05-1989 Atlantic Beach NewsAtlantic Beach News
U-1...na I - #4 Editor: Karen Moore May I
Ahoy mates, sorry this edition is a
little late, but you know what they say
.... better late then never!!! I have been
busy preparing the Atlantic Beach
Courier (a newsletter for the citizens
of Atlantic Beach) and I just haven't had
time for you. Sound cruel? Tough. This
is, gee whiz, the fourth edition of the
Atlantic Beach News, so far I have
received a lot of important information
f rom: Rose Blanchard, Bose
Blanchard, Rose Blanchard and
Rose Blanchard. Sometimes I think
Rose Blanchard is the only employee the
City has. Where is everyone else? Come
on guys, where's that team spirit?
Where's that drive? Where's my -01%
articles from you all?! Do I have to
come to each one of you and beat `i t out
of you? Do you enjoy this newsletter?
Mould you like to see it continue? I can
only do so much. if any of you have ideas
for columns, please give me a call. Lets
show some interest in this thing. On
that note, 1'11 put my motherly
disposition to rest until I get home, and
get on with this edition of the Atlantic
Beach News!!
New Employees:
-Brenda Dockery is our new Building
Clerk. Brenda is married to Trey Dockery
and they have two children (normal
people call them dogs) Bubba and
Caesar. Trey is an Ensign in the Navy and
is stationed aboard the USS Forrestal.
They are originally from Memphis and
(get this) Brenda's last name used to be
PRESLEY. See any connection between
Memphis and Presley? That's right
bubble brei ns, Brenda i s Elvis
Presley's third cousin. So if you want
to come and rub her ARM, you can. She
will also be giving out autographs
between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 8:01
a.m. The highlight of Brenda's life is she
lives right next door to Karen Moore!!!
-Julie Smith is our new Police
Records Specialist. Julie is married to
John Smith (really) and they live i n Oak
Harbor. Julie graduated from Fletcher
High in 1982( and is 25 years young).
-Ronald Kirtsey is our new Lead
Sanitation Worker/Driver. Ronald is,
also married and has 5 kids.( Ronald
will be 37 the 12th of May.)
-Eric Howell is a Temporary
Sanitation Worker. Eric is an Atlantic
Beach Resident and graduated from
Chester High in Chester, Pennsylvania.
His date of birth is February 10, 1969.
-Earlie King works in our Public
Works Department. He is single and
lives i n AB.
Birthday Kids:
Bill Searcy 512 Julie Smith 514
Tim Townsend 516 Butch Garvin 516
Ronald Kirtsey 5112 Bill Bi sbi ng 5113
Kenny Rhone 5116 Randy Beaty 5.130
And Lost But Not Least:
Georg Horn 1 (30-
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Straight to the Top:
This is a new column to recognize our
employees who have recently been
promoted.
-Matt Park is now our Life Guard
Captain. Matt has worked for the City
for 6 years as a Life Guard on our
beautiful beaches. Congratulation Matt.
Parks & Recreation Department:
-Little League Opening Day, April 1st
was a big success. The best result of
that day, for this dept. was the fact
that the Park had been cleaned up very
well. Our thanks to the last two teams
to play for the day.....
-Saturday and Sunday, April 29 and 30
marked the opening day of the Beaches,
The crowd was big, the food was hot
and the weather was great. Hope some
of you made it down for the parade,
Chief's Rew and Thompson were in it!!!
-It is getting close to vacation time,
troops, DO YOU HAVE YOUR DISNEYWORLD
MEMBERSHIP CARD???? If not, go by and
see Mousecateer Rose at her
mousehouse in the park. The card is a
freebie for a fun place, offering you
discount admission to the park, car
rentals and hotel reservations. If you
are unable to get to her mousehouse in
the park, ask your supervisor to get in
touch with her and maybe she can come
to a place convenient to you .... GET IN
TOUCH WITH ROSE .... MICKEY AND MINNIE
WANT YOU TO HAVE YOUR MEMBERSHIP
CARD. There is a new attraction,
besides the MAGIC KINGDOM and EPCOT
CENTER, they now have the Third Wonder
of Disneyland, THE DISNEY -MGM STUDIOS
THEME PARK. You will see movies and
TV productions and_ all the fun stuff
that goes on in a Movie Studio. Who
knows, maybe a talent scout will see
your wonderful talents and YOU COULD
BE IN PICTURES!!! So, go get your
card ..... Mr. Mrs. Ms. HOLLYWOOD (via
Atlantic Beach).
-Did you appreciate the fact that Rose
informed the press of your kindness to
her! If you did not see the article in the
new Community News section of the
Times Union on Saturday April 1st, Rose
mentioned to a certain reporter that -
some of the folks in this City had
dubbed her RECYCLING CZAR. Rose
further explained to him that the
remark was a kind and classy way of
referring to her as THE TRASH LADY. Can
you believe he actually printed that!!!!
