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2019 Disaster Preparedness Sales Tax Holiday May 31 through June 6, 2019

The 2019 Disaster Preparedness Sales Tax Holiday begins on Friday, May 31, 2019, and ends on Thursday, June 6, 2019.

During this sales tax holiday period, qualifying items related to disaster preparedness are exempt from sales tax.

–Qualifying Items Selling for $10 or less:

Reusable ice (reusable ice packs) Selling for $20 or less:

Any portable self-powered light source (powered by battery, solar, hand-crank, or gas):  Candles  Flashlights  Lanterns Selling for $25 or less:

Any gas or diesel fuel container, including LP gas and kerosene containers Selling for $30 or less:

Batteries, including rechargeable batteries, listed sizes only (excluding automobile and boat batteries):  AAA-cell  AA-cell  C-cell  D-cell  6-volt  9-volt

Coolers and ice chests (food-storage; nonelectrical) Selling for $50 or less: • Bungee cords

• Ground anchor systems

• Radios (powered by battery, solar, or handcrank)  Two-way  Weather band

• Ratchet straps

• Tarpaulins (tarps)

• Tie-down kits

• Visqueen, plastic sheeting, plastic drop cloths, and other flexible waterproof sheeting Selling for $750 or less:

Portable generators used to provide light or communications, or to preserve food in the event of a power outage

Note: Eligible light sources and radios qualify for the exemption even if electrical cords are also included.

7 Cardinal Rules For Life
Make Peace with your past…. so it won’t disturb your present.

What other people think of you…. is none of your business.

Time heals almost everything…. give it time.

No one is in charge…. of your happiness except you.

Don’t compare your life to others…. and don’t judge them, you have no idea what their journey is all about.

Stop thinking too much…. It’s alright not to know the answers.  They will come to you when you least expect it.

Smile…. You don’t own all the problems in the world

Have a great week!

It happens around this time every year in Florida. Seemingly out of nowhere, swarms of lovebugs (also known as honeymoon flies) take to the air across our yards and roadways. While harmless to people, they can be quite the nuisance. Despite their recurring appearance, few people actually know much about these flying insects – and rumors of their origins are rampant.

Lovebugs are relatively small black insects with a red to reddish-brown color highlighting the back of the thorax (upper body). Scientifically named Plecia nearctica, they do not bite or sting people, animals or other insects. As larvae, they feed on decaying plants; as adults, they feed on nectar. The adults generally live for only a few days. They truly are quite harmless, so why do they infuriate so many people?

During their major semi-annual mating flights, hundreds of thousands of lovebugs can fill the air in a given area. In Florida, these flights usually take place in late April/early May and late August/early September. There can also be a smaller flight in December.

While mating, male and female lovebug pairs link together for days at a time, flying together in a kind of slow drift. Walking through a cloud of lovebugs is no fun, but driving through them is what tends to really irritate us. Lovebugs don’t move out of the way of cars and their bodies don’t stand much of a chance against your grille, hood or windshield.

The results of hundreds of squished lovebug bodies decorating your vehicle aren’t just aesthetically unpleasing, they’re also quite damaging. The sheer volume of them can potentially clog your radiator intake, causing your car to overheat. There are also dangers with visual impairment related to their bodies obscuring windshields.

It’s the fluids from inside lovebugs’ bodies, however, that cause most people’s biggest complaint. They become pretty acidic after a short time, dissolving away your car’s paint job. To prevent paint damage as much as possible, be sure to keep a good coat of wax on your vehicle and wash the bodies off at every opportunity. The longer they’re on, the harder they are to wash off and the more damage they will do.

Some people blame lovebugs on scientists at the University of Florida in Gainesville! The myth claims lovebugs were genetically engineered by UF entomologists attempting to create a species of sterile female insects that would mate with male mosquitos, preventing them from creating offspring. Through that process, the scientists mistakenly created the lovebugs which somehow escaped into the wild. A fun story, but totally untrue.

Lovebugs are actually from Central America. They migrated through Texas and Louisiana, before making their way to Florida. They can now also be found in Mississippi, Alabama and Georgia among other states, even into South Carolina. Still, Florida seems to be where their populations thrive.

While you’d probably prefer that lovebugs not visit twice a year, they’re much less harmful than many bugs that share our homes and yards year-round. Spiders, ants, fleas and other household pests present much bigger problems. So, have a little compassion for the lovebug…and remember to wash your car when they get in your way!

