Local 445Local Activities

2024 Pin Recipients

20 Years of Service Pin Recipients

Seated:  20 Year Pin Recipients Joseph Evans, Clair Bishop and Chris Janeski

Standing:  Gary Ford, LU 445 President, and Vice-President Dan Clarkson.​

25 Years of Service Pin Recipients

Seated:  25 Year Pin Recipients Daniel Cramer, Edward Mislinski, Edward Brown, James Noone, Rodney Driscoll and Joseph Yurkoski.

Standing:  Gary Ford, LU 445 President, and Vice-President Dan Clarkson.​

30 Years of Service Pin Recipients

Standing:  Gary Ford, LU 445 President,  30 Year Pin Recipient Gerald Brady and LU 445 Vice President Daniel Clarkson.

 

35 Years of Service Pin Recipients

Seated:  35 Year Pin Recipients Jeffrey Vanduzer, Frank Rusnock and Thomas Harris

Standing:  President Gary Ford and Vice-President Dan Clarkson.

 

45 Years of Service Pin Recipient

Seated:  45 Year Pin Recipient Joseph Dirisio.

Standing:  Gary Ford, LU 445 President, and Vice-President Dan Clarkson.

50 Years of Service Pin Recipients

Seated:  50 Year Pin Recipients Joseph Homza, Henry Zelinski, Ronald Womelsdorf and John Polashenski.

Standing:  Gary Ford, LU 445 President, and Vice-President Dan Clarkson.

55 Years of Service Pin Recipients

Seated:  55 Year Pin Recipient John Evanik.

Standing:  Gary Ford, LU 445 President, and Vice-President Dan Clarkson.

70 Years of Service Pin Recipients

Seated:  70 Year Pin Recipient Donald Schmidt.

Standing:  Gary Ford, LU 445 President, and Vice-President Dan Clarkson.

2023 Pin Recipients

20 Years of Service Pin Recipients

Seated:  20 Year Pin Recipients Carl Beury and Charles Graves.

Standing:  Gary Ford, LU 445 President, and Vice-President Dan Clarkson.​

25 Years of Service Pin Recipients

Seated:  25 Year Pin Recipients Daniel Motichka, Joseph Creedon, Ronald Lowe, George Oswald, Michael Chewey, and Robert Prushinski. 

 Standing:  Gary Ford, LU 445 President, 25 Year Pin Recipients Robert Graves, Randall Holdren and Vice-President Dan Clarkson.

 

 

30 Years of Service Pin Recipients

Seated;  30 Year Pin Recipient Ross Cianflone, Joseph Spott, Richard Foley and Stephen Papp.

Standing:  Gary Ford, LU 445 President,  and LU 445 Vice President Daniel Clarkson.

 

35 Years of Service Pin Recipients

Seated:  35 Year Pin Recipients  Gary Ford, John Rogan and Drew Simpson

Standing:  Vice-President Dan Clarkson.

 

40 Years of Service Pin Recipient

Gary Ford, LU 445 President, 40 Year Pin Recipient Robert Egan and Vice-President Dan Clarkson.

45 Years of Service Pin Recipient

Seated:  45 Year Pin Recipient Jeff Rittenhouse, Steven Webster and Edward Onofrey.

Standing:  Gary Ford, LU 445 President, and Vice-President Dan Clarkson.

50 Years of Service Pin Recipients

Seated:  50 Year Pin Recipients Daniel Kopczynskie, Keith Albright, David Harvey and John Welebob. 

Standing:  Gary Ford, LU 445 President, and Vice-President Dan Clarkson.

55 Years of Service Pin Recipients

Seated:  55 Year Pin Recipients Gene Macarelli, Robert Dougherty, James Highhouse and Stephen Buynak.

Standing:  Gary Ford, LU 445 President, and Vice-President Dan Clarkson.

2023 St. Patrick’s Day Parade

2022 Pin Recipients

20 Years of Service Pin Recipients

Standing:  Gary Ford, LU 445 President, 20 Year Pin Recipients Louis Onore, Daniel Clarkson and Timothy May​

25 Years of Service Pin Recipients

Seated:  25 Year Pin Recipients Edward Kessler, Joseph Norvilas, and Sean Girvan.

 Standing:  Gary Ford, LU 445 President, and Vice-President Dan Clarkson.

 

 

30 Years of Service Pin Recipients

Gary Ford, LU 445 President, 30 Year Pin Recipient James Farber and LU 445 Vice President Daniel Clarkson.

 

35 Years of Service Pin Recipients

Seated:  35 Year Pin Recipients James Kolbush and Michael Valenzano, Jr.

Standing:  Gary Ford, LU 445 President, and Vice-President Dan Clarkson.

 

45 Years of Service Pin Recipient

Gary Ford, LU 445 President, 45 Year Pin Recipient Ronald Mislinski and Vice-President Dan Clarkson.

50 Years of Service Pin Recipients

Seated:  50 Year Pin Recipients Matthew Ross, Walter Plasson, John Kondratick, Ronald Hess, William Kalinowski, and William Rinaldi.   

Standing:  Gary Ford, LU 445 President, Howard Thomas, Michael Valenzano, Sr., John Wesolowski and Vice-President Dan Clarkson.

2021 UCAN Event

Local 445 members who donated their time to sheetrock a home for Habitat for Humanity on Saturday, June 12, 2021

2020 and 2021 Pin Recipients

20 Years of Service Pin Recipients

​Seated:  20 Year Pin Recipients Pete Matechak, Matthew Ross, Dave Cimino, Phillip Jopchak, and Jess Keeler. 

