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news DSA | DEPARTMENT | COUNTY | INDUSTRY MOTHER, DAUGHTER OF DSA MEMBERS AMONG HEROES On Jan. 20, the Rotary Club of San Diego honored six San Diego citizens as part of the Law Enforcement Salute to local heroes. San Diego Police Chief William Lansdowne, Sheriff Bill Gore, and District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis presented the awards during a luncheon at the Sheraton Hotel on Harbor Island. Rachel Turner, daughter of DSA President Hank Turner, and Sharrel Blankenbaker, mother of Damon Blakenbaker, were among those honored. Rachel assisted in a case involving a child molester. As the victim could not face her molester, Rachel posed as the victim and confronted him in a recorded phone call. While presenting the award, Sheriff Gore said, “It is not an exaggeration to say this prosecution would not have happened if it had not been for Rachel Turner.” Sharrel, honored posthumously, stood up to an armed man who tried to kidnap her visiting granddaughter Cassidy in Texas. Putting herself between the kidnapper and her granddaughter, she was shot. Cassidy and Dylan Blakenbaker accepted the award for their grandmother. Welcome new DSA members The DSA welcomed the following new members in the last month. Remember to get involved with the DSA by attending the monthly member meeting on the second Thursday of each month. Active Lucas Berhalter Peggy Dray Robert McPoland Cedric Palencia Reserve William Dick Michael McIntyre Affiliate Twyla Curl FREE MOTIVATIONAL SEMINAR The DSA has a limited number of free tickets available for Get Motivated! Business Seminar on March 8 at the Valley View Casino. Platinum upgrades are $50 and include the 124-page, Fullcolor seminar workbook. VIP upgrades are $30 and also include the workbook. More information is available on page 32. COTTON PATCH LAW ENFORCEMENT UNIFORMS Boots & Uniforms for all Deputies EXPERT TAILORING & FITTING Elbeco • Flying Cross Blauer • 5.11 Tactical 307 N Coast Hwy Oceanside, CA 92054 (760) 722-3191 Fax: (760) 722-1547 12 Silver Star February 2011
CONTEST: STAR RIDE Doug Downes took his star on quite a ride. His story is below. Where have you taken your Silver Star Whose been reading it and where Send in your photos of the Silver Star around the world or in the hands of someone famous (or infamous). The winning photo receives a $15 gift certificate to the DSA Store. Non-winning photos are printed as space allows. Send your photos to kmacris@dsasd.org. These are pictures of the 4000 mile, 8 day, motorcycle and camping trip that my girlfriend Peggy and I did from Alaska to San Diego via the Alcan highway last August. Why a rocket run for a vacation The short version is that after 20 years of military service, I follow orders (i.e. Clayton Lisk says jump, I immediately obtain a degree in genetics and grow wings). So when my father’s health declined to the point where he couldn’t ride his three wheeler anymore, and he told me to fly to Alaska and pick up my bike. He only had to tell me twice a few more times until I got it. Sort of like being in a training car with Dave Buether, but I digress. With the Hunter edition of the Silver Star in hand, we set out on the most scenic road trip ever. I offer my condolences to the entire canine unit on the loss of both a partner and family member. The photograph of my dad Ken, his girlfriend Anna, Peggy, and I with Hunter at Chilkoot Charlie’s was our starting point in Anchorage, Alaska. If you’re ever up that way, it’s a log cabin bar on Spenard Road that’s been there longer than all the locals. A must stop in Anchorage. The photo at Chikaloon was one of the hourly gas stops we made. With a five-gallon tank in the land of the midnight sun, you stop at every station. The blurry photo of the signpost 210 miles from the Canadian Border was truly in the middle of nowhere. I don’t see why there was a signpost, because there’s only a couple state routes total. Unless you’re climbing a remote mountain like Ed Prendergast, finding that mountain on a 100-mile hiking trip like Karen Stubkjaer, competing in a 50-mile cross country run like Jorge Dueno, mountain biking who knows where with Don Parker, or doing off-road “enforcement” like Rick Turvey, you probably don’t get much more lost in the wilderness than these routes. The picture of Peggy and Hunter at the continental divide was the first of two times we crossed it, since we took the route through Canada that dumped us out on the 15 instead of the 5. I’m really glad we went that way, the scenery was great, we encountered a herd of wild wood bison, and I found a great EOS spot in Wolf Creek, Montana. The law enforcement officers holding the Silver Star are Royal Canadian Mounted Police, flanked by myself and a Conservation Officer. They had 10-87’d to gas up while en route to a call of “disgruntled hunters.” I wonder what Scott Rossall would do if I stopped to gas up on an armed suspicious call 4S Warner Springs Let’s not find out. So with the trip of a lifetime over, my first night back protecting and serving the citizens of Vista went like this: What’s that ma’am You were tired of sleeping in your truck, so you called a parole gangbanger boyfriend, so your girlfriend and you could “kick it” with him and his parole buddies in a hotel instead But then after smoking some green giggly bush, they 215’d you with a gun Golly, good job on almost wrestling the gun away from the parolee. Glad it was just your truck that got shot up. Can you tell us where we can find your PALS so we can see about getting your truck back Thanks to Mike Myers, Roy Maynard, Joe Ellis, Escondido SWAT, and the Vista Gang Enforcement Team for the work and follow up on that one. I don’t know why the RP didn’t mention the previous 211 armed they were at earlier that night. That’s all the shout-outs I can do for a photo submission. Stay safe. Silver Star February 2011 13
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