06/26/2018 | 29m 15s | Video has closed captioning.
After getting a few letters about the self-proclaimed Shuffleboard Capitol of the World, Huell takes a look, and finds lots of other interesting, historical, and wonderful things in the town of Hemet.
Aired: 06/26/18
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>>HUELL: WELL, THE SIGN SAYS IT ALL: WELCOME TO HEMET, WELCOME BACK WINTER VISITORS FROM THE HEMET VISITOR AND HOORISM COUNSEL.
WE'RE WINTER VISITORS FROM LOS ANGELES.
THIS IS LORE LORI RAN ASER.
WHEN WE FIRST MET AT THE DIAMOND VALLEY LAKE YOU WERE THE MAYOR, NOW YOU'RE A COUNSEL PERSON.
>> I'VE BEEN ON THE COUNSEL FOR 8 YEARS HERE.
>>HUELL: YOU NOW WE'RE HERE TO TALK ABOUT HEMET TODAY.
THIS IS THE MAIN STREET OF DOWN TOWN HEMET,.
>> YES IT IS AND WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF MAJOR RENOVATIONS FOR DOWN TOWN.
WE'RE EXCITE ABOUTED IT ALL.
THIS IS WHERE IT BEGAN RIGHT DOWN THE STREET THERE WHERERé(Z THERE WHERERé(Z THE B IS WAS A BANG ORIGINAL RILY AND NORTH OF THERE WAS THE OLD HARVARD STREET.
WE NOW HAVE FLORIDA AVENUE WHICH IS HIGHWAY 74 BUT THAT IS OUR MAIN STREET NOW.
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>>HUELL: THIS IS THE OLD DOWN TOWN.
THERE IS A LOT OF NEW STUFF BEING BULLET UP.
>> RIGHT, WINDOW WE HAVE A TREMENDOUS GOAT.
WE FEEL WE'LL DOUBLE BY THE YEAR 25020.
WE WERE AN ORIGINALLY A RETIREMENT COMMUNITY.
BEFORE THEY WERE WE WERE AND AGRICULTURE COMMUNITY AND NOW WE ARE QUITE A BLEND.
WE HAVE A LOT OF FAMILIES MOVING INTO TOWN.
WE HAVE A GREAT PRICE RANGE OF HOMES AND WE ARE A VERY LIVABLE COMMUNITY.
HUELL HIGHLY A LOT OF SNOW BIRDS CAME N. DIDN'T YOU SAY THE POPULATION GROWS BY 8 OR 10 THOUSANDH/ PEOPLE EVERY WINTER JUST FROM THE SNOW BIRDS?
>> RIGHT.
WE GET PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE NORTH WEST, NORTH EAST EVEN.
CANADIAN SNOW BIRDS COME HERE.
>>HUELL: AND YOU TOLD ME A LITTLE STORY ABOUT THE BLUE BANK BULLER BUILDING.
>>.
>> IT IS NOW A BLOCK SHOP BUT IT USED TO BE A BANK.
THERE SAY STORY ABOUT A TUNNEL THAT WENT FROM THE BAFRJ BANK OVER TO THE DOUGH POE SO THEY COULD MAKE THEIR DEPOSIT RUNDRUNS.
>> WEED A GRAND TRY AND WE'RE NOT SURE IF IT'S CAVED IN BUT ALSO A NEW BUILD THAT GO IS ACROSS THE STREET.
THERE IS SOME INTERESTING STUFF UNDERGROUND HERE .
>>HUELL: THIS IS THE MAIN STREET.
WE LIKE TO DIG AROUND.
HERE IS THE OLD BANK BUILDING.
IT'S NOT A BANK BUILDING BUT WE HAVE SOME GREAT OLD PICTURES OF NR WHf"S># %gKóT OLD PICTURES OF NR WHf"S># IT WAS A BANK BUILDING FROM WHEN IT GOT SHOOK UP IN ONE FLT EARTHQUAKE SHAKE UCHS.
>> WE'VE HAD QUITE A FEW EARTHQUAKES.
