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The Rotary Club of Alamance

Club # 6090, District 7690, Piedmont, NC

Chartered March 31, 1981

 

News

May 15th Meeting

President Mac Williams presided over the meeting. Pete Beck gave the invocation and led the club in the pledge of allegiance to our flag.

Guests and Visiting Rotarians

Announcements and Happy Clams

terry johnsonProgram: Sheriff Terry Johnson

Steve Carter had the program this week. Steve is happily married to his wife Judy. Their 42nd anniversary is on the horizon. they have two children, a son with the sheriff's department and a daughter who resides in South Carolina. The Carters have three lovely grandchildren. Steve spent forty  years in banking and now devotes his time to consulting and political activism, having leadership responsibilities in the Tea Party and Republican Party.

Sheriff Terry Johnson is an Alamance Country native. He has been married to his wife, Pat, for over forty years. They have a son, who serves with ATF and formerly with the Secret Service, and a daughter, who is a paralegal. He attended East Carolina University, worked for the SBI for thirty years and has been sheriff for ten.

 

Sheriff Johnson reported on the problems we face in Alamance Country with drug trafficking. We have been identified by the DEA as the drug hub of the Southeastern United States. This notoriety can be attributed to three main factors: 

  1. Years ago our law enforcement agencies were not keeping up with developments.

  2. We are located where multiple interstate highways intersect.

  3. We have been an agricultural and textile community which has attracted numerous immigrant workers. Drug traffickers associated with Central and South American cartels can easily blend in with the existing Hispanic community.

According to Sheriff Johnson, several cartels have operations in our county, including the Mexican Sinaloa Cartel, which according to our national intelligence agency is "the most powerful drug trafficking organization in the world." These drug traffickers are highly organized, have more equipment and firepower than our law enforcement agencies, and actually do surveillance on our agencies. They know every officer and every license plate of our unmarked cars, as well as when shifts change and when we are heavy or short of staff.

 

Alamance County has seen a surge in marijuana, cocaine, and heroin distribution and sales. Sheriff Johnson detailed several seizures that netted large amounts of drugs and cash. These stings are usually the result of joint operations with other law enforcement groups from around the country. The money seized is shared by the DEA and any other cooperating agencies to assist in the purchase of equipment, education, etc. according to stipulated rules. The Sheriff said gangs are part of the problem and commit crimes on behalf of the cartels. Cartels are using minors more and more, knowing that punishment for them is less severe. Often illegal immigrants who are captured escape to Mexico after posting bail.

cardCard Pool

Pete Sargent was not present; therefore, we had no card pool

 

President Mac concluded the meeting by leading us in a recitation of the Four Way Test.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Club Related Dates

District and Club Business

2nd Tuesday of Each Month - For officers and committee chairs, 11am until Noon.

Club Assembly - Tuesday, May 29th

Joint Meeting with other clubs - Tuesday, June 5th

Installation of New Officers and Board - Tuesday, June 26th

No Regular Meeting on Tuesday, July 3rd.

Birthdays and Anniversaries

May Birthdays May Wedding Anniversaries
4 Philip Smith 3 Brad and Mel Moser
Micah and Kari Fox
20 Pete Sargent
Dawn Daniel
22 John and Emily Elder
27 David Moore 26 Mike and Barbara Dunning
    28 Dawn and Tom Daniel

Upcoming Programs

 

May Program Responsibilities June Program Responsibilities July Program Responsibilities
1 John Beshel:
Officer Jack Boyle,
DARE Program
5 Rotary Peace Scholar Presentation:
Joint Meeting with Other Clubs and Local Bar Association
3 NO MEETING
8 Penn Corbett:
Speaker Cancelled and Tom Manning gave a report on behalf of the county commissioners.
12 Pam Duffy 10 Dawn Daniel
15 Steve Carter:
Sheriff Terry Johnson: Drug Trafficking Taskforce Report
19 Brian Dement:
Courtney Pierce from CrossRoads
17 Katie Dukeshire:
The City-County Gang Taskforce
22 Lloyd Carter:
Craig Honeycutt,
Alamance County Manager will talk about the budget.
26 Installation of New Officers and Board 24 Mike Dunning
29 Club Assembly     31 Club Assembly

 

 

Aug Program Responsibilities Sep Program Responsibilities Oct Program Responsibilities
7 Taylor Durham 4 Bernard Graybeal 2 Waiting to see when the District Governor will visit.
14 Trip Durham:
Doug Rhoads, Football Officials, Coordinator, Atlantic Coast Conference
11 Julian Griffin 9  
21 John Elder 18 Kathy Hackshaw 16  
28 Micah Fox 25 James Honeycutt 23  
        30 Club Assembly