News, Vol. 8 [i.e. 11], no. 1 (Jan. 1998)

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January 1998
Management Team To Field Questions From Employees
The Georgia Building Authority has experienced a great deal of change, as have most agencies in state government, in the past few years and additional changes are planned for 1998.
With change comes the inevitable feelings of concern and unrest among employees. For this reason, the GBA Management Team would like to keep the lines of communication open and is providing an opportunity to respond to any questions from the GBA workforce.
Please submit any questions in writing to Gale Whitworth, Assistant Director of Human Relations,at 1 MLK, Jr. Drive by Thursday, January 15. Questions and concerns will be addressed by the Management Team at a Supervisor's Luncheon on January 22.
Thanks to all who contributed to the 1998 State Charitable Contributions Program. GBA employees contributed $4,339.00 for this worthwhile effort.
Christy Finch Human Relations

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Statue Added to Capitol Grounds; World War I Memorial Under Construction
A statue on the grounds of the State Capitol honoring Governor Ellis G. Arnall was recently dedicated by Governor Zell Miller with family, friends and colleagues of Governor Arnall in attendance. The seven foot statue is made of bronze and is the work of two artists, Zenos Frudakis and Virginia Abbott Connor. It was paid for by private donations raised by the Ellis G. Arnall Tribute Commission. The Ellis G. Arnall Tribute Commission was established in 1993 to bring about an appropriate tribute to the former governor who many consider to be the most progressive governor of his time. Ellis Arnall began his career as the youngest state representative ever elected to the Georgia General Assembly. After a term as attorney general, Ellis Arnall was governor from 1943-1947. During his tenure in office, Governor Arnall worked to write a new state constitution as well as reform the state's election laws. He also pushed for reform of the state's penal system and personally argued before the United States Supreme Court Georgia's challenge to the discriminatory freight rates.
See, Memorials, inside
GBA Begins New Recycling Project!
Beginning in January 1998, GBA employees in the Administrative Offices of the #1 MLK Building will voluntarily trade their brown trash cans for smaller gray trash containers that clip to the side of their regular blue recycle containers. The Georgia Building Authority collects an enormous amount of recyclables from state agencies on Capitol Hill; but there's still more that is falling in the trash can and not in the recycle container.
GBA employees in the #1 MLK Building are going to try to recycle even more! Most employees, when asked, agreed that at the end of each day their trash cans contain very little and their recycle containers are full. Most every item discarded during the day, with the exception of food containers, tissue, etc., can be recycled.
Any other interested pioneers who want to try this program can contact Cindy Harden at 404-651-5924 or by e-mail at charden@gba.state.ga.us.

Congratulations to:
Diane Jenkins (Human Relations) whose daughter, Teresa, is engaged to be married on February 14.
Linda Smith (Human Relations) and her husband, Louis, who celebrated seven years of marriage on December 16.
James Woodruff (Security) and his wife, Patricia, who will celebrate 38 years of marriage on January 8.
Johnny Smith (Security) and his wife, Yong, who will celebrate their 27th wedding anniversary on January 15.
Essie Lee Kim (Security) and her husband, Selwyn, who will celebrate their 25th wedding anniversary on January 28.
Melissa Turner (Security) who recently became engaged to former GBA employee, Mark Richardson. No date has been set.
Bob and Cece Satterfield (Operations) who will celebrate their 9th wedding anniversary on January 28.
Tom Nantz (Operations) who is now a grandfather. Daughter, Kim, and son-in-law, Jim, adopted six year old Danielle Marie on November 20.
Lamar Holland (Contracts) and his wife, Gail, who celebrated their 30th wedding anniversary on December 17.
Sympathy to:
Hollis Ball (Operations) on the recent loss of his mother, Margie Ball, on November 25.
Charles Cheney (Operations) on the death of his step-father, Arthur Bolton, former Attorney General of Georgia, on December I.
Bruce MacGregor (Administration) on the loss of his mother, Mary MacGregor, on December 14.

Anniversaries

Valeria Thomas ................ 16 years Larry Mulkey .................... 16 years Julie Kerlin ........................ 15 years Eva Pearson ...................... 14 years B.E. Stewart ....................... 14 years Chris Walker ..................... 14 years Faye Davis ........................ 13 years Earlene Hollis .................... 13 years Frank Ringer ..................... 12 years Tim Walker ....................... 12 years Bill Marbut ....................... 12 years Artrie Humphries ............. 12 years Jerry Nicholson ................. 10 years Kim Bradford .................... 10 years Hulet Neely ....................... 10 years Dorothy Jones ................... 10 years Clint Lane ......................... 10 years

Herman Derrick 29years

What's Going On ...

