NEWSLETTER
OF THE
CALIFORNIA HISTORICAL ARTILLERY SOCIETY
OCTOBER 2012
Dispatches from the Dog Tent
Commander’s Call
TED MILJEVICH
ALAN GINOS
For those of you that think it cool that CHAS will be
represented at the 150th Gettysburg reenactment,
good news in that we have both enough people with
money to make it happen, AND we are registered for
the GAC event with 2 guns and 1 horse team. If you
haven’t paid attention, there are now two events,
the traditional one put on by the GAC July 4-6,
and a competing event put on by the organizers of
the very successful Shiloh event of this year. This
new event will be the weekend prior, and yes, we
are in the process of registering for that one as well.
Because we are going, and it will be a big deal, we
have moved the date for next year’s DM event back
one week from our traditional weekend. Over 20
people are signed up for what will be a hot, humid
and trying experience. But for those of us going, we
will experience an event that comes only once in
our lives and promises a hundred thousand
spectators and more reenactors than any of us have
ever seen.
As we approach the end of the reenacting season, it
is time to think about unit elections, winter
maintenance, storage of unit equipment and plans
for next season. I can say from a planning stand
point for next season, we are going to have to make
some hard choices for the unit to continue as it is.
Plans are in the works to outline some new ideas
and we should be looking forward to an important
and lively annual meeting in January. Unit
membership needs to be worked on and all
members are encouraged to bring in new potential
members.
It looks like several people are on-board to go to the
150th at Gettysburg in July 2013. This will be quite
an experience to have under your belt if you feel up
to the task of dealing with the summer eastern
humidity and days of moving around with fastmoving armies!
The next board meeting will be on Friday, October
19th, 6:00 pm at the San Ramon Marriot in, of
course, San Ramon. As always, any member in
good standing may attend, or contact your member
at large to send along any messages or input.
Thanks to Katie Rejaian for stepping up to
coordinate the Ft Mervin event; we will take a gun
and team there Oct 13 and 14. If you plan on
attending either Saturday or Sunday, please let
Katie know at [email protected]. Before
anyone is asked to tow a trailer from Warhorse for
that event, there is work to be done on multiple
trailers including wiring, brakes/bearings, tire
swaps and general checkout. This will get us
through this event, Fresno and Moorpark. Now
while I am willing to lead a work party, it would be
nice to have at least a gopher/parts runner/food
getter/ sympathetic ear person to listen to my
complaint list. Of course a Sparky Boyd or general
mechanical wiz like “Super” Sgt Duncan would
really make this go better. I’m thinking the week of
Oct 8; when are you available to help me?
Speaking of work parties, a weekend party is
needed at Duncans Mills to move ahead with
several projects before winter, and to get us ahead
of the game for next year’s event. Watch for a call to
See Commander’s Call, cont’d on p.2
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Commander’s Call - cont’d from p.1
Parade for at least the last 5 years. This year we are
working on a deal with our friends of the New
Buffalo Soldiers to place four of our black horses in
the parade as well, for their participants needing
horses. This will lead to opportunities to have more
of a presence with the group in the parade in future
years. Our stars for you to watch for, and the
parade position, will be announced in the December
Cannons Mouth. And yes, Big Guy will once again
be in this year’s parade, shining like neon in a sea
of black horses.
arms for that one soon.
The Fresno event is now under the ACWA banner.
We should have a good turnout, but without
horses, to support our friends. If you want to know
why no horses, ask me to explain.
Moorpark will be our season wrap up event, and we
will have a big showing. Watch for the call to arms
for this one as it takes a lot of people to man a
section of mounted artillery, with an ambulance
and wagon thrown in for good measure.
Most of you know Big Guy has been in the Rose
Tres Pinos
KATIE RADJAIAN
What a blast! The weather was perfect, the food was
good, and the cake was awesome! It was First Sgt.’s
60th birthday on Saturday (photo, p.3) so of course
we had to party! Sgt. Scott made his famous
spaghetti that we promptly devoured. Thanks to
Kim Foster for making the cake! Yum!
green grass with no rocks under the bedroll for
once. I only wish I participated in the game of
rounders some of the soldiers started. Oh well,
what can you do when you’re on a horse? We will
definitely go to this event again next year!