>>HUELL: ONE OF THE BUILD THAT ISING HAS NOT BEEN TAKEN DOWN BY EITHER MAN OR NATURE IS RIGHT OVER HERE, THE OLD MEMENT DOUGH DEPOT AND THAT'S WHERE WE'RE GOING TO STOP ON OUR FIRST HUER TOUR OF HEMET IS THIS WONDERFUL OLD BUILDING RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET THE OLD HEMET DEPOT AND WE ARE HERE AT THE NEW OLD STRAIN STATION AND I ASSUME ALL OF YOU ARE CONNECTED TO THIS IN SOME WAY.
>> I AM PRESS OF SAFE OUR STATION.
WE RESTORED >>HUELL: HOW HARD WAS IT 20 SAVE OUR STATION.
>> IT TOOKl.
ABOUT 10 YEARS OF HARD WORKS TO DO IT TO SCRAPE AND PAINT AND GET GRANTS AND MONEY FROM PEOPLE AND SELL BRICKS AND ALL OF THE THINGS THAT WE DID TO RAISE THE MONEY TO DO IT.
>>HUELL: YOU'RE ON THE BOARD?
>> NO I'M A VOLUNTEER, MY MUST HUSBAND IS ON THE BOARD .
>>HUELL: THIS LADY OVER HERE, WE MELT A MINUTE.
YOU ARE THE CURE RATER OF THE HEMET MUSEUM.
HOW MUCH OF A JEWEL IN THE CROWN IS THIS THING AS FAR AS HISTORY AND HISTORIANS ARE CONCERNED HERE IN HEMET?
>> IT'S ABOUT BR THE ONLY JEWEL IN THE CROWN BECAUSE THERE IS NOT MUCH THAT IS LEFT THAT HAS BEEN RESTORED.
ITS A HE EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO THE COMMUNITY JUST BEING IN THE MAIN INTERSECTION OF THE DOWN TOWN AND PART OF THE REVITALIZATION OF THE DOWN TOWN .
>>HUELL: SO HEMET IN THE EARLY YEARSF!8ëF l; AND LORI YOU CAN TESTIFY TO THIS PROBABLY WASN'T AS SENSITIVE TO SAVING THESE PLACES AND IS SHOULD HAVE BEEN?
>> WELL WHEN WE STARTED OUT ON THIS PROJECT THERE WAS ONE POINT OF VIEW THAT SAID WHY DON'T YOU BURN IT DOWN?
>>HUELL: WHICH OF COURSE IT'S CHANGED BY NOW.
>> WHICH HAS CHANGED.
APD THE CITY OF HEMET WAS MILDLY HELPFUL BUT IT WAS UP TO CITIZENS GROUPS THAT ORGANIZED TO PULL IT OFF .
>>HUELL: WELL THIS HAS KIND OF SPARKED A LITTLE INTEREST IN SAVING OTHER THINGS IN DOWN WHAT OTHER THINGS ARE RIGHT, RIGHT?
>> IN THE DOWN TOWN AS SHE MENTIONED INITIALLY THERE WAS MILD INTEREST AND AS THEY STAYED TOGETHER AND KEPT UP WITH IT IT BECAME GREAT INTEREST AND THE COUNTY SUPERVISORS PITCHED IN AND THE CITY PITCHED IN SO IT BECAME QUITE A COMMUNITY EFFORTED BUT THESE GUYS WERE THE CORE OF WHAT HAPPENED AN<I %m STARTED THEN<I RENOVATION .
>>HUELL: THANK DPOODNESS YOU PERSEVERED.
THERE IS A LITTLE COFFEE SHOP HERE, WE'VE BEEN IN TO HAVE OUR KOCH YEE IN MORNING.
PEOPLE CAN SILT OUT HERE AN HAVE COFFEE AND ENJOY THE OLD TRAIN STATION THEN YOU CAN GO INTO THE MUSEUM WE'RE GETTING READY TO DO THAT.
IT'S A VERY PLEASANT PLACE.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
THE LATEEST BUY L BY WORD IS MEET YOU AT THIS DOUGH POE Q L .
>>HUELL: SO YOU'RE HAPPY.
