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"At fusl l dldn’t think it would be a
benefit, but Katrina hit and everything
south ot Iaclunn was damaged. And the
coast was annihilated. There were no
— —~.. landmarks at all. we loaded everything

L , » , on a laptop and hooked the CPS to it
§ , , - ‘ ‘ and put in the coordinates. lt we hadn't
§ _- e 5 ,' "2 , , ~ 7, put it in the system, we'd have been
'I——--- ‘ " l*. t , , F lust."

VH1 r i I . l i , g
V:-—— ' ' l l ‘ i The call c2mEr— and the associated
§ r t - ’ stakeholder members — have reaped

. T ,. V’ ‘ ‘ many beneiits trorn the mapping
1 project, he said. The damage prevention
‘ ' coordinators still work to keep all the
‘ * maps up to date as new subdivisions
T and developments are created in the
—._t._ "’ I state.
___. . L Henry s dedication to hard work
*1‘ \ ‘ didn't end at the completion or the
\ workday. He spent a great deal of time
~ m .d volunteering with his church and used
,= A: A V, a great deal of his vacation time to
«.- ,= volunteer with mission trips around the
: _ K 7 . globe.
:_____ E5. t ' ’“" - -1. ' - "I've been on SIX ot the seven
' ‘ -_ _ _,_,,u , continents," he said. ”W2 went on a lot
"L" ---l~ -- j; ot building trips. rm also a regional
___ ambassador fur the Iesus Film pwlecn
we go into various countries with
V . equipment that is loaded in a backpack
_ iv and a tour to tivehour battery to show
g A ’ ' the film anywhere we can."
’ i‘ ,- E Henry plans to spend more time with
' his wite now that he's retired, but that
; e ' — doesn't mean he is abandoning his
G » M5811 family. He keeps in contact with
B triends and toi-mer eo-workers on a
_|. _ l regular basis.

l.“ ' ' ' ‘ ’’I miss the people already. miss the
work tun," he said. "I made a lot ot
triends in the digging business over

Henry mvrzicsn Htrlryathls ret.ennit,.r.ty 3"-=3!» and I appreciate every Dr-2 of
And the teeling is mutual.
‘ \ __ g _ _ - i "viz: ax; already lrlisixfig };lm,"bFred
, — — — A , sai ," e's one o t e in est, iggest
_ 7 * f —-J hearted people yDu'll ever know"
- ~ _ _ with Henrys retirement, it's reasonable
' ’ k V 4(. ' » ~ to wonder who could tollow in his
- , legacy. Fnrtunnlely, retired educztur
-. ‘- i Iohn stallings 7 brother ot south
Region Damage Preventlnn coordinator
__ charles stallings 7 spent nearly three
7 ' 1 ii i mlmlhs learning the ropes trom Henry.
‘ e ,_ 7 while nobody could completely H1!
35 ‘ Henry's shoes, he's confident that the
9‘ important work or promoting sate
‘_ Excavariun and good communication
.9 will continue well into the future. a
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