FEBRUARY 16—MARCH 15, 2016

In This Edition: *Texas Independence

*Vote!!

*Birthdays

*Anniversaries

*Kudos

*H-E-B Winners

*Guess Who

*New Babies

This is the Great Month of February...Groundhog Day, San Antonio

Rodeo begins on the 11th and goes through the 27th, President Lincoln’s

Birthday, St. Valentine’s Day, President Washington’s Birthday, my

birthday, and this year...Sadie Hawkin’s Day (on the 29th) that occurs

only once every four years, and during my lifetime, the month containing

the most snow days here in S. A. Quite a lot for the shortest month of

the year...but it is always the best month, at least for me...LOL!

Donna Kay McKinney

TEXAS HISTORY

180 years of

Independence!

On March 2, 1836, the Texas

Declaration of Independence

was adopted in general

convention at Washington on

the Brazos and Villa de Bexar

became known as the city of

San Antonio.

www.bexargeneaology.com

And on March 6, 1836, a 13-

day siege of the Alamo by

Mexican troops led by Santa

Anna ends on this day with a

battle in which all remaining

defenders were killed.

On August 26, 1920, the

19th

Amendment to the

U.S. Constitution was

finally ratified.

Don’t take this right for

granted.

Photo ID required

(S.B. 14).

MARCH 1, 2016

PRIMARY

ELECTION

Early voting takes place

Feb. 16-26, from 8AM-6PM

in the basement tunnel

next to the cafeteria.

March 1918, Texas women

won the right to vote in

primary elections.

Suffragettes fought for

almost 100 years to win

the right to vote in

political elections.

FEBRUARY

Jessica Bogardus 21st

Albert Chavez 21st

Olivia Cruz 23rd

Ms. McKinney 24th

Amanda Ruiz 24th

Leticia Leija 26th

Sandy Denn 27th

MARCH

Daniel Galan 1st

Paul Dulin 6th

Jamie Osio 8th

Bertha DeLeon 8th

Isabel Lizcano 9th

Bianca Garza 9th

*20+ YEARS*

Bonnie Banks (21)

Tina Medina (19)

*10+ YEARS*

JACKIE CADE (14)

Lidia Gamez (12)

*5+ YEARS*

Albert Chavez (8)

Laura Guevara (8)

Sandra Martinez (8)

Jesse Garay (5)

DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME BEGINS ON MARCH 13th. SET YOUR CLOCKS AHEAD.

This is written in praise of Bonnie Lewis. You need to be aware that she provides outstanding service to customers even when she is presented a problem that is not one she is required to handle. After calling several Bexar Co. offices who assured me they couldn’t correct an issue I had with my voter registration, I called the Texas Secretary of State Voter Registration Office who couldn’t correct it either. They sent me to your office where I spoke to Bonnie. Although she couldn’t resolve the problem, she gave me several offices to contact, and she was as helpful as she could be given the circumstances. It is refreshing to work with a civil servant like Bonnie Lewis who does not adopt the typical bureaucratic attitude of “this is not my area so I can’t help you.” Please accept my thanks for having such outstanding people as Bonnie Lewis on your staff. Sincerely, Eugene Hickman.

Attorney Tony Diaz says: “Thank you very much, Alice (Gonzales) for helping me and thank Felisa Garza, the young lady that answered the phone, for being so helpful. She had a very good and professional disposition and was very efficient.”

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FLOWERFLOWERFLOWER DAYDAYDAY———

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H-E-B SLIM DOWN

SHOWDOWN RESULTS!!

Kristina Contreras (Records) won an elliptical

as the grand prize for losing the most weight.

For the most percentage lost, Anthony Cantu

(Div. Chief) came in 2nd and took home a lunch box and a

Misfit. Edward Mireles (Civil) also won a lunch box and a Misfit

for improving his numbers. And Alice Gonzales (Criminal)

received a Misfit for coordinating the program for the

participants in the District Clerk’s office. Also pictured is Jacob

Rubio from Civil Filing.

Jennifer Brazil (225th) with Baby

Brazil who is due March 2, 2016!

For the employees who participated in last month’s DC Brief poll, Angie Cruz (Finance) was the only employee to predict the Broncos would win the Super Bowl!

Selection Sunday is March 13,

2016 on CBS. The first round

of the big dance begins on

March 15!! The championship

game is being held on April 4

in Houston at NRG Stadium –

Rice University.

The Spurs won their second

NBA Championship in 2003,

their first year of doing the

Rodeo Road Trip. www.mysanantonio.com/sports There was no mistaking who

our “Who’s This Employee” photo was in the last issue of the DC Brief — Ms. McKinney! All of the guesses were correct. Now take a guess who our next two characters are. Click/Control on

the question mark to submit your guess.

IT’S a BABY!!!

Congratulations go out to

Daniel Galan (Children’s Ct.)

and his wife Ashley. Their

baby is due July 10, 2016!!

In February 2005, YouTube was launched by a group of college students.