Please, bear with us! - Monroe County Sheriff`s Office

July 18, 2014
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Please, bear with us!
By Lt. Charlene Sprinkle-Huff
The Communications Center will be temporarily moving over to the EOC building located at 2678
Overseas Hwy Wednesday July 16, 2014 at 0400.
This is our temporary and back up site during emergencies.
We
plan on
being at
this site for
approximately
one month
while our
main center is being
reconfigured.
During this time our Communication Officers will be
using radio consolettes, primitive paging equipment
and laptop phone system. It is possible that as we
move through this process there are some task we
might not be able accomplish. We appreciate your
patience and understanding during this time.
I say see you later alligator.....
From the desk of Evan Mosley
My last day at work will
be July 25. My partner and I
are relocating to the St. LucieMartin County area A/K/A The
Treasure Coast of Florida to
be closer to family. Come
out and help us celebrate at
Pinchers Crab Shack on August 2nd. The address is
712 Duval St Key West from
7 p.m. - 10 p.m. See you
there!!!!!!!!!!!
Second Quarter Service Awards
The above group, including Director Laura White
and Julie Todd from Emergency Communcations
and Lt. Charlene Sprinkle-Huff from the
Communications Division all helped coordinate
the move to the back-up Communications Center
at the Marathon Government Center.
The second quarter service awards are scheduled for August 8th at 2 p.m. at the Marathon Government Center. The following people will be honored for their years of service:
5 years
Nicklas Clark
Roman Dula
Justin Mancuso
Karl Markowski
Christopher Fraser
Tammy Hankins
Elizardo Ortueta
Sheila Tabone
Garrett Test
Continued on the next page
10 years
Ruth Echevarria
Nancy Torrijos-Paskiewicz
15 years
Mark Bender
Jennifer Torres
20 years
Kendra Albury
Keena Allen
Mary Cohen
Gerald Fisher
Eugenia Rivas
Charlene Sprinkle-Huff
Glenn Test
25 years
Mark Belile
Alberto Ramirez
can’t afford to buy their own. The deadline for donations is August 4th. Thanks in advance for your useful donations!
Thanks for giving blood
One bedroom for rent on Big Pine Key, with
shared bath and kitchen. $600 per month includes
utilities and Direct-TV. Call Brian Spence at 305394-4016.
From Tamara Snider
Just wanted to take a moment to say “thank you”
to those who recently donated blood during the July
16, 2014 drive at the Headquarters’ Building:
Brian Berry Denise Dery
Alan Bouchard Michael Robison
Polly Deihl Janet Kuypers
Juan Gil Lynny Hill
Titus Hodges Tonya Bauguess
Timothy Oggeri Michael Michalic
James Painter
Anne Sweeney
Thomas Riccio
Tamara Snider
Debra Ritchason
The Community Blood Center – Oneblood
greatly appreciates your continual support and the 11
units that were collected will go a long way towards
replenishing the blood supplies in our community
and ultimately saving lives. The Sheriff’s Office, the Department of Juvenile
Justice and other local organizations involved in
working with youth and their families will be collecting school supplies over the next few weeks for kids
in their programs. Youth in our Teen Court, Civil Citation and IDDS programs will be included in this effort.
There will be donation boxes placed in Sheriff’s
substations county-wide by Monday. When you are
out shopping, pick up a few supplies for those who
Realtor Joe Cerza says he has a great deal
available for a house on Stock Island. Located at D3
10th Avenue on Stock Island, it was built in 2003.
Three bathroom, two baths with some “custom upgrades”. Price is in the neighborhood of $280,000.
He says that Iberia Bank is offering a Florida first
time Home Buyer bond of $10,000 toward the down
payment as well as FHA rates between 3.75 and 4%
APR. If you are interested, call him at 305-731-6416.
For Rent
School supplies for needy families
House for sale on Stock Island
Farmer Jeanne and Mo the Sloth made appearances this week at the Key West Library Summer
Reading program and at Vacation Bible School at Key West Methodist Churcy. The kids all love Mo and
he loves visiting with them! Jeanne wants to thank perpetual farm volunteers Mike Grattan and Emil
LaVache for helping her out with her farm open houses. This past open house attracted a whopping
250 people to the farm! What a great turnout!
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Sheriff Rick Ramsay was on hand
at the last day of the Florida
Sheriff’s Association Summer
Camp. The kids in the camp all
said they had a great time and
thanked the Sheriff’s Office for all
their help during the week. More
pictues of camp activities are on
the next page......
Big Pine Academy got a
facelift thanks to members of
the Sheriff’s Office who got
together to paint some of the
classrooms this week.
Birthday
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Name
Oggeri
Burkett
Kelly
Quad
Valdes
Andrews
Killen
Stullken
Dixon
Hambright
Cranney-Gage
Piatetski
Uecker
Timothy
Bobby
Donatella
Michelle
Yeny
Julian
Adelaide
Krystal
Yvonne
Sarah
Jillian
Leonid
Nancy
Job Title
Detention Deputy
Deputy Sheriff
Sheriff's Aide
Legal Secretary
Finance Coordinator
Detention Deputy
Detention Deputy-Laundry
Communications Officer
Detention Deputy
C.J. Mental Hlth. & Substance Abuse Proj.Dir.
Assistant Director-Finance
Detention Deputy
Programs Assistant-Main Control
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Jill Cranney-Gage and Yeny
Valdez are in Puerto Rico
this week at the HIDTA
headquarters there, doing
an inventory audit on the
initiatives we receive grant
funding from.
Florida Sheriff’s Association
Summer Camp!
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Above, just a few of the 32 people who showed up for a
recent clean up in Islamorada. At the right, cleaning up
in Islamorada. Below, participants of the clean up gather
ahead of time to coordinate clean up plans.
Deputy Matt Koval took a report recently
of illegal dumping at the 92 mile marker in
Tavernier. He called Community Partner Keys
Sanitation to pick up the trash.
Captain Corey Bryan says the Islamorada
District is so committed to cleanin up the
Keys that even the hermit crabs in Islamorada
have joined the effort!
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Lower Keys Cleanup
Huge turnout for the cleanup this
morning at the entrance to Key
Haven in the Lower Keys. Thanks
to Public Works, the Big Pine
Road Prison, Waste Management
and to everyone else who was
there to help.
Thanks particularly to Deputy
Vicki Fleck and Sgt. Linda Mixon
for organizing the event.
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Special Thanks to our Sponsors:
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M.A.R.C., Inc. is a 501(c)(3) Non-Profit Organization providing life services for Monroe County
residents with Developmental Disabilities.
“A copy of the official registration and financial information may be obtained from the Division of Consumer Services by calling toll-free
(800-435-7352) within the state. Registration does not imply endorsement, approval, or recommendation by the state.”
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