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December 4, 2017 Monthly Publication Send a card. It’s the biggest little thing you can do.

Greetings News

VIP Team

These are the activities that are com-ing up for December:

Bell Ringing for the Salvation Army—December 9

Christmas Gifts for Adopt a Child—November 27th –December 8th

Hallmark Holiday Silent Auction— December 4th-15th

Thank You For your participation in the Salvation Army Share the Warmth Coat Drive! Because of your generosity, we surpassed our goal of 100 items!

We collected:

47 coats

13 blankets

22 scarves

43 hats

31 pairs of gloves

For a total of

156 items!!

Thank you!

VIP Team

40 years

Sandy Davis (Virko), 12/19

Cheryl Cobb (Foil Stamp), 12/28

Marcia Devlin (Product Integrity), 12/28

Brenda Garvin (Production Services), 12/28

Geno Hefner (Department E), 12/28

Hall Family Foundation Scholarship

The annual Hall Family Foundation Scholarship program is open for nominations. The nomi-

nation and student application deadline is January 31, 2018.

For more detailed information about the program see the Frequently Asked Questions

(FAQ) tab at www.hffscholar.org.

Awards will be announced in mid-May.

Thank YouThank YouThank You

I would like to express my thanks to my Hallmark family for the prayers, cards, phone calls and

Facebook messages during the illness & death of my brother John Williams.

Love you all to the moon & back! Berta Lough (Packaging)

The following employee will retire on December 8:

Kym Miller (37 years)

The following employee will retire on December 15:

Gary Brown (43 years)

Congratulations!

Amy Downing & Patrick Drake were married

October 31, 2017.

Dec 01 Edward Perez

Dec 02 Donald Coffee

Dec 03 Tony Fleming

Dec 03 Scarlett Gordon

Dec 03 David McConnell

Dec 03 Sandy Poston

Dec 04 Paul Terry

Dec 05 Brenda Davis Miller

Dec 05 Randy Jamison

Dec 05 Michael Weatherly

Dec 06 Kerri Barker

Dec 06 William Brynds

Dec 06 Scott Stormann

Dec 07 Carrie Hill

Dec 09 Heather Ledom

Dec 09 Wes Vanderpool

Dec 09 Max Winter

Dec 10 Misty Grube

Dec 10 Chris Huston

Dec 11 Isiah Essex

Dec 11 Beth Gorman

Dec 12 Brad Johnson

Dec 13 Christy Vestal

Dec 14 Rudell Hart

Dec 14 Eloisa Lopez

Dec 14 Christine Moore

Dec 14 Randy Shockley

Dec 15 Jesi Boeth

Dec 15 Tracy Dethloff

Dec 15 Melissa Oshel

Dec 16 Guillermo DeJesus Vega

Dec 17 Kathy Hickey

Dec 17 Barbara Rollins

Dec 20 Bruce Murrish

Dec 20 Ron Soendker

Dec 20 Mike Zeller

Dec 21 Wayna Bernhard

Dec 22 Joe Anderson

Dec 22 Joe Baranski

Dec 22 Steven Freeman

Dec 22 Kevin Rice

Dec 23 Gene Petrie

Dec 24 Pam Sheaffer

Dec 24 Dennis Sherry

Dec 26 Antonio Brooks

Dec 26 Brooks Christman

Dec 26 Annette Esler

Dec 26 Donna Thompson

Dec 27 Christine McMechan

Dec 28 Jeff Best

Dec 29 Betty Farr

Dec 29 Oneill Rodriguez Ramirez

Dec 30 David Konrade

When putting updecorations,use a stepstool orladder toreach highplaces

Reheat leftoversto at least165˚F

T he12 DAYSof

SAFETY

9 10

11 12 H appyWhen preparing a meal, washhands, utensils,sink and anythingelse that touchesraw meat

Turn offall treelights anddecorations when notin use

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Holidays

Designate a soberdriver

1Never uselighted candlesnear trees

orboughs

Choose an artificialtree that islabeled fireresistant

5 7Check holidaylights for fraying,bare spots, gaps in the insulation or excessivekinking in the

wire

If using anatural tree,make sureit is wellwatered

Keep poisonousplants outof reachof childrenand pets

Makesure yourtree hasa stableplatform

2 3 4Keep trees away fromfireplaces, radiators andotherheat sources

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The following people have won the United Way parking spots for December 2017: Merry Wilde, Marcia Devlin, Rose Clark and Carolyn Lewis.

Congratulations!!