Nominees for Employee
Awards Ceremony Unveiled
Jessica Simpson and Tony Romo (a.k.a. Kelly Holecek
and Bryan Gray) were guest presenters for the awards ceremony last
year.
By Gary Johnson, Director of Human Resources
The annual awards season in Hollywood has already
begun with the recent Golden Globe awards in January and will continue
with the upcoming Grammy Awards on Feb. 8 and the Academy Awards
Show on Feb. 22.
However, those programs will not be able to measure
up to the fun, unexpected surprises and celebrity appearances lined
up for the 4th annual City of Waco Employee Awards Ceremony.
The event promises to be bigger and better than ever
and will take place on Thursday, Feb. 26 at 1:30 p.m. in the Bosque
Theatre at the Waco Convention Center.
Past employee awards ceremonies have included appearances
by the Blues Brothers/Wiley Stem and George Johnson —City Manager’s
Office; Joan and Melissa Rivers/Karen Clark and Windy Leal—Human
Resources; Paris Hilton/Crystal Jones —H.R.; Tony Romo/Bryan Gray
and Jessica Simpson/Kelly Holecek—General Services; and Gladys Knight/Trish
Ervin—City Secretary and The Pips/Adrian Floyd—Facilities and Nelson
Washington & Steve Nickerson—Parks and Recreation, just to name
a few.
This year’s list of honorees includes 30 nominations
representing more than 150 employees. A total of four awards will
be presented including two for customer service and two for teamwork.
The recognition program divides the nominations into
two categories based on department size—those with greater than
75 employees (Group A) and those with less than 75 employees (Group
B). The nominations all involve City accomplishments that occurred
between Oct. 1, 2007 and Sept. 30, 2008.
The nominees are as follows:
Customer Service (Group A)
- Freddie Phillips/Solid Waste Services
- Officer Steve Dieterich/Police Department
- Streets Crew (60 employees)
- Street Services
- Det. Steve January/Police Department
- Det. Donnie Morgan/Police Department
- Carolyn Fisher/Public Health District
- Gladys Hand/Public Health District
- Rebecca Krusell/Public Health District
- Carolyn Scott/Public Health District
- Eva Edwards/Police Department
- Albert Lopez/Police Department
- Charlotte Doran/Water Utility Services
Customer Service (Group B)
- Cindy Mullens/Information Technology
- Teri Holtkamp/Housing & Community Development
- Cathy Groppe/Building Inspections
- Marcia Whitten/City Secretary’s Office
- Rose Pena & Andi Heppell/Human Resources
Teamwork (Group A)
- John Settlemyer/Solid Waste & Jake Krall/Engineering
- Streets Team: Lewis Aleman, Alejandro Avila, David Boen, Claudio
Chavez, Dennis Cook, Billy Dehart, John Hamilton, Butch Heffelfinger,
William Horton, James Lowe, Saul Mendez, Larry Morgan, Flavio
Perales, Terry Reneau, Luis Reyes-Rivera, George Rivera, Richard
Rogers, Ezequial Santibanez, Richard Smith, Robert Stone, Lou
Teakell, Chuck Terry, Charles Woods and Kenneth Fickel
- Sherry Williams/Public Health District
- Jennifer Morgan/Public Health District
- Call Center Team (Water Utility Services): Karen Gafford,
Terresa Hadden, Vicki Puryear, Soledad Compian, Ryntha Dorough,
Lisa Martinez, Bridgett Voss and Arlene Wegwerth
- WMARSS Staff (24 employees)/Water Utility Services
- Chris Barton/Solid Waste Services
- Engineering/Traffic/Information Technology: David Dokupil/Traffic,
Jeremy Hendrix/Traffic, Larry Blare/Traffic and John Branch/I.T.
Teamwork (Group B)
- Missie Pustejovsky, Lisa Wilcox & Crystal Jones/Human Resources
- Mark Randolph, Scott Mattlage & Troy Shaw/Municipal Information
- Sue Pfleging & Karen Clark/Human Resources
Community Service (Group A)
- Nora Schell/Water Utility Services
Congratulations to all the nominees!
