equanimity: Dictionary.com Word of the Day

Word of the Day for Saturday, May 23, 2009 equanimity \ee-kwuh-NIM-uh-tee; ek-wuh-\, noun: Evenness of mind; calmness; composure; as, "to bear misfortunes with equanimity." For one whose mind has been notoriously troubled, Brian Lara is at least retaining a sense of equanimity. -- Richard Hobson, "Croft offers no respite as Lara's theme continues", Times (London), June 8, 2000 When one is happy, one can look at both comedy and tragedy with equanimity. -- Phillip Lopate, Totally, Tenderly, Tragically I think one person can hardly understand why another has conducted his life in such a way, how he came to commit certain actions and not others, whether he looks upon the past with mostly pleasure or equanimity or regret. -- Chang-Rae Lee, A Gesture Life Equanimity comes from Latin aequanimitas, "impartiality, calmness," from aequanimus, "impartial, even-tempered," from aequus, "even" + animus, "mind, soul." Dictionary.com Entry and Pronunciation for equanimity Yesterday's Word - Previous Words - Help
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Street Dept report 5/15-21/09

STREET DEPARTMENT REPORT – 5/25/09   Department: Street Department   Date: May 15-21, 2009   Prepared by Oscar Hoskins and Earnest Womack   Specific Weekly Activities:   Mechanic: 5/15 Worked on door Sanitation unit 21 Changed oil in Dist. Court Explorer Serviced track hoe Took auto cart truck to Mayville & Son 5/18 Changed plugs in Police unit 21 Plugged tire and changed oil in Police unit 13 Assisted welder with arm on Sanitation unit 25 Removed thermostat from Sanitation unit 29 (ordered by Mayville & Son) 5/19 Replaced heater hose in Police unit 4 Replaced hydraulic hose on John Deere 5310 Removed blower motor Police unit 21 Changed oil in Park & Rec 4-wheeler Received thermostat for Sanitation unit 29 from Mayville & Son 5/20 Installed blower motor in Police unit 21 Assisted with trash pickup Assisted with replacing traffic signal lights Installing thermostat in sanitation unit 29 (incompatible thermostat) 5/21 Assisted with back hoe work at Little Rock Rd Park Replaced hydraulic hose in Sanitation unit 25 Working on Sanitation unit 22 Hooked up auto car to trailer for debris removal at 1108 Porter Installed glad hand on auto car air hookup Put battery, compressor and AC dryer on Police unit 16 Went to MHC Ford in Memphis to pick up thermostat and installed in Sanitation unit 29   Potholes: 100 block Don St-4 100 block Neill Rd-3 100 block Military Rd-3 100 block Tulip Circle-2 400 block Miller St-2 1000 block College-3 200 block Joe Brady-6 Alley-Columbia & Beech-3   Animal control: Removed numerous dead animals from streets Picked up three dead animals from vet Euthanized bleeding pit bull that was chasing residents on Ashlar St   Other activities: Continuous removal of debris throughout city designated trash routes Litter pick up at primary routes of City:             Rightor St Walnut St.             Cherry St.             Porter St.             Perry St.             Elm St. Franklin St.             Oakland Ave.             Quarles Lane             Plaza St Phillips St   5/15 Mowed:             East & West center greens             Corner lot Poplar & Porter             No & So ridge             Edgewood Circle cul-de-sac Unstopped drain corner of Perry & Pecan Unstopped drain corner of Franklin & Elm 5/18 Removed pipe from ditch on So Baringo Cleaned out drains at Ridgemont at Bernice and Grider Mowed:             Helena Bridge             Rifle range             Helena Fish Market             Caney Creek             East side shoulders 5/19 Finished drainage project on Old Dominion Ordered pipe for Baringo drainage project Assisted with Sanitation trash route Mowed:             Shoulders at 4th & Anderson             Ladino & Coanza             Midland Heights             South St             Springdale Rd             Park & DeSoto             3 lots on So Coanza 5/20 Placed AR One call for 127 Valley Dr Replaced street signs Red Bud Cove and Jackson St Straightened stop sign Baringo at Bonanza Replaced 4 traffic signal lights-Sebastian at Anderson-1, Valley Dr at Oakland-2, Columbia at Porter-1 5/21 Assisted with Old Little Rock Rd Park cleanup Cleaned ditch on Elm St Checked signal lights at Oakland and Valley Dr Event sprayed CHS, Thad Kelly Park, and Cherry St Pavilion Mowed shoulders:             College & McDonough             Walker Hill             No Franklin & Pecan             Madison & Pecan             Military Rd             Adam Hill             Lot at 908 Cherry             Lot near 619 Kelly             North Helena alleys   Future Weekly Activities: Washout on Wire Rd near Magnolia Cemetery (County will maintain) Ditch at Center St behind TIC   Follow Up Activities: Cover ditch Ladino and Baringo Sidewalk-100 block Coanza (met with engineer-Ken Weiland)   Staff Concerns/Issues: Telephones for Street and Sanitation offices (multiple lines)       STREET DEPARTMENT GASOLINE LOG         Week of 5/15-21/09             DATE UNIT # GALLONS RECEIVER 5/15/2009 Zero Turn 11.8 E Butler 5/15/2009 1 20 E Womack 5/15/2009 Red & White Dump Truck 8 C Allen 5/18/2009 19 31 M Ross 5/18/2009 Zero Turn 12.5 E Butler 5/18/2009 12 12 S Johnson 5/19/2009 Parks & Rec 11 G Carter 5/19/2009 13 19 J Lemaire 5/20/2009 30 27.2 E Butler 5/20/2009 Mosquito Rig 1.9 R Smith 5/20/2009 12 8 R Smith 5/21/2009 9 21 O Hoskins 5/21/2009 12 5 R Smith                           TOTAL GALLONS 186.5

