COUNTY COMMUNICATOR
JUNE 10, 2022
June 2022 MONTHLY PLANNER
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SMART COMMUTE
CHERRY FEST. PARADE
WEEK
T-SHIRT DEADLINE
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COURTS DAY OFF OBSERVATION OF JUNETEENTH
E2E TRAINING BEGINS
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G-SUITE ENDS FOR COUTNY STAFF
EVENTS
June 6: Smart Commute Week Starts
June 18th: Veterans Concert
June 10: Cherry Festival Parade t-shirt deadline
June 19th: Courts observe Juneteenth ( courts will be closed)
June 17th: Veterans Expo
June 29th: G Suite will end for GT employees - Google/ gmail/ other google apps
myGTC
Employee testing begins: June 20
The
mandatory
meeting
on
June
16th
(2
sessions,
2
hours
each) will demonstrate how to use the reporting software and review the testing scenarios.
The end-to-end testing will take
place
consist
for
3
weeks
and
will
of
approximately
1,700
testing scenarios. Between 28 testers, each tester would help with about 60 tests each. The 3 weeks are mandatory for participants to attend with it ending around July 22nd.
E2E Training
Key Takeaways
June 16th meeting June 20th - July 22nd 60 tests each Necessary Participation
*myGTC is not up and running yet, it will be officially launched in the fall.
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THE COUNTY
UPDATES Official newsletter for the Employees at Grand Traverse County
CHERRY FEST PARADE
UPCOMING EVENTS Grand
Traverse
County
is
once
again
entered
into
the
Cherry
Festival Parade. The deadline for t-shirts is today June 10th. To sign up for the parade and to receive a t-shirt
click here.
June 17th Veteran Expo at Grand Traverse County Civic
More information can be found on the Wellness page.
Center @ 9:00 am
THE COURTS WILL NOW OBSERVE JUNETEENTH
June 18th Honoring All Who Served
The Michigan Supreme Court has designated Juneteenth as an official
court
Whenever
this
holiday. holiday
Juneteenth falls
on
a
is
celebrated
weekend,
the
on
June
day
it
19th.
will
July 2-9
PRIORITY HEALTH MORNING SHOW
Health
employers.
information
us
for
and
our This
first
exclusive
"made
entertainment
for
morning
TV"
virtual
centered
June 20- July 22 Workday E2E Testing
holiday, all Michigan Courts will be closed on June 20th.
join
only.
be
observed is the following Monday. With the observance of this
Please
Concert- Veterans & Family
show
for
event
around
Priority
Cherry Festival
combines
topics
you've
identified as being your top priorities. Tune in on June 15th at 9
UPCOMING HOLIDAY
a.m. EST to hear from Priority Health leaders, get the scoop on new products, and learn about new partnerships and programs. Register for the event
here.
July 4th Most offices are closed
GOOGLE WORKPLACE WILL BE DISCONTINUED
On June 29th at midnight across Grand Traverse County, Google Workspace ( google docs, Gmail, and other google apps known as the G-suite) will be discontinued and no longer available for county staff to use. Staff will now solely use Microsoft 365 for email, calendar, word processing, and other functions. For 365 training videos click
here. For additional help visit the
help desk.
PARKS & REC
The grand opening of Bayfront Scooters over the Memorial day weekend at the Civic Center was a great success.
The Accessible Recreation Day event will be held on June 16, from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. EST at the Grand Traverse County Civic Center. Community agencies [Lighthouse Rehabilitation, Friends of Sleeping Bear, Life Beyond Barriers Rehabilitation, TART Trails, The Dream Team, Disability Network, Norte, and the Grand Traverse County] are excited to offer accessible family-friendly activities for everyone to enjoy.