If you'd like to submit information for the
City Talk Newsletter, you can send an email to: marlenen@ci.waco.tx.us
or call 750-5638.
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New City Employee Scholarship
Employees who attended the annual Martin Luther
King, Jr. Luncheon had the opportunity to bid on items during
a silent auction benefiting the new City employee “I Have a Dream”
Scholarship program.
A minimum of two $1,000 scholarships will be awarded
this spring during the annual City of Waco Employee Cinco de Mayo
luncheon. One scholarship will be awarded to a City employee and
the second will be awarded to the relative of a City employee.
The actual number of scholarships awarded will be
based on the amount of funds raised. A total of $1,020 was raised
at the luncheon in January and a golf tournament is planned for
this spring to raise additional funds.
Scholarship packets are now available in the City
Secretary’s office, the Waco-McLennan County Libraries, the Parks
& Recreation administration office and recreation centers, and
the Employee Intranet at www.waco-texas.com/intranet.htm.
The requirements include submitting two references
and writing a brief essay.
Applications should be mailed or dropped off at
the City Secretary’s Office in City Hall. The deadline for applications
is Feb. 24 by 5 p.m.
Spring Break Fun
Super Critters Spring
Adventure Camp
Children in Kindergarten through 6th grade can enjoy
a wild adventure at the Cameron Park Zoo during the Spring Adventure
Camp program.
Campers will enjoy a week filled with amazing art
projects, fun games, educational activities and animal encounters!
Campers will receive a Zoo Adventure Camp T-shirt and water bottle.
Spring Adventure camp is March 9-13. Go to www.cameronparkzoo.com/zooeducation-families.html
for more information.
Spring Break Round Up 2009
Wrangle your kids’ restless spirits and bring them
to the Texas Ranger Hall of Fame and Museum for Spring Break Round
Up, part of the museum’s 40th anniversary celebration.
The event will be held March 9-13 from 10 a.m. to
4 p.m. each day at the Texas Ranger Museum at the corner of University
Parks Drive and I-35. Your children will be entertained with daily
crafts and activities while they learn about legendary Texas lawmen.
This is a come and go all-day event with activities for elementary
school-age children. An adult must accompany children.
Some of the activities include Old West Laser Target
Game, Fingerprinting, Coloring Contest and Bandana Making. For
more information, call the museum staff at 750-8631 or visit www.texasranger.org.
Spring Break Magic
Waco’s own Magic Man, Todd McKinney, will be featured
at all four Waco-McLennan County Libraries during the week of
Spring Break. See the schedule for the free programs below.
- Tuesday, March 10 – East Waco Library, 901 Elm, at 10:30
a.m.
- Wednesday, March 11 – Hoover Library, 1428 Wooded Acres,
at 10:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.
- Thursday, March 12 – Central Library, 1717 Austin, at 10:30
a.m.
- Friday, March 13 – South Waco Library, 2737 S. 18th, at 10:30
a.m.
For more information, call 750-5942.
Spring Break Camp
at Recreation Centers
Registration is open for the City of Waco Parks and Recreation
Spring Break camps. South Waco, Bledsoe-Miller, and Dewey Recreation
Centers will offer Spring Break camps for kids ages 5 to 13 from
7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. on March 9-13.
Children will participate in various activities including recreational
games and crafts. Snacks will be provided, but campers must bring
their own lunch.
The registration fee is $40 per child. For more information or
to register, contact the recreation centers at South Waco 750-8650,
Bledsoe-Miller 750-8684 and Dewey 750-8677.
Genealogy Workshop
The Waco –McLennan County Library in cooperation with the Friends
of the East Waco Library and the Central Texas Genealogical Society
is sponsoring “The Roots that Bind, an African American Genealogy
Workshop” on Saturday, Feb. 28 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the East
Waco Library, 901 Elm Ave.
Registration begins at 8:30 a.m. For more information or to RSVP
contact Bill Buckner at 254-750-5945.
Black History Program
The Bledsoe-Miller Recreation Center will host a free Black History
program from 7 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 19. The program
will include performances by local church choirs, praise dance
teams and drill teams. For more information, call 750-8684.
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