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ADC Staff Take Top Honors at ASEA Awards THE A DVOCATE A PUBLICATION OF THE ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION September 2012 Inside this issue ; ADC staff take top honors at ASEA Awards Director‟s Corner 2 AACET Events 2 School Supplies 3 Red Ribbon Contest 3 The New Blues 3 Health Matters: Stress 4 Ride „Em Cowboy 5 SEARK Scholarship 6 Texarkana Fairground 6 Service Awards 7 Bark at Dark 7 Special Needs Unit: 8 Hospital Behind Bars 9 ADC Teams Score Big 10 Benefit from Training 11 Calendar of Events 11 Nominees and finalists for ASEA Outstanding State Employee of 2012 are from left to Spirit of 110 Awards 12 right: John Kleiner, Lucy Flemmons, Daniel Potter, James Brooks, Lavern Tittle, Wanda Barn Fire at Cummins 12 Reeves, Wendell Taylor, Tiffanye Compton, Nicole Hughes and Richard Meeks. Also nominated, Thomas Green (not pictured). EARU Awards 13 Policy Spotlight 13 Three employees from the Arkansas “There are many in this room who work Training Academy News 14 Department of Correction were among long days and volunteer their weekends to five finalists for Outstanding State Em- help others,” McDaniel said. “Out of 14 Cemetery Restoration ployee as the Arkansas State Employees more than 50,000 state employees, you Promotions/New Hires 15 Association (ASEA) held its 44th annual were recognized for your outstanding Parting Shots 16 convention in Little Rock August 17-18. dedication and service.” Delegates met at the Doubletree Hotel This year, 11 of the 25 nominees for to honor nominees for Outstanding State Outstanding State Employee were Arkan- Employee of 2012 on Aug 17. sas Department of Correction staff. They Arkansas‟ 55th Attorney General Dus- were: Lavern Tittle, Benton Unit; Thomas tin McDaniel was guest speaker for the Green, North Central Unit; Superinten- evening. Addressing a crowd of approxi- dent James Brooks, Northwest Arkansas mately 300 state employees and family Work Release Center; Nicole Hughes, members, McDaniel described the 25 Ouachita River Unit; Lucy Flemmons, nominees as the “tip-top” of their fields. volunteer services coordinator; Continued on Page 3 Page 2 ADC Advocate Arkansas to host 14th WWICJJ conference this month Women of the Arkansas Depart- days in the longest prison hostage Now to the real reason for this ment of Correction are making some- situation in U.S. history, will offer the topic, this month. thing extraordinary happen this keynote address during opening cere- About 1,640 of ADC‟s 4,000 em- month. Our agency, along with the monies. Lori Pompa, founder and di- ployees are women. This conference help of the Arkansas Department of rector of the Inside-Out Prison Ex- is a tribute to all of you – and it is Community change Program, will give the key- dedicated to Cpl. Barbara Ester, who Correction, is note address during the general ses- was killed in the line of duty on Jan. hosting the sion Monday and on Tuesday, Dora th 20, 2012, at the East Arkansas Re- 14 National Schriro, commissioner of the New gional Unit. W o m e n York City Department of Correction, Women are represented at every Working in will speak. The closing session level and rank of ADC. We have fe- Corrections Wednesday will feature Mary Ca- male administrators, wardens and and Juvenile rouba and Terri Tobin of the Women Justice Con- at Ground Zero Project. deputy wardens. Of the seven deputy ference in The theme is fitting, “Developing and assistant directors who work with Little Rock. Leaders, Naturally.” This conference me, three of them are women. The When I is jam-packed with workshops. Sev- vice chairman of the Board of Correc- was ap- Ray Hobbs eral sessions will run simultaneously tions is a female who has previously p r o a c h e d ADC Director in the mornings and afternoons – and served as the board‟s chairman. more than a year ago about being the the topics are interesting and current. I am grateful to each and every host state for this conference (by I‟ve seen several that I would like to one of you for your hard work and Mary Livers, a former deputy warden attend and I know you will appreciate dedication. The veteran employees in Arkansas who now works in Lou- them, too. serve as mentors and examples to the isiana), I knew it would be a lot of And there will be a little fun on next generation, who represent hard work, but I also knew ADC was the side. Several social events have ADC‟s future – and that future looks up to the challenge. Over the course been planned for after hours. Monday bright because of all of you. of the past year, a group of dedicated night‟s festivities – properly billed as This conference has been in the committee chairs and members have Rockin‟ on the River – will include a planning stages for a year and now put together a conference that is sure shrimp boil, the Cummins Prison it‟s about to happen. A lot of long