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PRESIDENT TREASURER EDITOR
John Bachochin Loren Moore Mike Prero
15731 S. 4210 Rd., POB 1181 12659 Eckard Way
Claremore, OK 74017 Roseville, CA 95678 Auburn,CA 95603
918-342-0710 916-783-6822 530-906-4705
No. 418 Dues due April 1st November 2019
Paradise, CA, was home to about 26,800 people in 2010. As of April, its population was 2,034. The Para-
dise Fire (the Camp Fire) killed 85 people as it burned across 153,000 acres for more than two weeks last
November. About 14,000 residences were destroyed, and 90% of the town‟s original inhabitants are gone,
the vast majority of which will probably never return. The fire was the worst wild-
land blaze in state history, destroying nearly 19,000 structures. In May, the state‟s
fire agency, Cal Fire, ruled that PG&E equipment started the blaze.
by
Mike Prero
[Many thanks to George Cosentini, CA, for the graphics pictured here]
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There are thousands of lawsuits pending against Pacific Gas & Electric, which has already paid out over
$1 billion and filed for bankruptcy. The company provides natural gas and electric service to approximately
16 million people throughout a 70,000-square-mile service area in northern and central California, and most
of those 16 million customers are worried that they‟re going to end up paying for the fire through increased
rates. California already has the highest electricity rates in the country, primarily due to regulations and
mandates from Sacramento. And, P,G,&E‟s rates are higher than most, if not all, other utilities in the state.
In March, the first permit was issued for rebuilding, and, as of July, about 150 businesses, including a
few coffee shops, a doctor‟s office and car repair shops, have reopened. So has the Paradise Alliance
Church, one of the few large buildings left in town that now hosts everything from town council and irriga-
tion district board meetings to comedy nights, Thursday night dinners and FEMA meetings.
But, those that have returned to Paradise are facing a daunting array of problems. Many have had to nego-
tiate with their insurance companies to get money for things such as landscaping, new appliances and sheds
that burned down, some only to find that their insurance companies will not help pay for a water filtration
system or a new water tank.
What comes out of the tap now isn‟t safe to drink. Much of the town‟s water was contaminated with the
cancer-causing chemical benzene after the fire melted many of the water system‟s meters and pipes. Au-
thorities are distributing free bottled water for drinking, cooking, making ice and brushing teeth. The Para-
dise Irrigation District has a $53 million recovery plan to rebuild the town‟s water system, but it will take
until 2021.
Nearly every person affected by the fire, whether they lost their home or not, also is absorbing the shock
of rising premiums to insure their homes, and many can‟t afford the increases. [https://
www.mercurynews.com/2019/07/07/when-will-this-end-months-after-camp-fire-stress-mounts-for-those-
who-returned-to-paradise/] Plus, property owners across the state
may be facing increasing rates as insurance companies examine
their losses, and, as a result of the fire and its aftermath, utility com-
panies have begun shutting off power to areas whenever they sus-
pect incoming weather conditions may threaten power lines. Things
have changed in California...for the worse.
Homes leveled by the Camp Fire line the Ridgewood Mobile Home Park retire-
ment community in Paradise, Calif.
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Apollo
Commemorative Set
This is a beautiful 12-cover Foilite
-Matchorama FS 30-strike set issued
by Universal in 1972. Inside is RCA
contributions to the Apollo
Program. Set includes:
-3 Presidents cover
-Apollo 7
-Apollo 8
-Apollo 9
-Apollo 10
-Apollo 11
-Apollo 12
-Apollo 13
-Apollo 14
-Apollo 15
-Apollo 16
-Apollo 17
The set starts with Apollo 7. [Note:
Apollo 15 not shown here]
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Flies! Yuk! Who needs „em! Well....
Flies are classified as an order called Diptera, which is divided into two suborders (although one suborder
is non-monophyletic), with about 110 families divided between them; the families contain an estimated
1,000,000 species, including the familiar housefly, horse-fly, crane fly, and hoverfly; although only about
125,000 species have a species description published.The earliest fly fossils found so far are from the Tri-
assic, about 240 million years ago; phylogenetic analysis suggests that flies originated in the Permian,
about 260 million years ago.
