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ISSUE 10 VOLUME 2 JULY 2013

Upper CumberlandHUMAN RESOURCE AGENCY

NEW UCHRA EMPLOYEES

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Mary BloodworthJonathan CiottiJoseph Savage, Jr.Hilda StarkeyJacqueline Wasik

COOKEVILLE — Those driving down Jefferson Avenue in front of Kroger and Inter-state Drive in front of Logan’s Roadhouse may have noticed some new structures along the sidewalks.

There were two new bus shelters for the Cookeville Area Transit System (CATS), built on Wednesday, July 17 and Thursday, July 18.

“This project has had a com-munity element from the be-ginning,” Rebecca Harris, di-rector of transportation at the Upper Cumberland Human Resource Agency, who man-ages the CATS system, said. “Through the involvement of

the City of Cookeville, Put-nam County government, the Cookeville-Putnam County Chamber of Commerce, the beautification committee of Cookeville, Logan’s and Kroger, that this project came to life.”

The young men of the UCHRA’s residential homes helped construct these shel-ters, which were designed and cut by Homestead Timbers of Crossville.

“This project has been re-warding in more than one way,” Cindy Gardner, owner of Homestead Timbers with her husband, Bruce, said. “It feels good to work with young peo-

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Steve HumeRandall PleasantTerry ReneauAmanda HerrinEviadean Smith

First CATS bus shelters completed in Cookeville

ple, giving us the ability to pass the craft of hand-cut wood to a younger generation.”

Homestead Builders donat-ed time, resources and knowl-edge to make this project about those young men currently in the Indian Mound and Youth Impact residential homes.

Those homes are managed by UCHRA to assist at risk teens. They helped construct the shelters in Crossville and then put them up in the Cookeville locations.

The shelters are built of Cy-press and are put together with Locus pegs giving these struc-tures a tasteful look and built for longevity.

“This is more than a simple bus shelter building project, it is us having the opportu-nity to give these young men an opportunity to learn a skill that could pay off dividends to these teenagers in the future,” Luke Collins, UCHRA execu-tive director said.

The money for bus shelters is from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

Money totaling $9,452.50 was available to acquire bus station support items (shel-ters).

These two locations have the most visibility, allowing for the construction of the shelters.

Transit Operators Make the Wheels on the Bus Go RoundCongratulations to Laddie Smith for being

awarded July Transit Operator of the Month. Laddie joined the Upper Cumberland Hu-

man Resource Agency family on August 10, 1998, where he currently works as a Transit Operator in Cumberland County.

“I love being able to help people get to their doctor appointments and to the grocery store,” Laddie said.

In his 15 years with the agency, he has come across some challenges during the day-to-day duties of his job. When asked

about some of the challenges faced each day, he said that getting clients to their appoint-ments on time can sometimes be a challenge.

Before coming to work at UCHRA, Laddie worked at Tire and Appliance.

When Laddie is not driving a van for UCHRA, he enjoys walking and sleeping.

LADDIE SMITHAwarded Transit Operator of the Month for the month of July.

RECIPE OF THE MONTH

PREPARATION

1. Whisk together first 4 ingredi-ents in a large saucepan over medium-low heat. Cook, whisk-ing constantly, 15 to 20 minutes or until thickened. Remove from heat; stir in butter and vanilla until butter is melted.

2. Fill a large bowl with ice. Place saucepan in ice, and let stand, stirring occasionally, 30 minutes or until mix-ture is thoroughly chilled.

3. Meanwhile, cut bananas into 1/4-inch slices. Break cookies into thirds.

4. Spoon half of pudding mixture into a 3-qt. bowl or pitcher. Top with bananas and cookies. Spoon remain-ing pudding mixture over bananas and cookies. Top with sweetened whipped cream. Cover and chill 2 to 24 hours. Garnish, if desired. Note: For testing purposes only, we used Nabisco Nutter Butter® Sandwich Cook-ies. For photography, we divided mixture between 2 (1 1/2- to 2-qt.) wide-mouthed pitchers. Shortcut Nutter Butter®-Banana Pudding Trifle: Omit eggs, sugar, flour, and butter. Substitute thawed extra creamy whipped topping for sweetened whipped cream. Reduce vanilla to 1 tsp. Place 3 cups milk and vanilla in large bowl; add 2 (3.4-oz.) packages vanilla instant pudding mix. Beat with an electric mixer at medium speed 2 minutes or until thickened; let stand 5 minutes. Stir in 1 (8-oz.) container sour cream. Proceed with recipe as directed in Steps 2 through 4. Note: For testing purposes only, we used Jell-O Vanilla Instant Pudding and Pie Filling and Cool Whip Extra Creamy.

NUTTER BUTTER-BANANA PUDDING TRIFLEJudy came to the office

needing help with her elec-tric bill.

Judy had been out of work since November on Medi-cal leave. She had exhausted all income and benefits. We were able to help her with the electric bill.

Judy stated at the time this would cover her for 45 more days with electric. She said it would give her time to have her disability hearing which

was scheduled in March. I spoke to Judy today and

she said she was doing good and that she had started re-ceiving her disability. She said she received the letter in March and got her first check in April. She said the help with the electric kept it on until she was able to get income back into the home. She was very appreciative for the assistance.

INGREDIENTS:• 3 cups milk • 3 large eggs• 3/4 cup sugar • 1/3 cup all-

purpose flour• 2 tablespoons

butter • 2 teaspoons

vanilla extract• 5 medium-size

ripe bananas• 1 (1-lb.) pack-

age peanut butter sandwich cookies

• 2 cups sweetened whipped cream

• Garnishes: peanut butter sandwich cookies, dried ba-nana chips, fresh mint sprigs

Assistance Success Story fromCumberland County UCHRA