“Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.”  – Aristotle

 

“Write it. Shoot it. Publish it. Crochet it, sauté it, whatever. MAKE.” – Joss Whedon – Film/Television Director-Producer-Screenwrite

 

“The smallest act of kindness is worth more than the grandest intention.” – Oscar Wilde – 1854-1900 – Irish poet and playwright

 

 

ANNOUNCEMENTS

(notes provided by the distinguished gentleman from Connecticut, Ed Perry’s brother)

September Bucket money continues to go to Developmental Service Center (DSC).

 

Phyllis noted that the club’s service project of transplanting perennial flowers from the Decker Garden with the Champaign Park District was a great success. 

 

Larry announced that the recent club service project was greatly appreciated by Books2Prisoners.  Help is needed with their upcoming book sale.

 

Cary says that this month’s social is being finalized for September 30th.

 

Ed will hand out a signup sheet at this week’s meeting for volunteers to help with the sorting and folding of old newspapers to be given to the Champaign County Humane Society for lining their animal cages. The sorting and folding work is scheduled to take place on Saturday, October 16th from 10am to Noon at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, 2101 S. Prospect Avenue, Champaign. 

 

Please continue to save your newspapers and bring them to our weekly meetings or bring them to our meeting on Oct. 16th or send an email to Ed Perry for that Rotary special curbside pickup service.  Thank you to those who have donated.

 

Michelle is working with Champaign Central High School Interact club on their annual 5K fundraiser on November 20th. More information will be announced as we get closer to that event. 

 

PROGRAM

 

Bob introduced Dustin Heuerman, Champaign County Sheriff, as our speaker this morning. Dustin is our new Sheriff having been elected in 2018 for his first term. Having nineteen years of experience in criminal justice including past experience as an officer, deputy and teacher, he recently received his doctorate while working full time.

 

Dustin’s focus this morning was to inform us on the role of Sheriff, the organization and operations of the Sheriff’s office and current issues and direction of the office. The Champaign County Sheriff’s office provides primary law enforcement service for the 50,000+/- residence in unincorporated areas of the county. The area of our county is 1,050 square miles.

 

The four work divisions in the office include law enforcement, corrections, court security, and emergency management. Dustin pointed out that the Sheriff’s office collaborates with city and town police forces, but there are small towns in the county without their own police force that have hired the Sheriff’s office as their direct law enforcement. The law enforcement division has 54 deputies, 6 investigators and 3 K9s. Two full time staff are directly assigned to the emergency management division.  In total, the agency has approximately 150 total employees.

 

Several initiatives that Dustin is pushing are: community resource deputies who are adept in public relations, a Champaign County Sheriff mobile phone app to communicate and find information better and faster, an added social worker through the Regional Planning Commission, and a youth organization to connect better with the young.

 

Dustin provided plenty of information this morning and much more can be found through the Champaign County Sheriff’s website: http://www.co.champaign.il.us/sheriff.   

 

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  Sept 23rd Sept 30th Oct 7th Oct 14th
Introductions Ed Perry Joe Rank Rod Roberts Tod Satterthwaite
Reflection Lou Simpson Charlie Smith Mary Kay Smith Cary Woolard
Greeters Ed Perry Joe Rank Rod Roberts Tod Satterthwaite
       
Notetaker Conforti Perry Hodson Conforti

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UPCOMING SCHEDULE (with program committee member responsible listed in parentheses)

 

September 23rd – Terri Reifsteck, Visit Champaign County, will discuss the Chambana Welcome Crew (Cary)

September 30th – Club Social

October 7th – Club Assembly

October 14th – Dr. Charles Gammie, professor of astrophysics, UIUC, will speak about black holes (Tom)

October 21st – Normal Rotarian Drake Zimmerman, co-founder and chair of the Rotary Action Group Against Malaria, will speak about Global Grants of Scale (Mary)

October 28th – TBD (Charlie)

November 4th – Club Assembly

November 11th – Veteran’s One to One (tentative)

November 18th – Derek Peterson, Director, Allerton Park & Retreat Center (Joe)

November 25th – No meeting – Thanksgiving

December 2nd – Club Assembly

December 9th – TBD (Ondine)

December 16th – TBD

December 23rd – TBD

December 30th – TBD