06/01/2017 Judy Budi and Rebecca Quinones

06/08/2017 Deb Dulaney and Jim Harris

06/15/2017 Jennifer Gibbs and Ann Blackburn

06/23/2017 Raj Grandhi and Graham Ross

 

 

Greeter Rick Terhune is seen in the picture below greeting Judy Budi, a greeter next week.

Greeter Butch Spencer can be seen just behind them.

 

Doc Hoback just got greeted by Butch Spencer and is now looking for his Rotary badge

 

These greeters do more than greet. They also chat while waiting...Ron Hollenbeck and Jeff Senny are and Chuck King are among the chatters.

 

Jim Briggs and our visiting Rotarian Bob Kilpatrick also get in on the chat, along with Jeff Senney.

 

 

Raj Grandhi is back from a business trip and Sally Beals is seen looking for her badge.

 

And they just keep coming. Graham Ross is seen behind Mike Wier.

 

The greeters at the next meeting will be Judy Budi and Rebecca Quinones 

 

The Centerville Rotary Club met at noon at The Club House at Yankee Trace Golf Course. 

President Ron Hollenbeck led the Pledge of Allegiance, and PDG Harvey Smith gave the prayer, being thankful that no one was injured during last night's tornadoes that came through the area, and asking remembrance for those killed in Manchester, England, and their families, and for our club member Peachy to get better. Drew Carter was asked to lead the singing of God Bless America, and it was a grand rendition thanks to him.    

 

Dottie Overly, wife of member Don Overly; Bob Kilpatrick, a visiting Rotarian from Miamisburg; and Chief Deputy Rob Streck, who oversees the day-to-day operations of the Montgomery County Sheriff's Office. He is also Assistant Director of the Montgomery County Drug-Free Coalition. He replaced our scheduled speaker, Montgomery County Sheriff Phil Plummer, who had to attend to other business.

 

Dottie Overly is seen looking over the incoming crowd

 

 

There's that smiling Bob Kilpatrick as we saw him coming in and being greeted

 

And here's Rob Streck, who gave a grand presentation on the area's on-going and growing

heroin problems.

  

Ron said Katie Neubert has been accepted for membership and should be here around July 1. She will be transferring from a New Jersey club, he said.

Ron also held up a copy of the Dayton Daily News article touting Noe Camp as Washington Twp.'s receiver of its annual Community Service Award. The club recognized Noe for getting the award at a recent meeting. The Centerville Dispatch had a picture and story about her good works, which included her projects as a co-president of the Centerville High School Interact Club. They held a book drive and also raised $3,000 to help install a fresh water pump in Malawi in southeast Africa. They also helped a number of refugee families with bedding, household items and toys. And the list goes on...

 

 

 

Our club secretary Mark Balsan collected the Happy Bucks...while Gerry Eastabrooks, our club treasurer, was absent

 

Brian was the first to step up and give Happy Bucks. He said he visited the Saginaw Sunrise Rotary while he was in Michigan, which met in a hospital.

 

Ron Hollenbeck gave a couple Happy Bucks just for being happy. 

Chuck King gave a Happy Buck for the new carpet they had installed in their house, noting that "both dogs initiated it."

 

Mike Wier, a man who spends a lot of his time making music with his tuba, said he'd like to see the group sing something other than God Bless America and that he will put in $90 in Happy Bucks if we just sing something different next week.

 

The Star Spangled Banner might be a good choice. Francis Scott Key wrote it while detained by the British, first on one of the British ships and then sent to an American sloop behind the British ships, about eight miles outside Fort McHenry during the British bombardment of the fort. He stayed up all night waiting to see what flag, the American or enemy, would be flying over the fort when the bombardment was over. It wasn't until the dawn's early light that the American flag could be seen. He penned his poem...which had four verses, which were later set to the tune of a British drinking song he was familiar with. The original flag would not have been flown over night, as the rain would have made it too heavy to fly, according to one source, but was probably replaced by a smaller flag overnight and then replaced by the bigger one in the early morning dawn. 

