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1 Colorado Springs Corvette Club P.O. Box 1986 Colorado Springs, Co TO: Visit DANIELS on the WEB at Pg. 36 The Vette Set Volume 41, Issue 4 February 2008 Happy New Year Pg. 1

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3 Upcoming Nation Wide Events For more info. Go to The Corvette Museum has the following events planned: We would like to thank Rex Tire & Custom Wheel for their donation and sponsorship for the 2007 autocrosses. Want to Advertise? If you are a member of the Colorado Springs Corvette Club, you may place a personal FOR SALE ad in the VETTE SET at no charge to you. The cost of advertising for business ads for non-members are below and members receive a 20% discount or two months free when they purchase one full year. follows: Business Card (1/4 Page) $10.00 per month 1/2 Page $15.00 per month Full Page $20.00 per month The information must be received by the editor not later than the 15th of the month preceding the month you want the ad to appears. Club Officers President Larry Lukenbill doodlespad@aol.com 1st Vice President Vicki Ury tfury@comcast.net 2nd Vice President Alta Olejnik olejniks_2@msn.com Secretary Rob Miskowitch miskowitch@yahoo.com Treasurer Larry Schubert (303) skys@schuberts.com Governor Walt Jenkins Board Members Dick Strauch strauchs@comcast.net Hal Tumbleson h7657@comcast.net Karen Jenkins karenjenkinsco@comcast.net Bob Capraro bobscc@aol.com Web Master Adam Self WaltJenkins@comcast.net Deadline to submit newsletter articles and information is the 15th of the month. Send or to: Rob Miskowitch. (miskowitch@yahoo.com) 5140 Saddle Dr. Colorado Springs, CO Pg. 34 WEBSITE is Pg. 3

4 Meeting Information This month s Board Meeting will be on Tuesday, February 5th, 7:00PM At Larry Schubert s house 3451 Bear Canyon Sedalia, Colorado (303) This month s board meeting is open to any member wishing to attend. An event chairperson should plan to attend the board meeting prior to his or her scheduled event. The CSCC general meeting this month will be held at the Inn at Garden Plaza located at 2520 International Circle on Thursday, February 7th at 7:00 p.m. Off of Pikes Peak go south on Parkside (by Colorado Music Hall) then go east onto International Circle. Park on the south side in unmarked spaces or on the street. Come through the main entrance and take the elevator down to 1 and go to the Recreation room just outside of the elevators. Immediately following the meeting, we will enjoy dinner and refreshments at Luigi s at 927 S. Tejon St. All guests are welcome. Regional Banquet Cindy reported that she and Cheryl Randel have been working on it. It will be at the Embassy Suites again, since we can t beat the deal they give us. People will pay full price for their meals, so there will be very little cost to the Region. The date is March 8 th. New Business: 2008 Racing Numbers Numbers for the 2008 season will become available at midnight on January 1 st are reserved for the 2007 champions. All other numbers must be requested annually Calendar All clubs provided dates for planned events in The only conflict was between DCA and DtRC on Memorial Day weekend. The two clubs are considering combining their events and making this the RMR Roundup event for 2008, since Casper is no longer a Regional and the RMR needs income. Convention Attendance The Governors voted unanimously to award Region points for attendance at NCCC Conventions. 15 points for attendance plus 5 points for each event entered. We need to show up en masse at Tulsa to promote our convention. Pg. 4 Pg. 33

