Mesa County celebrates and thanks their valued staff members for their dedication, loyalty, hard work, outstanding contributions, and commitment. Congratulations to all of you on your achivements and tenure recognition.
Also, a very special thank you to the Mesa County Employees Association (MCEA) for hosting the celebration!
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| MCEA |
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| Pam Hawkins and Frank Whidden |
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| Braved the rain to celebrate co-workers |
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| But first, let us take a selfie |
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| Lunch time! |
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| Scott McInnis and Rose Pugliese |
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| Sheila Reiner & Lori Westermire |
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| Frank Whidden, Pete Baier, and Greg Linza |
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| It stopped raining for five minutes |
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| Sheila Reiner and Melissa Herek |
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| Joanne Hine |
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| Raining again |
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| Just a little bit of rain |
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| Well, maybe a lot of rain |
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| The guys |
Recognition of 5 Year Employees:
Jane Hilt – Assessor
Gene Hughes – Assessor
Michael Peterson – Assessor
Frank Whidden – County Administrator
Casey Bartman – CJSD
Joshua Bay – CJSD
Melissa Englund – Clerk and Recorder
Amanda Polson – Clerk and Recorder
Lori Westermire – Clerk and Recorder
Brian
Fuselier – DA’s OfficeMichelle Houlne – DA’s Office
Scott Aker – DHS
Jackie Berry – DHS
Grant Jackson – DHS
Michael Blevins – DHS
Becky Boyd – DHS
Caitlin Donohue – DHS
Kimberly Espindola – DHS
Melissa Hatley – DHS
Amy Joy – DHS
Alexi Vincent – DHS
Candice Logsdon – DHS
Yadira Manila – DHS
Eden Martin – DHS
Melissa Schierland – DHS
Sara Tourney – DHS
Shane Chatfield – Health Dept.
Jeff Kuhr – Health Dept.
Stephanie Mothersell – Health Dept.
Melissa Salter – Health Dept.
Eric Farslow – IT
Bill Tarlton – IT
Brenda McKay – Benefits Administrator
Trent Howell – Surveyor
Darla Krummel – Fleet
Hope Petrie – Waste Mgt.
Melissa Barney – Sheriff
Nick Bouton – Jail Operations, Sheriff
Garth Cowley - Sheriff
David Harmon – Jail Operations, Sheriff
Randy Harper – Jail Operations, Sheriff
Eric Herring – Jail Operations, Sheriff
Mark Johnson – Sheriff
Seth Parker – Sheriff
Gary Pauls Jr. – Jail Operations, Sheriff
Shane Pfister – Sheriff
Patrick Green – Surveyor
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| Five years working for Mesa County |
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| Five years working for Mesa County |
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| Patrick Green |
Recognition of 10 Year Employees:
Matt Barber – Assessor’s Office
Matt Kramer – Assessor’s Office
Enola Miller – Assessor’s Office
Miranda Kinnett – CJSD
Consuelo Atencio – DHS
Tori Bozarth – DHS
Matt Furphy – DHS
Heather Jones – DHS
Candace McGuire – DHS
Elizabeth Smith – DHS
Misty Ulibarri – DHS
Melissa Watson – DHS
Federico Vargas – Facilities
Michelle Colon – Health Dept.
Jillian Miller – Health Dept.
Heather Nara – Health Dept.
Greg Rajnowski – Health Dept.
Mike Konn – Engineering Dept.
David Lay – Engineering Dept.
Paul Popish – Fleet
Eric Sawyer – Road and Bridge
Kathy Young – RTPO
Ben Carnes – Sheriff’s Dept.
Mary Gonzales – Sheriff’s Dept.
Lorene Hernandez – Sheriff’s Dept.
Gina Tedesco – CJSD
April Prock – DHS
Amanda Erkman – Sheriff’s Dept.
Cynthia Lambert – Sheriff’s Dept
Cathy Tate – Sheriff’s Dept
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| Ten years working for Mesa County |
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| Ten years working for Mesa County |
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| Federico Vargas (center) |
Recognition of 15 Year Employees:
Anna Kline – Attorney’s Office
Chad Music – CJSD
Virginia Baughman – Clerk’s Office
Sheila Reiner – MC Clerk and Recorder
Moira Cross – DHS
Blanche Means-McDonald – DHS
Lora Thompson – DHS
Judy Barnett – Finance
Mariann Baca – Health Dept.
Lhana Jordan – IT
Dave Underwood – IT
Randall Price – Planning
Pam Hawkins – Public Works
Danny Click – Road and Bridge
Gabe Hardies – Road and Bridge
Matt Woodring – Road and Bridge
Brian Pobirk – Traffic Dept.
Jean Boothe – Risk
Vicki Andreen – Sheriff’s Dept.
Jeremy Balleweg – Sheriff’s Dept.
David Benjamin – Sheriff’s Dept.
Carolyn McFarland – Sheriff’s Dept.
Lisa Peck – Sheriff’s Dept.
Eric Sperber – Sheriff’s Dept.
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| Sheila Reiner & Rose Pugliese |
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| Carolyn Mcfarland (walking to the podium) |
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| Ginny Baughman |
Recognition of 20 Year Employees: Joel Bishop – CJSD Eudora Martinez – DHS Michelle Trujillo – DHS James Mackley – Facilities Pete Baier – Public Works Director Rudy Bevan – Road and Bridge Supervisor Boyd Vanlandingham – Road and Bridge Robert Beagley – Sheriff’s Dept. Pete Dalrymple – Sheriff’s Dept. Jeremy Dillon – Sheriff’s Dept. Lori Grover – Sheriff’s Dept. Dave Holdren – Sheriff’s Dept. Matt Lewis – Mesa County Sheriff Connie Olson – Sheriff’s Dept.
Wayne Weyler – Sheriff’s Dept.
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| Michelle Trujillo and Eudora Martinez |
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| Rudy Bevan (straight ahead, wearing ball cap) |
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| Jeremy "Mike" Dillion |
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| Connie Olson |
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| Matt Lewis and Scott McInnis |
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Butch VanLandingham
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Recognition of 25 Year Employees:
Donald Hendricks-SO
Lissah Norcross-SO
George Salazar-ASSR
Dianna Valdez-ASSR
Shirley Taylor-Health
Frank Kochevar-PW-Eng
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| Don Hendricks |
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| Pam Hawkins and Dianna Valdez |
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| Shirley Taylor |
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| Frank Kochevar ( in the ball cap) |
Recognition of 30 Year Employees:
Nancy Ahrens-DHS
Carla Dittman-SO
Jerry Herrera-R&B,
Allen Kiefer-R&B
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| Nancy Ahrens |
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| Carla Dittman |
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| Matt Lewis and Carla Dittman |
Recognition of 35 Year Employees: Sandra Sebold-DHS
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| Sandra Seabold |
Congratulations to everyone on your milestones and ongoing hard work!
Bonus pictures
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| The ladies at Public Works are all smiles. They are up to something. |
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| Julie Constan squirts water |
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| Connie Hahn running around with a water bottle |
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| Scott McInnis tells Rose Pugliese there is a bug on him |
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| It's a spider! |
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| It's a plastic spider! |
