Peter Lebeck Chapter #1866

HEAR YE, HERE YE! AND ATTENTION CLAMPERS! This is the last call to sign up for the PXL 1866 Spring Doin's at Willow Springs International Raceway. Get your Registration in now! If you haven't signed up, click to go to our Spring Doin's Page and complete the Online Registration or miss out!

Registration ABSOLUTELY ENDS THIS FRIDAY, 5 April at 5PM. There will NO WALK IN's.

AGAIN, no registrations will be accepted after Friday, April 5, 2024, NO Exceptions! "If you snooze - You Lose." The food order goes in on Saturday morning, so we need a solid head count.

A couple of you have not sent in your gold dust. Get your rub in NOW! Zelle to: paypeter@ecv1866.org or call the Gold Dust Receiver, Dale "Top" Turner, XNGH at 661-714-7203 with your check number. If you don't prepay, be prepared to hand over an additional $15.00 ($90.00 total) at Check In.

NOTE: A list of attending Clampers will be given to the gate attendants and Willow Springs Raceway Staff. If you're not on that list or have not pre-registered, you will not be granted entrance into the park. That is why you need to register NOW!

If you have someone delivering an RV for you that is not a Clamper on our list, please let me know ASAP so we can add their name to the list for entry into Willow Springs Raceway.

During the weekend of our Doin's, Willow Springs is hosting its largest and most exciting racing event of the year, with thousands expected to be in attendance. We're truly privileged to be given an exclusive area on the Raceway grounds to Clamp. This will be an ECV /PXL Clampout to be remembered and talked about for years to come.

On Saturday, our chapter will be plaquing this historic racing facility. Our Clampsite area will be closed to the general public, but with that said, we will be in the public eye and "Seemly Decorum" is expected at all times, and that includes what we display on our Clamper Vests and clothing.

If you have a bicycle, electric bike, golf cart or moped you may bring it. The entire racing facility and all racing tracks are open to us all to see and visit. Including the Café and Swap Meet.

Your "FIRE BARREL" is welcome, but it must be kept off the ground.

Lastly, I look forward to seeing many of you at our Red Shirt Getaway, this Saturday, April 6th, at the Santa Clarita Elks Lodge #2379, located at 17766 Sierra Highway, Canyon Country 91351. The door opens at 12 Noon. There will be a meeting chaired by our Vice Humbug Rick "Hardluck" Veiga to finalize the Spring Clampout.

If you have any questions or concerns, please contact me at 661-714-7203.

Be well and Clamp On!
    Dale "Top" Turner, XNGH/GDR
    Clamp Crier

Happy Pi Day boys! This would be a good night to celebrate and eat some Pi. Your Widder would appreciate it, Just don't tell her I said so.

And now for something serious.

Our GDR, XNGH "Top" Turner wants to make sure that everyone is aware that the LAST DAY to order an event shirt for our Willow Springs Raceway Spring Doin's is THIS COMING MONDAY, March 18, 2024. Shirts are $25.00, now in sizes L to 5XL. You can Zelle your gold dust to: paypeter@ecv1866.org or Pony Express your gold dust to: Dale "Top" Turner, XNGH/GDR 24415 Lisa Kelton Place, Newhall CA 9132.

If Top doesn't have your shirt-dust in hand by March 18th, you're not getting one. Orders and late payments by check or cash will be returned. Late Zelle payments will receive a $25 PXL Store credit only -- even if you ordered on time.

ALSO DON'T PUT OFF sending in your dust for our Doin's, because our cut-off is Friday, April 5th. PXL will NOT be taking registrations at the March 6th RED Shirt Saturday Get-Away at the Santa Clarita Elks, so don't wait.

Download the Registration and Release forms, or sign-up on line by way of our Spring Doin's Page at http://www.ecv1866.org/detailsS24.html. You'll find mailing and Zelle instructions on the Mandatory Registration Form. If you're not on our list, track security will not give you access to the Clampsite, so get 'er done!

If you have any questions, comments or concerns, text, phone or email Top at 661-714-7203 or dalefmda@earthlink.net. Be well and Clamp On!

Hello Cloggites, Mikee here with a few quick notes.

