A Heavin ’ Helping of Fun in May ’ s County Cup Contest
By: Tim Moubray, Director, Orange County Parks & Recreation
Bee Heavin ’, May ’ s County Cup contest, provided a bee - utiful break from the work week. Similar to the Turkey Shoot last November, participants in this contest used a water balloon launcher to send bees flying towards a variety of targets. However, this challenge required participants to first target a flower to help the bees locate “ pollen. ” Once their bees were prepared to pollinate, competitors were then able to go for targets of a higher point value. Larry Clement, Cole Shifflett, and Andrew Hackey secured the sweet victory for Team IT. While Cole ’ s and Andrew ’ s rounds were both impressive, at 200 and 185 respectively, Larry ’ s single round score of 390 would have been good enough to finish third in the team standings, on his own. Add those other two scores and their 775 team score was by far the winner, with Team Sheriff (Johnny Thomas, Xiushka Gibson, Sarah Altman) finishing second at 480, and Team Library (Dee Fleming, Travis Shular, Robin Coppa) finishing third at 430. In the team standings, Admin/HR remains on top but the ECC is gaining ground. The Ops Team, Library, and Extension all jumped DSS to move up into fourth, fifth, and sixth. The competition is heating up, as is the weather. The County Cup is an important part of our organization ’ s Cultural Initiative, which seeks to make Orange County an employer of choice, able to recruit and retain skilled employees. Look like fun? Visit www.orangecountyva.gov/ jobs to see if an open position might be right for you!
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