5 Competition Director s Report: The new rulebook was approved for one year. It is only available electronically. Every renewing member should get a CD and it will be on the website in PDF format. John will see about getting one printed for each Governor and Regional Officer. The RCDs now have someone on the NCCC finance committee. Region sanction numbers will stay the same format as they were in 2007 to help avoid confusion with national sanction numbers. Make sure that flyers and results have the correct sanction number. Flyers for region sanctioned events need to state whether NCCC rules and guidelines will be used. If not, then the guidelines that will be used must be listed so entrants know what to expect. Waivers are to be taken very seriously and protected much the same as you would the cash box. The Governor should have waivers and the K & K insurance packet at all events. The event chair should have all the insurance paperwork if the Governor won t be there. It is the responsibility of the event chair and the club Governor to ensure that results and waivers are to the RCD within 15 days after an event. They must also check to be sure that everyone receiving points signed the waiver. Results should be ed using the form appropriate for the type of sanction. Waivers must be mailed. The host club and its members can lose their points if they are out of compliance. When you have a morning autocross and an afternoon autocross, if someone is only coming to the afternoon event, you need to make sure they sign the waivers and also give them a drivers meeting before they are allowed to run. A one-on-one is acceptable. It is not necessary to give the drivers from the morning session a second drivers meeting if there are no significant changes from the morning event. You do not have to allow late arrivals to walk the track. Larry thanked everyone for the prompt paperwork he received this year. The points are calculated and the top 15 men and ladies are already posted on the Region Website. Ties were broken only for the purpose of assigning car numbers, by the number of events attended. 201 men and 102 ladies earned points almost 50% of our members. Regional Executive s Report: Cindy attended the November NCCC Governors meeting as proxy RE. The big news, of course, is that we won the 2009 Convention bid by a 2 to 1 margin. Also, Cindy was elected to serve as the NCCC Secretary. Old Business: Elections All current Regional Officers were re-elected. Pg. 32 Alta Olejnik Pete Olejnik Rusty Welch Ray Pazdzior Karen Jenkins Vicki Ury Tom Ury Shawn Mess Ashley Mess Michael Sabo Christopher Fisher Larry Schubert Sheryl Schubert Kelly Z Jimmy Z Melvin Swindale Diane Stermer Jerry Stermer Guy Bentley Larry Lukenbill Mike Bochnak Winnie Bochnak Bob Capraro Scott Paine Candy Paine Dick Strauch Patty Strauch Rob Miskowitch Adam Self Jim Nile Judy Nile Rik Noring Jr. Florece Noring Minutes General Meeting January 3rd Members Present Jerry Phillips Denise Phillips Debbie Yale Gary Yale Hal Tumbleson Bill Ryan Jim Powers Cindy Powers Jane Creighbaun Glen Maurer Vance Davis Rick Hudnall Mark Burroughs Ed Redlin Gitta Redlin Don Adametz Pg. 5

6 Guests Present First Meeting Corvette Sponsor Rick Wilkinson 78 25th anniversary Guy Bentley Second Meeting Paul Thompson 03 Conv Anniversary returning Third Meeting No eligible new members this month. We would like to welcome back returning member Paul Thompson Sno-Flake Rally (Colorado Springs Corvette Club) Region-sanctioned &8 National Governors Meeting St. Louis, MO Shares & Vets Parade (Colorado Corvette Club) Non-sanctioned CLUB NCCC RENEWALS DUE TO ELLOUISE Sno Big Deal PC Shows (Down the Road Corvettes) Region-sanctioned Fun Rallys (Denver Corvette Assn.) Sanctioned Regional Governors Planning Meeting (Denver) **Telephone numbers are the contact numbers that can be used to get more information Rocky Mountain Region Governors Meeting 2008 Calendar Planning Meeting December 2, 2007 John called the meeting to order at 10:00 a.m. Minutes from the Sept 3 rd Governors meeting were approved. No corrections. Treasurer s report was read by Nancy K. and approved. Regional patch sales netted about $1700, helping out the treasury a lot. $1,000 is budgeted for the 2007 awards. John received a $500 donation from an anonymous donor that will be used for the awards banquet. With dues coming in, we should be able to stay in the black this year. Membership Director s Report: We ended the year with 692 members in our Region. Ellouise thanked the Governors for submitting their clubs dues by the Nov. 19 deadline. We lost the Hellgate club in Missoula this year and have not heard from Treasure State in Helena. Pins and planners for renewing members were distributed to the Governors present at the meeting. Because of new post office regulations about lumpy envelopes, NCCC will no longer mail them. They will be sent to the Governors as new members join. Rob s filler photo. Taken at the Denver Butterfly Pavilion. Pg. 6 Pg. 31

