Employee of the Month George Orduno — Facilities Maintenance

January 2014, Volume 324
USU Facilities, Logan, Utah
Employee of the Month
George Orduno — Facilities Maintenance
USU Facilities is pleased to
announce George Orduno as the
Employee of the Month for January
2014. George has worked at Facilities
for three years with Facilities
Maintenance and is currently the Team
Lead in charge of the window crew.
George came to USU after retiring from
Albertson’s. For 27 years he worked in
the shipping & receiving area of the
Albertson’s frozen foods warehouse.
Rob Reeder, Director of FM &
LOAM, said, “George is always willing
to do what it takes to please his customers. He continues to receive many compliments from customers and coworkers with regard to the quality of his
work. George is a natural leader as he
brings out the best in his fellow crew
members.”
Sheila Lukenbill, FM Manager, said, “It has been a great
pleasure managing the window crew
this past year. I walked into a new
territory when I acquired this crew after
Nick Anderson’s passing last January. I
have appreciated George’s willingness
in directing the window crew and
trying out new ideas. The crew has
consisted of three employees working
part-time, all the way to a group of
seven employees. George has been
instrumental in coordinating the
workload and directing the crew.
With the additional employees, we
have cleaned all the exterior campus
windows and half of the inside
windows, along with cleaning the
blinds. Thanks George; we appreciate
all you do!”
George was born in Los
Banos, a city in Merced County, CA.
He was raised in Garden Grove,
which is located in northern Orange
County, CA. George graduated from
Pacifica High School in Garden
Grove. He and his wife, Darlene,
were living in Garden Grove, CA
when they decided to move to Logan
(Darlene’s hometown) in 2007. They
have three grown son’s; twins, Steve
and Joe, both work for NUCOR in
Plymouth, UT; Bob, lives in Hemet,
George Orduno
CA and is in charge of the Avian Raptor
Protection Division of San Diego Gas &
Electric. George & Darlene also have six
grandsons!
George is happy to say that his life
revolves around his family; especially his
grandchildren. If he does happen to have spare
time, you will find him fishing in either our
local rivers or at Bear Lake. One special
tradition in George’s family is spending
Christmas Eve together as a family and
making tamales.
George, congratulations on this well
deserved recognition.
USU Facilities is
grateful to have you as part of the
Organization!
L to R: Rob Reeder (Director of FM/LOAM), Adam Hansen, Bryan Sperry, George Orduno,
Weston Casey, Ian Best, Sheila Lukenbill (FM Manager).
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US U FAC I LI TI ES, L OGAN , UT AH
Facilities Employee Awards
Step Up Award: On the evening of December 3rd Matt Payne
called at 8:00pm to let me know that it had snowed and that the
sidewalks and parking lots were covered with a layer of ice and
snow. At that time I called Luke Bair and he agreed that he and
Matt should come in and put MAG on the roads. I then called
USU police to have them contact LOAM to come in at 4:00 am
in order to get started on the slick and icy sidewalks. With this
advanced notice from Matt we were about to get a head start on
the cleanup. Even with Matt being a new employee, this kind of
heads up attitude helped out very much.
Scott Hampton
LOAM
Trent Hawkins, Bret Leckie, Scott Hampton, Chris Domenici,
Preston Colver, Matt Payne, Luke Bair, & Gilbert Young.
Step Up Award: As part of the HPER Cluster, Tyler
Hansen and Todd Durfee work from 10:00pm – 6:30am.
These two men have been playing the role of team lead for
the past two months, helping to guide the hourly
employees during that time frame. Tyler and Todd have
been doing a tremendous job, continually going above and
beyond their work description and without ever a
complaint. Because the work they do is in the middle of
the night, they are easily overlooked for all they contribute
to Facilities. Congratulations to both of you for this
well-deserved recognition!
Kalilou Fofana
FM Coordinator
Tyler Hansen and Todd Durfee
Facilities Christmas Luncheon 2013
Charles Darnell with Director’s Award recipients:
Paul Pierson, Larry Dunkley and Zac Cook.
(Missing from picture: David Atkin and Jared Jorgensen)
Employee of the Year 2014
Judith Clark of Business Services
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US U FACILITIES, LOGAN, UT AH
Safety Corner
USU Facilities has worked
202 days* without lost-time
*as of November 30, 2013.
The previous record was 355 days.
Do your part to help extend the record!
