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Board of DirectorsPresidentJerry G. Payne1st Vice PresidentBruce BasdenTreasurerRobert M. RussellSecretaryAllan Tidwell

Directors:Don BeesonByron BlackJustin BondCharles BosworthBonnie DavisSteve DavisMike ErinakesKenny HowellKeith KellyDavid LaymanLisa MorrowJerry PritchardSteve RameyJulie S. RobertsJerry Stringer

Board Advisors:Bob AlfordClint IshmaelNiki PassmoreMelissa Zaborowski

MISSIONSTATEMENT

The Chisholm Trail100 Club, Inc. is agrowing network ofpeople workingtogether to providefinancial supportand encouragementto dependents ofeligible law enforce-ment, firefighters,and emergencymedical servicepersonnel who arekilled or seriouslyinjured in the line ofduty.

“We are currently completely bookedfor the number of shooters we can handleon a two course, one flight tournament,”says our resident Tournament Expert andhead of the Clay Shoot Committee, LonnieMears. “We are looking into what optionswe have to accommodate more competi-tors, but we simply weren’t expecting thistype of response our first year.”.

Certainly we have a much greater responsethan our original challenge of recruiting150 shooters for this tournament, with thatnumber registering in the first 3 days ofonline registration.

The Club’s biggest challenge now isobtaining Auction Items and Door Prizes.The Committee has set a goal of ensuringthat every entrant in the tournament walkaway with at least one door prize. We arecurrently working on meeting this goal andwelcome any contributions our membersare able to make.

The Planning Committee has alreadycollected some really amazing AuctionItems, including a Henry Repeating RifleLaw Enforcement Tribute Specialty Riflewith custom serial number of CT100-2012.Also, a Kimber .45 custom engraved with

the Chisholm Trail 100Club logo, a largelonghorn painting bylocal artist, SharonMarkwardt, a personalTaser, crossbows, wildgame cameras, hot airballoon rides and more!

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NEWSLETTER2012 - 1st Quarter Issue

The Chisholm Trail 100 Club’s firstattempt at a major fundraising event is offto a great start, reaching our maximumparticipancy of 240 shooters in just amatter of weeks. To date, we have nearly$30,000 pledged in Sponsorship dollarsfor the 100 Shots for the 100 Club ClayShoot Tournament on Friday, May 18!

“As the event looms ever closer, weare beginning to focus on the detailsinvolved in making an event of thismagnitude go smoothly,” says EventCoordinator, Niki Passmore. These details

include every-thing from thedesign andnumber oft-shirts needed,to the logisticsof running thismany shootersthrough ourdeterminedcourse, toordering over50 trophies, todeciding whatto serve for

lunch. The Planning Committee, consist-ing of Lonnie Mears, Niki Passmore,Mike Erinakes, Jerry Stringer, KeithKelly, Melissa Zaborowski, Steve Ramey,Jerry Payne, Bonnie Davis and JerrySartor are currently meeting nearly everyweek to ensure the Tournament’s success.

Chisholm Trail 100 Club hosts1st Annual Sporting Clay Shoot

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Meet Your DirectorsMichael Erinakes

Michael Erinakes has the kind of lifepeople write booksabout. Mike is a longtime resident of theJohnson County area,having residences inboth Burleson andJoshua. His long listof accomplishments,include a heavyresume in the lawenforcement field. Mike has worked forthe Johnson County Sheriff’s Departmentas the Johnson County Jailer. He is aformer Police Officer, Tactical Officer,Weapons Instructor and ChemicalWeapons Instructor with eight years ofexperience. He worked with the TarrantCounty Task Force and was alsoa repelling Instructor for theTactical Team. He can alsoboast being a DPS certifiedCHL Instructor, he worked forTarrant County ConstablesOffice as Deputy Constable forConstable Joe Kubes.

As if his impressive policepedigree isn’t enough, Mikehas already made his mark inthe business world, founding acommercial diving company inthe late 1980s. For the next ten years, hewas featured on shows like Ripley’sBelieve It or Not, Discovery Channel andNational Geographic specials. He is also aCommercial Diver and Underwater Welder.

CONTACT USP.O. Box 332Burleson, Texas76097-0332

Phone 866-888-3085Fax [email protected]

OURFUTURE

When tragedystrikes, the effectsare both swift anddevastating. The100 Club recognizesthe need to respondimmediately withpersonal supportand understanding.Whatever the need -be it financial,advisory, or moralsupport, the 100Club is there to easethe pain of thefamily of a firefight-er, law enforcement,or EMS responderinjured or killed inthe line of duty.

Later, he sold his diving company(U.S. Underwater Services, Inc.) to aprivate company, Benford Capital, thensold it again one year later to a publiccompany, Neptune Marine.

