inc. The Vette Set Volume 42, Issue 4 February 2009

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1 inc. The Vette Set Volume 42, Issue 4 February 2009

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3 Club Officers President Sean Pazdzior spazdzior@msn.com 1st Vice President Patty Strauch patty@pattystrauch.com 2nd Vice President Alta Olejnik olejniks_2@msn.com Secretary Rob Miskowitch miskowitch@yahoo.com Treasurer Gary Yale yale1963@comcast.net Governor Walt Jenkins Anne Silvers Hal Tumbleson WaltJenkins@comcast.net Board Members cutup@juno.com Hal.T@thespringsfuneralservices.com Craig Wisniewski c.a.wisniewski@gmail.com John Gue jjgue01@yahoo.com Web Master Rik Noring Jr rik@corvettecenterusa.com 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 WEBSITE is

4 Meeting Information This month s Board Meeting will be on Tuesday, February 3rd 7:00PM At Gary Yale s house 1620 Cragin Rd Colorado Springs, CO (719) 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 5th 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, see page 9 for details and directions. All guests are welcome.

5 Ray Pazdzior Sean Pazdzior Melvin Swindale Paul Thompson Pete Olejnik Alta Olejnik Shawn mess Dana Cherry David Cherry Bill Ryan Dick Ary Denise Phillips Jerry Phillips Wayne Umland Susan Umland Rob Miskowitch Kelly Z Patty Strauch Walter Jenkins Hal Tumbleson Cindy Tumbleson Larry Lukenbill Debbie Yale Gary Yale Anne Silvers Karen Goodman Jim Goodman Rik Noring Jr. Florece Noring Larry Valentine Gwenda Valentine Nick Renfro Jane Creighbaum Gail Creighbaum Minutes General Meeting January 8th Members Present Cliff Wright Jim Nile Judy Nile Charlie Boland Joy boland Jack Frazee Indy Frazee Johnny Harris Mark Burroughs Lynn Wittrock Carol Wittrock Sean Soulvie Belinda Russell Dan Russell Mike Bochnak Winnie bochnak John Gue Judith Gue Jerry Stermer Diane Stermer Jim Mesite Michael F Sabo Craig Wisniewski Don Adametz

6 Guests Present First Meeting Corvette Sponsor Amy Phillips 04 Convertible Bob Adames 98 Walt Tim Greenshields 2006 Z06 Ed & Lorice Pinson 69 Jim Second Meeting Lee Partee 02/60 Bill Ryan Third Meeting Paul Heatwole 02 Walt Rob s filler photo - Barn near Mueller state park. Pg. 6

7 1/8/09 Meeting Minutes Newsletter Corrections John Gue as board member Spelling of Loewen Nik Renfro should be Nick Renfro Wrong year on Dub Bridge Party Birthdays: Rob Gail Creighbaum 1/1 Ron Akner 1/3 Melvin Swindale 1/6 Cindy Powers 1/8 Joe Ewing 1/19 Diane VanHorn 1/20 Joan Joseph 1/21 Larry Smith 1/23 Introductions: Alta - CSCC welcomes our newest member Paul Heatwole to the Colorado Springs Corvette Club. Merchandise: Denise - Please check with Denise for any merchandise you have ordered or would like to order Treasurer s Report: Gary - Read and accepted. SCCC: Bob Adams - Bob, president of the Southern Colorado Corvette Club spoke at our meeting. We are two clubs that haven t crossed paths very often. He encouraged us to work on some combined events. He would like information and help possibly becoming NCCC members. Bob wished us congratulations on getting the NCCC national convention and offered to help as they can. Parade of Lights Parade - Around 90,000 people attended. The night was fantastic and warm (relatively speaking for the parade). One Corvette ran out of gas. Met at Culvers after dinner. It was a great parade.

8 Christmas Party: Anne - The Christmas party was attended by 52 members at High Forest Ranch. We had our pictures taken, played games, ate and danced or watched a video of the new archives. I want to thank Denise Phillips for being the greeter and game organizer, Rob Miskowitch as our photographer, Diana Dittman for the picture frames, jane Creighbaum for decorations, Charlie and Joy Boland for bringing the archives, coffee and helping with clean up, Bud Silvers and Walt Jenkins for parking and all the members who brought food for the pot luck. Thank you all for coming and I hope you had a nice time. (Editor note. Thanks to Anne for organizing the event and reserving the High Forest Ranch building.) Christmas Baskets: Judy and Hal - Congratulations to everyone. We stocked and delivered 160 baskets to families (778 people) in need this made both nutritional and spiritual differences in their lives. Thanks to Patty and Dick Strauch, Vicki and Tom Ury, Dana and David Cherry, Rik Noring, Hal and Cindy Tumbleson, and Judy and John Gue and everyone who donated food, helped assemble and deliver the baskets. We voted to use up to $5000 of the treasury to do this and we only needed $ Special thanks to the following for donations: Dave Beam Wreckmasters Elite auto Culver Collision Blossers Vand Davis Company Melvin Swindale for 560 hotwheels Christmas Unlimited for plush toys And many club members for donating money and food (editor didn t know who wanted to remain anonymous so I didn t print all names) Pg. 8

