Copy Corporation

1987

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Click On Name:   Michael Adamczyk, Chris Applegate, Christal Armstrong, Dan Armstrong, Al Babcock, Linda Bamforth, Lamont Bayne, Leanne Bradshaw, Ken Brown,  Steve Carrico,  Tammy Carter, Denny Comer, Matt Coomes, Tad Douglas, Kevin Dowdy,  Sandy Esienback,  Joyce Fendley, Jim Francis, Randy Freeman, Lisa Freepartner, Tom Gilman, Donnie Grace, Ray Haas, David Hesse, Dan Heiskel, Mickey Higdon, Lance Hodges, Terry Hollowell, Colleen Hoover, George Hunter, Bruce Jennings,  Jim Kellog, Jim Kincer, Lunette Kovatch, Tom Madison, Rey McAlpin, Bob Medley, Norma Niev, David Payne, Dan Pierce, Debbie Remboski,  Dave Riddle, David Rogers, Greg Meyers, Steve Meyer,  Gary Jennings, Craig Shellman,  Dennis Sloan, Jeff Slyn, Jeff Swan, Sid Swinney, Bill Taylor, Dennis Thompson, Lynn Underwood, Keith Watkins, Kim Whitmer, Steve Young,

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PRESIDENTS CLUB TRIP

CRUISE PICTURES

JAMAICA PICTURES

ACAPULCO PICTURES

Puerto Vallarta, Mexico

BEARSKIN LODGE FISHING

EARLY 1980 HALLOWEEN PARTY

SID AND SERVICE SHELVING FOR PARTS ROOM

FIRST BUSINESS CARDS

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Rey McAlpin

Ray McAlpin  1978

Rey McAlpin  
Louisville, KY
Birthday 2/26
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I was with Copy Corp from 1990 - 1994 and after CopyCorp I was with PSBI (Prudential Service Bureau, Inc.) which was a benefits administrator for various companies from 1994 - 1998 PSBI was located next door to CopyCorp on Bluegrass Pkwy. 

I'm still in the accounting field. My wife Beth is doing great. 

                        

Rey with Vivian Bonnet and a sales rep (1993)

Rey worked for Sid Swinney and later Tom Gilman as accountant and controller.  He was very effective as an accountant and also a very effective manager of people.  Rey is a likeable southern gentleman and a committed "team player"!

When there was a job to be done, CopyCorp could absolutely depend on Rey and his team to get the job done.  Even though Rey was seldom involved in a "sales situation"  he has the qualities of being an excellent  salesperson.  Rey is a dependable, honorable hard worker and was a big asset to CopyCorp.
Rey studied Accounting at Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University and is  married to Beth Brandon McAlpin.

Marcus, Beth, Lauren and Rey
The McAlpin Family 2011

Beth and Rey McAlpin   (2010)

Rey in 2026

Tom Ramsey

Tom Ramsey                       READ ABOUT TOMS ACCIDENT
Georgetown, IN                    AND HIS CONDITION (CLICK)
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Tom was the first service technicians for Copy Corporation, he began as service rep/manager in 1979 in the Evansviile office. Tom was very instrumental in the development and success of the Evansville Marketplace.  He was an excellent "fix-it" man but more importantly he was great with the customer!  In 1984 Tom joined Canon USA in their service department but later came back to Copy Corp in 1988 as the service manager in Evansville.
Today, Tom is Director, Managed Print Services for Toshiba in the Louisville Market Place.

Siesta after his first Corona

Senor Ramsey's last know whereabouts was a street corner in Acapulco, Mexico after an exciting BULL FIGHT!
Seems that this was his first and only bull fight. "Turns out the Corona had a longer lasting fondness than the BULL FIGHT" !

Lunch with Tom at Jucy's on May25, 2011
Tom paid !!!!!

Tom and Cathy

Tom and Cathy 1994

Ken Brown

Ken 1983

Ken Brown
Louisville, KY
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I retired from CopyCorp>Alco>IKON in 2013 after 27 years with the last 12 years in the Supply Sales, locally, having region and National positions at various times.  I am fortunate to have work with the outstanding Louisville Supply Team plus a great group from the Chicago area. Looking back from the first day, March 23, 1983, walking into the first office on Bluegrass Parkway, having a welcoming conversation with Jim.   Then starting what has been an crazy, amazing experience.  

