Volume 7, Issue 1 The ReConnection - recon-group.com 2017 newsletter.pdfI want to welcome you to our latest edition of the ReConnection and thank you for being a part of the ... Don

I want to welcome you to our latest edition of the

ReConnection and thank you for being a part of the

ReCon Family. Time continues to fly by. We have

seen the first of 2017 come and go and we are

quickly approaching Easter. God has truly blessed

us with a lot of work at this time. Opportunities

continue to come in on a daily basis and we are

excited to see where God is leading. We have

several large proposals that we are working on and

feel confident this will be the year of recovery from

the past several slow years. So hang on! The

roller coaster is moving fast.

A lot of you have asked about Reggy since his

retirement. I am excited to say that Reggy is en-

joying his retirement and is staying very busy. I am

so proud of Reggy and I know Bob is as well. He

has volunteered a lot of his precious time in helping

others. Please read our article on Reggy titled,

“Country Boy at Heart.” Please take a few minutes

and review what’s happening in the lives of the

ReCon Family.

God is Good! All the Time!

I know everyone has probably heard this statement

before; but do we truly believe it? God’s Word tells

us that He wanted a relationship with us and had

so great a love for us that he sacrificed His Son for

our sins. WOW! Have you ever stopped and really

contemplated this? There are a lot of you that are

parents. What would you do for the love of others?

My children and grandchildren are very precious to

me and my wife. I cannot imagine having to make

that sacrifice but God did for me and you.

“For the Lord is good and His love endures forever;

His faithfulness continues to each generation.”

Psalm 100:5

From the President’s Corner by Roger Boyette

ReCon Management Services, Inc. ReCon Engineering, Inc.

March 14, 2017

Volume 7, Issue 1

The ReConnection

Inside this issue:

From the President’s Corner 1-2

Country Boy at Heart 2

Safety Statistics 3

2016 Employee Anniversaries 3

Sulphur Open House Photos 4

Beaumont Open House Photos 5

Employee News Contributions 6

The Flood of August 2016 7

March for Life Youth Pilgrimage 8

A Note of Thanks 9

Growing Fast! 10

ReCon Anniversaries 11

Meet Our New Hires 12

“For God so loved the world that He gave His

only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in

Him, should not perish but have everlasting life.

For God sent not His Son into the world to con-

demn the world but that the world through Him

might be saved.” John 3:16-17

Don Moen wrote this song – “God is Good All the

Time.”

Please see the lyrics below – what a great song!

[Chorus]

God is good all the time

He put a song of praise in this heart of mine


Through the darkest night, His light will shine

God is good, God is good all the time

If you're walking through the valley

And there are shadows all around

Do not fear, He will guide you

He will keep you safe and sound

'Cause He's promised to never leave you

Nor forsake you and His Word is true

[Chorus]






We were sinners and so unworthy

Still for us He chose to die

Filled us with His Holy Spirit

Now we can stand and testify

That His love is everlasting

And His mercies - they will never end

[Chorus]






Continued on page 2

Easter blessings!

God’s Love

The ReConnection Page 2

As many are aware, Reggy Saxon was the third partner of ReCon

along with Roger Boyette and Bob Lyons. Since retiring—if you can

call it that—Reggy has probably worn as many different hats as he did

while working at ReCon. He is now a farmer, a baseball coach, grand-

father (able to spend more time with his grandchildren), but the most

rewarding is serving on the Southern Baptist Disaster Relief team for

the Carey Baptist Association and helping in the same position with the

Catholic Charities, repairing homes for the disabled, poor and widows.

In March of 2016 Reggy helped those who were affected by the flood in

Vinton. If he would have had a title it would have been one of “Director

of Operations,” states Rob Tibbits, Pastor of Crossroads Baptist

Church. He handled all of the day-to-day operations of the many vol-

unteers. He was the go-to guy for every need, handling all of the lo-

gistic issues, procuring all supplies, coordinating all workers and over-

seeing all jobs in progress. Vinton had 700 plus homes affected. Reg-

gy also did the same job in Welsh, Lake Arthur, Gueydan, Jennings

and Youngsville when the flood of August 2016 affected over 100

homes. He is still working on rebuild projects around the Welsh area

as well in Starks and the surrounding vicinity.

