GBA news, Vol. 11 [i.e. 14], no. 2 (Summer 2001)

Summer Issue
GBA

NEWS

14
Volume 11, Number 2

Helen Scholes, Executive Director

By Cheree Harper
NEW AND IMPROVED: GBA ONLINE

The Georgia Building Authority (GBA) is pleased to announce its new and improved website is currently available on the Internet at www.ganet.org/gba/.

"We're excited to have completed the first step in this project," explained Helen Scholes, Executive Director of the Building Authority. "But developing and maintaining a up-todate website is a continual process. We want the web site to be a communication tool, geared toward making life easier for GBA tenants."
The new GBA site maintains several new automated features, designed to allow tenants and other website visitors total access to GBA on the Internet. The following GBA services are now provided online:
View all current job vacancies & download a job application Place a building maintenance work order Submit a request for a Stately Events banquet room &
view available menus for event View cafeteria weekly menu Sign up for a parking space for
- Georgia state government employees - Legislators - Lobbyists - Contractors Order MARTA cards

Sign up to ride a vanpool Reserve North, South Wing or Rotunda of Capitol for special
eventse View grounds/building policies Request recycling bins & view recyclable/
non-recyclable materials Submit bid for a GBA construction/renovation project Sign up for daycare waiting list View all press releases and publications
- GBA News - Tenant Talk
The web site development project was led by Heather Hedrick, who worked with programmers and an account representative at the Georgia Technology Authority. Tenants or GBA employees with comments or suggestions about the new site should contact Heather directly by submitting comments online at www.ganet.org/gba/contact_us.html or using heather.hedrick@gw.gba.state.ga.us. Web comments can also be submitted using the comment card found at the back of this GBA News publication.

By Heather Hedrick

FIRST LADY FILMS AT CHCEC

Students from the Capitol Hill Child Enrichment Center (CHCEC), GBA's day care center located just blocks from the State Capitol, were once again treated with a special celebrity visit to the facility by the First Lady of Georgia, Mrs. Marie Barnes.

Georgia's First Lady spent the better part of the morning and afternoon on Monday, June 11 at the day care center, filming the introduction of a video being produced about safety in the classroom by the Georgia Emergency Management Agency (GEMA). Four students from CHCEC's four-year-old classroom were also used in the filming with Mrs. Barnes. Four-year-olds Jacob Gassert, Courtnie Jeffers, Emma Rary and Justice Walter all had the chance to be GEMA "movie stars" for a day.

First Lady Marie Barnes, with CHCEC students (L to R) Justice Walter, Emma Rary and Courtnie Jeffers.

"The daycare center was full of energy and great staff. I especially enjoyed working with my special `co-stars,' Emma, Justin, Jacob and Courtnie," explained Mrs. Barnes following the filming.
CHCEC's Director, Sonji Owens, and her staff spent days in preparation rearranging the play equipment and wall decorations in the multi-purpose room of the facility to be
See FIRST LADY on page 5

By Heather Hedrick
SCHOLES: FIRST FEMALE PRESIDENT OF CIVITAN CLUB

Helen Scholes, the first female executive director of the Building Authority, was also the first female president of the Marietta Civitan Club in 1980. On June 19, 2001, the Marietta Civitan Club invited all its past presidents to gather and celebrate its 55th anniversary.

The club, chartered in 1945, coordinates various philanthropic fundraisers and charity events. During Scholes' presidential tenure the club undertook several projects such as working with physically and mentally handicapped individuals to develop the Special Olympics, fundraising for the Salvation Army and various programs with the youth of Cobb County. In an article printed in the Marietta Daily Journal, written upon Scholes election as president of the Civitan Club in 1980, Scholes said that the club was "a mixture of all ages and occupations with one strong requirement- concern for the community."

Marietta Civitan Club past presidents, including Helen Scholes, GBA Exec, Dir.

Pictured above are past presidents of the Marietta Civitan Club. Left to right are (standing) Dudley Castile, John Greider, Sam Anderson, Jean Hawkins, James Minter, George Green, Helen Scholes, James Ray, Virgil Moon, Ed Maxfield, Marty Heller (sitting) Judge Mary Staley, Cindi McCollough, Mary T. Phillips, Penny Warren and Gina Auld.

