{"id":281,"date":"2023-03-23T00:04:04","date_gmt":"2023-03-23T00:04:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/?p=281"},"modified":"2023-03-23T00:04:05","modified_gmt":"2023-03-23T00:04:05","slug":"everett-retiring-after-long-tenure-with-parks-department","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/2023\/03\/23\/everett-retiring-after-long-tenure-with-parks-department\/","title":{"rendered":"Everett retiring after long tenure with Parks Department"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>By BOB SHRALUKA<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A veteran member of the staff of the Decatur and Adams County parks and recreation departments is stepping down after a long and distinguished career.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It was announced at Tuesday&#8217;s meetings of Decatur City Council and its board of works that Nan Everett is retiring after 50 years, effective in May.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"217\" height=\"327\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/98.158.76.108\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/everett.jpg?resize=217%2C327\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-282\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/everett.jpg?w=217&amp;ssl=1 217w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/everett.jpg?resize=199%2C300&amp;ssl=1 199w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 217px) 100vw, 217px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Nan Everett is retiring from her post with the Adams County Parks &amp; Recreation Department.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>She currently serves as leisure services manager.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhat a great employee Nan has been for the parks department,\u201d Mayor Dan Rickord said in making the announcement. \u201cI can&#8217;t imagine how many kids she has touched in all those years.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rickord chuckled as he said he remembers when he was going to \u201ctumbling tots\u201d as a youngster at the now-demolished Lincoln School and participated in a program run by Everett.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cShe has such a great positive attitude,\u201dhe added.<br>In her resignation letter, Everett expressed how much she enjoyed working with other members of the department, and how much she learned from them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By BOB SHRALUKA A veteran member of the staff of the Decatur and Adams County parks and recreation<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[14,15,21],"class_list":["post-281","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-decatur","tag-featured","tag-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=281"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=281"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=281"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=281"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}