January:
• Drafted/finalized/sent memo to detachment commanders
relative to needed disposition of citation information
• Prepared/sent request to HSC for list for Synar screening
• Implemented retailer TA in Wayne & Cabell counties
• Implemented retailer TA in Wayne, Mingo, Logan and
Boone counties
• Corresponded with detachments as they emailed their
citation dispositions
• Prepared initial request to implement targeted inspections
in Monongalia Co.
• Implemented retailer TA in Jackson, Roane, and upper
Kanawha counties; visited Roane County detachment
• Implemented retailer TA in Fayette county; visited
Gauley Bridge detachment
• Drafted/finalized letters to corporations offering
TA to store managers at either corporate offices or regional/district
meetings
• Implemented retailer TA in Mon and Marion counties
• Implemented retailer TA in Nicholas and Clay counties
• Implemented retailer TA in Wood, Pleasants, and Ritchie
counties
• Attended/participated in CREATE meeting
• Implemented retailer TA in Mason County
• Drafted/finalized/sent Disposition of Citation information
to DADA for federal block grant report
• Began office set up/materials for ’07 Synar
screening and inspection implementation
• Prepared monthly reports
February:
• Participated in conf. call with other Synar coordinators
relative to call for presentations for the September national
tobacco conference
• Initial preparation for meeting at new PRC offices
with folks from DADA, Prosecuting Attorney Inst. Office, magistrates,
WVSP, etc.
• Meeting w/ HSC folks at Diamond Bldg. regarding vendor
list for screening purposes
• Submitted abstract for presentation at 2007 National
Conference on Tobacco or Health (Oct. 25-26), Minneapolis,
MN
• Picked up final segment of the vendor screening list
from HSC/Tom Light
• Began screening vendor list for ’07 Synar compliance
inspections
• Visited numerous vendors listed on Tax list who could
not be contacted by phone to determine whether they were open
and if they sold tobacco products
• Completed screening of new vendors list and returned
info to HSC.
• Prepared materials for court appearance in Welch
• Prepared materials for Mar. 2 meeting
• Appeared in court in McDowell County along with trooper,
youth inspector and his parent vs. retailer who sold during
’06 Synar compliance inspections.
• Implemented retailer TA in various counties
• Made follow-up calls re: McDowell court appearance
• Prepared monthly reports
March:
• Held scheduled meeting with DADA and WVSP representatives
• Attempted to set up meetings with PA Inst. Director
and head of Magistrate System
• Held meeting with representative from WVDADA and WVSP
• Participated in interviewing person for EUDL position
• Set up office/files for ’07 Synar inspections
• Participated in conference call with DADA and CSAP
personnel re: coverage studies
• Attended WVPRC staff meeting
• Participated in WVPRC open house
• Attended STV planning meeting
• Screened vendors for tobacco compliance inspections
• Visited retailers in Wyoming, McDowell, and Mercer
counties to validate information on vendor list
• With Sgt. Les Bailey, Welch detachment, provided TA
to vendor who sold during ’06 Synar compliance inspections/contested
citation
• Participated in TATA Team meeting
April:
• Screened vendors for tobacco compliance inspections
• Made calls to various entities looking for retailer
information for vendor list purposes
• Visited numerous vendors, where information could
not be obtained otherwise, to validate information for tobacco
compliance inspections (Kanawha, Fayette, Cabell, Jackson,
Wood)
• Provided orientation info to Stephanie Southall re:
Synar regs/inspections/merchant education efforts
• Collaborated with representatives from Prosecuting
Attorneys Institute and the Magistrate System relative to
method of citation process
• Attended PRIDE Conference luncheon/round table session
• Wrote MOU w/ WVSP
• Revised Synar protocols
• Prepared Synar information for distribution to magistrates
and prosecuting attorneys state-wide
• Attended/participated in TATA Team meeting
• Attended/participated in STV planning meeting
• Contacted Troop Headquarters (6) to set up attending/speaking