Betty Jean Crawl 25years
Willie Barnes 22years

Contracts

+ A-1 Orange Cleaning Services has been awarded a three year
window washing service agreement for #2 Peachtree and the Floyd Building.
+ Bagby Elevators was awarded a
contract for replacement of the lighting ballast in the elevators
of the DOT, Judicial, Health and Trinity Washington Buildings.

Food Service

+ Eric Washington has joined
the Banquet staff as Sales and Reservations Coordinator. Beth Manor has also joined the Banquet staff as Hospitality/ Marketing Manager.

Operations

+ Landscape Services are now
wearing new uniforms, khaki
pants with hunter green shirts.

Mainienance ream Saum employees enjoy lllilnksgiving lunch in the Montage Room. Carolyn Roberson, wife of Ernest Roberson, prepared the meal.

+ Maintenance Team North expects to be operational at night by

January 15.

Police and Security

+ GBA Police and Security have submitted a proposal to host the
National Legislative Security Service Association Training
Conference in Atlanta in 1999.
+ Anthony Franklin has been certified by the POST Council as a
Field Training Officer. Officer Franklin will be involved in
training new GBA Police Officers.

David Bosvvell Attends FBI Academy
Lieutenant David Boswell has been selected to attend the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) National Academy in Quantico, Virginia January 11 thru March 27 of 1998. Boswell, Shift Commander for the midnight shift, is one of only three certified police officers in Georgia who were selected to attend the first of four academy classes in 1998. The FBI Academy is considered one of the elite law enforcement training facilities in the country with a one to two year waiting list for applicants. Once approved, applicants must undergo an extensive physical fitness exam as well as an FBI background investigation before attending the academy. The 12 week curriculum includes undergraduate courses from the University of Virginia in law enforcement as well as physical fitness training. Boswell, a native of South Carolina, has been in law enforcement for 16 years including stints with the police departments of the City of Lilburn, Emory University and MARTA. Congratulations and good luck to Lieutenant David Boswell!

From the Chef's Corner

Something new in GBA News! John Decicco, Cafeteria Manager at the Floyd Building, has agreed to share some delicious recipes and helpful tips from time to time. Every month, watch for new ideas and new recipes! January is Super Bowl time! And if you're planning a Super Bowl party or just a quiet Sunday evening in front of the television, here are some party recipes you won't soon forget!
Hot Wings
5 lbs. raw chicken drummettes 3 lbs. Land-0-Lakes butter 2 cups Red Rooster hot sauce
Melt butter in sauce pan and add red rooster sauce. Set aside. Deep fry chicken wings until done. Take wings from fryer, drain and place in red rooster marinate while still hot. The longer wings are marinated, the "hotter'' the wings become.

Cream Crab Dip

2 lbs. flake crabmeat 1 cup lime juice 3/4 lb. cream cheese 1 cup heavy cream 1/2 cup mayonnaise salt to taste

1/4 cup minced onions 2 tsp. minced garlic 1 1/2 tbs. minced dill dash of tabasco 1 tbs. worcestershire sauce

Marinate crabmeat in lime juice for one hour. Cream cheese and mayonnaise in food processor. Add onion, garlic, dill, tabasco, worcestershire and salt. Remove from processor and place in bowl. Fold in crabmeat and refrigerate two hours. Serve with crackers.

David Perkins Wins Firearms Competition

Officer David Perkins (pictured

below) of Police and Security is the

winner of GBA's first annual police

pistol competition which was held

in Novem-

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invited officers participated in the

November competition.

Officer Perkins scored a 96 to

win the competition followed by

Stacey Williams with a score of 95

and Les Robinson with a score of

94. According to Sargeant Steve

Dawson, Police and Security's

Training Officer, GBA hopes to

continue this competition as a

yearly event and will place the

name of each winner on a perma-

nent plaque in the Zero Mile Post

Station.

