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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • MONDAY, JANUARY 19, 2015
Why was our power
back on just hours after
a windstorm?
MARILYN BROCKEY
IBEW 125 MEMBER
Journeyman Estimator
Knappa Resident
Because IBEW 125 Journeyman
Estimator Marilyn Brockey had a
26-YEAR HEAD START.
“I
“I love
love living
living in
in the
the Astoria
Astoria area
area — — I I was
was born
born here
here and
and raised
raised my
my own
own family
family in
in Knappa.
Knappa.
I I started
started my
my union
union apprenticeship
apprenticeship in
in 2006
2006 and
and became
became a a Journeyman
Journeyman Estimator
Estimator in
in
2009.
2009. Most
Most days
days I’m
I’m out
out in
in the
the community,
community, meeting
meeting with
with people
people and
and mapping
mapping out
out the
the
best
best way
way to
to get
get safe
safe and
and reliable
reliable power
power at
at their
their home
home or
or business.
business. And
And when
when there’s
there’s a a
storm,
storm, I I organize
organize repair
repair crews
crews and
and help
help flag
flag to
to keep
keep traffic
traffic moving
moving and
and workers
workers safe.”
safe.”
The
The communities
communities IBEW
IBEW 125
125 serves
serves are
are where
where we
we live
live and
and work,
work, and
and in
in the
the Astoria
Astoria area
area
the
the people
people we
we serve
serve are
are our
our neighbors.
neighbors. IBEW
IBEW 125
125 Journeyman
Journeyman Estimators
Estimators like
like Marilyn
Marilyn
train
train for
for over
over three
three years
years — — longer
longer than
than it it takes
takes to
to become
become a a lawyer
lawyer — — before
before they
they go
go
to
to work
work in
in your
your community.
community. And
And because
because outages
outages can
can happen
happen at at any
any time,
time, Marilyn’s
Marilyn’s
commitment
commitment keeps
keeps her
her on
on call
call 24
24 hours
hours a a day.
day.
IBEW 125. Trained and ready to answer the call.
Learn more about our work at www.IBEW125.com.
PA I D F O R B Y T H E D E D I C AT E D M E M B E R S O F T H E I N T E R N AT I O N A L B R OT H E R H O O D O F E L E C T R I C A L W O R K E R S .