What's up in Stallion Springs?

After an extensive search, the CSD Board of Directors has hired local resident Lori Rodgers as the new General Manager. Lori comes to the CSD from the Kern County Department of Agriculture and Measurement Standard, where she worked for over 15 years. She has worked with various county, state and federal agencies. Lori has nine state licenses ranging from Management Eligibility to Program Enforcement and has received Leadership/Supervisory training from Kern County Administration. Lori took the helm effective July 11, 2015.

After just a few days on the job Lori said, "Everybody works really hard. I'm really impressed with the staff, they've taken on a lot of extra stuff. Mike Grant has done an awesome job of keeping me updated and on the right path. I'm enjoying it."

Retired Police Chief Brad Burris acted as Interim General Manager for part of the time during the search with current Police Chief Mike Grant acting as Interim Assistant General Manager. When Burris became unavailable, Chief Grant took over doing double duty as Interim General Manager and Chief of Police. Both Burris and Grant did an excellent job of keeping the CSD running in an efficient fashion. Chief Grant will continue doing double duty as Police Chief and Assistant Manager.

For the month of June the Stallion Springs Police Department reported three arrests, issued three citations, and filed 107 reports, 104 calls for service, and five on call callouts. They did 23 want and warrant checks, 160 officer initiated investigations, 35 field interviews and two medical assists. The Police Volunteers (CSU) completed 141 vacation house checks, 20 infrastructure checks and one school bus stop check.

Officer Craig Rinehart received a commendation from a citizen thanking him for assisting him in getting his dog back after it had jumped the fence, and coming back the next day. On his own time, he also provided some temporary fencing to help keep the dog inside the yard.

Chief Grant and Consultant David Aranda completed and filed an application for a police officer hiring grant. Chief Grant also signed a Memorandum of Understanding to utilize the CCI firing range at no cost to the CSD.

SSPD officers were trained in tactics, firearms qualification, ethics, and deployment of OC spray.

To see the complete report go to: http://www.mysscsd.com and click on the Police Department.

Hours: Open Swim Monday,

Friday 1-6 p.m., Saturday and Sunday 11-7 p.m. Residents only swim passes are sold at the CSD Office. The cost is $50 for a 25 use punch pass, a day punch pass is $3 per swim for 1 to 10 uses.

Non-resident daily passes have been reduced to $7.

Hours: Monday, Wednesday and Friday 1-5 p.m. Crafts, sports and fun. Get out of the house and come have fun.

Skate Night, July 24 from 5-7pm. Music and games. All ages welcome. Skates and scooters only. Snack bar will be open.

Neighborhood Watch meetings: Third Wednesday of the month at 6:30 p.m., at the CSD/PD Building. Everyone is invited to attend the meetings. You do not have to reside in Stallion Springs to attend.

Stallion Springs Board of Directors: Meet on the 3rd of every month. This month's meeting will be on Tuesday, July 21 at 6 p.m. in the CSD Board Room.

SS Property Owners Meetings: Monthly meetings are conducted on the fourth Tuesday of each month.

CERT Monthly Meetings: First Wednesday of each month, 6:30 p.m., at CSD EOC/Board Rm. Interested persons are invited to attend and see what SS CERT is about and how to prepare for disasters. Call 661-412-CERT, or email CERT 1 [email protected].

Houchin Blood Drives are scheduled at the Community Center on September 5 and October 31, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the CSD Parking lot.