DHR Parks and Recreation

Weekly Report

Department: Parks and Recreation

Date: 5-25-09

Prepared by: B. O'Shea Burrell

Specific Weekly Activities

5-18-09

Monday

Cleaned Malco

Daily cleaning of the HWHCC

Adult free play basketball

Cut Washington St. Park

Diabetic Shoppe

Tuesday 5-19-09

Daily cleaning @ HWHCC

Cut 10^th St. Park

Wednesday 5-20-09

Volleyball 7:45pm- until close

Daily cleaning @HWHCC

Re -cut Washington St. Park

R&J Graduation @the Malco

Cleaned Malco

Thursday 5-21-09

Prepared field for soft ball game

Cut grass At Helena Park

Children's softball practice held at N. Helena Park

Adult Softball Games 6pm-9pm

Movie shown @the Malco

Friday 5-22-09

Daily Cleaning @HWHCC

Graduation Party 8- until

Closed at noon for holiday, return on Tuesday May 26^th

 

 

Future Activities

• Check fire extinguisher every month and Initial after inspection.
  Fire extinguisher need to be replaced in light room.
  Ground work @ Washington Street Park
  
• Prune all trees at North Helena Park and Washington Street Park(Via Street department)
  
• Repairs to bathrooms in all parks
  
• Order pool tables and table tennis for game room
  
• Bids for repairs on cart shed
  
• Order playground equipment from A&P funds
  
• Bids for air rating golf course
  
• Repairs to Washington St. bathrooms
  
• Repairs to 10^th street bathrooms
  
• Tuesday Youth Boys basketball games starts at 5:30pm-8:30pm
  
• Repairs to A/C on house @ Golf Course
  
• Repairs to lighting on 10^th street and Washington St.
  
• New play ground equipment in all parks
  
• Replace basketball goals @ N. Helena, Washington St., Catholic Holler
  
• Repair baseball field @ 10^th street park
  
• Storage space for equipment
  
• Repairs to pump house @ N. Helena
  
• Running water in all parks
  
• Improve fencing around pool
  
• Re-surface Greens at golf course
  
• Repair clock at HWHCC
  
• Order swing approved by A&P
  
• Repair goals in Holler
  
• Clean ditch in North Helena Park
  
• Clean-up piles of debris in North Helena Park
  
• Fix the trimming on backboards at HWHCC
  
• Install Foul Poles at Little League Field
  
• Replace urinal in boys restroom@ HWHCC
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Staff Issues/Concerns

None at this time

District Court Weekly DHR (5-26-09)

WEEKLY DEPARTMENT REPORT

(Period of May 15 - 21, 2009)

 

Department: Helena-West Helena District Court

Date:    May 26, 2009

Prepared by:    Linda Danley

 

SPECIFIC WEEKLY ACTIVITIES:

May 15 - 21, 2009 - Processed civil and small claims actions as received; input traffic violations and criminal actions into court database in preparation for arraignment; and prepared scheduled traffic violations and criminal actions for bench trial.

