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Employees and Units of the Fourth Quarter of 2011 The
City of Gatlinburg is proud to award the following
employees and units for their hard work and dedication to the City of
Gatlinburg. |
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Mike Ownby Utilities Department
During the course of his regular workday on October 21, Utilities Department employee Mike Ownby was reading a water meter at a residence on Cline Drive when he heard a voice calling for help. Mike determined the voice was coming from inside the home and quickly made a phone call for assistance. When emergency personnel arrived and entered the residence, they found a 79-year-old female who had fallen the previous afternoon and had not been able to get up or call for help. In recognition of his alertness, keen hearing and quick action to aid a citizen in distress, Mike Ownby of the Utilities Department is deserving and hereby recognized as a 2011 Employee of the Fourth Quarter.
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Shaun Cogdill Parking Department
Driving to work on the morning of October 11, Shaun Cogdill of the Parking Department came up on a vehicle stopped in the middle of the road on Highway 441 South, commonly referred to as the Spur. Shaun pulled over and assisted in getting the car, which had been involved in an accident, off the roadway as 911 was called. At that point, Shaun realized the passenger in the car was unconscious and having great difficulty breathing. Drawing on his training as a volunteer with the Caton’s Chapel Fire Department and Sevier Search and Rescue, Shaun knew he had to get a better airway established. Taking care to maintain a proper C-spine position for the passenger, he positioned the victim to clear the airway and rendered assistance until help arrived. The patient was airlifted to Knoxville and from all reports is doing well. In recognition and appreciation of his life saving training and his willingness to stop to render aid to an accident victim in distress, Shaun Cogdill of the Parking Department is deserving and hereby recognized as a 2011 Employee of the Fourth Quarter. |
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Ashley Miller
Already considered an asset to the City of Gatlinburg as Assistant City Planner, Ashley Miller has assumed the additional duties of the Human Resources Manager on an interim basis. Though Ashley possessed no prior experience in the field of Human Resources, she has embraced the challenges of learning and performing a new set of job skills and duties with a positive attitude to ensure the continuation of such an essential service to the City and its employees. In recognition of her unselfish attitude and willingness to accept new challenges and duties for the benefit of the City and her fellow employees, Ashley Miller is deserving and hereby recognized as a 2011 Employee of the Fourth Quarter. |
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Building Maintenance and Street Department
The Street Department hauled around 40 truck loads of fill dirt, compacted the ground and raised one end of the site by 18 inches in order to ensure proper drainage. Street personnel then graded the gravel to prepare the site which the greenhouse construction crew said was one of the best they had seen. Before the construction crew was able to start, electric power had to be brought to the site, which presented a challenge because all power lines in that area near Proffitt Road are located underground. Supervisor Wayne Large of Building Maintenance coordinated several meetings with Sevier County Electric System which resulted in the installation of the required vaults and subsequent connection of electricity to the facility so construction could begin. In recognition of their thorough and capable performance in a timely manner to prepare the site and supply electricity to ensure the construction of the new greenhouse, the Street Department and Building Maintenance Department are deserving and hereby recognized as the 2011 Unit of the Fourth Quarter.
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