7 7-4 PC Show Keystone Event (Denver Corvette Assn.) Sanctioned Low Speed Autocrosses, Keystone Event (Denver Corvette Assn.) Sanctioned Low Speed Autocross (Central Wyoming Corvettes) Region-sanctioned Buffalo Bills Parade (Colorado Corvette Club) Non-sanctioned Low Speed Autocrosses (Colorado Springs Corvette Club) Regionsanctioned Rally (Top of the Rockies Corvette Assn.) Sanctioned Low Speed Autocross (Colorado West Corvette Club) Sanctioned Low Speed Autocrosses (Colorado West Corvette Club) Regionsanctioned PC Show (Denver Corvette Assn.) Sanctioned Pagosa Springs PC Show (Colorado Springs Corvette Club) Regionsanctioned Dealer PC Show (Colorado Springs Corvette Club) Region-sanctioned PC Show in Kremmling (Colorado Corvette Club) Region-sanctioned to9-1 Round-Up Event Casper, WY (Central Wyoming Corvettes) Region-sanctioned ?? Dealer PC Show (Down the Road Corvettes) Region-sanctioned &13 National Governors Meeting St. Louis, MO Regional Governors Meeting (Conference call meeting) Low Speed Autocross (Colorado Springs Corvette Club) Sanctioned Open Track Practice (am), Pueblo (Denver Corvette Assn.) Nonsanctioned High Speed Time Trial (pm), Pueblo (Denver Corvette Assn.) Sanctioned Low Speed Autocrosses (Colorado West Corvette Club) Regionsanctioned Regional Governors Meeting (Denver) All Hallows Eve Rally (Top of the Rockies Corvette Assn.) Sanctioned Pg. 30 The January meeting of the CSCC was called to order at approximately 7:00 p.m. by President Larry Lukenbill. Amendments to the December minutes: Incorrect date on members present Incorrect date for meeting Dub Bridge Party, not Dove Motion to approve the November minutes: Motion approved. Gail Creighbaum 1/1 Ron Akner 1/3 Melvin Swindale 1/6 Cindy Powers 1/8 Joe Ewing 1/19 Diane VanHorn 1/20 Karen Jenkins 1/20 Joan Joseph 1/21 Larry Smith 1/23 January Birthdays: We hope that you all had a very wonderful and happy birthday! Please let me know if I have left your birthday out or if you are having a special anniversary or event coming up. Treasurer s Report: Treasurer, report was read and approved. The next major expense will be the new trailer due early Greetings: 2nd Vice President, Alta Olejnik, introduced and welcomed all of the guests this month. We had one returning past member with two meetings, and one brand new member. Old Business Merchandise: You may order CSCC merchandise on our website. You may also contact Ashley Mess to order. Manitou Christmas Parade: Patty Strauch - Seven cars participated in this year s Manitou Christmas Parade. Congratulations to the James & Kelly Zajicek, Bud & Anne Silvis, Melvin Swindale, Randell Reed, Rick Hudnall, Patty & Dick Strauch, and Zach Miller Pg. 7