FREE ICE CREAM ON CAPITOL HILL

By Anthony Pistone

Did you know that enough ice cream is produced in America every year to fill the Grand Canyon? Did you also know that the average American consumes more than 20 quarts of ice cream each year? These are just a few of the ice cream facts Governor Roy Barnes shared with a crowd of more than 200 people at the 4th annual "Mayfield Ice Cream Day" on the afternoon of July 9th on the steps of the State Capitol building.

The event, which ran from 11:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m., was sponsored by the Mayfield Company, which was started in 1923. Mayfield employees showed their generosity by serving free ice cream to the crowd of Capitol Hill employees, students on field trips and other downtown Atlanta visitors.

The Governor kicked off the festivities by tasting the first

bowl of ice cream,

vanilla topped with fresh

Georgia peaches. The

Governor then fed a

spoon full of ice cream

to the First Lady, Marie

Barnes. Agriculture

Commissioner Tommy

Irvin also supported the

event with his own bowl

of vanilla and peaches.

In addition to the

Governor and

Governor Barnes welcomes

Commissioner, Scottie

Scottie Mayfield to Capitol Hill Mayfield himself,

on Ice Cream Day.

dressed in his famous

The Mayfield brown cow sticks out among the crowd lining up for free ice cream at the Capitol.
bowtie, attended the event. Mayfield seemed to enjoy the crowd, signing autographs and posing for pictures after his presentation with the Governor.
The Mayfield Company added its own decorative touch to Capitol Hill by bringing a giant replica of a brown cow, placed in front of the Thomas E. Watson statue to adorn the Capitol steps. A bright yellow canopy covered the background and a Mayfield truck sat perched along the Capitol lawn. A total of 5 ice cream serving stands and over 20 employees helped serve the hungry attendees.
Cathy Nesbitt, with the GBA Parking Services, remarked with a smile, "It was nice. Very pleasant... made me want to party!"
According to Kara Dullea, who works closely with the Mayfield Company, the flavor "Yellow Brick Road," vanilla ice cream filled with Butterfinger pieces, seemed to be the most
See ICE CREAM on page 4

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Profiles in
CHARACTER

GBA Board Members: Barnes, Taylor & Alexander
Editor's Note: This GBA News issue is the second of a series of spotlights on the Georgia Building Authority Board Members. State Auditor Russell Hinton and
Agriculture Commissioner Tommy Irvin were featured in the previous issue.

GOVERNOR ROY BARNES
by Heather Hedrick

Described as the "garrulous neighbor who swaps stories over the backyard fence--only funnier" by Dick Pettys of the Associated Press, the Governor of the Georgia is nationally known for his successful agenda of heavy hitting initiatives and his charismatic southern charm.

Sworn in as Governor in

January of 1999, Roy Barnes is

perhaps most well known for his

attention to public education

system in Georgia. The

Governor's A+ Education Reform

Act, passed in 2000, changed the

way Georgia views public

education. The Governor, whose

wife is a former public school

teacher, enacted a bill that

increased each individual school's

accountability in the academic performance of its students. The bill provides financial rewards for high-performing schools and

Roy Barnes, Georgia's 80th Governor and GBA Chairman.

assistance through educational

improvement teams for low-

performing schools. Among other things, Barnes' education

reform bill enacts an early intervention program to assist

students in the beginning of their educational careers, sets

aside money for school construction and ends social

promotion.

Barnes has made immeasurable strides in many areas other than education. During his first year as Governor, he enacted a property tax cut plan giving all homeowners in Georgia significant property tax relief. As a centerpiece of his first legislative session, Barnes addressed metro Atlanta's critical issues of air pollution, traffic congestion and poorly planned development by the creation of the Georgia Regional Transportation Authority (GRTA). Another crucial initiative central to the Governor's platform was the enactment of Georgia's Greenspace Program. Barnes proposed and ushered the passage of a bill that required all rapidly developing counties in Georgia to preserve community "greenspace" by protecting a minimum of 20 percent of their land areas as open and natural areas for recreation and natural resource protection.

Barnes' keen business sense pushed him to create the Mentor-Protg program, which stimulates Georgia's economic growth by increasing opportunities for the state's emerging small and minority owned businesses. The first of its kind, this program teams small and minority owned businesses with prospering Georgia companies in business and technology to strengthen economic ties all over the state.

