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vol 3 issue 6
august 2018
CC Biker & Motorsports
CARING BIKERS HELP
CARING VETERANS
Paul Hall Roving Reporter
As a result of 30 years of an on-going war, more veterans are re-entering civilian life than ever
the Vietnam era. What’s probably not well known is that the other half of America’s homeless veterans served in World War II, the Korean War, Cold War, Grenada,
than the civilian population. In fact, veterans’ suicides account for 18-20 percent of suicide deaths in the country, while they make up only about 8.5 percent of
our service men and women -even if they take issue with the politics and reasoning behind the wars and conflicts. Respect for our Vets doesn’t trump the prevailing ignorance of their plight and those who are aware of the struggle are not sure how to help. It is a sad commentary on the Federal government that civilian organizations and even the Vets themselves find it necessary to form organizations to generate support but that is exactly what has happened over the years.
Yes, we honor our past and present Vets twice a year with fun family events and the consumption of billions of hot dogs and train loads of beer but those events, while great, don’t do much to put money where our beer guzzling Nov 11, 2017 some 200 people attended the dedication of the CVA monument dedicated to past, present and future Service mouths are. men and women. That’s why organizations like Caring Veterans of America, Inc. Panama, Lebanon, Persian Gulf the adult population. There have before and the veteran support (CVA) was created with the motWar, Afghanistan and Iraq (OEF/ been several Vets who have taksystem is overloaded. to “Veterans Helping Veterans.” OIF), and the military’s anti-drug en their lives in the small moun- This amazing non-profit is largely While it shouldn’t come as a cultivation efforts in South Amer- tain community of Oakhurst. funded by donations from the cisurprise that many thousands ica. Two-thirds served our coun- A large percentage of Vets who vilian population but many of the of our military Vets are having a try for at least three years, and have somehow been able to more financially able Vets contough time assimilating back into one-third were stationed in a war manage their PTSD and avoided tribute as well. civilian life, the truth is much of zone according to the National drug addiction often have a vasociety is oblivious to the plight CVA’s founder, Commander Terry Coalition for Homeless Veterans. riety of other health issues that of these brave men and women. Cole, 74, from Coarsegold, CA is Shockingly, about 1.4 million othmay take months, if not years, to Further, it’s not just the recent a Vietnam Vet (101ST Airborne). Vets who are having issues but er veterans are considered at risk get proper treatment. Many are He told the CC Biker, “I loved many of our surviving 1940’s, 50s of homelessness due to poverty, simply in their golden years now jumping out of planes but my wife lack of support networks, and and have difficulty with the ac- won’t let me anymore.” Today he and 60’s vets are in trouble. dismal living conditions in over- tivities of daily living due to age; serves his country by helping his According to the Military Times crowded or substandard housing. and like any senior member of fellow Vets. the number of homeless veterans our society, just need a little extra across America increased in 2017 There are certainly a majority of The challenge is similar to help. Still others are forced to live our Service men and women who for the first time in seven years. storming Normandy in terms of very modestly, some just above Housing and Urban Development are not homeless but suffer from the odds. There are about 7000 the poverty line, making it difficult PTSD and drug addiction (often officials found roughly 40,000 Vets in the Mariposa/Madera to pay a phone bill or purchase brought on by PTSD and depreshomeless veterans in January mountain communities. Of those basic personal care items. 2017, an increase of nearly 600 sion). only 45 are currently members In general, our veterans are beindividuals from the same time in Suicide is the biggest threat facof CVA. Most members are Vietloved by all sectors of society, 2016. nam era and some WWII guys, ing our Vets. According to Deleft, right, libertarian and even Many people may not be sur- partment of Veterans Affairs (VA) Bernie’s misguided millennials prised to learn nearly half of statistics more than 20 veterans have a modicum of respect and See Bikers homeless veterans served during commit suicide each day, a numContinued on page 3 ber, on average, 22 times greater appreciate the heroic efforts of
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Wednesday, August 1st HOG Heaven Bike Night Yosemite Falls Café 4020 N. Cedar Ave, Fresno, Ca
Friday. August 3rd Sand Drags 7-11pm
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Cover Story Caring Bikers Help Caring Veterans by Paul Hall PAGE 2 Biker Motorsports Events and Entertainment PAGE 4 Heath Sanders by Christina and Joshua PAGE 5 Biker Friendly Directory PAGE 6 Inaugural Jet Bowl Classic by Christina and Joshua
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Saturday, August 4th G’ma and Pappas Invitation to the New Store
35285 Highway 1 Ste A, Coarsegold, CA 209-756-2943 Music, Water and Sodas, Giveaways and lots of fun. They have 4 tickets for 2 nights in Laughlin must be used in August. Come check the New Location, tons more room and loads of new Inventory.
