Call it Dedication

I was able to snap this picture of Jack Paddon in a meeting in full bicycling gear. Gotta love it.

-Brian L.

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quote of the week

...there is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.
Hamlet, William Shakespeare

The large print giveth and the small print taketh away.
Tom Waits

- Stephen

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Say it Ain't so Jack...

Efficacy was in the air…William McDonough made me an offer I couldn’t refuse. So I told my friend Bill that I would lend my considerable sustainable prestige for one day, and one day only. Dual Citizenship…pretty cool!! But I told Bill I would never ever consider working anywhere but the best firm in the universe...the great W+P!
Or was this whole episode simply a figment of AIA’s Deltek File imagination!

- Jack

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Andrea - expert at caulking, painting and smiling
Brian - dip brush in paint, put paint on wall, repeat 4,000 times

Robert - Used to have 10 fingers...
Tom - "thank goodness I had my tetanus shot"
Mary - Trim Paint Extraordinaire

Amber - Always smiling (and dancing to the songs in her head)

Maggie - learned painting from "The Karate Kid"...wax on, wax off

BBQ lunch (provided) totally hit the spot!

On the verge of needing to be demolished, this house now has new life.

Once 6' tall weeds covered the backyard...now, beautiful flowers

A very tired crew

On Sat. April 25th, a group of Williams + Paddon employees volunteered for Rebuilding Together. Unlike Habitat for Humanity, that repairs homes throughout the year - Rebuilding Together rebuilds 20 homes in ONE day. The neighborhood affected was Colonial Heights in South Sacramento. We showed up at 8 am - ready to work... and work we did! Robert Wallis & Tom Ventura tackled the front porch: building and roofing it by the end of the day. Amber Seevers, Brian Lefholz, Mary Shelnutt, her daughter Maggie and I all painted the exterior: trim, windows, the garage - you name it! The foreman Ryan and all the other Rebuilding Together volunteers were friendly and very appreciative. Even the owner of the house we were working on was there, giving us thanks. Overall, at the end of the day we could look back and see how much we accomplished. We look forward to the October 3rd Rebuilding Together day!

- Andrea

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May is Here!

I wanted to take a moment to first thank Naaz, Andrea Regina and Paul for volunteering on our somewhat rained out Bike Rally for the City of Roseville. Having a W+P presence like that is noticed and is valued by the City. It is efforts like that that make the City Value us as a Company.

Next, I would like to say Way to go Mark!!!!! After the First weekend W+P is in the Top 10 riders with Mark leading the way and is the first to go triple digits (102 miles logged). Wow!

You should also know that we have challenged the City of Roseville and those losers over at Lionakis. No word yet if Lionakis has the gumption to take us on though!!

Over the weekend a few people kicked it off with a BBQ and beer before logging a few miles. Hope it didn’t come back up on you while riding. Thank you Andrea for hosting what turned out to be another rainout.

This weekend is Tour de Lincoln so all who are riding in it contact Robi and Mark.

- Eric

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Rain Rain Go Away...

To kick of 'May is Bike Month' Andrea organized a great ride on the trail followed by a delicious BBQ. Only problem...rain, and lots of it. I showed up ready to ride rain or shine but the weather just wouldn't cooperate. Every time we'd get ready to head out...another downpour. We threw in the towel and grabbed the bottle opener and decided to make the best of the day. We grilled some teriyaki turkey burgers with all the trimmings accompanied by potato salad, pasta salad, chips and salsa and grilled pineapple. After sufficiently stuffing ourselves the rain decided to stop...imagine that. Being the die hard cyclist we are...we headed out and clicked off 42 miles. Thanks to Andrea for organizing the event...it was a blast despite the rain.

- Brian L.

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Biggest Loser Finale...

Total % of weight lost.

Melanie Naga 7.27%
Joseph Kimberlin 6.59%
Anda Grenfell 4.32%
Sarah Treadwell 3.50%
Brian Lefholz .1.49%
Andrea Jaggers 1.30%
Jack Paddon 1.10%
Jodie Day .50%
John Neff .11%

Total Consistent Mover Points

Kim Settle 194 points
Andrea Jaggers 152 points
Jack Paddon 145 points
Brian Lefholz 119 points
Melanie Naga 82 points
Anda Grenfell 73 points
Mary Shelnutt 69 points
Sarah Treadwell 56 points
Robert Wallis 43 points
Schnee Lopez 31 points
Jodie Day 29 points
Joe Kimberlin 17 points

Our second annual Biggest Loser / Most Consistent Mover competition just wrapped. It was 12 weeks of weigh in's and recording exercise points. I must say, the dedication was not quite what it was last year... but I'm happy to say we still managed to lose 52 pounds collectively. CONGRATULATIONS to W+P's Biggest Loser: Melanie Naga (who lost an impressive 15 pounds) to W+P's Most Consistent Mover: Kim Settle (who averaged about 8 hours of exercise every week!) Keep it up everyone... which shouldn't be too hard with Million Mile May craziness upon us! Great work!!

-Andrea

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How I Spent My last Friday Off - Mary

We weren’t going to take a ride this weekend, but by yesterday afternoon we could no longer resist the urge. We took a short ride up 16, through Plymouth to Placerville, had a munchie, then down Green Valley to Folsom. Passed this little bar in Nashville. It’s closed now, but about 23 odd years ago my brother’s band played there. It’s truly a “don’t blink or you’ll miss it” sort of place.

- Mary

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