Alumnus of the Year 2016
Reggie moved to Orland in 1947 and started class as a second grader at Mill Street School. After graduating from OHS in 1958, Reggie started his own business and started a labor contracting business that would last some forty-three years. During this time he also worked as a rancher, raising beef cattle. Feeling the need to serve his community, he joined the Orland Volunteer Fire Department and served for ten years. He was also elected to the Orland Water Users’ Board of Directors and served for eight years, several of those years as the President of the Board. Reggie also became interested in another service club: Loyal Order of Moose, a philanthropic organization that contributes approximately $75 million worth of community service annually. Reggie worked hard and it paid off. He was awarded Moose International Shining Star Award as Top Administrator of Moose International in 1996 and was first runner-up in 1998. This was in competition with 2,864 Moose Lodges nationwide. In 1997 he was awarded the highest degree in the Order of Moose International: the Pilgrim Degree. In 2002, Reggie received the Moose International Shining Star for Moose of the Year, out of over one and a half million members. He also served California and Nevada Moose International for over five years and was Top Director for two of those five years. Reggie was also recognized for his local service when he was awarded the True American Hero Award for exemplary community service at the 2000 Glenn County Fair.