May 1

Published by the Mesa County Employees’ Association Editor: Lorie Wuebold May 2016

May 2

April 25th—May 6th - Mother’s Day Drawing

May 7th - Roadside Cleanup

June 6th—June 17th - Father’s Day Drawing

June 15th - Ice Cream Social

August 5th - MCEA Night at the GJ Rockies Game

August 10th - Employee Recognition Lunch, Long’s Park

October 8th - -Roadside Cleanup

November 3rd - Craft Fair, DHS

December 7th - Holiday Social, MCCS Building

May 3

May 4

What ’s going on around the town…

May 1st—CMU Maverick Classic (Cycling) Downtown GJ, Glade Park & Whitewater

May 6-7th—18 Hours of Fruita, Highline Lake

May 6-7th—Palisade Brews & Cruise Festival Memorial Park, 120 W. Eight St., Palisade

May 6-7th Monster Truck Mud Run

Mesa County Fairgrounds

May 7th—Cinco De Mayo Celebration (36th Annual) Downtown Grand Junction

May 7-8th and May 14-15th—A Taste of Spring-Colorado’s

First Statewide Barrel Tasting Colorado Wineries

May 8th—Mother ’s Day Pancake Breakfast

(Orchard Mesa Lions Club) Mesa County Fairgrounds

May 14th—Law Enforcement Torch Run 5K Run/Walk Western Colorado Botanical Gardens

May 14th—Bloomin’ Deals Plant Sale, W. CO Botanical

Gardens

May 20-22nd—Downtown Music Festival Downtown , Grand Junction

May 27-28th—Shrine Circus, Mesa County Fairgrounds

May 28-June 4th—JUCO, Suplizio Field

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Camela White, DHS Adult Services, 7 yrs. In July

Small town atmosphere. Love the outdoor opportunities & community focus.

Over, of course.

Learn to keep bees, Train dogs for agility, and a few research projects

Good long daily hike, catch up on the yrs of undone things I never get to do, volunteer. Nice vacation would be great too.

Original

Little House on the Prarie

Wave my pinky up/down without other fingers moving

Invisibility

I grew up loving horses. Lots of memories of riding everywhere on my horse!

May 11

Michael Green, Marketing & Communications Director, Hilltop Office: (970) 242-4400; Mobile (610) 621-7690

Extraordinary Women Fundraiser Benefits Hilltop’s Latimer House

(Grand Junction, CO) - Eide Bailly, CPAs & Business Advisors, proudly presents the 2016 Extraordinary Women fundraiser for Hilltop’s Latimer House. All proceeds benefit those affected by domestic violence and sexual assault. Funds are raised through the sale of collectible mugs and tote bags featuring a choice of two original paintings by local artist Fay Timmerman. This year’s Extraordinary Women items are available beginning April 15th and include:

The Extraordinary Women Mug filled with goodies including candies, accessories, beauty products, lip balm, and more for $35.

The Enstrom Edition Mug filled with Enstrom’s almond toffee, toffee bars, and boxed chocolate assortment for $50.

The Extraordinary Women Tote Bag with a surprise inside for $24

The Extraordinary Women Travel Mug with a surprise inside for $20

The Extraordinary Women Collectible Mug with a surprise inside for $15

Extraordinary Women items can be ordered by calling (970) 244-0436, online at ExtraordinaryWomenMugs.org, or by visiting any of the five Alpine Bank Grand Valley locations or the Main Street Gal-lery. Celebrate the Extraordinary Women in your life – makes the perfect Mother’s Day, Administrative Professionals’ Day, and grad-uation gifts! Latimer House provides emergency shelter, individual and group counseling, advocacy, children’s services and 24-hour crisis lines for the victims of domestic violence and sexual assault. For 30 years, Latimer House has provided a safe, home-like environ-ment, for women, children, and men who are experiencing domestic violence and sexual assault with the goal of helping them move from crisis to confidence.