to be educational, enlightening and Band and a Baggo Tournament. On entertaining. Tuesday evening, we‟ll have murder hours and hard work are required to I was looking over the week‟s and intrigue over dinner. A murder make an undertaking such as this a agenda and we have some impressive mystery performance troupe will pre- success. Thank you to all who had a keynote speakers. Lois Fraley, who sent “Til Death Do Us Part.” That hand in making this conference hap- was held hostage in Arizona for 15 will be one we don‟t want to miss. pen. I am proud of you. AACET Grandparent’s Day at Playtime Pizza Come join the fun on Sept 23 at Playtime Pizza in Little Rock, where AACET will host Grandparent‟s Day. Activities will include an all-you-can-eat buffet, arcade games, laser tag, bumper cars, black light miniature golf and more. Ticket prices for AACET members, spouses, minor children and grandchildren are $1 for gold members, $2 for silver members, $3 for bronze members and $9 for non-members. All tickets include admission and the all -you-can-eat-buffet, which will be available from noon to 9 p.m. EVENTS Advance tickets must be purchased by 4 p.m. Sept 14 and will be distributed at the door. For tickets, contact Tracey Breshears at 870- 850-8546 or at [email protected] or mail requests to Kevin Murphy, P.O. Box 1579, Cabot, AR 72023. September 2012 Page 3 (Continued from Page 1) Wendell Taylor, head farm manager; Benton Unit donates school supplies Richard Meeks, Construction; Wanda Reeves, agriculture/industry buyer; Tif- fanye Compton, research and planning administrator; Daniel Potter, assistant administrator of IT; and John Kleiner, emergency preparedness administrator. Three of the top five finalists for Outstanding State Employee were ADC‟s John Kleiner, Lucy Flemmons and Thomas Green. Rounding out the top five nominees were Diane Betts, Vice Chancellor for Planning, Account- ability and Development for Southern Arkansas University Tech and Josette Cline, Associate Director for the Uni- versity of Arkansas‟ Counseling and Psychological Services. School counselor Rhonda Francis and Glen Rose Elementary School Princi- Diane Betts of Southern Arkansas pal Lance Robinson, left, accept school supply donations from Dianna Siegel, University was awarded ASEA‟s Out- Holly Bartlett and Deputy Warden Judy Taylor of the Benton Unit. School supplies were also donated to Harmony Grove Elementary School on behalf standing State Employee of 2012. of the Benton Unit Employee Corporation. Red Ribbon Run T-Shirt Contest now accepting entries The 23rd Annual Red Ribbon Run is set RED for Saturday, Oct. 13 to promote being drug- RIBBON free. Designs for this year‟s shirts are being sought. Got a prize-winning idea? First place RUN will win $55, second place $35 and third 2012 place $25. Deadline for entries is Sept 21 at 5 p.m. For more information, contact Ramona Green at 870-267-6302. The New Blues by Bill Watson Page 4 ADC Advocate Stress; recognize warning signs to take control of pressure physician and medical author, evi- dence points to abnormal stress re- sponses causing both severe physical and psychological conditions. Physical conditions include gastrointestinal dis- orders, cardiovascular disease, asthma, migraine headaches and fluctuations of blood sugar in diabetics. Psychological effects of temporary (transient) stress can lead to mild anxiety and depres- sion. Overwhelming and constant under stress have a greater tendency to stress can lead to long-lasting (chronic) engage in unhealthy behaviors such as Stress is simply a fact of nature. psychiatric illnesses such as post- excessive use or abuse of alcohol and Forces from the inside and outside traumatic stress disorder. drugs, cigarette smoking and poor ex- worlds affect us individually. Many One of the positive aspects of stress ercise and nutritional choices. These consider stress to be a negative experi- behaviors can further increase the se- ence because of the overabundance of verity of stress-related symptoms, of- stressful influences in our everyday ten leading to a cycle of symptoms and lives. How we deal with stress can be a unhealthy behavior. Prescription drugs neutral, negative or positive experi- used to treat sleep and anxiety disor- ence . ders such as Valium and Xanax can Stress is related to both external have counterproductive effects for peo- and internal factors. External factors ple who try to mask stress rather than include physical environment, careers, face problems directly. relationships, home and everyday chal- Knowing that chronic and uninter- lenges and expectations. Internal fac- rupted stress can be harmful, it is also tors that determine a body‟s ability to important to learn how to decompress handle stress include nutritional status, is the release of neurochemicals and and cope with the pressure.
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