to 1st Sgts/Sgts. Relative to ’07 Synar inspections
• Prepared/sent letter requesting to speak/exhibit Synar
information at annual magistrate conference
• Ordered materials for Synar Inspection Team implementation
packets
• Researched and prepared list (addresses/officers)
of corporate addresses for either visit or mail TA
• Visited/provided TA to corporate offices in Tazewell,
VA, Raleigh County, Mercer County
• Visited/provided TA to corporate offices/retailers
in Wood County
• Visited/provided TA to corporate offices/retailers
in Braxton/Gilmer counties
• Prepared/began copying protocol information for CDSs/Troopers
for packets to be distributed during Synar trainings at Regional
CDS and Troop meetings
• Began initial preparation of graduated penalty information
for Troopers for upcoming Synar inspections
• Visited/provided TA to additional corporate offices
in Marietta, Ohio and Wood County
• Made arrangements to speak with Treatment providers
at June meeting at Sharpe
Prepared monthly reports as required
May:
• Prepared follow-up letter to be sent to corporations
relative to merchant education
• Prepared list of corporations for label preparation
• Attended/participated in CREATE meeting
• Verified retailers for vendor list in Harrison County
• Visited/provided TA to retailers who previously sold
during inspections in Hancock County
• Visited/provided TA to corporations in Ohio County
• Finalized protocols for CDSs/Troopers/Youth Inspectors
• Prepared CDS Funding Document for Fiscal Distribution/Reporting
• Prepared/disseminated checks for distribution to CDSs
for field implementation
• Finalized Trooper/CDS packet information w/ listings
• Assembled packets for CDSs/Troopers for upcoming Synar
inspections
• Met w/ Murriell (WVDADA Fellow) to discuss Synar/environmental
strategies/work plan
• Met with Troop 1 (WVSP) in Morgantown to discuss ’07
Synar protocol
• Met with Troop 5 (WVSP) in Logan to discuss ’07
Synar protocol
• Met with Region I & III CDSs in Morgantown to
go through ’07 Synar Protocol
• Met with Region IV CDSs in Beckley to go through ’07
Synar Protocol
• Met with Region II CDSs at PRC office to go through
’07 Synar Protocol
• Met with Troop 3 in Elkins to go through ’07
Synar Protocol; provided TA to retailer
• Made follow-up calls to detachment commanders re:
citation issues
• Met with Troop 2 in Kearneysville to go through ’07
Synar Protocol
• Visited corporate offices in eastern panhandle
• Provided TA to stores in Hardy, Hampshire and Mineral
counties that sold during ‘06 Synar inspections
• Met with Troop 6 in Beckley to go through ’07
Synar Protocol
• Prepared monthly reports as required
June:
• Assembled packets for Treatment Provider meeting re:
Synar
• Spoke to treatment providers and disseminated Synar
information at monthly meeting at Sharpe Hospital about their
responsibility in disseminating information relative to See
Red? materials and assessed penalties for a buy rate of over
20%
• Sent See Red? media release to Greg Pucket for dissemination
to WVCADCA members
• Sent e-copy of Synar protocols to CDSs as backup
• Sent e-copy of Trooper protocols to Detachment Commanders
as backup
• Wrote thank you notes to Troop Commanders re: allowing
me to attend Troop Meetings
• Met with Troop 4 (w/Murriel Richardson) in South Charleston
to go through ’07 Synar Protocol
• Visited corporate offices in Kanawha Valley
• Met with Charley Bowen (new CDS) and Kyle Wilson (Grad
Student) to go through their protocol more thoroughly prior
to inspections
• Met with Lynn Wallace and Christy Rose who were not
available when I met with other CDSs to go through protocol
with them
• Attended staff meeting
• Asked Steve Small to check out alternative ways to
cite out of state corporations whose clerks sells tobacco
products to minor youth
• Sent copy of media release, etc. to Jan Vineyard,
WVOMEGA as an FYI
• Provided TA to Gilmer County Trooper
• Provided TA to Cabell County Trooper
• Provided TA to Logan County Trooper
• Provided TA to Tony Richards, WVLA
• Contacted Ryon Anderson to set up Synar inspections
in TylerCo.
• Contacted Bill Henderson to set up Synar inspections
in Wetzel Co.