He also started and sold an offshoreship company, Hunter Offshore, with afleet of one 240’ OSV and four 180’OSV’s. He also started the company,MAAD Hunter Venture Capital Group, acompany designed to invest in start upcompanies to the buying of largercompanies.

A Commercial Diver, Mike is a pastBoard of Directors for the InternationalAssociation of Diving Contractors(IADC), an international Board that delivers safe diving standards around theworld. This Board has over a hundredcompany members as well as hundreds ofindividual members. Mike was VicePresident of this Board and was a BoardMember for around five years.

It goes without saying that Mike isvery outgoing, and passionate about hisfamily, hunting and businesses. Hisextensive police background continues inthe support he gives to local law enforce-ment through his work with the ChisholmTrail 100 Club.

Mike is also a professional hunter andhas been around the world hunting inAfrica, New Zealand, Australia and more.Along with being a big Game Fishermen,he loves to fish for Black and BlueMarlin. His 14 year old daughter recent-ly caught an 1100 pound, 16 foot BlueMarlin off the coast of South America.

He is a producer of several programs onthe Outdoor Channel, including RockyGeared Up and upcoming show Wardens2011-2012.

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In addition to the Clay ShootTournament, the 100 Club is hosting anexclusive Sponsors Only Pre-Event party,donated by Board Member, Mike Erinakesof MAAD H Ranch. This party is set to beone the largest social venues in JohnsonCounty, complete with drinks, dinner,shooting games and live entertainment.This event will also feature a live auction.

“This event has already surpassed eventhe brightest expectations we began with,”says Passmore. “Clearly we are pleasedwith the support the community has givenus, and are already looking forward to nextyear!”




Deputy Taylor was killed in the line ofduty April 23, 2011, when he responded toa domestic dispute call near Venus. He wasa three-year veteran of the sheriff's office atthe time of his death, and became only thesecond sheriff's office employee killed inthe line of duty.

The publicwas asked tojoin in thededication ofthe building,to take placeoutside in thefront of thebuilding,weather per-mitting.Inclementweather condi-tions movedthe dedicationindoors where refreshments were servedafter the dedication.

The building was officially renamed forTaylor by unanimous approval of Johnsoncounty Commissioners' Court August 22,2011.

Building DedicationThe Johnson County Sheriff's Office

administration building was officiallydedicated as the Clifton Taylor LawEnforcement Center during a ceremony thattook place at 11 a.m. Monday at 1102 E.Kilpatrick St. in Cleburne.

Board MemberSteve Davis,Executive VicePresident ofAmerican NationalBank in Burleson, isextremely active inthe BurlesonCommunity. Besideshis strong role at American National, heis actively involved in several communityBoards; Harvest House of Burleson,Burleson Area Chamber of Commerceand the Chisholm Trail 100 Club.

Davis, ACU graduate, has had a longand lucrative banking career, beginningas a Credit Analyst for First NationalBank in Abilene, TX. From there, Davistraveled to San Antonio, and quicklyworked his way up the ladder, becomingVice President in several differentsuccessful San Antonio area banks.

In 2009, Davis settled in the Burlesonarea with wife, Lori. Lori grew up aspart of the renowned Bransom family inthe south Fort Worth area and, and stillhad family in Burleson, where they ranthe Bransom Market.

“We were so excited when such agreat job opportunity came up in an areawe liked so much anyway!” Says Davis.

Davis, and their family of four, quick-ly settled into life in Johnson County.Davis soon became involved in severalarea charities. He serves the HarvestHouse of Burleson, the Burleson AreaChamber of Commerce and the ChisholmTrail 100 Club.

“ I truly enjoy helping people andhelping people improve themselves.Particularly people that have served thecommunity and been negatively impactedsomehow, such as First Responders,”says Davis. “ It’s hard to choose whereto place my efforts with so many worthyorganizations out there, but I’ve tried tobe involved in those where I think I cancontribute my talents most effectively.”

Besides his day to day life as a bankerand volunteer, Steve enjoys the GreatOutdoors. Steve is an avid golfer, bicyclerider and general fitness enthusiast.

Meet Your DirectorsSteve Davis

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Three years ago, he and his son,Luke, travelled to Colorado, a memo-rable experience.“We summited threefourteeners (mountains in excess of14,000 feet in altitude) in one day. It’sthe most physically challenging thingI’ve ever done, but what a view whenwe were on top. We could see about200 miles literally,” reminisces Davis.

Though wife, Lori, isn’t much of amountain climber, they do enjoy somefantastic vacations together.

“Our most memorable trips havebeen a cruise to Alaska and several vis-its to Europe. Probably the most mem-orable is a visit to Sachsenhausen con-centration camp in Germany,” saysDavis. “It was mind numbing and hardto believe I was actually standing inplaces where the Jews were methodical-ly killed. Hopefully, our next big tripwill be to Israel.”

