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Warrior Village ProjectThe Bugle: Vol 2, Issue 2, February 2020www.WarriorVillageProject.comPROGRESS REPORT23 January 2020It was another great month for our Project!Ababa Bolt donatesbolts.The business community continued to step forward to support our students and our veterans: Ababa Bolt donated bolts - lots of bolts! Ferguson donated kitchen sinks and vanities. G.J. Gardner donated plywood sheathing. The Arie de Jong Fund at the San Diego Foundation donated 10,000.See more30 January 2020On 13 February Jennifer Anderson and JessicaNewman from Palomar College visited our buildsite at SMHS to tour our cottages. This was the‘kickoff’ for further collaboration between the Warrior Village Project and Jennifer’s Cabinet andFurniture Technology Department and Jessica’sInterior Design Department. Melvin Hardy andJennifer Ruder, students from Interior Design,toured our cottages on 21 February.Ferguson donateskitchen sinks & vanities.See more1 FebruaryLisa Lucero, Manager of the San Marcos HomeDepot, and her colleague Joe Lantz visited ourbuild site at SMHS on 20 February. Our studentspresented a custom designed ’Thank You’ plaqueto show their appreciation to Home jectDonateContacts.77Contacts . 7Subscribe . 7G.J. Gardnerdonates exteriorsheathing.See moreThe25 February 2020Arie de JongDe Jong Family makesgenerous donation.FundSee moreFUTURE EVENTSVisit our Website:WarriorVillageProject.com.Page 1

VIP PROFILE: Our Military CommunityOur Very Important People this month are the members of our military community. The military has amajor presence in San Diego County. There are approximately 110,000 active duty military personneland 118,000 family members in San Diego County. Active duty personnel are split roughly evenly between the Navy and the Marine Corps. San Diego is home to 60% of the ships in the fleet of the U.S. Navy, and one-third of the active duty force of the U.S. Marine Corps. The County is host to 8 major militaryinstallations, including: MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP PENDLETON is the U.S. Marine Corps' prime amphibious trainingbase on the west coast. Pendleton is home to the I Marine Expeditionary Force. Approximately 70,000people work and live aboard the base, including 42,000 active duty personnel. NAVAL BASE SAN DIEGO is the U.S. Navy's largest base on the West Coast and the principalhomeport of the Pacific Fleet. Homeport to 54 ships, the base has 13 piers that stretch over 977 acresof land and 326 acres of water. The on base population is over 34,000 military and civilian personnel. NAVAL BASE CORONADO encompasses eight military facilities, including the Naval Air Station NorthIsland and the Naval Amphibious Base Coronado. Naval Air Station North Island is the homeport oftwo aircraft carriers along with 23 fixed- and rotary-wing squadrons. Naval Amphibious Base Coronadois home to the U.S. Navy's special and expeditionary warfare training and the West Coast base of operations for SEAL teams and Special Boat Units. Naval Base Coronado employs over 36,000 militaryand civilian personnel. MARINE CORPS AIR STATION MIRAMAR was used by both the Navy and Marine Corps for ad-vanced pilot training during World War II. Post-war it became famous as the home of the Top Gun program. Over 15,000 service members and their families call MCAS Miramar home. MARINE CORPS RECRUIT DEPOT SAN DIEGO is responsible for the initial training of USMC enlisted male recruits living west of the Mississippi River. Over 21,000 recruits train at MCRD each year. NAVAL BASE POINT LOMA has a rich military history due to its natural tactical significance as theonly peninsula in the area that guards the surrounding waters. Current major commands at Point Loma include Commander Third Fleet, Naval Mine and Anti-Submarine Warfare Command, Space andNaval Warfare Systems Command, and Submarine Squadron Eleven. The on-base population isaround 22,000 Navy and civilian personnel. US COAST GUARD STATION SAN DIEGO conducts Maritime Law Enforcement, enforcing Federal Lawfrom the U.S. border with Mexico to as far north as San Mateo Pt. NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO is located within the grounds of Balboa Park. The MedicalCenter provides medical care to operational forces, their families, and veterans.More than 15,000 active duty service members transition out of active duty service in San Diego eachyear, and more than half of those transitioning want to stay in San Diego. San Diego County is estimatedto have the third-highest number of veteran residents of any county in the nation. More than240,500 veterans reside in San Diego County, accounting for more than 13% of the County’s population.According to this year's San Diego Point-in-Time Count, there are 8,102 homeless people in San Diego County, and approximately 1,068 - 13% - of those people are veterans. We thank all of you for yourservice.Page 2

