AUGUST 22,
2006 MCP&PSG COFFEE & DISCUSSION 6:45AM, MANCHESTER FAMILY INN
Attending were Joe and Mary
Ann Blazevich, Ron and Joyce Rada,
Mary Cathern Edwards, Paul Gilligan, Bud and Wanda
Larsen, Mark Rebelowski, and guests Cpl. Bob
Millard, and Deputy Detective John Van Geason.
A safety notice relating to the recent chicken pox virus outbreak at the Kitsap
County Jail was passed around. Jail officials have activated a disease
control plan for this contagious disease.
Dusty Wiley has responded to
our concerns about water from a spring at the corner of Mile Hill and
Our program today was one of
the most interesting we have had. Deputy Van Geason
spent 12 years with WESTNET working drug related incidents. He returned
to regular Deputy work force in January of this year, but is still actively
involved in educational and investigative WESTNET issues. He has worked
actively with swat teams and task force programs, most of which are federally
funded. The force deals directly on a higher level with
sellers and addicts, through community testimony, investigative programs, Knock
& Talk encounters, which have proved to be very effective. The number
of meth lab incidents this year compared to those in
2000 show a definite and positive decrease by hundreds
of incidents. He noted that most meth
produced now is from out of the country,
The Knock & Talk teams
place their emphasis on redirecting the addicts
energy. They exhibit constant movement from the drug and are unable to
complete projects or maintain thought patterns. This is from the chemical
imbalance caused by the drugs, they need to redirect
their energy from boredom to something that they are able to accomplish.
They need to get away from a close circle of people who are in a like attitude,
time and place. Addicts are encouraged to get away from their present
space and move on to forward thinking. Only the very strong can
accomplish this. Geason reported that he has
gone to a third grade class and a sixth grade class where his children attend
school, to speak to students from a lawman's point of view on the effect of
drugs on users lives. Children are being informed about the disasters of
drug involvement from kindergarten on nowadays, and becoming alert to what to
watch out for. In one reformed dealers case, he has volunteered as a
community service to speak to children along with law enforcement officers to
show them how lives can be ruined. This program has been very
meaningful. Van Geason and Millard answered
numerous questions from the group, we all came away
far better informed on this terrible problem.
Bud and Joyce Rada reported on their Blockwatch/Neighborhood
Watch calls last Saturday. They visited a number of homes on Daniels Loop
with a good response from those they were able to contact, and will be
returning to talk with those who were not at home on Saturday. They also
made calls on
A reminder
for the MCC monthly meeting this evening at 6:30PM at the Manchester Public
Library. Speaker will be
developer Bill Palmer who will report on the
Joe Blazevich
reported on the Puget Drive Watch Captains progress throughout the
The MCA will be holding
their Manchester Festival this coming Saturday from 10:00AM to 4:00PM.
Plan to stop by and see what is going on, it could be great fun!
Manchester Gallery owner
Paul Nuchims has advised that he will be looking for
another place to setup probably in October or later. He is keeping busy
at the Gallery with various art classes, including children's classes on
Saturday's. (Activities like this helps the
whole community). Stop by and see what is going on inside and out in
front.
Bud will be meeting with
Leslie Ryan Connelly of IAC later this morning
to go over the restrictions on recreational land at the
Submitted: Wanda Larsen