Standing:  Gary Ford, LU 445 President, 20 Year Pin Recipients Jason Wilmarth, Paul Michaels, Michael Skumanich, Robert Graves, Raymond Dipple and Vice-President Dan Clarkson.

25 Years of Service Pin Recipients

​Seated:  25 Year Pin Recipients Michael Lewis, William Collins and Eric Hreha

Standing:  Gary Ford, LU 445 President and  Dan Clarkson, LU 445 Vice-President.

30 Years of Service Pin Recipients

Seated:  30 Year Pin Recipients Paul Huber, Arthur Annacarto and Gregory Antosh.

Standing:  Gary Ford, LU 445 President and Dan Clarkson, LU 445 Vice-President.

35 Years of Service Pin Recipients

Seated:  35 Year Pin Recipients Warren Stevens, Dion Calabro, Anthony Delucca and Ronald Yanchak.

Standing:  Gary Ford, LU 445 President and Dan Clarkson, LU 445 Vice-President.

45 Years of Service Pin Recipients

Seated:  45 Year Pin Recipients Angelo Nicoletto, Charles Coleman, Leonard Farber and Robert Connor.

Standing:  Gary Ford, LU 445 President and Dan Clarkson, LU 445 Vice-President.

50 Years of Service Pin Recipients

Seated:  50 Year Pin Recipients William Collins, Fred Collins, and Andrew Demnicki.

Standing:  Gary Ford, LU 445 President, 50 Year Pin Recipients William Dehaba, William Kudrako and Dan Clarkson, LU 445 Vice-President.

55 Years of Service Pin Recipients

Seated:  55 Year Pin Recipient Anthony Delucca.

Standing:  Gary Ford, LU 445 President, and Dan Clarkson, LU 445 Vice-President.

65 Years of Service Pin Recipients

​Seated:  65 Year Pin Recipients Gerald Jacquinot and Harold Moss. 

Standing:  Gary Ford, LU 445 President, and Vice-President Dan Clarkson.

70 Years of Service Pin Recipients

​Seated:  70 Year Pin Recipient Ervin Beck.

Standing:  Gary Ford, LU 445 President, and Vice-President Dan Clarkson.

2019 Pin Recipients

20 Years of Service Pin Recipients

​Seated:  20 Year Pin Recipients Edward Brown, Susan Breese,  and Daniel Cramer. 

Standing:  Gary Ford, LU 445 President, 20 Year Pin Recipients Edward Mislinski, Jonathan Evans and Rodney Driscoll and Vice-President Dan Clarkson.

25 Years of Service Pin Recipients

​Seated:  25 Year Pin Recipient Chris McLafferty      

Standing:  Gary Ford, LU 445 President and  Dan Clarkson, LU 445 Vice-President.

30 Years of Service Pin Recipients

Seated:  30 Year Pin Recipients William Rinaldi, Jr., Dennis Yeselski and Jeffrey Vanduzer.

Standing:  Gary Ford, LU 445 President and Dan Clarkson, LU 445 Vice-President.

40 Years of Service Pin Recipients

Seated:  40 Year Pin Recipient Joseph Dirisio.   

Standing:  Gary Ford, LU 445 President and Dan Clarkson, LU 445 Vice-President.

45 Years of Service Pin Recipients

Seated:  45 Year Pin Recipients Ronald Womelsdorf, Henry Zelinski and Joseph Homza.

Standing:  Gary Ford, LU 445 President and Dan Clarkson, LU 445 Vice-President.

50 Years of Service Pin Recipients

Seated:  50 Year Pin Recipients Joseph Demkosky, Henry Gallucci and John Evanik.

Standing:  Gary Ford, LU 445 President and Dan Clarkson, LU 445 Vice-President.

65 Years of Service Pin Recipients

LU 445 President Gary Ford, 65 Year Pin Recipient Donald Schmidt and LU 445 Vice President Dan Clarkson

70 Years of Service Pin Recipients

LU 445 President Gary Ford, 70 Year Pin Recipient Richard Harrison and LU 445 Vice President Dan Clarkson

2014 Apprentice Awareness Day at the State Capital

Other Activities

Brother Jack Evanik was honored by the Boy Scouts of America and the AFL-CIO with the George Meany Award. The George Meany Award is the highest award bestowed to a union member involved with the Boy Scouts of America.

L to R: Northeast Coordinator Drew Simpson, Brother Jack Evanik and Bill Cockrill representing the AFL-CIO

Local 645 members volunteered their time and talent to build an access ramp for Joe and Marlene Kulesa. Joe is in a wheel chair due to Kidney Dialysis and could not live at home. State Senator Robert Mellow asked the Local to get involved and the project was completed in a day and a half.

L to R: Paul Chorba, Local President Joe Yusinski, Albin Feigenwinter, Rob Price, Northeast Coordinator Drew Simpson, Rick Burnett

Standing left to right Journeyman Eddy Madden, Council Representative Joe Agosta and Journeyman Steve Motyka. In conjunction with the Lebanon Joint Apprenticeship Training Center and Shamokin High School action group for the Shamokin Creek Restoration Alliance.
Lackawanna County Habitat for Humanity house foundation project:

L to R: Journeymen Butch Feigenwinter, Dan Zeller, Northeast manager Drew Simpson, Journeyman Ross Cianflone. Not pictured Keith Kobesky, Frank Antoniacci.

2016 St. Patrick’s Day Parade