HomeMy WebLinkAboutFebruaryCity of Sebastian Employee Newslefter February, 1999
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MISCELLANEOUS EMPLOYEE NEWS
Mark Mason accepted the position of Finance
Congratulations to Bucky Gerber for his promotion
Director and started on January 26, 1999. He is a
to Public Works Building Maintenance Technician.
Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and received his
Bucky was hired as a Maintenance Worker I in Public
Bachelor of Science Business Administration degree from
Works, Road and Drainage Division, in November of
the University of Central Florida in accounting. Mark
1992. In June of 1997 he transferred to the Building
started his career with the U.S. Army while attending
Maintenance Division. We hope you enjoy your new
college. He was responsible for administrative and
responsibilities.
training operations of an 800 person unit. During this
Condolences to John Tenerowicz , Maintenance
time he was a computer consultant, built databases and
Worker II in Public Works, Road and Drainage Division,
supplied computer training for various businesses. He
on the death of his sister.
was hired by a firm in Melbourne in 1990 as a Senior
Thomas Frame, City Manager, has subs fitted his
Certified Public Accountant. . Mark later accepted a
letter of resignation. Mr. Frame has elected to work for
Position as accountant for the City of Melbourne in 1997.
Indian River County when a position was offered to him
as Director of General Services.'.:-' He started* hs
DATES
employment with the CitonFb `, gS�ECIAI
eruary 20 1996corrin
02/02 Groundhog Day
from Charlotte Countywhere- he was em to ed as:za
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$ 02/05 Pay Day
county administrator. Mr. Frame said he liked Sebastian
V 02/14 Valentine's Day
so much and felt the comriunity is such a friendlyg oup
02/15 President's Day (City Closed)
he is glad to be •remaining in the area Best of luck in
$ 02/19 Pay Day
your new position.
Jane Holmes, Administrative Assistant Police
Happy Birthday
Department, has submitted her retirement resignation. -She
was hired on April 03, 1985 as a part-time desk clerk at
the Sebastian Golf Course. She later transferred to the
02/01 Jane Holmes - P/D Administrative Assistant
Police Department as a clerical assistant on December 28,
02/02 Paul Cory - C/C Cart Attendant
1997. , In December of 1987 Jane was promoted to
02/05 Martha Wininger - L/D Vice -Mayor
Assistant where she has remained until her
02/13 William Jursik - P/D Police Officer
retirement date of February 19, 1999. We wish her luck
02/26 Irving Klinkowstein -PID School Crossing Guard
in her future endeavors.
Mike Whitney, Maintenance Worker III for Public
02/27 James McCandrew - C/C Cart Attendant
Works, Road and Drainage Division, has decided to move
to Ohio. His last day of work for the City will be
INSIDE CITYL
February 26, 1999. He has worked for the City since
on evr
August 2 1985 as a Maintenance Worker I in Public
Emblovees with 10 0 more years of service:
02/10/86 Sally Maio - C/C Deputy City Clerk
Emnlovees with 5-9 years of service:
02106/89 Phillip Patnode - P/W Construction Inspector
02/07/89 Janice King - G/M Growth Management Mgr.
02/25/91 Sally Grunzweig - P/W Clerical Assistant 11
Works. He was later promoted to Maintenance Worker
I1 in August of 1985 and Maintenance Worker III
November of 1997. Mike, Good Luck your new home.
We have a few employees walking around Hardee
Park on their lunch hour and after work. Keep it up!
WELCOME ABOARD!
Alan Fraser was hired January 18;, 1999 as a Maintenance
Worker I for the Public Works Budding Maintenance
division.
Y00-HOO
"How we lived five years ago has a lot to do with how
healthy we are today. How we live today has a lot to do
with how healthy we will be in five years.
`5Or, in other words, `The yoo-hoo you yoo-hoo into the
forest is the yoo-hoo you get back.'"
Unknown
fC731 W HEAL7Ih
w* 15 Children are killed by guns in the U.S. every day; a
teenager commits suicide with a gun every six hours.
`if we were to build a memorial to all the kids killed
by gunfire in the last 13` year% the names on that memorial
would outnumber the American lives lost in Vietnam
Source: From an Qprah Winfrey TV special,
quoted 14he New York.Tr nes.
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riot reflectthe patient's true average blood pressure, many
health '` t the test correctly, test
"providers 'don't perform ,
:readings, are subject to biased interpretations, and many
patients' blood pressures soar at the doctor's office.
It's .estimated that up to 20'/0 of people who are
prescribed high `blood pressure medicatiod based on a
reading in the doctor's office do not need the medication.
