4 23 16 Search and Rescue FundraiserGet your tickets TODAY for the 6th Annual Fundraiser Dinner for Mariposa County Search and Rescue. This event will be held on Saturday, April 23, 2016 at the Mariposa County Fairgrounds in Building A.

Rib Dinner tickets are $25 per person. Demonstrations begin at 5:00 p.m., with dinner starting at 6:00 p.m. There will be Raffle Prizes!... Guns and Outdoor Gear! This event is in conjunction with the Mariposa Lions Club.

Make sure you pick up your Search and Rescue tickets, this year the guest speaker will be Rocky Deal from U.S. Representative Tom McClintock's Office.

Mr. Deal capped a 28 year career in the U.S. Navy as Chief of Staff to the Commander of Naval Air Forces Pacific. He had previously served as the Commanding Officer of America’s Flagship, the super carrier USS Constellation. He also served as Commanding Officer of the USS Kalamazoo and the Operation Officer of the USS Abraham Lincoln. Deal led the legendary “Jolly Rogers” Fighter Squadron, the Eighty-Four, that earned the honor of being named the best fighter squadron in the Atlantic Fleet.

Upon retirement from the Navy, Deal returned to his home town of Susanville. He is past president of the Lassen College Board and Susanville Rotary; President of the Banner-Lassen Medical Center Foundation, District Chairman for the Boy Scouts and Chairman of the Lassen County Republican Party.

Deal is a graduate of Stanford University, and holds an M.S. in Systems Technology from the University of Southern California, an M.A. in International Relations from Salve Regina University, and a Masters equivalent in National Security Affairs from the Naval War College.

He and his wife Gail, an eighth- grade teacher, have three grown children.

Tickets are available at: Happy Burger Diner, Triangle Market, Bootjack Market, and from any Search and Rescue member.

Contact Kristie or Andrea at the Mariposa Co. Sheriff's Office @ (209) 966-3615 for more information and tickets!