Guests and New Member
Sgt. Jim Potter, Ofr. Jerry Maxfield and Ofr. Becky Dyer
Reno County Sheriffs Department
guests of Randy Henderson
TUIT
Scott Saylor was the proud bearer of the little round menace this week and leveled fines to Brad Thompson, Stan Macgirvin, Jay Pitzer and Guy Gann (actually Bobbi Gann forgot to ask and prepaid for Guy).
Scott then presented Stan Macgirvin with the Tuit; at which point Stan said that Scott is still #1!
FINES
Jim Kicklighter was Sgt. at Arms this morning, with help from Al Strecker.
Nathan Meyer was fined for being late. He was also fined along with Kip Hildebrand and Curtis Mitchell for missing the New Members Orientation. Lee Gleason was fined a jealousy tax for playing golf on his recent trip to Mexico.
A Guilt By Association tax was leveled to the Edward Jones boys (Jay Pitzer, Dan Power and Darren Wicks) for the picture Jim found on the net of an Edward Jones sign which included Donuts, Guns and Daycare sort of a one stop shopping. Tom Hymer was fined because AT&T sponsored a Chamber Legislative Forum NOT Alltel. John Knipp is on the Agri-Business Committee for the Chamber his picture was featured in the Chamber Newsletter in which he was fined for not wearing his AMBUC pin. Paul Brown was fined for getting around last week as a Chamber Ambassador he had coffee in a new business at the mall then did Daisy (Deli) afterwards (or was it the other way around?)
Jack Mace paid for sending an intelligent email (if you didnt get this email, let me know). Doug Foss paid for his disparaging comments of Sgt. Jims Homeland (So. Carolina). JoAnn Williams had lunch with Mark Treaster in Topeka last week and Mark sent along his dollar with Jo Ann since he will be busy at work for a while. Curtis Mitchell paid another fine for having his pregnant wife shovel snow (please dont tell me he has a washing machine in the basement that needs removed).
Then there was the continuation of the Anna Nicole-Smith trivia game this week. Doyle Ehling paid for requesting that Hutchinson be Anna Nicoles final resting place (Ill bet he knows a fine mortuary to help with the arrangements), and Randall Haltom was fined for being one of the babys fathers, though he firmly denies it.
PROGRAM
Randy Henderson introduced officers from the Reno County Sheriffs Department to discuss the different programs they are working with area schools to better educate our children on drug/personal safety awareness, etc.
Sgt. Jim Potter began speaking on the DARE Program in Reno County. Currently, 3 officers are responsible for implementing the DARE Program in 22 schools in the five different school districts in Reno County. The officers are not a full time presence in any of the schools as the DARE officers from Hutchinson Police Department are in their respective schools. The Personal Safety Awareness Program has been implemented in classrooms since 1983. This program consists of a 4 part series instructing children on different aspects of personal safety including good touch/bad touch and stranger danger. The teacher instructs two of the four sessions, the DARE officer instructs one session and a mental health professional teaches a session. The Sheriffs Department strives to maintain a positive involvement in the schools with these programs as they want the children to view them not as a threat as many see law enforcement through parental drug busts and domestic violence calls. Wesley Vaughn will replace Jerry Maxfield as a DARE officer for the county when Jerry retires in the next few weeks.
Ofr. Jerry Maxfield spoke about LifeSkills Training which teaches children about the different influences on their lives and decision making: parents, friends, relatives, neighbors and the community. This program is a good compliment to the DARE Program. Jerry also spoke on the Cadet Program, which is youth introduction to law enforcement. Young adults are encouraged to enroll in the program and through bi-monthly training sessions and riding with officers on duty, they learn to appreciate law enforcement at a early age. Ofr. Maxfield also discussed the newest drug threatening our young people an over the counter cold medication called Coricidin. It is referred to on the street as Skittles and as with most of these types of drugs can cause death if too many are taken.
Ofr. Becky Dyer finished the program discussing the DARE Camp. This camp teaches DARE and LifeSkills training more one on one than in the classroom using team building activities. The camp meets the first weekend in June at Camp Aldridge in Claflin, KS. The DARE Camp has been in existence since 1990 with the average yearly attendance at 96 kids. The cost for the camp is $35 for 3 days. Upon completion, the children graduate from the program receiving certificates and t-shirts.
Club Announcements
T-Shirt Training: Friday, March 2nd here at the Town Club during our weekly meeting. Also people need to sign up to work the T-shirt booth at the NJCAA Tournament.
Second Reading: A second reading for a donation of $500 to T.E.C.H.s Hearts & Hands annual Texas Holdem fundraiser which passed. Also a second reading for a $500 donation towards the repair of a wheelchair for a client, an employee of Disability Supports which passed.
Next Meeting, Friday, February 23 PROGRAM TBA
Winners
50-50
Randy Henderson won $20.
N.L. Drg
JoAnn Williams didnt have hers
so she missed out on $20.
Next week the pot is $25.