Just the characters and personalities of the many people throughout the years, weren't appreciated enough, but when I sat down to think about those years, writing my profile, for the Copy Corp Blog – "it made me smile", remembering Christmas Parties, Golf Scrambles, very late night "month end closes", company picnics, Steve Young as Santa Claus, Mickey Higdon as Santa Claus , company trips, an old Fart from Canon Corporate named Paul Fox – who could never remember who I was even with a name tag, Company trips to Mexico and Dominican Republic among other wonderful places!  Service team camping trips to Barren River.  So many good times with so many great people!! 

Today, I own and operate "Creative Engraving" and Jenny and I have been married for 19 years. She is doing very well and still with that bubbly personality that keeps everyone around her positive and active. We live in Douglas Hills and all of our kids are pretty much grown, as much as anyone ever lets them completely grow up.  

Ryan is 25, married to Beth,  Brittney is 23, Eric is 23, (in the Air Force National Guard, currently deployed in Afghanistan) and Leslie, our youngest, is finishing up her bachelor’s degree as she works full time.  

I now have 3 Grandchildren!  

3/13 Picture of AVERY 

I appreciate Jim starting the Copy Corp Blog to catch up with each other and see what is going on in our lives, hopefully, everyone will participate, it will be so nice to hear from and about everyone. It’s been a great ride since starting my association with Copy Corp on that March day in 1983. As I think about all the good times we forget or overlook because of our busy lives,  I read a quote recently about getting some “life perspective”!  It is great and very appropriate.

“Climb up on some hill at sunrise. Everybody needs perspective once in a while, and you'll find it there.”
Recalling all the great places and people I have had the opportunity to get to know because of my time with 
Copy Corp has been a tremendous blessing!  

Ken

Chris Applegate

Chris Applegate 1989

Chris Applegate   
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Chris 2011

Chris and his brother John were operating their own copy machine company in Louisville, when CopyCorp purchased their company in 1989, at which time Chris joined CopyCorp as a sales manager.  He was with Copy Corp for more than 13 years during which time he became a Vice President of Sales before departing and joining Standard Office Systems in Deluth, Georgia from 2002 until 2007.  

Chris 1991

After five years at Standard, Chris joined Toshiba in Atlanta, Georgia, as Director of Client Services.  Today, Chris continues working with Toshiba as the Director of Enterprise Services (Area Director/President).  Today, he and Suzanne live in the Atlanta area.

Brothers, Chris and John Applegate 2014

Tom Gilman

Tom 1993

Phyllis and Tom 1995

Tom Gilman
Lousiville, KY
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Tom Gilman came from Saint Johns Business Systems in Fort Wayne to CopyCorp.  He was our CFO from 1991 until 1997 and did an excellent job keeping us in line with the many ALCO targets and requirements. Tom was always a joy to work with!  He was/is a gentleman and very much a family man!  It was a pleasure working with him for many years!

Today Tom is CFO for Toshiba, Louisville District.  He and Phyllis still live in Douglas Hills, Louisville, KY.

Steve Carrico

Current Business Picture

Steve Carrico
Louisville, KY
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Steve was one of the first Copy Graphics (CopyCorp) sales people in 1978.

Wow !!!!!!!!!  Where can I start ? I have so many fond memories (and speak often about them to friends and associates) even to this day some 33 years later. Yes I guess if you do the math, I was part of the original team that opened the doors in that small Bluegrass Parkway office way back in 1978 (April I think). CopyGraphics Corp (which is what the company was called in the early days) did a HUGE part in molding my career and life course. Although I was only there a few years, the experiences and knowledge that I gained from Dave Doll and Jim Kincer were life changing. I remember being very impressed and a bit intimidated with their style, class and selling skills have come from the key player in the industry at the time (Xerox) . After leaving CGC, I moved on to a 20+ year career in Consumer Products sales and then transitioned over in 2003 to management and ownership of a PI (fraud investigation) firm.

