Region One Flash – Volume 3, No. 10 -- October,  2005

Texas Citizen Police Academy Alumni Association-- Region One

P. O. Box 741515, Houston, Texas 77274-1515

Charles Billingsley, Houston, Editor and Publisher (713-729-1546)

President - Carroll Bagley, Liberty County (936-334-3398)

Vice President - Tom Lane, Houston (713-771-0016)

Secretary - Jeanne Canales - Sugar Land (281-530-2733)

Treasurer - Joyce Beeson - Lake Jackson (979-297-5909)

Directors - Leo Waltz, Webster (281-316-2255); Delores Gant Pearland (281-997-1015); Vacant

Rita can’t stop Pearland!

The October Region One meeting will be on Saturday, October 8, 2005 at 10:00 A.M. at the Pearland Police Department, 2703 Veterans Drive, Pearland.  The program will be presented by John Matherne on Sexual Predators.  This is also the meeting where we nominate officers for 2006 and it is important for as many associations as possible to be represented.  Going East on Highway 518 from Highway 288, take West Walnut Street and turn right on Veterans Drive.  Going West on Highway 518 from I-45, turn left on Highway 35, right on West Walnut and left on Veterans Drive.  Going South or North on Highway 35, take West Walnut Drive in a Westerly direction to Veterans Drive and turn South.  If you get lost, call 281-652-1100. Come early for refreshments.  

The November Region One meeting will be in Texas City on Saturday, November 12, 2005.  Mark your calendar and make your plans.

We would like to increase our attendance and show our appreciation to the sponsoring CPA’s.  Please try to have at least one member from your Alumni at Region One each month. Keep in mind that the meetings have been changed to 10:00 A.M. to allow for late risers to attend. We have had an average of 9-12 Associations represented at meetings in 2005 even though we have 23 Associations in good standing. We realize that there have been some anxious moments and devastating results for some of our association members due to Hurricane Rita.  Come if you can and share your experiences.  

Schedule for 2005:

              January 8 - Webster

              February 12 - Lake Jackson

              March 12 - Houston

              April 9 - Angleton

              May 14 - Dickinson

              June 11 - Liberty

              July 9 - League City

              August 13 - Brenham

              September 10 - Montgomery County

              October 8 - Pearland

              November 12 - Texas City

              December 10 - TBA

Members in good standing in 2005 as of August 31, 2005 are Alvin, Angleton, Austin County, Brenham, Deer Park, Dickinson, Galveston, Galveston Sheriff, Houston, Kemah, Lake Jackson, League City, Liberty County, Matagorda County, Montgomery County, Pasadena, Pearland, Richmond, Rosenberg, Sugar Land, Texas City, Tomball, Webster and Margaret Hooper, Individual (Harris County Sheriff). If you have not paid your Region One dues for 2005 of $30.00, you may pay at the October meeting or mail to Joyce Beeson, 413 Huckleberry Drive, Lake Jackson, Texas 77566-4318.  

Treasurer’s Report (submitted by Joyce Beeson):

Balance 7-31-05 Receipts:      Dues Sale of Shirts      Transfer from Scholarship Fund Disbursements:      Purchase of Shirts      Scholarship – Merle Stewart      Copies and Postage Balance 8-31-05 Balance in Scholarship Fund at 7-30-05      Proceeds from Sale of Pins and Patches      Transfer to Checking Account Balance 8-31-05

$2,031.46 40.00 116.00 500.00 (518.60) (500.00) (95.52) $1,573.34 $883.78 60.00 (500.00) $443.78

Using the Internet. You can go to the state convention web site http://www.tcpaaconvention.org to get information about the 2006 convention.  You can also click on the TCPAAA web site link to get to the state organization from the convention web site.  Or you can go direct to the state organization web site by going to http://tcpaaconvention.org/TCPAAA .  The state web site contains the state bylaws, maps and other info.  On the state organization web site, you can click on Region One and go to the Region One web site which contains the “Flash” newsletters, bylaws, directory, etc.

Directories.  Region One Directories are now ready and if you haven’t picked yours up, you may pick it up at the October  meeting in Pearland.

              Convention dates and locations have been announced for 2006!  The Texas Citizen Police Academy Alumni Convention will be in Garland/Richardson on July 19-22, 2006, “Common Ground”. Details are available on their web site - www.TCPAAconvention.org .  The National Citizen Police Academy Association Conference will be in South Bend, Indiana, the home of Notre Dame University, on May 10-12, 2006, “Citizens and Police partnering together for a safer community?one academy at a time ?.  Their web site is www.nationalcpaa.org .  These promise to be two great conventions.  Why not make your vacation plans for 2006 to include one or both?

           Region One Officers and Directors are soliciting suggestions about how to make the Region One meetings better in order to increase attendance.  Call any of them with your suggestions.

For those who are going to present activities for your Alumni at future meetings, please prepare your write up in advance and give the secretary a hard copy and a disc so she won’t have to retype.  If you do not submit a written report, it will not be included in the Flash. A good shortcut to get your news in the Flash is to send it directly to CharlBill@AOL.com in the body of an e-mail or as a MS Word attachment to an e-mail.

ALUMNI NEWS

Houston. We started an all Spanish CPA Class on September 7th and a regular CPA Class on September 8th.  These two classes will graduate together on November 17th. We will participate in the 20K Run on October 16th to benefit the Assist the Officer Foundation.  We are making plans for our biggest event - the Comida Food Drive - in December.  We solicit funds and food at 20 Fiesta Stores in Houston and distribute 3500+ boxes of food during the Holiday Season.                                                                             Submitted by Charles Billingsley

Richmond. The Richmond CPAAA is having their seventh annual golf tournament on October 10, 2005 (Columbus Day Holiday) at the River Pointe Golf Course near Booth, which is southwest of Houston just past Greatwood.  Registration begins at 11:00 A.M. with a Noon start and both lunch and dinner are included.  It is only $85.00 for regular registrants and any police or fire department employee receives a special $50.00 price.  If the CPAAA members know of any officers who golf, please pass the word along.  We have had several area police departments sign up their own teams in the past, but singles are welcome.  Contact tournament chairman John Laine at either 281-341-1515 or laine_john_e@yahoo.com or Sergeant Brian Culpepper at either 281-342-2849 or briancul@swbell.net .                                                                                            Submitted by John Laine

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Tom Lane - Houstton

Carroll Bagley - Liberty County

Georgie Benavides - Webster

Ruth Hance - Deer Park

Rita Crosby - Montgomery County Sheriff

Evelyn Phillips - Liberty

Vickie Butler - Tomball

Robert Bertrand - Matagorda County

Andrew Danner - Galveston

Craig Lauck - Galveston