Fri., May 15, 2009 (9:00 A.M.) - Plea/Arraignment & Review Docket

    Total number of cases scheduled – 218

Wed., May 20, 2009 (9:00 A.M.) – Civil & Small Claims Trial

    Total number of cases scheduled – 8 civil actions; 1 small claims

Thurs., May 21, 2009 (9:00 A.M.) - Bench Trials on Traffic Violations

    Total number of cases scheduled - 49

Thurs., May 21, 2009 (1:30 P.M.) – Bench Trials on Criminal Actions

    Total number of cases scheduled - 49

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Breakdown of Traffic and Criminal Actions

Resolved during the period of May 15 - 21, 2009

 

Jurisdiction: City of Helena-West Helena

Finding	Criminal	DWI	Juvenile	Traffic	Total
BF				1	1
DM	8				8
G	27	3	4	48	82
NP	7			11	18
TOTAL	42	3	4	60	109

 

Jurisdiction: Phillips County

Finding	Criminal	Traffic	Total
BF		1	1
DM	1		1
G	1	7	8
NP	6	7	13
WR	1		1
TOTAL	9	15	24

 

ALL JURISDICTIONS

Finding	Criminal	DWI	Juvenile	Traffic	Total
BF				2	2
DM	9				9
G	28	3	4	55	90
NP	13			18	31
WR	1				1
TOTAL	51	3	4	75	133

 

KEY:

BF – Bond Forfeit        NP – Nolle Prosequi

DM – Dismissed        WR – Warrant Recalled

G - Guilty

 

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Jail Roster

(May 15 - 21, 2009)

 

Defendant	Docket #	Arrest Date	Release/ Sent. Date	Disposition
Burns, Aron Jr.	CR-08-4839 CR-08-4840	05/12/09		Plea of not guilty. Trial set for 6/04/09.
Carter, Macon	CR-08-3782 CR-08-3988 TR-09-750 TR-09-751 CR-09-844 CR-09-845	Served while in jail on other charges.	05/15/09	Plea of guilty to all charges. Ordered to pay fines+cost totaling $1515.00, sentenced to 90 days in jail, and driver's license suspended for 6 months.
Henderson, Alvin	TR-09-2018 TR-09-2019 CR-07-2774 CR-07-2775	05/10/09		Plea of guilty to TR-07-2018 and CR-07-2774. Ordered to pay fines+cost totaling $485.00. CR-07-2775 merged with CR-07-2774.   Plea of not guilty to TR-09-2019. Trial set on 6/25/09.
Roberson, Leon	CR-07-2618 CR-07-2619 CR-07-2666 CR-07-2667	05/14/09	05/15/09	Plea of not guilty. Arranged bond. Set for trial on 07/02/09.

 

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FUTURE WEEKLY ACTIVITIES:

• Fri., May 22, 2009 (9:00 a.m.) - Plea/Arraignment

• Mon., May 25, 2009 – Office Closed – Memorial Day

• Thurs., May 28, 2009 (9:00 a.m.) - Bench Trials on Traffic Violations

• Thurs., May 28, 2009 (1:30 p.m.) - Bench Trials on Criminal Actions     

• Fri., May 29, 2009 (9:00 a.m.) - Plea/Arraignment

• Wed., June 3, 2009 – Civil & Small Claims Trials

• Thurs., June 4, 2009 (9:00 a.m.) - Bench Trials on Traffic Violations

• Thurs., June 4, 2009 (1:30 p.m.) - Bench Trials on Criminal Actions     

• Fri., June 5, 2009 (9:00 a.m.) - Plea/Arraignment

• Thurs., June 11, 2009 (9:00 a.m.) - Bench Trials on Traffic Violations

• Thurs., June 11, 2009 (1:30 p.m.) - Bench Trials on Criminal Actions     

• Fri., June 12, 2009 (9:00 a.m.) - Plea/Arraignment

• Wed., June 17, 2009 – Civil & Small Claims Trials

• Thurs., June 18, 2009 (9:00 a.m.) - Bench Trials on Traffic Violations

• Thurs., June 18, 2009 (1:30 p.m.) - Bench Trials on Criminal Actions     

• Fri., June 19, 2009 (9:00 a.m.) - Plea/Arraignment

 

FOLLOW-UP ACTIVITIES:

•    Enter dispositions into court database of cases brought before the court on May 22, 2009 (Plea Day) until completed.

•    Process civil and small claims actions as they are received.

•    Input new citations and criminal actions as they are received from the Records Department into database in preparation for court.

•    Prepare pending actions for trial.

 

STAFF CONCERNS/ISSUES:

•    Training of dispatch personnel on use of Virtual Justice (court software).

•    Have computer technician determine source of recent problems with computer system/networking and install virus protection. (Virus protection expired.)