Peter Lebeck Chapter #1866

Good News! The registration pages for "Rumble on the Ridge Route III," our Fall 2021 Clampout, Thursday September 16th through Sunday the 19th, are now on line. Click the Doin's links to find them and if you can't, here's a hint. (They're in the links box on the left side of this page).

Once you're in, you'll find everything you need to sign-up, whether you want to do it by mail or on-line. Or you can just stay home. But if you choose to come, your rub will be due by September 2nd because this is a prepaid only event limited to 75 attendees. No walk-ins accepted! So you'd better hurry up. Fort Tejon is a popular place, the Brethren have been cooped up way too long, and everybody is due for a good Clamp.

In the meantime, I continue to rehab the website and hope to have a new Clog up soon explaining some of the thing that have transpired since Covid forced us to the sidelines. -- MGM

Hello, Brothers! This is just a place holder until I can get the website out of mothballs, hopefully by the end of the weekend. But just to let you in on the buzz, PXL will be Clamping at Ft. Tejon starting Thursday, September 16th through the 19th. New park rules limit capacity so we can only guarantee admission to the first 75 prepays, with priority given to any brother who bring one or more PBCs strapped to the hood of his car. So make sure to check back soon, and get ready to sign-up pronto.

Hey Brothers! The Clamping has been a bit thin lately, but that doesn't mean we gotta be strangers. The store sure misses you, but you can unmiss both of us by taking advantage of my special offer. Love and kisses.--No Eye

Fellow Clampers, this year's Grand Council encampment has been postponed until May 2021, though provisions have been made for Grand Council business to continue as required by law. Click on the image below to read a larger version of this proclamations which you can also download in PDF format. Continue reading into the CLOG to see our Humbug's announcement about the state of our own Spring Doin's. --MGM

To all my thirsty Brethren, our Spring Doin's will be held April 30 through May 3-5, 2019, at Camp Hamilton Memorial Park in sunny Bakersfield, CA, and you're invited! As a matter of fact, you can sign-up now by going to our Spring Doin's page and get all the information you'll need to join us for a great time.

Our Clampout starts on Thursday, at 12 noon for those of us who don't work, can call in sick, or just want to play hooky. I'm sure you will enjoy this unique oasis dedicated to Military Veterans and their families.

Retired Master Gunnery Sergeant Glenn Denton, USMC, established the park on his own land to remember the members of Golf Company 2/7,who perished in late August 1969, during the Battle of Khe Sanh, but it has since grown as a way to commemorate "Those who gave all," in the service of our country. Master Guns Glenn Denton is also a PXL Clamper, having been taken in by Peter Lebeck some 25+ years ago. So let's hear it for Glenn, "HU-rah!"

And don't let the name of the place fool you. It's Clamper friendly whether you have an RV or tent. It even has "The CROW Bar," named for Leland "Crow" Crawford, the 9th Sergeant Major of the United States Marine Corps, which will give our ECV brothers a place to gather and socialize.

You'll also want to join the Brethren on Friday on or about 5:03 PM for my "Humbug's Meet and Greet," where you'll get to rub elbows with the whole bunch before dinner.

REMEMBER, PXL's Doin's are free to active members of our armed services. Just show your active duty ID.

I also have something new for this Clampout. You are invited to compete in a BBQ/Chili/Anything Cook Off, Friday night, with $100.00 as the prize. So don't leave me with this Benjamin burning a hole in my pocket because someone is going to get away with it.

Your fixin's will be judged by all fellow Clampers in attendance, so the more who can sample your fare, the more who'll be able to vote for your dish. I'll provide each Clamper with a "Pokey Chip," so they can cast their ballot, and anyone can compete, just bring your specialty to enter and share.

Remember, our famous feedbag goes on Friday night, and continues through Saturday, ending with a continental breakfast on Sunday. For those arriving before then, you are on your own for CHOW until the official fooding begins on Friday.

Our Clampchef, Kenton "Airdale" Miller, has promised us a great meal on Friday night, and for Saturday Dinner you will have a choice of Steak or Chicken. So be sure to mark your choice on your Registration Form.

So what do we ask of you who aren't active military? $65 American. Unless you're a PBC, in which case it would be $75, and a bargain at twice the price. So mail your rub by April 24th, or use our website's PayPal link. You can even register online, but either way your dust must be in our hands by April 24th or you'll pay $15 more and be bringing up the rear at the chow line.

