Events
Last hidden column for tag filter | |
---|---|
Current Law Enforcement Issues
Aug. 16, 2017
Gregory W. Rushin has served as Chief of the Plano Police Department, Plano, TX since November of 2001. The Plano Police Department is an accredited agency with 612 employees and is one of the safest cities in the United States. Chief Rushin has a diverse law enforcement background, with over thirty-eight years of police experience. Chief Rushin is active in his community and serves on several Boards of Directors and is a Rotary member. He believes the leadership qualities required to succeed in his role as Chief of Police are sound judgment, a positive attitude, and above all a service mentality. This week, Chief Rushin joins us to share current issues facing law enforcement including concerns about body cameras. |
|
Aug. 22, 2017 5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
|
|
Plano Football - 2017 Season
Aug. 23, 2017
Coach Brence is beginning his 34nd year in Plano ISD. He was named the district athletic director in the summer of 2007. He was the Head Football coach and athletic director for 16 years (1992-2007). He accumulated a record of 120 wins and 70 losses. He is second on the all time win list for Plano football coaches. Under his leadership his teams advanced to the state quarter finals or better 5 times. In 1994 the football team won the 5A state football championship. In 1993 they were a state finalist. The wildcats also won 2 state championships while Gerald was an assistant coach in 1986 and 1987. Coach Brence served on the Texas State Coaches Board of Directors. He was a Tom Landry award nominee. He was named the Texas High School Coach of the Year twice (1993 and 2007). He has published a book entitled The 70-30 split. He was also the president of the National High School Gridiron Club of Dallas. He graduated from Cordell HS (Oklahoma) in 1977. He graduated from Southwestern Oklahoma State in Weatherford, Oklahoma in 1981. He received his Master's Degree from East Texas State in 1987 and his Administrators Certificate from Texas A&M Commerce in 1998. He was married to his wife Beth in 1985. They have 3 boys, Ryan, Beau, and Collin. They are members of Christ United Methodist Church of Plano. |
|
Aug. 29, 2017 5:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
|
|
Stories From an Investigative Reporter
Aug. 30, 2017
Brett has worked as an investigative reporter at WFAA-TV since 1995. His body of work includes his on-going series of stories into faulty natural gas couplings linked to fatal explosions, his exposes on cheating in high school athletics, the hazardous storage and lax regulation of ammonium nitrate, the methane contamination of water wells in the Barnett Shale and the on-going leadership sandals at DISD. His investigations have resulted in his being awarded the most coveted prizes in broadcast journalism… the duPont Gold Baton, two duPont Silver Batons, three Peabody Awards and multiple regional Emmys. Brett was also the first local reporter on the scene in New York City following the 9-11 attacks. Bret grew up in Dallas. He attended Highland Park High School. He is a graduate of Stephen F. Austin State University. His father Bert Shipp is a legend in Dallas television with a 40 year career as a reporter and assignments editor at WFAA-TV. He lives in Oak Cliff and has raised his two children Harrison and Katherine. |
|
|
|
Fake News
Sep. 13, 2017
Assistant Professor of Professional Practice817-257-4241j.brown5@tcu.edu
Her management career included time as a deputy features editor, city editor, assistant managing editor and managing editor. At one time, she directed local news coverage for the Arlington edition of the Star-Telegram, as well as the Northeast edition. Her strengths as an editor were line editing, story idea generation and staff development. She held management positions at the Star-Telegram and The Charlotte Observer. As a reporter, she excelled at covering government and public policy. She began her career in the Chicago Bureau of The Wall Street Journal where she covered agriculture, financial futures, and U.S. farm policy. She also worked at her hometown newspaper, The Post-Tribune, in Gary, Ind. While there, she co-authored an award-winning series that examined the effects of racial segregation on Northwest Indiana, which at the time was considered one of the 10 most segregated regions of the country. She covered city government for The Charlotte Observer, and also followed the South Carolina delegation at the 1992 Republican National Convention. Brown earned her bachelor’s degree from Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism. Her master’s degree is from Texas Christian University. Her thesis focused on the Fault Lines of coverage as outlined by the late Robert C. Maynard. She taught diversity in newsrooms across the country for nearly a decade. She has also taught leadership at the Poynter Institute. |
|
Sep. 19, 2017 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
|
|
Sep. 19, 2017 5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
|
|
|
|
Sep. 20, 2017 5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
|
|
|
|
Sep. 30, 2017 9:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
We are turning the apartment over to Karen around 1pm on Saturday the 30th.
