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CC Biker & Motorsports Well here we are rounding the corner for another Labor Day holiday; I’d like to say thanks to all of you working people who have contributed to our great country with hard work and sweat. But let us back it up a bit and see how we really got here. The actual holiday began largely in thanks to the Labor Union Movement which was formed in the mid 1800’s as a response to the Industrial Revolution. The fact that the workers rallied together and formed a march of 10,000 people on September 9, 1882 in Manhattan in protest of poor working conditions at that time is a pretty
amazing feat. During this time the average workday was 10 to 12 hours long, 6 or 7 days a week, harsh conditions by anyone’s standard. Steel, Machinists, laborers, farmworkers, miners, all hard work and not many choices for a career path. Poverty was widespread and child labor became prominent in factories, mines and fields; children as young as 3 years old worked long hours in dangerous conditions. Child labor was popular because they were paid less, didn’t organize into unions and due to their small stature were able to manuver and complete tasks their adult counterparts couldn’t. Big win for business but a big loss for the children who were unable to attend school, these children grew into a cycle of poverty which many were unable to break away from. Child labor continued until the Great Depression when men were desperate for any work and the majority of child labor ceased in America. During this time labor forces were in dire straits, massive layoffs, government
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President was a “union buster”, and organized labor has seen a steady decline since then. In fact, labor contract strikes are rarely seen today, teachers’ unions are typically the only ones we hear striking in recent years. American labor has remained a powerful force in the structure of our great nation, in the last 20 years we handouts, and business closing worked outside of the home prior. have seen ups and downs in our (sound familiar huh?) malnutri- America called out to its women labor force but 2020 really has tion, turbulocicis and the country and they proudly answered offer- impacted our labor force more was on the brink of civil unrest. ing their contribution to keep our than anyone ever imagined. People were starving waiting for labor force afloat and win the war. government handouts and des- The female labor force during perately needing work to keep WWII was more than 19 million families alive, our labor force was strong between 1940 to 1945, imsuffering. pressive. America’s labor force In 1938 the government decided moved ahead and during the to pass a law to create a federal 1950’s blue collar workers were minimum wage of .25 an hour, guaranteed an 8-hour work day, created by Congress to protect 1 in 3 women worked and we workers and stabilize the frag- were a thriving labor force. ile economy as our nation was As America’s labor force grew This year Labor Day has a difbeginning to pull out of the de- large labor unions formed and ferent meaning to many of our pression. When WWII broke out, their numbers grew, wages tripled American citizens who are out of it opened the door for women to between 1950 and 1970, largely work due to the pandemic. Since enter the workforce due to the in part to economic growth and the pandemic roughly 32 million focus of the country being on our organized labor. As much as or some sources say 45 million Armed Forces, women filled the organized labor has benefited people out of work, the unemshoes of male workers and the the workforce in America through ployment is so high the governworld of labor changed forever wage and work conditions their ment can’t track the numbers efin America. The government as membership has seen a decline fectively. Reports state 100,000 clever as they were designed a since the 1970’s. Non union com- businesses have closed, some petition, concession bargaining, reports estimate that 200,000 plant closures led to a rapid de- people will become homeless cline in organized labor numbers, that would otherwise not. Our between 1975 and 1985 unions labor force is suffering as we cellost up to 5 million members, ebrate this workers holiday. So, that’s a pretty significant decline as we celebrate the working men in organized labor. I liked Ronald and women who built this great Regan, he was a great president country let’s give thanks to God but also seen largely as an an- for the tenacity and fortitude of ti-union President, remember the the American people. platform to encourage women to Air Traffic Controllers strike in If there is one thing, I am certain volunteer to enter the work world, 1981, lasted 2 days and he fired of this Labor Day is that we as enter Rosie the Riveter and boy some 11,400 federal controllers a nation have suffered and predid that idea take on a life of its and banned them from Federal vailed and we will once again own. Service for life. A blow to orga- prevail, our labor force will again Women from all walks of life, nized labor for sure, the sitting be strong, American strong. Our color and religion joined the workforce in order to support our troops abroad and keep the country afloat during the tumultuous time. Women went to work in shipyards and factories making tools and munitions for our soldiers, these were hard jobs and most of the women had never
forefathers built this country and we as Americans will continue to thrive, we will rebuild our economy, rebuild our businesses again, jobs will open and once again we will be a strong working class. So, as we celebrate Labor Day this year remember to hug a worker and thank them.
