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OD31?Q .., DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, ANO STAFF .. DUR1NG 19671 THE DISTRICT LOST. THROUGH D~ATHJ ONE CURRENT AND TWO rORMER MEMBERS OF THE SOARD. EACH OF THESE MEN SERVED WITH NOTABLE DEDICATION AND DISTINCTION DURING THEIR TERMS AS DIRECTORS. DUOLEY t. HUTCHINSON, SR.. WHO OlEO IN MARCH 1967 SERVED ON THE BOARD FROM SEPTEMB~R '954 UNTIL SEPTEMBER 1964 WHEN HE WAS REPLACED AT HIS OWN REQUEST DUE TO FAILING HEALTH. HIS BROAD KNOWLEDGE A~D WISE COUNSEL CONTRIBUTED GREATLY TO MANY IMPORTANT POLICY OECI- SlOMS MADE BY THE BOARD CURING HIS TERMS AS A DIRECTOR. ROBERT C. BENSON WHO DIED EARLY IN NOVEMBER 1967 SERVED AS ONE O~ THE ORI~lNAL DIRECTORS OF THE DISTRICT FROM SEPTEM8ER 1937 UNTIL OCTOBER 1941. HIS DEDICATED SERVICE DURING THE CRITICAL fiRST YEARS Of DISTRICT OPERATION CONTRISUTED INVALUABLY TO THE " SOUND BEGINNING Of DISTRICT ACTIVITY. W. D. MCCASLIN, AfFECTIONATELY KNOWN AS tIlED," WAS F"IRSr APPOINTED TO THE BOARD IN " SEPTEMBER 1963 AND SERVED FAITHFULLY UNTIL HIS DEATH ON MAY 5. THIS YEAR. HIS DEDICATION TO PUBLIC SERVICE AS A DIRECTOR OF THIS DISTRICT; A5 A LONG-TIME COUNTY COMMISSIONER IN BOULDER COUNTY; AND IN MANY OTHER AREAS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST WilL BE LONG REM(MBERED. To EACH OF THESE MEN, THE WATER USERS AND TAXPAYERS OF THE DISTRICT OWE AN ABIDING OEsr or GRATITUDE. EfFECTIVE JULY 1. 1967. MR. JOHN I. BRUNING BECAME THE ~IRST DISTRICT EMPlOYEE TO RETIRE UNDER THE BENEFITS PROVIDED By THE BOARDrS RETIREMENT PROGRAM ESTABLISHED IN 1956. AT THE: TIME OF HIS RETIREMENT, MR. BRUNlNG HAD SERVED 12~ YEARS AS AN OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE F1E~DMAN FOR THE DISTRICT. JOHN WAS A GOOD-HUMORED, CAPABLE, AND CON- StlENTIOUS EMPLOY~E. THE DIRECTORS AND STAFF ARE HOPEFUL THAT HIS RETIREMENT YEARS WILL .' BE HAPPY AND RE~ARDING. ~: -36-