>> THE MUSEUM IS HERE, THE COFFEE SHOP IS HERE AND WE'RE HAPPY.
WE'RE THE CENTER EVER DOWN TOWN HEMET .
>>HUELL: WELL IT'S A BEAUTIFUL OLD BUILDING.
ELEMENTS A TAKE ONE MORE LOOK AT THE FRONT OF IT ANDING ANNE IS GOING TO TAKE US FOR A QUICK TOUR OF THE HEMET MUSEUM.
INSIDE THIS WONDERFUL MUSEUM ANNE YOU WERE1 MUSEUM ANNE YOU WERE1 MUSEUM ANNE YOU WERE1 MUSEUM ANNE YOU WERE1 TELLING US THAT THE HOLE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CITY OF HEMET ACTUALLY STARTED WITH A BAND.
>> THAT'S CORRECT THE LAKE HEMET DAMN UP ?T SAN JACINTO MOUNTAINS WAS THE SOURCE OF WATER FOR THE DEVELOPMENT IN VALLEY.
THE PEOPLE WHO WANTED TO SELL THE LAND A THAT WAS IN THE VALLEY BUILT THE DAMN WHICH WAS A GREAT ENGINEERING FEAT OF ITS TIME.
IT WAS THE BIGGEST MAY SON RI DAMN.
IT WAS COMPLETED IN 1895 .
>>HUELL: AND THAT'S WHEN THIS WONDERFUL LITTLE BOOK THAT KIND OF LOOKS LIKE A CHAMBER EVER COMMERCE PRO SURE WAS PUT TOGETHER TO ENTICE PEOPLE TO COME HERE FROM BACK EAST?
>> FROM ALL OVER THE UNITED STATES, FROM EUROPE THERE WAS A LOT OF ADVERTISE INING ENGLAND.
THERE WAS AN ENGLISH COLONY HERE AND THEY WERE AFTER ANYBODY THAT THEY COULD GET FROM ANYWHERE .
>>HUELL: IT LOOKS/(%F LIKE - WHAT KIND OF FIELDS ARE THESE?
CITRUS?
AND APRICOT ORCHARDS?
>> YES.
>>HUELL: NOW DRIVING IN TODAY, WE PASSED BY A LOT OF DAIRIES.
>> YES YOU DID.
THE DAIRY FARMERS ARE RELOCATE FROM C HICKERS NO WHEN THE LAND PRICES WENT SKY HIGH AND THEY CAME TO THE HEMET AREA AND PROBABLY WILL BE MOVING ON AGAIN AT SOME TIME.
>> THE BIGGEST CROP OUT HERE ARE POTATOES.
THE .
>>HUELL: POTATOES.
>> YES.
AND THERE IS QUITE A BIT OF CITRUS IN THE EAST END EVER TOWN.
>>HUELL: BUT EVERYTHING IS GROWING.
IT'S WHAT'S HAPPENING TO EVERY CITY IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.
LOTS OF SCRAWL.
LOTS OF THINGS BEING EATEN UP.
>> SURE THERE HASTJi&pl T> SURE THERE HASTJi&pl é3Ñ(=8séVy,-WPWç BEEN A TREMENDOUS POPULATION GROWTH IN THE LAST 25 YEARS AND WE SMEKT A LOT MORE WITH THE ARRIVAL OF THE NEW LAKE, THE DIAMOND VALLEY LAKE.
IT'S GONE THROUGH SO MANY PHASES IT'S HARD TO KNOW HAD A TO CALL IT.
IT'S DIAMOND VALLEY LAKE NOW.
AND WITH THE ARRIVAL OF A TRANCE VALLEY FREEWAY.
>>HUELL: ISN'T IT AMAZING THAT HEMET STARTED WITH A DAMN AND A LAKE AND NOW THERE IS A NEW DAMN AND LAKE BEING BUILT AND REAL CLOSE BY.
>> THE HISTORY OF THE VALLEY IS THE HIS RI OF WATER: DAMN THROUGH THE IS AEN P SITEN VALLEY AND NOW THE NEW LAKE OUT HERE: .
