City of Laurinburg
Employee HR Newsletter
February 2017
What’s Inside the Issue?
Message From HR
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News & Announcements
2
New Hires
3
Years of Service
3
Happy Birthdays!
3
HR Team
4
It’s a great reminder that we should all take better care of
ourselves-starting with our heart! There are so many factors
that play into heart health, take a proactive approach to help
prevent future health issues!
 Schedule an annual check-up with your doctor
 Start moving and stay active at least 30 minutes a day
 Change your eating habits, increase vegetables and fruits
 Decide to quit smoking/chewing tobacco products
 Drink your 64 ounces of water everyday
FOR A HEALTHIER YOU!
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Congratulations! Brianne Murray was
promoted from Senior Plant Maintenance
Mechanic to Chief Treatment Plant Operator!
WELL DONE! On February 8, 2017, Tim Pierce, Brandy
Parker, and Billy Gibson received recognition from Boles
Funeral Home for going out of their way to help and
accommodate them during an extremely stressful situation.
Hiram Rhoades Revels (1822 - 1901)
Hiram Revels began his life in Fayetteville, North Carolina in 1822. Born a free man
of African American and Indian descent. Revels studied at the Quaker school in
Liberty, Indiana and attended Knox College in Ohio. He became an ordained
minister of the African Methodist Church and traveled extensively to African
American congregations in Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Tennessee, Kentucky, Missouri,
and Kansas. Revels settled in Baltimore in 1845 where he became principal of a school
for African Americans as well as pastor of a local church. During the Civil War,
Revels assisted in organizing black volunteers for service in the Union Army and then
joined federal forces himself. He was stationed in Mississippi as chaplain to a black
regiment. He became the first African American member of Congress. After the war,
Revels was appointed alderman by the military governor and was later elected to the
state senate. In 1870, he became the first African American elected to the United
States Senate. His goal as senator was to restore political rights to former confederates.
Senator Revels supported desegregation in education and on the railroads. After his
term in the Senate ended, Revels became president of Alcorn Agricultural and
Mechanical College in Mississippi.
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Welcome New Hires to the City!
Brandon Whitaker
Ground Technician
02/06/2017
February 2017 BIRTHDAYS!!
YEARS OF SERVICE
February 2017
Robert Ellis
36 Years
John Terry
24 Years
Eric Deese
21 Years
Levern Cole
18 Years
Jerry Locklear
17 Years
Randy Chavis
15 Years
Terrence Ellison
15 Years
Ann Shampy
14 Years
James Hunt
9 Years
Angela Taylor
5 Years
Robert McRae
1
Year
Latoya Bright
1
Year
Gary Lockey
02/04
Kevin Page
02/04
Jacquelyn Melton
02/04
Mitchell Adkins
02/06
Richard Ward
02/09
Phillip Jones
02/10
Donald Locklear
02/13
Raquime Mercer
02/19
Robert Ellis
02/20
Horace McInnis
02/24
Charles Brayboy
02/25
Stephen Daniels
02/26
Barbara Haywood
02/26
Congratulations are in order for those
celebrating birthdays and years of service
with the City! Keep up the great work!
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Human Resources Staff
Betty J. Galloway, HR/Risk Management Director
Phone: 910-291-1739
Email: [email protected]
City of Laurinburg
Human Resources Department
305 W. Church Street
P.O. Box 249
Laurinburg, NC 28352
Phone:
910-277-3638
Stephanie B. Sellers, Human Resources Assistant
Fax:
910-277-2454
Phone: 910-291-2591
City website: http://www.laurinburg.org/
Email: [email protected]