Some of my favorite memories centered around the tight camaraderie with that small intro sales team. Jeff Doll, Dave Doll, Jeff Swan, Tad Douglass, Randy Freeman, Steve Young, Dennis Thompson etc. I remember the delivery of the companies first Canon 5000 (Large machine) to a printer over off Shelbyville Rd and Hubbard's. We used to deliver all with Dave's brown and beige customized van. The Evansville Market sales blitz's were also very memorable.

My favorite sale was to my old High School Alma Mater, St X. I remember making reference to the catholic phrase "canonizing" (to glorify) while presenting the great qualities of the Canon NP-80 liquid toner machine. (cheezy but it worked) Dave and I also recruited Mike Helmueller (a St X teacher) during the sales process for St X. Mike I believed went on to a long and profitable career with CGC (Copy Corp).

Thanks Again Jim for finding me, It's GREAT to reminisce about the old days !!!!!! Have you located Tad Douglass? Last I heard, he was working at Tafel but again that was a million years ago as well. Oh and Mike Helmueller too.

Mickey Higdon

Mickey 1989

If it had to get done, Mik did it

Mickey Higdon

Louisville, KY

Birthday is July 23
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I have many fond memories of my career and co-workers at Copy Corporation/IKON since August 1985!  

One of my first memories was asking about the two guys wearing black rubber suits who worked downstairs in a little room.  I was told that the two were Jimmy Voll and Bill Shanks and they cleaned Savin liquid toner tanks. I thought to myself that whatever happens, I must find away to avoid getting that job!  Copy Corp had a strong family atmosphere, a great place to work. We worked hard, played hard.  We were proud and worked hard to achieve our goals and targets.  One great example of the work ethic that we had was evident one year on the last day of the fiscal year, a hectic day as sales and billing worked into the night to get everything booked and billed.  

Presidents Club Gulf of Mexico Deep Sea Fishing

Normally, I would grill hamburgers for everyone that stayed around.  About 8:00 PM I noticed Jim Francis and David Hesse had not returned from their daily deliveries, I thought I had better keep the grill hot for them. When they returned, Dan Pierce wanted to know if all of the deliveries were completed and Jim Francis replied yes. However, before they returned, a National Account machine was delivered to us for a customer in London, Kentucky. Dan suggested, we could bill for the machine if it was delivered. So Jim took his burgers to go, loaded the machine in the truck and made the delivery. He returned at 1:30 AM the next morning.  That is the type of dedication that made the company great!  One day, during one of our “Warehouse Sales”, Steve Young came into my office with a customer. He showed her our copier and how it worked. Once he finished I saw him in the hallway and asked if he made the sale and he replied that he did. I told him we did not think that particular machines left in the warehouse and he told me that he did not need one from the warehouse – he sold the one we were using. He said “in fact, in a couple of minutes we will be loading it into her car”. I learned real quickly that if it was not nailed down, Steve would sell it!  During another “Warehouse Sale” I was in charge of cooking and serving hot dogs.  It seemed that my best customer was Dan Pierce. For some reason, he seemed to like my cooking. Just before lunch, he asked if I had any relish and he told me they would be much better with relish. I replied that I guess if I had relish, you would have eaten a dozen, since you have already had 6 of the bad ones and it was not even lunch time.   I remember the President’s Club trips, the family events and the Holiday dinners with Elvis and the Blues Brothers. The hospitality that Joyce and Jim shared was appreciated and will always be remembered.   Over the years, we have lost a few of the folks who worked hard and dedicated themselves to Copy Corp, Steve Young, Susan Rixman, Bob Bronger and Elaine Schunk will always be remembered.   Stories about Copy Corp could go on and on. It was a place where careers were formed and for a few of us, continues to be our work home.  Jim Kincer put a great deal of hard work into this company and I for one, am very grateful for that. Although we do not see them as often as we would like, both Billie and I remain close to Joyce and Jim and consider them dear friends.

