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Safety Corner!

By 

Andrea King / LAX

Summer Safety Tips

  Nearly 70 percent of Americans, according to the American Red Cross, have been involved in some kind of summer emergency, ranging from insect bites to heat stroke and other life-threatening situations.

But what can you do if you find yourself facing a summer emergency?

HOW TO RECOGNIZE HEAT STROKE
 SYMPTOMS
  

* Body temp > 103°F
 * Red/hot/dry skin
 * No sweating
 * Rapid pulse
 * Headache/dizziness/nausea 

  

HOW TO ALLEVIATE SUNBURN
 

HOW TO IDENTIFY POISONOUS PLANTS

 AN INSECT STINGER

NEVER squeeze the area or use tweezers because it may push more venom into the skin. Remove the stinger by either scraping your fingernail over the area or using a straight edge like a credit card. You want to wash the area with soap and water -- if there's swelling, apply ice. Try not to scratch because it may cause an infection.  

Happy Summer!

Thank you Andrea!

• Festa della Repubblica Italian Republic Day is celebrated in Italy on the second of June each year. The day commemorates the institutional referendum held by universal suffrage in 1946.
• Adur festival The first two weeks of June every year.
• Madaraka Day June 1 to commemorate when Kenya gained internal self-rule.
• Flag Days of Sweden (June 6), United States (June 14-see Flag Day in the United States), Denmark (June 15), Argentina (June 20), and Romania (June 26).
• D-Day landings by Allied forces in Normandy, June 6, 1944.
• Primoz Trubar Day, on 8 June, a public holiday in Slovenia in commemoration of the birth of the founder of the Slovene literary language, who was according to some sources born on 8 June 1508
• Kamehameha Day, on June 11, is a state holiday in Hawaii, US, honoring the first ruler of the one-time kingdom.
• Philippine Independence Day is on June 12.
• Feast of St. Anthony of Padua June 13
• United Kingdom - Trooping the Colour (Military celebration of the monarch's official birthday held in London on the second Saturday of June)
• Bloomsday in Ireland and worldwide for fans of James Joyce's Ulysses is June 16
• Youth Day in South Africa June 16
• The Comrades in South Africa June 16.
• Juneteenth, (aka Freedom Day or Emancipation Day) primarily in Texas June 19,
• "Martyrs Day" in Eritrea June 20
• West Virginia Day in the U.S. state of West Virginia June 20.
• The solstice called the summer solstice in the northern hemisphere and the winter solstice in the southern hemisphere occurs on dates varying from 20 June to 21 June (in UTC). In the pagan wheel of the year the summer solstice is the time of Litha and the winter solstice is that of Yule.
• Feast of the Birth of St. John the Baptist (Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day in Quebec) June 24.
• Statehood Day (Slovenia) in Slovenia June 25
• Feast of St. Peter and St. Paul, principal patrons of the Roman Catholic Church, June 29
• Mother's Day (in Luxembourg on the second Sunday in June)
• Father's Day (in Belgium on the second Sunday in June)(in the United States, the United Kingdom, Mexico, Venezuela, the Netherlands, Ireland and Canada on the third Sunday in June)
• Midsummer is celebrated in Finland and Sweden on the third Friday in June.
• Gay pride celebrations take place in many countries in honour of the Stonewall riots.
• The majority of the Portland Rose Festival occurs.
• The first Monday in June is one of the public holidays in the Republic of Ireland; in the Irish Calendar the month is called Meitheamh and is the middle month of the summer season. Secondary schools are off during the month (and also July and August), while June is the last month in primary schools.
• The second Sunday in June is Canadian Rivers Day.
• Children's Day celebrated in many eastern European countries including Portugal, Poland, Slovakia, Romania as well as China and other countries throughout the world.
• Almost all of interleague play in baseball occurs in this month, with 15 of the 18 interleague games occurring this month. The other three are played on the third weekend in May (Fri-Sun).
• Caribbean-American Heritage Month (United States)
• Bike month in the Lower mainland in British Columbia, Canada
• Independence day (June 17) in Iceland
• Fishermansday (first Sunday in June) celebrating the work of fishermen and those lost at sea. (Iceland)
• June is Black Music Month
• In the United States June is LGBT Pride Month.
• June 12 is Philippine's Independence Day
• June 21 is Go Skateboarding Day

There are probably more but I find no list is ever complete!

