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Krewe Of Sant Yago Knight Parade Is Saturday
Employees Recognized For Putting Safety First
The annual Krewe of the Knights of Sant' Yago Knight Parade will take place this Sat- urday, February 13, 2016 at 7 p. m. The parade will proceed up Nick Nuccio Parkway, turn east on 7th Avenue to 23rd Street. The parade disbands east of 23rd Street.
To accommodate the event, 7th Avenue will be closed after lunch starting at 2 p. m. Barri- cades will be set up at the inter- sections and bicycle racks will be installed along 7th Avenue from Nick Nuccio Parkway to
24th Street. Bleachers will be set up in designated parking wells along 7th Avenue. Park- ing will be allowed on 7th Av- enue until 2 p. m. and will be signed. Please make sure all ve- hicles are removed from 7th Avenue by 2 p.m. to avoid tick- eting and towing.
The parade is FREE to the public. For bleacher seating in- formation, please contact The Italian Club at (813) 248-3316 or visit www.knightparade. com.
Several employees of Duke Energy were recently recognized for putting safety first on the job.
Duke Energy recognized 14 employees during a recent award presentation held in Tampa for their safety efforts across Florida. Four were from the Tampa Bay area.
Safety is Duke Energy’s number one priority and a re- sponsibility shared by every- one. Each year managers nominate All-Star award recip- ients to celebrate employees who go above and beyond in safety leadership and engage- ment.
Recipients represent vari- ous work environments both in the field and office work space.
The 2015 Florida All-Star
Safety Award winners in the Tampa Market are: Chet Braden, Lineman, St. Peters- burg; Troy Britt, Lineman, Haines City; Tony Casalvieri, Sr. Engineering Technologist, Inverness; Paul Fleckenstein, Lineman, Dunnellon, Donas Hanken, Construction and Mainte- nance Contractor Specialist, Winter Garden; Brendan Kehrley, Hines Energy Com- plex, Bartow; Janet King, Sr. Administrative Specialist, Clearwater; Dwayne Koceja, Troubleman, St. Petersburg; Joe LaDuca, Supervisor of the Meter Lab, St. Petersburg; Jennifer Lee, Senior Rev-
enue Services Specialist, Clear- water; Billy Morgan, Substa- tion Electrician, Crystal River; Nicole Salvato, Supervisor Work Management, St. Peters- burg; Eric Schmidt, Cert Welder Mechanic, Crystal River; and Tammy Slaugh- ter, Laborer Supervisor, Crys- tal River.
The 2015 Florida All-Star Safety Award winners in the Orlando Market are: Ramon E. Figueroa, Engineering Technologist III, Lake Mary; Scott Mallory, Lineman, Buena Vista; Prince McKin- ney, Troubleman, Longwood; and Brian Thompson, Line- man, Apopka.
Florida Competitive Workforce
Act Postponed
As Equality Florida contin- ues their efforts for inclusion and equality, the Florida Sen- ate Judiciary Committee dis- cussed the Florida Competitive Workforce Act (SB 120) Mon- day. The bill would add sexual orientation and gender identity to existing state non-discrimi- nation laws.
After two hours of discus- sion and public testimony, the bill was postponed and will possibly be brought back up in the next Senate Judiciary meeting.
Equality Florida CEO, Na- dine Smith, said they are not
done.
“The bill lives to fight an-
other day, and we will continue to push lawmakers to vote in support of basic non-discrimi- nation protections for LGBT Floridians.
“Florida is at a historic crossroads, and the nation is watching to see whether law- makers turn the third-largest state in the country toward progress, or lurch it back- wards.”
During the discussions of the bill, Senators defeated a sweeping religious exemption amendment.
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