We need volunteers to help set up the apartment at 9:00 at Gateway Apartments at 1723 N. McDonald St, McKinney, TX 75069 : Apartment 107
If 9:00 doesn't work, come at 10 or 11, whenever you can!
There is no heavy lifting to do; just cleaning, setting up, decorating, etc.
We could still use two outdoor chairs for the covered porch, decorations, and a few final items listed here.
Please let Steve Parry know ASAP if you will be able to attend on Saturday. It's important that we have several members and it's a very rewarding experience!
|
|
|
|
|
|
Oct. 16, 2017 5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Nov. 11, 2017 2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Dec. 05, 2017
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Helicopter Missions in Afghanistan
Jan. 03, 2018
Justin Lee is a Dallas-based litigator and aviation lawyer. He has experience handling a variety of business litigation matters, including partnership disputes and breach of contract claims. As an aviation lawyer, Justin has represented large airlines, aviation insurers, fixed-base operators, and pilots. Prior to joining Jackson Walker, Justin was a helicopter pilot in the United States Army and logged 1,500 flight hours, including over 600 hours of combat time. He was deployed twice to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom, and to Pakistan for humanitarian relief operations. Justin is rated in the Bell 206 helicopter and was an instructor pilot in the Boeing CH-47 “Chinook” helicopter. |
|
|
|
|
|
Jan. 20, 2018 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Ashley Morris-Johnson has arranged for an opportunity for us to tour the Texas Center for Proton Therapy, where she recently received treatment. We will see behind the scenes; where the engineers, physicists, and dosimetrists do their amazing work. While we cannot physically touch the massive equipment, we can actually view the patient treatment areas and see what Ashley experienced and more! We will be guided by the Director, Gary Barlow, on a comprehensive journey through the world of Proton Therapy. As there is a maximum limit on these tours, we do have to limit this opportunity to just our membership. Please RSVP here so we know how many to expect! |
|
Grace to Change
Jan. 24, 2018
With over a decade of sobriety, Shannon White—a Licensed Chemical Dependency Counselor, and Executive Director of Grace to Change—brings multi-modal therapies and education to local juveniles and adults with drug and alcohol addictions. White founded GTC in 2015, with the simple commitment that each client would be treated individually, based upon their specific issues and needs; and that no one in Collin County with the genuine desire for recovery should ever be refused treatment based solely on their inability to pay. White volunteers her expertise and services weekly to Collin County drug courts, and women incarcerated in county jail. Jason Hernandez, Youth Outreach Director at Grace to Change, and native son of McKinney, found himself on the wrong side of federal authorities at the age of 21; soon after, walking through the gates of prison sentenced to ‘life plus 320 without parole.’ While incarcerated, Jason suffered an unthinkable family tragedy; the effect of which would forever alter the course of his future. His remarkable story is one of second chances; an opportunity to tirelessly advocate for criminal justice reform, children of the incarcerated, and other at-risk youth in our community. He has been featured in numerous media outlets such as Texas Monthly, Time, and CNN. Together, this they speak to local leaders, educators, counselors, attorneys, judges, politicians, and others to foster awareness of the enormity of the disease of addiction in our neighborhood and nation; and how we as a community can be the hope for addicts, and their families. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Subscribe to this Calendar
Using the URL below with your calendar software, you can stay up to date with events from this website.
Help me add this subscription to my: