PVR&G News - Pajaro Valley Rod and Gun Club

PVR&G News
Newsletter - July 2012
Volume 1, Issue 006
July Presidents Column
by Bruce Kobara, President
The July meeting will be on July 2nd.
Our Club Custodian, Mark Neher, has notified the Board
that he is tendering his resignation and will be leaving at
the end of June. Mark is moving to the northwest and may
be taking a teaching position. Mark has worked for us for
several years and in that time has made many friends among
the club membership, including mine. He has served our
club well. We wish Mark all the good fortune in the world
as well our thanks’ for his service to our club.
As Mark has tendered his resignation we will be looking for
his replacement. Some of the requirements are the custodian
cannot be a member of the club, they cannot have children
or minors living with them on club property and they must
be physically able to perform the maintenance required.
We will be accepting résumés and a full job description and
contract will be written in July.
Since Mark will be gone before the next dinner meeting we
will need a few volunteers to help with KP duty in the
kitchen. Please, lend a hand until we can get a new
custodian.
Hopefully you will receive this newsletter before the July
meeting. Remember the July meeting is bring your favorite
vehicle to show off. Last year it was a great success let’s
make this year even better. Bring your favorite Hot rod,
classic car, hunting vehicle or any “ride” that you are
proud of.
The lucky winner of our club raffle of the .44 Mag. Pistol
is Cody Hughes, congratulations Cody.
We sold all of the tickets, so the raffle was a great success.
Thank you to the donor of the pistol who prefers to remain
anonymous. Thank you also to Abel Campos, for taking
charge of this raffle and doing an excellent job.
We have seven new members voted into the club this
month: Ed Gluhan , Gregory Hernandez , Davis Mattson,
Grayson Moore, Joseph Moreno, Ronnie R. Riveira Jr.
and Peggy M. Youmans. Welcome to the club.
We also have two re-instatements’; Erick Montalbo and
Kerem Kaplkin, welcome back to the club.
Those of you that would like to receive the newsletterby
email, please, email Mike Cigler. Mike’s email
address is; m.ciggy@sbcglobal.net . The club will
save about $14.00 per member per year for each
newsletter that is emailed vs mailing a hard copy.
Also the newsletter is posted on our web site
http://www.pajarovalleyrodandgun.org/
however; you will receive the email newsletter the
soonest.
Bruce Kobara - bakobara@aol.com
Phone Home: 831 724-2902
Phone Cell: 831 254-2902

Legends, The William James Sanchez Story
by Chuck Woodson
Interviewing Bill Sanchez for his story is like going into
combat without any Kevlar. Get ready, you’re going to
take some heat rounds. I started off asking Bill about his
Mom and Dad. His mother was Jobita and his father was
Anisto (spelling?). “They came over to the United States
from Spain, via the Hawaiian Islands,” Bill stated. His
family is Castilian. “My older sister, Nell, was born in
Hawaii. The rest of us were born in California. Nell,
Julian, Josephine, Florence and Francis were his sisters and
brother. His Mom and Dad stayed in Hawaii for a few
years and then came to California, where they settled in
Watsonville.” Bill was born April 14, 1922.
Bill’s dad worked in the Apple orchards. His father spent
most of his working time of his life working for Holohan’s
orchards. “He planted, irrigated, sprayed, pruned, thinned,
picked, cultivated, you name it. He did it all,” Bill remembered.
“Back in those days, Watsonville was all apples.
Everyone in those days worked in apples.”
The house Bill was brought up in is in the 200 block on
Elm Street. “An evening meal at our home always
included potatoes and beans,” Bill thought back. When
Bill was a kid he hung out with ten to fifteen kids and
either played at the high school field or they used to walk
from school and go downtown and end up at the library,
where they would read the daily funnies from the newspapers.
Then, back they would walk to head home.
Range News
Range Work Party
Thanks to Richard Eichinger, Brannon Schell and Stu
Lawson who came out for the May 5th Club work party
to improve the range.
