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May 16 - May 22, 2019
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Thank you, New Hanover County employees
County Manager’s Message By Chris Coudriet New Hanover County Manager Recently, we held our fifth-annual “Reach for the Stars” Banquet, where the county recognized 232 people who received a Stellar Award over the past year and honored 14 employees for earning the highest county award, the Five Star Award. Reach for the Stars is the county’s employee recognition program, and was established in 2014 with a focus on the county’s shared values of professionalism, integrity, innovation, stewardship, and accountability. Citizens and colleagues can nominate county employees for their outstanding service through a Stellar Award or Community Service Award. And the top award – the Five Star Award – is given to employees who receive nominations across at least four of the county’s five shared values. Recognition is important. It shows that you value your employees and that their work matters. And that couldn’t be more true for the county. I am constantly impressed by each of our employees and the work they do to serve our community and to serve one another. They are good at their jobs; but even more than that, they care about what they do and are committed to making a difference. I want to specially recognize the 14 county employees who received this year’s Five Star Award, because their outstanding work is making a real difference in the lives of our residents: • Teresa Bishop, Supervising Librarian, Public Library • Jason Browning, Fire Captain, Fire Rescue • Josh Chambless, Firefighter/Apparatus Operator, Fire Rescue • ShaKyia Freeman, Human Resources Specialist, Human Resources Department • Lisa Gans, Public Health Nurse, Public Health Department • Marie Hemmen, Environmental Health Supervisor, Public Health Department • Cindy Hewett, Deputy Chief Information
Officer, IT Department Marilyn Howe, Public Health Nurse, Public Health Department • Robin Johnson, Child Protective Services Social Worker, Department of Social Services • Linell Josey, Trades Technician, Property Management Department • Tara Robles, Payroll Coordinator, Finance Department • Holly Royals, Child Protective Services Manager, Department of Social Services • Christy Thompson, Children Protective Services Supervisor, Department of Social Services • Marie Walker, Human Services Caseworker, Department of Social Services These employees are serving our community in real and powerful ways, and I am proud to serve alongside them and to be part of an organization that values recognition. Since the county’s recognition program began in 2014, there have been 27 Five Star Awards presented, 920 Stellar Awards given and 44,961 “high fives” shared (which is a quick way for employees to send a note of thanks with a virtual high five to their colleagues). I want to encourage everyone in our community to take notice of the good things around you and the county employees who are helping to make them possible. They are doing incredible work, and you can thank these dedicated public servants by nominating them for a Stellar Award through the county’s website. This recognition program is an important way for the county to say “thank you” to our employees. They work hard for our citizens and I, for one, am grateful for the compassion and dedication they show every day. •
Wilmington Fire Department to hold grand opening ceremony for new fire station No. 5 on Saturday On Saturday, May 18th, 2019, at 10:00 a.m., the Wilmington Fire Department will host the grand opening ceremony for its new Fire Station #5, at 680 Shipyard Boulevard. The new fire station will replace two existing stations: current Station #5 on Wellington Ave. and Station #6 on Carolina Beach Road and is the next important component of the department’s re-deployment plan. The 10,700-square-foot-station, includes a three-unit apparatus bay, a gear room, three offices, a classroom, a day room, six bedrooms, two restrooms, a workout facility, plus a cooking
and eating area for the firefighters on duty 24-hours a day. Fire Station #5 will house an engine and ladder company in addition to the department’s Hazardous Materials team. This team is unique because is also covers a seven county region as part of the State’s Regional Hazardous Materials Response program. “With the opening of Shipyard Fire Station #5, we will have completed the last step in a department realignment that takes Wilmington from eleven fire stations to nine. We are proud to say that these efforts have saved many thousands of dollars in tax payer money
while also maintaining the timely response standards our citizens are accustom to receiving,” states Fire Chief Buddy Martinette. “With the completion of Station #5 our oldest facility is now only 20 years old. The men and women of the Wilmington Fire Department appreciate Council’s efforts in modernizing our facilities and also the citizens of Wilmington for their continued support.” The bid was awarded to KMD Construction for $3.2 million in July 2017. Hurricane Florence delayed the opening because of water damage to the facility.
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Board of Education Announces Meeting Schedule for 2019-2020 School Year
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The New Hanover County Board of Education announces its meeting schedule for the 2019-2020 school year. Policy 1310 stipulates that the Board will meet regularly on the first Tuesday of the month. The meetings are held at 5:30 p.m. in the New Hanover County Board of Education Center, located at 1805 S. 13th Street, Wilmington, NC. The following is the Regular Meeting schedule for July 2019 through June 2020: • • • • •
*Tuesday, July 9, 2019 Tuesday, August 6, 2019 Tuesday, September 3, 2019 Tuesday, October 1, 2019 Tuesday, November 5, 2019
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Tuesday, December 3, 2019 Tuesday, January 7, 2020 Tuesday, February 4, 2020 Tuesday, March 3, 2020 Tuesday, April 7, 2020 Tuesday, May 5, 2020 Tuesday, June 2, 2020
Terry Lane
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*The July meeting has been moved to the second Tuesday of the month. The Work Sessions are tentatively scheduled for the third Tuesday of the month at 4:00 p.m. in the New Hanover County Board of Education Center, located at 1805 South 13th Street, Wilmington, NC 28401.
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THEME: THE 1920s ACROSS
1. Estimator’s phrase 5. Pharaohs’ cobras 9. Cheek ____ test 13. Pays the bill 15. Ho-hum 16. Gallup’s inquiry 17. Plural of folium 18. Spiky seed pod 19. *Lucy’s solo in “The Threepenny Opera,” e.g. 20. *It crashed hard 23. *Insulin’s birthplace, e.g. 24. ____ the season! 25. Rolling country, pl. 27. Mark on Pinterest 28. Change a sketch 30. Tag predecessor 33. Garbed 35. Large amount often followed by “of” 38. Grammy of sports 39. Comforter stuffing feathers 41. *Aimee Semple McPherson action 42. Type of wheat 44. Collier’s work place 45. Dublin land 46. City in Syria 48. *Douglas Fairbanks did it 50. Smokeless tobacco brand 51. Fuss to Shakespeare 52. Last letter
53. *New York’s Harlem ____ 60. Et alibi 62. *1920s art style 63. Distinguishing feature 64. Do like phoenix 65. Chutzpah 66. Anatomical dividers 67. December stone 68. Purse for a formal affair 69. *____ Candies DOWN 1. Deals a death blow 2. Place of origin 3. *Like Lindbergh’s transatlantic journey 4. Ear-related 5. Whose music is featured in “Mamma Mia!”? 6. Talk like a drunk 7. Amusement destination 8. Keen-witted 9. Epsom or Évian-les-Bains 10. It began in 1914 11. *Al Brown to Al Capone 12. Spill the beans 14. Hinduism’s divine feminine power 21. Kind of pie 22. High rocky hills 26. Turkey’s hanging neck skin 27. Baklava dough 28. *Major 1920s
electronic device 29. “I Dream of Jeannie” actress 30. “For ____ a Jolly Good Fellow” 31. #5 Across, sing. 32. *Prohibition era establishment 34. Not stiff 36. Feather glue? 37. Visual system organ 40. Interprets, as in tarot cards 43. Product of lacrimation 47. Promise allegiance
49. Receipt listings 50. ____ ____ one’s ways 51. Garlic mayo 52. Goose egg 54. Like a drink in a snifter 55. *Rights and liberties org. 56. Greek god of war 57. Where a bib is tied 58. Repeat a passage from 59. JFK or ORD postings 61. Barker of Tarzan the Ape Man fame