Glenn Huth is a long time member of the Fraternal Order of Police, Crescent City Lodge.   Please pray for the repose of his son Chad Huth, and keep our brother Glenn and the entire Huth family in your thoughts and in your prayers during this most trying of times.
 
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Chad Michael Huth, 24, passed away on Thursday, April 22, 2010. Beloved son of Glenn and Melanie Reboul Huth. Brother of Ashley Huth LeBlanc and Heather Francis Huth.  Brother-in-law of Dr. Keith G. LeBlanc, Jr. Beloved uncle of Ian R. LeBlanc.  Grandson of Marie Vinti Reboul and the late Hauser G. Reboul, Sr. and also the late Francis Salvadore and Dovie Meche Huth. 

Nephew of Wayne Huth (Julie),  Terry Huth, Hauser, Jr. (Patti), Duane (Rainey), Keith (Cindy), Don (Donna), Randi (Linda), Rudy, Brian (Joanna) Reboul, Missy Reboul Escher (Robbie), Becky Reboul Kingston (John). 

Chad was a 2004 graduate of Holy Cross High School where he played football.  He was an electrician and was completing his studies at Louisiana Technical College. 
Chad  loved spending time with all of his cousins and friends and particularly enjoyed  hunting and fishing at their camps.  His contagious  smile will be deeply missed by all who loved him. 

Funeral services will be held on Monday, April 26, 2010, at Greenwood Funeral Home, 5200 Canal Blvd. at 1:00 p.m.  Visitation will begin at 9:00 a.m.  Interment following at St. Louis Cemetery #3, 3421 Esplanade Avenue.  In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in memory of Chad Huth to sharedvisiontrackclub.org.  Guestbook may be signed @ www.greenwoodfuneralhome.net

ANNUAL INSPECTION & MEMORIAL MASS
 
The annual Inspection and Memorial Mass, celebrated by the New Orleans Police Department, New Orleans Fire Department and New Orleans Emergency Medical Services Department has been rescheduled for Sunday, May 23, 2010.
 
Photographs will begin at 9:00AM in Jackson Square.
 
The Inspection will begin promptly at 10:00AM and the Mass at St. Louis Cathedral will begin at 11:00AM.
 
If you have questions or need additional information, please contact Bob Young or Gail Sandifer of the NOPD Public Affairs Office at (504) 658-5858.

The FOP Crescent City Lodge (New Orleans) has launched two separate social networking pages to help keep members informed.

FOP ON FACEBOOK
 
The Fraternal Order of Police, Crescent City Lodge, has started a group on Facebook.  Members who utilize this social networking site (www.facebook.com) are urged to join the FOP Crescent City Lodge group.  Information of interest to our members will be regularly posted, and our members can share their thoughts on our organization.

FOP ON TWITTER
 
The Fraternal Order of Police, Crescent City Lodge, has launched a twitter page. www.twitter.com/FOPNO is the home for updates. Members will see that stories posted here often link back to the FOPNO.net website. Often, stories from other lodges will be linked as well. If you are a regular twitter user, and find a topic that is relevant to the FOP Crescent Lodge, please tag that story using #FOPNO so that members can search for stories related to us.

FOP's Collective Bargaining Bill Reintroduced in Senate
(reprinted from FOP Grand Lodge website 04/13/2010) 
 
Chuck Canterbury, National President of the Fraternal Order of Police, hailed the introduction of S. 3194, the "Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act," an updated version of H.R. 413 and S. 1611 reflecting changes that had been agreed to as the bill moved forward.

"Senate leadership is readying this legislation for a vote," Canterbury said. "Reintroducing the bill makes it easier from a procedural perspective. Floor votes in the Senate can be arduous and protracted so we want to limit the ability of the bill's opponents to play parliamentary games."

The new bill was introduced by the Senate Majority Leader, Senator Harry M. Reid (D-NV), a former U.S. Capitol Police Officer.

"Senator Reid and the original sponsor of the bill, Senator Judd Gregg (R-NH), have been working very hard to get this bill through the Senate," Canterbury said. "They have been true champions for us, and we are deeply appreciative for their support and leadership on this issue."

The legislation, which recognizes the right of public safety employees to form and join unions and to bargain collectively with their employers, passed the House in the previous Congress on an overwhelming 314-97 vote. In 2008, the legislation also won a strong majority in the Senate during a procedural "test vote," though efforts to move the bill were ultimately thwarted by parliamentary tactics. In this Congress, the House companion bill, H.R. 413, was discharged from the Committee on Education and Labor without a vote to expedite its consideration on the House floor–which could be as early as the end of this month.

"This bill is moving, and I am confident that it will pass and that the FOP and our colleagues at the International Association of Fire Fighters will be able to join the President at a signing ceremony before the end of this Congress," Canterbury said. "Our two groups have worked long and hard for more than a decade to enact this legislation, and the finish line is in sight!"
 
 

ANNUAL FOP MAILOUT
 
The 2010 FOP Annual Mailout, which includes 2010 Membership Cards, 2010 Member Information Sheets, and FOP window decals is being delayed.
 
The shipment of 2010 FOP window decals we received was defective (paper backing very difficult to remove) and we are working with the manufacturer to resolve this problem.  As soon as a new shipment of window decals is received, we will mail out the 2010 Annual Membership packets.
 
Those members who purchased and received extra window decals will have replacement decals mailed out as soon as possible.
 
MISSING MEMBERS
 
Recent mailings to the below listed members have been returned as "undeliverable".  If any member is in contact with any of the below members, please have them telephone or email me with an updated address.
 
Jeffrey Robertson                        Richard Baumy
Glenn Banks                                Victor Cimino
Rhett Magnon                              Erma Williams 
Robert W. Moore                        Ronald Ray                                           
Paul Oubre                                  Edward Perkins
Lee Peyton                                 Wyatt Frazier                                
Mary Hayward                            Sanford Johnson

MEETING REMINDER
 
Our March 2010 FOP General Membership meeting will be held on Thursday, March 11, 2010 at Our Lady of the Rosary School Cafeteria, located at 1342 Moss St. 

Entrance and parking is available off Esplanade Avenue.  Chef John Schluter will serve a buffet-style dinner at 6:30PM, and the meeting will begin at 7:00PM. 

MEMBERSHIP CARDS AND DECALS

As most of you have figured out by now, the annual mail out of FOP membership cards and window decals has been delayed.  Our lodge ordered 5000 decals from the Grand Lodge vendor, and upon their arrival in early January, we discovered that the decals were defective.  We've been working with the vendor on a solution to this problem, and were notified late last week that all 5000 decals will be replaced with a new shipment.  The vendor informs us that the manufacturer will be shipping new decals on March 12th, and we should expect delivery of the replacement decals in the week following.  As soon as the new decals are received, the 2010 Membership Cards and window decals will be mailed to all members.