We rang in the new Clamp year with a very successful Widders' Ball. Peter Lebeck sold out for the first time in memory, which bodes well for the term of our new Humbug, Kelvin "Dr. Klapper" Swanson. We also have some very good and enthusiastic guys coming up in the chairs, so I think our chapter is in good stead going forward.

Fifty-two partiers came in early on Friday and made a weekend of it. Saturday's ball had a western saloon theme and a lot of Widder-centric romance. It was most satisfactory.

The photos are in and posted to Peter's picture pages. Thank Max Felser when you see him for photographing our event. As usual, if there is a photo of you that you'd like to turn into a print, email me at cyberrecorder@ecv1866.org and I will send you a copy by return email.

The Spring Doin's page, along with its electronic registration, has been posted, which you can access by clicking on the link. But if you haven't committed, let's see if I can talk you into coming, and also make you aware of a few important items concerning our four-day Clampout.

Willow Springs International Raceway is offering PXL a unique place and opportunity for a Doin's. At a time when it is harder and harder for chapters to find good places to Clamp, here's one that the Brothers will be talking about for years to come. Established in 1953, WSIR was the first facility of its kind in our part of the country and styles itself as "The Fastest Road in the West."

On Thursday we'll have early access to the park with space for tents and RVs. The Clampsite also provides us with use of a building where we can hang out and do Clamper things. Early Saturday afternoon we'll be plaquing the park, but the rest of the weekend has some surprises. WSIR has eight tracks. The center piece of the facility being a 2.5 mile, nine turn road course known as "Big Willow." Our exclusive Clampsite sits on a "balcony" overlooking Big Willow's Turn #4, which is one of the most exciting places from which to watch the races. Friday and Saturday will feature the usual hijinks, but on Saturday afternoon we'll be able to watch motorcycles race along Big Willow from noon to 4 pm, during the "Willow Springs 24th Grand Prix Classic Motorcycle Festival," which goes on all weekend.

Our access to the park has changed a bit than from when it was first advertised, but now it's easier. A guard shack controls the front gate, and so long as you're listed as someone attending our Clampout, you get in for free and get full access to the Clampsite. The gates opens for us at noon on Thursday but now closes at 10 instead of 6 pm. Just keep in mind that if you show up late or don't make it back from town in time, you'll be out of luck until 7 am Friday morning when the guard shack open again. Friday and Saturday, the gate closes for us at midnight.

If you have a PBC and you want to buy him an event shirt, don't put that off! Event shirts must be ordered and paid for by March 18th, NO EXCEPTIONS. Our Hawker, Mike "12 Volt" Mazzetti, doesn't carry shirts. They're a pain to inventory and who the heck wears a medium anyway? What 12 Volt does carry are mainly pins and accessories, and most importantly, his catalogs. Mike has made special arrangements with Wreck'n Ball Enterprises where, so long as you order from our store, you can have any item at the list price without having to add on for taxes and shipping.

Wreck'n Ball has been selling ECV related items for years, and much of it is fully customizable. So if you're interested, peruse their on-line catalog, or just flip through Mike's books to find what you're looking for, then order it from us. To make it easy, Mike is bringing the store to the April Saturday Getaway at the Santa Clarita Elks on April 6th. You can catch him there or email him at Hawker@ecv1866.org. You'll likely be able to pick-up your purchase at the Spring Doin's.

Lastly, no noose is a good noose, says the ECV Board of Proctors, citing new California antihate legislation that puts the display of nooses into the same category as painting swastikas on synagogues and burning crosses on lawns. While the new criminal statute does require an intent to cause emotional harm, it does not require a specific victim, so that anyone who sees it is a potential victim. Consequently the Board of Proctors has asked all ECV chapters to drop the noose from their iconography. That means patches or pins with nooses are out. ECV is not an organization that promotes hate or bigotry, and we certainly do not want to be viewed that way by anyone.

And now a final, final word and update by our Clamp Crier and XNGH Dale "Top" Turner about Feed the Bear.

Brothers, I'd like to start by thanking those 50 Brothers who became Feed The Bear Founders in 2021 and the additional thirteen Clampers who have joined our group of PXL Bear Feeders over the past three years. Your annual $50.00 donation has helped to improve the chapter and your continued support is truly appreciated.

