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Update: 20 May 2008
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- 26 JULY
2008 MEETING
Lemoore, Calif.
Headquarters:
Tachi Palace Hotel & Casino,
17225 Jersey Ave., Lemoore, CA
PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS
Friday, July 25
3 p.m. - ??
Registration/Hospitality; music in evening
3 p.m. – 8 p.m. Traveling Genealogy Library
Saturday, July 26
9 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Registration
9 a.m. - 12 noon Board Meeting
8 a.m. - 4 p.m. Traveling Genealogy Library
Lunch On your own
11 a.m. – 5 p.m. Hospitality Room open - get to know your
primos!
6 p.m. – 7 p.m. Happy Hour
7 p.m. Buffet dinner - includes BBQ
Baby Back Ribs, BBQ Chicken,
Grilled Tri-Tip, Roasted potatoes, baked beans, corn on the cob,
potato salad, coleslaw, and dessert.
Traditional dress encouraged.
Speaker: Hecot "Lalo" Franco
Lalo was born in 1954. He is currently Director (8yrs.) of
the Cultural and Historical Preservation of the Santa Rosa Rancheria,
Tachi-Yokut Tribe of Lemoore, California. He has been married for 24 years to
Darlene Taplera, a member of the Wukchumni Tribe of Visalia, California, and he
is the proud father of three children.
He resides in Visalia, California. His mother, Maria
Torres was born in 1929 and is a citizen of the Cora Nation, Sinaloa, Mexico.
His father, Librado Garcia Franco was born in 1908 and is a citizen of the Yokut
and Chumash Nations of California.
He grew up with his family in Fresno, California in an area
known as Chinatown where his parents were Restaurant owners. He graduated from
Edison High School in 1972 and attended Fresno State University in pursuit of a
degree in California history and Anthropology. He served three years in the
military with the United States Marine Corps, 1973 to 1976.
He takes pride in passing on to his children and the youth
of the community, the rich culture and traditions such as songs, history, and
Creation stories that make the Tachi-Yokut who they are. He has traveled to
many tribal communities and has participated in many ceremonies and gatherings
to support their cultures and values.
Sunday, July
27
9 a.m. – 9:30
a.m.
Registration
9:30 a.m. -
12:30 p.m.
Buffet Breakfast and Quarterly Meeting
Report of the President
Speaker: Jerome V. DeGraaf
“Geology of the Sierra Nevada”
Mr. DeGraaf has been with the USDA Forest Service for 30 years, and has served
as an environmental or engineering geologist on National Forests in Utah and
California. He is an Adjunct Professor for the Department of Earth and
Environmental Sciences at CSU Fresno.
FEES
Make check payable to: Jane Cowgill/Los
Californianos
Mail to: 4520 Van Dyke Ave., San Diego, CA 92116
DEADLINE FOR MEAL RESERVATIONS July
17, 2008
Registration @
$3 per person attending any part of the Quarterly
Meeting
Saturday Buffet
Dinner @ $32/per person (see menu
above)
Sunday Breakfast Buffet @
17.50/per person
This buffet includes farm fresh
scrambled eggs, crisp bacon, sausage links,
hash browns, country potatoes,
fresh seasonal fruits, assorted bakery
pastries and muffins, yogurts,
fruit preserves, coffee, juices, teas and
milk
Hosts: Arleene Haywood, Lois Jimenez, John Lorenzana
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