Now she'll have to brush up on her sign
language so she is not so quickly quoted
(try and say that 5 times fast). Anyone
want to join Rose in Sign Language
class?? NOTE FROM THE EDITOR: Come
on Rose, didn't Adelaide teach you
anything about keeping your mouth
closed and your ears open??
-Rose wants to thank her great crew,
"AB" (which I hear does not stand for
Atlantic Beach), and Cynthia (the ever
patient after hours Trash Lady). They
have worked so hard in trying to get the
Parks looking good and ready for the
summer rush. They are really doing a
great job, as usual.
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From the "Hey, it's a Small World
department:
-After my last edition where I talked
about being from Cincinnati, Bill Searcy
from the Buccaneer Plant rushed by City
Hall to inform me he grew up in
Cincinnati, also!! Is it a small world or
what!!
- I f any of you have a "Hey, it's a small
world" story, please bring it by City
Hall and I'll include it in the newsletter.
-Lets all sing... It's a small world after
all, it's a small world after all, it's a
small world after all, it's a small,
small world!! Now don't you feel great??
-Speaking of Bill Searcy, have you seen
him partying on the Annabell Lee? Bill
does commercials on the side and one of
them has recently been seen on Channel
30. It's an ad for the Riverboat Cruise
Lines and Bill is dancing and swinging
and having a good old time. Hey Bill, can
you dirty dance?? -
Public Works News:
-Don Ford, Director of Public Works( and
an all around great guy) called me today
to inform me that our great Atlantic
Beach and Buccaneer crew completed
the interconnection between Oak Harbor
and Buccaneer. Mr. Ford stated the crew
worked all day Thursday and Friday
April 21-22 and most of the morning on
Monday, April 24 to complete the job.
"Having our crew perform the work
instead of hiring someone to do it saved
the City around $8,000." stated Mr. Ford.
The crew consisted of: Harry McNally,
Kenny Rhone, Chris Walker, Ralph
Horne(Snapper), Bill Searcy, Rusty
Hobbs, Frank Sisario, Tracy Dufek, Rick
Hayes and Scott Fischer. Thanks guys
for a job well done.
-Speaking of Rick Hayes and Ralph
"Snapper" Horne, they were reading
water meters in the Selva Linkside
subdivision on Tuesday April 18 around
2:30 p.m. when they heard a loud
crashing noise and a person moaning.
They immediately rushed into the house
they heard the noise coming from and
found a man lying on the ground with his
head split open. Apparently the man was
in the unfinished home taping drywall
and fell off the scaffolding. Rick stated
the man, in his early 60's, split his head
open from the crown to the top of his
left eye. Rick ran outside to their truck
and radioed Theresa Blanchard at Public
Works. Theresa radioed the police
station and help was soon on the way.
The two stayed with. the man until Fire
Rescue arrived on the scene. I think this
was a brave thing these two individuals
did and I think they should be
recognized for it. This was definitely
above and beyond the call of duty.
- Mack Stanford would like to thank all
his co-workers at Public Mork for all
the help and support they showed him
after the loss of his beloved sister.
Animal Control Department:
- HQ (Headquarters to us rookies)
received a call from some of the
youngsters who fish in the creek at
Howell park. They had snagged a
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Animal Control (Cont.):
huge alligator -snapping turtle and they
needed BeeJay's assistance to remove
the hook. She hollered for help and a
"Snapper" answered... yes, Ralph Horne,
aka Snapper, and his Supervisor Kenny
Rhone, Distribution Division Chief at
Public Works, answered her plea. A
ketch all pole was put around the
carapace (?) of the turtle to restrain
the old feller. He was full of scars and
algae and had a piece missing from his
beak. (Note: turtles do not have teeth;
only sharp beaks with which to tear
their food). With the aid of Snapper
holding the pole, BeeJay carefully made
the turtle snap onto a piece of metal
and then removed the hook with a pair
of pliers. Kenny suggested they put the
turtle into the waste water treatment
plant pond where there are plenty of
fish and lots of algae for the turtle to
feed upon. The big clunker slid down
the side of the pond at the sewer plant
and swam merrily off into the dark
waters.
-Recently the Fire Department offered a
CPR short course and Beejay signed up
for it. First time for everything, I say!!