>>HUELL: WELL LOTS OF CHANGES BUT THERE IS A PLACE HERE IN TOWN THAT YOU WANT TO TAKE ME THAT IS LIKE STEPPING BACK IF TIME.
>> IT IS INTEED.
THE HEMET STOCK FARM ALTHOUGH INCOMPETENTS A RUN DOWN, ULTS' ABOUT THE WAY IT WAS BUILT IN 1910 HAVE .
>>HUELL:MC699 NOW HOW FAR AWA THAT?
>> ABOUT A BLOCK AND A HALF.
OKAY THERE ARE LOTS OF REMINDERS OF THE NATIVE AMERICAN HI TRI.
LOTS OF MEMBER RA BEEL I CAN'T FROM THE EARLY PIE PIONEER DAYS.
S WE'RE RIGHT IN DOWN TOWN HEMET BUT YOU WOULDN'T KNOW IT.
WE'RE OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE.
>> THIS WAS THE HEMET STOCK FARM.
IT WAS THE HOBLY OF W. F. WHITTIER.
EVERY TIME DIME THAT HE MADE OUT OF SELLING LAND IN THE VALLEY WAS FOR FARMING.
HE P SPENT AN AWFUL LOT ONw4y,ltv-Míg THIS.
ON HIS HE WAS A VERY RICH MAN AND HIS WHOLE HOBBY WAS HEMET.
>>HUELL: WHAT WAS THIS?
>> THIS WAS A GRANDSTANDED FOR TROTING HORSES.
WILBUR WHO WAS A KHAM PI ON TROTER.
THEY HAD OTHER RACES HERE.
I THINK THIS HAS GOT TO BE READ WOOD.
WE JUST HOPE SOMEBODY WHETHER SHOW UP THAT THINKS IT IS SO WONDERFUL THAT THEY WILL RESTORE IT.
>> .
>>HUELL: WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A HUGE FARM AND A LOT OF WONDERFUL OLD BUILDINGS THAT ARE RUN DOWN AND DLAP DATED WHEN YOU COMPARE THE OLD BUILDINGS.
THIS PLACE WAS REALLY -- I GUESS PEOPLE CAME HERE FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD.
>> WELL AT LEAST ALL OVER SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.
AT LEAST ALL THE PEOPLE WHO WERE INTERESTED IN TROTORS AND W. r INTERESTED IñçTROTORS AND W. r 7 Dóq-GVT9GxLp=8 5#da28 NETWORK OF RICH MEN FRIENDS WHO CAME DOWN AND SUPPORTED HIS HOBBY.
>>HUELL: SO THESE GRANDSTANDED STANDS WOULD HAVE BEEN FULL OF PEOPLE WATCHING RACES?
OR HOW WOULD THIS HAVE GONE?
SO THIS IS THE ORIGINAL TRACK OUT HERE?
>> YES.
>>HUELL: LOOK AT THESE OLD TREES.
ALL OF THIS HAS SURVIVED.
ISN'T IT AMAZING IT SURVIVED ALL THE DEVELOPMENT?
>> THE PEOPLE WHO OWNED IT HAVE TRIED TO SELL IT FOR A LONG TIME BUT THE PRICE IS HIGH SO IT HAS NOT YET BEEN DEVELOPED AND WE'RE HOPING THAT SOMETHING WILL COME ALONG AND PRESERVE THIS TO ITS FORMER DAYS OF GLORY.
>>HUELL: YOU SAY THIS HAS BEEN USEED IN MOVIES AND VIDEOS?
úyTG VIDEO BY -- THEY HAD -- EVERYBODY IN THE STANDS HELD UP AND DID VERY WELL.
TFRS QUIELT A PRODUCTION.
>>HUELL: DOES THE CITY KNOW WHAT YOU HAVE HERE.
>> THEY DO.
>>HUELL: I KNOW ITS AN A LOT OF MONEY TO BUY ALL THIS.
LOOK AT THESE TREES.
THIS SAY SHOW PLACE.
>> WE HAVE DISCUSSED MANY TIMES THE CITY SHOULD BUY THIS AND HOW WE CAN JUSTIFY TO THE TAX PAYERS.
