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The Butuan Club of Southern California,
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BCSC '98 Picnic
Organized for the last
22 years, the club has been actively
participating in the Southern California
community activities. Our known prowess in
basketball was proven here when we twice bagged
the Division II, Los Angeles Filipino-American
Basketball Tournament Title, with the 1997 crown
as its most recent. The Balanghai Newsletter
circulated semi-annually had become the most
convenient source of capsulated information,
updates & activities of the Butuanons, not only
here in the United States, but also in our home
city.
These were all the fruits of all hard labours of
sincere & dedicated Butuanons who altogether
build upon the foundation carefully laid down by
their founding elders. With the strong leadership
of Mr. Gabby Ortiz, we have tried to maintain
and reinforce the ties that bind all of the
Butuanons.
This site was conceptualized inorder to recognize
the efforts of a trully valued leader, as well as
the duly supportive Butuanons. These inspired the
brilliant minds of three Butuanons from the San
Fernando Valley, California in the person of Jun Lopez, Miller Arranguez & Anthony
Labajo, to develop this page.
To Gabby, you really have inspired us. We hope
that your successors will equal, if not, even
surpass your innovative leadership.
Gi-unu kay namo pagsugod.
It all started one afternoon,
22 years ago, at 1027 North Edge-mont St.
Los Angeles
where Butuanons,
full of dreams
and idealism,
yet confronted with the daunting challenge of
forming an association that would withstand time
and overcome the
pitfalls that ruined many hometown organizations,
decided to organize themselves.
Ben Fortun,
responsible for initiating the meeting,
was unanimously elected the first president,
while Mario Sibayan, Dorcas Lasam, Nards
Buranday, Moren Trillo, Totoy Balanon,
Mely Trillo, Nonong Villanueva, Walter Abrantes
and a number of others filled-up the rest of the
pioneer positions. On the same day,
they were able to define