• Assisted CDS in gathering tobacco compliance inspection
data for grant proposal
• Scheduled Synar inspections with Troopers for Wetzel
and Tyler counties
• Contacted Carole Scheerbaum to recruit youth inspector
for Wetzel/Tyler inspections
• Spoke with Cameron High School sponsor relative to
using a couple of hus students for Wetzel/Tyler inspections;
sent youth inspector materials to him
• Called retailers scheduled for Synar inspection prior
to inspection to check to see if they received the See Red?
materials; if they understood the materials, and if they had
any questions
• Provided TA to CDSs as requested
• Prepared Synar binder w/appropriate documentation
• Kept record of scheduled inspections as they were
reported by CDSs
• Wrote Thank You notes to Troopers who implemented
Synar inspections in June
• Requested TA from Kathi Elkins, WVDTP, relative to
questions asked by retailers
• Viewed faxed/sent in Survey Sheets and faxed on to
Tom Light, WVHSC
• Sent ‘In Compliance’ certificates to retailers
who did not sell to youth inspectors
• Attended STV planning meeting
• Notified WVDADA of Synar schedule/results at the end
of each week
• Prepared monthly reports as required
July:
• Prepared ‘In Compliance’ certificates
for retailers who did not sell during Synar inspections
• Provided TA to Pocahontas Co. detachment
• Provided TA to CDSs as requested
• Wrote Thank You notes to Troopers who implemented
Synar inspections in July
• Called retailers scheduled for Synar inspection prior
to inspection to check to see if they received the See Red?
materials; if they understood the materials, and if they had
any questions
• Provided TA to Jamie Jarrett, Wayne County SPF SIG,
relative to possibility of training youth to do merchant education
• Provided TA to Lincoln Co. retailer and Hamlin detachment
personnel
• Participated in conference call between Synar folks
from LA, State of WA, Hawaii, Alaska and WV
• Wrote draft abstracts for presentations at Indianapolis
and Salt Lake City Synar workshops for Synar panel of experts
• Provided information for CSAP invitation to present
at ’08 Access Seattle Conference
• Accompanied Kyle Wilson, WVPRC Intern, and Merrial
Richardson, WVDADA Fellow, on Synar inspections in Kanawha
County
• Attended CREATE meeting
• Accompanied Charley Bowen on Synar inspections in
Jackson County
• Served as Adult Coordinator on Synar inspections in
Tyler and Wetzel Counties
• Accompanied David Bailey on Synar inspections in Greenbrier
County
• Accompanied Matt Smith on Synar inspections in Wyoming
County
• Participated in Share the Vision meeting
• Participated in TATA meeting
• Prepared final abstracts for presentations at Synar
Workshop/Region I/Indianapolis, IN, Synar Workshop Region
II/Salt Lake City, UT, and Access Seattle ’08 Conference/Seattle,
WA
• Faxed Synar survey sheets to WVHSC as received by
CDSs
• Notified WVHSC of any changes in retailer status as
inspections occur
• Notified WVDADA/others of Synar schedule/unofficial
results at end of each week
• Prepared monthly reports as required
August:
• Called retailers prior to inspection to see if they
received merchant education materials; if they had questions
about the materials, and if they had any recommendations as
to additional materials that could be incorporated
• Continued collaboration with WVSP detachments
• Faxed returned Synar Survey sheets to HSC for addition
to database
• Prepared and mailed ‘In Compliance’ certificates
to retailers who did not sell during inspections
• Wrote and sent thank you notes to WVSP troopers who
participated in Synar Compliance inspections
• Provided on-site TA to retailers in Mason County on
merchant education issues as well as talked about additional
materials that could be added to the See Red? materials
• Talked to corporate businesses and others about their
training procedures
• Provided on-site visits to retailers in Monroe, Greenbrier
(selected), and Summers County to deliver ‘In Compliance’
certificates and talk to them about training procedures
• Monitored inspections in Barbour, Upshur, Taylor,
Lewis, Pleasants, and Wayne counties
• Worked with Steven Smith to tweek power point presentation
• Submitted presenter/presentation information for STV
Conference (Nov. ’07)
• Prepared finalized power point presentation for Synar
workshop in Indianapolis (Aug. ’07)
• Prepared presentation summary for Synar workshop/Region
II in Salt Lake City (Oct. 07) and submitted the information
to JBS
• Prepared presentation summary for Access Seattle conference
in Seattle (Mar. ’08) and submitted the information
to JBS
September:
• Provided TA/interviewed retailers in Monroe/northern
Mercer counties
• Provided TA/interviewed retailers in Wyoming, McDowell,
southern Mercer counties
• Attended CREATE meeting
• Provided TA/interviewed retailers in Mason, Jackson,
Cabell counties
• Provided TA/interviewed retailers in Putnam county
• Met w/ Tom Light (HSC) and Kelly Cielensky to validate
Synar survey sheets at PRC office
• Provided TA/interviewed retailers in Wood Co.; mtg.
