Weekly Bulletin for Feb. 3 - 9

AMERICAN EXPRESS CARD

DON'T LEAVE TOWN WITHOUT IT. An orientation meeting for employees wishing

to apply for a corporate card to use for company travel or entertainment

will be held at 4 p.m. Feb. 5. Check with your supervisor to see if you are

eligible. For more information, call Anita Casillas at 3813.

COMPUTER LEARNING CENTER

NEW CLASSES STARTING. Sign up for these classes, offered now through

Feb. 14:

- cc:Mail: 9 to 11 a.m. Feb. 3; 8 to 10 a.m. Feb. 12

- PC Basics: 10 to 11 a.m. Feb. 12

- Excel 5.0 Part I: 1 to 4 p.m. Feb. 3; 8 to 11 a.m. Feb. 11; 1 to 4 p.m.

Feb. 14

- Excel 5.0 Part II:, 1 to 4 p.m. Feb. 5; 1 to 4 p.m. Feb. 13

- Windows 3.1: 8 to 11 a.m. Feb. 4; 8 to 11 a.m. Feb. 10; 8 to 11 a.m.

Feb. 13

- PowerPoint 4.0 Part I: 1 to 4 p.m. Feb. 4

- PowerPoint 4.0 Part II: 8 to 11 a.m. Feb. 7

- Word 6.0 Part I: 8 to 11 a.m. Feb. 5; 1 to 4 p.m. Feb. 10

- Word 6.0 Part II: 1 to 4 p.m. Feb. 7; 1 to 4 p.m. Feb. 12

- Word 6.0 Advanced Part I: 1 to 4 p.m. Feb. 11

- PowerPoint 4.0 Part I: 1 to 4 p.m. Feb. 4

- PowerPoint 4.0 Part II: 8 to 11 a.m. Feb. 7

- Access 2.0 Part I: 8 to 11 a.m. Feb. 14

- Tutorials (online): 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. every Monday through Friday

For more information, call Opal Hallworth at 3989.

GO WESTERN, DUDE!

GET IN THE RODEO SPIRIT. Express-News employees may wear Western

attire to work through Feb. 17 to celebrate the Rodeo. Western wear should

be appropriate for work, including jeans if they are neat and in good

condition.

EN CORPS OPPORTUNITIES

GOING, GOING, GONE! EN CORPS will hold an office furniture sale Feb. 12,

13 and 14. All employees are welcome to browse through the 420 Broadway

annex building and bid on the used office furniture available. Hours for

viewing the furniture will be 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Feb. 12 and 13. Employees

making the highest bids will be notified Feb. 13. Items must be paid for

and picked up between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. Feb. 14. Sale items will include

desks, file cabinets and office chairs. Proceeds will benefit the employee

emergency fund. For more information, call Diana Perez-Ibarra at 2166 or

Tim Horan at 3840.

MARDI GRAS. You can help the Epilepsy Foundation while having fun at the

Mardi Gras party Feb. 8 at Oak Hills Country Club. Volunteers are needed

for help with decorating, registering guests and assisting with the silent

auction. Any Express-News employee may volunteer. Call Diana Perez-Ibarra

at ext. 2166 for more information.

COMMUNITY RELATIONS

BE A GOOD SCOUT. Two or three individuals are needed to operate the

Express-News' Explorer Scout group. The team will work with Joe Rust to

build up a new Scout corps of young people interested in journalism. Call

3635 for more information.

HONORED. Community Relations Vice President Veronica and her husband,

Ruben Escobedo, are the first married couple to receive the 1997

Brotherhood/Sisterhood Humanitarian Award from the National Conference of

Christians and Jews. They will recognized at an awards banquet, along with

three other local honorees.

HUMAN RESOURCES

SPURS TICKETS ON SALE! Hurry and get your tickets for tonight's Spurs

vs. Sacramento game. There are four tickets, regularly priced at $18, on

sale for $12 each; and eight $10 tickets on sale for $5 each. Call Eli

Rivas at 3975, come by Human Resources to purchase your tickets.

YOU'RE THE ONE CARDS. A new supply of colorful recognition cards has

been distributed to each department. Don't forget to use your cards to

say, "Thank You," "Congratulations" or just to brighten a co-workers' day!

Whenever you collect 10 cards (with 10 different signatures), you may turn

the cards in for prizes at the Company Store.

