BOSTON LEGAL

So I saw this video clip the other day and thought it was hilarious.

Enjoy!

COASTAL CLEANUP!

We had such a great time at the Coastal Clean Up Day this year. I hope everyone from the Station can come next year. It was such a great way to help out the community, and especially the Silver Strand Beach area, which is so close to our Station.



There were a bunch of people there and we all got donuts and T-shirts. It was a really great.

STAY TUNED - for more opportunities
to give back to the community!

PS - it was fun to see this....... as we got to the beach for the clean up!

COASTAL CLEAN UP - COME AND HELP OUT!

Let's represent the Coast Guard by helping in the California Coastal Clean Up DAY this Saturday September 20th.

Our station, the families, and any AUX who are interested will be helping out at the Silver Strand Beach location. Volunteers should meet at the north end of Silver Strand and clean up will start at 9:00. We will meet there around 8:30 to collect waivers and such. For anyone who still needs one, I will have a stack of waivers. We would love to see a bunch of our Coast Guard family there. If you do come, make sure to wear something Coast Guard related so we can make our presence known!

Please email me if you have any questions and check back here for any further updates before Saturday.

Let's get out there and do our part for the community!

California Coastal Cleanup Day is the premier volunteer event focused on the marine environment in the country. In 2007, more than 60,000 volunteers worked together to collect more than 900,000 pounds of trash and recyclables from our beaches, lakes, and waterways. California Coastal Cleanup Day has been hailed by the Guinness Book of World Records as "the largest garbage collection" (1993). Since the program started in 1985, over 800,000 Californians have removed more than 12 million pounds of debris from our state's shorelines and coast. When combined with the International Coastal Cleanup, organized by The Ocean Conservancy and taking place on the same day, California Coastal Cleanup Day becomes part of one of the largest volunteer events of the year.

Coastal Cleanup Day is the highlight of the California Coastal Commission's year 'round Adopt-A-Beach program and takes place every year on the third Saturday of September, from 9 a.m. to Noon. In 2008, that day falls on September 20. Coming at the end of the summer beach season and right near the start of the school year, Coastal Cleanup Day is a great way for families, students, service groups, and neighbors to join together, take care of our fragile marine environment, show community support for our shared natural resources, learn about the impacts of marine debris and how we can prevent them, and to have fun! Coastal Cleanup Day is also the kick-off event for Coastweeks—three weeks of coastal and water-related events for the whole family.

Three easy steps to participate in Coastal Cleanup Day, September 20, 2008:

1. Select a location and contact the local coordinator for that area.

Cleanups will be held throughout California along bays, creeks, rivers, highways, and the coast. Select the area that you would like to help clean and then recruit your friends, family and co-workers. Contact the local coordinator (contact info is linked from the counties below) for directions and instructions on cleaning the site. If there is no cleanup site in your local area, you may volunteer to set up a site. Call (800) COAST-4U or e-mail coast4u@coastal.ca.gov

If you are under the age of 18, you will need to get a parent or guardian to sign a waiver form before participating. Read our safety page for more information.

2. Check-In

Wear sunscreen, shoes, hat, and gloves. When you check in at the cleanup location, you will be given trash bags, pencils, and a special data card to tally the items you collect.

3. On the beach...

Data collection is important! Your data goes into the Ocean Conservancy’s international database, which is used to identify the sources of debris and to help devise solutions to the marine debris problem. Be sure to return trash, recyclables and your data card to the beach or site captain after the cleanup.

PRETTY CRAZY

With all of the hurricane info going around I thought this picture was pretty telling about the whole situation. CRAZY!!!

HURRICANE IKE - COAST GUARD ALREADY DOING AN OUTSTANDING JOB

According to TV news reports, the Coast Guard has rescued over 50 people so far and Hurricane Ike is not expected to make landfall until the early hours of Saturday. They are currently attempting to rescue 150 who are still on the ground in the Galveston area.

Be sure to follow the CG News ticker on the side column for links to current rescue videos, and news about Hurricane Ike.

HEAVY HEARTS

Taken from uscg.mil.

3 killed, 1 missing in Honolulu Coast Guard helicopter crash

By Rod Ohira

Advertiser Staff Writer

A Coast Guard HH-65 Dolphin helicopter crashed last night during a search-and-rescue training exercise six miles off Sand Island, killing three of four crewmembers aboard

Search efforts were continuing for the fourth crewmember.

"This is a very difficult case because rescuers are being rescued," said Rear Adm. Manson Brown, 14th Coast Guard District commander.

Honolulu Fire Department spokesman Capt. Terry Seelig said three of four people aboard the helicopter, which crashed about 8:15 p.m., were accounted for.

The Coast Guard said the three were recovered from the water by the Honolulu Fire Department and transported by another HH-65 Dolphin rescue helicopter to the Queen's Medical Center, where they were pronounced dead.

Brown said witnesses aboard a passing Air Force C-17 transport aircraft and Coast Guard 47-foot motor lifeboat saw the Barbers Point-based helicopter go down. The helicopter and boat were doing "routine training," Brown said.

Coast Guard officials said the last major crash of one of its rescue helicopters occurred in 1982 on Moloka'i.

The Coast Guard was notified of the crash by the FAA and launched a C-130 search plane from Air Station Barbers Point.

The inbound Air Force C-17 circled the crash site until a rescue boat from the Honolulu Fire Department could get on scene.

Fire, police and Navy personnel were assisting in the search for the crewmember.

Our thoughts and prayers are with the families of these shipmates and with all our shipmates who have been impacted by this accident.

MILITARY DISCOUNT OF THE WEEK

I am trying to find one free or discounted item every week and this is what I came up with this week. I know this one is a bit odd, but you never know when it might come in handy.

HomeTrafficSchool.com is a website that offers free online traffic school to members of the military who have received a traffic violation.

(Hopefully no one will end up needing this). But if you do - go and check it out and save some time and money!