Rotary Club Meets VC K9 Search & Rescue Team
Pictured (l-r) are Fillmore Rotary President Scott Beylik, Deresa Kenney, Lisa Hammond, and Virginia Feyh, along with their K9 friends receiving their Rotary mugs. Photo credit Rotarian Martha Richardson.
Pictured (l-r) are Fillmore Rotary President Scott Beylik, Deresa Kenney, Lisa Hammond, and Virginia Feyh, along with their K9 friends receiving their Rotary mugs. Photo credit Rotarian Martha Richardson.

The speakers at Fillmore Rotary last week were Deresa Kenney, Virginia Feyh and Lisa Hammond from the Ventura County K9 Search and Rescue Team. This is a volunteer non-profit 501(c)(3), comprised of highly trained handlers and their canine partners who provide assistance to law enforcement in the search and recovery of lost and missing persons. Deresa and Virginia have dogs trained in Trailing by the person’s scent and other dogs trained in Human Remains Detection. Lisa is the current Treasurer of the Board and is training to be a flanker which means she will accompany a handler with their K9 so the handler can devote full attention to their dog. The handlers gave demonstrations with their dogs after the meeting. See www.vcsark9.org for more info.