Wyatt got to ride a horse for the first
time and Shannon tried his hand at
driving the hearse. They both did
great! We put on quite a show on
Sunday with Brooke lying in the
coffin with flowers in the hearse.
Election News!
Dee did a great job following us and
crying in despair. I think we could be movie stars!
With our annual elections for the CHAS board of
directors coming up in a few months, it's time to
consider whether you want to do your part by
running for a position.
All positions are open each year to incumbents and
any member in good standing and meeting the age
requirements. Anyone wishing to run for office must
submit a candidate’s statement to the editor of the
Cannon’s Mouth and to the elections officer, Carolyn
Faubel. This will ensure your name on the ballot and
a spot in our November newsletter.
Please email your statements or address any
questions to Carolyn at [email protected] and
to the Cannon’s Mouth at [email protected]
We also unloaded a good deal of powder at the rebs,
I mean, union soldiers; we galvanized all weekend.
This was ok because we defended the saloon and
their fabulous lemonade. It was great to camp on
Ballots will be mailed out in December.
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horses are stationed.
Big hay loads require lots of LONG straps to be
safe. Until you have had responsibility for a load
that requires long straps, you may not appreciate
how important proper tie downs really are.
Tie downs and their Usage
(and why you should NEVER cut one to length for a particular load)
ALAN GINOS
If you have ever helped to tie down our equipment
for trailering, you know what a pain it can be to
use a strap too long for the intended job.
Take it from one that almost lost a load from lack
of proper tie downs, LONG straps are needed at
times and any of the CHAS straps should never be
cut down with the idea that the strap will be
dedicated to a particular purpose.
On the other hand, very few of you have ever had
to tie down a really big load, like a truck full of
hay. Look at the following pictures to know what
type of loads our tie downs are actually used for,
especially at Casini Ranch, where two teams of
Nothing is dedicated to anything!
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WHY DO WE NEED ARTIFICERS?
MIKE BLAIR
saw for cutting curves. It is most indispensable in
cutting the curves of a cheek piece. The tight curve
inletted into the cheek for the trunnion is too small
to be sawn, but would need to be cut with the
framing gouges. Except for the hubs of the wheels
and the lunet, there is no part of a cannon carriage
the artificers were not equipped to repair or replace.
Mike’s article continues from last month’s installment—- Ed.
Historically, the smith has, up to about this time
and a little after, been the unchallenged top artisan
of any community. The smith builds the tools of
all the other trades. Hence the motto of the London
Blacksmiths' Guild:
The army made sure that the tooling of the artificer
section provided for multiple situations. A battery's
artificers carried 300 pounds of mass produced,
factory made horse shoes in three sizes. The
savings in time was enormous using these shoes,
eliminating, as it did, one hour's work in hand
forging a set of four shoes.
“By hammer and hand, all trades do stand.”
The tools will tell us more about what artificers
were expected and equipped to do.
We'll start with the carriage maker's tools in which
we find:
Augers and handles (1⁄2 in., 5/8 in., 3/4 in.)
Framing gouges (1 in. and 1/12 in.)
Frame saw....................... 1
Yet the smith's tools hold all the necessary tools to
produce horseshoes from the iron stock carried
beneath the bellows in the traveling forge. The tool
boxes held a creaser for setting the groove for the
nail holes in the shoe, and both a fore punch and a
pritchel for making the nail holes. Horseshoe nails
were issued as well as various sizes of cut nails, but
the smith's tools include a nail hammer specifically
for making nails. The army took no chances.
The T-handle auger is used for drilling deep holes,
as is clearly seen in this period photograph.
The men in this
picture are
members of the
Engineers. Light
artillery artificers
weren't expected to
build bridges or
trestles, obviously,
but the augers we
were issued – 1/2
inch, 5/8 inch,
and 3/4inch –
show their duties
to require
occasional drilling
of holes deeper
There are a lot of odd opinions held in the
reenactment world about artificers. One discussion
list had a fellow solemnly assuring everyone that
leather work, especially harness repairs, absolutely
could not be done in the field. But the saddler's
tools and stores contain everything necessary to
make such repairs, including whole hides carried in
the battery wagon. The fellow probably missed
having a clam bench (a seat with a leather-worker's
vise called a clam). But the saddler's tools included
a clam, and it is possible to make such repairs in
the field.