Keep Your Cool When Getting Feedback

Hungry kids will dig right into this tasty lunchtime fare, perfect for beach parties, picnics, and more.

Serves= One (Make as many as you want !)

Ingredients

• 1 croissant
• Sandwich filling (anything you like!)
• 6 baby carrots (or sub pretzel sticks)
• 2 toothpicks

• 1 black olive
• 2 cream cheese balls (1/2-inch)
• 1 red bell pepper (or sub strawberry pieces)
• 1 radish

1. Slit open the outside edge of a croissant, as shown, and stuff it with sandwich filling.*

2. Tuck six baby carrots into the sides to form legs.

3. Slide two 1/2-inch balls of cream cheese onto toothpicks, top each with a black olive slice, and stick them in place as shown.

4. Snip off the tips of the croissant and slide a red bell pepper claw into each end.

5. Finish the crab by attaching a radish slice smile with a dab of cream cheese.

Tips:

We used crab salad in our sandwich, but chicken or tuna salad, ham and cheese, and PB&J also make delicious fillers.

Have a recipe you want to share with the world of Coppersmith? Email me!

Congratulations to all you June brides! Remember, "Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue." 

To the graduates- (nursery school on up!)  "Good Job!"

Schools out! Time for summer vacation!

 Lets give a big "Coppersmith Welcome!" to Barbara Herring in our ATL Office!

Barbara joined our company family on May 9th 2012 as an Account Executive/Business Development Manager!

Barbara was born in Denver, CO, and raised in Fort Lauderdale, FL.

She began her industry experience in wholesale liquors, importing rare vintage wines brokered out of the U.K.

She worked for Susanne Fontana, located in the Miami Foreign Trade Zone, managing customs brokerage, freight forwarding, warehouse, trucking and a trading company.

Barbara took that knowledge and went to work for Circle International as Branch Manager and oversaw the Customs Brokerage and Ocean Export Division. She has been involved in sales for over 19 years having transferred to Atlanta in 1992 to take over sales in the SE region.

After Circle, Barbara took the position as Director of Imports with Surf Air. She assisted them with expansion from a domestic to an international arena. Future Forwarding, a UK based company in ATL, gave her the opportunity to open an office and assume the role of Sales Director. She quickly became VP of Sales and Operations and part owner of the company.

Barbara has traveled extensively in China as well as to Hong Kong, Korea, Taiwan, Latin America and Europe. She has sold and developed many internationally known company accounts including Georgia Pacific, Acer, and Phillips Electronics.

Barbara says, "Personally, I like sales because I really like people and learning about different cultures."

Barbara lives in the country, with Tim, her husband of 28 years. She enjoys time in their cabin on a private lake with her three grown children, two grandsons and pets.

Thanks for sharing with us Barbara!

Be sure to drop Barbara a welcome email and wish her success in her new position!

  

  June...when most of us are starting to think about , or already have, summer vacation plans in place. I remember my childhood summer vacation in the small resort town of Guerneville, in Northern California. We would stay  week or two. Days were spent on the beaches of the Russian River, floating around the river in an inner-tube, browsing the town's only drug store, seeing a movie at the theater, and playing ping pong in the lodge's rec center. By day's end I would be a lobster from the sun and it was off to the drug store for Noxema and Bactine.

As an adult I have made better vacation memories in England. I have a weird vacation tale. I had purchased a small painting of a street in a local garage sale. Almost two years later I turned a corner while on vacation and was stunned to happen across the very location. My husband didnt believe me. I took a picture, framing it as I remembered the painting. Took it home, put them side by side. Identical! Except for the time period.

Do you have any childhood vacation memories  or travel tales to share? email me and I can include them in our summer editions!