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To a l l o f R o c k y M o u n t a i n s CRU ZR’s l o y a l re a d e rs! T h a n k you! I L O V E y o u ! Fo r e v e r y t i m e I am out at sho ws and you telling me ho w much you lo ve t h e m a g a zi n e a n d a p p re ci a te a l l t h e h a rd w o r k t h a t g o e s i n t o it... I thank you. Af ter some time out of the car scene and some so u l se a rchi n g t h e m a g a zi n e is b a ck a n d i n f u l l fo rce ! I w i l l co n t i n u e w i t h my o r i g i n a l g o a l s . . . a n d t h a t i s s h a r i n g t h e L O V E a n d Pa ssi o n b e h i n d t h ese ca rs- a l l g e n res o f ca rs . . . I L O V E the o w ners sharing their personal stories. I truly L o ve this magazine... and i ho pe to continue for many years to come! T h i s se a so n i s o f f to re a l ly g re a t s ta r t ! D e s p i t e t h e r a i n y w e a t h e r. . . w h i c h w e n e e d e d ! R M C i s i n a u n i q u e s ta g e . . .w e a re se t fo r g ro w t h ! I a m g o i n g to re a l ly p u t so m e e f fo r t i n to g ro w i n g t h e m a g a zi n e t h i s y e a r ! T h e re i s a lot going on right no w behind the scenes and h o p e to b e a b l e to sh a re so m e g o o d n e w s i n t h e n e a r f u t u re ! I n t h e m e a n t i m e I l o o k f o r w a rd t o s e e i n g y o u a n d re ce i v i n g y o u r p i c t u res o n my fa ce b o o k . w h i ch i w i l l sh a re b o t h o n fa ce b o o k a n d i n t h e magazine!! P l e a se re m e m b e r to k e e p t h e m a g a zi n e F R E E Please suppor t our adver tisers and let them know you saw their ad in R O C K Y M O U N TA I N C R U Z R ! ! ! T h an k y o u A g ain fo r a l l t h at y o u d o!! B e r n a d e t te Vi l l a l o b os
4 Yo u t h b y Yo u t h . . . T h e s p i r i t o f g i v i n g i s A LI V E ! ! ! In o ur yo ut h I b e li e v e t h a t w h e n a ch i l d d o es so m e t h i n g o u t o f p u re l o v e t h e y d ese r ve to h a v e t h e i r a c t i o n s a ck n o w l e d g e d ! I n a w o r l d o f “ w h a t ’s i n i t fo r m e ” m e n ta li t y . I t wa r m s a h e a r t to se e so m a ny re a ch o u t to h e l p t h ose i n n e e d . B u t to se e t h ese ch a ra c te r i s t i cs n a t u ra l ly b e ex p resse d b y ch i l d re n . . . t h e y j u s t wa n te d to g i v e . Ev e n w h e n w e w e re d o n e . T h e y wa n te d to d o m o re . I h a v e h a d t h e g re a t p l e a su re o f se e i n g so m e re a l ly w o n d e r f u l a n d k i n d h e a r te d n ess i n t h e l a s t e i g h t y e a rs w h i l e p ro d u ci n g R o ck y M o u n ta i n CRU ZR . Wh i l e l a s t y e a r i wa sn’ t su re i wa n te d to co n t i n u e w i t h t h e p ro d u c t i o n o f R o ck y M o u n ta i n CRU ZR . B u t i re a li z e d t h ese a re t h e re a so n s L O V E re p o r t i n g a n d I l o v e t h i s M a g a zi n e ! ! I t a l l o w s m e to sh a re A L L t h e w o n d e r f u l t h i n g s t h a t o u r y o u t h AR E d o i n g i n o u r co m m u n i t y . . . . b e li e v e m e t h e re a re A L O T ! ! I wa s i n v i te d to a t te n d No r t h Hi g h sch o o l s An n u a l Sa m Sa n d os Ch r i s t m a s B a sk e t P ro g ra m ! ! I re a l ly di d n’ t k n o w w h a t to ex p e c t . I h a d b e e n to m a ny t u r k e y d r i v es o v e r t h e y e a rs . . . D o n’ t g e t m e w ro n g , i l o v e g i v i n g to my co m m u n i t y . B u t b o y wa s i i n fo