There are other tools carried in the tool boxes and
in the battery wagon that are intended for use by
others in the battery. There are multiple shovels
and felling axes and mattocks, scythes and sickles.
There are bill hooks, also referred to simply as bills,
and in other documents called fascine knives.
These last have several different roles to play.
Fascine knives tell two stories, actually. Fascines
are bundles of small branches bound together.
than would be possible with the brace and 24 bits
also supplied. There aren't many tasks that require
such depth of holes, but among those few are the
replacement of severely damaged parts of the gun
carriages themselves.
One use of these fascines is to provide fillers for
crossing wheeled vehicles over small streams and
larger depressions in the landscape or to fill marshy
places in roadways. Another use is to bind short
In concert with the frame saw and framing gouges,
the carriage maker is capable of fabricating a
replacement cheek piece of a gun carriage. The
frame saw is what is also called a turning saw, a
See Artificer, cont’d on p.5
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October 2012 Civilian Update
Artificer - cont’d from p.4
bundles together, dipped in flammable material, to
be fired from cannon.
DONNA SCHULKEN ,
CIVILIAN COMMANDER
Fascine knives were also used to construct
gambions, essentially large baskets filled with earth
to use in making expedient fortifications. The
picture below shows the extensive use of gambions
to restore portions of Fort Sumter to usable
condition.
It is that time of year again and we must begin to
think not only of the upcoming Fall with its
holidays and traditions, we at CHAS need to focus
on our last few events, Fresno and Moorpark to
name a couple. But we also must think of our
shutting down for the year and our upcoming
elections.
With that I am announcing that because of added
work obligations and personal changes in my life I
will not be running for Civilian Commander this
next year. I will also need to give up the Fundraiser
Chair.
I will still continue as part of the unit but not as
active. I have enjoyed this past year as Civilian
Commander and it pleased me that I was able to
recruit a few new ladies to join our ranks.
Someone would need to volunteer for the
Fundraiser Chair as well. Not hard, but very
important to unit as a whole. We need to continue
to move forward with securing funding from any
and all places possible. It can be both frustrating
and rewarding at the same time. The fundraiser
chair will also need to be responsible for the
Information Booth and the sale of CHAS
memorabilia at Duncans Mills. In my tenure as
chair, I found that to be the most fun and
rewarding. Dealing first hand with the public
coming to our event and hearing from them their
excitement.
Gambions were found in
use in field conditions as
well as in filling breaches
in established
fortifications.
The army didn't train artificers. Training in one of
the trades came through the old apprentice/master
system, and generally required 7 years of
apprenticeship to reach the journeyman level.
These journeymen were craftsmen who were
recruited to become artificers. It was their
experience, knowledge and skills that kept a light
artillery battery mobile, able to do it's particular job
of rapid deployment.
Don’t forget to volunteer and for you civilians think
about running for commander!
TACK – DON’T MESS WITH IT UNLESS
YOUR NAME IS ALAN OR TED
ALAN GINOS
Every winter during tack cleaning, Dennis Winfrey
and others spend a lot of time sorting out our horse
equipment trying to put all the cleaned pieces back
together again for complete and working equipment.
This means ready to go as intended for any purpose.
For example, McClellan outrider saddles are rigged
complete with a breast collar, a crupper, saddle
straps for tying on bedrolls and other equipment,
surcingles, and grain bags. If you ride a horse and
go on a trail ride involving hills, you will appreciate
both a breast strap and a crupper. Unfortunately,
and mostly because of ignorance of their intended
function, members who don’t know or care, remove
this equipment and it becomes lost in the shuffle.
Then someone needs it and who knows where it is.
What was their job? If it broke, fix it. If it wasn't
broke, maintain it. Otherwise, shoe every horse in
the battery once each month, and shoe all
replacement horses as soon as they appear.
So the moral of this story is that if you don’t know
what something is used for, leave it in place and ask
for instruction. If you do know what its function is,
then you should not be part of the problem of missing
tack.
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scheduled in 2013. For a variety of reasons, the
reenacting community back east cannot get its
collective act together and learn to play nice with
each other.
