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03/1989 Atlantic Beach NewsCHECK INSIDE FOR OUR FIRST ANNUAL SWIMSUIT EDITION Atlantic Beach News Volume 1 — #2 Editor: Karen Moore March 1989 Welcome to yet another edition of the Atlantic 'Beach News. I hope you enjoyed last months edition. I have received '' very favorable comments on the edition. Remember, this newsletteris written for and by the employees of the City, it is only as good as you want it to be, "so I hope I hear from each ` and every one of you next month. New Employees Russell Hobbs is our new 'Utility Plant Operator Trainee at the Buccaneer Plant. Rusty makes his home 'here in Atlantic`Beach,` he graduated from Fletcher High School and is married with one son. We're glad to have you on the team, Rusty!!!!! Rick Hayes is our_ new °employee at Public -Works. Rick is married to Linda and they just -had a new baby boy born January 25th. Welcome to you, Rick!!!! Birthdays Diane Howard 313 Marion Edwards 313 Richard Embleton 3113 David Archer 3118 Maureen King 3120 Jason Moore 3131 Future workers of the City { (Births) } Terrell Lamar, Mincey 1123/89 Richard Hayes, Jr. 1/25/89 Todd Howell, ,Jr. 2/5!89 Wri , For Your f l Y I nForma tion.) Parks & .Recreation Little League plans it's Jamboree & Picture taking on March 18th. Opening Day for the, 1989 Season is April 1 st. Due to conditions beyond Rose's control,, this year's games will all be played in DAYLIGHT All games are scheduled for Saturday, all day and Sundays, after, Church. To quote the quotables: WAIT'LL NEXT YEAR!!!!!! We will have a ,BRAND NEW COMPLEX!! Hey Rose, some of us already have a complex!!!! The annual Easter Egg Hunt will be held on Friday,' March 24th beginning at 10 a.m. For all you who have little rug rats between the ages; of 2 and 8 have them out at Russell Park and let them enjoy the hunt. Prizes will be awarded plus their moms can make egg salad for months afterwards! NEED A BIRD HOUSE?? For the night price you may be able to enlist the talents of LEWIS & WEATHERS, SMALL HOME BUILDERS! The Woodpecker Family that has taken up their abode in the area, are very happy with the accomodations. They've begun a nest in the tree that holds up ` the commissary. From time to time, they will take a break from hollowing out their nest to stop and munch on the mixture of bird seed and crushed potato chips. No., they ' are not too interested ` in sharing!!! Itor Atlantic Beach News March 1989 Paae 2 Finance Department An urgent letter was received in the Water Department a few weeks ago., The letter asked the City's assistance in maintaining water service at an address without interruption. Apparently the owner at the home was on a life support system` which required water at all times. Unfortunately, the address was not serviced by Atlantic Beach. Carolee Nelson, a cashier in the Water Department, called all around the area to find the water company that serviced the address. Out of over twenty utility companies, she found the right one, told them about the letter, forwarded ,it to them and then called the Social Service Agency that sent her the letter and informed them which water company serviced _ the address. In spite of all the other things going on in her department, she took the time to respond to a citizen in need. She could be responsible for the saving of a human life! Keep up the great job, Carolee We are glad to report that Carlene Matthews' husband Butch has recovered, fully, (as Carlene says) from heart surgery he had in December. it was all, that T. L. C. Carlene gave himM Happy belated Birthday to Harry Royal who turned 42 years old on January 27th. Speaking of Harry, he can breath a sigh of relief these days, the audit firm of Deloitte, Haskins and Sells has completed the audit of the City's financial records and has given us a clean bill of health. Congratulations go out to ,of and his fine staff members, Carlene Matthews, Ellen Lavake, Carolee Nelson and Joan Hunter. Public Works Department The employees of the City of Atlantic Beach have elected unaminously Tracey Dufek as "COFFEE THIEF OF THE YEAR". His fine: 30 days without coffee -sentence suspended. Mike Marcum won all the bucks from the Superbowl pool . Hope you claimed it on your taxes Mike!!! Mike- has been elected "PICKER OF THE YEAR by the employees of the Public 'Works Department. Congratulations Mike, and pick us a winner!!!! REPORT ON THERESA'S PARTY Even though this reporter was not able to attend, the news I received from my undercover reporter was shocking!! Chris Walker was named -Kamakazi King% His slogan was "keep those shooters coming." Carl een Matthews and husband Butch were feeling no pain. Host and birthday girl Theresa Blanchard and Robin Smith weren't sure where they were. And the rest of the gang, of course, were blitzed. I understand that three cases of beer, and all the fixins for Kamakazis were bought and at the end of the night, there was plenty of beer left but no Kamakazi mix!! TISK , TISK, TISK. i also heard the Atlantic Beach Police responded to a call' at Theresa's home. They were