NEW HIRES WELCOME TO THE COUNTY TEAM! JASON FONS BUILDING INSPECTOR CONSTRUCTION CODE DANITA JACOBSON OFFICE CLERK SENIOR CENTER TONISTY WINTERER PUBLIC HEALTH NURSE HEALTH DEPARTMENT
PROMOTIONS MARY MERRILL OFFICE SPECIALIST SENIOR CENTER
RETIREMENT
RETIREMENT CELEBRATION FOR NANCY ICKES, LPN, COMMISSION ON AGING FRIDAY, JUNE 17TH AT THE COA OFFICES (520 W FRONT ST.) 2:00 - 5:00 PM
JUNE ANNIVERSARIES TAMARA MCLAIN
42
NICHOLAS CARPENTER
5
BONNIE SCHEELE
36
JESSICA HENDGES
5
ANTHONY ROMANOWSKI
27
MARCIE MONTGOMERY
5
JULIE DUBAY
25
AMANDA SEGUIN
5
JASON TORREY
25
DUSTIN STICKLER
5
CYNTHIA GREEN
21
RONALD WASSON
5
DAVID EDGCOMBE
19
LISA EMERY
4
TRACIE MULLEN
19
ROGER GROTEFENDT
4
HEIDI GILDE
17
SARAH LORIGAN
4
MARC REECE
17
HEIDE MCNICHOLS
4
CURT BRAZEE
16
ROBERT SABO
4
THOMAS FLITTON
16
JESSICA SCHIMPF
4
STACY OSBORNE
14
JODI SIMPSON
4
RYAN WALSH
14
GREG SNYDER
4
CYNTHIA KOTT
13
JIMMIE WOOD
4
TAMANTHA WILLOUGHBY
12
SCOTT ROKOS
3
SEAN GRIFFARD
10
MARY HOVEST
2
DAVID JAMESON
10
SHANE ROELOFS
2
JODY BARTON
9
CAMERON SINZ
2
RYAN COLLEY
8
AMBER DICKEY
1
LAURA LAISURE
8
SHELBY DRZEWIECKI
1
DIANE SCRIVO
7
KELSEY FORDYCE
1
HILARY SMITH
6
KIMBERLY KRAMER
1
RON WASSON - BUILDING CODE (5) NICK CARPENTER- CENTRAL DISPATCH (5) AMANDA SEGUIN - HEALTH DEPARTMENT (5) DUSTIN STICKLER - SHERIFF ROAD PATROL (5) JESSICA HEDGES - SHERIFF- ROAD PATROL (5) MARCIE MONTGOMERY - HEALTH DEPARTMENT(5) DAVID JAMESON - RECYCLE SMART (10) SEAN GRIFFARD - SHERIFF ROAD PATROL (10) JULIE DUBAY - FRIEND OF THE COURT - (25) JASON TORREY- CENTRAL DISPATCH (25)
WELLNESS FEEL, THINK, LIVE, BE... WELL!
Cherry Festival Parade The Wellness Team and Administration invite you to join us in walking in the
on Saturday, July 9!
2022 Cherry Royale Parade
The Cherry Royale Parade is one of the culminating events held on the final day of
the festival each year. See beautifully decorated floats, enjoy the marching bands, brush shoulders with the National Cherry Queen, and celebrate our community. Walking in previous years' Cherry Royale parades has been a blast, as was last December's Light Parade, and we're hoping to build on that momentum in this fun festive community event. Bring your family and friends and walk with us as we represent GT County and hand out swag and goodies to the crowds! Sign up by this Friday, June 10, and you and yours will be guaranteed a GT County t-shirt to wear in the parade. Check out details in the
registration sheet link.
Energizing your Everyday
Boosting Resiliency
Staying energized day in and day out can make you feel
Although change is inevitable,
exhausted just thinking about it. By building some healthy
dealing with things like uncertainty,
ongoing and everlasting habits and routines can help you feel
transition and loss isn’t easy.
energized every single day.
Resiliency is the ability to adapt
Have a Bedtime Sleep Routine
during challenging times. Boosting
Bedtime routines help your brain separate the day from the
resiliency not only helps you
night, clear your mind and body of the day’s stresses, and relax
overcome difficult circumstances,
into sleep.
but it also empowers you to grow
Manage Your Stress
and improve your life along the
Stress – we all have it – which is not necessarily a terrible thing.
way. Resiliency is associated with
In fact, our body needs stress to grow stronger both physically
longevity, lower rates of depression
and mentally.
and greater satisfaction.