NOTE: One solution is . for more people to take
blood pressure -readings at-home with home monitors
(available in drugstores). Mr* fire stations are willing to
do blood pressure readings for people who walk through
their doors.-
The Food and Drug Administration says the blood
pressure machines in grocery stores and drugstores aren't
always accurate because of the abuse they take. These
machines are calibrated in the factory but rarely, if ever,
checked for accuracy thereafter.
About 50 million Americans have high blood
pressure -- defined as 140/90 or higher.
Source: William White, M.D., University of
Connecticut Medial School
SMOKING - SKIN'S BURDEN
0 The more you smoke and the longer you smoke, the,
more facial wrinkles you will have.
0 Middle-aged smokers are prone to leathery-lookin
facial skin, tiny wrinkles on their upper and lower lips, and
accentuated "crow's feet" around their eyes.
0 Smokers tend to have several deep lines and numero
shallow lines on their cheeks and lower jaw.
0 Smokers have a 12 times greater risk of havin
unsuccessful plastic or reconstructive surgery because o
delayed wound healing.
Source: Journal of the American Academy on.
Dermatology, Vol. 34, No. 5
FORGIVENESS
"It was a poor pun but a good diagnosi
when a doctor told one of his patients,
`Your trouble is caused by something you hate.'
It is not only good religion, but good medicine, to
forgive.
Many time a person's high blood pressure can bQ
traced to known or subconscious resentments."
Dr. Dale E. Turner
WALKING MADE SZWLE
The language'Vo," which is spoken in New Guinea, had
no distinctive word for `walk."
To convey the idea of walling, native speakers must
twice use the word "ile," which means "stand".
Say Mile" twice and you get "stand here" and tht
"stand there" — and suddenly you're talking about
walking.
—NOTE: Instead of thinking that you have to get
30 minutes of exercise every day, simply think of havin%
to "stand here" and then "stand there".
—Source: Summer Institute of Linguistics
►"The Food Pyramid is a long war
from what most people consume.
`People are eating upside down
with most of their daily calories co
fro_ m fat, meat, and simple sugars.
`Relatively few of their calories
comes from fruits, vegetables, and
whole -grain breads and pastas.'
Donna H. Ryan, MD, specialiq
in treating patients with nutrition
ard-
weight disorders
TD REMEMBER ME
Give my sight to the man who has never seen a sunrise, a
baby's face, or love in the eyes of a woman.
Give my heart to a person whose own heart has caused
nothing but endless days of pain.
Give my blood to the teenager who was pulled from the
wreckage of his car, so that he might live to see his
grandchildren play.
Give my kidneys to one who depends on a machine to
exist from week to week.
Take my bonen every muscle, every fiber and nerve in my
body and find a way to make a crippled child walk.
If you must bury something, let it be my faults, my
weaknesses, and all prejudice against my fellow man
Give my sins to the devil.
Give my soul to God
,V, by chance, you wish to remember me, do it with a kind
deed or word to someone who needs you.
If you do all I have asked, I will live forever.
Robert N. Test
RMH
r Every day, 10,800 Americans turn 50.
—Source. Time Magazine
"Children are our second chance to have a great parent-
child relationship.
Dr. Laura Schlesinger
DOCTOR T,4LS
V During office visits with sicker patients, doctors often
cut short the social "chit-chat" so they can get down to
the business of the medical visit.
A new study indicates that many patients interpret
this reluctance to engage in social conversation as a
doctor's lack of regard for them.
This can decrease pat: cart satisfaction and compliance
with medical instructions.
These findings are of particular concern to health
systems that are trying to save money by limiting the
length of physician visits.
—Source: Research Activities, No. 216, Agency for
Health Care Police and Research
"There is no such thing as a `sudden' heart attack. It
requires years of preparation"
—Unknown
ZTE 19 BEST E�►CIISE
According to master excuse makers, Craig Boldman and
Pete Matthews, 'There's no misdeed that can't be
disavowed, dismissed, rejected, shifted, neutralized,
sidestepped, redirected, or defused. Here are some of
their favorite ways to say "it's not my fault."
I. `My alarm didn't go off."
2. "1 just wanted to see if you'd notice."
3. "These office colors are not conducive to
productivity."
4. "1 eat when I'm stressed."
5. "'This candy bar is just to give me energy to
exercise."
6. "Grandpa ate greasy bacon every morning and lived
to be 103."
7. `French fries are vegetables."
8. "The diet soda balances it out."
9. `It would have gone stale."
10. "1 haven't eaten all day."
11. ` Normie's mom lets him do it."
12. 1 don't know why; I just did it."
13. -`He made me do it."
14. `You're the first person to complain."
15. `°The sun was in my eyes."
16. "You just don't get it, do you?"
17. `1 have my own little system."
18. `Didn't you get my memo?"