Semiauto Pistol Clinic on July 14th Robert Leonardich will conduct a third clinic the morning
of July 14th By John Maraldo
. As anyone who's attended can confirm for you,
this is very worthwhile couching. And it's absolutely free:
you only have to bring your semiautomatic pistol,
ammunition, eye and ear protection and a willingness to
learn. Only one slot is open. Contact me if you want to
take advantage of this training.
Range Closures:
The range will be closed the morning of July 14th for
Bob’s clinic, and all day June 30th for the Range
Safety Officer Class.
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When Bill finished school he went to work in the orchards
and worked his way up to “top stacker” in a cold storage
warehouse. “We worked in two and three man teams in the
warehouse. We stacked seven boxes on the hand cart, and
then we would run out of room in the warehouse, so we
would start stacking seven more apple boxes on top of the
bottom seven, and so on. It was my job to climb up on top
of the first seven and the lower guy would hand me up the
apple boxes and I would stack another seven on top. We
went up twenty one feet, or three stacks of seven,” Bill
recollected. “I got and additional five to eight cents an
hour, because I was a ‘top stacker’. Back in those days we
only made twenty five or thirty five cents an hour, so that
additional five to eight cents made a big difference.”
“When I was nineteen years old some friends convinced
me we could make more money if we went to work in the
ship yards in Oakland. There was a Navy yard up there
and we worked building Liberty Ships up there for a few
years. I lived up in a small place up there with some of the
guys I worked with and we made some good money.”
(Continued next page...)
Range Closures Cont.
Often a range-closing event is approved by the Board and
takes place between newsletters, so it's always a good idea to
call the caretaker [(831) 724-7311] before driving out to use
the range. But often you'll only get an answering machine
when you call so we're trying to set up a system whereby
members will receive email alerts of all Club events. So if
you haven't already done so, you now have another good
reason to tell our Secretary Mike Ciglar
[m.ciggy@sbcglobal.net] that you want to receive the
newsletter by email.
Range Improvements:
Thanks to Mike Holcroft and Fred Pierce for stepping up. If
you can spare the range a little time, please give me a call.
We have some work to do.
Range Master
John Maraldo, Phone Work: 831 728-8611, Home:
831 724-4202 email: johnmmaraldo@gmail.com

Legends, The William James Sanchez Story (Cont.)
By Chuck Woodson
In 1941 after Pearl Harbor, Bill enlisted in the Marine
Corps. From home Bill was sent to San Diego for boot
camp and then sent to Hawaii. While Bill was on break
from boot camp he met his future wife, Rose Previsich.
From Hawaii Bill was deployed into the Pacific theater
and ended up back in Hawaii in 1945. He was then
sent back to San Diego where he was assigned as a drill
instructor for boot camp. “On the train from Oakland
down to San Diego, we spent a day and a half on the
train, and it was the longest God damned train ride of
my life getting back to base.”
Bill and Rose had two children, Donna Jean and
William James the second. “When I got back home I
got back into the agriculture business and started
driving trucks. I drove trucks for a while and then
went into plumbing. Pat’s plumbing was looking for
an apprentice. Worked for them for for a while until
the owner died, then I went and took the test.” Bill’s
Plumbing was born. Bill’s Plumbing got into larger
commercial projects, such as Cabrillo College, some
of the local schools and other projects including the
businesses in and around the Monterey Bay.
Bill joined the PVR&G Club around 1971 and there
were around one hundred members and most of
were old members. “The work parties in those days
consisted of cleaning out the trash fish by having
fishing derby’s. The next thing we did was built
docks on the lake.” Bill mentioned that it was
tough getting the old guys out for the work parties.
“I started taking on the plumbing for the club,” Bill
remembered. “From the kitchen to the bathrooms,
to the bar area, all of the plumbing in those days I
did. Even the mobil home we have for the caretaker.
They got more work they want to do for the plumbing
under the bar. Well who do they ask to do it, me.
Wait a minute you guys, I’m 90 years old, give me
a break.”
