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MickeyBorn in March 2010, Mickey is a male tuxedo cat. He thoroughlyenjoys being petted and having his belly rubbed. He is extremely laidback, highly socialized, afraid of nothing and loves being at socialgatherings in the mix of all the people. He has no problem transitioningdue to his laid back personality and gets along famously with other catsand dogs. His foster family says that there is no kitty like him. AdoptMickey from Save Our Strays Inc. Call 481-5262 or visitwww.saveourstraysinc.com.

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June BugJune Bug is a 6-year-oldgreyhound mix with lots of love togive. She has been patientlywaiting to be adopted for sixmonths and deserves a loving,forever home During June heradoption fee is just $30. AdoptJune Bug at the Humane Societyof Pinellas, 3040 S.R. 590 inClearwater. Call 727-7722. Visitwww.HumaneSocietyofPinellas.org.

IchabodIchabod is a handsome 2-year-oldcat. Despite his good looks andquiet demeanor he has been atFriends of Strays for almost hiswhole life. He is up-to-date on hisvaccinations, neutered,microchipped and ready to go tohis forever home. For moreinformation about Ichabod, visitFriends of Strays at 2911 47thAve. N. in St. Petersburg. Call522-6566.

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Jim Harmon, left, Camp Florida director, accepts a check for $5,000from Bruce Sobut, past president of the Rotary Club of Indian RocksBeach. The matched funds were donated to offset the $43,000 costof repairs and upgrading of the camp’s swimming pool. The 18-acreRotary Camp Florida has air-conditioned camps for 120 people andit is made available year-round to organizations that serve childrenwith special needs. Visit www.rotaryscampflorida.com or call 813-654-4048.

Volunteer offers mediation skills to countyBy BOB COSTIGAN

Scott Messer is a person whodoesn’t like to sit still. In additionto owning Mediative Concepts, aconsulting company that dealswith mediation and employee re-lations, the 57-year-old St Peters-burg resident also finds time tovolunteer with Pinellas County’sOffice of Human Rights.

One or two days a week youcan find him mediating a varietyof different cases involving dis-crimination that come before theHuman Rights Office.

Those cases could involve em-ployment, fair housing, public ac-commodations or any one of anumber of government relatedprograms. As Messer explains it,most of the time he will meet withall parties involved in hopes ofcoming up with a resolution tothe problem without having thecounty get involved with a com-plete investigation and or possi-bly having to go to court.

He says he likes doing media-tion, because he doesn’t knowwhat to expect and every case isdifferent and always somethingnew. Many times Messer said, amediation case is unfortunatelyall about money, although not al-ways.

“Sometimes,” he said, “it’s justcorrecting a misunderstanding“Some cases involve getting a per-son’s job back.” On rare occa-sions a settlement has beenmade with just a simple apology.

Another reason Messer likeswhat he does is because he can

be “creative” in trying to come upwith a solution that everyone canagree on. The only real limits, hesaid, to a settlement are that ithas to be ”ethical, legal and bind-ing”.

The old saying that “if youcould find something that youwould like to do, and even if youdidn’t get paid for it, you woulddo it, that’s me” he said. Messernotes that as a mediator, hedoesn’t decide the outcome, but

Helping handsHelping handsOutstanding volunteers

Photo courtesy of PINELLAS COUNTY COMMUNICATIONSScott Messer volunteers as a mediator at the Pinellas County Office ofHuman Rights.

rather the parties themselves arein control and they decide theoutcome, and at times it can be aremedy that’s not availablethrough the courts.

Messer said he has learned notto make early judgments in acase because a mediator is only“getting a slice, a couple of framesout of a movie, and so you gowith what you see and take peo-ple at face value.” He notes a per-son “doesn’t have to convince amediator of something; they haveto convince the other side. So ifthe other side is willing to accept

their argument then I’m willing toaccept their argument.” Mostcases, he said, are resolved inone day, but it might be a longday.

It’s not all work and no playhowever for Messer. In additionto all the time he spends with hisconsulting firm and mediating forthe county, he still finds time forrecreation. Both he and his wifelove to cycle and are fortunate tolive near the Pinellas Trail, forwhich they are both big propo-nents. They average about 100miles per week, and once or twicea year will take cycling vacations.

He laughingly notes Florida ispretty flat so it’s not as hard tocycle here as it is somewherewith lots of hills and or rough ter-rain.

As for volunteering, Messer en-courages others who may bethinking of volunteering to try it.He says he was skeptical at firstwhen he would hear people saythey got much more out of volun-teering than they gave, but nowbelieves it’s true. He said it’s agreat education and he is con-stantly learning new things andfinds there are” a number of greatpeople” he works with at thePinellas County Office of HumanRights.

Pinellas County volunteers canexpect to make a difference in thelife of their community, while ex-ploring interests, sharing knowl-edge, assisting others andmaking friends. For more infor-mation, visit www.pinellascoun-ty.org/volunteer, emailvolunteers@pinellascounty.org orcall 464-VIPS (8477).

This article was provided byPinellas County Communications.

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