Barnes addressed the state's essential need for improving cancer prevention, screening, treatment and research by creating the Georgia Cancer Coalition, which will develop a world-class, comprehensive cancer control program in Georgia. Widely known as a technology buff, Barnes brought the benefits of the Information Age to state government through his creation of the Georgia Technology Authority (GTA), to revolutionalize government practices and make e-government in Georgia a reality.
Barnes recently addressed three major problems on the minds of Georgia drivers by passing a bill that restricts the driving rights of teen drivers, makes aggressive driving or "road rage" incidents qualify as serious traffic violations and strengthens Georgia DUI and Open-Container laws. On a similar note, Barnes introduced a major initiative to reduce gun related crimes in Georgia by taking firearms out of the hands of convicted felons. Barnes has also focused specific initiatives on family violence, road project funding, water management and planning, family savings plans for higher education and much more.
Barnes, the former legislator, lawyer and businessman, is originally from Mableton, Georgia and grew up working in his family's general store. He and his wife Marie Barnes have three children, Harlan, Allison and Alyssa. The Governor and First Lady currently live in the Governor's Mansion, owned and operated by the Georgia Building Authority, in Northeast Atlanta.
Among many other committees and advisory boards, Governor Barnes is the Chairman of the Georgia Building Authority. Barnes appointed GBA's Executive Director, Helen Scholes, in September of 1999.

LT. GOVERNOR MARK TAYLOR
by Anthony Pistone

Lieutenant Governor Mark Taylor is a true native son of Georgia. Born in Atlanta and raised in Albany, Taylor has degrees from both Emory University and the University of Georgia School of Law.

Mark Taylor was a state senator in the Georgia General Assembly for eleven years. During his tenure in the Senate, Taylor served as the Administrative Floor Leader for Governor Zell Miller. During this time, Taylor sponsored the lottery-funded HOPE scholarship and preKindergarten programs. To

Mark Taylor, Georgia's 10th Lieutenant Governor and GBA Vice Chairman.

See PROFILES IN CHARACTER on page 4

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this day, over 500,000 scholarships and more than 400,000 pre-K places have been provided by these programs. While serving in the Senate, Taylor pushed to reform Georgia's welfare program and supported the Welfare-to-Work law. Under these reforms, Georgia's welfare rolls have decreased 65 percent.
In 1998, Mark Taylor was elected to be Georgia's 10th Lieutenant Governor. As Lieutenant Governor, he carries the position of the Senate's presiding officer. Taylor is dedicated to furthering his vision of more jobs, safer communities, and better schools for all of Georgia.
Lt. Governor Taylor has made economic development a key issue in his platform. He is the chair of the Georgia Rural Development Council, which is engaged in developing state policies to increase the prosperity of rural Georgia. Taylor is also the vice chair of the One Georgia Authority which was created to manage a 1 billion dollar investment in 71 of Georgia's poorest counties.
Lt. Governor Taylor has also become dedicated to passing legislation concerning crime in Georgia. Taylor has been involved in the passage of the Crimes Against Family Members Act, which increases the penalty for domestic violence committed in front of children and the Two Strikes You're Out law that incarcerates repeat offenders. Taylor's proposal to require convicted felons in Georgia to submit a sample of DNA for analyzing and catalogue for law enforcement purposes was passed in 2000, and has already led to charges in dozens of unsolved property and sex crimes across Georgia.
Lt. Governor Mark Taylor is a the Vice Chairman of the Georgia Building Authority. He has a teenage son named Fletcher and currently resides in Atlanta, Georgia.

ATTORNEY KENT ALEXANDER
by Anthony Pistone
Kent B. Alexander was appointed as the Senior Vice President and General Counsel of Emory University in January of 2000. As General Counsel, Alexander is responsible for overseeing the legal affairs of the university and its health care system, and acts as a close advisor to senior management and the Board of Trustees.
At the request of Governor Roy Barnes, Alexander has served since March 11, 1999 as a member of the Georgia Building Authority. He also serves on the boards of the Atlanta Chapter of the American Jewish Committee, the Technology Association of Georgia and the TechBridge
See PROFILES IN CHARACTER on page 5

Kent Alexander, Sr. Vice President of Emory University and Building Authority Member.