9 After meeting dinner February 5th Hooters 750 Citadel Dr. East, Suite 1012 Colorado Springs, CO (719) Pg. 9

10 Manitou Parade: Patty - It appears we were the only car club. It was very windy, so decorations where minimal. Garage Tours: Rik - Didn t have a garage tour in December. This month s tour will be on January 22nd. Menu will be pizza and associated refreshments that go with pizza. This month s theme is deciphering numbers, engine code, VIN numbers, matching numbers. Bring your car. Club Charity: Sean - Two charities were presented: Mission medical, and the Trolley Museum. A vote was taken and Mission medical was selected. 1/3 of our dues will be donated which totals $426. Other donations will be made throughout the year. Trailer update: Craig - Our new trailer will arrive in late February. Thanks to Hal and Walt for driving it back from the convention meeting in St. Louis. There was some discussion about postponing the purchase, but we voted not to revote. CCC Update: Walt - See page 28 and 29 for NCCC events and officers. You must have event paperwork completed and submitted to the regional competition director 70 days prior to the event, and flyer must be complete 30 days prior to the event. We have opening for the following convention positions: Decoration chair Volunteer chair Publication chair Dub Bridge Party: Winnie - Last month s flyer had wrong year. See flyer. Door prizes, $5 per person, bring snack or appetizer. Silver State Classic Challenge: Sean Soulvie - Sean Pazdzior and Sean Soulvie invite you to join them in this event. It s a 90 mile timed event. Various categories based on your preferred speed (95mph through 180 and unlimited). Tim Greenshields mentioned this is fun event. He expects the Z06s to dominate. Pg. 10

11 VOTR: Walt - Should we help VOTR with timing for their event. They will compensate us with two entrees into VOTR plus gas money for hauling trailer. We agreed to help. Joint Car Show: Rick - On May 30th at PPIR there will be a joint car show with MOPAR, Ford, and Chevy. We have been invited to participate. No one volunteered to coordinate our participation. It might be an event we work together with SCCC on. Not quite sure if Rik volunteered to coordinate the event. Corvette Upgrades: Rik installed a new DVD player in his C6. Trophy Help: Melvin - For this year s Ruth s Car show, Melvin would like to incorporate a coffee cup theme to the trophies. If you have any ideas please share them with Melvin. Ruth had a love for coffee, so this would be a nice theme. Good News/Bad News: Jim Mesite won the good news/ bad news suite case. Mostly good news. Very nice ear muff baseball cap was included. I have a feeling we may see that again. Pg. 11

12 Ron Garcia 2/4 David Cherry 2/11 Jim Nile 2/12 Fred Davison 2/25

13 Here is some great information passed along to us by Cliff Wright High Plains Raceway Your Colorado Performance Driving and Racing... High Plains Raceway: The Colorado Amateur Motorsports Associates (CAMA) is proud to invite you to contribute to your performance driving and racing future. - HIGH PLAINS RACEWAY will be the newest road racing motorsports facility in the Rocky Mountain area. The project has been developed by of the Colorado Amateur Motorsports Associates, LLC (CAMA). Thanks to funding from the participating clubs, all the wonderful Founding Contributors and Founding Sponsors, and participants in the lending program (largely racers and club members) construction was begun in August of 2008 and all paving completed in early October. HPR will be available for the 2009 racing season. The HPR property is located approximately 60 miles east of Denver's I-25 and I-70 interchange. Visit the Track Details page for exact location and directions. It's a mere 60 minutes from about any place in the Denver metro area. If you have a business which could take advantage of track advertising possibilities, please visit our Contact Us page and we will be delighted to help you with a program. Please check out all the other areas of this website for further details on this exciting project. At 2.5 miles in length with 15 turns and several significant elevation changes, High Plains Raceway will be one of the nation's great tracks. CAMA, and the respective clubs and their members, are extremely excited about the realization of this new facility. =Regards, Cliff 2005 White Corvette Coupe Corvette -- Everything else is just "transportation". Pg. 13