He recently returned home from being deployed on the Trinity Disaster

Team from Hattiesburg, MS, where a tornado destroyed several homes

and buildings at Williams Carey University. Reggy headed up a chain-

saw crew of eight (8) men that went to serve. They helped clean up

big trees so families could get back into their homes to access the

damage done.

At the end of the day though, Reggy’s “happy place” since retiring is

either watching and working with his cows, or driving and working with

his tractor. He is pleased to report he’s almost doubled his herd this

year with five (5) new calves on the ground. Reggy is just as busy at

being retired as he was working with ReCon. He has greatly enjoyed

serving our mighty LORD by helping others that are hurting and in

need. He is one happy man!

re·tire·ment / rəˈtī(ə)rmənt / noun

1. the action or fact of leaving one's job and ceasing to work: “a man nearing retirement”

Reggy Saxon

Country Boy at Heart

Though I may not understand

All the plans He left for me

My life is in Your hands

And through the eyes of faith, I can clearly see

[Chorus]





God is good, God is good all the time!

Let’s keep God at the forefront of our lives and make Him our priority in life. Praying for you and your family. Thanks, Roger.


Safety Statistics

January thru December 2016

ReCon employees have performed over

2,787,799.31 man-hours without a recorda-

ble! Let’s keep the record going! Our goal is to

keep everyone safe, but safety begins with

each one of us.

Month Man-hours

Average # of employees

Last Recordable 8/28/12 2,143,655.96

January 57,402.48 334.5

February 57,034.57 325

March 57,530.47 309

April 50,107.61 295

May 54,313.91 298

June 56,579.31 301

July 52,708.30 297

August 57,841.66 299

September 49,762.37 277

October 48,969.70 275

November 51,143.49 273

December 50,749.48 276

Yearly Total 644,143.35

Hours Since Last Recordable 2,787,799.31

Celebrate! 2016 Employee Anniversary Recognition

ReCon employees with an anniversary of 5, 10, 15 or 20 years were honored at one of our two Open House celebrations. The first

celebration was held January 19, 2017, in our Sulphur office and the second was held January 25, 2017, in our Beaumont office. We

had 52 people receiving awards this year! This has been our largest number yet. Congratulations to everyone that was honored!

5 Years 10 Years

Dillon Ardoin Anna Bevel Dona Blanchard Shawn Fleniken

Andreea Boti Pamela Bourgeois Kelly Gaspard Stephen Hughes

Laura Bowers Daniel Compala Jeff Johnson Todd Lucas

Gregg Cotton Nick Cuccio Aaron MacCammond Jim Martin

Dan DeVore Tara Durant Sandra Mixon Michael Pacheco

Greg Gothreaux Kami Guillory Terry Pearson Ron Ritter

Terry Haggard Joshua Kellebrew Dominique Sandifer Jim Shamburger

Michael Kelley Jack Kibodeaux Timothy Templet Cindy Wilson

Thélice LeBlanc Charles Lowery

Tridib Mittra Larry Owens 15 Years

Heather Pauley Jamie Pharis Steve Cating Marius-Petrut Lemne

Roger Ply Jeffrey Scoggins

Dean Shearin Douglas Stafford 20 Years

Jeff Steen Dietrich Thomas Alex Boti Becky Jacobson

Joshua Trevino Adam Walters Will Sonnier

Tim Wilcox


Sulphur Open House

5 Year Anniversaries

10 Year Anniversaries

15 Year Anniversaries 20 Year Anniversaries

Becky Jacobson and Will Sonnier Marius Petrut-Lemne and Steve Cating

Congratulations

to everyone that

received an award!

The ReConnection Page 5 Beaumont Open House

Page 6 The ReConnection

Angel Ardoin, the oldest daughter of Dolly Ardoin, an employee at

Westlake, graduated from McNeese State University on December

10, 2016. She received a Bachelor of Science degree in nursing.

On January 9, 2017, she traveled to Houston and took the NCLEX

test and passed it. She is now a licensed nurse and already has a

job at Memorial Hospital in the OR. The family is so proud of her for

her accomplishments, as she had a few hurdles to overcome along

the way.

