For a downloadable flyer, click here.

Sneak Peek:

http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7385273n&tag=cbsnewsLeadStoriesArea.0

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Sequent Energy Management presents Texas EquuSearch Sports Extravaganza Banquet and Charity Auction benefiting Texas EquuSearch. The Event will be held on April 9, 2011. The Event is being held at Campbell Hall, Pasadena Fairgrounds, 7902 Fairmont Parkway, Pasadena, Texas 77507. Our Special Guest Star will be 7-time Pro Bowler and NFL Defensive Player of the Year, Ed Reed of the Baltimore Ravens.  The Master of Ceremonies is going to be Dave Ward, Anchor of local ABC, KTRK of Houston, TX.  La Brisa Mexican Bar and Grill will be catering the Event, and live music will be performed by The Tony Hill Band and the Auctioneer is Mr. Bear Hebert.  If you would like to attend this Event, see flyer for details.  Updates on this Event will be posted on a regular basis. 

For a downloadable flyer, click here.

To see news coverage of this story, follow link below.

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/zones/7496056.html

http://www.ultimatepasadena.com/stories/239080-event-at-pasadena-fairgrounds-to-benefit-texas-eqqusearch

http://www.ultimateclearlake.com/stories/238646-nfl-player-ed-reed-to-speak-at-equusearch-event

http://www.ultimatepasadena.com/stories/238645-nfl-player-ed-reed-to-speak-at-equusearch-event

http://www.ultimatepasadena.com/stories/235172-texas-equusearch-presents-sports-extravaganza-event

PLEASE NOTE…… Parking is available BEHIND the fire station, ON THE GRASS AREA ONLY, and in front of the class room building which sits at the BACK of the three building complex.

VERY IMPORTANT….Parking will be allowed ONLY on this grassy area and NOT anywhere on or off the shoulder of the shell road that circles the complex. This road is used for the Fire Departments emergency vehicles and we CANNOT block their travel.

Due to the fact we search so often for Alzheimer victims, it was my thought that we should have an expert in that field to speak to our members. This will enhance, I believe, our search efforts and better assist us in directing our recourses when on such a search.

All TES members, both new and “vetrans” should be encouraged to attend this most worthwhile informative presentation. It will make ALL of us better TES searchers in our on-going efforts to serve the public.

Speaker: Ms. Katie Olson
Lead Education Coordinator
Alzheimer’s Association
Houston & Southeast Texas Chapter

Ms. Olson is a certified Master Trainer for the National Alzheimer’s Association.  

AGENDA FOR ORIENTATION/TRAINING CLASS
April 16, 2011

7:00 a.m.:……Building open to set up tables and chairs.

8:30 a.m.:……TES Member/Instructor Ken DeFoor – Orientation class for all new members and/or those who have never attended Orientation.

9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.:……TES Member/Instructor Ron Overman – “Safety and Search Operations”

10:00 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.:……Break

10:15 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.:……Guest Speaker Ms. Katie Olson, Education Coordinator, Alzheimer’s Association, Houston & Southeast Texas Chapter.

11:45 a.m. – 12 noon:……Break

12:00 p.m. – 12:15 p.m.:……TES Member/Instructor Beth McClanahan….Proper completion of TES forms.

12:15 p.m. – 12:30 p.m.:……TES test covering class room material presented.

12:30 p.m.: Leave class room and go to field search area located at the dead end of Line Drive just SOUTH of Red Bluff Rd.
(NOTE) Please remember to bring your lunch and eat on the way to search area or while there. We tend to get scattered and lose time if everyone stops at various restaurants to eat lunch.

Approx. 1:30 p.m.:……TES Member/Operations Officer Frank Black begins Command Post Operations and search assignments.

Approx. 4:30 p.m.:……Operations Officer Frank Black will debrief members. Search Operations ends and days activities terminated.

As always, an open invitation is extended to our TES Board of Directors to drop by and observe all or part of our class room training and/or the field searches.

On behalf of our Director, Tim Miller, who will be out of town during this event, he wishes to thank each of you for your unselfish donation of your time, talents and search equipment to make Texas EquuSearch one of the best trained and immediately responsive Search organizations in the country.

Ken DeFoor
TES Training

To see news coverage of this story, follow link below.

http://www.click2houston.com/video/27007286/index.html

For a downloadable flyer, click here.

For a downloadable flyer regarding featured entertainment, click here.

Hosted by: Lake Whitney Rescue Association
February 19, 2011
Whitney High School
FM 933 North
Lake Whitney, Texas 76692

Registration is $50.00 if paid by February 11, 2011, $75.00 is paid after February 11, 2011. Pre-Registration should be sent to Randy Black, 611 South Llano, Whitney, TX 76692. MAKE CHECKS PAYABLE TO: Lake Whitney Rescue Association. The fee includes lunch and a t-shirt. There are no refunds on registration, but substitutions are allowed.

Food and lodging are the individual member’s responsibility. Please contact Sherry McKinney at sherry.mckinney@texasequusearch.org or 281-309-9500 by February 8, 2011 if you register for this class so we can get an accurate head count of our members who will be attending.