For now, the biggest projects Stevehas are growing American NationalBank and growing the Chisholm Trail100 Club. Both are large projects to besure, but Steve enjoys a challenge.

CT100 booth represented atVenus, Texas on “The Square”.

Fifteen year law enforcement veteran,Brian Peterson, knows what it means toserve the community. After beginning acareer in banking, Peterson felt the call toduty. He transferred to a career as aCorrectional Officer with the JohnsonCounty Sheriff’s Office and went toWeatherford Police Academy at night. In1998, he received hisPeace Officer’s licenseand was assigned to thepatrol division. Onlytwo years later, he waspromoted to Sergeantwithin the PatrolDivision assigned tosuperviseCommunications; then promoted toLieutenant of Support Services Division,which entailed supervisingCommunications, Warrants, andTransport, a total of 31 employees.

After that, Peterson left the Sheriff’sOffice to work for the Roanoke PoliceDepartment as a Detective. “I wasassigned to General Investigations, whichranged from Theft to Homicide. I wasalso assigned the task to investigateCrimes Against Children,” says Peterson.“ I was a member of the Child AbductionResponse Team, which included severalAgencies within Tarrant and DentonCounty.”

In 2009, Peterson returned to what heconsiders his home base of the JohnsonCounty Sheriff’s Office, and was assignedto work Crimes Against Children.

Law Enforcement runs in the Petersonfamily. His father, Billy Peterson ofCleburne, was a member of the legendaryTexas Rangers.

“I was raised in Law Enforcement,and it was just something in my blood. Ihave always had a strong desire to helppeople and to try and make a differencein the world I live in,” explains Peterson.“As a child I saw my father work longhours, getting called out all hours of thenight and day, getting called in to workon holidays, vacations and during family

Meet Your RespondersBrian Peterson, Detective, Johnson CountySheriff’s Department

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Meet Your DirectorsSteve Davis, continued



Club members Niki Passmore, BobRussell and Steve Ramey manned thebooth while signing up a new member on awindy Saturday in October.

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time. I witnessed his selfless dedicationto the call of his job serving and protect-ing the State and the community we livedin. I was so proud of him. As a child Iknew the reality of his job and the dan-gers in entailed.”

Any police officer will tell you acareer in this field is full of ups anddowns. Undoubtedly most will picturemajor events, heroism in the works, butPeterson has a much simpler view on therewards of being a law officer.

“It’s the unspo-ken communicationthat is the purestform of expression.The look of a vic-tim’s face whenthey realize theirterror is over, thelook when the ver-dict and sentence ishanded down, whenthey realize justiceworked the way itshould,” says Peterson. “These are thebest moments to me.”

Peterson and his wife, Ivy, areextremely active in the community. Ivyhas a 15 year career in city management,working as Deputy City Secretary for thecity of Cleburne. She is an active mem-ber of the Zonta Club of Johnson County,even serving as President from 2008-2010 and continues to serve as a BoardMember. Both Brian and Ivy volunteer asChild Advocates for CASA of JohnsonCounty. Although the couple has no chil-dren, both are passionate about helpingchildren in need.

“We are going through the certifica-tion process of the Foster ParentingProgram and are hoping to help somekids as soon as possible,” says Peterson.

Peterson is also a strong supporter ofthe Chisholm Trail 100 Club, “TheChisholm Trail 100 Club is a great organ-ization, which supports the local firstresponders. It’s comforting to know thatif something were to happen to me, thatmy family will be taken care of,” saysPeterson.

Meet Your RespondersBrian Peterson, continued

“Sad to say I have had firsthand knowl-edge of what this organization will do forthe family of a fallen officer.This lastyear our agency lost one of our own inthe line of duty, it was so comforting tosee how immediate assistance was givento his family. Chisholm Trail 100 Clubnot only stood beside his family, but alsoby his brothers and sisters in law enforce-ment offering words of encouragementand comfort.”

Following his parents’ lead of servingthe community, Peterson is also pursuinga career in local politics, running forJohnson County Precinct 1 County

Commissioner.“I decided to run

for office because Ifeel it is the rightthing for me to do, Iwas asked by severalcitizens to considerthe position. I talkedit over with my wifeand family and aftermuch prayer andthought; I felt it wasthe right thing for

me to do,” explains Peterson.“My career in law enforcement has

always been about serving the people ofour community, if elected that vision willbe the same, serving the people of ourcommunity.”

Peterson also co-owns Cleburne’sHeroes Cafe, a small restaurant themedin police, fire fighters and EMT para-phernalia. Clearly, Peterson wears manydifferent hats, but all with one goal inmind - serving the community he’s proudto be a part of.

“We are going throughthe certification

process of the FosterParenting Program

and are hoping to helpsome kids as soon as

possible”.