WE GO INTO THOSE DISCUSSIONS QUITE OFTEN AND I CAN SAY AS RECENTLY AS A MONTH AND A HALF OR TWO MONTHS AGO.
>> .
>>HUELL: WHAT WOULD YOU USE IT FOR?
ANNE DO YOU KNOW?
>> MY IDEA IS A HORSE THEME PARK .
>>HUELL: A HORSE THEME PARK?
>> EVERYTHING THAT YOU COULD DO WITH HORSINGS THAT THE CITY WOULD LET YOU GET AWAY >>HUELL: REAL HORSES.
>> WE ARE WELL KNOWN FOR OUR HORSE FARMS.
WE HAVE RACE HORSES.
SO IT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE.
WE HAVE TO ANSWER TO THE TAX PAYERS SO IF THEY LIKED IT AND THEY WANTED US TO DO IT WE'D HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO FUND IT .
>>HUELL: THIS IS INTERESTING.
THIS IS KIND OF TUCKED AWAY RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE TOWN.
BUT IT'S SO QUIET AND TRANQUIL AND PEACEFUL HERE AND LOOKING AT THESE OLD BUILDINGS, IT REALLY GIVES A SENSE OF TIME AND HISTORY.
>> YOU MIGHT AS WELL BE BACK AT THE TIME THEY WERE RUNNING THE RACES.
YOU DOUBTEN HERE THE HORNS OR SIRENS, IT'S JUST MRA SID, AND WONDERFUL.
>>HUELL: AS MUCH FUN AND WE HAVE HAD SO FAR TODAY HERE IN HEMET, DO YOU KNOW THAT WE ARE REALLY HERE FOR SOMETHING ELSE.
WE HAVE A LETTER HERE FROM DICK ROáJERS TELLzi7tJ vzo7QnA+4#rn'JEB(?TELLzi7tJ kVYsEç US ABOUT ANOTHER CLAIM TO FAME THAT HEMET HAS, ARE YOU FAMILIAR WITH THAT CLAIM TO FAME?
>> OH, YES, SIR I AM.
HERE THE SHUFFLE BOARD CAPITOL OF THE WORLD.
>> .
>>HUELL: AND THERE THERE ARE RIGHT THERE.
WHERE IS DICK ROáJERS, DICK COME ON OUT HERE.
YOU WROTE ME A LETTER AND INVITED ME TO COME AND PLAY SHUFFLE BOARD IN THE SHUFFLE BOARD AP TOLL OF THE WORLD?
HOW DID IT BECOME IS THAT?
>> BECAUSE WE HAVE THE GREATEST SHUFFLEORS HERE.
WE DON'T WALK HERE WE SHUFFLE.
>> L .
>>HUELL: AND HOW DID ALL THESE SHOULD HAVE LETTERS COME TO BE IN HEMET?
>> BECAUSE HEMET IS 55 OR OLDER TOWN.
HUELL WHUEL DOES THATá -]eur$Fá3'G J TO DO WITH PLAYING SHUFFLE.
>> BECAUSE MOST PEOPLE 55 OR OLDER PLAY SHUFFLE.
>> WHEN I THINK OF SHUFFLE BOARD I THIF FLORIDA.
>> AND DOWN THERE THEY'RE ALSO 55 AND OLDER.
THESE ARE THE YOUNGEST OLD PEOPLE YOU'LL EVER MEET .
>>HUELL: ARE YOU PROUD OF THIS?
>> OF COURSE WE JUST HOSTED THE INTERNATIONAL SHUFFLE BOARD IN HEMET.
>> AND THIS YEAR IT WILL BE -- ABOUT 100 PEOPLE WILLING GOING THERE.
>>HUELL: WHERE ARE THE SHUFFLE BOARD COURTS?
>> WELL WE'LL GO IN THERE IN A MINUTE.
>>HUELL: ALL RIGHT.
LET'S GO INSIDE.
LET'S GO.
THERE IS THE SIGN RIGHT THERE.
WELCOME SHUFFLE LETTERS AND THIS IS AbHnfaE= THIS IS AbHnfaE= BU IF I EVER SAW THEM.
