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Snake Saturday Parade EMPLOYEE RETIREMENTS
Third Place FOGY Category: KC Parks, Where KC Keith Ross, 37 years
Plays float James Allan Wood, 12 years
Patrick S. McNamara, 28 years
Visit KC: Visitors’ Choice Awards Michael Duckworth, 31 years
Favorite Fountain: J.C. Nichols Memorial Fountain Linda Myles, 19 years
Favorite Park: Loose Park Glenn Graham, 39 years
Favorite Golf Course: Shoal Creek Golf Course Deborah Dawkins, 29 years
Favorite Concert/Live Music Venue: Starlight Joseph W. Kweh, 17 years
Theatre Mark L. McHenry, 44 years
World Federation of Rose Societies Sheila R. Lewis, 22 years
Garden of Excellence Award: Laura Conyers Smith Barbara Scott, 34 years
Municipal Rose Garden Timothy Biswell, 43 years
Alan Schmelzle, 31 years

EMPLOYEE SERVICE AWARDS: The MELS KC Parks Names Service Awards,
40 Years: City of Kansas City, MO “The MELs,” in Honor of Longtime
Robert Lawler, Engineering and Planning Employee Mary Edith Lillis
35 Years: Parks and Recreation In 2018, the department’s biannual
Robert Thompson, Natural Resources employee service awards were
named “The MELs” in honor of
QUALITY CIRCLE AWARDS former employee Mary Edith Lillis
Adriane Malone Supervisor of the Year who passed away on October 19 at
DeRowan Spears, South Region-Natural Resources the age of 86. Mary Edith had worked for KC
Employee of the Quarter Parks and Recreation for over 50 years. Her
cohorts called her MEL as an acronym of her
1st: Tommie Prescott (in memoriam) first, middle and last names.
2nd: Braulio Aranda Sosa
3rd: David Bogan
4th: Joe McGinnis
FORMER EMPLOYEES: IN MEMORIAM
Sidney Black, Sr., February 3
COMMUNITY SERVICES DIVISION AWARDS George Eib, December 25
Outstanding New Employee: Anthony Slayden Marci Jones, December 15
Outstanding Customer Service: Katie Yslas Sampson Kimble, November 22
Outstanding Programmer: Lesa Lewis Mary Edith Lillis, October 19
Supervisor of the Year: Jody Siemer James Mack, October 23
Superintendent’s Above & Beyond Award: Brenda Pouncil, December 21
Ashley Allen Tommie Prescott, November 23

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