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meeting for her hard work and
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commitment to quality and was
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30th
of this year.
Dimes for Dimes
Birthdays
help mothers reach full
term pregnancies and
improve birth outcomes.
7/3 – Chris Morris
7/6 – Todd Thomas
7/9- Ralph Graves II
7/12- Jeff O’Neal
Last year, the Advantage
What distinguishes Advantage
7/13- Eugena Colina
from
the bulk
of the industry
is
Melanie
Grayson,
Rebecca
Controls team was able to
its emphasis on customer
7/13- Garrett Powell
Thomas,
Harris
raise $5,000 for the
service
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its Tracy
policies
on
stock
the
March of Dimes.
citizenship.
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past few
7/14- Shirley Casey
This May, Muskogee had some
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years,
our
company
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themselves, so they are
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Tingel
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Canadians
were made honorary
7/29Ramona Glass
pop, that’s crazy.
2006, Advantage Controls was
Advantage
works
to
build
annual
sales
meeting.
‘Okies from Muskogee’ by the
the first equipment supplier to
8/4- Jon Shaw
Advantage
Controls
hosted
their
former Mayor, John Tyler
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profits
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8/7- Jennifer Hall
Controls recently
that is dedicated to providing
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quality customer service and is
8/9Tyler
Hopson
from the Tulsa airport and were
which employees at Advantage
for being the 9th largest contributor
committed to the needs of
taken to the Fairfield Inn in
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year.
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Muskogee, where they stayed
Hall $606k;
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the ranking
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it
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highest
Controls was presented with
8/13Chis
in Liebig
the organization’s
history.
United Way
for
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nights.
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Canadians
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another honor in 2013 when
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President,
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Morris
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Muskogee”.
the company was awarded
8/13- Andrai
Hill to achieve the largest local cammined
around town in giant white
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the
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Chuck Mills, Governor Mary Fallin,
Advantage
Controls founder Dick Morris and Marcus Verner
award. This year,
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up, we would love to be your
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receivedAdvantage
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presented
Controls
with the the
entered
the
worldwide
marketplace.
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Chamber of Commerce. The
details please contact your local
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in the previously won the 2014 Governor’s8/31- Matt
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Summer
Summer2015
2014
How
Many Pizzas?!
Happy
Azalea Festival
Birthday!
Every month the employees at
determination and dedication. The
Advantage Controls gather to
meeting started with a statement
discuss how the previous month
about the current backlog. Then
went,
and
celebrate
the
Dan read a poem by Mike Rowe,
Once again Advantage
achievements
of
the
Advantage
the star of Dirty Jobs, entitled “The
JUNE
JULY cont...
Controls competed in the
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meeting is streamed
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Steven
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Jeffrey Downs
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so even the outside guys
Lisa Tittle
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The Azalea Festival,
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held annually since April 1968, has become a national
Todd Thomas
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attraction. This festival highlights the beauty of the Honor
Ralph Graves II
Maury Morris
Heights Park, plays host to a variety of food vendors,
Winston Sallee
Chris Liebig
carriage rides through
blooms,
7/3the
– Chris
Morris shuttle rides through
Jeff O’Neal
Andrai Hill
and a parade full of clowns, floats,
Brian Harris
Carolyn Kelley
Here
at
Advantage
help mothers downtown
reach Muskogee,
full
Todd Thomas
antique cars, horses7/6
&– more.
Our founder, Dick Morris
Eugenia Colina
Tracy Harris
Controls,
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term pregnancies
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Shirley Casey
Jacob Potter
7/9- Ralph Graves II
character, Hi-Bi.
a Melissa
little different
with our
birth outcomes.
Tingel
Matthew improve
Fritz
Dimes for Dimes
vending machines.
Melanie Grayson, Rebecca
Thomas, and Tracy Harris
stock
the
machines
themselves, so they are
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able to keep the prices
low; I mean 75 ¢ for a
pop, that’s crazy.
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raise $5,000 for the
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7/12- Jeff O’Neal
7/13- Eugena Colina
Visitors from Chile
Fundraising activates help
improve the dynamics
inside the work place.
Advantage works to build
a
positive
working
environment for all of its
employees.
7/13- Garrett Powell
7/14- Shirley Casey
7/18- Melissa Tingel
7/28– Tyjuan Walker
7/29- Ramona Glass
8/4- Jon Shaw
8/5- Lorencita Holmes
8/5- Lori Holmes
8/7- Jennifer Hall
contributing journalists
and photographers!
8/9- Tyler Hopson
8/11- Maury Morris
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Email us at support@
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8/13- Chis Liebig
8/13- Andrai Hill
On April 15th we had some visitors from Pro Equipos, located in the
8/18- Sue
Kelley presented them with
country of Chile, come visit our office. Chris
Morris
a commemorative award for having been our first international customer.
8/19- Tracy Harris
Muskogee’s Mayor Coburn presented them with certificates recognizing
them as Honorary Okies from Muskogee.
Dan
Morris then thanked
8/22- Jacob
Potter
Mayor Coburn for his efforts in cleaning up the town and gave him a care
package of trash bags, trash bin, latex8/31gloves,
a poncho, & boot tray to
Matt Fritz
assist him with future projects.
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