March/April 2017 | The Davey Bulletin 31
• Make a living doing
what makes you happy.
"If you don't like what you're
doing, you don't need to do it.
Do something else. Because
once you find what you like,
you're going to excel if you try.
Especially at Wolf and Davey,
you work your way up, just
like me, from a trimmer to a
crew lead and even a supervisor
or manager."
• Do the best you can while
being safe.
"You want to do your job the
best you can. The main thing is
for everyone to be safe. This is
hard, physical work. You want to
go home to your family, so you
need to be as safe as possible.
You always have to watch what
you're doing. Don't be in a hurry,
and don't do something how you
shouldn't be doing it!"
RETIREE CORNER
HUSKEY'S TOP 3 LESSONS LEARNED:
45 YEARS OF WISDOM
The summer after Ralph Huskey graduated
high school in 1965, he started at Wolf Tree,
Inc., a Davey company. Over the next 45
years, Huskey would serve as a groundman,
trimmer, crew leader and a supervisor on
the Alcoa Electric Utility account.
Day by day and year by year, Huskey
learned what it took to succeed and grow
in the industry.
In the January/February issue
of The Bulletin, Jeff McKnight,
foreman, Utility west, was
incorrectly identified in a
photograph of a climber at the
North American Tree Climbing
Championship. The photo
featured Adam Turchet,
foreman, Hamilton R/C office.
CORRECTION
Adam Turchet
• Be present, and soak up
the small successes.
"When I was at work, I was at
work. I just took it one day at
a time, every day. Then before
going home for the day, I liked to
look back and see what we did.
And I was proud. You could see it,
exactly what you did. We trimmed
those trees and cleared that path.
That felt good."
Verena Neal, retiree, passed
away Dec. 30, 2016. Neal
retired in 2016 following 19
years of service. Neal was a
sales and service technician
at the Seattle office.
IN MEMORIAM
Ralph Huskey describes himself as an "old
country boy." In Tennessee, he spends his days
on simple pleasures like gardening, spending
time with his wife, dogs and goats and fixing
things around the house.