Profitable Principles for Productive People

,/ Every problem is an opportunity. Problems present possibilities.
,/ Smile. Be polite. Don't argue. Don't burn bridges.
,/ Take problems seriously and yourself lightly.
,/ If you are ultimately going to do something, do it now, or as soon as possible.
,/ The only right way to do anything is the way that works.
,/ Effort is important, but don't confuse effort with results.
,/ Efficiency means doing things right. Effectiveness means doing right things right.
,/ Don't try to do it, just do it.
,/ You get what you expect. Expect success.

Avoid the Annual Winter Cold
Most everyone develops a case of the sniffles, sneezes or sore throat during the winter season. Follow these simple steps to reduce your chances of catching a cold.
../ Keep your nose clean. In order to become a cold, a virus needs to lodge itself in the nasopharynx (where nasal passages meet the mouth), so keep germs away from the base of the nose. Wash your hands with an antibacterial soap, and keep them away from your nose and eyes. Do not rely on household sprays to disinfect objects touched by cold carriers. Their value is unproven.
../ Drink a lot of water. Spending an entire day in an office building means you're breathing recirculated air. This air distributes viruses among all people present and dries out mucus membranes that normally trap invaders. Drinking plenty of liquids helps to remoisten mucus and carry away infection.
../ Get enough sleep. Sleep helps keep your immune system in good operation, so get plenty of rest to both ward off a cold and shorten its life span.

SPEED BUMP

by Dave Coverly

Beanie Adults.

Employees of the Month
November 1997
Congratulations to Tinsley Bailey (MTN), Sarah Morrow (Parking}, John Williams (Shared Services) and Wayne Walker (Shared Services) on their selection as Employees of the Month. George Adams (Shared Services) is not pictured.
Be A Kid Again ...
Ever wish for those days of our youth? No worries, no stress, no bills? Try some of these tips and be a kid again! Dot all your ''i''s with a smiley face. Sing into your hairbrush. Grow a milk mustache. Read the funnies; throw the rest of the
paper away. Dunk your cookies. Step carefully over sidewalk cracks. Try to get someone to trade you a
better sandwich. Blow the wrapper off a straw. Refuse to eat crust. Make a face the next time somebody tells you "no." Wear your favorite shirt with your favorite pants even if they
don't match. Eat dessert first. Say "duh" when stuff is obvious. Pop an orange slice in your mouth, peel side out, and smile at
people. Run through the sprinkler with all your clothes on. Lick all the cream out of an Oreo before you eat the cookie part. Eat just the chocolate stripe out of your Neapolitan ice cream. Start thinking now about what you want for your next birthday. Make a slurping sound with your straw when you get to the
bottom of a drink.

Tips for Coping with

Those Holiday Bills ;

Now that holiday credit card bills

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T- are coming in, here are some tips for not
getting snowed under by the debt, from

Consumer Credit Counseling Service:

1 Don't get new credit. Throw away solicitations for new plastic.

2 Stop using your existing cards. Don't pile new debt on top of
old.

3 Establish payoff priorities. Focus on the card with the highest
interest rate and pay as much as you can on that one. But be sure to pay at least the minimum on your other cards.

4 Shop around for the best interest rate. Ask your lenders to
reduce your interest rate. In many cases, they will. If not, transfer balances to your lower-rate cards.

S Make the largest payments you can afford. The longer you take to pay off debt, the more it costs. Consider dipping into savings. A CD may be earning four percent, while the institutions issuing your credit cards may be charging 18 percent or more.

6 Consider a home equity loan. Interest rates typically are much
lower than credit cards, and there may be tax advantages. But be careful about exposing your home to foreclosure.

7 Investigate refinancing your mortgage. The cost of refinancing
will be offset--in time--by lower interest rates. Apply savings from lower mortgage payments to your credit debt.

8 Borrow money from a retirement plan. Many 401(k) plans
allow you to borrow on your balance at favorable interest rates. But be strident about paying yourself back, or you'll be stealing from your future to pay off your present-day future.

9 Face your debts. Find out exactly how much you owe, and how
much you realistically can pay to reduce debt each month. If it's too painful even to add up what you owe, go to step 10.

10 Get help. If your debt is getting out of hand and keeping you
awake at night, get some help. Financial consultants and credit management companies will, for a fee, provide education and counseling to help you regain control of your finances.