SCHOOL UPDATE: San Marcos High SchoolTeacher Chris Geldert goes the extra mile to make sure that his students are exposed to as many learning opportunities as possible. That is why he encourages his students to participate in the SkillsUSAprogram. SkillsUSA is a national nonprofit organization serving middle school, high school and collegestudents who are preparing for careers in trade, technical and skilled service occupations. SkillsUSA is apartnership of students, teachers and industry working together to ensure America has a skilled workforce. What a great idea!SkillsUSA is an applied method of instruction for preparing America’s high-performance workers in publiccareer and technical programs. They provide quality education experiences for students in leadership,teamwork, citizenship and character development. They build and reinforce self-confidence, work attitudes and communications skills.SkillsUSA also runs competitions in which students compete in a variety of occupational skill areas. Competitions begin locally and continue through the state and national levels. On Saturday, February 1, six SMHS students participated in the Region 6 Competition at Riverside Community College.SkillsUSA Region 6 encompasses the counties of Mono, Orange, Inyo, San Bernardino, Riverside, Imperial and San Diego. This was the third year that SMHS has participated in the SkillsUSA competitions.Seniors Carston Wellong and Angel Casarez participated in the Carpentry Competition, in which contestants frame walls using wood and/or steel studs, cut and install rafters, gable end overhangs, fasciaboard and soffit installation, install sheathing and/or exterior siding and trim. Demonstration ofknowledge of stair construction is required. Contestants are judged on accuracy, ability to read and interpret blueprints, workmanship, safety and the proper use of tools, equipment and materials. This wasthe first time that SMHS has competed in this event, and Carston and Angel represented SMHS well.Senior Jordan Moote, and Juniors Michael Trosak and Cole Leach participated in the Cabinet MakingCompetition in which contestants build a small cabinet from the materials and drawings supplied. Contestants are expected to read the drawings, lay out and cut the parts using a table saw, laminate trimmer,hand drill, hinge boring machine and various hand tools. The parts must be accurately assembled, sanded and adjusted to tolerances specified by the judges. This was the third year that SMHS competed inthis event. Jordan, Michael and Cole did great, as expected!Like any competitive team, we have a pipeline of ‘rookies’ to make sure that we remain competitive. Thisyear Ninth Grader Josh Moote participated in the Introductory Woodworking Competition.Our team took 1st, 2nd and 3rd in the Cabinet Making Competition, 1st in Introductory Woodworking, and 5th in the Carpentry Competition. Five of our students advanced to the State Competitionin Ontario on April 16th – 19th. Go Knights!Chris Geldert, Josh Moote, Jordan Moote, Angel Casarez,Michael Trosak, Carston Wellong & Cole Leach.Page 3Cabinet Making Team: ColeLeach, Josh Moote & Michael

CONSTRUCTION UPDATEIf you haven’t been by the SMHS build site recently, you may be surprised by how much progress ourstudents have made on our first two cottages. By January 31, the trusses had been installed and theexterior sheathing completed on one cottage.Our build site was humming with activity on February 6. Zak Zapara of Zapara & Sons came out toshow our students how the pros do it. Rick Hoehn stopped by to talk with Chris Geldert and MikeMcSweeney about the plan for the rough plumbing installation.Looking Good!Page 4

PARTNERS: Palomar CollegePalomar College is a public, two-year community college located in San Marcos, California. With an enrollment of approximately 30,000 full-time and part-timestudents, Palomar is the largest community college inSan Diego County. At Palomar, students may choosefrom over 200 associate degree and certificate programs, complete the first two years of a bachelor’s degree, or enjoy personal enrichment classes for lifelonglearning.As noted in our September 2019 Newsletter, the Warrior Village Project was born in a conference room at Palomar College in April 2018. Since then, we have explored ways for Palomar College to participate in theProject. I am happy to report that we have found a way- in fact three ways - to collaborate with Palomar. Students in the Departments of Architecture, Cabinet andFurniture Technology and Interior Design will beworking together to help the Warrior Village Project.Architecture students, Kiara Hiatt and Erik Schwartz,working under the direction of Professor Joseph Lucido,produced renderings of our cottages from Michael E.Joseph Lucido, Kiara Hiatt and Erik SchwartzRobinson’s architectural plans to illustrate different artalk about architecture at SMHS.chitectural treatments in different settings. When theinstallation sites are selected for our first two cottages,they will produce renderings of the cottages as they willappear in their final resting places.In a class taught by Brendan Mathews, owner of Foothill Cabinet Works, Jennifer Anderson’s Cabinet andFurniture Technology students will build the cabinets forour ‘galley’ kitchens, using lumber donated by TimberProducts Company and Saroyan Hardwoods and hardware donated by blum. Brendan and Chris Geldert aregraduates of Palomar College’s cabinet making program, recognized as one of the best in the country.Professor Jessica Newman’s Interior Design students,Melvin Hardy and Jennifer Ruder, will utilize their skillsto advise us on the interior design of our cottages usingfinish materials donated by Sherwin-Williams, Ferguson, Fan Diego, Classy Closets and Arizona Tile et al.Their challenge will be to take a variety of donated materials and make them look like they were meant to betogether. We have a lot of confidence in their creativeskills!The work of our Palomar partners will make a significant contribution to the Warrior Village Project. At thesame time, it will be a great experience for the students,providing them an opportunity to work in a collaborative,multi-disciplinary effort on a ‘real’ project. Ctrl Click’ onthese links to learn more about the great Architecture,Cabinet and Furniture Technology, and Interior DesignDepartments at Palomar.Page 5Brendan Matthews has been busy designingcabinets for our cottages.