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
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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.
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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
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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
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on his laptop
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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
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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??
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Georgia Horn shows off her favorite
swimsuit she calls a bikini.
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Karen Moore looks sleek in her
Speedo one piece.
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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!!
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