OH, BOY, OH, MY GOSH.
LOOK OH, MY GOSH.
LOOK AT THIS -- THESE ARE ALL SHUFFLE BOARD PEOPLE?
MOSTLY ALL.
>>HUELL: LOOK AT THIS.
THIS IS AMAZING.
I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHERE TO START.
THIS IS AN AMAZING FACILITY.
HOW I'M HUELL HOWSER.
YOU'RE THE PRESIDENT.
>> PRESIDENT OF THE DISTRICTORSING RIGHT.
>>HUELL: LOOK AT ALL THESE PEOPLE.
ARE YOU ALL SHUFFLE BOARD PEOPLE?
>> YES.
>>HUELL: LOOK LOOKY, AS FAR AS YOU CAN SEE.
>>4O¤émG5#Z7yp.So) OF ALL I'M DR SEE ALL THIS IS DRESSING.
80 PERCENT CORN MEAL AND 20 PERCENT BEADS WHAT WE CALL BEADS.
>>HUELL: LOOK AT THIS.
OH, YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSE TODAY STEP ON IT.
I'M SORRY.
WHAT DID I DO WRONG?
>> IF YOU WALK ON IT YOU'RE LIABLE TO FALL.
>>HUELL: IT'S THAT SLIPPERY.
>> YES.
YOU NEVER WALK ON IT.
>>HUELL: HOW TOUGH IS THE COMPETITION?
>> EVERYBODY WANTS TO WINMENT PEOPLE DON'T LIKE TO LOSE.
I DON'T CARE HOW OLD, YOU STILL WANT TO WIN.
>>HUELL: IS THIS A LEAGUE?
>> WE HAVE 35 MOBILE HOME PARKS IN HEMET.
WE HAVE 25 MOBILE HOME PARKS THAT ARE ACTIVE PLAYING IN TEAMS.
THEY ALL HAVE A PLACE LIKE THIS.
THEY HAVE COURTS AND THEY PLAY IN A FACILITY.
>> R .
>>HUELL: SÌm(<b M THERE ARE LIKE THIS ALL OVER HEMET?
>> YES.
>>HUELL: THIS IS BEAUTIFUL.
>> WE HAVE 5 TEAMS IN THIS PARK ALONE.
>>HUELL: HERE IS A LADY HERE YOU'RE SERIOUS, AREN'T YOU?
>> YES.
>>HUELL: ARE YOU NEW.
>> YES THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I'M SHUFFLING IN THE >>HUELL: NOW ARE YOU AWE SHUFFLER?
>> YES.
>>HUELL: WHY AREN'T YOU SHUFFLING?
>> WELL I'M OVER 90.
MY HUSBAND LOVES THIS.
WE'VE BEEN HERE 30 YEARS.
HE WAS 96 BEFORE HE EVEN PASSED AWAY AND HE PLAYED UP UNTIL THEN .
>>HUELL: AND YOU'RE 90 NOW?
>> 93 .
>>HUELL: AND YOU'RE STILL SHUFFLING.
>> I'D LIKE YOU TO MEET SADIE AND CEASE SHE'S 94 YEARS OLD.
>> STILL PLAYING SHUFFLE BOARD.
QPN >>HUELL: AMAZING.
YOU STILL HAVE TO WAIT HERE?
>> YES.
>>HUELL: WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR?
>> THEY WILL THEY HAVE TO SHOOT DOWN FIRST.
THEN WE GET TO SHOOT FROM THIS END.
>>HUELL: OKAY.
SADIE IS GETTING READY.
>> I'M GOING TO TAKE HIM >>HUELL: HERE SHE GOES.
YOU ARE GOING TO HIT HIM.
OH,, YOU DID IT.
BOY.
LET'S SEE YOU.
NOW -- SO THE IDEA, I FORGOT IT'S BEEN SO MANY YEARS SINCE I PLAYED.
>> THIS IS SAY WONDERFUL GAME.
I'VE BEEN PLAYING FOR 27 YEARS.