Exercise and Move Regularly Exercise boosts oxygen circulation inside your body. This
Like most skills, it takes practice to
increase in oxygen not only supports the powerhouse of cells
increase your resiliency. Some
that produce energy, but it also allows your body to function
characteristics of high resiliency
better and to use its energy more efficiently.
include the ability to learn from
Meditate/Journal
past experiences, maintain a
Instead of feeling like you need to keep track of everything in
positive life outlook, cultivate new
your head, simply knowing that you’ll be journaling later can
skills and use humor to relieve
free up your mental energy to address other tasks.
stress. Start by making a few small,
Declutter Your Space
positive changes. Getting enough
Decluttering clears stagnant energy and we need this flow of
sleep, reading a good book or
energy to feel happy, healthy, and abundant. Clutter, along
watching a funny show or
with any stuff you don’t use or love, prevents that flow of
performing a short meditation each
energy and causes a buildup of stale energy.
day are all examples of helpful, resiliency boosting practices.
RECIPE OF THE WEEK CRUNCHY RAINBOW PEANUT
CHICKEN WRAP
Ingredients : For the dressing: 1/4 cup creamy natural peanut butter 2 tablespoons coconut aminos or glutenfree soy sauce 1 tablespoon rice wine vinegar 1 teaspoon freshly grated ginger 1 teaspoon honey, optional 2-3 tablespoons warm water, to thin dressing Optional: Few dashes of red pepper flakes OR a few dashes of hot sauce For the wraps: 2 large spinach tortillas (burrito size) 2 large carrots, shredded (or
¾
cup
shredded carrot) 1 red bell pepper, julienned
N U T R I T I O N Servings: 4 servings
3/4 cup shredded red cabbage Serving size: 0.5 wrap
2 cups baby spinach
¼
cup diced fresh cilantro
¼
cup diced green onion
2 tablespoons chopped roasted peanuts 1 pound grilled or baked chicken breast,
Calories: 312kcal
Fat: 11.9g
Carbohydrates: 30.8g
Fiber: 3.5g
sliced or diced into pieces Sugar: 5.3g
Protein: 20.2g
Directions 1. Make your dressing. In a small bowl mix together peanut butter, low sodium soy sauce, rice wine vinegar, ginger, honey, and warm water until well combined and the consistency of a dressing. If you want it to be a little spicy, add in red pepper flakes or a little hot sauce. Set aside. 2. Now it’s time to make your wraps! Evenly divide carrots, red bell pepper, red cabbage, spinach, cilantro, green onion, peanuts, and sliced chicken breast between two large spinach tortillas. 3. Drizzle
½
of your dressing into each wrap before rolling them up. Carefully tuck in the sides of
each wrap as your roll until ingredients are secured inside. You can secure everything together with a toothpick before cutting it in half. Serve with extra peanut sauce! Serves 4, 1/2 burrito per person. If you're really hungry you can eat the whole thing. 4. Wrap in plastic wrap if you are serving later. Keeps well in the fridge for 3-4 days.
28th Annual Smart Commute Week
June 6 - June 10
The
GT County Coastbusters
are the TART Trails 28th Annual Smart Commute Week
2022 Medium Division Champions! The team logged more than 760 miles of biking, walking, and carpooling to and from work this week, and scored free breakfasts and swag along the way. Gas money was saved, carbon footprints were reduced, calories were burnt, and a good time was had by all. We hope you’ll join us next year!
(PICTURED) CAROL ROSE, DAVE MURRAY, JOSH GREEN, JENNY MCKELLAR & SON BRODIE, (NOT PICTURED) JOSH WILSON, JANET KRONK, CHRIS FORSYTH, JODI SIMPSON, MATT HAGEN, DAWN WAGONER, TRINA GIRARDIN, BETH CRITTENDEN, KAREN GRANT, AND MORE FRIENDS AND FAMILY WHO JOINED.
COFFEE WITH A COP JUNE 15 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM
AT J&S HAMBURG 1083 W SOUTH AIRPORT RD TRAVERSE CITY, MI 49686 Hosted by the Grand Traverse Sheriff's Garfield Township Community Police officers.
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