Memorials, continued from front page
The World War I Memorial is presently under construction in the plaza of the Sloppy Floyd Veterans Memorial Building. Located directly opposite the World War II Memorial, this newest tribute to Georgia veterans will be depicated on April 6, 1998.
The monument will feature the names of the 1,937 Georgians who died in action as well as quotes from several prominent officials during that time including General John J. Pershing and President Woodrow Wilson.
Several World War I veterans live in the Atlanta area and are invited to attend the dedication ceremonies in April.

January Birthdays
Tracy Boswell ............................. 1st Lassie Hall ................................. 1st Nicolas Dials .............................. 3rd Stacy Williams .......................... 4th Johnny Wright .......................... 4th Perry Stewart ............................. 6th Frank Head ............................... 8th Greg Prater ................................ 8th Joe Watson ................................ 8th Joe Chapman ........................... 9th Larry Foster ............................... 9th Ed Tucker .................................. 9th John Fletcher ........................... 10th Christie Pace ........................... 10th Joel Nantz ............................... 11th Ethelene Allen ........................ 13th Dave Mathieson ..................... 14th Shirley Atkinson ..................... 15th Ken Johnson ........................... 15th Bessie Mosley .......................... 16th Bobby Presnal ......................... 16th Mary Malloy ........................... 17th Brady Banks ........................... 18th Zachary Nance ....................... 18th Gloria Beverly ......................... 19th Mike Cochran ......................... 19th Doug Ivey ............................... 19th James Pressley......................... 19th Stanley Thomas ...................... 19th Bobby Tinsley ......................... 19th Becky Burt ............................... 20th William Hoard ........................ 20th Dwight Kelly ........................... 20th Sidney Darrell .......................... 21st Sandra Mack ........................... 21st Lisa Mitchell ............................ 21st Albert Bynes ........................... 22nd Terry Carter ............................. 22nd Ray Roberts .............................. 23rd Linda Smith ............................. 23rd Stephen Bagley ....................... 24th B.F.. Stewart ............................. 26th Jason Biggs ............................. 27th Walter Haralson ..................... 27th Mark Mashburn ..................... 27th John Williams ......................... 28th Arthur Cardell ........................ 29th Jerry Bradford ......................... 30th Hollis Ball ................................ 31st Jason Hill ................................. 31st Perry Hogue ............................. 31st Dorothy Jones .......................... 31st
There's only one corner
of the universe you can be
certain of improving; and
that's your own self.
Aldous Huxley

What's

JANUARY

Happening In

January?

New Year's Day

January 1
The first day of the new year is often observed by the making of New Year's resolutions. However, it is more associated with football, football and more football. Fans can watch teams play in the Outback, Gator, Citrus, Cotton, Rose and Sugar Bowls on New Year's Day.

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Annual Legislative Session Begins

Monday, January 12

The annual session of the Georgia General Assembly convenes at the State Capitol for 40 days to consider state and local legislation.
MLK, Jr. Day Monday, January 19

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was born January 15, 1929 in Atlanta. Raised in a family that championed civil rights and embraced the Baptist religion, King pursued a degree in theological studies and went on to receive a doctorate in Systematic Theology from Boston University. King became a pivotal figure in the civil rights movement of the late 1950's and '60s. He spearheaded many peaceful demonstrations, the most memorable
held August 28, 1963 in Washington, D.C. during which he delivered the famous "I Have A Dream" speech. The following year, King was named Time Magazine's "Man of the Year" and received the Nobel Peace Prize. King was assassinated April 4, 1968 in Memphis Tenneessee. MLK, Jr. Day was first observed January 20, 1986.
Super Bowl Sunday January 25

Super Bowl XXXII, the 32nd annual battle between the National and American League Football Conference champions will be played at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego this year. More than 73,000 fans are expected to attend the game with an additional 800 million viewers tuning into NBC's coverage of the event. The estimated cost of one minute of television advertisement during the game is $1.6 million.

Farewell to
Recent Retiree
Ethei Johnson, a GBA Building Monitor at the Archives Central Computer Center, retires January 1 due to health reasons. Ethel suffered a stroke this past fall and has been recovering at the Emory Rehabilitation Center.
Ethel began her career with GBA in 1979 as a building monitor and has been assigned to various locations around Capitol Hill during her 21 year tenure. For most of those years, she has worked the late shift.
Her most recent supervisor, Robert Steed, describes her as one of the most dependable employees he has ever supervised. "You can set your watch by Ethel Johnson. There was never a time when I worried that she wouldn't be at her job," notes Steed.