EQUIPMENT REQUIREMENTS: It is recommended that participants bring a hat, eye protection, sunscreen, gloves, rugged footwear, highly visible clothing (no camo) any other gear suitable for wearing in heavy brush. A personal equipment pack containing flat-faced compass, GPS unit and instruction manual, small personal first aid kit, water bottle, raingear and insect repellant.

For a downloadable Registration Form, click here.

For a downloadable Program of the training, click here.

8:00 a.m. for new members and/or existing members that have not been through the orientation; and

8:30 a.m. for existing members that have attended the orientation.

We have an additional speaker, Sharon Bayus, MA LPC -S, President and CEO of Innovative Alternatives.  She will begin at 11:00 a.m.

For a map to Fire Station #1, click here.

Directions from Fire Station #1 to Church and Search Area:

Turn right on Center St. – south – and drive 3.6 miles to Fairmont Pkwy. — go to NORTH parking lot of church parking lot on South East corner.  To get to search area — go .4 miles NORTH on Center St. to Red Bluff Rd. — turn WEST or LEFT to first street on the LEFT which is Line Rd. – go to dead end, which is total of 0.9 miles.

CLASS ROOM INFORMATION:

Our Guest Speaker for this Orientation and Training class will be our very own fellow TES member, Dr. Alvin Richard. The “Doc” will speak on “Bone Identification” and with his knowledge passed onto each of us, it will help to prevent delays and loss of man-hours in searches of remains when animal bones are found in the field and our searchers have to “stand down” and wait for someone to properly identify the findings. 

This will be a VERY interesting and informative class and will be the second speaker in as many classes to address our training needs. Our quest to obtain specialized speakers for all future classes will only improve our skills and professional approach in furthering our goal of assisting both law enforcement and families in searches for lost loved ones and/or victims of foul play. 

With the Bass Pro Shop no longer available, our class room training site will now be the Deer Park Volunteer Fire Dept. located at 711 Pasadena Blvd, East, Deer Park, Texas (see link to map below). Class starts at 9:00 a.m. SHARP on Saturday, January 15th. We HOPE to complete our field activity by 4:30 p.m.

PLEASE NOTE…… Parking is available BEHIND the fire station, ON THE GRASS AREA ONLY , and in front of the class room building which sits at the BACK of the three building complex.

VERY IMPORTANT….Parking will be allowed ONLY on this grassy area and NOT anywhere on or off the shoulder of the shell road that circles the complex. This road is used for the Fire Departments emergency vehicles and we CANNOT block their travel.

SEARCH MODES:

This new classroom location and associated search area now gives us the opportunity to include ATV’s and horses, as well as our foot searchers. In the past the park we were using would not permit us to practice with ATV’s and/or horses.  Please bring your ATV’s or horse as there will be practice areas set up for all three modes of searching.  Jack Boggess has worked hard and has done a good job on setting up search problems that are as close to reality as possible. 

LUNCH:

Please bring a sack lunch as we will not have time for everyone to scatter for lunch and get to the search area in a timely manner. Therefore, we all will have to “eat on the run” in order to complete the days activities before it gets too late.

COMMAND CENTER:

We will depart the classroom when dismissed, and drive 2.9 miles to the “First Baptist Church of Pasadena” located at 7500 Fairmont Parkway, Pasadena, Texas where the Command Center will be set up on the North Corner of their parking lot.  The best route to this location is to turn RIGHT when leaving the Fire Station and drive to Center Street. Turn LEFT on Center Street and go to Fairmont Parkway. At the Center Street and Fairmont Parkway traffic light, you can look to your LEFT and see the church on the opposite side of Fairmont Parkway. Again, it’s only 2.9 miles from the Fire Station.

The Search Coordinator will be Jack Boggess and the Operations Officer will be Frank Black. They will direct everyone where to park and where their respective staging areas are located.  After the Team Leaders have been selected and briefed, each team of foot searchers, ATV searchers and horse mounted searchers will be sent to the search area(s). This search area is approximately one (1) mile from the Command Center. It will be necessary for horses and ATV’s to be taken on trailers to the search area due to highway traffic.

There should be sufficient parking for all vehicles and trailers at the search area, however, foot searchers may want to “car pool” in order to cut down on the number of vehicles coming into the area.  Jack Boggess and Frank Black can direct you on this at the time.

DEBRIEFING: 

At the pleasure of the Search Coordinator, debriefing will be done at the search area OR we may return to the Command Center prior to dismissal for the day.

CONCLUSION:

We look forward to seeing each of you there and remember…….. even if you are a TES member but don’t attend the Orientation/Training classes, then you are no better informed nor trained than a “citizen searcher” who may volunteer at the scene of any search.

Respectfully Submitted,

Ken DeFoor, TES Training

You must register to attend the training — please contact Sherry McKinney at sherry.mckinney@texasequusearch.org to get registered.  Thank you so much.

For a map to Fire Station #2, click here.