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“Do you know, I built the little metal box down in the
shooting range, where you’re supposed to put some money
in when you shoot?” Bill remembers when he was the range
master for the shooting range. “I would take care of the
range. When we needed something, when something
needed to be reapaired, whatever was needed, I would take
care of it. Somehow, I don’t know how it happened, I ended
up being the range master. Same thing happened in the
kitchen. I was instrumental in getting the range, and the
same thing in the scullery, we remodeled the scullery. We
also remodeled the bar. I was the head bartender for some
twenty five plus years. Everybody wants to get in on the
good stuff, but nobody wants to do the work.”
Bill headed up fund raising for the NRA for the club for
years and was responsible helping the club raise tens of
thousands of dollars to improve the club and the gun range.
Bill taught Hunter Education for the California Department
of Fish and Game. In the early days he would go and pick
the kids up at their homes and bring them to the classes and
then take them back home. He was also I Scout Master for
the Boy Scouts of America. Bill would teach his Boy Scouts
plumbing for extra merit badges to give the kids some
practical experience for their training.
Bill last words of advice to those that would like to stick
around for a longer life, “Stay out of trouble. If I hadn’t
enjoyed myself I wouldn’t have done it. I always enjoyed
working with kids. Making sure they learned, and had a
good time while they were doing it. If I can help a young
kid out I’m going to do it.”
Bill finished up our session with, “I taught both my daughter
and son everything I know. Both of them turned out pretty
good, I think. They both have good lives and their doing
okay. So, maybe I didn’t do too bad.”
Thank you Bill Sanchez, for your unselfish dedication and
service.

Pajaro Valley Rod & Gun Club
557 1/2 Lakeview Road, Watsonville, CA 95076
Phone 831 724-7311
Website - http://www.pajarovalleyrodandgun.org
Our Club Schedule...
IPSC Shooter Only - Thursday evenings 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm.
Board Meeting - Second Tuesday, each month.
Applications 6:00 pm, meeting 7:00 pm.
Members Meeting - Scheduled for first Monday, each month.
Dinner Menu for next month - BBQ Pork Steaks, Potatoes, Salad and Apple Sauce
Venture Club 568 - 2nd and 4th Wednesdays 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm. Range Closed.
California Hunter Ed Classes - 8am to 2pm - 04/14, 21 - 06/16, 23 - 08/11, 18 - 10/13, 20 - 12/1, 8
Our Club Leadership...
Elected Officers
President - Bruce Kobara, Vice President - Jim Gandrup, Secretary - Mike Ciglar, Treasurer - Glen Slay,
Director at Large - Wayne Farrell
Elected Directors
Scotty Mitchell, Ron Gordon, Robbie Brooks, Rodger Silva, Mark Lauesen, Rodney Misumi
Appointed Directors
Bar - Paul Cunningham, Chef - Bob Moresco, Work Party - Harry Williams, Range Master - John Maraldo
Members
Hall Rentals - Bill Sanchez, Assistant Cook - Abel Campos, Caretaker - Mark Neher
Newsletter Editor, Chuck Woodson, email Address - chuck.woodson@sunwoodentertainment.com
Newsletter Printer, Sean Parker, Pajaro Valley Printing, email address - pvprinting@sbcglobal.net
Webmaster, Joe Yetter, email address - pvrg@pajarovalleyrodandgun.org
Pajaro Valley Rod & Gun Club Advertisers
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Phone 831 663-9322
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3022 Winkle Avenue
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Monterey Bay Caterers
152 West Lake Avenue
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1220 West Beach Street
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1056 East Lake Avenue
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Freedom Meat Lockers
160 Hi Grade Lane
Freedom, CA 95019
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Pajaro Valley Lock Shop
1024 Freedom Boulevard
Watsonville, CA 95076
Phone 831 722-6540
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Realtor - Notary Public
Call - Randy Turnquist
Phone 831 566-2590
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Phone 831 722-3242
Michael Cooper Appraisals
Michael Cooper
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Watsonville, CA 95076
Phone 831 688-6511
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Phone 831 818-8419
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