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GENERAL INFORMATION

� You must respond or your email address will not be included. I am developing a page to be linked to the FHP Retirees Homepage listing retirees email address. If you would like your email address included please send me a message advising me to include yours giving your name and email address. Thanks. Use this email link to contact me at [email protected]

Posted 2-28-08 Posted 2-7-08. At the Broken Spoke Club meeting held in Orlando February 26, 2008, the following decisions were made to better serve the retirees as well as other members of the broken spoke club. The Troop D delegate to the broken spoke club stationed in Orlando, Sergeant Chris Blackmon,
Troop D Orlando, is the newly elected vice chairman of the Broken Spoke Club. The board also approved for troop R to have three alternate delegates, one in Tallahassee one, in Central Florida and one in the South Florida . This will assure that Troop R members of the broken spoke club will have good representation in all areas of Florida. I also requested that all delegates listen out for Troop R members that need assistance with the broken spoke club and I was assured that they will assist any way they can. Please let me know if you need any assistance or wish further information. Joe Henderson
Troop R delegate to the broken spoke club. Joe Henderson's email address is [email protected] Original Message From: [email protected] To: Various receipents; Sent: Monday, February 04, 2008 8:06 PM Subject: Broken spoke club annual meeting . To all: this is to advise the broken spoke club will have its annual meeting February, 26 2008. As your representative I need you to forward to me any comments problems recommendations or any issue you wish the broken spoke club board to discuss either by e-mail or to my home address which is 1713 Dora Ave, Tallahassee, Florida 32308. I am requesting that Jim Cox and Wade Smith forward this to everyone on their e-mail list and I'm also request that if any of you know any retiree that is a member of the broken spoke club that is not on e mail please forward this information to them. Thank you, Joe Henderson, Retiree representative to the broken spoke club.

Important info for FHP Retirees that are members of Broken Spoke. Joe Henderson is the delegate and Bob Bull is the Alternate Delegate. Any info you may need concerning Broken Spoke please contact one of them.

Posted 10-23-07. To FHP Retirees and others with interest The attached was distributed at the FHPR meeting in Jacksonville. It contains telephone contact information that may be of use to you at some point. I will attempt to keep it updated, but if anyone has suggestions for additional information please let me know. Jim Cox. IMPORTANT CONTACTS FOR RETIREES AND THEIR SURVIVORS
United States Social Security Administration   800-772-1213
Florida Division of Retirement
           Survivor Benefits Section � (Tallahassee) 850-488-5207
           Statewide (toll free)     877-377-4347
           (email: [email protected])
Florida Division of State Group Insurance
           Tallahassee      850-921-4600
           Statewide (toll free)     800-226-3734
American Association of State Troopers (AAST) 800-477-9860 (Ext. 210)
Florida Association of State Troopers (FAST) 800-873-2781
Retired Troopers Association (RTA)    800-392-9472
Broken Spoke Club
            Retiree Delegate to BSC Board : Lt. Col. Joe R. Henderson, Jr.    850-878-3384. (email: [email protected])
DHSMV Credit Union
           Tallahassee      850-488-2880
           Statewide (toll free)     800-368-2811
For corrections, additions, deletions and suggestions contact Jim Cox at [email protected]

Posted 9-8-07. The following is from Colonel Christopher Knight, Director, Florida Highway Patrol to FHP retirees: The Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles Division of Florida Highway Patrol requests the honor of your presence at the Graduation Exercises of the one-Hundred and Fourteenth Recruit Class on Wednesday the nineteenth of September two thousand seven at ten o'clock
Tallahassee-Leon County Civic Center 505 West Pensacola Street Tallahassee, Florida

Posted 8-27-07. Currently I am serving as the Retiree's representative to the Broken Spoke Club. In an effort to better serve you I am requesting your assistance to reach all retiree's that are members of the Broken Spoke Club. Please contact every member and request that they forward me difficulties, problems and failures with the current system that they have encountered along with any Good encounters!! and I will need their suggestions and recommendations on how to improve the system. When making suggestions for improvement please remember that volunteers run the Broken Spoke Club and have a zero budget. Thanks for your assistance. Joe Henderson E mail-- [email protected] Mail-- 1713 Dora Avenue, Tallahassee, Florida 32308 Colonel Knight, would you please request someone to forward me the name and contact information for each Troop representative and alternate. Thanks, Joe Henderson