All PBCs must be preregistered, so if you have a Poor Blind Candidate, be sure to get his name in early and download the PBC Handbook from the PXL Website. Get it to him right away so he -- and you -- can prepare. It's the sponsor's responsibility to make sure his PBC is ready for his "murder boards" and has a good bribe that will make his sponsor look good. A smart Redshirt would let his PBC know immediately that the Humbug is fond of Canadian Club and Seagram's 7, because entry to our Order is greased in mysterious ways.

See y'all at the Doin's!

Mark "Pokey" Crawford, PXL #1866
    Noble Grand Humbug 2020

PXL Brother Mike "12-Volt" Mazzetti, has been honored for his over 25 years of public service by the Santa Clarita City Council. Below I've posted an an excerpt from the web page honoring Mike. You can also click this link to read the entire page and to see the video that played during the tribute. Satisfactory!

"The Santa Clarita City Council members recognized longtime SCVTV, the city of Santa Clarita and local school volunteer Mike Mazzetti during Tuesday's City council meeting. This video [click the link above to see it] was played during the award recognition.

"As stated by Councilmember Laurene Weste, 'When the city decided to live-stream the Saugus Strong vigil so the entire community could participate, we called on SCVTV because we knew Mike Mazzetti would be able to handle the technical side of things. Mike is a professional Hollywood sound engineer who has donated his time and talents to make SCVTV operable for the last quarter-century, and he has been a vital component of our communications network for almost the entire time we've been a city. He worked with Adele MacPherson to set up the city's first emergency communications network right before the 1994 Northridge earthquake. I can't imagine how we'd have handled the earthquake without it. From setting up sound systems for the Cowboy Festival to teaching audio and video production skills to school kids at the SCVTV studio, Mike has always been there for us.' "

Hail Cloggites! If you haven't been checking the CLOG on a regular basis, you may have missed important chapter news, so once you've read this post make sure to read down the page, especially our post from January 4, 20120. You might even pick up a few tips to make your smile brighter and you Clamping a whole lot funner. Our grammar may even improve! So here we go.

Our Widders' Ball this past January 25th was a most satisfactory event. We dumped our new Humbug, Mark "Pokey" Crawford, into the Osterizer, and he should expect a good hard whirl starting right away and ending next January.

Jayne Hotchkiss Price was named 2020 Noble Grand Widder for her contributions to the chapter - - like letting us Clamp on her ranch for free a bunch of times - - as well as her work bringing us closer to local history buffs. In fact Jayne is a recent past president of the Kern County Historical Society with whom we'll be plaquing the Noriega Hotel later this year. Plus Jayne's a really nice lady and puts up with The Quack on a regular basis.

Carlos Lemus stepped in to spin his tunes for us (Thanks, Spinner!), but the dancing ended up competing with what turned into a Las Vegas Night, Clamper style. The guys found three professional grade card dealers, proving that you can find almost anything in Bakersfield. Every Widder got $500 in bogus PLX Bucks, cards were dealt, and at the end of a very animated three hours, three prizes were handed out for three days and two nights in Vegas, Reno or Laughlin. Dancing continued until one in the morning, and a good time was had by all.

And if you don't believe me, you can see for yourself because the photos from the Widders' Ball are up on our picture page thanks to Max "The Flash" Felser. Max worked hard to document this weekend event, including Thursday night's private get-together at Jim Bailey's "Broken Yolk" in Bakersfield. Thanks to Max and Jim for their generosity.

In case you missed it, Pokey has announced his schedule of events for 2020, so read down into the CLOG to fill in your calendar. But at the top of the list should be Pokey's first event -- a joint plaquing and watering hole dedication with Platrix #2, starting at 11 a.m., Saturday, February 22nd, in Acton, California.

Even though we'll be venturing into L.A. County, make no mistake that both Platrix and PXL will be putting our imprimaturs on a beautiful stone monument memorializing the pioneer cemetery at Acton. Afterword we'll be moseying on over to the nearby '49er Saloon for lunch and libations, so bring a little extra dust as well as your Widder, Orphans and friends because this is a family friendly event. If you have a male friend interested in ECV, this a good time to invite him and his Widder.

See the post below from February 5th for direction to Acton, and see you at the Doin's! - - MGM