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    Port Hueneme Historical Society Museum’s February 2020 Distinguished Speaker Series

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    Port Hueneme Historical Society Museum’s February 2020 Distinguished Speaker Series

    Port Hueneme Historical Society Museum

     

     

     

     

    Join us at the February 2020 DISTINGUISHED SPEAKER SERIES at the Port Hueneme Historical Society Museum, 220 Market Street in Port Hueneme at 11 a.m.

    February 1 Jim Kosinski “”Three Events that Shaped Maritime History”

    Jim Kosinski is a historian/researcher and volunteer at Channel Islands Maritime Museum.

    His interest in American and European history has taken him to libraries, museums and historical sites both here and abroad.

    He has helped us understand the maritime history of the Pacific Coast as well as during the Civil War.  We look forward to learning more about global maritime history from this very gifted presenter.

    February 8 Dr. Clare Steele “Plastic Pollution in our Oceans”

    Dr. Clare Steele is an applied marine ecologist with extensive experience in marine and coastal environments around the world.

    She has conducted research assessing the benefits of protected areas and community-based resource management to reef fish assemblages and artisanal fisheries in the Philippines, Fiji, Kenya and the Bahamas.

    Her ongoing research in the Cook Islands and California examines the ecological impacts of marine debris and microplastic debris on coastal ecosystems.

    Dedicated to providing research opportunities to undergraduate students, she is working with various student groups to explore educational and research experiences in the California coastal zone and at CSUCI’s undergraduate research station on Santa Rosa Island.

    Feb 15 Charles Watson “Alzheimer’s Patients”

    The stats about Alzheimer’s are staggering.  Some 5.8 million Americans are living with the disease. It’s the 6th leading cause of death in the US.  More than 16 million Americans provide unpaid care for Alzheimer’s or dementia patients. In 2019, Alzheimer’s and dementia will cost the nation $290 billion.

    Chuck Watson currently serves as the Executive Director of the Ventura County Brain Injury Center.  Not only does he teach nonprofit courses at CSUN and Phillips Graduate Institute but as Senior Vice president at the Oertel Group, he also provides training and technical assistance to such local organizations as the Center for Nonprofit Management and the Ventura County Community Foundation Resource Center.

    In his spare time, Chuck loves to referee soccer.  He was tapped as a referee for the USPSA, a national power wheelchair-assisted soccer program as well as the Special Olympics 2015 World Games.  Needless to say, he is an avid Manchester United fan.

    Feb 22 Dr. Judy Christman Yates “Cyber Scams & You:  How to Protect Your Privacy”

    The current Featured Exhibit at the Museum is the recently donated WORLD WAR II AIRCRAFT COLLECTION of Thomas Roy Chatham  which includes US Lockheed P-38 Lightning Heavy Fighter, US North American B-25 Mitchell Med. Bomber, US Republic P-47 Thunderbolt Fighter, US North American P-51 Mustang Fighter, US Douglas C-47 Skytrain Transport,  US Martin B-26 Marauder Med. Bomber, German Heinkel He 50 Dive Bomber, North American T-6 Texan Trainer, German Junkers Ju 52 Transport, German Junkers Ju88 Transport, Japanese Nakajima Ki-84 Hayate Fighter, Japanese Mitsubishi A6M Zero, Japanese Mitsubishi A6M Zero, UK de Haviland Mosquito Night Fighter, US Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress Heavy Bomber, US Boeing B-29 Superfortress Heavy Bomber, US Vought F4U Corsair Fighter, US Consolidated Aircraft PBY Catalina Seaplane, UK Short Stirling Heavy Bomber, UK Fairey Aviation Swordfish Biplane Torpedo Bomber, UK Submarine Spitfire Fighter, US Curtiss P-40 Warhawk Fighter, US Sherman Tank, German Tiger I Tank, and German Tiger II Tank.  The star of the show is the Boeing B-29 Superfortress bomber named after Enola Gay Tibbets, the mother of the pilot Colonel Paul Tibbets, who dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima Japan on August 6, 1945. The model is autographed by the navigator, Theodore Van Kirk. 

    If you do not receive (published 12-1-19) a copy of our quarterly newsletter (Winter 2019-20) of The Historic Hueneme Herald, please email and ask to be put on the mailing list. Other Museum sponsored events include the monthly Historic Port Tour on the third Friday of each month.  

    Also offered on a quarterly basis, the Museum and Port provide transportation to the Lighthouse for visitors who cannot make the approximately one-mile round trip walk to Lighthouse.  

     


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