Posted 3-21-07. Members of the 17th FHP Recruit Class are asked to forward this message to other members of that class who might not be on the distribution lists. Several members of the 17th Recruit Class are planning to get together for a class reunion on or about November 8, 2007, to celebrate the 50th anniversary of their graduation from the FHP Academy. Members are asked to contact O. M. Raker at [email protected] or Joe Henderson at [email protected]. Sounds like a good time to be had by all. Jim Cox

� Posted 2-28-07. Governor Charlie Crist and the Florida Cabinet today unanimously voted to appoint Ms. Electra Theodorides-Bustle of Tallahassee executive director of the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles. Electra Theodorides-Bustle is currently the assistant commissioner of Public Safety Services for the Florida Department of Law Enforcement. She served the Sarasota County Sheriff�s Office as general counsel and later as captain over the Human Resources Bureau and major over the Courts, Corrections and Human Services Division. Earlier, Ms. Theodorides-Bustle worked as assistant general counsel for the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles. She graduated from the University of Pennsylvania and the Florida State University College of Law. Please join us in welcoming Ms. Theodorides-Bustle. She will join us March 7, 2007.

� Posted 1-3-07. Major Randall M. Brown has determined that 29 years should be the "end of the trail" and has announced his retirement. His friends, known as "The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly" are invited to join him in celebrating the event. Where: Washington County Agricultural Center, 1424 Jackson Avenue, Chipley When: January 13, 2007; 4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Reception, 5:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. presentations, 6:00 p.m. to ? dinner and dancing Price: $10.00 per person plus optional gift donation Checks should be made out to: The Chocolate Gallery and mailed to Florida Highway Patrol, 6030 County Road 2321, Panama City, FL 32404, Attention: Valerie. Get it in by January 5, 2007. Menu: too lengthy to copy, but sounds delicious. Music: JR Sound of Palatka.

� Posted 7-16-05. FYI. The London incident has promoted concerns and I share with you what one of my European colleagues just sent. As long as everyone knows what ICE stands for, it is not a bad idea. A useful thing to add to your mobile address book! It was thought up by an ambulance man/paramedic who found that when they went to the scenes of accidents there were always mobile phones but they didn't know which numbers to call and he thought that it would be a good idea if there was a nationally recognized name to file "next of kin" under. Following the disaster in London . . .East Anglian Ambulance Service have launched a national "In case of Emergency (ICE)" campaign with the support of Falklands war hero Simon Weston. The idea is that you store the word " I C E " in your mobile phone Address book, and against it enter the number of the person you would want to be contacted "In Case of Emergency". In an emergency situation ambulance and hospital staff will then be able to quickly find out who your next of kin are and be able to contact them. It's so simple that everyone can do it. Please do. Please will you also email this to everybody in your address book, it won't take too many 'forwards' before everybody will know about this. It really could save your life, or put a loved one's mind at rest. For more than one contact name ICE1, ICE2, ICE3 etc.

� Posted 6-22-05. FYI Effective on 6-1-05 everyone is entitled to a free credit check annually. Below is the site you can use to obtain your free credit report. Please read all the info before you request the report as you can get one free from each reporting credit bureau annually. Hope this helps. Wade Smith https://www.annualcreditreport.com/cra/index.jsp

� Posted 10-29-04. Info from Col. Chris Knight. The following information was received from Annette Grissom at FAST and is forwarded for your information and review. If you carry a cellular phone, Blackberry or other wireless device for the Department, you may want to consider registering it on the "National Do Not Call" list: In a few weeks, cell phone numbers are being released to telemarketing companies and you will start to receive sales calls on cell phones. Call this number from your cell phone 888-382-1222. It is the national Do Not Call list. It blocks your number for 5 years. Here is online form We have tried the online version and it works as advertised.
Chris