CentralCentralCentral and Southern Colorado Locksmith Associa�on

PO Box 392, Colorado Springs, CO 80901

Sept 16, 2016

Mee�ng �me 7:00pm

At St. Joseph’s Church

PRESIDEPRESIDEPRESIDEPRESIDENNNNT’S CORNERT’S CORNERT’S CORNERT’S CORNER Joining the CSCLA helps you grow, in turn

you help the members grow with

knowledge, experience, ideas and

methods in the field of Locksmithing

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Take a step back in �me...

What is the first lock that you ever used or remember using? When many

of us got into Jr. High School, we had our first locker. Yep, it was a master

combo lock. Right, le", right and pull to open. Did you get it on your first

try? Lucky you! The house lock could also have been your first lock, or

maybe your bike lock. Remember how proud you were to have something

that you could lock up? Next came your car keys. Not much to that unless

you had the experience of losing your car keys. Now what? Perhaps that is

the first *me you thought about how to make keys for locks. What

inspired you to become a locksmith? No ma+er when you became one,

can you seen how things have changed in the field of locks and security? To keep up with the

changing field, you need to learn all that you can. Don't wait un*l the job comes along. It may be too

late to secure that job or, who knows, they might want it in a bad hurry. Oh well, we can't wait, call

someone else. Prepare for the future and secure your income now. Take as many classes as you can.

This will help you for the jobs ahead.

Your President, Mike Middick, CML

Mike Middick, CML

President of CSCLA

Owner Middick’s Lock Shop

Visit the CSCLA website www.CSCLA.info

CSCLA Newsle$er

Anyone can submit an ar*cle or funny story, in fact we encourage

you to do so. It’s is your newsle+er. It just need to be submi+ed a

week before the newsle+er comes out.

CSCLA Newsle+er

Free Free Free Free Classified ads are free to members. Call or send your ad to be listed in next months newsletter.

Please use Barry’s New Phone.

As you all may know, I have moved south. Living in a ranch house on

top of the Stratmoor Hills area. Anyway, we have just cleaned out the

storage unit and I now have some stuff to sell and get rid of. I will

bring some tools and parts to our next mee*ng, come and make a bid

for the stuff you can use. Hope to see you at our mee*ng of Friday.

Paul

Anyone need a good cement mixer- even have one of those.

LighterSide

Everybody, Somebody, Anybody,

AndNobody

This is a little story about four

people named Everybody,

Somebody, Anybody, and

Nobody.

Therewasanimportantjobtobe

done and Everybody was sure

thatSomebodywoulddoit.

Anybody couldhavedone it, but

Nobodydidit.

Somebody got angry about that

becauseitwasEverybody’sjob.

EverybodythoughtthatAnybody

could do it, butNobody realized

thatEverybodywouldn’tdoit.

It ended up that Everybody

blamedSomebodywhenNobody

did what Anybody could have

done.

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www.cscla.info For membership applica�on, older newsle$ers, mee�ng

informa�on, schedules and other important informa�on

visit “Your” website at CSCLA.info.

Invite a locksmith

friend to join.

CSCLA STATEMENT OF

MISSION & PURPOSE

The mission and purpose is to encourage, promote, aid in and affect the voluntary interchange, among members of the CSCLA, of data, informa*on, experience, ideas, knowledge, methods and tech-niques rela*ng to the field of Locksmith-ing.

Central & Southern Colorado Locksmith Associa*on

Founded 1991 DISCLAIMER

The CSCLA Press is the publica*on of the Central & Southern Colorado Locksmiths Associa*on. Other locksmith organiza*ons may use or copy the CSCLA Press (except text taken from copyrighted publica*ons) without wri+en consent, provided it is used to be+er the industry and proper credit is given. We reserve the right to edit ar*cles for clarity and space, and contribu*ons remain the property of CSCLA.

Any ar*cles or opinions expressed in this

publica*on

unless iden*fied by the author’s name or

contribu*ng organiza*on are solely those

of the editor.

Check Out Our Web Site

www.cscla.info

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CSCLA 2016 Meeting Schedule

September - CSCLA Regular Mee*ng - 9/16/2016 at 7pm

October - CSCLA Regular Mee*ng - 8/21/2016 at 7pm

November - CSCLA Regular Mee*ng - 11/18/2016 at 7pm

St. Josephs Catholic Church

1830 S. Corona Ave

Colorado Springs, CO 80905

Central and Southern Colorado Locksmith

Association

Meeting Minutes 19 August, 2016

Meeting called to order: 7:14 PM by President Mike Middick. The Pledge of Allegiance was recited by the Members Present. Members Present: Paul Arens, Ron Cox, Peter Henley, Barry Meyer, Beverly Meyer, Andy Sanders, and David Whittington. Suppliers/Product Representatives: Ray Beggs Intermountain Lock and Supply. Newsletter: The Newsletter has been delivered by Email. No comments were heard. Program: A discussion was held in regards to member attendance. Suggestions were: Moving Meetings to another night, Having Quarterly meetings with a half day class on Saturdays, and possibly just shutting down the Association. Mike Middick said he will talk with the non-attending members about why they are not coming to meetings and if there is something else that we can do to energize the membership.