GREENHOW, MIKE	5/3	SALESMAN	NORTH
DIFILLIPO, SAMMY	5/3	SALESMAN	NORTH
TAYLOR, RAY	5/5	ASM	NORTH
LIGHTFOOT, CHRISTOPHER	5/5	TECHNICIAN	NORTH
MONTGOMERY, DARREL L	5/7	SALESMAN	NORTH
MERCADO, AMY K	5/7	SERV ASST	NORTH
MENDEZ, HERMAN	5/9	TECHNICIAN	SOUTH
CASTRO, WILLIAM	5/9	DET WASH	NORTH
DEJESUS, GABRIEL A	5/10	SALESMAN	NORTH
ROUSSOS, PETE	5/13	FIN CLOSER	NORTH
ORTIZ, ED	5/15	SALESMAN	SOUTH
BLOMELEY, AUSTIN R	5/15	SVC PORTER	NORTH
HAMPTON, DAVID	5/19	VAN DRIVER	NORTH
GIBBS, MICAH J	5/20	DET TECH	NORTH
BASS, JEFFREY A	5/20	SALES MGR	SOUTH
LARACUENTE, SUEILYN	5/20	SALESMAN	NORTH
GELPI, ERIC J	5/21	LUBE TECH	SOUTH
ANDERSON, CHARLES A	5/24	TECHNICIAN	NORTH
MALDONADO, FABIAN A	5/24	BS HELPER	SOUTH
DUNN, LARRY	5/27	VAN DRIVER	SOUTH
MILLICAN, MICHAEL	5/27	VAN DRIVER	SOUTH
CHESHIRE, LISA M	5/28	INTNET MGR	NORTH
DAWSON, TYLER R	5/28	LUBE TECH	SOUTH
CLARKE, KC	5/29	BS MANAGER	SOUTH
CLOS, AUSTIN S	5/31	SALESMAN	SOUTH
CONCEPCION, GABRIEL	5/31	TECHNICIAN	NORTH

Employee Name	Hire Date	Job Code	Location
SANDERS, MORGAN L	04/01/2019	INTERNET N	NORTH
ABEL, REBECCA C	04/01/2019	VAN DRIVER	NORTH
BENNETT, SABREE	04/01/2019	RECEPTION	SOUTH
SPENCE, GERALD R	04/01/2019	FIN CLOSER	SOUTH
WOODSIDE, LEA K	04/01/2019	WC	NORTH
OETKER, AMANDA S	04/08/2019	FIN CLOSER	SOUTH
MAHONEY, TIMOTHY J	04/08/2019	TECHNICIAN	SOUTH
COLLEY, KEVIN D	04/08/2019	ASM	SOUTH
SHAFFER, BRIAN K	04/10/2019	TECHNICIAN	SOUTH
JONES, VICKI L	04/12/2019	RECEPTION	SOUTH
ALLEN, ERIC J	04/15/2019	FIN CLOSER	NORTH
MATOS, MICHAEL J	04/22/2019	VAN DRIVER	SOUTH
TEKAYEVA, ALINA V	04/22/2019	SALESMAN	NORTH
JOHNSON, TRENT T	04/22/2019	BS HELPER	SOUTH
SEIBERT, JORDAN S	04/24/2019	COUNTERMAN	NORTH
MONTGOMERY, JUSTIN D	04/29/2019	ASM	NORTH

Employee Name	Hire Date	Years of Serv	Job Code	Location
CAMPISI, SAL V “Mr. C”	05/15/1976	43 Years	EXECUTIVE	SOUTH
SANTIAGO, RAMON C	05/30/2007	12 Years	DET WASH	SOUTH
BASEN, MEAGAN L	05/23/2008	11 Years	INTNET MGR	SOUTH
FOLDS, JAMES C	05/20/2009	10 Years	COUNTERMAN	NORTH
FARRIOR, REUBEN D	05/07/2012	7 Years	TECHNICIAN	SOUTH
ISAAC, SHALYMOV	05/09/2012	7 Years	DETAIL SPV	NORTH
CLOS, RODNEY K	05/21/2012	7 Years	SALES MGR	NORTH
VINSON, JEANNE	05/29/2013	6 Years	DETAIL MGR	SOUTH
ROBLES, DAVID I	05/05/2014	5 Years	COUNTERMAN	SOUTH
BOX, EDWARD E	05/12/2014	5 Years	SALESMAN	SOUTH
TALBOT, KRISTEN R	05/26/2014	5 Years	INTERNET S	SOUTH
HARTMAN, CHRISTINE M	05/14/2015	4 Years	ASM	NORTH
HANEY, DYSTANIE D	05/18/2015	4 Years	CSI LIASON	SOUTH
LOPEZ, ORLANDO	05/18/2015	4 Years	SALESMAN	SOUTH
BENITEZ GERENA, JONATHAN	05/21/2015	4 Years	TECHNICIAN	SOUTH
BADCOCK, TIFFANY D	05/16/2016	3 Years	DET TECH	NORTH
BOX, CHRISTOPHER D	05/16/2016	3 Years	SALESMAN	SOUTH
SMITH, AUSTIN C	05/01/2017	2 Years	LOT PORTER	NORTH
FARRIS, THOMAS C	05/08/2017	2 Years	FIN CLOSER	SOUTH
NESKE, JAMES B	05/08/2017	2 Years	TECHNICIAN	NORTH
BENCE, TERRIE L	05/15/2017	2 Years	SERV ASST	NORTH
SCHULTZ, DAVID E	05/19/2017	2 Years	SALESMAN	NORTH
HALBERT, LYNDSAY R	05/14/2018	1 Year	RECEPTION	SOUTH