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been passed around, and not being used to that sort of thing, he puffed once on the cigarette and passed it along, being very fearful that he possibly might have to go for a urine analysis. After that, he was very uncomfortable and left the party. That was New Years Eve, 1991. He went to a party again in the following summer with a portion of the same crowd and the same sort of thing happened. He deeply regretted having been in those situations. He offered them this to help them understand more about why the allegations came about. Mr. Hallquist deeply apologized for being in this situation, but he felt that it did not hinder his ability to do his job properly. Chairman Bird asked Mr. Hallquist if he is saying under oath that other than those two times at New Year's Eve and the summer of 1992, he never used marijuana either on or off duty, and Mr. Hallquist answered, "Yes, sir." Chairman Bird asked Mr. Hallquist if he felt that was consistent with what he told his supervisors when they interviewed him, and Mr. Hallquist answered, "Yes, sir." Chairman Bird wished to hear from the supervisors, because obviously there are two opinions as to what Mr. Hallquist said at those two interviews. Deputy Attorney Will Collins asked Pat Callahan, Director of Recreation for the City of Vero Beach and Indian River County, to describe the circumstances around the time leading up to the discharge letter and some of the reasoning she had for terminating Mr. Hallquist. Mrs. Callahan stated she had received the letter from the lifeguards suggesting that there was a problem on the beach. The six lifeguards who signed the letter are full-time lifeguards. There are some part-time lifeguards, but only one full-time lifeguard did not sign the letter. Prior to that time, Jon had told her that some of the lifeguards were plotting against him, and believing in Jon she felt that perhaps these lifeguards had mustered together and signed this letter against him. She sent the letter over to Risk Management for advice on how to proceed. Beth Jordan, Manager of Risk Management, advised that the best thing to do was to get everyone together and have each person tell their stories. As the meeting progressed, Chad Summerlin admitted to the group that he had smoked marijuana not in the tower but on break. After that was said, she asked those lifeguards to go back to the beach and write down what they could remember and submit to her their record of incidents of how it came to this. She sent Chad back -to the beach, but she told Jon Hallquist not to put him on the beach alone. Following this, she called Personnel and it was 21 BOOK 88 D'UE 753 hh�E B 3 1993