Feed The Bear (FTB) has not only covered our annual insurance, State fees and Grand Council dues, it has given us the funds to upgrade our field kitchen with a new gas grill along with three new custom PXL EZ Ups. The funds also go towards your event bars, and this Spring Doin's it will pay for an event patch.

With their initial FTB rub of $50, each Brother receives an FTB Pin designed by Charles Topping along with their first year's hanger, then a year specific hanger for their subsequent $50 yearly contributions. To date we have 63 FTB members, 16 of whom have become FTB Life Members with their $1000.00 donations.

The FTB Hangers for 2024 & 2025 are now available. We still have hangers for 2022 and 2023 for those Brothers who would like to catch up on their FTB Hangers.

You can Feed The Bear at any Red Shirt Saturday or PXL 1866 event, including our Spring and Fall Doin's. We accept Cash, Check or Zelle. Once again, I'd like to thank you for your continuing support of our Chapter and the Feed The Bear program. Be well and Clamp On!    --Top

MGM, XNGH -- "Recording No Cyber Before Its Time."
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Online registration is now open. Just click on this link or the one in the links box, or even the banner above to get there from here. If the page doesn't come up, just make sure to refresh your browser. This is a prepay only event, and you must be on our list to gain access to the facility and the Clampsite. Our drop dead date for getting in your rub is April 5th, but if you want a shirt it must be paid for by March 18th. No exceptions! For further details, see the Spring Doin's page.    - - MGM

If you had told me some twenty-five years ago that I would be a Humbug someday I would have just smiled and thought to myself, not likely. I can't begin to tell you all how honored I am to be your Humbug for Clamper Year 6029. We have great things planned for this Clamp year.

My wife Simone and Daughter Stacy had lunch brought in for all the Clampers and Widders to enjoy before the corporate meeting on Saturday before the Widders' Ball. It was really appreciated by all, keeping us from having to go out in the rain for lunch.

The annual PXL Corporate meeting went very well. Top Turner covered our finances and expenditures for 2023 along with reports to the Feds, State and Grand Council. For those of you who joined us at the Widders Ball it was an event to be remembered thanks in part to my wife Simone and my daughter Stacy and all the Widders who lent a helping hand in transforming the Hospitality Room into a Western Saloon and Dancehall.

The party began on Friday evening with 52 Clampers and Widders in the Hospitality room. We were entertained by the "PXL Pickers" -- five of our own Clampers. A professional sound system donated by Mike "12 Volt Mazzetti kept the sound at a pleasant level. We listened and danced to songs from the 50's and 60's along with many new and old country western tunes.

Following the passing of the Staff of Relief on Saturday night, the party kicked off with tunes from the past, and between sets we were once again entertained by the PXL Pickers ( Michael "Hoss" Lowrance, Wayne "Screwball" Edwards, Hollis "Bomber" Dyer, Scott "Capt. DEF" Bickle and our own Sonny Anglin, one of the remaining members of the Bakersfield Sound.

I'd also like to thank Merle "Shaft" Phillips and his Widder Theresa for keeping the bar flowing with ample libations. The Widders Ball was so great that the attendees asked for a REPEAT performance in 2025.

Our Spring and Fall Doin's are locked in. We're headed to Willow Springs International Raceway, April 11-14th, and the Mojave Private Skeet Range, September 27-29th. You can download the Spring Procs here, where you can check out the entire schedule and get what you need to sign-up for the Spring Doin's, including our electronic registration.

Something I have planned to do in my Humbug year was to have another one-day Oldtimers / Candlelight initiation. This is going to happen in July 2024. Candidates will be limited to those 65 and older and or with a disability, though all redshirts are invited to join in the fun.

I'm looking forward to a great Clamp year and with all the great brothers who have stepped into leadership and functionaries' positions, I know good things are yet to come. Willow Springs Raceway is going to be a PXL event that will be talked about for years to come. We need to remember that we are guests of the Raceway, and although we will have our own secured area, we will still be within the watchful eyes of the public.

I'll be heading to Grand Council in May to represent Peter Lebeck chapter 1866. If there is anything you would like me to look into, just let me or my Vice, Rick "Hard Luck" Veiga, know. By working together as a team this can be one of the best years our chapter has ever had. Thank you for all for your hard work and support.

Looking forward to seeing you real soon.

Kelvin "Dr. Klapper" Swanson, PXL--NGH
    Humbug@ecv1866.org