ICE CREAM (continued from page 2)
popular among the ice cream eaters. In addition to Yellow Brick Road, visitors had the opportunity to taste seven other flavors including Butter Pecan, Caramel Coyote, Moose Tracks, Smokey Mountain Fudge, Turtle Tracks, and classic chocolate and vanilla. Dullea also mentioned that a total of 450 gallons of ice cream would be consumed over the three-hour span of the event.
The Mayfield Ice Cream Day attracted a large crowd, including WSB-TV's Bill Nigut and WXIA-TV reporters. After addressing the crowd, Governor Barnes gave a short on-camera interview to Nigut before returning to the Capitol to continue his gubernatorial duties. Local radio station B98.5 also attended distributing paper fans to passers by. The radio station set up speakers surrounding the Capitol steps so there would be radio music to accompany the ice cream and fun.
Capitol Hill employees who enjoyed the event can look forward to the return of the giant Mayfield brown cow in the summer of 2002.

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GBA AND DOAS SPONSOR BLOOD DRIVE
by Heather Hedrick
One person every two seconds needs blood, and the overwhelming majority would die without it. Thanks in part to the efforts of the Georgia Building Authority (GBA), and the Department of Administrative Services (DOAS), the American Red Cross gained 43 pints of blood on Thursday, June 28 and Friday, June 29, to be used for needy victims all over the south.
GBA joined together with the DOAS to coordinate a quarterly blood drive in the Cafeteria Conference Room of the Twin Towers building. Even though the blood drive came up short of the goal for 60 pints of blood within the two-day blood drive, representatives from the American Red Cross expressed sincere gratitude for the many volunteers who donated their time to give blood on Capitol Hill.
"I'd like to take a minute to personally thank all of the donors who took the time to donate at our last blood drive. The time they took out of their busy day was appreciated," said Stacy Evans, Recruitment Representative from the Red Cross.
According to Evans, who coordinates blood drives all over downtown Atlanta, The Southern Company was the location of her most successful business blood drive. Evans has coordinated drives at SunTrust, Wachovia, Bank of America and local hospitals as well as the Capitol Hill complex.
According to Evans, the current blood supply shortage is a growing problem in the Atlanta community. Hospitals in the state of Georgia require approximately 400,000 pints of blood annually. Evans explained that currently Georgia is collecting only 300,000 pints per year. Historically, the 100,000 pint deficit has been filled by imported blood from other regions, such as North Carolina and the Midwest. However, these areas are becoming unable to supply Georgia with surplus blood, which leaves Atlanta solely responsible for increasing the amount of blood it is collecting annually.
Most healthy people age 17 or older who weigh at least 110 lbs. can donate blood. The Red Cross reports that they need roughly 22,000 people to donate blood per day in
See BLOOD DRIVE on page 6

by Heather Hedrick
JOINT EFFORT MAKES GA SLC CONFERENCE A SUCCESS

The Georgia Building Authority (GBA) recently joined with the Speaker's Office, Lieutenant Governor's Office, Senate and House Offices, Georgia Correctional Industries (GCI) and many others to assist in the success of the Southern Legislative Conference (SLC), held in Savannah, Georgia from July 14 through July 18, 2001.
Individuals from all across Georgia state government traveled to Savannah prior to the SLC meeting to get ready for the hundreds of out-of-state visitors that met in Savannah for the annual meeting.
GBA ensured the safe delivery of more than 80 pieces of furniture and more than 20 computers that were temporarily donated to the conference. GBA Exec. Director Helen Scholes worked with GCI, the Atlanta Transitional Center and the

Savannah Men's Transitional Center to load and unload furniture, move computers and set up temporary offices for officials.

Volunteer workers from Capitol Hill and all over Georgia formed assembly lines to stuff "goody bags" for meeting guests. Give-away items that were left over from the conference were donated by the SLC to the students of the GBA Capitol Hill Child Enrichment Center (CHCEC).

GBA employee Teresa Cleghorn said, "I've attended conferences in the past, and I took for granted all the hard work that goes into the setup," upon her return to Atlanta.

