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14 PRODUCTION SOUND & VIDEO – Summer 2026 NEWS & ANNOUNCEMENTS by Casey Weiss Local 695 welcomes its new members NEW MEMBERS IN MEMORIAM LARRY A. LASOTA - Y-1 March 21, 1949 – May 2, 2026 WILLIAM JOEL PARSONS - Y-16 May 9, 1971 – April 20, 2026 MICHAEL SEEMAN - Y-7A July 15, 1944 – April 3, 2026 ANDREW C. STRAUBER - Y-1 April 17, 1952 – February 10, 2026 KIRK H. FRANCIS - Y-1 August 27, 1947 – February 8, 2026 THOMAS D. CAUSEY – Y-1 December 5, 1949 – January 11, 2026 DONALD C. ROGERS – Y-1 May 4, 1931- January 4, 2026 JACQUELYN ANDRADE Y-7 KEVIN ERPENBACH Y-16 FIONA GAY Y-1 WESLEY HARRIS A-2 FRANCISCO HINOJOSA Y-7a ANDREW HUIGENS Y-6 HUNTER JACKSON Y-7 PEARCE LAWRENCE Y-16a BRIAN NOWAC Y-4 MATTHEW ORTIZ Y-16 STEVEN RICKS Projectionist SHORIF SUHE Y-16a ARTHUR TRAN Y-16a Front row: Joel Schryack, Peggy Names, Rene Defrancesch, Dave Kirshner, Joe Kenworthy, Devin Golub, Knox White. Second row: Alenka Pavlin, Misty Coen, Glenn Berkovitiz, Mychal Smith, Tim Song Jones, Andy Adams, Natasha Fagan. Third row: Johnny Evans, Andy Rovins, Kevin Becker, Eric Alstad, Gunnar Walter, Rob Cunningham, Patrick Martins, David Raymond, Michael Primmer, Mitchell Gebhard, Rebecca Chan, Tanya Peel, Rie Nasu, Yvette Marxer, Nick Allen, Veronica Kahn, Eva Rismanforoursh, Frederick Weinberg, Richard Novick, Todd Bassman, Roger Stevenson, Randy Johnson, Scott Solan, Tom Hartig. Others in attendance, but not in the photo: Doug Shamberger, Jonathon Fu, Rocky Quiroz, Steve Morantz, and Joe Turrentine Biweekly and completely free webinars are available to all IATSE workers through the IATSE Training Trust Fund. Topics range from Basic Entertainment Safety, Sets Utilizing SFX and Fog Effects, Biological Hazards, and more. Keep yourself and your fellow crew members safer on set by checking out upcoming webinars at: https://www.iatsetrainingtrust.org/webinars OLD FRIENDS On March 15, Randy Johnson writes that the H.O.B.O.S. (Hollywood Old Boom Operators), a random group of friends and working partnerships over many years, got together. There was no agenda beyond relating some favorite stories with hugs and hardy hand clasps. It was special to me and heartening to reaffirm how many great people there are in this business of ours. IATSE TRAINING TRUST FUND: SAFETY FIRST! WEBINARS