There were five City employees plus the
dog catcher. I guess they were in there
to help people in distress; Beejay was
there in case an animal needed
resuscitation. It was an interesting two
hours of instruction by D. Ponsell,
director of training for SOS
Technologies from whom the City
leases oxygen units. Mr. Ponsell told
the story of how "Rescuci Anne" came
into being._ It seems that a year_.ago, a
Dr. Asmund Laerdal designed or invented
this realistic training dummy because
his 17 year old daughter had drowned in
Norway and no one knew what to do to
save her. The face of Rescuci Anne is
the "death mask" of Dr. Laerdal's
daughter. Rescuci Anne wears a blue
blazer with a red zipper and has blond
hair.
-Mr. Ponsell also told the class that the
wind velocity in our wind tubes is
200 -plus miles per hour every time we.
sneeze! What a statistic... but did you
know that every time you sneeze, you
close your eyes? Try sneezing and
keeping your eyes open. It ain't easy,
folks.
City Manager's Department:
The City Commission at their regular
meeting Monday, March 27, 1989 took
the following actions:
-Received a presentation from John
Holman, Jr., of Video Productions
regarding the possiblility of televising
City commission meetings for showing
on the public access chanriel of cable
television,
-Heard from the delegation of Atlantic
Beach firefighters on a number of items
relative to safety equipment and
benefits.
-Adopted a Resolution welcoming the
newest member of the United States
Naval Fleet, the USS Phi l l i ppi ne Sea, to
the Mayport Naval Station.
-Named and dedicated as a right-of-way
Poinsettia Court.
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City Managers Report (cont):
-Heard Mayor Gulliford suggest the City
set up a special telephone line called a
Recycling Hotline for the purpose of
answering questions regarding the
upcoming recycling program.
The City Commission at its regular
meeting Monday, April 10, 1969 took
the following actions:
-On recommendation of the Awards
Committee awarded a contract to
Starling Construction of Jacksonville
for $6,300 for a new basketballcourt at
Donner Park.
-On recommendation of the Awards
Committee rejected all bids -for a 14
yard dump truck and authorized the
redrawing of specfications to provide
for a 7 to 6 yard dump body.
-Heard the City Manager report a
reimbursement to the City of Atlantic
Beach in the amount of $153,94.3_ .46 as
its share for excess arbitrage ort the
Florida League of Cities Loan Fund.
-Waived the bidding requirements to
allow for the purchase of a used `1984
Chevrolet 4x4 pickup truck in the
amount of $4,950.00 for use by Public
Safety.
Police Department:
-Anyone 'rho is interested in getting on
a fitness program should call
Lieutenant Jiro Christman at the- police
station. As I see it, there is quite a few
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of us who need to make the call!!!
-Chief Thompson and his men have been
very busy this last month catching bad
guys. Keep up the good work guys.
There is no truth to the rumor:
-Due to the fact that my supplier of
this column is really busy, there will be
no "truth to the rumor" article this
month!! Sorry.
It is true that:
-A citizen called City Hall and wanted
to know why Ills garbage smelled so
bad!!!
-Last month's newsletter was really
boring.
Fire House Mews:
The only news out of the Fire House is
that Chief Walter Rew has now lost
over 40 pounds!!! I think he deserves `a
big pat on the back. He's looking great
and said he feels great. 'He- told me he
walks 4 miles a day.
Anyone interested in joining the
Atlantic Beach Bowling Team can sign
up ei ther at Publ i c Works or Ci ty Hal 1. 1 f
you need anymore information, call
Theresa or Robin at P.W.
Also, it's that time of year when men
become boys and girls could care less!!!
It's sign up time for the Atlantic Beach
Softball Team. We had such a great time
last year playing softball, that we have
decided to start the team up again. So
let's, show our spirit and our great
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dedication to the City ........ Oh heck, lets
cut through thi s BS, j ust si gn up f or the
team, we'll have a great time. You can
contact me, Karen Moore, at City Hall
or Theresa Blanchard at PW or Rose
Blanchard at Parks and Recreation if
you've got the guts to play with the big
dawgs. This year, if we have enough
signed up, we're gonna try and have a
cook out after the big game. Sound like
fun? There may even be some rootBEER.
(GET IT?)
Speaking of Beer (Root of course) Rose
Blanchard, my trustee supplier of
interesting information EVERY MONTH
gave me the following list (which by
the way, I want to go on record to say
that I do not believe the list is funny at
all!!) to publish in the newsletter. Hope
you find it funny and amusing!!
WHY BEER IS BETTER THAN WOMEN:
- 1. You can enjoy a beer all month long.
2. Beer stains wash out.
3. You don't have to wi ne and di ne beer.
4. Your beer will always wait patiently for you in
the car while you play softball.
5. When your beer goes flat you toss it out. -
6. Beer is never late.
7. Hangovers go away.
S. A beer doesn't get jealous when you grab another
beer.
9. Beer tables come off without a fight.
10. When you go to a bar you know you can always
pick up a beer.
11. After you've had a beer the bottle is still worth
10c.
