Personal
After 39 years, still married to Annette which by the way was a benefit
gained from working at the Blues. My son Jeff is married to the
fantastic Amy and now living in Houston, Texas. My wonderful daughter
Jackie just earned her PhD in psychology at the University of
Wisconsin-Milwaukee and is now doing her post-doc at the University of
Michigan. Meals on Wheels I currently drive two days a week for Meals on
Wheels for Commerce Township. This involves delivering hot lunches and
emergency food packages to 14 clients. Part of the responsibility is to
check up on the health and welfare of the client and report any concerns
regarding health and social issues.
Synagogue Activities
Past president and current Treasurer of our synagogue men's club. Also
chair the Social Action committee, which involves developing community
relations in the Detroit Metropolitan area.
Special Project
Last year, I served three weeks, in Israel, with the Israeli army (IDF)
as a non-combatant soldier working in the area of food distribution. Our
responsibility was to determine food ration needs based on troop
location and their military mission and to coordinate food distribution
to those locations.
Community Service
For Oakland County, I am currently the Deputy Emergency Coordinator for
the Oakland County Amateur Radio Public Corp. This Oakland County
support group works under the direction of the County Emergency
Management and Preparedness Department. My responsibilities are to
coordinate, with Oakland County Emergency Management, emergency radio
communications through the deployment of the 197 member amateur radio
operators, to assist local, Federal and State civil emergency
preparedness agencies during periods of civil or natural disasters. To
assist in these events I have been trained in Emergency Management,
Community Disaster, Biological and Weapons of Mass Destruction and
Weather Awareness. Two major events I assisted in coordinating were the
electrical grid failure where it was necessary to use amateur radio
operators at hospitals, public safety agencies, and county government
agencies to enable a communications link between their activities and
Oakland County Emergency Management and Preparedness, State and (Federal
Emergency Management Agency) FEMA so as to determine their needs. The
second event was the infamous 911 twin towers tragedy where we served in
rumor control for Federal, State and local agencies by assigning amateur
radio operators to those locations based in Oakland County. But on the
fun side, I coordinated two Woodward Dream Cruise programs where 75
amateur radio operators linked Ferndale, Royal Oak, Birmingham and the
Oakland County sheriff patrols for safety, health and welfare as well as
walking the parade route to communicate any needs for safety, health and
welfare.
Next Big Adventure
Annette and I plan a three-week (or longer) camping trip out west in our
new trailer in September.
