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Dear OCEA member,
This holiday season, I am reminded how the work each of you do each day enables so many families throughout our communities to enjoy a safe and healthy time with family and friends. In fact, many among our ranks will be working throughout the holiday to make sure Orange County works, that its streets are safe and that its residents get the services they need.
Today I wrote an editorial in the Orange County Register to highlight the incredible work you all do and to remind residents that you are the unsung heroes who keep our communities working (see below).
Wishing you and your loved ones joy and love this holiday season, from your family at OCEA. Thank you for all you do.
In solidarity,
Jennifer Muir Beuthin
OCEA General Manager
Remember the unsung heroes this holiday season
By Jennifer Muir Beuthin, Contributing writer
Every year the Register recognizes influencers throughout our communities—leaders who have made a mark, whose stories provide a glimpse into the incredible and diverse fabric that makes Orange County so special. Congratulations to each of the honorees.
For each of the 100 most influential people who are singled out every year, we can all probably name people in our own circles who make a huge impact on our lives each day. And so these influencer stories also help us all tap into our own personal feelings of gratitude, feelings that are especially poignant as we shop and cook and prepare to spend time with loved ones during the holidays.
In that spirit of gratitude, I wanted to highlight the efforts of a group of incredibly influential people because the very nature of their work often means that when they’re successful, most of us hardly know they’re there.
The municipal workforce in our county impacts just about every aspect of our daily lives, and this holiday season is no different.
For those of us who have family visiting from out of town, your guests will be greeted at John Wayne Airport by Sheriff’s Special Officers whose job is to make sure the public is safe inside and outside the walls of the airport terminals. You can feel confident knowing that SSOs have intervened not only to protect the public from dangerous situations, but also to perform CPR and save lives when travelers have fallen ill.
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Jan. 3, 2019
The Future Challenges Facing Working Families in Orange County; We Made It! Top Issues to Watch in 2019; and See you at the OC women’s march on Jan. 19.
December 28, 2018
Orange County population growth cut in half in 2018; The Orange Crush is finally getting a fix, thankfully; and Most Influential 2018: Genetic genealogist CeCe Moore helps families trace roots and cops catch killers.
December 27, 2018
Homelessness in OC: 2018 Year in Review; Most Influential 2018: OC’s controversial justice system gets 2 new leaders in Don Barnes, Todd Spitzer; and Fire engulfs building of aluminum business in Orange.
December 20, 2018
Volunteers prep donations at O.C. fairgrounds for SOS Adopt A Family program; Flying LGBTQ pride flag at Anaheim City Hall gets enough council support third time around; and Veteran suicide rates still climbing, but new national program may reverse tide.
December 19, 2018
Today: Dramatic OC Board meeting covers DA, homelessness and alleged conflicts; 235 homeless people who have died in Orange County will be remembered at these 2018 memorial services; and Emergency homeless shelter to open Thursday in Anaheim.
December 18, 2018
Today: American workers and families deserve fair wages and treatment at the workplace; OC Sheriff moves to upgrade wiretapping system and, Infrastructure matters. It’s time to get serious about funding it.
December 17, 2018
Today: Salvation Army unveils plans for Anaheim ‘Center of Hope;' Voice of OC donors help young journalist fuel change and, concern in Dana Point, as big surf threatens beach erosion.
December 14, 2018
Today: Much has changed for Orange County’s homeless population, says columnist; residents air concerns over health effects of upcoming cleanup at former Ascon Landfill and O.C. Fair Board says no to raising ticket prices.
December 13, 2018
Today: New 91 Freeway westbound lane OK’d from Corona to 241; emailed bomb threats puts law enforcement on alert and, you can bring hope through annual Adopt A Family Program.
Publication Date: December 30, 2016
For more information, contact Jennifer Muir Beuthin
