Employees Have a Ball with July County Cup Competition
By: Tim Moubray, Director, Parks & Recreation
July ’ s contest celebrated National Parks & Recreation Month with a fitting tribute to one of the oldest and most versatile pieces of recreation equipment, the ball. For this challenge, staff were required to make a guess regarding how many balls of varying sizes and purposes were present in a trophy case. After 80 guesses were tallied, two employees came out on top with the exact guess of 303. Congrats to Amy Jeffries of Team DSS, and Michelle Williams of Team Admin/HR, for their outstanding “ guesstimation ” skills! They will each be awarded a much - coveted, framed winner ’ s certificate, as well as six OCPR camping lanterns for themselves and five team members of their choice. Coming in tied for third at one off, were Greg Lillard (304) and Laura Dorrian (302), both from Team Extension. Tabitha Rhoades of DSS (305) and Tony Jessup of DPW (301) tied for fifth at two off. Cindy Hawkins of DPW (299) claimed seventh by herself. Three members of Team Ops tied for eighth at five off, which rounded out the Top 10. They are Rosanna Zamudio (308), Karen Gibson (298), and Jayson Woods (298…… Welcome back!!!). Focusing on team standings, DSS had a big showing with 15 points to increase their lead. DPW, with 9.5 points, jumped up to tie Finance for second. Other big movers on the leaderboard were Extension (15 points) and Admin/HR (9.5 points).
“ Ballieve ” it or not, there were 303 total balls in this trophy case!
The August County Cup competition will once again be open to all staff and will be held at the J.U.I.C.E. Employee Appreciation event on August 30, at Booster Park. So, it will truly be open to ALL staff. Big points can be obtained, if you get your folks to play. Here ’ s your August hint: The “ open to all staff ” contests have been all mental challenges and guessing games (Candy Guess, March Madness, Ball Guess). This one will be a physical test, although ever so minimally. You just have to put it right on target ……
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