Wednesday, August 8th HOG Heaven Bike Night Yosemite Falls Café 4020 N. Cedar Ave, Fresno, Ca
Friday, August, 10th Live Band Jaded
Friday, August 24 Live Band Night Heat
Skyline Club Bar & Grill 1419 Railroad Ave, Clovis, Ca 559-323-3857
Wednesday, August 29th HOG Heaven Bike Night Yosemite Falls Café 4020 N. Cedar Ave, Fresno, Ca Radio Active will be preforming
Friday, August 31st Live Band Exit 13
Skyline Club Bar & Grill 1419 Railroad Ave, Clovis, Ca 559-323-3857
Saturday, September 8th Sierra Moonshine Poker Run
Registration starts: 8:00am in the Coarsegold Historic Village at the Caring Veterans Memorial. 35300 CA41, Coarsegold, CA 93614 KSU: 9:30 Ride pin to first 150 Beautiful run through the Sierra Foothills, final stop at the air conditioned Elks Lodge in Oakhurst for the after party. Taco Lunch with sides, Full Beverage bar, Live Music by Fresno’s amazing and celebrated “Jaded” Band 50/50, prize raffle, Special $5 Raffle for BBQ-Smoker, Samsung 10” Tablet, Bass Lake Party Barge rental for 13. This is also happens to be the SSC’s 15th anniversary!
Skyline Club Bar & Grill 1419 Railroad Ave, Clovis, Ca 559-323-3857
Saturday, September 15th 5th Annual End of Summer Super Bash
Starting at O’Sullivans at 10 am 5689 E. Kings Canyon, Fresno, Ca Kick Stands Up at 11 am, Should arrive at Fresno Sportsman’s Club at Noon 10645 N. Lanes Rd, Fresno, Ca 3 Live Bands, Food, Raffle, Wet T-Shirt Contest, Keg Toss, Biker Rodeo, Bike & Car Show as well. Grand Prize Raffle Item 2018 Harley-Davidson Low Rider drawing will be Sept 16th. Only $50.00 per Ticket
Saturday, September 15th Evan Walker Memorial Poker Run III Sonora Moose Lodge #2183 20921 Longeway Rd, Sonora Michael Pilson 209-431-9824 Ironhorsejourneys13@gmail.com Reg starts 9:30am Kick Stands up 10:30am For ADD abs ADHD Awareness Scenic ride through the beautiful back roads of Toulumne & Calaveras Counties. Food, Fun and Music….
Saturday, September 22nd 3rd Annual Next Firefighter Up Fundraiser
Sponsored by G’ma and Pappas and Friends and One Nation Under God MC Benefitting North Fork Firefighters Food, Music, Raffle and lots of fun. Registration starts at 9am. Will start in Coarsegold and End in Oakhurst $25/Rider & $15/passenger includes meal. Meals can be purchased for $10.00
Tuesday, August 14th Bike Night
Cycle Gear 4455 N. Blackstone Ave, Fresno 559-221-7600
Wednesday, August 15th HOG Heaven Bike Night Yosemite Falls Café 4020 N. Cedar Ave, Fresno, Ca Exit 13 will be performing
Wednesday, August 22nd HOG Heaven Bike Night Yosemite Falls Café 4020 N. Cedar Ave, Fresno, Ca
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large duffel bags to upwards of 200 vets. They can also get a hot meal, haircut and most importantThe younger vets are often not ly time to fraternize with fellow ready or able to join the cause. vets. The VA used to provide the Commander Cole and his team surplus items but now CVA must are determined to reach all 7000 purchase the items. in hopes they’ll utilize the CVS’s services if needed or perhaps The CVA’s work with homeless even join the CVA to help other Vets and those on the verge of suicide has had mixed results. Vets. They have been able to clothe Despite its name Caring Veterans and feed many homeless, arof “America” CVA in fact provides range for counseling and get services to local Vets. The orga- them into VA housing projects while others were unable to overcome their depression and cut their lives short. “It’s an ongoing battle” Commander Cole noted.
nization hopes to form chapters in other states in the future.
page 3 the budget by double or more. That’s the challenge. Heretofore, no non-vet groups have come forward to hold a fundraiser on behalf of the CVA. Until now. In their business meeting last winter the Sierra Shadow Casters, MC, (SSC) voted to donate proceeds from their annual Sierra Moonshine Poker Run to the CVA. “The SSC has several Vets as members and it just seemed appropriate” the club’s President said.