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FRONT PAGE Labor Day PAGE 2 LETTER FROM OUR EDITOR By Richard Tilley
Letter from Our Editor Richard Tilley Owner/editor We are sure going through some hard times in America. I am seeing and hearing things I never thought I would see in my lifetime. They have been pretty much shutting down our Whole Country. They have been letting Big Box Stores stay open with hundreds of people inside but shut down our mom n pops who rarely have more then 5-10 customers. Now how does this make sense???? It does not…. Folks Ya’ll need to wake up before we lose all of America. All of the Businesses Listed in CC Biker and Motorsports Newspaper are open for Business and are Biker Friendly. They need Our Support to Stay Alive. So when your reading our paper, make a note of some of these Businesses and swing in and give them some businesses and let them know you seen their Advertisement inside of CC Biker and Motorsports Newspaper. Folks We Need to Stand Up and Let Them Know We are Done with all this crap. God Bless America All Lives Matter
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services offices, and given the state governors the authority to COVID. Corona Virus. Wuhan deal with the virus as they deem Flu. Kung Flu. The Queens Virus. appropriate. Some states have All the same thing: a virus that not been affected at all and life originated in Wuhan, China in continues as normal, others, such late 2019 that has led to the de- as California, have been locked struction of the United States of down tight, with residents reAmerica, despite being less than quired to wear masks, no indoor dining, no bars or nightclubs, no 1% lethal. COVID-19 likely originated in a church services, no gatherings “wet market” in Wuhan, China. over 10 people, small business A wet market refers to a mar- shut down and more incrediketplace with vendors selling bly, no public school classes for live animals such as cats, dogs, grades K through college. rabbits, fish, and bats. The name As we all know, the media can be “wet market” is a reference to the deceiving, and this has been more need to be constantly washing than true regarding this “virus”. the floors in these venues due to Six months after the first known animal slaughter and to the melt- case in the U.S., our numbers ing ice used to preserve the food. are as follows: 4,038,967 conContact was either made though firmed cases; 145,384 deaths; touching or digesting the infected and 1,199,314 recovered…in animal, then passed from person other words, a .035% mortality to person. The first death attribut- rate, far from the 5% WHO preed to Corona was in China on dicted. Over 70% of those deaths January 11, 2020; the first docu- were people over 65 years of mented case in the United States age; over 80% of total deaths were people who had underlying was January 20, 2020. First reports of the virus from symptoms, such as cancer, heart the World Health Organization disease, lung disease, etc. and (WHO) estimated the death toll to were attributed to COVID without be approximately 5%, and WHO attention to the underlying cause. immediately declared a glob- Following those numbers, we are expected to have approximateal-health emergency. ly 250,000 deaths contributed Since then the United States to this virus in a one year span. has banned travel from Asia and In comparison, heart disease is Europe, shut down Federal build- responsible for 615,000 deaths ings such as Courts and social per year in the U.S.; cancer is
responsible for 591,699 deaths each year; chronic lower respiratory disease attributes to 147,101 deaths, and accidents 136,053 deaths. In 2019 there were over 80,000 deaths attributed to the “regular” flu, and many believe that many flu cases this year are being misdiagnosed as COVID, since diagnosis’s of the flu are down 45% for 2020.
nal nail in the coffin for them. We have been shut down for months, and employers and employees are suffering financially, mentally and emotionally.