8 Missing Yellow Vote Box: No news on the missing Yellow Box. We are beginning to suspect foul play. If you have any information regarding this item please report it to the CSCC board. Snowmobiling Weekend: Ashley Mess - EVENT IS POST- PONED TILL MARCH SOME DETAILS ARE LIKELY TO CHANGE. Signup if you are interested. Based on majority preference either the cabins or hotel will be chosen. Cabins have fireplaces and kitchens. Hotel rates are $110 for king, and $120 for double occupancy. 2nd night is half price. Single sleds rent for $185 for the day, 2hr and 4hr rates are also available. Double sleds are $205 per day. Racing sleds are also available, but book early they go fast. We are a Corvette club, who would want a slow snowmobile anyway. So they will probably go even faster. Arrive Friday night and snowmobile on Saturday. Christmas Baskets: Hal Tumbleson - Many thanks to all of you who participated in the annual Christmas Basket giveaway. It was well organized and 107 baskets were given away. Special thanks to Melvin for the hotwheels for all the children, WalMart filled the order for pickup and gave us a 10% discount. Club members, in addition to all the food, donated an additional $1260 in cash. Wreckmasters donated $200 and Beem s auto paint and body donated $200. The Corvette Center donated Christmas Cards. CSCC funded the remaining $ This was a record year. You made a difference to many families. That s the best Christmas present. Dub Bridge Party: Winnie Bochnak. Please see flyer in newsletter. It is $3.50 per person and drinks are provided. Please bring a snack to share. ROCKY MOUNTAIN REGION 2008 EVENTS CALENDAR 2-29to3-1 National Governors Meeting St. Louis, MO (Revised 12/17/07) 3-8 Rocky Mountain Region Awards Banquet Regional Governors Meeting (Denver) Low Speed Autocrosses (Colorado West Corvette Club) Sanctioned April Fools Rally (Down the Road Corvettes) Non-sanctioned PC Poker Hand Show (Down the Road Corvettes) Region-sanctioned Drivers School (Colorado Springs Corvette Club) Region-sanctioned Low Speed Autocross (Colorado Springs Corvette Club) Sanctioned &3 National Governors Meeting St. Louis, MO Dealer PC Show (Colorado Corvette Club) Region-sanctioned Fun in the Sun Concours Show (Colorado Springs Corvette Club) Sanctioned PC Show Us Your Vette (Top of the Rockies Corvette Assn.) Sanctioned Regional Governors Meeting to26 Big Sky Meet, Bozeman, MT (Hyalite Corvette Club) Nonsanctioned Low Speed Autocrosses(DtRC) Region-sanctioned Low Speed Autocrosses in Blackhawk (Denver Corvette Assn.) Regionsanctioned Low Speed Autocrosses (Colorado West Corvette Club) Sanctioned Vettes on Broadway PC Show (Denver Corvette Assn.) Regionsanctioned to29 NCCC National Convention Tulsa, OK 6-21 National Governors Meeting Tulsa, OK Pg. 8 Pg. 29

9 New Business NCCC Updates: Hal Tumbleson - Walt was vacationing in India and was unable to attend the January meeting. Nothing new to report. The Rocky Mountain Region banquet is March 8th. The governors meeting is March 9th. Car numbers for 2008 can be reserved. Details at Calendar: Updated from website in newsletter Convention Update: Walt Jenkins - Nothing to report Club Charity: Larry Lukenbill - The bylaws specify we select a new charity for the year during the January meeting. Since the club didn t have notice of this during the prior month presentations were entertained during January and February meetings for new charity. Vote will during February for our 2008 charity. Please bring your suggestions to the February meeting. During the January meeting the following charities were presented: Make a wish Camp Wapiapi (incorrectly spelled) Downtown trolley museum Praying hands ranch (see page 23 for more information) America s family Pagosa Springs Car Show: Pete Olejnik - A proposal was made to move the event to August There are pros and cons to this idea. No balloon festival. Cheaper rooms. Better weather for our snow adverse automobiles. Please Pete with your ideas. Date will be decided during February meeting. New Web Master: There was no coup-de-tat. Walt is extremely busy with the 2009 convention. Since we recently, last month, voted in a professional web developer into our club, it was a great opportunity to get his help and free up the 2009 convention lead s time. Please welcome Adam Self, our new webmaster. Pg. 28 Pg. 9

10 Event Date Chair St Patrick s Parade Patty Stauch Diane VanHorn Snowmobile weekend TBD Ashley Mess Driver s school April 26 Don Adametz Adametz Autocross April 27 Don Adametz Fun in the Sun May 10 Rik Noring Adametz Autocross July 27 Chris Nordby Daniels Car Show (tentative) Aug 23 Hal Tumbleson Pagosa Springs Aug Pete Olejnik Club Picnic Sept 6 Sheryl & Larry Schubert SnoFlakes Rally Nov 2 Your Opportunity Christmas Party Dec 13 Ann Silvers Pg. 10 Pg. 27

