The U P B E A T Issue 33 June 2010 Editor: Michelle Schack Northwest Florida League of Cities Annual Summer Dinner May 7th, 2010 Above: Mayor Carpenter with FLOC President, P.C. Wu and Mrs. Carpenter Mrs. Kirby at Ft. Bragg providing information to market our beautiful, historic City to the 7th Special Forces Group and their families that will be relocating to our area. Mayor Carpenter received the Municipal Official of the Year Award! Below: Mayor Carpenter with Harrison, Kim Kirby, and Mr. Huffman Page 1
HAPPY BIRTHDAY SANDRA ARNOLD BRIAN BALKOM C. HAROLD CARPENTER LARRY JOHNSON MIKE SASSER CAROL SKELTON LEE SPILLERS MARSHAL DEES HAPPY ANNIVERSARY JEFFERY SMITH - 2 YRS BRANDY GAYDON - 6 YRS GARRETT MILLER - 6 YRS SIDNEY MIMITZ - 18 YRS Keith Luton receives certificate for 20 yrs of service The DeFuniak Springs City Marshal s Office Relay for Life Team has raised enough funds to be Silver Level team! The UPBEAT Page 2
On Wednesday, May 5 th 2010, the DeFuniak Springs Police hosted a Northwest Florida Pharmaceutical Diversion Training for Law Enforcement. The training was organized by Lieutenant David Krika, Commander of the Criminal Investigations Division and was sponsored by Purdue Pharma LP. Over 40 individuals from several different Law Enforcement Agencies from throughout the Florida Panhandle participated in this training opportunity with the Guest Speaker of the Event being Florida s Lieutenant Governor the honorable Jeff Kottkamp. The Lieutenant Governor praised local law enforcement in attendance for their efforts in combating prescription drug crimes and the ever present methamphetamine epidemic. Department of Transportation supplied the City with grant funding to spruce up the medians at Highway 331 North and US 90. Check out the extended dock built by the Maintenance Department! Take A Kid Fishing Day was Saturday May 22nd so this gave the kids access to fish off the dock. Great work, guys!! The UPBEAT Page 3
The new observatory deck near the amphitheater is started. Soon there will be decorative railings and lots of seating! The sod is in at the Chautauqua Building! The parks department worked quickly to ensure it was ready for our busy wedding season. Good work guys! Newly installed sprinklers are already hard at work! Public Works employees working together to complete a project on Hubbard Street, replacing three large drainage pipes. The UPBEAT Page 4
Quality Corner by Jayne Swift WOW, what a ride!! We have been a busy group of people, haven t we? First, the Employee Leadership Council hit a homerun with doing a community involvement project to raise funds for our fireworks show. That was crazy fun! The raffle for the $500 BassPro card, which was donated by CH2M HILL raised $3500. And I didn t win!!! Special thanks to Kim Hagan and Loretta Laird for their efforts in printing signs and making tickets. You guys are awesome. And a special thanks to Mr. Greg Scoville for his patience and understanding during the time of money collecting and ticket printing. Thanks Greg!! Oh I almost forgot, the half day off with pay for selling the most tickets goes to Loretta Laird 1500 tickets! Crazy Then there was the carwash, again benefitting the fireworks fund. The day started out rainy, but it didn t dampen our spirits any. We persevered, and then the sun came out just enough to bring in the cars, and in one case the boat! Bill Holloway fired up the grill with dogs and sausages, while the girls served up beans and drinks. Jayne and Kim and Ed worked the traffic, with Jayne and Ed coordinating a tag team strategy at getting the cars attention! Let s not forget the car washers Harold looked like he played under the sprinkler, he was soaking wet, and Celia is by far my favorite car washer. (I think she does it on the side!) Thanks to EVERYONE who helped pull this off, and to the businesses that donated food to sell; Smokey J s, Walgreen s, Wal-Mart, Thriftway, and Winn Dixie. Oh and did I mention we raised over $600 on this day! Last but not least, the ELC got to choose a winner for the new logo for our City s Mission Statement that was developed by the first ELC group. The winner of the logo contest was Michelle Schack. We had 7 entries, all unique, but Michelle s was a unanimous choice. Michelle won a $50 gift card donated by CH2M HILL. Congrats Michelle, and great logo!! I am so proud to be a part of the Employee Leadership Council. I want to personally thank Nathan Fountain for bringing the idea of raising funds for the fireworks. I hope everyone enjoys the fireworks show. Your fellow employees made it possible! I could not have created this without inspiration from Mr. Huffman s drawing below. Thank you Mr. Huffman and than you Jayne and the ELC!!! Michelle Schack The UPBEAT Page 5
Public Works Week Employee Appreciation Fish Fry A Very Special Thank You to Jayne for the fish, Kim, Rick, Mike, John, & Jack for cooking, and Rodney & Jeffery for clean-up! The UPBEAT Page 6
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Tack-A-Thanks Jayne, thank you for the fish!! Rick, John, Mike, & Jack, thank you for cooking! Rodney and Jeffery, thank you for cleaning up! Kim Kirby Thank you to Ms. Lalenia Campbell. She is always very quick to respond to requests and she is always willing to help us when we have problems with our computer printers. Criminal Investigations Division - DFSP Michelle and Vanessa, Thank you for all you do to help make our office a great place to work! Kim Kirby I would like to thank Rick and Kim Kirby, Jack Johnson, Mike Sasser and John Harris for an excellent job cooking for the fish fry on Thursday. Great Food!!!!! Bill Holloway Thank you Vanessa and Michelle for making our office such a pleasure to work in! _tvxç jééw{tå Thanks to Kenneth Gavins and the water dept, Mike Sasser, & John Harris for all their help to complete the Hubbard St. project. A big thank you to all that helped on the Public Works fish fry. It turned out great. Rodney Ryals I would like to thank the senior employment employees (Chuck, James, & Danny) for the hard work that they do for the City. They are outstanding. Rodney Ryals Nathan, thanks for helping me figure out how to plug in my computer. Vanessa Mitchell Thanks to Bill your always there when I need you!!!!!! And thank you to the Sanitation and Street crews, you are all the best! Bill, To Officer Tillman Mears: Your personal involvement and dedication for our Relay for Life Team, The DFSP Cruzers was nothing short of OUTSTANDING. Thanks for all of your hard work. Capt. Gandy I want to thank Loretta for her hard work on the fourth of July Fire works ticket sales. Loretta thank you for a job well done, and thanks for helping our community. Rodney Ryals Jayne and ELC, Thank you for the gift card and selecting my mission statement logo! Michelle Schack Thanks to the City of DeFuniak, I enjoy my job and every one that s walked the road with me God Bless you all!!!!!! Thank you for taking care of business in my absence! Kim Kirby Thanks to Rodney for delivering clay for me. thanks! Thanks to Lacey for all her help and support on call-ins, I couldn t do it without you.