Sunday, April 12, 2015
April 9, 2015 meeting notes
The meeting was attended by 22 members and our speaker, Chris Donley from Washington State Fish and Wildlife.
We agreed to do plantings at the Care Center as our Kiwanis One Day activity.
Chris Donley told us about Fish Washington, a program to encourage sport fishing in Washington. The fishwashington website provides information on how to get licenses; fishing regulations and other information to help people learn about fishing in Washington State.
He explained that the Fish and Wildlife budget was cut by $58 million in 2008 when the recession began and their funding has remained low; they are using various marketing ideas to increase revenue from sport fishing licenses.
April 2, 2015 meeting notes
The meeting was attended by 22 members, 1 guest and our speaker, Carol Nettles of the Ladies and Gentlemen (volunteers) of the Washington State Veteran's Cemetery.
Departing member Steve was presented with a plaque.
Our next meeting will be at the Sessions Village Club House (2219 N 6th St.). A full breakfast with juice and/or coffee will be available for $10; coffee or juice for $1 each.
The meeting was attended by 22 members, 1 guest and our speaker, Carol Nettles of the Ladies and Gentlemen (volunteers) of the Washington State Veteran's Cemetery.
Departing member Steve was presented with a plaque.
Our next meeting will be at the Sessions Village Club House (2219 N 6th St.). A full breakfast with juice and/or coffee will be available for $10; coffee or juice for $1 each.
Thursday, April 9, 2015
March 26, 2105 meeting notes
The meeting was attended by 23 members, 1 guest and our speaker. Information about possibly meeting at Sessions Village was presented and discussed; other possible meeting locations were also mentioned.
Our speaker was Cheney Police Chief Hensley. He's been Chief for 3 years and the department was in good shape when he came. When he came, the city was divided into 7 sectors with one officer assigned to each due to limited staffing. This meant that sometimes the assigned officer was not on duty when a citizen reported a problem; also this focused more on officer recognized problems rather than citizen reported problems. Now there are no sectors; when a problem arises it is assigned to an officer and their partner also is aware so either can follow through. There has also been a change in response philosophy: no call is too small and officers are encouraged to slow down and fix the problem the first time. During the Chief's tenure the number of formal complaints per year has dropped from between 5 to 8 down to 1. The department is also the first Eastern Washington department to achieve accreditation, it passed recertification and has had 100% compliance for three consecutive years.
While staffing is still a challenge, it is now policy to have 2 officers on every shift with an increase to 3 officers on shift on Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights when EWU is in session.
He said the most reported problems are: (1) domestic violence - this includes roommate situations, (2) car burglaries and (3) alcohol and drug abuse. He also said that 96% of sexual assaults reported in the last 10 years were linked to alcohol/drug abuse.
The meeting was attended by 23 members, 1 guest and our speaker. Information about possibly meeting at Sessions Village was presented and discussed; other possible meeting locations were also mentioned.
Our speaker was Cheney Police Chief Hensley. He's been Chief for 3 years and the department was in good shape when he came. When he came, the city was divided into 7 sectors with one officer assigned to each due to limited staffing. This meant that sometimes the assigned officer was not on duty when a citizen reported a problem; also this focused more on officer recognized problems rather than citizen reported problems. Now there are no sectors; when a problem arises it is assigned to an officer and their partner also is aware so either can follow through. There has also been a change in response philosophy: no call is too small and officers are encouraged to slow down and fix the problem the first time. During the Chief's tenure the number of formal complaints per year has dropped from between 5 to 8 down to 1. The department is also the first Eastern Washington department to achieve accreditation, it passed recertification and has had 100% compliance for three consecutive years.
While staffing is still a challenge, it is now policy to have 2 officers on every shift with an increase to 3 officers on shift on Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights when EWU is in session.
He said the most reported problems are: (1) domestic violence - this includes roommate situations, (2) car burglaries and (3) alcohol and drug abuse. He also said that 96% of sexual assaults reported in the last 10 years were linked to alcohol/drug abuse.
March 19, 2015 meeting notes
We met again at the Cheney Library and the meeting was attended by 21 members plus our speaker.
Steve won the 50/50 draw. Bob presented his plans for the Kiwanis Egg Hunt on April 4.
Our speaker was Eric Williamson, air traffic controller. He has been a traffic controller since 1984, working for 27 years at Oakland, then at Grant County and coming to Spokane International(SIA) as a supervisor in 2012. The new Spokane tower is 271 feet tall and is the highest traffic control tower in Washington. The SIA runways are 11,001 and 9,000 feet long and the tower height allows them to see the full length of the runways (fog permitting). On a clear day they can see Steptoe Butte. They provide radar control for an area from Ritzville to Deer Park, east of Coeur d'Alene and South to Rosalia and also provide approach control for Missoula. He walked us through the various levels of traffic control, based on altitude and distance from the airport and said a typical commercial flight can involve 15-30 controllers. Controllers receive 5 years of training and must retire at age 56.
March 12, 2015 meeting notes
We met at the Cheney Library and had 22 members present; we welcomed Joyce as a new member.
Our speaker was Chris Youngs from Pure Joy Family farm, which is a marijuana growing business in Cheney Industrial Park. He emphasized that this is a family run business and they want to be a good community partner. The taxes collected on their product are earmarked for health benefits including addiction treatment and are to be returned to the communities that allow growers to operate. They have an agricultural rating; their edibles are produced in an inspected kitchen and they only sell plants on a wholesale basis. The THC content of their products is confirmed by independent lab tests and all plants are registered and tracked and currently they are required to deliver directly to retailers. They have state of the art security and growing systems.
We met at the Cheney Library and had 22 members present; we welcomed Joyce as a new member.
Our speaker was Chris Youngs from Pure Joy Family farm, which is a marijuana growing business in Cheney Industrial Park. He emphasized that this is a family run business and they want to be a good community partner. The taxes collected on their product are earmarked for health benefits including addiction treatment and are to be returned to the communities that allow growers to operate. They have an agricultural rating; their edibles are produced in an inspected kitchen and they only sell plants on a wholesale basis. The THC content of their products is confirmed by independent lab tests and all plants are registered and tracked and currently they are required to deliver directly to retailers. They have state of the art security and growing systems.
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