It’s time for Americans to wake up and face it: while COVID is a dangerous virus, it is in no way any worse than any other, and there was no need for this shut-down to occur. Small business owners have been financially ruined by this bullcrap; many survived month to month as it was, and having to shut down was the fi-
no verifiable proof that the mask helps to prevent or doesn’t help to prevent the spread of the virus, the requirement to wear one has caused an uproar among the two sides. One side wants you to believe that if you do not wear a
Suicide rates have skyrocketed during this “shelter-in-place” movement; “People have found themselves disconnected from the normal supportive networks that they have, churches and schools Perhaps the biggest mystery as and book clubs, you name it,” acto why we’re shut down has to cording to Contra Costa County do with the H1N1 virus of 2009. Crisis Center Executive Director Funny how websites covering Tom Tamura “And that, coupled that pandemic have disappeared, with the closure of some counselor have been scrubbed, since ing services, people were maybe the Corona virus outbreak. Over in a little bit of shock. They were 60.8 million Americans contract- trying to weather the storm a bit ed H1N1 in 2009, and yet there but as that isolation has grown were no shutdowns, no business people have come to realize this closures, no school closures; life isn’t a sprint it is marathon.” That went on as normal. But there was has led to desperation among also no election that year….no many people, especially those talks of impeaching the then-pres- who have lost their jobs due to ident, no riots in the streets over this “pandemic”. alleged “racism”, and no out and Another controversy that this out disrespect for authority, from virus has caused is the use of a our local police officers to our mask as “protection” against the duly elected President. spread of the virus. While there is
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Hmmm, you get a call from one of your daughters saying she needs your help. What do you do? You find out what she needs and make it happen. Well that is what happened and why I flew to Seattle from Fresno to pick up her van and drive it to Ohio. I have been hurting from my accident a lot and was trying no to drive anywhere but a Dad does what he needs to do. So, I posted up what I needed to do, and I got a reply from James Ramirez offering to go along with me. Well the next day we were off and running to get my daughters van to Ohio. It was only 2350 miles no biggie Right? Once we got Seattle, we had The Flight to Seattle took from an uber waiting to take us to my 11:30am until 4:41 pm, so yes it daughter’s van. So that was realseemed like forever to get there ly nice, but even nicer that I had and the lack of time to get off one someone to ride along. plane and to the hub to board the We decided if going that far to next one was a pain in the butt. make a few pitstops along the
awesome to say the least. I have never taken Interstate 94 and 90 before. It was so green all along the route.
way and see a few things. We first stopped at Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming to see Old Faithful and check out the park. Which was awesome to see for the first time in my life. After that we drive on into Sturgis to just see the town. Was amazed on how many bikers were still in town since the event had been close a couple days before we even got there. I bet we seen at least 100 bikers still there. Sturgis was about the halfway mark. So, from there we just made plans to just continue on to get to Ohio. The view was
We made real good time on this trip. The sucky part is once we reach Illinois, we had to start dealing with toll bridges and such. So between Illinois to Ohio we spent about $20.00 to just drive right on through their state. That was rather disappointing, but we do what we have to do.We made it here within 3 days and sure felt
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ANIMAL REScuE RuN Saturday, August 29, 2020
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Registration starts at 8am, KSu 10am Tickets $10-$20 via Eventbrite Its that time again folks!! We’re planning the second annual poker rescue run. STARTS at the Waffle Shop and we’ll be ENDING at Stonehouse Tavern again this year to enjoy great food, music vendors and a fantastic family event to raise money for rescue animals
Come out and enjoy a great event! As always our runs are open to everyone bikes, cars, or trucks! WE WILL bE STARTING AT WAFFLE ShoP 4025 W. FIGARDEN FRESNo, cA
This year, we’re asking our followers to nominate and pick the rescue. Please send the rescue info, what they do and who they help as well as contact info.
* Great food and music * Great vendor’s * Raffle prizes * 50/50 * hi/Lo hand poker winners * Free face painting * Free balloons * Pet adoption and vet info
° Last year’s rescue is eligible ° Self nominations ok
If you would like to be a vendor this year please pm me your info.
Last year was a great turn out and we raised money for Mell Garcia @ Mell’s Mutts.
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RINGSIDE $100 STANDARD $50 Features; BULLY Breed dog show. 2 BRC Global Sanctioned Shows.
2nd Annual Animal Rescue Poker Run Hosted by Dana CCbiker Starting at Waffle Shop 4025 W. Figarden Food, Music, Raffles and a heck of a lot of Fun. We are raising funds for a local Animal Rescue.
Sunday, October 4th
Friday, September 11th USAC West Coast Sprint Cars at Kern County The Dirt Track at KCRP 13500 Raceway Blvd Bakersfield, CA 93311 5 – 11 pm the USAC West Coast Sprint Cars will battle at The Dirt Track at Kern County Raceway Park.