STRAIGHT TALK WINNER. John Ellis of Creative Services wins the 1996

Straight Talk award for his suggestion to create a weekly sports listing

page in TV Now. His idea brought in more than $60,000 in advertising

revenue. He previously won $250 as a monthly winner and $500 as a quaterly

winner, bringing his grand total to $1,750. If you would like to be big

winner during 1997, start submitting your Straight Talk suggestions now!

SPANISH CLASSES. Would you like to take conversational classes in

Spanish, if they were taught here at the Express-News? Would a better

knowledge of Spanish be helpful to you in your job? The Human Resources

department will set up a series of classes if enough people are interested

in attending. Miguel Holstein will be the instructor. If you're interested

in attending Spanish conversation sessions with others in your level of

expertise, fill out a Training Registration Form and submit it to your

supervisor for approval. Be sure to indicate whether you are a beginning,

intermediate or advanced Spanish speaker. If enough employees indicate an

interest, you will be contacted about class times and dates.

JOB LISTINGS. The following positions became available Jan. 31: Online

billing clerk; accounting clerk, Accounting; and mailer I, Mail Room.

SAFETY & SECURITY

MESSAGE FROM PAUL ALLISON: Regretfully, the instances of petty theft in

our various buildings seems to be increasing. Employees should be aware

that we are making every effort to identify the thieves among us (be they

employees or contractors), using hidden cameras and other appropriate

security methods. At the same time, employees should understand that the

company will assume no responsibility for the loss of any personal items

that have not been properly secured in locked containers.

WELCOME

The following employees join the Express-News Feb. 3: Gerry L. Rain and

Delton W. Deibel, Shopper sales representatives, E-Z Shopper (ext. 3500);

Sherry L. Wright-Townsend and Pdero Escobedo,district sales managers,

Circulation/Home (ext. 2166); and Keri Goins, reporter, Suns (ext. 3334).

BIRTHDAYS & ANNIVERSARIES OF THE WEEK

Happy birthday to Gustav Denecamp, Louis R. Ramirez (Feb. 3); Ralph

Evans, Cindy Jackson, Denis Quintero, Kristine Smith (Feb. 4); Rodolfo

Ornelas (Feb. 5); Richard Lopez, Sylvia Saldana-Sanchez (Feb. 6); Elidia

Solis (Feb. 7); Sandra Cano, Wayne Crum, Roger Downing, Kelly Guckian,

Thomas Jones, Ann Miller and George Moore (Feb. 9).

Happy service anniversary to Jerry Briggs, four years; Ramiro Burr, four

years; Alexander Guardiola, four years; George Guzman, four years; Willie

Nesby, 10 years (Feb. 3); John Branch, 16 years; Douglas Dittlinger, four

years; Jess Graham, 17 years; Gary R. Martin, 12 years; Arturo Reyes, four

years; Raul Vela, four years (Feb. 4); Michael Anders, four years; David

Cannon, four years; Arthur Duke, four years; Ivy Kettinger, one year;

Marco Robalino, four years; Ernest Vega, 29 years; Bill Waldrop, one year

(Feb. 5); John Chesnutt, 15 years; Liz Wright, eight years (Feb. 6);

Patricia Konstam, three years; Wanda Lackey, 22 years; Leanna Lake, three

years; Travis Tingle, three years; David Uhler, three years (Feb. 7);

Elizabeth Alcantara, four years; Raul Arellano, four years; Antonio

Arriola, four years; Karen Brown, four years; Chery Cantu, four years; Noe

Cazares, four years; Sandra Doyle, four years; Nancy Floeck Wilson, four

years; Patricia Gonzaba, four years; Jerry Grosselin, four years; Irene

Gutierrez, four years; Virtie Hahnel, four years; Madeleine Henggeler-

Justice, four years; Clifton Hughes, four years; Tracy Hobson Lehmann,

four years; Rose Marie Mitchell, four years; Gilbert Morin, four years;

Louis R. Ramirez, two years; Joe Rodriguez, four years; Joe Rust, four

years; Zachary Sherman, four years; Richard A. Vasquez, four years;

Marcelino Villanueva, four years; Wayne Wolff, four years (Feb. 8); Carlos

Guerra, four years; Frank McBeath, four years; Alfonso Perez, nine years;

Johnny Rodriguez, 14 years; and Kenneth Thieme, four years (Feb. 9).

Weekly bulletins are provided by the Human Resources department to further

communication throughout the Express-News. If you have items to submit,

suggestions or comments, please send them to Kay Simpson, ext. 3995, or

250-3977 fax.


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