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October 10, 2019

Volume 49 - No. 41

by lyle e davis

We’ve seen a lot, done a lot, and learned a lot over these past 20 years.

The years, as usual, have passed all too quickly. It seems like just yesterday we acquired The San Marcos News Reporter and rechristened it as The Paper. It started with a phone call from the late John Smylie, a practicing attorney who specialized in probate and estate law. The Paper - 760.747.7119

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I had gotten to know John as he served as a member of my board of directors for a non-profit organization known as Los Caballeros de Av entura (The Gentlemen of Adventure) which I had founded as a result of a fatal drive-by shooting of five-year-old Ricky Cardenas in Escondido. Ricky was the second drive-by shooting I had learned of. The first one I shook my head and said, “someone should do something about this.” And then I went on with my life. When Ricky was killed I decided I was that someone who had to do something.

Los Caballeros de Aventura was formed with the premise that if we gave Latino kids (primarily) something to do, to discover and enjoy life, they’d be so busy they had neither the time no inclination to join gangs or otherwise get into trouble. My plan was to have adult volunteers take them hiking the first week of the month, take them flying real airplanes the second week of the month, go to the beach the third week of the month, and to the mountains or some other event on the fourth week of the month. I took my idea to John Smylie and he

The First 20 Years . . . - See Page 2

enthusiastically jumped on board, did all the legal work to set us up as a legal corporation, helped me recruit other board members who would and could contribute to the cause. Thanks to John Smylie, my board of directors, and dozens of adult volunteers we recruited a huge amount of kids to join Caballeros.

The program was designed for, but not limited to, Latino kids because Los Pandillas (the gangs) were the source of drive-by shoot-


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