r a su r p r i se ! Wh e n i t u r n e d t h e co r n e r o f t h e b u i l di n g a t No r t h h i g h sch o o l a n d i sa w t h e co u r t y a rd f i l l e d w i t h h u n d re d s o f p e o p l e b o t h y o u n g a n d o l d ! L a rg e di ese l t r u ck s f u l l o f fo o d ! I L O V E D i t ! L a rg e o rg a n i z e d a sse m b ly li n es a l l se t to g o ! A s w o n d e r f u l a s t h i s wa s . . . i wa s i n fo r e v e n a n o t h e r su r p r i se . Vo l u n te e rs w e re co m i n g i n a l l to co l l e c t t h e i r li s t o f d e li ve r i es! Tr u ck s li n e d u p to ta k e o u t a s m a ny a s t h e y p e rso n a l ly co u l d h a n d l e . T h e y d e li v e re d to L o ca l Fa m i li es F U L L T h a n k sg i v i n g m e a l s! I h a d t h e h o n o r o f r i di n g w i t h a f r i e n d o f m i n e a n d h i s g ra n d ch i l d re n . O n e o f t h e f i rs t fa m i li es w e n t to j u s t to u ch e d my h e a r t ! T h e t w o y o u n g m e n J osh u a a n d J o rd a n w e re so ex ci te d . . . t h e y to o k t h e m e a l s o n e w i t h t h e t u r k e y a n d t h e o t h e r w i t h t h e f i xi n g . I w e n t u p w i t h t h e m . . . w h a t h a p p e n e d n ex t m a d e m e cr y ! S e v e ra l y o u n g ch i l d re n o p e n e d t h e d o o r a l l u n d e r 10. a n e l d e r ly l a dy ca m e to t h e d o o r. S o t h a n k f u l . . . sh e s ta r te d cr y i n g , sh a k i n g te l li n g u s sh e to o k i n a l l h e r g ra n d k i d s a n d sh e h a d n o t h i n g fo r t h e m ; n o cl o t h s o r fo o d fo r t h a n k s g i v i n g o r e v e n Ch r i s t m a s . I sa w t h e e y es i n J osh u a a n d J o rd a n a s t h e y l o o k a t t h e o t h e r k i d s a n d t h e g ra n d m o t h e r. i t re a l ly to u ch e d t h e m . T h e y h u g g e d h e r. T h a t w a s i t ! ! T h e y w a n t e d m o re ! The spirit of giving invaded their tiny lit tle bodies... no one could stop them or us for that mat ter! I f y o u h a v e n’ t g o n e b e fo re . . . p l e a se g o t h i s YE AR ! G o to : Sam San d os Chr is t m as Bask e t P ro g ram . . . P l e a se k e e p i n m i n d a l l t h ose i n n e e d a l l y e a r ro u n d . . . NO T j u s t d u r i n g t h e h o li d ay’s .
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Mik e A r c h ul e t a S r. W h e re do I beg in? De n ve r ’s car sc e n e lost a really GR E AT g uy this year! I am gonna miss hear ing you say... Are you OK?? I got your back! the prank calls!! LOL It was really g reat to see SOOO many come out to say good bye! Amazing...all the love that was shown at Mike ’s f une ral . So many cr uise rs came out for one last CRU ISE! W hat a beautif ul last r ide it was! All i heard and hear till this day is how much Mike just loved e ve r yone! Always joking! Eve r yone felt his love and how since re Mike was in all he did! And he did alot!! For both his family and f r ie nds .
T hat is what life is about .. Right? W hen we leave ... We wa nt to l e ave e ve r y one knowing that the y were L OV E D ! Mike lef t a legac y behind .. He passed on his love for cars... but even more then that ...he passed on his love & passion for his communit y! He was always wanted to help!! Eve n if it was just to listen . he had a way to make you feel he cared ,always leav ing you with a SMI LE! Mike is in heaven resting in P E AC E But i am sure still cr uising & watching ove r all of us!! Thank you Mike