12. A beer won't get upset if you come home with
beer on your breath.
13. Beer never has a headache.
14. Censored
15. You can have more than one beer a night and
not feel guiity.
16. Censored
17. You can share a beer with your friends.
18. Censored
19. Censored
20. Beer doesn't demand equality.
21. You can have a beer in public.
22. Censored
23. A frigid beer is a good beer.
24. Censored
Come on Rose, are you trying to .get me
in trouble again?????
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This just into the newsdesk from Cub
Reporter Brenda Dockery....... Flash, what
Public Works Director can't wait until
he gets through the checkout line at
Publix before he starts to eat his frozen
yogurt? Details and a full report next
month!!!
A few months ago, the City Commission
was exploring the possibility of
building a world class swim center here
in Atlantic Beach. What they didn't
realize at the time, and I just thought
ITS
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of, was we already have a facility for a
world class swim center right here
under our noses!!! If any of you have ever
been over to the sewer plant, you
probably have noticed the retention
pond next to the plant. This pond is used
for holding water that has been
"purified before it is released into the
St. Johns River. Well, my brilliant and
and sometimes demented mind stumbled
(along with s little push from our
equally_ demented minded City Clerk)
across some ideas for the pond; and if
any of you have any ideas for it, please
let us know and we'll include it in the
next edition. Below are our ideas for the
retention pond:
1. Stretch swimming lane ropes across
it and call it the Atlantic Beach World
Class Swim Center.
2. Have the First Annual Atlantic Beach
Bass and Fishing Tournement.
3. Put sand around the edge, set up
beach chairs_ and a hot dog stand and
charge admission to Atlantic Beach's
Country Club.
4. Turn it into a Jacuzzi for our tired
employees.
5. Teach synchronized swimming
lessons for people interested in joining
the olympics.
Remember, if any of you have any
ideas, please give me a call at
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Mickey's Trivia Courner:
And now for all of you intellectuals, the
following questions come to us
from ........ you guessed it, Rose
Blanchard.
Q. Goofy wasn't always Goofy. Do you
remember his original comic strip
name?
Q. How many teeth does Dopey have?
If you can correctly answer the above
questions, stop by Rose's trailer in
Russell Parr and pick up your FREE
Valuable prize.
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for sWIle bV Owuler:
New Llama 9mm guff, only fired
once, two clips, call Brenda in the
Building Department at 249-2395
or 241-8323 after ,5:00.
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Mechanic Tips from Mike & Terri*
(or Terry & Mike):
'Car Care Tips-
-Most Important: Change the ail and
lube every 5,000 to 6,000 miles; air
filter and breather element as needed.
-Tune up your car every 15,000 miles
replacing plugs, cap and rotor if needed.
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-Car Care Tips" (Cont.):
-Something a lot of people forget is
transmission and fuel filters! Replace
these important parts every 15,000 to
20,000 miles.
-Before going on any lengthy trip, check
ALL FLU I DSH
-rte hope these safety tips help your car
last long and ensure happy and safe
trips. Happy motoring!!!
-From your "Red Shirt" Pals at the City
Yard. Mike & Terry (or Terry & Mike)
pineapple Delight
(From Theresa Blanchard at RW)
1 large package of Lemon Jello
1 can crushed pineapple -drained
1 container Cool Whip
1 i2 cup black wal nuts, chopped
-Use pineapple juice to make jello -croft
set. Add crushed pineapple & Cool
Whip -firm set. Sprinkle with chopped
walnuts just before serving with a plain
cookie.,
-Perf act wag to a Cool -Day-
From the Editor:
Last month we asked for your comments
on our newsletter. As of this writing,
we have received only two. They were
favorable comments but I was hoping to
hear from more of you. Please get in
touch with Maureen or. myself with your
comments. If you really like the
newsletter, we'd like to know, if you
don't like it, let us know that also,
we're strong, we can take it.
"In the Words of a great man-
-you cannot strengthen the weak by
weakening the strong.
-You cannot help small men by tearing
down big men.
-You cannot help the poor by destroying
the rich.
-You cannot lift the wage earner by
pulling down the wage payer.
-You cannot keep out of trouble by
spending more than your income.
-You cannot further the brotherhood of
man by inciting class hatreds.
-You cannot establish security on
borrowed money.
-You cannot build character and courage
by taking away a man's initiative and
independence.
-You cannot help men permanently by
doing for them what they could and .
should do for themselves.
-Abraham Lincoln
Wel p, it's that time again, time to
close this edition, but remember,
want to hear from you!! If you
want this newsletter to continue,
help me out guys!!!! The big bosses
have already warned me, if I don't
get more from the employees,
they'll pull the plug on the
Atlantic Beach News!!!