Students from the GBA Child Care Center were given the extra giveaway prizes from the Southern Legislative Conference

PROFILES IN CHARACTER (continued from page 3)
Advisory Board. Eleven years ago, Alexander and eleven of his friends created a volunteer network now known as Hands On Atlanta. The
organization has since grown to be one of the most well respected volunteer organizations in Georgia with more than 25,000 members. Alexander currently serves as chair of the Advisory Board for this organization.
Prior to his tenure with Emory University, Alexander was a partner with King & Spalding law firm in Atlanta, specializing in litigation and technology matters. Earlier in his career, Alexander served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia, later being nominated and confirmed as the Presidentially appointed U.S. Attorney for this district.
Alexander brings his keen legal eye and technological know-how to the Georgia Building Authority. He is married to Dr. Diane Z. Alexander, a plastic surgeon, and they are the proud parents of two wonderful daughters.

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ready for the cameras and First Lady. More than twenty crewmembers and GEMA personnel were on site to help the filming go smoothly.
According to Buzz Weiss, Coordinator of Public Information Services for GEMA, the filming went smoothly indeed. "The facility and personnel at CHCEC were excellent. This was really critical to the success of this video," he explained.
The filming process involving Mrs. Barnes lasted over three hours, and the four CHCEC summer students were brought in for the final hour. According to Weiss, three to five hours of filming is an average amount of time to capture 15 seconds or less of useable tape. "It's interesting," he says. "When people watch a video, most have no idea of the tedious and intense effort that goes into just making 15 seconds of filming."
Although the lunchtime hour was growing near and the student stars were growing more impatient by the minute, Marie Barnes, a former schoolteacher, handled the four-yearolds with ease. "She has a wonderful chemistry with kids," noted Weiss, who stood by to witness the filming on the remote screen outside the makeshift soundproof walls of the multipurpose room turned studio. Perhaps the students' favorite part about being filmed was when the First Lady turned on her

"schoolteacher voice" and taught the students the hand motions to go along with her part in the video introduction.
GEMA conducted filming at many other daycare facilities in Georgia gathering footage of students playing and interviewing classes and teachers on safety practices to provide the material for the finished video. GEMA expects the videos to be completed by late summer of 2001, and will distribute the videos at no cost to school systems in Georgia. According to Weiss, GEMA usually produces one video per year, focusing on a different emergency management issue in each video.
"It is an honor to work with Mrs. Barnes on this important project," said Georgia Emergency Management Agency Director Gary W. McConnell. "And we are particularly grateful for the Georgia Building Authority's participation and generous assistance."
When the production ceased and the cameras disappeared, Marie Barnes had a final comment to remind everyone involved that the ultimate purpose of the video was to benefit Georgia's children. "Daycare centers should be safe havens for our children," she explained, "but since we must prepare for unforeseen emergencies, GEMA has done an excellent job developing a strategy for preschools to use."

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order to have a plentiful supply. According to the Red Cross, if every eligible donor gave blood twice a year, there would be no shortage of available blood in America.
Like eye color, blood type is inherited. Everyone has type A, B, AB or O blood, and it is positive or negative, based on whether or not individuals have an Rh protein factor. O-Negative blood is universal, meaning that it can be donated to all patients. OPositive is the most common blood type, making up 38% of the population. According to the Red Cross, it is safe for donors to give blood every 56 days, or every 8 weeks.
If you are interested in finding out more information about donating blood or volunteering for the American Red Cross, please contact the office headquarters at 1-800-GIVE-LIFE. The next Capitol Hill blood drive will be on Friday, October 12, 2001, so mark your calendars now.
GBA News would like to thank the following GBA employees for the time and effort they put forth to attempt to give blood or volunteer at the June 2001 blood drive: Charles Alexander; Richard Ashby; Jason Banks; Peggy Bowen; Teresa Cleghorn; Donald Evans; Heather Hedrick; Larry Hurt; Diane Jenkins; Brett Jones; Lee McElhannon; Ronald McRae and Dwayne Robinson.

by Anthony Pistone
GBA AIRLIFTS COOLING COIL

In early June, the Georgia Building Authority (GBA) employed the services of a helicopter air-crane to transport a new cooling coil for the air conditioning unit on top of the James H. "Sloppy" Floyd Building West Tower from the ground to the top of the 20-story building. The original cooling coil atop the building was damaged.

