Ernie Alcantar, President

Curtis Jackson, Vice President	Larry Lundberg, Treasurer
Cindy Buell, Sgt. at Arms	Ken Jacksteit, Editor

Mattos Mail Bag!

Hello all,
This month’s meeting had 72 attendees; thank you all!
 Returning members: Mario Hernandez, Ralph Percelle, Bruce Raye
 Condolences to the families of retirees, Ofc. Gustavo (Gus) Vega #2727 and
Randy Campbell #2374 and Sgt. Jim Spence on the loss of his longtime partner, Wanda Lorenzo
 Welcome back to Vice President Curtis Jackson, Gilbert Torres and Chaplain Bryan Allen, having gone through medical procedures over the past months.
 
A speedy recovery to retired Sgt. Jim Overstreet #2202 who underwent back surgery earlier this month in Arizona.  Kudos to retired Lt. Jerry Smith #2128 who drove to Arizona and provided support to Jim before and after the surgery.
 
Officer Erin Allen was released last week after a 9-week hospitalization after being shot on duty.  Attached is a link of the Department posted video.  We wish her continued strength and health as she continues to improve.
https://x.com/SanJosePD/status/1715509159553306871?s=20A shout out to retired Ofc. Chacha Ramon #2292.  She recently participated in the Kona Ironman Championships and medaled for completing the event consisting of the following:

• 2.4-mile swim
• 112-mile bike ride
• 26.2-mile run 

 New member(s): None
 

Happy Birthday to the members celebrating this month. The $25 birthday gift card winners:

• Rich Bailey (Peet’s)
• Phil Alfano (Peet’s)
• Mike Alford (Shell Gas)

(Dates to the right are retirement dates)
Active
1   Alfano, Phil               (1998)
2   Alford, Mike             (2007)
3   Bailey, Rich              (1999)
4   Bell, Mark                 (2002)
5   Bennett, Nate           
6   Beiderman, Margie   (2015)
7   Boyles, John             (2002)

8   Brahm, Bob              

Victor Cardoza 1709
BD. October 7. 1950

9   Cripe, Rodger           (1999)
10 Dominguez, Robert   (2010)
11 Harris, Diane            (2006)
12 Harris, Don               (2005)
13 Hyland, Brian           (2007)
14 Kensit, John              (1999)
15 Kneis, Brian              (2009)
16 Madison, Gary          (1998)
17 Marcotte, Steve       (2005)
18 McEwan, Steve         (2018)
19 Nunes, Les               (2008)
20 Pacheco, Russ          (2008)
21 Russel, Russ             (2001)
22 Valcazar, Dan           (2014)
23 Vallecilla, Ernie         (2009)
24 Zwemke, Doug         (1996)

Deceased
Hollars, Bob
Weesner, Steve
Yuhas, Dick

Happy Birthday Brian Hyland

Raffle prizes donated by: Cindy Buell, Goodwill, Ernie Hernandez, Fred Lagergren, Al McCulloch, Bruce Raye, Jim Silvers, Ted Vasquez, PBA.  All contributions are very much appreciated, thank you!
 
Thank you to Craig Clifton for organizing the meeting hall set up and taking the photographs.
 
Speaker(s): Brian Hyland gave an update on the Emerald Society recent events.
 
Announcements: Nominations for 2024 PBA board members were opened; none was received.
 
Upcoming events:
 
The San Jose Police Emerald Society will be hosting the End of Watch memorials for Officers Desmond Casey #2705 and Jeffrey Fontana #3702.  

Attached are the respective flyers and a recounting of the incidents posted by the San Jose Police Officer’s Association.
Officer Desmond J. Casey #2705
https://www.sjpoa.com/fallen-heroes#:~:text=Officer%20Desmond%20J,line%20of%20duty.FLYER

Officer Jeffery Fontana #3702
https://www.sjpoa.com/fallen-heroes#:~:text=%233702,line%20of%20duty.

FLYER

VP Curtis Jackson, President Ernie Alcantar

Pre-meeting Gatherings

Appetizers

Chow line

Chow time

Phil Rodgers, John Carr Sr., Dave Wysuph, Tom Mazzone, Larry Reuter, Larry Lundberg

Dave Byers, Dave Hendrix, Glenn Bytheway, Bruce Raye, Terry Handforth, Bill Santos,
Jim Silvers

Brian Bennert, Kerry Smith, Buck DeMers, Charlie Hoehn, Al McCulloch, Carm Grande, Bill Clark,
Tony Destro, Jim Lucarotti

Frank Portillo, Ralph Percelle, George Padilla, Cindy Buell, Ted Vasquez, Jerry Smith, 
Wil Montano, Dan Archie, Armando Elemen

Rene Retuta, Felipe Flores, Mike Mendez, Ernie Hernandez,
Chaplains Jim Becknall & Bryan Allen, Brian Hyland

Don Meade, Bill Clark, Mike Moore, Jeff Sheppard, Phil Biebel, Paul Gardner, Mike Roberts,
Mike Amaral

Fred Lagergren, April (Guest), Gilbert Torres, Bob Finnie, Reese Gwillim, Russ Bence, 
Cha Cha Ramon, Dave Dulong

Ken Jacksteit, Pete Tuminia, Tom McCready, Craig Clifton, Guy Bernardo

Mike Kihmm, Scott Savage, Ken Tanaka

Jeff Sheppard, Paul Gardner

Darrell Cortez

Lt. Robison patch & pin collection

Please ensure the PBA has your correct contact information.  Address updates may be sent to:
Larry Lundberg, lumpyl@sbcglobal.net or Ken Jacksteit, kj2196@gmail.com
 
As always; if you may have a question, concern, comment or would like to reach out, my email is:
uunnoo@sbcglobal.net
Ernie Alcantar
PBA President