Escondido Sunrise Rotary; “San Diego Harbor Police Foundation; Supporting the First Responders that Protect San Diego’s Harbor Area”… September 12, 2019
President-Elect Chris Miller led the meeting…
Linda Bailey led the pledge to our nation’s flag…
Past President Jack Anderson offered an invocation remembering the sacrifice of so many on September 11, 2001…
President-Elect Chris Miller was at the helm as President Brian was off making peace at the Wyandotte Tribal gathering… Great job Chris!!
Visitors and Guests:
Past President Alan Miller was a visitor today… And disclosed that he will be re-joining Escondido Sunrise… Alan, in his own words, said he experienced some “temporary insanity’ when he left our great fellowship of service… and, ‘He’s Back’…
Birthdays:
September 7: ‘Grandma’ Glynna Hoekstra
7: Kathy Herbert; best wishes for a second time…
15: Ralph Tavares
Anniversaries:
None this week
Rotary Anniversaries:
None this week
Dates to Remember:
September 19: District 5340 Governor Marta Knight…
October 26: San Felipe Rotary Club; Dedication of new Hospice Center Sponsored by the Rotary Foundation
RB Rotary’s Beer Fest is coming up on Oct 26th at Webb Park: Tickets are available online at www.rbfest.com.
Rotarians Having Fun, and Doing Great Things for Groups in Need:
Past President Mark Hoekstra was ‘busting his buttons’ as he announced his first grand baby, Brooklyn Paige…
Mark with a big ‘Grandpa Grin’….
Mark Hoekstra shown with his new granddaughter…
Past President Barry Baker spent some time with the Baker Clan… His son, COL Jay Baker was in town with his family… A great family time, and a chance to show off the Norwegian flag…
Past President George Beitner shared a photo and brief video of his grandson Everett running afoul of the base Police at Marine Corps Base Quantico… Seems that Everett was ‘driving’ his electric car on the sidewalk when he was ‘Busted’…
Past President Jeff Johnson and Mark Maus took in a Padre game… As they were exchanging baseball stories that night, they discovered that they played on the same Little League team… just a few years ago…
Past President Jack Anderson spent some time recently with his three grandsons; not only was he protected by Captain America, but he treated his hardworking boys to a yogurt treat after school… Too much fun!!
Hi Fives and Announcements:
Past President Dave Herbert encouraged members to make up at area club meetings to spread the word about our Grape Day 5K Event… Rich Agnew will download some video footage of a past 5K to a thumb drive so that members can take some ‘action shots’ to share with fellow Rotarians from other clubs…
Linda Bailey announced that the County Board of Supervisors, have agreed to support our Grape Day 5K event again with a donation of $15,000… Special thanks to Supervisor Kristin Gaspar for her efforts in securing that donation for us…
Linda Bailey pictured as she announces the donation from the County…
Past President Tony Criss recently visited Alaska and brought a gift to President-Elect Chris, a replica of the world’s largest rubber chicken…
Grape Day 5K Update:
Team fundraising results were shown… Keep up the good work for all the teams!!
Past President George Beitner reminded all the members that donors making gifts over $250 will be recognized on a large banner at the Grape Day 5K Event… Everyone should make sure your donors are shown on the sign…
Program:
Jeff Wohler of the San Diego Harbor Police Foundation…Jeff shared with us the mission of the Foundation as it supports the functions of the Harbor Police Department…
Jeff Wohler speaking to Sunrise Rotarians about the multitude of services provided by the San Diego Harbor Police…
Jeff talked about the diverse assignments supported by the Harbor Police, including airport security, marine security on all of the bay front property under the jurisdiction of the Harbor, and firefighting…
Harbor Police Officers undergo significantly varied training regimens as they are brought into the Department.
Much of the work of the Harbor Police involves coordinations with other agencies, both law enforcement and Department of Treasury functions. Coordination occurs with the Coast Guard, Homeland Security, San Diego Police and other agencies…
In addition to their law enforcement work, the Foundation supports the Police Officers as they reach out to the community; including work with youth through adoption of a local school that serves many at-risk youth… A successful program that was undertaken this year was an outing; “Fish with a Cop”…
President-Elect Chris pictured with Jeff Wohler of the San Diego Harbor Police Foundation…
Next Week’s Program:
District 5340 Governor, Marta Knight
OpportunityDrawing:
Grand Prize: $141… Mark Maus… Won the chance to pick the Joker… No luck Mark…
Lunch Money: $16… Past President Mike Dunlap was the lucky boy on this ticket…