Lost-Time Hours
(Goal: Less Than 200)
2012
2013
296 Hours
96 Hours
Dear Facilities,
I am writing to express appreciation and commendation
for the great work that Jeff Stout has done as
custodian in the Engineering Lab building. I have worked in
this building for almost 23 years and I don’t know that I’ve ever
seen a custodian as conscientious as he has been. Not only are
the basic jobs done, but I have seen him cleaning other parts of
the building that others might have simply overlooked. Jeff is
always pleasant and helpful and it is clear that he takes pride in
his work. His work habits and leadership have made him an
example to his co-workers. Regretfully, I have learned that he
will be moving to another building, but I know that he will be a
great asset there!
OSHA Recordable Injuries
2012
Sincerely,
Todd K. Moon
Engineering Department
2013
Large Snow Storm December 19, 2013: With today’s snow, I
called six people to come in and help us. They were off because
they had worked Saturday and Sunday last weekend. Out of
those six employees, two answered the call and came in to help. I
Be Careful Out There!
would like to thank them for doing this. Even though school is
out for the Christmas break, there are still a lot of people
Our resident squirrel has been storing nuts for the working on campus. A big thank you to Bret Leckie & David
winter. We think he finally realized that keeping his Burgess!
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stash in the engine compartments of our Facilities
vehicles was a fruitless venture. So, Joe Beck gathered the pine cones and left the box in the parking lot.
The squirrel has emptied the box and is now storing
his treasures on the roof of the Facilities building;
safe for winter!
Scott Hampton, LOAM Foreman
Lowe’s — Keep America Beautiful Grant Project:
Earlier this year LOAM received a grant from Lowe’s through
their Keep America Beautiful Program to make improvements to
the Child Development Lab playground. We were able to install
a raised planter to give the children a place to plant vegetables
and annual flowers. We also created a teepee structure to grow
vines, such as beans, to give the children a fort-like structure to
play in. We planted perennials and shrubs on the south side of
the playground and on the hill along 4th North to provide a wildlife habitat for birds, butterflies, and other creatures, and to stabilize the steep slope alongside the highway. Thanks to Mike
McBride, the LOAM shop and the volunteers from Lowe’s for
their assistance on this project. Also thanks to Lowe’s and Keep
America Beautiful for providing us the grant funding.
Lowes — Keep America Beautiful Grant Project with USU Facilities
YEARS OF SERVICE
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!
Jed Waldron
2
Felix Peguero
26
Lucille Byington
5
Gordon Collins
5
Cynthia Curtis
Ian Best
27
28
Raymond Pitcher
5
Natasha Peck
29
Marisa Monson
6
Quin Whitaker
29
Zach Long
7
Jordy Guth
30
Kirk Lukenbill
7
Thomas Graham
30
Dirk Oppermann
7
Brent Bair
8
Weston Casey
9
Samanta Matinez
10
Mark Ostergar
Saia Hola
11
12
Kevin Maughan
13
Erik Arakelian
15
Brittani Ashby
15
Kelly Donaldson
15
Kelli Smart
15
Chet Smith
Nephi Rogers
Michael Law
34 years
28 years
27 years
Scott Nydegger
24 years
Jeff Craw
22 years
Chad Henager
20 years
Russ Moore
18 years
Congratulations
Facilities Graduates
2013!
Jonathan Thompson
18 years
Kim Thurston
18 years
Calvin Moser
13 years
1. Kalilou Fofana (FM)
“International Studies”
Curtis Larsen
10 years
Tyler Rampton
10 years
Rob Reeder
10 years
Kevin Blair
9 years
Martin Alonzo
7 years
Barbara Powasnik 30
2. Scott Anderson(HVAC) Dallin Law
“Mechanical Engineering”
McKenzie Torgerson 15
George Duersch
16
Armando Estrada
17
Jonathan Larsen
17
Vincent Neumiller 17
Denim Arnoldson
19
Dana Palmer
Paden Hale
20
21
Denise Berntson
22
Trenton Hawkins
23
Jared Jorgensen
24
Jacob Hill
24
Kathryn Andersen
26
Reid Olsen
26
3. Todd Pearce (LOAM)
“Horticulture”
6 years
Cody Williams
6 years
Justin Williams
6 years
Todd Pearce
4 years
Chad DeVries
3 years
Chad Brooks
1 year
Deven Juhasz
1 year
Vincent Neumiller
Sasha Shkurpela
1 year
1 year
4. Phil Rutledge (Projects)
“Human Movement Science”
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Allyson Olsen 797-1950 Denim Arnoldson 797-3770