Hilltop 1331 Hermosa Avenue Grand Junction, CO 81506 (970) 242-4400 (970) 243-4646/fax

www.htop.org

May 12

ARE YOU CONNECTED, Mesa County? Are you a local citizen? I certainly hope so, if you are working for Mesa County! Our focus these days are on communication direct with citizens. One way we achieve this is through our agency’s news blog, www.MCSONews.com. Anyone signed up to receive our communi-ty notifications via email, will get a notice when the blog has been updated, right into your email account. Who doesn’t want to be better informed about emergency situa-tions, crime scenes and law enforcement activity in our County? (And, I don’t mean infor-mation from the news outlets!) Don’t wait and forget…sign-up today! Vis-it:www.MCSONews.com and enroll your email address(es) into the box in the top right corner of the webpage.

SOCIAL MEDIA SITES Mesa County has a few social media sites that are just one way to communicate with citi-zens and media in our area. As County employees and local citizens, you are encouraged to follow the sites that interest you as one way to stay informed in our County activities, hap-penings and more. Also, if you have activities, information or ideas that can add to the value of these sites, please contact the division public information officers directly. THANK YOU! FACEBOOK-- MC Health Dept: https://www.facebook.com/HealthyMesaCounty?fref=ts MC News: https://www.facebook.com/mesacounty MC Human Services: https://www.facebook.com/MCDHS MC Sheriff's Office: https://www.facebook.com/Mesacountysheriffsoffice MC Commissioner Rose Pugliese: https://www.facebook.com/MesaCountyRose Mesa Co Clerk:https//www.facebook.com/mesa.clerk MC Treasurer: mctreas@mesacounty.us MC Workforce Center: Facebook.com/MesaCountyWorkforceCenter TWITTER-- @WeAreHealthyMC @MesaCountyNews @MesaCountyRose @MesaCountyJIC @MesaCountyDHSGJ @MesaCountyClerk

May 13

MESSAGES FROM THE IT DEPARTMENT Many of you have embraced the usage of cloud based storage for sharing information with people inside and outside the organization. While I.T. does not block the use of services such as Drop Box, Sky Drive, etc…, we do highly recommend using Google Drive through your Mesa County account. Google Drive is managed and supported by Mesa County I.T., whereas other storage sharing services are not managed or supported by Mesa County I.T. and may violate Federal or State policies such as HIPPAA, PII, and CJI. Please use caution when sharing any information to ensure you are not putting yourself, Mesa County or Mesa County customers in jeopardy. If you have questions about how you can utilize Google Drive to complete your tasks, please do not hesitate to contact the MC IT Help Desk. help.desk@mesacounty.us 970-683-4200 If you are using Google Drive you can now disable downloading, printing, and copying from the advanced sharing menu. This is perfect for when the file you're sharing contains sensitive information that you don't want shared broadly or leaked. This new option is available for any file stored in Google Drive, including documents, spreadsheets, and presentations created with Google Docs. To enable this feature, open the sharing dialogue from any Google document, spreadsheet, presentation, or other file inDrive on the web and click on Advanced in the lower right hand corner. Check the ‘Disable options to download, print, and copy for com-menters and viewers’ box and click Save changes.

Notes:

This feature can be enabled by file owners only, and on the web only

Once this feature is enabled, all entry points for downloading, printing, and copying will be removed

from GoogleDrive, Docs, Sheets, and Slides on all platforms. Google documents, spreadsheets, and presentations for which this feature has been enabled will show a notification at the top of the File and Edit menus

May 14

NEW HIRES—APRIL 2016

(Through pay period ending 4/20/16)

PROMOTIONS—APRIL 2016

Jessica Abbot Eligibility Specialist I DHS Erin Andrews Public Health Nurse II Health Sandra Brown Accounting Technician Treasurer Maria Parrott Accounting Technician Treasurer Kellie Nelson Promoted to Assessment Analyst Assessor Cameron Poore Promoted to Asst. Co. Attorney I Atty David Schwenke Promoted to Dist. Court Deputy DA DA Kaye Simonson Promoted to Lean Planner-SR Planning

Amanda Polson, Bobbie Gross, Sundae Montgomery, Patti Inscho, Tamela Spelts and Jesse Redmond tabulated 4 municipal elections and conducted 6 logic and accuracy tests April 5, 2016 in just under an hour!

Palisade arrived first at 7:55 PM and Collbran arrived last at about 8:30 PM. We assist these small municipalities by formatting their ballots, supplying envelope packets, tabulate their ballots and hand them their official re-sults. They benefit from our buying power because we bid their elections out with our large ones.