Pictured L to R: Wimp and Dolly Ardoin, Mr. Landry, Aaron Ardoin,

graduate Angel Ardoin, and Jessica Forman.

Vinton High School Football

Coach Tarius Davis asked his

team to help collect donations

for house fire victim, Hannah

Jones, and her family that

suffered severe burns. Decid-

ing to give post season Red

Zone cards for any donation

made, the team was instruct-

ed to do what they could. On a

Saturday and Sunday, five

freshman football players col-

lected $1,300! One freshman

alone collected $100 and four

others collected $1,200 from

residents of Vinton. One of

those four was Cody Laird, the

son of Bevin Laird, a Sulphur

office employee and one

proud Mama!

If you don’t toot your own horn don’t

complain that there’s no music.

~Guy Kawasaki

Cody Laird

Logan Cating, son of Steve Cating, an employee in our Sulphur

office, received The Circle of Excellence Award from First Federal

Bank of Louisiana. The Circle of Excellence Award recognizes and

showcases First Federal Bank employees that truly go above and

beyond in every aspect of their employment. The awards program

is designed to align with the Bank’s mission and vision focusing

on excellent and consistent performance, results and attitude.

Logan is the Branch Manager for First Federal in the Carlyss

branch which is just south of the Sulphur office. Logan is respon-

sible for all branch operations and handles home, boat, car and

line of credit loans.

In December 2016 Steve Cating’s

daughter, Chelsey, received a Ther-

apist of the Year award for her

company. Chelsey works for Center

for Autism and Related Disorders

(CARD) as a behavioral therapist at

one of the Baton Rouge offices.

Chelsey’s responsibilities include

training new therapists as well as

working alongside the administra-

tive staff to improve the quality of

service that her office provides.

Chelsey recently took the position

of Therapist Liaison in CARD’s

Denham Springs office where she

will oversee all therapists in that

office.

Chelsey Cating

The Flood of August 2016

The disastrous flooding that hit Baton Rouge and surrounding areas in August 2016, was devastating to thousands of people. Nu-

merous homes were destroyed, people had to be rescued, and many ended up living in shelters for months. Several of our ReCon

employees and their families decided to help those in need. Frank Fleener, an employee at Westlake, and his wife Mary, along with

Tami Tolbert and members of her family volunteered to help with the cleanup effort. Many people from ReCon donated supplies, in

fact so much that they had to borrow the ReCon trailer to haul them to Baton Rouge. They prepared food and went to the neighbor-

hood pictured below. They were able to serve the families that were gutting homes breakfast and lunch, and were able to hand out

supplies such as buckets, brooms, mops, paper towels, etc. They also had several crews that helped gut an elderly couple’s home.

The pictures below speak for themselves and the devastation experienced, but the crew that helped was also able to show love and

hope to those that needed it most at the time.

To those of you that donated money or supplies to help this team be so successful in

helping others. And to all those that traveled to Baton Rouge and surrounding areas

that physically worked to help others, your witness by serving others was surely wel-

comed by all those that were overwhelmed and needed help! YOU ROCK!

“Contribute to the needs of the saints and seek to show hospitality.” Romans 12:13


March for Life 2017 Youth Pilgrimage

from the desk of Ronda Wyninger

Michael Wyninger is an employee in our Sulphur office, and recently his family and an exchange student that currently resides with them,

participated in the March for Life in Washington, D.C. Ronda Wyninger is in charge of pictures and videos that are placed on their church’s

website as well as the youth and Diocese Facebook page. Following is a summary of their trip which began the day of January 23rd leaving

Lake Charles, LA and returning home January 28th.

About 150 youth and adults from the Diocese of Lake Charles, which included Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, Saint Theresa, and

Our Lady of Prompt Succor, made about a 60 hour round bus trip to attend the National March for Life in Washington, D.C. During the five

(5) day trip, many different spiritual experiences were witnessed.

On the first day in Washington, D.C. the group was able to tour the Vietnam, Korean, Lincoln Memorials and monuments. They also visited

St. John Paull II Shrine, touring the facility and watching documentaries of his journey to becoming the Pope. Afterwards, they visited the

Franciscan Monastery of the Holy Land of American and had a guided tour of the facility.

