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Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2002

 

RTA sends 17 employees to Winter Olympics

 

CLEVELAND -- A total of 17 employees of the Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority (RTA) have been selected to help provide transportation for athletes and guests at the Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City next month.

 

RTA officials and Cleveland Mayor Jane L. Campbell will give the employees a ceremonial send-off at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 30, in the Board Room at RTA's Main Office Building, 1240 W. Sixth St.

 

A student, Jason Samuel of Cleveland, will sing the national anthem, among symbolic Olympic torches, Olympic music, and red, white and blue everywhere. Employee spouses and RTA directors will attend, and several Cleveland-area Olympians have been invited.

 

RTA will be represented by Board President George F. Dixon III, CEO & General Manager Joe Calabrese, and ATU Local 268 officer Gary Johnson.

 

RTA is also loaning 20 new buses to help provide transportation. The buses will be returned when the Games are over. A bus similar to the ones on loan will be parked outside the RTA building.

 

The employees are using vacation time to volunteer at the Games. There is no cost to RTA for the employees volunteering, or for loaning the buses.

 

FOR MEDIA INQUIRIES ONLY:

Jerry Masek, 216.566.5211, jmasek@gcrta.org