Thirteen year Burleson Fire Fighterveteran, Jeremiah Lozier, is a man thathas always dedicated his life to publicservice. Lozier has been a Fire Fighterfor years, anda JohnsonCountyDeputy beforethat. In hiscareer he hasaccomplishedmuch, twoLifesavingAwards, FireOfficer of theYear twice, and a MayoralCommendation.

In thirteen years, a Fire Fighter cansee a lot of things, but the highlight ofLozier’s career as of yet is easy tochoose; Lozier wasthe first Fire Officeron scene, and conse-quently, LeadOfficer, in the CellTower rescue lastAugust. AlthoughFire Fighters trainfor this type of res-cue, it’s a once in alifetime situation.Lozier directed therescue team of Matt Mosely, BillBuchanan and Dallas Fowler over 7 sevenhours in the 100+ degree weather. The700 foot high rescue made national news,airing on programs such as the TodayShow, Good Morning America and CNN.

“I get to do a lot of amazing things inmy line of work, but that cell tower res-cue is definitely the highlight of mycareer,” says Lozier.

Lozier, like all fire fighters, has a par-ticular rescue specialty, that is, a particu-lar area he has had more training andexperience than most in. Jeremiah’s spe-cialty is Swift Water Rescue.

“Burleson City Management isextremely pro-active,” explains Lozier.“Most people think that if there isn’t afire, we’re just hanging out at the station,but we spend a great deal of time study-ing the city for possible emergencies.

We study maps of city water paths andexamine flood patterns in the instance ofextreme flooding and road rescues. Wefind places, like Tarrant County Collegeand sometimes the old Burleson citypool, to practice water rescues in.”

Burleson is fortunate to have special-ists in many different areas. Fightingfires is actually a very small part of whatFire Fighters are trained to perform.Some areas of expertise are confinedspace rescue and trench rescue. Trainingwhich has already proven valuable in ourarea.

“Not too long ago, we had a man fallinto a gas well. Luckily our team has hadextensive training in how to handle a situ-ation such as this, and we were able toget him out safely and quickly,” Loziersaid.

Another type of specialty the BurlesonSquad has trained for, but hopefully willnever use, is USAR (Urban Search andRescue) training. This type of training

involves the loca-tion, extrication,and initial medicalstabilization ofvictims trapped inconfined spaces dueto natural disasters,structural collapse,transportationaccidents, minesand collapsedtrenches.

“For example, if a tornado were to hitour town, we have trained on how to safe-ly dig through destroyed buildings, andstructural damage on a large scale,”explains Lozier. “We just hope we don’tever need to use that training, but we areprepared ifnecessary.”

Though there are many negatives toworking this type of job, the extremetemperature exposure, leaving yourfamily at home when a violent storm ispredicted, the positives far outweigh thenegative.

“I think easily my favorite part of thejob is the comradery. The men andwomen I work with are my family,”explains Lozier with a smile. “I enjoycoming to work just as much as I enjoygoing home!”



Meet Your RespondersJeremiah Lozier, Fire FighterBurleson, Texas

“I get to do a lot ofamazing things in myline of work, but thatcell tower rescue isdefinitely the highlightof my career”.

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Trophy Sponsor

True or False:Each newsletter will have 3 statementsof an accomplishment from one of thedirectors on the CT 100 Club. The“True” answer will be provided in thenext newsletter issue:

Director, Jerry Stringer- Took 3rd place in Motocross

Competition in high school.- Met his wife, Becky, through a

newspaper personal ad she had placed.

- Completed a Tactical Trainingprogram with world Sniper and record holder U.S. Marine Gunnery Sgt. Carlos Hathcock from the Vietnam war.

ANSWER from previous newsletter -

Director, Steve Ramey- Took 2nd place in the Lightweight

Body Builders 1974 Jack LaLanne Competition.

- Speaks 4 different foreign languages,and served as a translator for Xerox Corp. early in his career.

True- Won First Place in the ArkansasState Bowling Team Championship in the8th grade in 1963.

Jeremiah and wife, Michelle, alongwith their two daughters live in Burleson.Most of their family time is spent practic-ing sports with their girls, softball, bas-ketball and horseback riding. The Loziergirls, Sydney, 11 and Emma, 9, are theirdad’s biggest fans.

“I think what he does every day is socool! I’m so proud of my Dad,” saysEmma.

Emma even participated in the JuniorSheriff’s Posse and Sydney in the JuniorFire Fighters Academy.

The family attended Game 5 of theTexas Rangers World Series game.Daughter, Sydney shakes her head as sheremembers a particular part of the game.“Mitch Moreland hit a home run right atus! If Dad hadn’t left for snacks, wewould have caught it!” Sydney says.



Meet Your RespondersJeremiah Lozier, continued

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