w/ Wood Co. detachment commander
• Sent certificates to retailers who did not sell during
inspections
• Sent thank you notes to Troopers involved in Synar
compliance inspections
• Participated in conference call with JBS and four
other Synar coordinators in preparation of presentation at
Region II Synar Workshop in Salt Lake City, Utah
• Prepared list of youth inspector contact information
for preparation of thank you letters/certificates
• Prepared and mailed thank you letters and certificates
for youth inspectors
• Registered for Access Seattle ’08 Conference
• Provided TA/interviewed retailers in Mingo, Logan,
and Boone counties
• Provided TA/interviewed retailers in Braxton, Clay
and Webster counties
• Provided TA/interviewed retailers in Raleigh and Summers
counties
• Prepared for mailing youth inspector certificates/thank
you letters
• Provided TA/interviewed retailers in Pleasants, Wirt,
Calhoun and Gilmer counties
• Provided TA/interviewed retailers in Hancock, Brooke,
Ohio, Doddridge, Wetzel, Tyler and Marshall counties
• Looked up mailing addresses of retailers whose certificates
had been returned
• Re-mailed certificates to retailers who did not sell
whose original mailings had been returned due to wrong address
• Attended WVPRC staff meeting
• Provided TA/interviewed retailers in Pocahontas and
Greenbrier counties
• Prepared monthly reports as required
October:
• Attended/presented at the Synar Region II Workshop
in Salt Lake City, Utah
• Presented ‘Special Recognition’ award
to Captain Grant Hills, CSAP on behalf of all state and jurisdiction
Synar coordinators
• Drafted ’07-’08 Synar Recommendations
to WVDADA
• Finalized ’07-’08 Synar Recommendations
to WVDADA
• Prepared and sent ‘07 Trooper Letter of Commendation
to Col. Lemmon
• Provided TA/interviewed retailers in Lewis, Barbour,
Taylor and Upshur counties
• Met w/ Trooper in Upshur County relative to Synar
citation
• Requested follow-up citation information (through
Headquarters) from troopers who implemented Synar compliance
inspections
• Provided information to WVDADA for the SAPT Block
Grant/Synar
• Provided TA (over the phone) to troopers throughout
the state relative to citation process
• Provided TA/interviewed retailers in Harrison, Marion,
Mon, and Preston counties
• Developed power point presentation for the Share The
Vision Conference
• Researched state licensure laws
• Met w/ Sgt. John Elmore, WVSP, co-presenter for STV
presentation in preparation of presentation
• Provided TA/interviewed retailers in Roane County
• Contacted detachments relative to clarification about
citation status
• Worked on Disposition of Citation Report for WVDADA
• Provided TA/interviewed retailers in Randolph, Tucker,
Mineral and Grant counties
• Prepared information to be emailed to national/jurisdictions
Synar Coordinators re: workforce development issues
• Prepared Synar report for CREATE members
• Prepared monthly reports as required
November:
• Provided TA/interviewed retailers in Mineral, Grant,
and Tucker counties/visited detachments
• Provided TA/interviewed retailers in Morgan, Berkeley,
and Jefferson counties
• Prepared travel breakout for MURC
• Met with Charley Dunn, WVDADA’s AG and Kelly
Cielensky re: Synar follow up
• Attended Ethics workshop presented by David Bailey
and Carol Moscar
• Attended/presented at Share The Vision Conference
• Sent thank you note out to Sgt. Kenny McCord
• Provided TA/interviewed retailers in Randolph County
• Provided TA/interviewed retailers in Kanawha County
• Met with Region I & 3 CDSs for Synar debriefing
in Morgantown
• Pulled together information for Training And Technical
Assistance (TATA) meeting
• Chaired TATA meeting
• As Interim Chair of TATA, will serve as Chair on Team
Council until new Chair is selected
• Followed up on disposition of citation info for DADA
• Provided Synar Update to Wayne, Kelly Cielensky and
Steve Mason
• Spoke w/ SPF SIG grantees at IGM meeting
• Prepared monthly reports as required