?d >>HUELL: OKAY HE'S GOING TO PUSH HIS DOWN AND YOU'RE GOING TO TRY AND KNOCK HIM OFF.
LOOK HOW SMOOTH IT GLIEDS.
YOU HAVE TO KNOW EXACTLY WHAT KIND OF A TOUCH, DON'T YOU.
>> RIGHT.
>>HUELL: OKAY SHE'S READY.
OKAY SHE'S LOOKING AT HIM AGAIN.
OH, -- SADIE, YOU GOT AHEAD OF YOURSELF ON THAT ONE.
SOMETIMES YOU DON'T KNOW YOUR OWN STRENGTH.
IS THAT THE BIGGEST PROBLEM GOING TOO HARD?
>> WELL AIMING TOO.
>>HUELL: FRED, THEY TELL ME THAT YOU ARE A MEMBER OF THE SHUFFLE BOARD HAUL OF FAME.
>> VERY HONORED.
>>HUELL: HOW DO YOU GET IN THERE?
>> WELL YOU HAVE TO BE íHEAPp17 PRESIDENTS OF CLUBS AND ORGANIZATIONS.
WE HAVE STATE ORGANIZATIONS.
THERE ARE 13 DISTRICTS IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
WE HAVE A BIG STATE OF CALIFORNIA ORGANIZATION AND YOU BECOME -- AFTER YOU ARE PLAY ALONG TIME AND DO A LOT OF THINGS FOR THE STATE, THEN YOU ARE ENTERED INTO THE HALL OF FAME.
>>HUELL: IS THERE A SHUFFLE BOARD HALL OF FAME?
>> YES IN MANTIKA.
>> IT'S UP BY LODI.
>>HUELL: OKAY UP IN CENTRAL VALLEY.
>> HI I'M FRED ALSO.
>>HUELL: SHOULDN'T YOU IT BE PUSHING ONE -- WHAT DO YOU CALL THESE?
>> DISCS.
SHUFFLE BOARD DRIFK.
>>HUELL: OKAY, HERE GOES FRED.
HE'S2NjHén" é,./óo GOING GOING TO KNOCK THAT YELLOW ONE OUT.
AND HE DID.
>> THIS WAS THE HAMMER SHOT.
THE LAST SHOT OF THE FRAME.
AND I TRIED TO SCORE.
THAT'S WHAT MY OBJECT IS.
>>HUELL: ANT HE CAN'T KNOCK YOU OFF BECAUSE YOU HAVE THE LAST SHOT.
>> THAT'S AN 8 -- .
>>HUELL: YOU'RE ON THE LINE.
>> DOESN'T COUNT.
>>HUELL: I'M SURPRISED, A MEMBER OF THE HALL OF FAME.
>> WELL YOU'RE STANDING HERE TALK TO GO ME, THAT'S WHY.
ALL MY FRIENDS TELL ME ABOUT THIS FOR A YEAR.
>>HUELL: NOW THESE LADIES.
COME OVER HERE A MINUTE LOUIE: THESE LADIES ARE LAUGHING.
WHAT WERE YOU ALL LAUGHING ABOUT?
>> BECAUSE WE DO MISS A FEW OF THEM AíSOzñ÷c -FubkA9oíUéaA HER FEW.
>>HUELL: THAT'S OKAY.
THAT'S PART OF IT.
>> YOU HAVE TO MISS A FEW OR THEY'D THINK YOU WERE A PRO.
>>HUELL: HOW HARD IS THIS?
>> IF I CAN DO IT ANYBODY CAN.
>> THE HARDEST PART IS MOVING THE DáIK L DISC.
YOU WANT TO MOVE YOUR TASK H DISC BUT YOU HAVE TO JUST BARELY TOUCH >>HUELL: NOW THIS SHOULD BE INTERESTING.
YOU GOT ME READY TO DO SHUFFLE BOARD MYSELF.
ANY TIPS?
>> JUST VERY SLOW AND EASY.
>> FOLLOW THROUGH.
FOLLOW THROUGH.
DON'T JUST JERK YOUR SHOT, FOLLOW THROUGH REAL GENTLY.