Meeting adjourned President, Middick 7:47 PM

Submitted by Peter Henley.

Sliding

Door Locks

The Safety 1st

Sliding Door Child Lock

prevents curious

children from gaining

access to off-limit

areas. With the lock

engaged, the door will only open 3 inches;

enough to let in a cool breeze on a hot summer

day but too narrow for a child to get through.

The sleek design blends into the door frame,

and top-of-the door installa*on makes it

inaccessible to toddlers and young children.

The lock easily disengages for periods of non

use.

• Prevents doors from being opened more than 3".

• Can be operated from either side of the door.

• Disengages for periods of non-use.

• Minimalis*c design blends into door frame.

• SecureTech® locking indicator.

• Top-of-door placement is inaccessible to children due

to height of installa*on.

Training Chair: Barry Meyer

Mee�ng �me 7:00pm St. Joseph Catholic Church

Free Classified Ads

If you are a member of the CSCLA you may place classified ads in this and any future newsle+ers just

send an email to the editor.

CSCLA Membership Drive

Whom will you sponsor this year as a

member for CSCLA? Do you know a

locksmith that is not a member, but should

be or would like to be? Ask them to join

the Central And Southern Colorado

Locksmith Associa�on. A"er all, we look

forward to having other dis*nguished

locksmiths among our ranks. We can all

learn from those around us and new faces

mean new ideas.

Officers of “Your” CSCLA

President - Mike Middick CML, (719) 275-7787, Email: captkeyman@ gmail.com

Vice President - Paul Arens, (719) 632-5085, Email: Paularens66@Yahoo.com

Secretary - Pete Henley, (719) 338-0889, Email: Firelock13@AOL.com

Newsletter / Web - Steve Cormier, Email: Steves.locksmithing@yahoo.com

Treasurer - Barry Meyer (303) 550-5625 Email: Barry.Meyer205@gmail.com

Members at Large - Carl Price, Ron Cox

Would you like to help?

We need - Public Relations, Librarian/ Photographer, Refreshments

My key doesn’t start my car… Why? My key doesn’t start my car… Why? My key doesn’t start my car… Why? My key doesn’t start my car… Why? There are several *mes a month I get the call, My key

turns but the car won’t start and my mechanic said to

call a Locksmith. If I could get a dollar for every *me I

said, “If the key turns it’s not a locksmithing problem.”

then I spend another ten minutes asking more and more

ques*ons and get to the bo+om of the issue. S*ll telling

the customer the same thing, “If the key turns it’s not a

locksmithing problem.” Yet, here we are looking at a

picture of an “a"er market” alarm system and a GPS

locator with a remote turn-off switch… aka Rats Nest.

This rats nest was just one of the issues. Yet the

customer was blaming the key. How far are you willing

to go to get your customer going? Is it legal to pull all

this wiring out of the car? Why is the red light “ON”

under the dash? What's the red monetary switch for? Is

it an a"er market alarm installed by a stereo shop?

Funny thing about this car, was… It was too old for

any type of transponder equipment. Yet the previous owner who sold this beauty (2004 Nissan Fron*er) took

the *me to add a GPS locator and turn off switch. The red light that is seen in the photo means the company

that controls the GPS has locked out the star*ng of the car. The real ques*on is, should you fix the issue and

remove all this wiring? So being on the safe side, you check the ownership, (D.L. and Registra*on) and ask

them do you, (this would be the owner of the vehicle.) have the right to remove or contract the removal of this

hardware? Well… I feel the responsibility lies within the same realm as making a lost key. If you check out all

the current paperwork, and all is correct and current, plus, you have a good feeling about what your about to

do, then the job is to get your customer back on the road again. Remember to ask a lot of ques*on,

you can always walk away. But if you do choose to rewire this “Rats Nest” there is big money in doing so.

There is not a lot of guys that would even a+empt this task, this leaves you with a large slice of the pie

(bigger paycheck). If you’re a li+le shy many *mes the momentary switch “red bu+on” will start the car one

more *me. Here’s the end results of this par*cular job. In this case the people purchased the car recently from

an auc*on and they purchased it really cheap, all because of the no start situa*on. The towed the car to their

driveway (D.L. and bill of sale had the correct info)… So, I ripped it all out, solder the wiring and when finished... it fired right up. But his

is not always the case, so the agreement I had with the customer was to remove the wiring and NOT guarantee the car would start.

A reprint from the Minnesota Chapter of the Associate Locksmiths of America, January 2014, Vol.1, No 1