May Anniversaries
| First Name | Last Name | Hired |
| PATRICIA | DONALD | 5/9/2016 |
| JULIE | DEVERE | 5/10/2010 |
| ANGELIA | CROWELL | 5/9/2011 |
| RACHEL | SAINE | 5/15/2001 |
| WANDA | GROVE | 5/9/2016 |
| SABRINA | BENNETT | 5/20/2003 |
| CHERYL | JACKSON | 5/10/2016 |
| MAE | BROWN | 5/24/2010 |
| RAYELLA | DUDLEY | 5/9/2016 |
| AMY | JOHNSON | 5/10/2018 |
| LEANNA | OGG | 5/26/2020 |
| VIVIAN W | DICKSON | 5/22/2001 |
| BRIAN | COUGHLIN | 5/7/2019 |
| AIMEE | TIDWELL | 5/5/2014 |
May Birthdays
| Name | Birthday |
| TINA DUNN | 1 |
| SUE COFFEY | 2 |
| DONNA HOWELL | 2 |
| CINDY STONE | 5 |
| PETER BOGDAN | 7 |
| LORI GRAYBILL | 8 |
| VANESSA PINCHEON | 9 |
| JAIME SIEBUHR | 10 |
| DEBBIE BURNS | 11 |
| TRACIE SIMMONS | 12 |
| HILDA GREER | 13 |
| STEPHEN PULLEY | 21 |
| MATTHEW WARF | 27 |
| KIMBERLY DELOACH | 29 |
| MAE BROWN | 31 |
Felicia Denise Wells
Date of Death April 12, 2021
Funeral services were held, Monday April 19, 2021 at 1 PM from the Chapel of Taylor Funeral Home. Place of rest will be in the Mt. Olive Cemetery.
Felicia Denise Wells, age 59 of Dickson, TN died Monday April 12, 2021. Born in Nashville, TN on March 19, 1962 she was the daughter of the late Israel Jackson and Alice Brown Jackson. She was preceded in death by her son, Eddie Elijah Elliott and a host of sisters and brothers. Felicia worked for Developmental Services of Dickson Co. for just shy of 10 years. Felicia was a Minister and a woman of God. She was very passionate about her relationship with Christ, she always had a smile on her face. She was on fire for god. She was always willing to listen and provide words of encouragement. She loved her family and when she loved she loved hard. She loved god, her bible and her favorite color is blue. She attended New Hope Missionary Baptist Church. The family would like to thank Select Specialty Hospital for all their great care.
Loving memories will be cherished by her husband, Kenneth Wells; three sons, Michael Jackson (Tracey), Travis Jackson (Jennifer), Jarvis Jackson (Quiana); step-mother, Willene Jackson; brothers, Raymond Burns (Cernovia), Teddy Burns (Nell), Ernest Burns (Linda), Michael Burns, Gene Burns, Ronnie Jackson (Wilma), Allen Jackson (Sharon), Mark Jackson (Jean), Issac Williams (Penny); sisters, Patricia Burns, Teena Burns, Marlene Coleman, Serelena Jackson, Priscilla Jackson, Theresa Tolbert, Linda Burns; a host of grandchildren, great grandchildren, nieces, nephews, cousins and friends; church family and very special best friend Minister Carla Blanton.
Sue's Journey
My wellness journey began before this program at work started. To give you a little background on me of why I started my new life’s journey. I am a diabetic and my sugar was out of control.
I knew I had to start taking better care of myself. So I decided to make a doctor’s appointment and get back on my medication and start exercising. I talked to my doctor and she helped me figure things out. I joined plant fitness. I started with walking on the treadmill and a little light weight lifting.
Now I do have my sugar levels under control which is the main thing for me. I have not lost much weight and I am working on that.
Winning the gift card was nice. I really did not think about that. So when I won, I was surprised. Thank you everyone for the encouragement. Listening to everyone’s words of encouragement is inspiring.
I tell you to keep on your journey. Set a goal and you can reach it. I am going to reach my goal.
-Sue Coffey
Nurse Appreciation Week
During the week of May 6th – May 12th we celebrate Nurse Appreciation Week. We are thankful for the nurses who have worked endlessly and it’s even more important than ever to thank every nurse this Nurse Appreciation Week. At Developmental Services, we know our nurses have worked more hours and given more of themselves to the people they support during the pandemic. Thank you for all the personal sacrifices you are making to help others during this challenging time.
This year, we have decided to break out Nurse Appreciation Week from DSP Appreciation Week. We will be sending out more details to nurses through PHS.
DSP day will be later this summer and we will send more information out to DSPs as it becomes available.
Fun "Facts"
1)The sentence, “The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog” uses every letter in the English language…
2) The Mona Lisa has no eyebrows…
3) Hot water will turn into ice faster than cold water…
4) Coca-Cola was originally green…
5) When the moon is directly overhead, you will weigh slightly less…
6) Camels have three eyelids to protect themselves from the blowing desert sand…
7) The name of all the continents end with the same letter that they start with…
8) Women blink nearly twice as much as men…
9) People say “Bless you” when you sneeze because when you sneeze, your heart stops for a millisecond…
10) The Guinness Book of Records holds the record for being the book most often stolen from Public Libraries
ORANGE CHICKEN
Ingredients
- 5 cups precooked cubbed chicken breast (staled)
- 3 eggs
- 1/3 cup flour
- 1/3 cup corn starch
- 2 cups oil (for frying)
- 1 1/2 cup freshly squeezed orange juice
- 1/2 cup honey (preferably raw honey)
- 2 tablespoons rice vinegar
- 2 tablespoons soy sauce
- 1/2 teaspoon fresh ginger (shredded)
- 5 garlic cloves, finely diced
- 1/2 teaspoon chili flakes
- zest from 1 orange
- 1 1/2 tablespoon cornstarch and pinch of salt
- in a medium pot, add orange juice, honey, vinegar, soy sauce, ginger, garlic, and red chili flakes. Heat for few minuets.
- In separate dish, whisk 11/2 tablespoon of cornstarch with 2 1/2 tablespoons of water to form a paste.
- Add to orange sauce and whisk together. Continue to cook for 5 minutes, until the mixture begins to thicken. Once the sauce is thickened, remove from heat and add orange zest. Set aside.
- Place flour and cornstarch in a mixing bowl, add a pinch of salt and mix.
- Whisk eggs and pinch of salt in a separate dish.
- Dip chicken pieces in egg mixture and then flour mixture. Place on plate.
- Heat oil in a heavy-bottomed pot over medium-high heat. Make sure you have at least 2-3 inch of oil in the pot.
- Cook for 1-2 min. turning often until golden brown. Toss chicken with orange sauce.
- Sprinkle with chopped green onions, roasted sesame seeds and orange zest before serving.
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