Flies are of considerable ecological and human importance. They are important pollinators, second only
to the bees and their Hymenopteran relatives. They may have been responsible for the first plant pollination
in the Triassic. Mosquitoes are vectors for malaria, dengue, West Nile fever, yellow fever, encephalitis, and
other infectious diseases; and houseflies, commensally with humans all over the world, spread food-borne
illnesses. Flies can be annoyances, especially in some parts of the world where they can occur in large
numbers, buzzing and settling on the skin or eyes to bite or seek fluids. Larger flies such as tsetse flies and
screwworms cause significant economic harm to cattle. Blowfly larvae, known as gentles, known more
generally as maggots, are used as fishing bait, as food for carnivorous animals, and in medicine for de-
bridement to clean wounds. Fruit flies are used as model organisms in research.
In culture, the subject of flies appears in religion, literature, cinema, and music. Some 2,700 years ago
Homer wrote of “the courage of a fly” (in that it keeps coming back no matter how
many times you bat it away). Indeed, flies have appeared in literature since an-
cient Sumer. In a Sumerian poem, a fly helps the goddess Inanna when her hus-
band Dumuzid is being chased by galla demons. Later, the gods are said to swarm
"like flies" around the hero Utnapishtim's offering. Flies appear on Old Babylonian
seals as symbols of Nergal, the god of death. Fly-shaped lapis lazuli beads were
often worn in ancient Mesopotamia, along with other kinds of fly-jewelry.
In Prometheus Bound, which is attributed to the Athenian tragic playwright Aes-
chylus, a gadfly sent by Zeus's wife Hera pursues and torments his mistress Io,
who has been transformed into a cow and is watched constantly by the hundred
eyes of the herdsman Argus: William Shakespeare, inspired by Aeschylus, has
Tom O'Bedlam in King Lear, "Whom the foul fiend hath led through fire and
through flame, through ford and whirlpool, o'er bog and quagmire", driven mad by
the constant pursuit. In Antony and Cleopatra,
Shakespeare similarly likens Cleopatra's hasty de-
parture from the Actium battlefield to that of a cow
chased by a gadfly. More recently, in 1962 the bi-
ologist Vincent Dethier wrote To Know a Fly, in-
troducing the general reader to the behavior and
physiology of the fly.
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fly#Literature]
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Upper Jay’s Land of Makebelieve
Land of Makebelieve was an amusement park located in the hamlet of Upper Jay, New York. It was in
operation from 1954 until 1979. The park was designed and built by Arto Monaco.
In contrast to many more modern theme parks, Land of Makebelieve was a more low-key, whimsical
attraction where children were encouraged to use their imagination. It allowed children to wander from
place to place in the park as their whims guided them, without having to follow any sort of structured pro-
gram or itinerary. As a park built strictly for children, parents were encouraged to just sit back and watch.
Attractions and points of interest in the park were all built to half-scale, suitable for children age 12 and
under. They included a castle, a riverboat, a train, several fairy tale houses, and a stagecoach and old west-
ern town.
The park was permanently closed in 1979 after suffering extensive flooding damage from the nearby
Ausable River. (Less damaging floods had occurred 11 times previously.) Some of the fairy tale houses
that were undamaged were relocated to what was then a similar type park called Storytown, located in
Queensbury, New York. That park is now the Six Flags-owned Great Escape.
The official name of the park (on signs and literature) did spell "Makebelieve"
as one word, in contrast to the more common "Make-Believe" or "Make Believe"
forms.
A 2006 Mountain Lake PBS documentary, "A CASTLE IN EVERY HEART:
THE ARTO MONACO STORY" chronicles the life and work of Arto Monaco
(1913-2003), the pioneering designer and gifted storyteller who was also responsi-
ble for Santa‟s Work-
shop, another nearby
children's attraction in
the North Pole hamlet
of Wilmington, NY.
As a result of flood
waters generated by
Hurricane Irene on
August 28, 2011, the
last remaining build-
ing from the former
park - the castle - was
destroyed.
An American Tour:
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There are eight million stories in my albums. This is one of them...
Louis Sherry (1855 – 1926) was an important American restaurateur, caterer, confectioner and hotelier
during the Gilded Age and early 20th century. His name is typically associated with an upscale brand of
candy and ice cream, and also the Sherry-Netherland Hotel in New York City.
Around 1880, Sherry launched his first restaurant in New York City at 38th Street and Sixth Avenue. The
new establishment struggled a bit at first, but Sherry's knack for "dainty decorations" and the "novelties of
service" won a following from "The Four Hundred" (New York City's social elite). In a short time, Sherry
upgraded to a larger (and more prestigious) location at 37th Street and Fifth Avenue. But even that location
proved too small, and again the business upgraded to 44th Street and Fifth Avenue.