being too noisy. Atlantic Beac ot ot News March 1989 Buccaneer `Plant Harry 'McNally reports that Scott Fischer has completed the Region 9 Short School at the Treeo Center in Gainsville. Congratulations Scott, now you know your ----!! Animal Control Department On January 19, 1989, Animal Control Officer, Beejay Lester, received a message via radio to go to Russell Park about a rabbit that had been put_ in a dumpster, It seems that David Campbell, Publ is ' 'Works sanitation department worker, was emptying the two dumpsters by the handball/tennis courts and spotted a -wire cage in the first dumpster as 'it was being compacted into the truck. He looked inside the second dumpster as it was being lifted and spotted 'a live, white rabbit with lots . of lettuce around it. He immediately stopped the compacting mechanism and retrieved the rabbit which was still alive. He took it to the city yard were one of our fine employees, Robin Smith, offered to adopt it. Your Animal Control Officer provided food, water and a cage. Robin is having the lagomorph's teeth ground down so it can chew its rabbit pellets. Good Job, David. Thanks, Robin. P. S It is a violation of the Florida Statutes to mistreat, abandon, or deprive of sustenance an animal. Yes rabbits are raised for human "food' consumption, but to put a pet bunny in a dumpster is not only inhumane, 1T IS AGAINST THE f e t J v n n p LAW. WILDLIFE I.Q. FROM BEEJAY LESTER, ACO A A A A Atlantic Beach News Murch 1989 Page 4 Police Department Continued: brandishing any replica or facsimile of a fire arm in a manner or at a location which would injure, annoy or create fear in the general public or in any individual. Chief Thompson and his officers have been having problems with citizens carrying toy guns. They look real especiallyat night. But have no fear you people with rug rats (small chit dyed ), your kids can still play cops and robbersN Chief Thompson also reports there have been more than 100 drug related arrests since July 1988. The department is placing a high empasis on narcotics enforcement in the troubled areas of the city. Word has it they are doing a great job and seem to have the situtation under control. I'd hate to be a drug dealer these days!!! ABPD'GOES HIGH TECH The topic' of conversations overheard at the Atlantic Beach Police Department recently has changed from BOLO's,` suspects and the like, to RAM memory, bytes free and report modules as officers settle into using their new laptop computers. In ` January, each officer was issued a Tandy 102 portable computer. The computer,' armed ` with software designed' and provided by the ''St. Petersburg Police' Department, allows the officers to generate their reports without ever putting pen to paper.' The reports are stored` in the memory of the computer until the officer returns to the station, ,where he., prints out the report on a printer. An immediate plus to the new system has been the improved legibility and completeness of the resulting report. The computer generated reports meet all the requirements of the new State reporting system, recently required of police agencies in Florida. The computers prevent the officers from hay.ing,,, ,to carry numerous and different single page preprinted forms, and the City from having to _pay_ to have those farms printed. In the future, the Department hopes to install equipment that will allow officers to "dump their reports directly to a host' computer at the police station, where they can be reviewed, corrected and accepted before being printed out. in addition, significant information may be taken- from the reports and entered into the police department data base automatically, thereby relieving records personnel of tedious entry chores and speeding up the process tremendously. As Atlantic Beach continues to grow by leaps and bounds, and the demands on the Police Department increase accordingly, Chief Thompson continues to seek innovative and effective solutions to cope with the avalanche of paper that accompanies that growth. The lap computers will assist the officers and the department in producing professional, legible police reports in a minimum of time and allow the officer to stay on the streets where they best provide service , to the community., I two Atlantic Beach News March 1989 Page 5 Oficer Ken Wilson typing' out a report compter in his crusi VA 4� is seen here on his laptop r. Y_ i .M1i W Offcer Sandy Wasl owski hooks her laptop computer up to the printer to run her reports. Fire Department Congratulationsto Chief Wally Rev who has lost close to 25 pounds. The Chief joined Weight Watchers about 5 weeks ago. Every week he comes., by City Hall to let us know how much he lost that week. He is very excited about the loss and we wish him the best of luck in reaching his goal, we know he can do it!! City Managers Department Mr. Fellows reports that Commissioner Glenn A. Edwards has been appointed as a _member of the Transportation and Communications Policy Committee of the National League of Cities.. This is a great honor for Commissioner Edwards and reflects