In 2012 and 2014 we tabulated and tested for the same 4 municipalities but didn’t pull out of the parking lot until nearly midnight. Last night we were skipping out of the door (OK, maybe not skipping) but walking out with heads held high at 9:15 PM!

This team continues to impress with ingenuity, innovation and perseverance!

Much appreciated Elections crew!

Sheila Reiner, Mesa County Clerk

May 15

Mesa County has switched our Employee Assistance Program (EAP) services from Aetna to TRIAD EAP ef-fective January 1, 2016. TRIAD EAP provides confidential counseling to eligible employees and their families to assist with various life issues such as relationship problems, coping with change, grief, anger management, alcohol or drug depend-encies, depression, work stress, domestic violence, legal and financial issues. Your names are kept confiden-tial by TRIAD – Mesa County won’t know who uses TRIAD’s counseling services. To schedule an appointment, call TRIAD EAP at 970-242-9536 or toll free: 1-800-679-1100.

You and your immediate family members have free and confidential access to: Local counselors for up to 5 sessions per year per incident. Be sure to call TRIAD before calling the coun-

selor. The Legal Assist benefit enables you, your spouse and/or a dependent family member:

o Immediate, free half-hour telephonic legal advice

o Local referral for in-person legal advice – free ½ hour consultation; these lawyers discount their fees by 25% if additional assistance is required

o Coverage in all 50 states in case your issue is outside Colorado

o No restrictions on how often you can use the legal service

Financial experts are available to help address a variety of issues including Debt Management, Bankrupt-cy prevention, credit report review, housing education, and financial counseling.

Integrated ID Recovery: Provides you with a toll-free, telephonic, 30-minute consultation with an identity re-covery professional.

Counselors are also available to assist with critical incident or conflict resolution sessions at the request of management.

To access our personalized website (the user ID and password aren’t case sensitive): Go to: www.triadeap.com

User ID: mesa Password: county There are lots of great resources available on the website, including a “provider search” feature to decide which counselor might be the best fit for your needs. An EAP is a safe and confidential resource to help employees work through both personal & work issues

May 16

FUN AT THE FAIRGROUNDS Take a glimpse at the many events that are coming up at

our own Mesa County Fairgrounds!

http://www.mesacounty.us/fairgrounds/

Event Hotline 970.255.7100 -- Office 970.255.7107

PUBLIC EVENTS CALENDAR - 2016 Fairgrounds Free - Public Mtg Date Event Name Location or Admission 1st W. Slope Reining Horse Show Arena Complex FREE 6-7th Monster Truck Mud Run Grandstands $12-$25 7-8th Gr Valley Dressage Horse Show Arena Complex FREE 8th Lions Club Pancake Breakfast “C” Building $6 prior/$7 @ door 14-15th Racing in the Rockies Barrel Race Mahindra Arena FREE 21-22nd Gr Mesa Kokopelli Llama Show Mahindra Arena FREE 27-28th Shrine Circus Grandstands Tickets @ City Market 28-30th Racing in the Rockies Barrel Race Mahindra Arena FREE

MAY

May 17

Time to start planning your garden. Here’s an idea….why not “Grow Another Row”. This concept has been going on in the valley for several years now. All the produce from the other row can be donated to the lo-cal food banks and charities. The Tri River location is a drop off site. They will be in touch with the organizations for pick up. Thank you in advance for your generosity! Ascochyta Leaf Blight of turf: Straw colored patches of dis-eased turf will appear on drought-stressed turf during May. Begin: a lawn watering schedule that is deep and infrequent based on the water needs of the turf. Apply treatment for Ash Borer between now and May 10. Leafcurling Aphids: These aphids will start to appear on plums, peach, honeysuckle and other plants. Inspect and treat if needed. Fertilize Cool Season grasses. Even if you fertilized in the fall, you will only need to fertilize lightly this spring. 1/2 lb of Nitrogen per 1,000 sq foot area of turf. Don’t know what type of grass you have, call the Master Gardener desk. Sprays to protect Apple and Pear fruit from Codling Moth should be started about two weeks after petals fall. Three to four inches of mulch around plants is recommend-ed. Be sure to soak the ground before applying the mulch to cool the ground. Be careful that you do not over water plants in areas that are mulched. Check the soil moisture content under the mulch before watering. Overwatering trees and shrubs is a common problem. While these woody plants would like a thorough soaking on occasion, it is important that these plants not be kept wet all the time. Ok to start pruning back roses . Make the pruning cuts at a 30 to 45 degree angle, 1/4 inch above a bud eye, leaving about 6 to 8 inches of the cane. In order to keep the center of the plant open for better air circulation and light penetration, these cuts should usually be made to an outward facing bud eye. With all these precautions in the spring, gardening can be overwhelming, please enjoy your time in the garden. All other gardening questions, please call a Master Gardener at the Extension office at 244-1836.

