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CA 92277 (714) 367-9179 Let's show th e world that motorcycle riders are NO.1 Mik e Patrick s YAMAHA al CORONA I,,: , 110 1 E. 6t h Street, Corona, CA .,.,. (7 14) 735 · 772 1 38. l\ly favorite singer starts all his performances with "Hello, I'm Johnny Cash ." It's distinctive. I've been thinking about finding an opening line, something to start each co lumn with, more o r less a trademark. How about this one? "Friends, we've got a problem." It 's true. as usual. It would be very ni ce to balance the good news and bad news. bu t the truth o f the m atter is th at until the Sierra Club gets tired o f their cu rre n t "people are of no importance" cam p aign . we 're facing an uphill climb. But take heart. Who in his right mind would h ave bet on the handful of rebels de fe ating the British in 1776. Anyway, our current problem c o n c e r n s a "vandalism corri do r" extendin g nearly the len gth of California. FBI a nd BLM pers onnel are currently investigating the southern tip, in the Yuba area where a small gan g on trailbikes deliberately d es troyed the Intaglios. It is interesting to note, by the way, that thes e Int a gli o s are truly archeolog ical sites. u nlike th e famo us J ac kass Circles of th e e nviro n me n ta list fra ud of a few years ba ck . Th e In taglio s act ua lly were formed b y pre histo ric man rather than tu rn -of-the-century ar my mules. Get this thoug h. The Yuh a vandals a) c u t a sturd y metal fen ce (pipe fe nc e in this case) . b ) used small bikes. and c) left obnoxious motorcy cle track s. An d sinc e it happened o ver the long Memorial Day weekend, the guilty party is hard to track down. Also o n Memorial Day weekend: A small gang of m o to rc ycle riders, on small trail bikes, systematically circled the area around the highway junction in Lucerne, cu tting chain link fences, breaking windows and spinning brodies in front yards of every empty house. Similar incidents happe ned up north. Add it all together and it begins to lo o k like our opposition is getting to ugher. Then re me mber th at t h is co m ing wee ke nd is a nother long wee ken d, a nd we m ay be in for ano ther wa ve o f vandal ism . "Fra me -up," I believe is th e term. .' So if it works this tim e , it will wo rk again. Let 's a ll keep our eyes open this weekend - if you see something that looks like one of these destruction derb y gangs, take license numbers, or better ye t. take pi cture s. We n ever would have known about the environmentalist pup fish t ra nsplant operat ion some time back if o ne enterprising biker hadn 't taken p ictures of license pl ates. We can ' t repair the Intaglio s; nobody can . The destruction up n orth is too far awa y. But Lucerne is something else . Lo cal M.O.R.E . chap te rs are organizing wk parties to offer help to the victims. The " Y" Cafe is extending th e offer to homeowners in the ar ea. Anybody want to help 'em? Spe aking of local M.O . R.E. ch ap te rs, Orange County has a swinging group . The ideas and ac t io n that result when a group of informed, practical people make up their minds to do something is nothin g short o f fantastic. For - in fo rmatio n call (7 14 ) 54 2-89 64. San Fernando Valle y h as a c ha p ter going, but so far " sluggish" is far m ore ap p ro p ria te th an "dynamic ". Phone (21 3 ) 36 1· 8530. Let's ge t with it. fo lks . Antelope Va lley. (805) 948-136 1 and San Diego Co un ty, (7 14) 757 · 7860 are be ginning to show signs of life to o. No ticed a le tt er in " Vo ices o f the West " last week, and I'd like to clear up a misunderstanding co nc e rn ing the o rigin o f the Grand Canyon. A.s usual, bikers are taking the rap fo r something they just didn 't do. What reall y happened was this: The year was 1943. We were in the m ids t of a war, you will recall. Stanley Goodguy's skills were needed in a west coast defense pl an t. He was scurryin g cross-country on his Honda Z-5 0 because gas was rat ioned , and Stanley was doing his part. Along the route stood an ol d boarded up shack where two lazy good-fo r-nothing brothers. 1wanna a nd Sto p tha World, we re hol ed up. As us ual, t he World b ro thers were sitting in front of t he shac k guzzling beer a nd to ssing the e m pties into th e ro ad. As Stan ley c ruised d o wn th e road (carefully obeying the speed lim it , because for all the urge ncy of his m ission, he was a law abiding citizen) , he hi t t he pile of trash le ft by Iwanna and Stoptha World. Stanley and his Hon da Z-50 went flying through the ai r. "See ?" said Iwanna to his brother. But Stoptha, busy popping ano the r beer, obviously didn't see . .. Ai r !" his brother elaborate d, pointing impatiently at the flyi ng motorcycle. Stopth a saw . An evil grin sp read across his moronic face. UA Club !" he said gleefully. Whereupon Iwanna and Stoptha took up their clubs and ch ased Stanley do wn the road. kickin g and screaming and clubbing everything in sight. The path of destruction they wrought stands to this day , for ming what we know as the Grand Canyon. Of course the World brothers never c aug h t St anley, because Go odgu ys alway s win . Stan le y went on to his defense plant job on the we st coa st , and w as instrumental in the winning of World War 11. But Iwan na an d St optha World never went ba ck to guzzling b eer in fron t of t he o ld boarded up sha ck . TIley tr aveled thro ugh out th e la nd clubbing do wn people and sp reading mi sery whe re ver they we nt. And th e ir or iginal words a re st ill heard today: " See ?" "Aid " "A Club!" An d so you see, th e Honda Z-50 passing through in 194 3 is not re ally responsi ble for th e Gr an d Canyon. Leslie Richards