our mosthigh-profileaccounts inNashville, and iscurrently assigned to a residential com-munity with the highest of standards.

n Jackson: Security Officer Carl E.Throgmorton was assigned to EmersonElectric in Paris,Tennessee, whenhe started withMurray Guard inMay 1993. After18 years, EmersonElectric closed andCarl moved toTecumseh, whichalso is in Paris. InAugust 2001 Carlwas recognized by Emerson Tool Compa-ny for “his high standards of performanceand attention to detail in executing theduties of his job.”

20 Years

Lloyd Allen

Michael Chambers

Carl Throgmorton

n Birmingham: Operations ManagerBarbara Williams

n Chattanooga: Betty Butlern Decatur: Human Resources ManagerChris Kamphouse and Patsy Williams

n Jackson: Georgia Alford, HaroldElkins, Charlene Littles, Danny McKnight, Ted Myrick, G.H. Trice,George Ware and Samuel Whitman

n Knoxville: Donnie Atkins, SamuelMaples and Edwin Rose

n Lexington: Jeffrey Crain, Keith Parsonand General Manager Rob Tackett

n Louisville: Robert Fusting and JuanitaLynch

nMemphis: Edgar Davis, Joe Diebolt,James Gray, David Helton Sr., Jeannette Henderson, Orlando Hill and

Jerry Williamsn Nashville: Janie Ferguson, GeraldJohnson Jr., Mary Pryor and DonaldSlape

n NFS: James Barr, Stuart Blackburn,David Briggs, Gordon Brummitt, LisaDavis, Casey Durham, Sean Fair, JasonGouge, Thomas Hampton, DanielHensley, Dwayne Hensley, RandyHensley, David Lund, Harold McIntosh, David Potter, James Rob-bins, Donald Rodeback, Bobby Snapp,Tony Sparks, Michael Tallman, KarenTipton, Scott Trent and Adam Whitson

n Tri-Cities: Robert Boling Jr., BrendaCarpenter, Dayton Dunn Jr., BertFrizzell, Karen Moore, George Prewitt,James Scott and Johnny Williams

n Decatur: Terry Mosesn Jackson: Field Operations ManagerMike Malone and Jan Medlin

n Knoxville: Operations ManagerPhillip Rogers

n Lexington: Lorna Davis

n Louisville: Carolyn HaleynMemphis: Fletcher Portern Nashville: Carolyn Brooksn Tri-Cities: Operations Manager TomGraham and Thomas Sams.

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initiative and conscientious approach tohis duties have been key elements inbuilding and sustaining our efforts onbehalf of this important client. Joe hasclearly gone “Above and Beyond” in hisservice to Murray Guard.

Employee awardsJoe Parnell, Continued from Page 6 …

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Employees recognized for special efforts

Congratulations to the following officers for “goingbeyond the call of duty” forour customers and their

communities …n Angel Caratini, Juncos, Puer-

to Rico, returned a stolen walletthat was taken at a Hampton Inn.

n Stephen Helbig, Louisville,was commended by the client forhis job performance and efforts attheir facility.

n Officer Linder Taylor was rec-ognized by Bank Plus Vice Presi-dent Greg Guy for observing andthen reporting questionable andsuspicious activity from individualsparked behind the Mississippi bank.

n Lt. Walton Monk was recog-nized for outstanding service as aSite Supervisor at Western Express.He received a certificate of appreci-ation and a gift card.

Three Murray Guard employees helped to break up a theft attempt atEvergreen in North Carolina. Above, in front, from left, they are RussellPitt, Rhonda Trantham and Darrell Barnette. With them are, from left,Donald Messer, with Evergreen Packaging, Branch Manager Joe Broylesand Site Supervisor Doyle Cagle.

Linder Taylor

Lt. Walton Monk

TENARIS awarded Murray Guard officers who have been doing agood job at its northeast Arkansas plant site with gift cards. Picturedbelow left, from left, are Account Manager Tracie Beaugard, ThirdShift Supervisor Officer Carl King, TENARIS Regional Manager

Daniel Helbling, First Shift Super-visor Debra Williams, NRG GateOperator Officer Delbert Chau-doin and Officer Brenda Holmes.Not pictured is Officer LeyshaLark.

Steve Lunsford, Charles Oaks, Anderson Shipley, Bobby Taylor andBilly Welch

n Lexington: Kevin Brown, Mark Burns,Albert Devore, Scott Ferguson, AmyGill, Vencil Nelson, Steve Sandefur, EvaSharp, John Shuck and Leonard Wilson

n Louisville: Thomas Arnold, Joe Blanton; Human Resources ManagerKelly Chism, Timothy Close, GeneralManager Randy Corpus, George Cox,Bernice Cross, Robert Ezell, DennisHardy, Tina Kern, James Jordan, AlvinLucas, Anna Moossavi, Nitherh

Rashada, Michael Smith, VincentSpratt and Bobby Weatherford

nMemphis: Carl Butler, Erma Carr, TonyaMcKinney and Ralph McPherson

n Nashville: Dorothy Fields, YusufGuled, Christopher Jones, Joel John-son, Kimberly Knight, Robert Pullen,Melvina Stevens and Wendell Turner

n NFS: Jason Bailey, James Bowan, JosephCanter, Operations Manager AllenChadwell, Jason Copenhaver, BrandonDavis, Michael Dawson, WilliamEdmisten, Jackson Eggers, Adam Fraser, Kevin Garland, NathanialGreen, Robert Greer, Lawrence Hamp-

ton, Andrew Hobbs, Brandon Johns,Joshua Johnson, Michael Johnson,Michael Malone, Zachary Morrison,Christopher Nelson, Dustin Oaks,Timothy Perhne, Kiersta Persson; BrianPlasschaert, Joshua Ricker, ClaudeShelton, Jason Smith, Lance Sprouse,Gina Street, and Eric Stubblefield

n Tri-Cities: Fremont Clarke, ThomasGeer, William Greenway, Shirley Gregory, Jacky Harrell, Albert Johnson,Thomas Latham, Ronald McClure,Chad Nelson, Waco Perkins, GaryReece, Fred Sanders, Carl Shepard andConnie Tipton

5-Year Service AnniversariesContinued from Page 8.

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Memphis in May: Officers from the Memphis Branch provided security for the Cadillac Grilz team in the 2013 Memphis in MayWorld Championship BBQ Contest. Pictured from left are Capt. Marcell Craft, Maj. Lee Clark, Officer Jonathan Sharp, Capt. PaulSamuels and Officer Derrick Thigpen. The Mississippi River is in the background.

Supporting Our Military: LouisvilleMetro Account Manager Timothy Close,center, accepts an award for hiring militaryreservists and members of the NationalGuard. It was given to him by JimPapovich, Area Chair for Kentucky’sEmployer Support of the Guard andReserve. The organization develops and pro-motes a culture in which American employ-ers support and value the military service oftheir employees. With Tim, from left, areLouisville Branch Operations Manager RobHayes, Consultant Rick Adams, JimPapovich and Area Supervisor Josh Carter.

Personnel PlacementsThe staff at Personnel Placements has done a

great job over the past year to increase thenumber of clients it serves. Pictured, from left,front row, are Dana Stewart, Kelly Lewis, Jes-

sica Williams and Natalie Walker; middlerow, Barbara Thurmon and Susan Gourley;

and back row, Jason Avants, Natalie Crocker,Ben Ferguson, Cindy Allen, Karen Skeltonand Tim Melugin. Not pictured are Gary

Williams and Amy Scarbrough.