On Sunday June 3rd, several GBA personnel and air-crane operators undertook the task to airlift a new cooling coil to the top of the Twin Towers building. Ray Klimczak, GBA Energy
Plant Manager, planned and supervised the procedure. According to Klimczak, the procedure took over 120 planning hours to execute. Following the exercise, Klimczak retired from GBA at the end of July, after more than 16 years of service.

(L to R) GBA employees Ruth Maxwell, Duane Clark, Amy Ford, Ray Klimczak and Johnny Green pose in front of air-crane helicopter.

The exercise began in the GBA motor pool parking lot, located directly behind the GBA main office, where the new cooling coil was delivered on a trailer. The second step in the transport procedure was

to remove the damaged coil from the top of the Twin Towers building, using the air-crane to secure it and transport it to the motor pool. Finally, the new cooling coil was secured to the helicopter lift pad and raised high above GBA headquarters and over Piedmont Avenue to the roof of the Twin Towers building.

Amy Ford, in the GBA Contracts Division, attended the Sunday activities. She remarked, "It was really exciting to watch the coil hanging from the helicopter."

According to Jerry Gabbert, GBA Facilities Administrator, the crack in the coil was due to a faulty valve that didn't open properly and allow water to drain, which caused the water to freeze in the winter months, expand and split the coil in more than 30 places.

The air-crane helicopter lifts the cooling coil off a trailer in the GBA motor pool.

Tenants and visitors in the Twin Towers can breath easy, because the new cooling coil has been installed and the air conditioning unit is running strong. Throughout the exercise the air conditioning within the West Tower was undisturbed.

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by Heather Hedrick

GBA DONATES SURPLUS

Once the vans have reached their destination

VANS TO DNR

with DNR, the department works with

the DOC Vocational

The Georgia Building Authority (GBA) recently transferred

Facilities department to

vans from the parking and transportation vanpool fleet to the

rehabilitate the vans into

Department of Natural Resources (DNR) to be used on the state-

good working order so

owned barrier islands and to transport detainee work crews on

that they can be useful

other DNR operated sites.

on the islands.

The vans were originally used to transport state employees to and from their homes and offices through the GBA operated vanpool program. When the vans reach a certain mileage point, they are no longer used to transport state employees around metro Atlanta, and must be placed into GBA surplus property.
Over the past several years GBA and DNR have developed a cooperative relationship in which GBA transfers vans with high mileage to DNR, for transportation use on DNR properties where high mileage and aging vehicle parts are not a problem. Ossabaw

GBA Exec. Dir. Helen Scholes and DNR Commissioner Lonice Barrett stand in front of one surplus van being donated for use on Georgia's barrier islands.

According to DNR, the DOC Vocational Facilities group teaches inmate detainees a marketable skill, in this case auto mechanics, so that they can use the skill in the workforce once they leave incarceration.

and Sapelo Islands are two such locations where DNR uses the GBA vehicles. The vans transport DNR employees and island visitors as well as Department of Corrections (DOC) inmate crews as they work at DNR work sites. According to DNR officials, the harsh coastal environment is tough on the vehicles,

GBA has also donated a van to the Department of Revenue (DOR) to be used to transport Revenue employees from a MARTA meeting point to the new DOR facility in the Century Center at I-85 and Clairmont Road in DeKalb County.

so it makes perfect sense to use older vans with high mileage.

For information about joining a GBA vanpool, please call the

"We think this is a great example of inter-agency cooperation," says Donald Evans, GBA Transportation Administrator who oversees the vanpool program. "We're thrilled to be able to help

GBA parking office at 404-656-3251, or check out the parking & transportation section of the GBA website at www.ganet.org/gba/.

out DNR. They've supported us in so many ways also."

by Heather Hedrick

OFFICERS COMPLETE TRAINING

The Georgia Building Authority (GBA) is proud to announce the graduation of 98 Property Resource Officers from official GBA safety training on June 8 and 15, 2001. Executive Director Helen Scholes and several GBA administrators shook hands and passed out graduation certificates to the trainees following the brief graduation ceremony.

GBA held two 40-hour training classes which involved training on many different topics such as first aid and CPR, report writing, interpersonal relations, safety hazards and fire control. Lecture classes were held in the Carl E. Sanders Fireplace Room, and hands-on training, such as fire control practice, took place in the field. During the fire control training, class members took turns actually extinguishing flames as high as ten feet tall.