>>HUELL: OKAY, SO YOU JUST TAKE IT LIKE THIS I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH.
>> TWOTSkO]R8:w LIKE THIS AND THIS.
>>HUELL: OKAY, ONE, TWO.
>> ONE, DWO, 3.
>>HUELL: 1, 2, -- OH, IT JUST KEEPS ONGOING.
SEE, THAT'S THE PROBLEM ISN'T IT?
>> ALL THE WAY OUT THE BACK DOOR.
THIS IS THE KITCHEN.
IF YOU GET IT IN THERE, YOU LOSE 10 POINTS.
>>HUELL: SO I LOST 10 POINTS?
>> NO YOU JUST WENT ALL THE WAY THROUGH.
>>HUELL: I'M GOING TO DO IT EASIER THIS TIME.
1, 2 -- HEY, YOU CAN GET THE HANG OF THIS.
>> BEGINNINGER'S LUCK.
>>HUELL: THATKw éíNñ TIME I DIDN'T MAKE IT IN THE FRONT DOOR.
>> YOU HAVE HALF WAY BETWEEN BOTH SIDES.
>> GO IT ABOUT HERE.
>>HUELL: ALL RIGHT.
ONE, TWO -- THAT'S STILL TOO HARD?
I'M GOING TO HIT MY OWN.
>> RIGHT IN THE KITCHEN.
RIGHT THROUGH THE BACK.
>>HUELL: WELL, I'LL TELL YOU WHAT.
>> YOU COUGHED THAT ONE IN THERE.
>>HUELL: I'M LEARNING.
YOU THINK YOU HAVE POTENTIAL?
>> I THINK SO.
>>HUELL: ARE THESE SHUFFLE BOARDS METTLE?
>> SOME OF THEM.
>>HUELL: YOU'VE BEEN PLAYING ALONG TIME?
> _"(príLç 19816789 WE ENJOY IT IMMENSELY.
ALL OF THESE ARE FRIENDS.
>>HUELL: AND WONDERFUL FACILITIES?
>> YES, BEAUTIFUL.
>>HUELL: IT GIVES YOU A LITTLE BIT OF EXERCISE AND OUT WITH PEOPLE?
>> OH, WE LOVE IT.
WE LOVE EVERY MINUTE OF IT.
>>HUELL: THEN THERE IS A REASON WHY SHUFFLE BOARD IS SO POPULAR WITH OLDER PEOPLE.
>> WE MAY GO TO AUSTRALIA TO PLAY IN AUGUST.
EVERY YEAR THEY GO TO A DIFFERENT PLACE.
TIMES IT'S AUSTRALIA, SOMETIMES IT'S ENGLAND.
>>HUELL: SOMETIMES IT'S HEMET.
>> SOMETIMES IT'S HEMET.
LAST YEAR, WE WERE HERE.
>> CALIFORNIA GOLD WE SEE YOU ON CHANNEL 6.
>>HUELL: IS THIS YOUR PARTNER?
>> NO SHE IS SATISFY A COMPETITOR.
>>HUELL: AND HOW GOOD OF A COMPETITOR HE IS.Mit COMPETITOR HE IS.Mit m >> GOOD.
>> ORANGE COUNTY, LA COUNTY AND RIVER SIDE COUNTY.
IT'S FUN FELLOWSHIP.
>>HUELL: SO THERE IS SOMETHING TO SHUFFLE BOARD.
>> IT KEEPS YOU FIT.
85 YEARS OLD.
>>HUELL: THEY LOVE THIS GAME AND I'M STANDING HERE ARE SADIE MY 97 YEAR OLD PARTER ANIER.
SHE IS BETTER THAN ME.
WE HAVE HAD AN ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL DAY HERE IN HEMET.
THANK YOU LORI FOR SHOWING US AROUND.
THANK YOU DICK FOR INVITING ME AND THANK EVERYBODY FOR YOUR WH HOSPITALITYMENT WE'VE HAD A WONDERFUL TIME.
THIS HAS BEEN OUR DAY IN HEMET CALIFORNIA, THE SHUFFLE BOARD CAPITAL OF THE WORLD.
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