In 1919, with the advent of Prohibition, Sherry announced the closure of his restaurant and ballroom
which "for a generation [had] been the scene of some of New York's most brilliant social gatherings." In
place of the restaurant, Sherry immediately established Louis Sherry Inc., with the intent of performing
"catering and the manufacture and sale of candies and pastries". He opened a new shop at 58th Street and
Fifth Avenue, and announced an "alliance" with the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel that involved both his candies
and catering services. Although it was not disclosed at that time, at some point ownership of Louis Sherry
Inc. was significantly vested in "Boomer-duPont interests" (a reference to Lucius M. Boomer, then
chairman of the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel and T. Coleman du Pont).
Although it bears his name, it does not seem that Louis Sherry was personally
involved in the landmark Sherry-Netherland Hotel. The "old" Netherland Hotel,
originally built around 1892 for
William Waldorf Astor, was acquired
in 1924 by Frederick Brown, "an
operator, [to] be remodeled into stores
and apartments". It was not until
March 1927 (nearly a year after
Sherry's death) that the almost-
complete "new" Netherland was
acquired by Louis Sherry Inc.. By that
time the company was controlled by
Boomer and du Pont through their
" Bo o m e r -d u P o n t P ro p e r t i e s
Corporation", which also owned the
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel.
Sherry was an avid equestrian and a
wine connoisseur. He is interred in
Woodlawn Cemetery in The Bronx,
N e w Y o r k C i t y . [ h t t p s : / /
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Sherry]
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The 1958/1959 Remington “60” Brazilian Soccer Set
This is a nice one for Sports collectors! It‟s a foreign set (Brazilian) made by Universal. The manumark
reads: IND. BRASILEIRA - UNIVERSAL - AV. IBIRAPUERA, 3,068 S. P. It‟s made up of 25 20-strikes,
one for each member of the 1958 World Champion Brazilian soccer team. The front panels are all the same,
with an advertisement for the Remington “60” shaver. The back panel of each cover features a black &
white photo of a specific team member, with name, logo, and “CAMPEAO do MUNDO 1958.” The insides
are blank, and, obviously, these are front-strikers.
This is a great Sports set to have under any
circumstance; it‟s uncommon (I hesitate to say “rare,”
because I really don‟t know how many sets were
originally produced, or how many actually exist today);
it‟s very difficult to obtain; it‟s just about 60 years old;
and it‟s hardly known within the hobby. But, the
outstanding feature, here, is the cover for the legendary
and world famous soccer star, Pele. What Babe Ruth is to
baseball, Pele is to soccer. That, in itself, would be
enough to make most collectors covet this set.
Well, now that I‟ve tantalized you with this knowledge,
how do you get a set?...................advertise...........and
pray!
Players Featured
1. Pele
2. Belini
3. Castilho
4. Mauro
5. Joel
6. Zagalo
7. Mazzola
8. Orlando
9. Dida
10. Dino
11. De Sordi
12. Didi
13. Gilmar
14. Garrincha
15. Moacir
16. Oreco
17. D. Santos
18. Vava
19. Zito
20. J. Havelange
21. N. Santos
22. Pepe
23. P. Amaral
24. Feola
25. Zozimo
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Happy Birthday...
To Us!
This month Sierra-Diablo
celebrates its 37th birthday. It
was in November 1983 that Dan
and Kathy Bitter, Dave Hampton
and wife Linda, myself, Warren
Marshall, a few others who,
forgive me, I can longer
remember, founded the club.
More World
Famous Places That
You’ve Never Heard
Of
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Company Name
COMING
UP
Dec: “Tools of the Trade”
Jan: “Pullmatches”
Feb: “Remembering Iwo
Jima”
SIERRA-DIABLO...we’re
the hottest club in the
hobby!
I wonder if anyone actually
ever calls such businesses on this
type of advertising.
And, just what does „world
famous‟ and the like actually
encompass. If your nephew in
Afghanistan knows about your
business, does that make your
business „world famous‟?
.........................Hmmmmm!
Happy Birthday!
Kamm, M............................11-2
Alley, Oscar........................11-4
Cherney, Louis....................11-5
Fawcett, Scott.....................11-5
Skoog, Cathie......................11-9
Milas, Lee.........................11-23
Ginrich, Don.....................11-24
Barnard, Denise................11-25
Thompson, Rich................11-30
Lewis, Greg.........................12-1
Burnell, Dennis...................12-5
Ready, Duane......................12-6
Brennan, Richard................12-7
Rauzy, Jim..........................12-9
Balin, Barry.......................12-13
Stevenson, Dave...............12-14
Valachovic, Tom...............12-17
Burton, Charles.................12-29
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