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Board Presidents of the neighbors’ yards as baseball fields and bike agency that would supply adult-supervised
Boys & Girls Club
paths. recreational activities for youngsters 7-18.
1968/1969 – Bill Kohlmeier
Current Valencia resident George What seemed a fairly straightforward task
1970 – Edward Bolden
1971 – Dr. James Foster Pederson was a sergeant working at the turned out to be anything but. After
1972/1973 – Herb Oberman L.A. County Sheriff’s Newhall office when exhaustive study, it was deemed that an
1974 – Thomas Lee
Sheriff Peter Pitchess demanded some solu- affiliation with the Boys Clubs of America
1975 – Bobbie Trueblood
tions to the area’s recreational void. would be a good first step.
1976/1977 – Dick Keysor
1978 – Samuel X. Garcia Pederson was directed by Captain Joe Margolis, Oberman and Pederson next
1979 – Rick Stephens Engar to make contact with Larry Margolis organized a board of directors seeking men
1980 – Tony Newhall
and Herb Oberman of the Department of with organizational skills like school super-
1981 – Dr. Chris Upham
1982 – Patrick McCabe Social Services. The three men were intendent Dr. Jim Foster; the business acu-
1983 – Dan Bobroff charged with the responsibility of assem- men of entrepreneurs like Ed Bolden, Tony
1984 – Dick Keysor
bling community leaders to create an Marincola, and Stan Dyer; the energy of
1985/1986 – Craig Johansen
restaurant owner Bill
1987/1991 – Tom Veloz
1992/1993 – Dr. H. Clyde Smyth Kohlmeier; the salesmanship
1994/1995 – Lynda Chadwick of insurance man Jack Boyer;
1996/1998 – Gary Condie
and the P.R. skills of Signal
1999/2000 – Carl Kanowsky
2001/2004 – Tom Dierckman publisher Jon Newhall and
2005 – Rick Putnam Newhall Land’s Larry Wade.
2006/2007 – Brad Spahr The board members set up
2008/2009 – John Mahaffey
quarters in a small vacant
church at the corner of 6th
Board Presidents of the
Foundation Street and Newhall Avenue,
2002/2004 – John Reardon, across from Hart Park, and
Founding President they called themselves the
2005/2006 – John Gedney
“Boys Club of Newhall-
2007/2008 – Craig Peters
2009/2010 – Anna Ott, President-Elect Saugus.” The group discov-
The 1979 Board of Directors meet to discuss plans for the upcoming year. ered that becoming a char-
From left: Chris Upham, Sam Garcia, Pat McCabe, Rick Patterson, Gage
Biren, Betty Bardwell, Tony Newhall, Charlotte Kleeman, Vern tered club of the national
Zimmerman, Executive Director Dan Sherlock and President Rick agency was the easy part –
Stephens.

1969 ARPANET, the precursor of 1970’s 1970 1971
September 22: College of the the Internet, is created. Expansion/Decentralization – Beatles break up. Walt Disney’s California Institute
Canyons founded; first classes July 20: Man first walks on Boys Club opens satellite Computer floppy disks introduced. of the Arts moves to its new
held at Hart High. the moon. locations in Saugus & Canyon campus in Valencia.
Concert at Woodstock. Country; Emblem, Honby, Kent State shootings. February 9, 5:59 a.m.: 6.5 mag-
Sesame Street first airs. Valley View, Wiley Canyon, nitude Sylmar earthquake
shakes the valley.
SkyBlue playgrounds.
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