What’s Happening In The Garden?

By: CSU Extension, Master Gardener Desk

Help Desk's tip:

IT would like to remind everyone that you should never save information di-rectly to your hard drive. This in-cludes your directories named desktop, downloads, libraries and docu-ments. We cannot backup your local hard drive. The potential for losing this data is very high and in the past few months we have seen a rise in loss due to hard drive failures. This is a frustrating situation for everyone in-volved.

All files should be saved to the net-work on your p:, s: or in some cases the x: drive. Google Drive is also a great location as users can access it from an-ywhere on almost any device. If you are unsure of where your documents are being saved, if you need assistance moving data from your local drive or if you need assistance getting files into Google Drive, please contact the help desk.

May 18

CLASSIFIED ADS PLEASE NOTE: ADS ARE DUE BY THE 20th OF EACH MONTH

FOR SALE

TO PLACE A CLASSIFIED AD OR HAVE INFORMATION INCLUDED IN THE NEXT NEWSLETTER, PLEASE SUBMIT INFORMATION TO LORIE WUEBOLD by the 20th of each month

Phone: 244-1859 or email: lorie.wuebold@mesacounty.us

One week timeshare in Vail, Colorado available for sale. It is week number 25 each year (June 19-26 in 2015), Friday to Friday. Owners have had the timeshare for many years, sometimes spending the week at Vail and many times exchanging it for condos or cruises all over the US and beyond at all times of the year. The unit is in west Vail and is one bedroom with queen bed, two queen sleeper sofas, and two full baths. It accommodates six people, has a fully-equipped kitchen, dining/living room, wood-burning fireplace, free wireless internet, cable TV and DVD player. Amenities for owners on site include indoor/outdoor swimming pool and spas, sauna, steam room and fitness room, racquet ball court, game room, washer/dryers. In addition, there is complementary shuttle service to Lionshead and Vail Village. This season, the beau-tiful Vail area offers first-rate mountain biking, hiking, fishing, and rock climbing. For photos, see www.cedaratstreamside.com.

WIN THIS BEAUTIFUL QUILT!

Thanks to the Sunset Slope Quilters, CLAWS is raffling off this beautiful quilt called "Cat's Night Out". The Quilt has been appraised at $4,200! Raffle tickets are only $5 each and all proceeds go directly to benefit all the cats at CLAWS!!! Tickets are avail-able at the Shelter or call El-eanor at 270-6684 to have your tickets delivered to you.

2001 Palomino Cab-Over Pop-Up camp-er. In good condition, clean, no leaks, new bed, 3 burner gas stove, refrigera-tor, hot water heater. No bathroom. Fits a short bed truck. $4,000. Call Joni at 970-250-7473.

1996 Sun Tracker Party Hut Pontoon Boat. Lots of upgrades including an upper deck, new Sunbrella enclosed canvas, new toilet, large kitchen area, lots of sleeping room. Pontoons pres-sure tested and no leaks. 115 H/P outboard motor recently tuned up and new hydraulic trim installed. Great Lake Powell boat. $15,000.00. Call Joni at 970-250-7473. Can send more pictures.

