Q3 2022 Newsletter

➢ ARPA FUNDING The American Rescue Plan, also known as ARPA and Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal ➢ Blood Draws Recovery Funds is a United States Department of the Treasury program delivering ➢ Cognitive Word $350 billion to state, local, and Tribal governments across the country to support their response to and recovery from the COVID-19 public health emergency. Search ➢ Cornhole Fun “The program ensures that governments have the resources needed to: ➢ Fireworks Safety ➢ Great Recipe Fight the pandemic and support families and businesses struggling with its public health ➢ Job Thoughts and economic impacts, maintain vital public services, even amid declines in revenue, and ➢ Safety ➢ Jail Update build a strong, resilient, and equitable recovery by making investments that support ➢ Telehealth long-term growth and opportunity. “ ➢ Milestones Adams County received $6,091,895.00 and has created a committee of several members ➢ Birthdays within the County to help assist in the distribution and the allocation of funds to best serve the County as a whole. This committee consists of: Mike Stromer, Ron Kucera, Donna Lab Draws Fegler-Daiss, Melanie Curry, Ron Pughes, and Ramona Thomas. While the committee analyzes the needs of the community, county infrastructure and overlooked projects that Please remember had monetary stumbling blocks in the past, this committee has the arduous task of to fast for 12 distributing money fairly, equitably and responsibly to multiple requests. When the hours. checkbook appears open, it is amazing the number of hands reaching for it. The committee looks at applications that have been submitted from local community supported programs Blood Pressure as well. Body Composition The key areas suggested by the U.S. Treasury that recipients must focus on is Replacing Lost Public Sector Revenue, Public Health and Economic Impacts. You will be required to remove your socks and With the current request of Employment Premium & Retention pay of up to $10,000 for qualifying Adams County employees, the guideline and final ruling states: “Provide premium shoes pay for eligible workers performing essential work, offering additional support to those who have and will bear the greatest health risks because of their service in critical sectors. Recipients may provide premium pay to eligible workers – generally those working in person in key economic sectors – who are below a wage threshold or non-exempt from the Fair Labor Standards Act overtime provisions, or if the recipient submits justification that the premium pay is responsive to workers performing essential work.” The committee is actively looking at the entire ARPA budget, and presenting to the commissioners their recommendations. The Commissioners have the final say as to how best to serve our community, infrastructure, projects and requests. The final ruling from the Department of the Treasury can be found at: https://home.treasury.gov/policy- issues/coronavirus/assistance-for-state-local-and-tribal-governments/state-and-local- fiscal-recovery-funds/recipient-compliance-and-reporting-responsibilities

15 HAPPY Words COGNITIVE WORD SEARCH There are 12 Assured Bright Sunny Peppy NEGATIVE Content Confident Smile Words, if Laugh your mind Encouraged Glad Fun finds more negative words than HAPPY words, then maybe you should smile more! Happy Joyful Lively Merry Thank you to all that participated in the Cornhole tournament (adventure) on June 2nd!! Thanks to all the help!!! Big thank you to Shari Brei, Carlia Brundage, Brooke MacDonald, Byron Morrow and Melissa Emmons for all the help and guidance. Hope to do it again! When do you GO at Red and STOP at Green? When you are eating a Watermelon!

July 4th is a celebration for our independence, however the celebrations that we partake in are not only dangerous to people, it is harmful to pets, and can take a toll on our military veterans. “For some veterans, the sound of fireworks can remind them of the sound of gunfire,” said psychiatrist Amit Etkin, a former Stanford University professor and CEO of Alto Neuroscience, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company. According to the American Pyrotechnics Association, buyers will spend abouStIR2.E3NbTilEliSoTnS:dollars on fireworks this year on the12FoNuorothn of July. Instead of investing in “Burning Dollars” consider donating to a worthy cFaiurssteSaantudrdjoaiyn Hastings Parks and Recreation Departomfetnhtefmorotnhteh annual Fourth of July Celebration at Brickyard Park. Food and drink will go on sale at 5:30Appmrila-nOdcttohbeecroncert will take the stage at 7 pm. After the sun sets, the Premier Pyrotechnics will light up the sky with Hastings annual fireworks show. Admission is free. Ingredients All you do: 4 Flour Tortillas ➢ Spread 1 side of 1 8oz Spreadable chive and each tortilla with onion cream cheese cream cheese 1 cup shredded carrots 1 cup shredded cheese ➢ Layer with the 1lb thin sliced cooked roast beef carrots, Monterey Leaf Lettuce Jack cheese, beef and lettuce ➢ Roll up tightly and cover ➢ Refrigerate for at least 30 minutes ➢ Cut in half or into 1-in. slices ➢ Makes about 4 servings

You argue if it is sunny outside or not! You clutch your shopping cart tight to prevent you from ramming it into the person annoying you! Bob wished he had explored before jumping. Bob was offered –and immediately accepted, a position with another company, because it offered him his first management role, along with more pay. Of course, he thought all would be great; and for a few weeks, it was. After several months, he was not feeling the love. • “Nobody listens to my ideas here. I’m the new kid on the March 26 block, and they make that obvious.” April 30 May 28 • “Now I have to work Saturdays, Sundays and some night June 25 shifts.” July 30 August 27 • “The extra money isn’t worth it, because I don’t fit in with If you are having difficulty in this micro-managed, siloed culture.” your job satisfaction: • “I really miss my former boss and colleagues. We all Speak to your supervisor worked together well; we got things done.” Bring solutions to your concerns • The commute is so much longer, and now my phone rings when I am off. Recognize the reasons you’re not happy • I get called in early, and asked to stay late. • My check is never right, seems like every week something Ask yourself “What can I do to make ME have a better day?” is wrong with it. • There is talk of down-sizing or possibly closing this Be the helper and not the needy location, now I have to find ANOTHER job! Reach out for more responsibility • My insurance is more expensive so the raise I thought I Recognize the GOOD in your day! was getting, I’m really not! Before you quit, take time to think about why you’re leaving. Are they for the right reasons?