14 President Trivia 1. What date did FDR sign the U.S. declaration of war against Japan? December 8, Which future U.S. Presidents signed the Declaration of Independence? Thomas Jefferson and John Adams 3. Who was the only U.S. President to also serve as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court? William Howard Taft 4. What U.S. President won a Pulitzer Prize for his book Profiles in Courage? John F. Kennedy 5. Who was the first U.S. President to be married in the White House? Grover Cleveland 6. Which president created a scandal when he married his wife, who had never been officially divorced from her first husband? Andrew Jackson 7. Which president was known for his 'harem', a group of young, attractive White House secretaries? Lyndon Johnson 8. President Coolidge was a very quiet man. Once, a senator's wife came up to him and said that she had bet that she could get more than two words out of the president. What did Coolidge reply? You lose. 9/ Who was the only bachelor president to occupy the White House? James Buchanan 10. Who was the first president to appear on television? Franklin D. Roosevelt 11. What president was once president of a labor union? Ronald Reagan 12. Which president fathered the most children? John Tyler 13. Which President could simultaneously write Greek with one hand and Latin with the other? Garfield 14. Which President was aboard the presidential aircraft when it's official radio call sign was changed mid-flight? Nixon 15. Which Presidential wife was the first to be referred to as 'The First Lady'? Mary Todd Lincoln

15 Board Meeting Members present: Sean Pazdzior, Anne Silvers, Alta Olejnik Walt Jenkins, Gary Yale, Patty Strauch, and Craig Wisniewski, Rob Miskowitch, Hal Tumbleson, and John Gue Agenda: 1) Newsletter corrections 2) Christmas Baskets 3) NCCC has 2009 calendar 4) NCCC executives 5) 2009 convention updates 6) Online Registration 7) VOTR Timing Help 8) PPIR Car Show Tentative Board Meeting Hosts See next newsletter for next year s meeting places. Feb Gary Yale Mar Hal Tumbleson Apr Anne Silvers May-Walt Jenkins June Alta Olejnik Jul Patty Strauch Aug Rob Miskowitch Sep John Gue Oct Sean Pazdzior Nov Sean Pazdzior

16 Pg. 16 COLORADO WEST CORVETTE CLUB 3 LOW SPEED AUTOCROSSES MARCH 15,2009 REGIONAL SANCTIONS 1,2&3-CWCC 3 LOW SPEED AUTOCROSSES REGISTRATION OPENS: NOW ON THE REGION WEB SITE 2 RUNS PER EVENT REGISTRATION CLOSES: 9:00AM MARCH 15,2009 ROCKY MOUNTAIN REGION TECH 8:00AM MARCH 15,2009 FRUITA HIGH SCHOOL LOT DRIVERS MEETING 9:15AM 1815 J ROAD FIRST CAR OUT 9:30AM FRUITA,COLORADO EXHAUST: CLOSED Please fill out and submit the Online Pre-registration at: This is so that we can get the run groups and labels set up ahead of time. We can then start racing as soon as possible after the drivers meeting. The online form is solely for our information, there is no need to send in any money ahead of time. $15.00 PER DRIVER PER EVENT NO TROPHY $35.00 PER DRIVER FOR ALL 3 EVENTS NO TROPHIES TROPHIES ARE AVAILABLE FOR $10 PER DRIVER PER EVENT THESE AUTOCROSSES WILL BE RUN - WORK EVENTS, ALL EN- TRANTS WILL BE REQUIRED TO HELP IF ASKED SNELL APPROVED HELMENTS NO OLDER THAN 10 YEARS FROM DATE OF MANUFACTURE ARE REQUIRED, AS PER NCCC RULES AND INSURANCE THESE REGION SANCTIONS WILL BE RUN WITH NCCC RULES AND CLASSES EVENTS CHAIRPERSON/GOVERNOR: LARRY MORRISON LARRY M. MORRISON 492 MEADOWLARK WAY CLIFTON, CO rpvette86@aol.com

17 Daniels CSCC Discount letter: We have an updated Daniels discount letter. If you would like a copy please contact Gary Yale. We receive the following discounts from Daniels: All parts will be offered at 25% off retail pricing Based on availability, new vehicles will be offered at invoice plus $499 dealer handling fee (This does not apply to current model year Corvettes) Service and body shop labor will be offered at 10% off retail rate. Thank you Daniels for your generous support of the Colorado Springs Corvette Club. Questions: Pg. 17

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19 Dear CSCC Members, We want to thank you for keeping us in your thoughts and prayers during the recent passing of my mom. The "Seeds of Life" gift you sent us is much appreciated. We've planted the seeds and are anxiously waiting for our little tree to sprout so we can plant it outside in the spring. It will be a lovely, living reminder of a wonderful mother and our caring friends in the Corvette Club. Thank you all for your support. John and Judy Gue John s Trailer Sales Michael Marvin Sales Manager CR 2 Phone: Middlebury, IN Fax: We beat any price in the USA! Pg. 19

20 January 2009 COLORADO SPRINGS CORVETTE CLUB Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Board of Director meeting 7 8 Club meeting Garage tour Dub bridge party BIRTHDAYS - SEE PAGE 12