As the second day dawned, they were able to have Mass with the entire group of students from Louisiana which numbered about 1,400, and

then toured the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception. Afterwards they prayed at the Planned Parenthood location

and then walked while praying the rosary from the White House to the Holocaust Museum, which they toured later that afternoon. The group

then listened to a mother and daughter as they told how abortion had affected their lives. The night ended with good Louisiana fun with les-

sons on Cajun dancing and the proper etiquette for boys and girls on the dance floor.

The next day the group attended the Louisiana Geaux Forth Rally which included youth from Baton Rouge, Lafayette, Houma and many

other parishes. Afterwards, they were able to tour The Arlington National Cemetery, praying at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and they

were able to watch the changing of the guard. The group then traveled to Fairfax, VA along with 10,000 other youth to attend the Life is Very

Good Rally and Adoration Vigil.

On Friday, January 27th, after celebrating Mass the youth attended the annual March for Life, showing support for the pro-life movement.

These students learned they can achieve Culture of Life through prayer and sacrifice. They also learned a lot about history, while also de-

fending the rights of unborn children. They were very excited to have actively participated in such a historical moment. The days and nights

were packed with activities, one trip they aren’t likely to forget any time soon.

Raul Tervino, Allen Wyninger, Han-

nah Wyninger, and Juan Obando. Lake Charles Diocese Youth Group

Allen Wyninger, Hannah Wyninger,

Ronda Wyninger, Raul Tervino, and

Juan Obando.

Lake Charles Diocese Youth Group

Raul Tervino, Mason Turpin, Kyle

Dupre, Hannah Wyninger, Allen

Wyninger, and Ronda Wyninger.


REALITY CHECK! Very few people really like needles. Unfortunately some

people like Dylan have no choice but to endure needles. Donating blood is a

vital part of sustaining life. If you are able….please give! We hosted the first

of four (4) blood drives on March 6th at the Sulphur office and we were

blessed to have 13 people that donated in his honor and another five (5) peo-

ple that weren’t able to donate this time, but they had every intention of giving

selflessly for Dylan. If you aren’t able to donate at our drives, but you are able

to donate somewhere else, be sure to tell them you work for ReCon; we as a

company receive credit for any future needs, and Dylan receives credit for

units donated in his name. Please also continue to keep Dylan in your pray-

ers for healing grace.

June 8th

September 14th December 5th

Let the HERO in you explode!


A Note of Thanks from Dylan Broussard


Wesley Reed Marler, Son of Colby Marler

Phillip Michael Scoggins, Son of Jeff Scoggins

A great big THANK YOU goes out to ReCon and

employees, for those special people that gave in

many different ways while I was expecting. For

all the prayers, encouraging words, gifts, and

anonymous gifts left in my cubicle, the sweet,

sweet shower and those, “Can I get that for

you?” moments….

We have a lot of wonderful people with great

big hearts here! I just want them to know my

family and I appreciate all the love and kindness

from each of you! ~ Bevin Laird

Caroline Savannah Laird, Daughter of Bevin Laird

Brooks Michael Lanclos, Grandson of Mike Lanclos

Presley Marie Sherman, Daughter of Terry Sherman

Hazel Mariko Christman, Great Niece of Jo Fugatt


1 Year 5 Years 10 Years

Michael Ward

Stephanie Lavergne

Michael Smith

Craig Carroll

Megan Sand

Colby Marler

Charles Musso

Danny McClain

Dylan Hamolka

Brandon Giles

Robert Prestenbach

Terry Reynolds

Crystal Turner

Daniel Decareaux

Tony Constance

Craig Carroll

Brandon Langley

Harvey Moses

Chad Lott

Brad Moreaux

Wade Daigle

Mitch Gauthreaux

Ben Bollich

Mark Weldon

Roger Fink

15 Years Chris Robbins

Ian Foxton

Cathy LeJeune

Danny Navarre

Leah Cureton

Happy Anniversary!

Thank you for your

SERVICE and DEDICATION!


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