Complacency PROCEDURE FOR FILING SAFETY Take regular breaks to get up and move around CONCERNS AND HAZARDS Sitting all day puts office workers at risk for numerous health “An employee of Adams County problems. Our warm up and stretching guide gives you easy may bring a safety concern or exercises you can do at work. hazard to the attention of the County Safety Committee by Sitting for long periods at your desk can lead to some serious complications. submitting a signed statement on This lack of activity doesn’t just affect your health. It can have a direct impact on your the prescribed form. These forms work performance and engagement. According to studies from the American College of are located in a wall pocket in the Sports Medicine and the Journal of Workplace Health Management: lobby of the first floor of the courthouse and also in a wall • 60% of employees said their time management skills, mental performance, and pocket located at the maintenance ability to meet deadlines improved on days they exercised office at the Adams County Office Building and on County Intranet. • 27% of employees reported higher levels of “dealing calmly with stress” on days The safety committee will consider they exercised the safety concern or hazard and determine its validity. If the • 41% of employees reported higher rates of “feeling motivated to work” on committee feels the safety concern exercise days or hazard is valid, the committee will talk with the official or Besides these health aspects, the number one benefit exercise has on your work is that department head of the office it improves your productivity by allowing you to take regular breaks and clear your involved to attempt to find a mind. solution. The safety committee will report back to the employee who submitted the notice of a safety concern or hazard as to the action or actions being taken correct the problem. Highway and Sheriff’s Department employees will file the safety concern form with their supervisor and a copy with the County Safety Officer. The department supervisors will forward the concerns to the department safety committees and take action within a reasonable amount of time. A copy of the actions taken to correct the safety concern will be filed with the County Safety Committee. FOR EMERGENCY REPORTING OF A SAFETY ISSUE: Contact BUILDING AND GROUNDS!

Our First WALL is up!! Progress is beginning to move along at the new Adams County Jail site! Telehealth Through BlueCross BlueShield of Nebraska Getting an appointment with your doctor when you’re sick can be challenging. With telehealth services from Amwell®, you can video chat with a U.S. board-certified doctor from the convenience of your mobile device or computer. The average wait time is less than 10 minutes and it costs less than a visit to the emergency room or urgent care. Telehealth services are available 24/7 in all 50 states. It’s perfect when your doctor’s office is closed, you’re too sick or busy to go in person, or when traveling. You can use telehealth services for: • Sinus Infection • Cold • Flu • Fever • Rash • Pink Eye • Ear Infection • Migraine • Sore Throat Sign up by downloading the Amwell app to your smartphone or by visiting Amwell.com

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Since your last birthday 31,536,000 seconds have passed. Since your last birthday it will have beat about 42,075,900 times. Since your last birthday you have taken approximately 10,512,000 breaths. World population has grown by around 76,570,430 since your last birthday. In the time it takes you to read this, another five babies will have been born. JULY AUGUST SEPTEMBER Cheryl Bontz – July 2nd Dale Callahan – Aug 1st Todd Brundage – September 1st Diane Marty – July 3rd Byron Morrow – Aug 2nd Randy Connor – September 2nd Lana Christiansen – July 7th Jon Bornemeier – Aug 3rd Justin McCully – September 3rd Kevin Mauck – July 7th Araceli Vasquez – Aug 4th Courtney Wright – September 9th Kayla Quinn – July 8th Toby Alber – Aug 6th Lee Hogan – September 10th Harold Johnson – July 10th Travis Schieffer – Aug 8th Alejandro Serna Arenas – Sept 10th Delbert Kotas – July 12th Jordan Garver – Aug 9th Raquel Maar – September 10th Syliva Estes – July 13th Troy Hoffman – Aug 9th Doug Sittner – September 10th Heather Guzman – July 15th Leroy Samuelson – Aug 10th Carol Ryan – September 12th Joe Patterson – July 15th Jodi McLaughlin – Aug 11th Nathan Arehart – September 12th Jaden Lutz – July 16th Krystal Barrientez – Aug 13th Fred Warner – September 14th Sam Zeleski – July 17th Todd Hinrichs – Aug 13th Patrick Tarr – September 18th Rebecca Tockey – July 18th Diane Martin – Aug 14th Anjanette Bonham – Sept 20th Brooke Macdonald – July 19th Melissa Henrie – Aug 21st Michael Shafer – September 20th Deanna Thaut – July 23rd Steven Laird – Aug 24th Greg Anderson – September 26th Jazmin Chavez – July 23rd Derek Monie – Aug 25th Anthony Hilburn – September 30th Jennifer Seberg – July 24th Robert Rust – Aug 27th SRTcohontistKCunoceellriwnass––lJeuJutlytlye320r8thiths provided for Myoatuth, ebayNyieomuo!thP–lAeuags3e0tshhare questions, ideas, birthdays, anniversaries, special events, or upcoming events! To nominate a department to spotlight, or recognize one of our great employees, or to submit an article. please email: [email protected] Look for the next upcoming Issue in: OCTOBER 2022!