11 Pictures from the Christmas Basket Assembly. Thanks to John Gue for taking these photos. Door Prizes - Thanks to Daniels Cheveyland for the great gift certificates. Corvette Upgrades and media stars: Have you seen Shawn Mess on TV warning us about the dangers of drunk driving? Don t drink and drive! Bob Capraro was seen on TV talking about the Flying-W, the host of the CSCC 2007 Christmas celebration. The Bochnak s house won 1st place for their Christmas lights and decorations in Glen Eagle. Good News/ Bad News suitcase: The good news/bad news suite case will return in February. Be there to get an opportunity to bid! It might be a great opportunity to re-gift some of those treasures you are wondering what to do with. After Meet- Please for dindrinks this meeting Crab Shack at the Citadel Mall 805 Citadel Dr East All guests are welcome. the ing join us ner and after months at Joe s Pg. 26 Pg. 11

12 Left to right, top to bottom: 1. Two birds: 2. One bird: 3. Skier: 4. Man by bench: 5. Man on horse: 6. Snowman: 7. Man bent over: 8. Dog: 9. Man with hat: 10. Person with drum: 11. Woman: children: 13. Two horseman: 14. Dancing couple: Pg. 12 Pg. 25

13 Trivia Contest This month s trivia contest is to identify where these sculptures are located. The submission with the most correct answers may win a prize. Submit your answers to miskowitch@yahoo.com or at the February club meeting. In the event of a tie a drawing will be held. Good Luck Pg. 24 Pg. 13

14 FYI SECTION Information about the Praying Hands Ranch. One charity that CSCC is considering for Pg. 14 Pg. 23

15 February 2008 COLORADO SPRINGS CORVETTE CLUB Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Board Meeting 6 7 General meeting Organization Pg. 22 BIRTHDAYS Ron Garcia 2/4 Jim Nile 2/12 Larry Small 2/17 Fred Davison 2/25 Escape! Wouldn t you rather be at the beach? Two wonderful travel sites with endless possibilities! Book all of your travel needs with: Mermaid Travel Me- SITE Travel Carol & Daryl Daniel Bobbie & Jim Mesite Pg. 15

16 Greetings Some of the better things we have done as a club, in my opinion, have only happened once. We seem to be in a rut and I think we need change and choices. All of us joined the club for different reasons, but I feel that the bottom line is the people and the cars. So if we are to incorporate the above two C s we need to do it with people and cars in mind. Someone mentioned to me about a garage tour that they had done with another car club that they belonged to. Another member mentioned that they wanted to do a Cruise-In to a local drive-in and have dinner and an impromptu car show for the public. I think these are great ideas and I encouraged these members to set it up and make it happen, but I was informed that it conflicted with other events that were already planned. In my mind that is not a valid excuse, because not all of us like to do some of these events that are already planned and might enjoy doing something entirely different, such as the aforementioned ideas. We live in a beautiful state and traveling to various locations for a weekend is another great adventure that we can do together. John Gue put together a great weekend trip up to Estes Park a couple of years ago, and I think that all who went had a great time. I asked if he would do the same this year and he told me that to do so would conflict with already planned events and take workers and participants away from them. Again, an invalid excuse because we do nothing that gets 100% participation, and if we are able to put something together that gets more people out with each other, in their cars, we are meeting our goal as a car club, as I see it. Not all of us care about points or if the event is sanctioned or not, we just want to have an enjoyable time with people who have a like interest. By implementing some of these thoughts and others you might have, we can get more of our membership out there enjoying their beautiful cars and each other s company. The worst that could happen is that you would have to chose between two things that you would like to do at the same time, but life is about choices isn t it. If any of these ideas tickle your fancy, or you have others that you would like to see implemented, please let me know. If you are willing to put something together that is all about the people and the cars, and is totally different, don t be afraid because, nothing ventured, nothing gained. Pg. 16 Larry Pg. 21