Event organizers are hoping to get bikers form the Mountain areas and Central Valley to come out in mass on September 8th in On Veterans Day 2017 The CVA support of our Vets and spend the dedicated a beautiful granite day riding in the beautiful Sierras. monument in the foothill com- The event will feature the popular munity of Coarsegold, CA. The Fresno rock band Jaded. Forget monument honors past, present burgers and hotdogs bikers will and future Vets from all branches enjoy tasty homemade tacos of the service and serves to bring by Joe’s Catering. To help raise awareness to the needs of our even more for the CVA there will living Vets. be tons of raffles, a silent auction
With an average annual budOver the years CVA has helped get of 40k the CVA hosts their hundreds of Vets with rides to own fundraising events such as the VA Hospital in Fresno or giv- their recent Car and Bike Show en assistance with filling out the in Coarsegold and their annual maze of VA paperwork. If a Vet is raffle for guns. On given days unable to pay a utility bill help is you might find CVA members in front of the local market handing offered. out stick flags which can garner CVA hosts two “Stand Down” a couple hundred bucks in doevents per year where surplus nations. It’s helpful and apprecimilitary clothing is provided in ated but the goal is to increase
shot in the arm for CVA. We are so pleased to have bikers join hands with us in supporting our vets.” Cole said. To make things interesting, the
Commander Terry Cole
SSC, MC is inviting anyone in a car (classic or otherwise) to participate in the poker run. Interested bikers and car enthusiasts are encouraged to preregister by visand special raffle with four draw- iting www.sierrashadowcasters. ings for valuable items. com or they can simply show up The SSC reached out to the com- September 8th between 8 and 9 munity and thus far has garnered am at the CVA’s monument in the the amazing support of Chuk- Historic Coarsegold Village (Hwy chansi Gold Resort and Casino, 41 and road 415). Sierra Telephone, Clawson Hon- What could be more gratifying da, Julio’s Pinstriping, Tenaya than a day of riding, hanging out Lodge, Sportsman’s Wearhouse, with fellow bikers and Veterans Miller’s Landing and dozens of while showing these heroes a other businesses who have come little love and support. onboard to help support the Vets. support our since the very first Commander Cole is a vocal ad- bike clubs were, after all, ex-milivocate of the biker community. tary guys! “This event is going to be a big
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Heath Sanders
By Christina and Joshua Heath Sanders is a former oil field worker turned full time musician from Arkansas. He also has a Youtube Channel where he posts videos of him singing if you’d like to check him out and follow him.
honor and privilege of full V.I.P. and backstage access for meet and greet and we can honestly say we had a great time and it was a great show. Heath really has talent that you can see and hear when he plays that is like no other way. You can really see his passion for music and his fans whom he hung out with, shook hands, took multiple pictures with and made sure to thank all of those who came to show support. We would like to say thank you to Clay and Zack for allowing us to come in and take pictures and interview and get information on your foundation and your mission.
Recently on June 30th a nonprofit foundation called Six Stings of Freedom ran by Clay Groefsema and Zack Ellis of Clovis hosted him and his band mate and friend Casey Paraday with another band known as Midnight Wine which consists of Jamie Brooke, Jim Post, Tim Mattos, and Marc West of Visalia at the Panoche Creek River Ranch in Fresno and all proceeds went to highly researched We also thank you for all you do and look forward to working with you again. We’d also like to give thanks to Midnight Wine, Heath military foundations both local and nationally. Sanders, and Casey Paraday for putting on a great show we look Their goal is to give back to those who serve and bring great music forward to seeing you guys in the future and wish you the best of to the valley. We at CC Biker and Motorsports Newspaper had the luck on your road to success!
