WHEN JOE PAVLICK FIRST RETIRED TO LAS VEGAS HE WAS FULL OF VINEGAR AND A ZEST FOR KNOWLEDGE ABOUT LAS VEGAS AND NEVADA. I HAVE TO ADMIT WHEN I FIRST MET HIM HE WAS LOUD AND VERY OPINIONATED ... VERY MUCH LIKE ME I GUESS. WE DEVELOPED A LOVE HATE FRIENDSHIP ... HE WOULD VISIT MY STORE AND INTERRUPT MY SALE AT THE REGISTER BY TALKING TO MY CUSTOMERS AND GIVING HIS ADVISE AND TWIST ON COLLECTIBLES ETC. AFTER MANY DEBATES WITH JOE ... HE REALIZED THAT HE SHOULD NOT GET SO EXCITED, UPSET AND LOUD ... WHEN DEALING WITH ME AND THE PEOPLE IN OUR HOBBY. AS JOE BECAME MORE OF A FRIEND THAN A PAIN IN MY ASS ... WE BANTERED BACK AND FORTH FROM EVERYTHING TO POLITICS TO TRAVEL AND THE CHIP CLUB. AFTER YOU GOT TO KNOW JOE HE DID GROW ON YOU AND THERE REALLY WAS NO BAD IN THE GUY. JOE WANTED TO ACCEPTED BY EVERYONE AND WAS VERY ACTIVE TO PROMOTE OUR HOBBY ... HE WOULD ALWAYS' TRY TO SIGN UP A COLLECTIBLE CUSTOMER INTO THE CLUB AT MY STORE HERE IN LAS VEGAS.

I REMEMBER HOW JOE GOT THE NAME ... CREEPER! .... HE WOULD SAY SO LONG TO ME ... AND I WOULD ASK HIM WHERE HE WAS GOING TODAY? ... HE WOULD JOKE AND SAY ... I JUST GOING TO CREEP AROUND AND TAKE A FEW PHOTOS OF THE TOWN ... AND OFF HE WENT TO HIS APPOINTED ROUNDS. I TOOK JOE TO A NICE LUNCH ONE DAY AT THE EL CORTEZ ... HE DID NOT EAT HEALTHY FOOD ... HE LOVED JUNK FOOD ... FAST FOOD ... WE ALL DO! ... BUT JOE NEVER WOULD TREAT HIMSELF TO A GOOD SOLID MEAL. HE LOVED HIS OLD BLACK POLO GOLF BLACK SHIRT ... VERY WORN AND TEATHERED ... I REMEMBER GIVING HIM A NEW SHIRT AND BOY HE LIKED IT ...THAT WAS FOR A SPECIAL OCASSION TO WEAR. JOE HAD A GOOD HEART AND NEVER TALKED BAD TO ME ABOUT HIS ADVERSARIES IN THE CHIP CLUB ... HE BRUSHED OFF THE CRITICS ... ALTHOUGH IT HURT HE FEELINGS ...HE KEPT ON TRUCKING ALONG. JOE LOVED TO BE RETIRED IN VEGAS AND ENJOY HIS FREEDOM, DECORATING HIS NICE HOUSE AT SPANISH TRAILS WITH GREAT CASINO COLLECTIBLES. I WILL MISS JOE ....AND IT IS SO SAD TO HEAR OF HIS DEATH. LIFE IS SO PRECIOUS AND WE ALL HAVE A CLOCK TICKING AWAY. MAY JOE REST IN PEACE AND BE REMEMBERED AS JUST ONE OF US CRAZY CASINO COLLECTORS ... I HOPE THERE IS A MEMORIAL SERVICE HERE FOR HIM .... THANKS TO ALL FOR LISTENING TO MY STORY OF JOE PAVLICK .. (our creeper) .... RICH BURGEL