17 History trivia answers How did you do? Here are the answers from the January Colorado Springs history contest. Congratulations to Larry Lukenbill who won a gift certificate to Daniel s Chevyland for getting the most correct answers. 1) What was General Palmer s highest military awarded medal? The Congressional Medal of Honor, displayed at the Pioneer Museum 2) Who is Mryon Stratton? Winfield Scott Stratton s father 3) Who paid for most of the original Pike s Peak Highway? Spenser Penrose 4) Who was the original resident of Briarhurst Manor? Dr Bell 5) Who was the original resident of Glen Eyrie? General Palmer 6) What name did Captain Zebulon Pike originally refer to Pike s Peak as? Grand Peak 7) How did the Antler s hotel get its name? Gen Palmer named it because he planned to store the deer and elk trophies Chumley Thornton kept sending him. 8) What happened to the Antler s hotel in 1898? Oct 1, 1898 it burned down along with many other buildings 9) How did Spenser Penrose make most of his money? Copper in Utah and Gold in Cripple Creek 10) Who was the first Mayor of Colorado Springs? William Wagner Board Meeting Members present: Larry Lukenbill, Vicki Ury, Alta Olejnik, Rob Miskowitch, Larry Schubert, Karen Jenkins, and Bob Capraro Agenda: 1) We ate some awesome lasagna, focaccia bread, and drank fine wine in the formal dinning room, afterwards we retired to the sitting room with the lit fireplace and ate giant chocolate chip cookies during the meeting. 2) Amendments to the January minutes. 3) Eligible new members 4) Manitou Christmas Parade 5) Christmas Baskets 6) NCCC News and Updates 7) 2009 Convention Update 8) Nominations for Charity 9) Pagosa Springs Car Show 10) New Webmaster All members are always welcome to attend the Board meetings. Tentative Board Meeting Hosts Feb 5th Larry Shubert Mar 4th Karen Jenkins April 1st Rob Miskowitch April 29th Alta Olejnik Jun 3rd Vicki Ury Jul 1st Dick Stauch Aug 5th Hal Tumbleson Sept 2nd Walt Jenkins Sept 30th Larry Luckenbill Nov 4th Larry Luckenbill Pg. 20 Pg. 17

18 2009 Convention Update The official slogan for the 2009 convention is from John Ames submission Corvettes with Altitude. Chairperson Contact Corvette Club Director of Convention Walt Jenkins Colorado Springs Corvette Club Co-Director of Convention Hal Tumbleson Colorado Springs Corvette Club Events: Concours Car Show Ric Noring Colorado Springs Corvette Club Drag Racing Larry Morrison Colorado West Corvette Club Funkana Cheryl Randel Top of the Rockies Corvette Assn Golf Rusty Welch Colorado Springs Corvette Club High Speed Autocross Pete Urenda Denver Corvette Association Low Speed Autocross John Maxwell Down the Road Corvettes People's Choice Car Show Bill Finkel Rally Tracy Hagar Colorado Corvette Club Tours Patty Strauch Colorado Springs Corvette Club Administration Awards Jerry Stermer Colorado Springs Corvette Club Banquet Diane Stermer Colorado Springs Corvette Club Beverage Carol Daniel Colorado Springs Corvette Club Corvette Mall Curt Ingram Top of the Rockies Corvette Assn Decorations Diane Dittman Colorado Springs Corvette Club Door Prizes Colorado Springs Corvette Club Entertainment Bruce Zaccaro Top of the Rockies Corvette Assn Goodie Bags Winnie Bochnak Colorado Springs Corvette Club Local Sponsorship Jim Mesite Colorado Springs Corvette Club Merchandise Ashley Mess Colorado Springs Corvette Club Publications John Maxwell Down the Road Corvettes Publicity and Advertising Craig Wisniewski Colorado Springs Corvette Club Registration & Info Booth Alta Olejnik Colorado Springs Corvette Club Security Chuck Christburg Colorado Springs Corvette Club Tech Larry Morrison Colorado West Corvette Club Outside Vendor Bandimere Contact Chamber of Commerce Debbie Bandimere Cheryl McCullough Pueblo Motorspsports Park Jay Gilman World Arena Dot Lischick Pg. 18 Pg. 19