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biker friendly directory for central california Auberry
Robert’s Frosty
Hanford
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Stonehouse Tavern 33071 Auberry Rd 559-855-4800 www.stonehousetavern.com/
35297 Highway 41 559-683-5022 www.facebook.com/ Roberts-Frosty-168547473185497
Bree’s Crafts 4 You 559-722-5542 Breescrafts4you@yahoo.com
Advance America 2734 Whitson 559-896-3003 www.advanceamerica.net
Central Valley
Fresno
Six Strings for Freedom 559-410-3353 www.facebook.com/sixstringsforfreedom
Greg Woodworking 559-723-2513 Cabinets, Wood Carving and various Home repairs
Clovis Dog Gon’ Clean 1436 Clovis Ave 559-325-7974 www.groomingbymaria.com Outlaw Tavern 325 Clovis Ave 559-325-8638 www.facebook.com/outlawtavern Sassano’s Men’s Wear 448 Pollasky 559-299-4430 www.sassanosmenswear.com/ Skyline Club Bar & Grill 1419 Railroad Ave 559-323-3857 www.facebook.com/ SkylineClubBarAndGrillClovis Serious Cycle 1450 Tollhouse Rd. 559-324-8787 www.facebook.com/seriouscycle The Roadhouse 20023 Auberry Rd. 559-324-0600 www.clovisroadhouse.com/
Coarsegold G’ma & Pappas & Glass Garden by Jules 35285 Highway 41 Ste A 209-756-2943 http://www.gmaandpappas.com
Clawson Motorsports 6334 N. Blackstone Ave 559-435-5020 www.clawsonmotorsports.com
Kings/Fresno Counties
Lindsay
Clovis Diesel & Smog 2812 N. Argyle 559-292-2000 www.clovisdiesel.com/
Fat Boyz Sports Bar and Grill 222 N. Elmwood Ave 559-562-2911 www.facebook.com/fatboyz.barngrill
Keyes Mobile Truck Repair 2695 S. Cherry #114 559-940-0536 Kmtrs@man.com
Mariposa
Legends Classic Motorcycles 4656 E. Dakota 559-478-4774 www.legendsclassicmotorcycles.com/ Stereo1 Wherehouse 454 N. 1st 559-836-0949 www.stere1wherehouse.com Team Robinson Racing 2641 N. Sunnyside 559-797-1109 www.facebook.com/ TEAMROBINSONRacingUSA/ Waffle Shop 6640 N. Blackstone Ave. 559-375-1807 www.facebook.com/ TheWaffleShopCountryCooking Waffle Shop 4025 W. Figarden Dr. www.facebook.com/ Waffle-Shop-452260431794181
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Brewer Family’s Ponderosa Lodge 56692 Aspen Drive 559-542-2579
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Tulare Barber Shop 1579 E. Tulare Ave 559-685-1948 www.facebook.com/ Tulare-barber-shop-126536814128209
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Inaugural Jet Bowl Classic
Also to all the racers you all did On July 6th and July 7th T-Zone an amazing job of being cautious Promotions celebrated Hero’s in trying not to wreck into one of Lemoore Raceway and the another and in being cautious to community’s racing heritage at slow down or stop when somethe Inaugural Jet Bowl Classic. thing happened to another drivOn Saturday they also did the ers car. To see so many kids of induction of a new class into the many ages out their racing and Lemoore Raceway Hall of Fame. learning to set goals and dreams What an honor it was to be able and so many other things they to take our families to participate are learning is just amazing. To in such a meaningful event not the champions- JR Sprint- Dalonly to the community but to the ton Parriera Restricted- Katey surrounding communities as well Syra Super 600- Joey Ancona as all racers past and present. To Non-Wing- Tyler “TJ” Smith Consee and hear the meaning of the gratulations on your wins and all speeches of each Hall of Famer the support from family, friends, to their indicted person was so sponsors, and all of your fans. Good luck and best wishes in any heart felt and touching. and all upcoming races as you Congratulations to all those that all work your way to your goals, made it into the Hall of Fame dreams, and successes! and for all you do to continue to help make Lemoore Raceway a Last but not least to JJ Cox you welcoming place for families to do an amazing job at announcing go and have fun while enjoying each and every aspect of the some good ole fashioned racing. event and do a great job of makBy Christina and Joshua
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ing sure you can be heard and that pictures get taken, that everyone is having a great time and the way you welcome everyone and have such a happy outgoing demeanor is just the type of person They need to announce at the racetrack! Good job JJ For me taking my family to the track and allowing my kids to sit back and watch the races brought back alot of childhood memories of when my parents would take us as kids to the local races and we would have a great time and I’d
like to personally thank each and every one that participated in this even in bringing those childhood memories back and allowing me to do the same with my kids from the adult side of it! We had a wonderful time and look forward to attending more racing events. So when your looking for some family fun, think about attend the races in Lemoore. They do have a large variety of food items to choose from at their snack bar and a beer bar.
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