May 19

Core Trainer Inversion Chair Excellent Condition Approx $300 new Sell for $95 Contact Kathy at 986-0009

Young Living Essential Oils and Oil-infused products - wide variety of natural prod-ucts, for all ages, helps support our body systems, sustains health & wellness, provides aromatherapy and creates a chemical free home. Call or text Kelly at 970.644-0219 or

visit our website: www.passionforoils.vibrantscents.com

TO PLACE A CLASSIFIED AD OR HAVE INFORMATION INCLUDED IN THE NEXT NEWSLETTER, PLEASE SUBMIT INFORMATION TO LORIE WUEBOLD by the 20th of each month

Phone: 244-1859 or email: lorie.wuebold@mesacounty.us

CLASSIFIED ADS PLEASE NOTE: ADS ARE DUE BY THE 20th OF EACH MONTH

FOR SALE

Lakeside Condo $85,000

Desirable third floor, south-west corner unit with view. 2 bedroom; 1 bath. 846 sq. ft. New paint, newer cabinets, flooring, and appliances. Tennis courts, RV storage facil-ities, quarter-mile walking path around lake, beautifully maintained grounds, and a recre-ational building which contains a heated swimming pool, saunas, hot tub, and exer-cise room. Conveniently located within an easy driving or walking distance of grocery stores, shops, restaurants, medical facilities, and Colorado Mesa University. Virtual Tour available at

https://youtu.be/Fl9hUH47ANE

Call Julie at (970) 712-3880

FREE composed horse Manure for your garden.

Call Carrie at 970-471-1474

Contact Elizabeth at (970) 433‐6388. Vehicle is located in Grand Junc on and available to view. Sedan 4D Engine: 3.0L V6 Transmission: Automa c 274,907 miles 28 MPG Tires and windshield were updated in 2015 and a Sony HD Radio CD Receiver with Bluetooth was installed in 2014. Heat and air condi oning work great. BONUS: Al‐len Sports bike rack that holds up to 2 bicycles!

1995 Toyota Avalon XL-Very Reliable $2,000.00

To See the Hottest New

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In Wickless Candles and

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Please visit my website

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or call Deydra

at 970-260-1179

May 20

Being a Mesa County Employee You can... Ride the GVT for free Obtain an electronic sticker from Grand Valley Transit downtown facility, 525 S. 6th St., M-F 8:00 AM-5:30 PM What a great way to save on gas! Banking Services Credit Union of Colorado (CUOFCO) 202 Main Street, Phone: (800)444-4816 www.cuofco.org Grand Junction Federal Credit Union 910 Main Street, Phone: 243-1370 www.grandjunctionfcu.org/ Wells Fargo www.wellsfargo.com Discount Fitness Club Memberships Anytime Fitness 2740 Hwy 50 Grand Junction, CO 81503, 242-7200 Cross Roads Fitness http://www.crossroadsfitness.com/ Downtown Location: 225 N. 5th Street, Phone: 241-7800 Horizon Drive Location: 2768 Compass Drive, Phone: 242-8746 Golds Gym http://www.goldsgym.com Clifton Location: 3229 I-70 Business Loop, Clifton, CO 81520, Phone 523-4500 Grand Junction Location: 700 Maldonado Way, Grand Junction, CO 81501 Phone: 243-4653

Affordable Automotive Discount Services Mesa County employees receive a 10% discount on automotive services Discount Computer Software Microsoft Office Suite: This program enables you to purchase a licensed copy to install on your computer http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/

licensing/default.aspx. Enter corporate email address and program code: D54548F2A3 Discount Cellular Service Verizon Wireless: 18% Discount on monthly access fee and qualifying voice plans with a monthly access fee of $34.99 or higher and 25% off

accessories. Movie Tickets Regal Cinemas: Human Resources has movie tickets for $8.50 each. That is a savings of $2.25 per regular adult admission price. The passes

are good at any Regal Entertainment Theater. Our local Regal Theater is located at Market Street, off 24 Road. The tickets are unrestricted; valid for all movies, all show times, and have no expiration date. They are not valid for special events or private screenings, and there is a sur-charge fee for IMAX, Large Format or 3-D Films. Tickets can be purchased at the HR Office located in the Courthouse, 544 Rood Ave on Floor 3A. Ticket Sale hours are 8:30 am to 4:30 pm. We prefer cash payment for purchase of tickets. If you have questions, please contact the Human Resources Department at 244-1856. For movie show times, please visit the Regal Entertainment website at: http://www.regalcinemas.com/

May 21