In any case, the song first became a national song for the U.S. military, and then in 1931, the U.S. National Anthem. The Fort McHenry battle took place on Sept. 13, 1814 at the end of the 1812 War. 

 

I include the first verse here so you can practice for next week and Mike can get his $90 ready if the club decides to take up his offer. 

 

Oh, say, can you see, by the dawn's early light,
What so proudly we hail'd at the twilight's last gleaming?
Whose broad stripes and bright stars, thro' the perilous fight,
O'er the ramparts we watch'd, were so gallantly streaming?
And the rockets' red glare, the bombs bursting in air,
Gave proof thro' the night that our flag was still there.
O say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?

 

And on with the Happy Bucks:

 

Jim Hester said he would give $5 for seven words that were spoken 26 years ago....Now I pronounce you man and wife....He gave $26 for his wedding anniversary and shame bucks for the Reds losing. 

Butch Spencer gave for not being here for a month and Graham Ross gave for being 24 today.

Jim Harris gave for the Interact Club. 

Judy Budi gave for not being at the club for a few weeks and Raj Grandhi gave for finally getting to spend a holiday without working. He said he'll be in Vegas for ten days and is willing to take gambling money from club members who wish to see him gamble it away. 

Rebecca Ninones gave for being with the graduating glass in the Nutter Center during the tornadoes.

Jeff Senney caused a lot of laughter when he told how someone said "You have a beautiful son," as he was coming out of a place with Lee behind him. Lee Hieronymus then spoke up and said he wanted to thank Butch for the hug he got being greeted (Lee is the hugger usually), and everyone laughed again. And someone said, "and that's why Jeff got mad." Much joshing takes place back and forth, all in good sport...(unlike modern politics).

 

Dave Trout gave for his two grandsons doing well at the international competitions in Nashville and his oldest granddaughter getting an all expenses paid internship to Shanghai.

Then he dropped a bomb on the club by noting that he has a heart procedure coming up and that this is his third chance at this and that he hopes he survives. And we do too. The club applauded him in hopes of letting him know we stand by him and that our prayers are with him.

 

Carol Kennard gave for being at the Mad River Gorge,in Clark County, the largest climbing cliff around, over the weekend, with 200 volunteers, getting it ready for everyone to see and enjoy. She, as you remember, took over as acting director for the Springfield parks after she retired, and has been doing a terrific job for them. She said the volunteers cleaned 125,000 pounds of debris from the park area.

Kim Senft-Paras gave for five days in Boston, where she got to visit family and her grandson.

Vas Appalaneni gave for his good friend Peachy, hoping he will be back soon.

 

 

 

Chief Deputy Rob Streck is seen here talking with club members Dale Berry and Chuck King

Club member Dale Berry introduced Deputy Chief Rob Streck, noting that Rob joined the Montgomery County Sheriff's Office in 1996 as a corrections officer. Later that year he was promoted to the rank of deputy sheriff and served as a patrol deputy in Harrison, Jefferson, and Washington townships. Dale Berry is a Washington Twp. Trustee and therefore has direct connections with Rob. During this time Rob served as a field trainer. He also served Montgomery County as a member of the SWAT team during this period.

 

Dale said that in 2002 Rob was assigned to the Montgomery County Regional Training Center as a full-time law enforcement trainer. In 2003, he was assigned as a detective in the Inspectional Services Unit where he was responsible for conduction internal investigations for the Sheriff's Office and numerous other law enforcement agencies.

 

In 2004 he was promoted to the rank of sergeant. He was assigned to the County Jail, Court Services, and the Inspectional Services Unit. During 2005 and 2006, he also served as the Sheriff's Office Accreditation Manager for the Sheriff's Accreditation Unit.

 

In 2007 he joined the Police Athletic and Activities League. He is now the vice president.

He was promoted to the rank of Captain on Oct. 13, 2006, and was assigned as the Assistant Division Commander of Support Services. He was tasked with overseeing the creation and implementation of the Regional Dispatch Center. In 2008 he was assigned as the Commander of the newly created Dispatch Center.