As you know, I am affiliated with the ball club through the Clarksville Little League. (VP of the Challenger League).  My involvement with the kids centers around organizing the league itself.  I send out registration forms in January, process all paperwork, select the uniforms and order them, send out newsletters to the families, organize an "Opening Day" event where I introduce all players before our first game, provide cold drinks to all players and coaches after every game, order trophies and organize a year end banquet. Billie and I are involved from January through July and the past couple of years, we have been fortunate to be awarded a grant from the Horseshoe Foundation which takes additional paperwork. We play on Thursdays in May and June and I leave the play itself up to our 2 coaches who work great with the kids.    I am also a member of the ClarksvilleRedevelopment Commission.  I still enjoy the Rose Garden in my free time and smoking meat on the grill every chance I get (generally cook a brisket, pork shoulder or smoked jalapeno)!

The schedule is  pretty busy with volunteer work, therefore not many hobbies as such. The roses are still enjoyable but they seem to get more difficult to grow each year. Smoking meat on the grill is a new thing for me and the family seems to like it as well. Last week, I smoked 3 briskets for a fall party that was held by Billie's grandson. I think he ate about 1/2 of the meat. I generally cook brisket or pork shoulder but my newest item is a smoked jalapeno. People seem to like them as well. 

How does this one look on me?

Mickey and his secret BBQ recipe


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Last night (6/24/21) was our last game of the season for my ball team and since we did not have a banquet due to the pandemic, I planned a special night. We had some of the Louisville mascots come over to join us and I invited both WDRB and WAVE 3 and each of them sent some folks to do a story on us. The link below is WDRB's story as it appeared on the 11:00 news last night. 

Mickey

https://www.wdrb.com/news/clarksvilles-special-needs-baseball-team-celebrates-last-game-of-the-season/article_319c0b66-d558-11eb-9bd1-33a9383cbd26.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=email&utm_campaign=user-share

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Jim Kincer

  

              

Joyce and Jim Kincer 1996

  Jim Kincer
  Pewee Valley, KY
  Birthday June 7, 1941

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Copy Corporation was founded on April 1, 1978 and was originally named CopyGraphics,

  

Over the years,we grew to be the largest copy company in Kentucky with offices in Louisville, Lexington, Bowling Green, Evansville Owensboro.  We had the best employees, associates, partners, team members in the   entire country and I hope we will hear from all of them on this blog.  Please post your comments and   include your bio after Copy Corp.

After Copy Corp, Joyce and I owned and operated two radio stations in Louisville for a number of years until we sold them and attempted to retire. But, retirement was not for me, so we became 

Jim and Joyce 2010

involved in the water cooler business for about 10 years until we sold this business in 2008.   

1/1/26 Today, We are retired and I spend my time writing and we continue to travel as we can!  JimKincer.com

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Brent Bosler

Brent Bosler  
Louisville, KY
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Brent came to CopyCorp when we merged American Duplicating with CopyCorp.

Brent currently works for Toshiba!  

Brent, Rich Mason, John Karrer, Cary Conway

Michael Adamczyk

Michael Adamczyk
Louisville, KY
CopyCorp Administrative & Bookkeeping

 

Michael and Gretchen Adamczyk 1986

Michael became a member of the CopyCorp Team in March of 1984 and continued for 33 years (Retired 2/2017).  I will never forget the first day I met Michael, the day I interviewed and hired him.  It was a Saturday Morning, (a beautiful sunshine day), we were located in the old office on Bluegrass Parkway, my office looked out over the parking lot!  Michael pulled up in a new car and parked within view of my office.  We had a very nice conversation and a lengthy interview, he was well prepared with references and dates and times of his experience.  Michael ha a very impressive interview and application.  He had just gotten out of the military and I thought it was very interesting that he was driving a new car, so I ask:  How did you buy a new car on military pay?  His answer cinched the job for him (even though I was very impressed anyway).  His answer was quick and affirmative.  He said, "I saved most-all of my military pay and made some good investments!  I didn't go off base very much and had no temptation to spend my money"!

Michael Adamczyk was an excellent partner and asset to our staff!  he worked in several job functions in the administrative and bookkeeping department. He was offered promotions several times and choose not to accept, he was happy doing the assignments he was given.  Michael was without doubt, one of the nicest, most humble person to ever work for CopyCorp!

Michael   9/2019

** I spoke with Michael on the phone today (9/3/19) and he advised me that his wife Gretchen, age 65, passed away on August 15, 2018, after a long illness!