Saturday, September 19th Journey of the Bullies Lost Lake Friant, Ca Lost Lake, Directions. Located 19 miles north of Fresno below Friant Dam. North on Highway 41 to the Friant Road exit. Proceed east on Friant Road past Woodward Park, for approximately 12 miles to Lost Lake. The entrance to the Park is on the left before the town of Friant. Once inside the Park, picnic areas are to the left and the campground is to the right. PARK ENTREE FEE $5.00 BOOTHS FEES/DONATION;
Lost Girls MC 16th Annual Breast Cancer Ride Registration & staging will be at Kaweah Delta Imaging Center located at 4949 W. Cypress in Visalia from 8am to 10am. This is open to all genders, all bikes, all clubs. Cost is $25 per rider & passenger. You will receive a goody bag with a Grand Prize ticket, Poker card & meal/drink ticket. If you register prior to September 30th, you will receive 10 Grand Prize tickets and you don’t need to be present to win. There are two routes, one for men and one for women only. Women can ride on the men’s route if they choose. Men will be leaving at 9:45am and women will leave at 10am. The final destination is Branson Mountain View Ranch, located at 20806 Ave. 322 in Woodlake. You can purchase additional meal/drink ticket for the cost of $10. There will be music, raffle prizes, 50/50, silent auction and vendors. A TuTu Contest will be held for men and women with the chance to win $25. The Grand Prize is a paint job donated by Masters Paint & Body.
For more information about being a vendor and to print a registration packet, go to www.lostgirlsmc.com/events or call SideCar Cindy at 559799-4796. All proceeds benefit the Lost Girls Cancer Fund, which pays for mammograms, biopsies, post surgery items and much more. This is through Kaweah Delta Hospital Foundation. (We reserve the right to refuse admittance into our event)
Saturday, October 10th 1st Annual Breast Cancer Awareness Poker Run By Keyes Kustom Kreations Fleet Reserve Association Branch 261 788 E. D St. Lemoore, Ca Come out and support those that are battling cancer or celebrate the lives that were taken too soon from this horrible parasite. All are welcome. $20 per rider and $10 per passenger. Raffle prizes and Hi/low hand Vendors welcomed. $15 for a spot and supply a raffle prize $25 value. Registration is at 9:30 and kick stands up at 10:30am
21 and Over Chicken and tri-tip dinner, comedy show, DJ, dancing, photo booth and a fully hosted bar are all included with your ticket purchase. Heroes Sports is an organization that is dedicated to supporting our returning military service members and veterans with opportunities to play multiple sports, outdoors and recreation to maintain an active lifestyle, bond through teamwork and be active in the community. Many of our veterans are amputees, suffering from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) or Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI). Heroes Sports is committed to providing these opportunities for our veterans as a form of therapy.
Friday & Saturday, June 11th & 12th 2021 The 43rd Annual Redwood Run June 11th & 12th, 2021, join us for two days of camping and entertainment in the beautiful Northern California Redwoods. Live music, wet t-shirt contests, bike games, vendors, food and more.
Saturday, May 15th, 2021 2nd Annual Heroes Sports Military Dinner Clovis Veterans Memorial District Liberty Ballroon 6 pm
Fridays KARAOKE 8:30pm HAPPY HOUR Weeknights 4-7pm
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way up through the ranks. When the Viet Nam conflict broke out, Sergeant First Class Tilley went over as a member of the exclusive Special Forces Green Beret. He put his life in danger virtually every day as a platoon member on combat patrols. He helped lead his men through some of the roughest terrain on Earth, in a country where you couldn’t be sure if the person approaching you was an ally or an enemy. His calm demeanor and extreme courage made it possible for him to lead young men into dangerous situations, knowing they could depend on him to get them out. On February 7, 1967, Tilley’s bravery was at its most apparent. During a routine patrol, he and his platoon were attacked by a much larger group of Viet Cong soldiers. While the platoon leader ordered a retreat, Tilley covered them so they could reach an area where they could set up a defensive perimeter. During the battle the platoon leader was killed, and Tilley took over. He directed his men in battle and called in for air support, all the time firing his weapon and tending to those men who were wounded. As the men prepared to be picked up by helicopter, Sergeant Tilley single-handedly attacked the enemy with a vengeance, firing his weapon and throwing grenades, while his men safely reached the evacuation site. He then returned to the site of battle to ensure the wounded men were carried out and the bodies of those killed recovered before he climbed aboard the helicopter himself.
