The following officers were elected at the August 2009 meeting of the Great Plains Laborers District Council (left to right): Bob Schroeder, Local 231, Auditor; Tony Penn, Local 362, Executive Board; Bill Gerhard, Local 309, Secretary-Treasurer; Mike Brecht, Local 43, Executive Board; Ken Diehl, Local 727, Auditor; Mike Smith, Local 751, Vice-President; Rocky Raikes, Sergeant-at-Arms; Mike Tuthill, Local 538, Auditor; Lenny Leo, Local 177, Executive Board; Frank Hovar, Local 32, Business Manager; Charlie Shempf, Local 165, President. The officers were sworn in on August 27 by Laborers Midwest Region Manager and Laborers International Union Vice-President John Penn.