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by Vickie MacNaughton Merrill graduated from McMahon School of Stenotype in August 1968 and was awarded his NCRA Certificate of Merit in 1986. He was the owner of Lone Star Reporting in Houston until 1990 when he joined Sunbelt Reporting & Litigation Services, where he worked until his brief illness this year. During his short time in the VA hospital with Hepatitis C, he found such pleasure each and every day in the many kindnesses bestowed upon him by his family, friends and work associates. He smiled as he shared his stories, laughed at our jokes, and opened his heart to so many during his lifetime. He passed away quietly on May 30, 2002. We have so many fond memories of our time spent with Merrill. He was our friend, our mentor, and a court reporter like no other. For additional information, feel free to contact Vickie MacNaughton 713-667-0763. (Back to Table of Contents) Paula Mooneyham... Paula Mooneyham Bank of America 125 Sawdust Road Spring, Texas 77380 Acct. #005741153512 (Back to Table of Contents) Word Droppers by Debbie C. As most of you know, I've just started teaching at Alvin. Some of the material we're dictating dates back to the Sixties and looks like the dog got ahold of it because it's that thin, onion-skin paper that's been handled for 40 years! And the carbon copies are very difficult to read. So if you have an especially interesting case OR just want to clean out your office, we'd LOVE to have your transcripts. Also, if anyone can get their hands on fresh jury charge material, that would be great. If you have anything, just bring it to the next BACRAT meeting; and I'll get it from you. I PROMISE I'm going to be there; we're presenting the scholarship awards. If you're not attending, call me; I'll make arrangements to pick it up. 281-480-3925. By the way, the Word Droppers club is ALWAYS interested in guest speakers. —Debbie C. (Back to Table of Contents) WHO IS NVRA ANYWAY? by Stephanie McClure We need to support our local/state associations before we support and pay our good money to an association that we (NCRA members) voted last August to not include in NCRA. If you're curious about NVRA, you can go to their website at www.nvra.org. You'll see that they are still claiming their style of reporting is superior to ours. Do you really want to support this organization? Not me. (Back to Table of Contents) |