the excellent reputation our City Commission has, not only in Florida but throughout the country. Congratulations Commissioner and I know you will be as much an asset to the League as you are to us who live and work in this great City of Atlanic Beach. The City Commission at its regular meeting Monday;, February 13, 1989 took the following actions: -Authorized the implementation of an adoption procedure for animals picked up by the Atlantic __Beach Animal Control Officer. -Awared a contract._ for computerized handheld meter reading_ equipment to Radix Inc. -Introduced an Ordinance establishing curfew for minors under the age of 18 and set a public hearing' for February 27. -Asked the City Manager . to investigate the installation of bike lane as opposed to sidewalks for bicycles. L& Atlantic Beach News March 1989 Page 6 Letters to the Editor: -After her sign permit was revoked by the City, Madame Lola has applied Dear Editor: for a home occupation license for Last week I was walking my dog her recreation center/massage when I saw an AtlanticBeach parlor. When turned down by the public wos employee on Ocean Community Development Board, one Blvd. When I got closer to the member was heard to say "she just truck, I recognized the drive... it rubs me the wrong way!" was Elvis!! He said his name was -The "toy gun" Ordinance will force Joe Wise, But I could see past the the Police Department to give up disguise. I just knew he was still their plastic Glocks` and issue real alive, but I never dreamed he was guns to the officers. working here! -DNR will turn down the plans for a scallop plant on,: the intracoastal - ---Now i walk -my dog 14 -hours --o day, _- waterw-ay, -and-----instead--as uae `n and I wait for hours at the curb permit for toxic waste dumps Local with my garbage, hoping to get fishermen are supporting this move another glimpse of him. Could you because "The fish are much easier to please print the time and route of catch when they glow in the dark." his garbage route for the -The 911 stickers had to be removed convenience of all of his fans?? from the City's Police cars because the crack :freaks thought that they must close now I am late for were --Porsches and kept- stealing my shock treatments. them. Signed: R U Kidding - 1t is True that: Dear R U Kidding -After hearing of problems with jet R U Nuts???H! Elvis lives in skis at the beach, Mayor Gulliford Michigan. immediately recognized the need for Editor the Police Deportment to commission its own jet ski for enforcement Rumor Control purpose. The current question is are we actually going to pay There is no truth to the rumor officers for this type of duty?" -Due to the complaints of fights, -After the weekend of January 22, rowdiness, and noisy sex at the 1989, the catamarans are no longer street ends near the ocean, the ilegally parked' in the dunes on the City is drafting an Ordinance beach... the ones that were not setting maximum decibel levels of towed away were washed away by the sounding -making during sex. In storm. the interim, ear plugs will be made available on request at City Hall. Atlantic Beach News March 1989 Page 7 It is True that: -City Hall Executive Receptionist, Georgia Horn ate melted crayons and dirt as a child, this explaines her bright personality and colorful language!!! -For the auction, the department heads were told to list all surplus and worthless property for disposal. Though some may have qualified, employee names were omitted from the lists. Classified Ads: For Sale: Hot Point Refrigerator 20 cubic foot $75. "Contact Mike Marcum at Public Works.. On a personal note: I wanted to let Officer David Catir know whata excellent job he is doing running radar on Plaza. Keep up the good work Kato -lets get those speeders!! Holidays this month: St. Patrick's Day - 3/17 Palm Sunday 3/19 Good Friday 3/24 The above are not work holidays. You better show up for work!!! Commission Meetings: March 13 & 27 Baseball Puzzle Answer Next Month rcy First Annual Swimsuit Edition: The idea of a Swimsuit Edition was mentioned to me by Chief Thompson. Our first' two entries into the First Annual Swimsuit Edition sent their pictures in 'their favorite swimsuits into the newsletter and asked us to publish them. Ain't they beauties?? t Georgia Horn shows off her favorite swimsuit she calls a bikini. Eil�ir�flfa�e ac : �. Karen Moore looks sleek in her Speedo one piece. A A /W Atlantic Beach News arch 1989 If you would like to have your picture put into the newsletter in your favorite swimsuit, just bring it by City Hall and we'll make sure it makes the next issue. Special Thanks to: Maureen King Rose Blanchard David Thompson Beejay Lester Harry McNally Richard Fellows Georgia Horn_ Theresa Blanchard Jared 1. Smith Joan Hunter Just a note_ before I go: Next month I :hope to get alot more news from all of you. I am holding you all personally responsible for all of the wasted space on this last page. i hope you feel badly all month long. See you next month!! DEADLINE ON ARTICLES FOR NEXT MONTHS -EDITION IS ,MARCH l S„ ' �S�lIeIeI�I� X. A GONE SAILING!