Rob was promoted to Chief Deputy on Jan. 1, 2013. He now oversees the day to day operations of the Montgomery County Sheriff's Office.

In October, 2013, Rob was appointed to the Montgomery County Drug-Free Coalition, where he serves as the assistant director.

 

Chief Deputy Rob Streck said the heroin problem affects us all. It causes higher taxes and denies treatment at hospitals when there are a lot of OD cases. He said heroin "is destroying us in the county jail. They are not allowed to strip search anyone and they have to deal with excessive court hearings.

 

"We are a source city now," he said. The reasons? I-70 and I-75, he said. Also, heroin and fentanyl are cheaper here than elsewhere, he said. What sells for $6-$10 a cap here is $15 to $20 a cap in Richmond, Ind. Also, police are not allowed to ask anyone for their papers stating they are here legally.  The Mexican cartel is bringing in $6 billion a year from the U.S., he said.

 

Chief Deputy Streck said there are 70 real gangs in Montgomery County. Then he said, 171. Then he said there are five major gangs, listing the names. Many are known to shoot into houses. The cartels enlist local gangs. They use blackmail and kidnapping. They stay in local hotels, delivering and distributing the drugs and then are gone in about two days. They kidnap family members of those sent from Mexico to deliver the drugs, threatening to kill the family members and chop off their heads if they don't deliver, and bring back the money.

Deputy Chief Streck said probably 80 to 85 percent of those in the criminal justice system are there because of some substance abuse.

He said the users are mostly white people aged 30-39. Asked why that is, after the meeting, he said many are out of work and have no prospects of getting a job, and some have used pain medication and gotten hooked on it after being in the hospital for medical reasons, etc.

 

Chief Deputy Streck said that in 2016 there were 1,705 dispatches for people who ODed on opiates.  By May 16,2017 there have been 1,722 already, he said. He noted that the city of Kettering and Oakwood and Englewood do not report their figures, but that "they get hit pretty hard. We don't have their data," he said. In 2015 there were 259 accidental deaths from ODing, and in 2016, 355, he said.

Calls for Mutual Aid can go unanswered if a medic has to go out of its territory when the residents need it who aren't doing drugs. He said they've added 3,000 calls for service. He said we are only years away from 5,000 to 10,000 deaths a year. More and more are getting hooked, addicted, using, he said. In May, already 67 have ODed, he said. That's almost three a day, he said. 

Someone in the club asked if Narcan wasn't just helping drug addicts continue using. Chief Deputy Streck said that is highly debated at this point in time. It is the police's job to save lives, he said. He said he knows of parties in the area in which high school kids are going out to what are known as tranquility parties. Many times someone has to go through nine or more life changing events before they ever get off of drugs, he said. 

 

Two vials of Narcan costs $57, he said. They use about 10 doses per person, with each dose being two vials. He said that this week in Dayton they used 28 doses to revive one person.

He said carfentanil is even more dangerous, as it changes your brain chemistry, rewires your brain. Narcan can't help those using it, he said. In the wake of hundreds of drug overdoses in the U.S. linked to the elephant tranquilizer carfentanil, experts warned in late 2016 that a common overdose antidote, Narcan, isn't strong enough to counteract a substance that's about 100 times more potent than fentanyl and 10,000 times more potent than morphine.

Chief Deputy Streck said they now have the R.A.N.G.E Task Force, which is trying to get the big arrests, those with hundreds of pounds of the drugs. The Miami Valley Bulk Smuggling Task Force is trying to get the drugs out of Montgomery County.

 

He said Miamisburg has hotels where they have had big loads of drugs and also there's a place near the airport, he said. 

In 2017 they've seized more than 60 pounds of heroin and fentanyl, he said. They've added five K-9s to the Drug-Free Coalition. He said Cornerstone said they would be their Front Door Project. Drug users are given a summons in a new program called GROW that helps them get treatment. Of 151, 21 are still in treatment, he said. 

 

Below are some of the data on what's happening with the area drug scene

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Deputy Chief Streck answered questions after the meeting...

 

The meeting ended with the reciting of Rotary's Four-Way Test.

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