Our speaker of the day was Mike Ough, Dodge County Sheriff's Sergeant, son of Mike Ough. Mike (The Sergeant) is a graduate of Chadron State College in Criminal Justice. Mike has been with Dodge County Sheriff's office for 16 years and his collateral duties search and rescue diver, swat team, homicide, petty theft, designated coroner and accident reconstruction investigations. Mike gave us an example of an accident where driver A ran a stop sign and collided with driver B. Reconstructioon of the accident scene, including the condition of vehicles is very important and often requires roads to be closed for extended periods of time. Mike pointed out that fire and rescue folks love to hack up the vehicles involved so it is in the investigators best interest to get there before the fire folks hack up evidence with their saws and cutters.
Mike's closing comments included the statistic that 20 to 30 percent of accidents are caused by driver(s) under the influence of alcohol.
BUSINESS PORTION OF THE MEETING
We had two visiting Rotarians, Randy Parks from Omaha West and Larry Johansen from Downtown. Ron reported getting access to 18 free bicycles from the Bike Masters Shop on 130th and Fort Street. Treasurer Rita reported $9,649.86 in the bank according to her check book balance.
Jim reported a lunch bunch meeting scheduled for Wednesday the 14th at noon at Chevy's. The speaker will be from the National Weather Service.
During the fines portion of the meeting, Jim was observed to donate an extra fine amount recognizing his multiple email address skills.
Jill will be attending the Rotary Leadership Institute session this Saturday the 17th.
This Thursday, the 15th, Doug Heim is bringing Randy Thelen from the Greater Omaha Economic Development Commission as his guest to tell us about what's going on in the Omaha area. (Click on speaker in left column of this bulletin for details on speakers.) There are openings for speakers on October 22nd and beyond.
Responding to last week's request for assistance with club runner bulletin and web site, Jim Muegge has responded and she will be in charge of inserting speaker information into the bulletin. On Tuesday the 13 th, Jill underwent rigorous training in the fine points of club runner at Scooter's Coffee Shop in Elkhorn but she had to buy her own coffee.
