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Ronald H. Banner
3125 E. 7th St
Long Beach, CA 90804

Carol Breyde
PO Box 570251
Tarzana, CA 91357

David E. Bybee
5322 Centinela
Los Angeles, CA 90066
213-827-3315

Dorothy Callison
1101 North Raymond Ave
Fullerton, CA 92631
714-992-4967

Fred Daly
1850 Fairway #35
Chino Hills, CA 91709

Mary Ellen Dittemore
25l10-E Steinbeck
Stevenson Ranch, CA 91381
805-254-8543
Greg Jones
2725 Fawn Circle
La Verne, CA 91750
714-592-1091

Michael Kelley
2823 Harmony
La Crescenta, CA 91214

Ron Lanyi
3256 Mt. Curve Ave
Altadena, CA 91001

Andew Ledford
7121 Kermore Ln
Stanton, CA 90680
714-827-4058

Rod McDevitt
3220 Delaware
Costa Mesa, CA 92626
714-556-3063

Terry and Susan Moore
10222 Mina Ave
Whittier, CA 90605
213-944-3641

Michael H. Nash
28130 Peacock Ridge Rd
Rancho Palos Verdes, CA 90274
213-541-6465
Rattlesnakes
(a news item from the L.A. Times)

We climb in the desert and rattlesnakes live in the desert. Biting is how a rattlesnake makes its living and its hard to beat one at its game. DPSers can learn from Arlie Waldron's experience in teaching his son how to handle rattlers. Waldron had a rattler in his hand but got carried away in his lesson, failing to keep a firm grip on his subject. The snake, an unwilling participant in the education process, lunged and bit Waldron on the arm. "A tooth for a tooth" (or is it a fang?) the infuriated Waldron decided and he lunged back, intending to bite the snake's head off. The rattler lunged simulatneously, with considerably more speed and skill, and bit Waldron six more times including one in the tongue before Waldron managed to get a firm grip with his teeth and separate the snake's head from what may loosely be described as its neck. The victor was rushed to a hospital where his head and neck "swelled up like a balloon". Waldron later recovered but, as far as snake-biting is concerned, he said that was his last asp. -- Ron Jones
 
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