A police dog, a baseball coach and a homeowners association were amongst those the City of Cypress recognized at the Monday, Aug. 27 meeting of the City Council.
When one of the Cypress Police Department’s K9s retired, they immediately got to work testing over 30 dogs to bring another one onboard. The result of that search? Kubo, a German Shepherd born in Slovakia in 2016, who has been paired with Officer Brook Marshall.
Kubo was introduced and sworn in before the Council, with Chief Rod Cox reading his bio, which included that “Kubo’s favorite off-duty activity is swimming in the Marshall family pool, but he also enjoys going on runs, getting brushed, and spending time with Brook and his family.”
The Cypress Police Foundation was recognized next, as recent donations of theirs had made possible the purchase of Kubo and some of his training and equipment, as well as 52 handgun flashlights. Three board members were present at the meeting and were applauded.
And next, as Mayor Jon Peat said, as he quickly learned upon moving to Cypress, “Cypress is a baseball town.”
Cypress College, and local high schools have long taken pride in their baseball teams, and one coach has often been at the center of it all. Coach Scott Pickler has coached at high schools, and now celebrates 34 years of coaching at Cypress College, where he has led the Chargers to five state championships and four runner-up finishes. His career record is 981-493. Many of his players have gone on to play at four-year colleges and universities, as well as professionally. Trevor Hoffman, the longtime San Diego Padres pitcher, played under Pickler, and was recently inducted into the Major League Baseball Hall of Fame.
In Jan. 2019, Pickler will be inducted into the American Baseball Coaches Hall of Fame.
The Tanglewood North Homeowners Association is full of city fixtures, and on Aug. 27 they were honored for being in existence for 50 years.
Peat said, “Over the years Tanglewood residents have served on the City Council, city commissions, Cypress Festival Association, Friends of Cypress Cultural Arts, Volunteers in Policing and the West Orange County Emergency Response Team.”
Two female members of the association were present and received thanks for their contributions to the community.
And lastly the Cypress Community Festival and Run enjoyed a very successful showing last month, and Recreation Director Janeen Laudenback recognized several of the volunteers that were present, as well as two community leaders that passed away this year, Tony Nieto and Brian Sunley.
The next meeting of the Cypress City Council will take place Sept. 10 at 7 p.m. at 5275 Orange Ave.