Tilley’s actions that day saved the lives of numerous young soldiers, and he was awarded the Silver Star and the Distinguished Service Cross for his efforts. These were just two of the numerous medals this hero received during his long and distinguished career, and he certainly deserved many more. He put his life on the line many times, to protect the freedom that many of us take for granted. To listen to him speak of it, however, it was
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mask you’re basically killing your children, your neighbors and your grandparents; the other side wants you to believe that wearing one does absolutely does nothing to prevent people from becoming infected if you do not wear one. Personally I believe that if you are healthy and not in extremely close contact with someone who is at high risk of death from the disease (a person with the underlying conditions) then why should you be forced to wear one? As an asthmatic, masks cause me more trouble than they prevent. People with chronic lung disease need fresh air, and breathing in the air you just breathed out into the mask doesn’t cut it. If I’m around someone who I know has problems, I’ll wear one as long as I’m in their vicinity, out of respect for them, not out of fear for a virus. But no one should be forced to wear a mask! Did we learn nothing from the Nazi’s in the late 1930’s and early 40’s? What will people do when they’re told that in order to protect their health, they need to be transferred to a “camp”? Will they willingly hop on the boxcar? Have we really become that stupid? If you feel frightened or threatened by the virus, by all means, wear a mask. Stay home. Do what you have to do to make yourself feel safe. Just don’t expect everyone else to join you!
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media. But go have lunch in the dining room of Taco Bell or Applebee’s and you’re either going to spread or contact the infection? Stop and have a beer at the corner bar and you’re going to be crawling with germs? Seriously?
People need to wake up. This entire virus is a ploy to overthrow our country, and stop the re-election of the first president in decades to try to actually help the country more than he helps himself. The economy was booming, for everyone (everyone who wanted to work, at least), before this “virus” shut everything down. The left’s feeble attempts to impeach the person who was exposing their corruption had failed, and they needed something, anything, to bring him down. Their propaganda machine, the mainstream media, found the story of the virus and ran with it. When people were becoming obviously tired of the rhetoric, social justice became the narrative. And since then, the two have combined for the perfect storm, one biological virus and one sociological virus, with the intention of taking down our President and stopping him from exposing the vile deeds being done by the life-long politicians, high-powered businessmen and women, and over-rated celebrities; stopping him from “Making America Great Again”. Sixty million people during the previous administration and not one mask, not one shutdown, not one forced stimulus packThe media has ignored the fact age….things that make you go that people are rioting in our “hmmm”. Wake up, America, bestreets, not socially distancing, fore it’s too late. My guess is this in the name of social justice; and virus will disappear after Noveminstead blamed the spread of the ber 4, 2020….get out and vote, virus on bars and smoke shops? and make sure the virus known Ridiculous! Rioters being labeled as fake news and socialism also as “peaceful protesters” burning, disappear! Don’t believe what looting and assaulting people, they’re spoon feeding you; do marching shoulder-to-shoulder your research and find out for in the streets, and yet they’re yourself that you’re being lied to. fine, not spreading the virus at “OUR RIGHTS SHALL NOT BE all, according to the propagan- INFRINGED UPON” da show known as main-stream
local dairy supplier’s ice cream factory. It was awesome and Continued from page 4 very cool old place. Sandusky good to see my daughter, my is a cool small town in the upper north east part of Ohio. We flew son in law and my 3 grandsons out of Cleveland back to Fresno We had planned to do a quick and back to work. I can’t wait to trip and also get to spend my see them again. youngest grandson’s birthday with him too. My daughter was able to find us a lower cost flight if we flew on a Sunday, so, that is what we did. I got to say it was a blast of a drive with James Ramirez helping out as well. I am actually planning to come out again within the year and see even more stuff. There is so much to see that it will take several trips to have the time to see it all.
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