21 February 2009 COLORADO SPRINGS CORVETTE CLUB Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Board of Directors Meeting 4 5 Club Meeting Governors Meeting 28 Governors Meeting BIRTHDAYS - SEE PAGE 12 Pg. 21 Pg. 21

22 All; I just spoke to Vicki Smith and our good friend Larry Smith passed from this world at 4:50 am on 9-Jan His funeral, which will be with full Military Honors, will be held on Monday, January 12th, 2009 at Brown Funeral Home located at 5430 W. Gulf-to-Lake Highway, Locanto, FL The Phone number at the funeral home is Cards and letters can also be sent to Vicki at her home at 1637 S.E. Paradise Circle Unit 206 Crystal River. FL I've attached a few of my favorite Pictures of Larry and Vicki to this message. For those of you that may not remember Larry, he was the original organizer for the Pagagosa Springs Classic Car Show that the CSCC puts on every year. There is also a Memorial page on the CSCC Website that has more pictures. <Walt> Pg. 22

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26 2009 Event Planning Schedule Date Event Chair Jan 24th Dub Bridge Party Winnie Bochnak Feb 14th Valentines Party Mar 14th St. Patrick s Parade Ed Redline Apr 25/26 Autocross/Driving school Don Adametz May 2nd Ruth s Car Show Melvin Swindale May 9th Fun in the Sun Sean Pazdzior Jun 20 or 21 Summer autocross Jul 4th Monument parade and BBQ Pete (Parade) Winnie (BBQ) Jul? PP or Bust Parade Ray Pazdzior Aug 7-14 NCCC Convention Walt Jenkins Aug? CSCC Picnic Sept 9th Pagosa Springs Car Show Pete Olejnik Oct 4th Fall Autocross Oct 30th Halloween Party Nov 8th Sno*Flakes Rik Noring & Craig W Dec Parade of Lights Dec Manitou Parade Dec 5th CSCC Christmas Party Pg. 26

27 (above flyer has wrong year, should be 2009) Pg. 27

28 REGIO AL UPDATES to National Governor's Meeting Regional Awards Banquet - Denver RMR Governors Meeting - Denver RMR Low Speed AutoCrosses CWCC Charity PC Show DTRC April Fools Rally DTRC Non-Sanctioned AutoCross School CSCC Low Speed AutoCrosses CSCC to National Governor's Meeting Ruth's Memorial Car Show CSCC Fun in the Sun Car Show CSCC Governors Meeting RMR Show Us Your Vette Car Show TORCA to Big Sky Corvette Meet - Billings, MT AutoCross DCA AutoCross DCA Memorial Day Parade - Denver CO CCC Car Show CWC AutoCross CWC Dealer Appreciation Show CCC Low Speed AutoCrosses CWCC Cares Food Drive CCC Non-sanctioned PC Show Burt Chevrolet DCA Low Speed AutoCrosses CSCC Low Speed AutoCrosses - CSP track Golden DTRC to DCA Fourth of July Events DCA AutoCrosses CWC to Black Hills Corvette Classic Spearfish Non-NCCC to Vettes on the Rockies Non-NCCC Buffalo Bills Day Parade - Golden CCC to NCCC 50th Convention Car Show - Kremling, CO CCC Governors Meeting RMR to Corvette Roundup - Casper CWC to National Governors Meeting Pagosa Springs Show CSCC

29 Low Speed AutoCrosses - GoKart Track - Grand Junction CWCC to AutoX/HighSpeed Events, LaJunta DCA LowSpeed AutoCrosses CSCC Cares Food Drive CCC Non-sanctioned All Hallow's Eve Rallye TORCA Low Speed AutoCrosses CWCC Sno Flake Rallye CSCC Veterans Day Parade CCC Non-sanctioned to National Governors Meeting NCCC RENEWALS DUE TO RMD Sno Big Deal Charity Shows (5) DTRC Turkey Rallye DCA Regional Governors Planning Meeting RMR Club Contact Info CCC - Colorado Corvette Club CSCC - Colorado Springs Corvette Club CWC - Central Wyoming Corvettes CWCC - Colorado West Corvette Club DCA - Denver Corvette Association DTRC - Down the Road Corvettes GRCC - Glass Reunion Corvette Club RMR - Rocky Mountain Region TORCA - Top of the Rockies Regional Officers Regional Executive - Pete Urenda rowdy68@comcast.net Regional Competition Director - Curt Ingram z51xfire@msn.com Regional Membership Director - Ellouise Morrison GramaRP@aol.com Treasurer - Genja Reese sasigirl@qwest.net Secretary - Barb Reynolds barb_reynolds@comcast.net Pg. 29

30 We would like to thank Rex Tire & Custom Wheel for their donation and sponsorship for our 2008 autocrosses. Rex s now offers nitrogen. 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. Pg. 30

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