VISITING ROTARIANS AND GUEST 
Terri Smith guest of Doris
Melissa Rodriguez and Tonya Robertson guest of Audrey 
Sue Ann Hertford, VisitingRotation from East Montgomery 
Bob husband of Sandy
Jacob Pena husband of Ashley 
Sheriff Henderson Guest Speaker 

 

CLUB ANNOUNCEMENTS
March 13th next Board meeting 5pm at Daniella’s office
March 14th 6pm Ladies night out at Janet’s a supper salad Bunco game night bring a friend!
April 21st - 23rd District Conference in Lufkin Registration is currently $175.  If you are interested please register before March 10th because fee will go up by $200.
May 5th -Los Compadres at La Toretta- We currently have 16 teams. We need three or four more.  The goal is to have 25 teams please let Audrey know if you have any corporate sponsors that would like to participate.   Please let Victoria know if you have any teams interested in Bunco tournament.  Mike raffle tickets if you have them turn in what you have.  We printed 500 tickets so if you have tickets get with Mike to help you sell them if you need it.
March 30th - No morning meeting-Evening Social at Simple Life Chiropractic from 6pm-8pmcrawfish boil and drinks.  
March 30th - Deadline for two year trade school Scholarships.  Please have any senior applying for a two year school to apply for the scholarship.  The Club provides 10 $1,000 scholarships to students.  

MY ROTARY –No Update 

FAMILY OF ROTARY –No Update 

COMMITTEE REPORTS

Jan Ricketts-Service-Has four applications.  Applications due by March 31st

Shannon Salsbury-Membership-March MadnessMembership Drive.  The winning team $100 toward auction items and a 20 oz artic cup!  

Daniella Mead-Administration/Programs-No update 

Deanna Voitle-Public Image-No update 

Chef Rick -New Generations-Thank you to all for the toilet roll campaign the storage unit is full!  We may need to start rolling now!  Not much to report because of Spring Break.  Working on a May date for the banquet.  

Mike Berger-Polio Chair- No new cases this week!  Worldwide 3 total cases last year at this time we had 5 cases. Still selling raffle tickets for the Rotary wristwatch $5/ticket.

Gary Milleson-Foundation-Nine members still need to send in EREY.  If you received an e-mail you still need to pay deadline is March 31st so our club will be recognized at the Distract Conference in April.  

Memory Park-No update

Doris Lockey-Exchange- Yohan received approval to travel with his new host family to Port Aransas for Spring Break. 

GOOD NEWS
Doris announced last Saturday she chaired a committee selection to select the next District Governor and what a hard decision it was due to so many great candidates, but the next District Governor for 2020 will be Betsy Robinson from League City. 
Charlie announced after a few weeks traveling in in Galapagos Island and Machu Picchu he meet a lady that said one of her daughters was interested in the rotary exchange program.  Charlie is sending her some information on the exchange program.
Mike announced his 22 year old cousin visited and was hit on by a McDonald employee.  They also traveled to a Kerrville Ranch to hunt.  Mike saw 13 deer and none could be shot.  He also saw some hogs but shot nothing, but they still ate well.  Also everyone please say thank you to Lilly for the happy birthday Rotary announcement! 

GUEST SPEAKER 
Sheriff Rand Henderson spoke with the club about the office transition 2017.  Sheriff Henderson officially took office on January 1, 2017 and has made many change to the department.  The first change was to establish a Vision and Mission statement for the department.  As the seventh largest county in Texas with 847 member team it is important to have a statement of values for the office.   Vision Statement…Our vision is to serve as a role model for the public safety services in our State.  Mission Statement…is to provide professional detention and law enforcement service to our community through meaningful partnerships to enhance the quality of life for our citizens, businesses and visitors through efficient and innovative public safety practices.   

One of the duties and responsibilities of the Sheriff department is to maintain the jail.  The jail is the only jail in the County which has a mix of all kinds of felons.  The jail has 1253 beds with a ratio of 1 detention officer to 48 inmates.  Currently the jail has 967 inmates of which 200 are females.  One of largest issues facing the jail is mental health issues with 30% of the population suffering from some mental health issue and needing help.  Patrol is another duty and responsibility of the office with the patrol of all of Montgomery County with Conroe being the first largest area and Willis is the second largest city area in Montgomery County.  

Leadership Team Ken Culbreath Chief Deputy, Captain Bryan Carlisle, Executive Division, Captain Kevin Ray, East County Patrol, Captain Melvin Franklin, West County Patrol and Captain Allison Allen The Woodlands Township Patrol.  Captain Jimmy Malmay, Criminal Investigation Division, Captain Ollie Coward, Jail division.    New homeland Security Captain Damon Hall, Law Enforcement Service Division Director Randal Eaves, Law Enforcement Information Tech Director Mari Lambrecht ,Finance Division Director Carol Thompson.  

Other changes include updating the website to have more accurate information and stories.  They are getting ahead of the stories.  They have hired a full time Chaplin Pastor Mike Evans.  The Sherriff has also changed the structure of the department to push everyone out front from command to teams and specialized units.  This new structure is to prevent breakdowns in communication.   They are also moving from traditional community policing service model to smaller portal areas.  This will allow the deputies to get to know the residence and business.  A strategic plan will be rolled out at day 100 to identify the goals of the department, and also have a line item budget in place for next year.    Team is the new approach and is now a part of the culture!