Antietam 150th Anniversary
Reenactment
BVT. 1ST LIEUT. KEN DOMBROSKI,
ARTILLERY RESERVE STAFF
The location, planning, access, and logistical
support for the 150th Antietam were sub-par. The
event staff was not up to the challenge of putting on
a large reenactment. Yours truly had the
unenviable job of quartermaster for the Federal
Artillery Reserve and had to deal with problems that
the event staff should have sorted out. All the
camps ran out of firewood Friday evening, before
the event officially started. Our cooks were up in
arms. The water point was a large water tanker
truck parked in an open field about a hundred
yards from our camp, but it only had a three-inch
valve. A crew had to be called in to fabricate a
spigot. Things were no better on the battlefield.
During the battles, ice and water were in short
supply. Luckily the artillery suffered no heat
casualties; the battles lasted less than an hour and
the weather was mild – high 70s with low humidity.
One of the biggest reenactments this year took
place 15-16 September just a few miles north of the
actual battle field of Antietam. While the
reenactment battles were impressive, they paled in
The battlefield itself was too small and bisected by
huge electrical transmission lines, which detracted
from the historical realism. Because the field was
so small, the artillery tow trucks and trailers had to
park in the open along a fence less than 50 yards
from the rear of the gun line. Convenient, perhaps,
but it further detracted from the realism. The
artillery camp itself was located about a mile away
from the battlefield, sutlers, and spectators. Access
to the battlefield from the various camps was
limited to a single unimproved goat path that was
jammed with artillery tow trucks, infantry, cavalry,
mounted artillery, and spectators before and after
the battles. I spent most of Sunday playing traffic
cop with no event staff or Provost guard to help.
comparison to the 135th Antietam reenactment
back in 1997. For some reason, the 150th events
this year are not drawing the same level of
participation by reenactors or attracting big crowds
of spectators, at least here in the east. It probably
didn’t help that there were two Antietam events put
on by competing groups one week apart and a living
history event the weekend of 15-16 September put
on by a third disaffected Federal headquarters
group. That trend is likely to continue as we
already have two 150th Gettysburg reenactments
Now for the good news. Despite the logistical snafu,
once we got on the field, the Federal artillery was
impressive. Twenty units with a total of 36 guns
covered the width of the battlefield in a grand
battery. Col. Rick Dennis, the Chief of Artillery,
divided his brigade into six field batteries, including
a four-gun, horse-drawn battery. Our line included
four 6 lb. bronze guns, one 12 lb. Napoleon, four 12
lb. field howitzers, a 12 lb. James rifle, ten 10 lb.
Parrott rifles, and sixteen 3 inch Ordnance rifles.
See Antietam, cont’d on p.7
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and across the road from us, also jammed almost
hub to hub. Oh, to add some realism to the battle,
some fool of a photographer had parked and locked
his red car along the fence line 50 yards directly in
front of our guns. We were not happy cannoneers
that day. Our left section got the short end of the
stick and had to shut down every time some
infantry straggler wandered down the road inside
their safety zone. I think there was a battle to our
Antietam - cont’d from p.6
Over 325 reenactors represented volunteer artillery
units from Tennessee, Michigan, Ohio,
Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island,
Massachusetts and regulars from the 2nd, 4th, and
5th artillery regiments. Your most humble servant
represented the 3rd U.S. Artillery, portraying a staff
officer attached to the Artillery Reserve.
The Federal artillery dominated Saturday’s battles
of Dunker Church and Bloody Lane. At Dunker’s
Church, one division of Federal infantry pressed the
Confederates, while the artillery kept up a withering
barrage. Cavalry clashed on our left flank. A
second infantry division formed up behind the guns
and, on signal, passed through the gun line. As
they moved forward, Capt. DiMaria’s and Capt.
Smith’s field batteries on the left began to move
their guns forward by hand, pressing the rebs and
enfilading their line while our batteries on the right
supported their movement with constant fire.