The Property

Resource Officers will

be responsible for the

monitoring of the

interior and exterior of

selected GBA buildings

and facilities, manning

the entrances and exits

of GBA buildings, VCR Property Resources Officers were taping, handling the trained in emergency procedures issuance of state

such as fire extinguishing.

employee card keys and

identification badges, the

issuance of all door keys and GBA's risk assessment and

compliance.

The Property Resources Division's supervision of GBA facilities went into full effect on July 1, 2001.
Congratulations to the following GBA Property Resource Officers: Leonard Williams, Michael Pritchett, Willie Louise

Barnes, Barbera Glass,

Charlie Randall, Edward

Standridge, Carlos

Maynard, Jerome King,

Danny Wesley, Bernita

Jones, Larry Hurt, Daisy

Johnson, Tonnie Thomas,

Vicky Jackson, Brett

Jones, Henry Deener,

Brenda Fambro, Joseph

Rouzaw, Barbera

Johnson, Essie Lee Kim,

Torrsel Winfrey, Jeffery Morton, Matthew Sims, Nell Mabry, Brenda

Property Resource Officer Christine Brock practices CPR on

Jones, James Askew,

the class model.

Leila Davis, Sandra

Poore, Bert Collins Jr., Thomas Harrell, Selina Copeland,

Charles Thompson, William Young, S. Larry Greer, Daniel Bell,

Julia Fryer, Perry Stewart, Walter Haralson, Christine Brock,

Selwyn Lee Kim, Edward Smith, Mike Sowell, Cedric Smith,

Ronald Ghani, Arthur Cardell, Everett Payne, Armando

Bermudez, Everist Oryekwulunne, Tom Higdon, Alan

Weilbaker, James Johnson, Bruce Cunningham, Larry Foster,

Joseph Vance, Willie Barksdale, Albert Walker, Robert Hudson,

Constance Roberts, Jeannette Montgomery, Eddie O'Flannagan,

Richard Dove, Walter Hall, Joe Fields, Mildred Reid, Marion

Thomas Jr., La Wayne Duncan, Jerry Watson, Carson Mc

Calman, Deothay Harvey, Roderick Sheffield, Ben Bell, Sandra

Bartlett, Patricia Smith, Rebecca Lowery, Randy Stamp, John

Gladney, Mary O'Donnell, Virgil Nave Jr., Larry Hanie, Lewis

Thorp, Gloria Beverly, Brenda Beebe, Robert Johnson, Barbera

Patton, Marion Bell, Vesta Oliver, Lillie Robinson, Kimberlea

Montgomery, Bridgett Charles, Cassandra Jones and Palmer

Strozier.

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Q&A

If you have questions, comments or suggestions that you would like to be answered in coming issues of GBA News or Tenant Talk, please fill out the suggestion card in this issue and fax it to: Heather Hedrick, Editor, 404-657-0337.

Q: Do the cement tables out in the courtyard of the Agriculture
Building ever get washed? They're dirty and I'm afraid I'll get dirt in my food.
- Janice Reno, Agriculture Department
A: The tables and benches in the courtyard behind the
Agriculture Building have been repainted since this comment/suggestion was submitted. In the past, GBA was pressure washing this outdoor picnic area 3-4 times a year. We have since increased the frequency of pressure washing these tables to a minimum of 6 times per year, and additionally as needed. If you ever determine in the future that these tables and benches need to be cleaned, please call the GBA Work Control Center at 404-656-3273. Of course, there will be no charge to any agency for the cleaning of these tables or any others like them.

Publication Information

GBA NEWS is a publication of the Georgia Building Authority.

Helen Scholes, Executive Director

Editor:

Heather L. Hedrick Public Information Officer Phone: 404-463-0334

Address:

1 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive Atlanta, Georgia 30334 Phone: 404-656-3253 Fax: 404-657-0337

Heather.Hedrick@gw.gba.state.ga.us

GBA Board Members
Governor Roy Barnes Chairman

Lt. Gov. Mark Taylor Vice-Chairman

Commissioner Tommy Irvin

State Auditor Russell Hinton Secretary/Treasurer

Attorney Kent Alexander

Comments? Suggestions?
GBA wants to hear from you!
Write your comments, questions or suggestions here and GBA will answer them in the coming issues of
Tenant Talk. You can fax in your comment card to: 404.657.0337.

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