19. `here was no warning label."
Source— Every Excuse in the Book. 714 Ways to Say
"It's Not My Fault!" by Craig Bollman and Pete
Matthews
TRICEPS DIP
V This classic exercise will strengthen the muscles at the
back of our upper arms.
1. Stand with your back to a desk. (Keep your elbows
straight and close to your sides.)
2. Slowly bend your elbows to lower your hips until
your thighs are parallel to the floor. (Use your arms
to bear your weight.)
3. Return to the starting position by slowly
straightening your arms.
Do as many reps as you can; rest and repeat.✓
"It is said that the two questions asked most often in
America are: `Where can I park?' and `How can I lose
weight?'"
—Unknown
VM AND P.rTEG',ES_ - -
Dance Like No One' Watdt_ing
Submitted by rim Zell iih -
We convince ourselves that life will be better after
we get married, have a baby, then another • Then we are
frustrated that the kids aren't old enough and we'll be
more content when they are. After that we're frustrated
that we have teenagers to deal with. We will certainly be
happy when they are out of that stage. We tell ourselves
that our life will be complete when our spouse gets Iris or
her act together, when we get a nicer car, are able to go
on a nice vacation, when we retire. The truth is, there's
no better time to be happy than right now: If not now,
when?
Your fife will always be filled with challenges. 'It's
best to admit this to yourself and decide to be happy
anyway. One of my favorite quotes comes from Alfred D.
Souza. He said, `For a long time it had seemed to me that
life was about to begin- real life. ' Blit there was always
some obstacle in the way, something to be gotten through
first, some unfinished business, time still to be served, a
debt to be paid. _ -
-Then life would begin. At last it dawned on me that
these obstacles -e_ re my life." . ► : '!�
.;TW p tlVe has helped K` ' that `there is no
me to see
Wily t0 h$ppine,4s _
Hgppmegg'ig tfie- �hSp',r every moment
that you have. And ' '�'ln0 a i.. '.� ,u shared '
-:rt. with someonejyspe af,. VBW enough to-spead Your
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tau emherhat tone warts'for no one:.::
u it you finish'school;'u you go
bacl� to school; i x" you lose ted pounds, u you gain
teapoundsy' until you have lids, until your kids leave the
house, until you start work, until you retir dntd you get
' maazried; until you ge &vorced, binit Friday night, until
Sunday m01.13i ,until you get anew car or home, until
your car or home is' paid 'ofi; until spring, `until summer,
until fall, until winter, uatd you are off wef ue, until the
first:or fifte nith,'baffyour song'comes on, until you've
had- a' drink; until :you've sobered''up, until you -die, until
you are born again to decide`that there is no better time
than right now to* be happy::: Happiness is a journey, not
a destination. Thought for; -the day.-
Work
ay:Work like you don't need money, -
Love hike you've never been hurt,
And dance like'no one's watching."
It's OK to look back at the past — just don't stare at
—Unknown
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ro WAY TO BE:4NNOYIvc_
❑ Wear a lot of cologne or perfume at work and in
theaters.
❑ Invent nonsense computer jargon in conversations, and
see if people play along to avoid the appearance of
ignorance.
❑ Finish all your sentences with the words "in accordance
with prophesy..
❑ TYPE ALL YOUR E-MAIL IN CAPS so it looks lie
you're yelling at people all the time.
❑ only type in lowercase so you appear modest•
❑ Deliberately hum songs like `Feliz Navidad" that wV71
remain lodged in 'co-workers's brains. (Ok Joanne, aaou& of
It's A Small World A,brA&)
❑ Be sure to mention that your drive through order is "to
go.
❑ While making presentations, occasionally bob yoVpir
head like a parakeet_
❑ Sit in your front yard and point a hair dryer at passi*g
cars to see if they slow down.
❑ Leave the copy machine set on 99 copies.
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NOTE: All employees are responslle to notify
m8na�ement
on:
1. Outside employment.
2. Changes of address & phone numbers.
3. Change in beneficimy(s)
4. Change in emergency contacts,
5. Any change in having a valid Florida Drivers License.
The City does random drag testing for Commercial Driving
License holders per the guidelines of the U.S. Department of
Tion.
1999 HOLIDAY SCBEDULE
New Year's Day
January 1- Friday
President's Day
February i S - Monday
Memorial Day
May 31- Monday
Inde�eadeace Day
July S - Monday
Labor Day
September 6 - Monday
Veteran's Day
November 11- Thursday
Thanksgiving
November 24 -Thursday
Day Af%
'November 25 - Friday
Day Before Christmas
December 23 - Thur.
Christram Day
December 24 - Friday
New Year's Day 2000
December 31- Friday
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