In the afternoon at Bloody Lane, the mounted
battery went into action on the left, moving forward
and pressing the Confederate flank while the grand
battery continued to erupt in flame and smoke
supporting the infantry attack. We did have a
moment of real drama as the swing driver of one of
the teams was thrown into the traces and dragged
by a team that bolted and headed toward the
spectators. With great skill, the lead driver was
able to divert the team away from the crowd and
bring the runaways to a halt. Luckily, the swing
driver was not injured.
front, but we were so far away from the action it
was hard to tell.
Despite the challenges, we did have some fun. It’s
not that often artillerymen get to participate in a
battle reenactment with six full batteries firing on
line. Quite a show. Now, it’s on to Cedar Creek in
October for our final reenactment of the season.
Fredericksburg in December will be a small event,
with virtually no Federal artillery involved due to
Sunday morning was devoted to a cavalry skirmish
and the artillery remained in camp. The afternoon
battle of Burnside Bridge was a nightmare for the
Federal artillery. We were on the opposite side of
the field and had to cram 13 guns along a frontage
of less than 100 yards in a field bordered by a road
packed with infantry on one side and a half-inflated
observation balloon on the other. Three other
batteries were backed up to the fence line forward
the event’s size and location.
Next year’s events at Gettysburg promise to be even
bigger, and hopefully better.
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3rd US Roster Assignments 2012
Role
Name
Report To
Commanding Officer
1st Sergeant
Company Clerk
Provisioner
Provisioner
Ginos, Alan
Foster, Scott
Neikirk, Janice
Faubel, Carolyn
Foster, Karen
Captain
1st. Sgt.
1st. Sgt.
1st. Sgt.
Gun/Team 1
Chief of Piece
Gun Corporal
Cannoneer
Cannoneer
Cannoneer
Cannoneer
Cannoneer
Cannoneer
Cannoneer
Cannoneer
Cannoneer
Cannoneer
Cannoneer
Thompson, Terry
1st. Sgt.
Alto, Scott
Gun Sgt.
Gillich, John
Gun Sgt.
Gumbley, Ben
Gun Sgt.
Kaufmann, Stephanie Gun Sgt.
Kaufmann, Steven
Gun Sgt.
Lemasters, Michael
Gun Sgt.
Lenz, Dennis
Gun Sgt.
Maurier, Bruce
Gun Sgt.
Murphy, Brooke
Gun Sgt.
Murphy, Sierra
Gun Sgt.
Thorne, Philip
Gun Sgt.
Thorne, Taylor
Gun Sgt.
Team Corporal
Driver
Driver
Driver
Driver
Driver
Faubel, Wes
Carlisi, Deb
Faubel, Loreleigh
Fischer, Pete
Horton, Jim
Miljevich, Ted
Gun Sgt.
Team Cpl
Team Cpl.
Team Cpl.
Team Cpl.
Team Cpl
Ahrenholz, Ray
Boling, Roger
Faubel, Tristan
Weston, Mark
1st.
1st.
1st.
1st.
Role
Name
Report To
Stable Sgt.
Teamster
Teamster
Teamster
Teamster
Teamster
Winfrey, Dennis
Bailey, Wendy
Casini, Paul
Dawson, Charohn
Faubel, Melinda
Mettler, Jon
1st. Sgt.
Stable Sgt.
Stable Sgt.
Stable Sgt.
Stable Sgt.
Stable Sgt.
Chief of Piece
Gun Corporal
Cannoneer
Cannoneer
Duncan, George
Boyd, John
Casali, Federico
Lavall, Ronald
1st. Sgt.
Gun Sgt.
Gun Sgt.
Gun Sgt.
Team Corporal
Driver
Driver
Driver
Driver
Driver
Driver
Driver
Driver
Driver
Driver
Berry, Mike
Creager, Mike
Flores, Michael
Hewitt, Norm
Moretti, Teri
Murphy, Dee
Neikirk, Garth
Reese, Nathan
Ruther, Justin
Sullivan, Lisa
Thompson, Karla
Gun Sgt.
Team Cpl.
Team Cpl.
Team Cpl.
Team Cpl.
Team Cpl.
Team Cpl.
Team Cpl.
Team Cpl.
Team Cpl.
Team Cpl.
Gun/Team 2
Artificers
Artificer
Artificer
Artificer
Artificer
Sgt.
Sgt.
Sgt.
Sgt.
Unassigned
Unassigned
Unassigned
Unassigned
Unassigned
Unassigned
Unassigned
Unassigned
Unassigned
Unassigned
Unassigned
Unassigned
Unassigned
Unassigned
Unassigned
Unassigned
Unassigned
Unassigned
Unassigned
Amari, Gary
Blair, Mike
Burtz, Dan
Byrne, Jeanne
Dombroski, Ken
Fulks, Andy
Hawkins, Bill
Johnson, William
Justiniano, Joe
Supporting
Cohan, Laura
Davis, Margaret
Pico, Sharon
Rah, Sarah
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Kaufmann, Diane
Langman, Chip
Lee, Robert
Macy, Mary Kay
Martinez, Thomas
Moretti, Scott
Rogers, Keith
Rogers, Laurie
Sims, Ed
2012-2013 Schedule of Events
October
Oct. 13 - 14
Oct. 26
Oct. 27 - 28
2013
Fort Mervine,
Presidio of Monterey.
Contact Katie Radjaian.
January
Jan. 20
Lake County Bass Bowl.
One team and gun to support the high
school football game that got us all the
volunteers from Lake County.
Possible parade or event on Saturday the
27th.
A good time will be had by all that attend
this one.
Contact Alan Ginos.
Tentative annual meeting date.
April
Apr. 06 - 07
Prado reenactment.
2 guns and teams, ambulance.
July
Fresno.
Maybe one or two guns, artificers, no
horses.
Contact TBA.
Jul. 04
July 4 timeframe, Gettysburg
reenactment.
Jul. 20 - 21
14th year of Civil War Days at Duncans
Mills.
November
Nov 10 – 11
Moorpark reenactment in So. Cal.
2 teams and guns, possibly wagon/
ambulance/artificers.
Contact Alan Ginos.
Nov 17
Put away work party in Salinas.
We take all rolling stock off trailers,
inspect wooden wheels, grease axles,
clean equipment and put away.
Put all tack from trailers away.
Inspect all loaner gear for needed repairs
and cleaning.
Wash all horse blankets, etc. to get ready
for winter furloughs.
Contact Alan Ginos.
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CALIFORNIA HISTORY ARTILLERY SOCIETY
BOARD OF DIRECTORS 2012
Chairman of the Board of the
California Historical Artillery Society:
Ted Miljevich
President
Ted Miljevich
(650) 969-6569
Federal Employer I.D. #77-0480342
Cal. Corp. # 2057897
[email protected]
Vice President
John Boyd (415) 924-4419
[email protected]
Recording Secretary
Scott Foster
(510) 792-7800 [email protected]
Corresponding Secretary
For CHAS Membership Information Contact:
Judith Boling (559) 627-3160 [email protected]
Wes Faubel
(530) 741-1259
[email protected]
Treasurer
Teri Moretti
[email protected]
Important Web Addresses
Members at Large
Roger Boling
Keith Rogers
(925) 643-5094
[email protected]
[email protected]
Civil War Days at Duncans Mills Web Site:
http://www.civilwardays.net
Phone: 707-922-5901 or 831-751-6978
CHAS Web Site:
http://www.warhorse.org
2012 Unit Command
Pacific Area Civil War Reenactors Members~
American Civil War Association (ACWA)
http://www.acwa.org
Military Commander
Capt. Alan Ginos (925)-945-1502 [email protected]
American Civil War Society (ACWS)
http://www.acws.net
Sanitary Commission Commander
Civil War Re-enactment Society (CWRS)
http://www.cwrs.info
Donna Schulken (209) 826-1611 [email protected]
Comstock Civil War Reenactors (CCWR)
http://www.ccwr.us
Fort Tejon Historical Association (FTHA)
http://www.forttejon.org
2012 Committees
Reenactors of the American Civil War (RACW)
http://www.racw.org
Safety
Roger Boling
War Between the States Historical Assn (WBSHA)
http://www.wbsha.org
[email protected]
Fundraising
Donna Schulken (209) 826-1611 [email protected]
Materials/Acquisitions/Maintenance
Alan Ginos
(925)-945-1502
[email protected]
Recruitment/Public Relations
Wes Faubel
(530) 741-1259
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Submissions for the next issue are due no later
than Oct. 24, 2012
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