The Vette Set Volume 40, Issue 9 July 2007

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1 Colorado Springs Corvette Club P.O. Box 1986 Colorado Springs, Co TO: Visit DANIELS on the WEB at Pg. 32 The Vette Set Volume 40, Issue 9 July 2007 Pg. 1

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3 Upcoming Nation Wide Events For more info. Go to The Corvette Museum has the following events planned: C4/ZR-1 Gathering May 3-5 Corvette Forum Cruise-In - May Club Officers President Sean Pazdzior sdp74str@aol.com 1st Vice President Mike Dittman ditty82@peoplepc.com 2nd Vice President Larry Lukenbill doodlespad@aol.com Secretary Karen Jenkins ( ) KarenJenkinsCO@comcast.net Treasurer Hal Tumbleson h7657@adelphia.net Governor Walt Jenkins WaltJenkins@comcast.net Board Members Denise Phillips jlp86pace@adelphia.net 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 Pg. 30 Diane Dittman ditty82@peoplepc.com Bob Capraro bobscc@aol.com Dick Strauch strauchs@comcast.net Web Master Walt Jenkins WaltJenkins@comcast.net Deadline to submit newsletter articles and information is the 15th of the month in which it is to be published. Send or to: Karen Jenkins: 230 Furrow Way, Monument, CO KarenJenkinsco@comcast.net CSCC s WEBSITE is Pg. 3

4 Meeting Information This month s Board Meeting will be on Monday July 2nd 2007 At The home of Walt and Karen Jenkins 230 Furrow Way Monument, Colo (719) at 7:00 p.m. 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, July 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 at Gunther Tooties Restaurant, located at 5794 Palmer Park Blvd. Off of Powers. All guests are welcome. Bringing up the Rear Pg. 4 Pg. 29

5 Minutes General Meeting June 7th, 2007 Members Present Bob Capraro Walt Jenkins Mike Dittman Michael Sabo Diana Dittman Darlene Sabo Pete Olejnik Steve Rummel Alta Olejnik Don Adametz Larry Schubert Fred Davison Sheryl Schubert Shirley Davison Shawn Mess Rob Miskowitch Ashley Mess Charlie Boland Ray Pazdzior Hal Tumbleson Sean Pazdzior Jeff Smith Scott Paine John Gue Candy Paine Judy Gue Chris Nordby Rusty Welch Carol Daniel Larry Valentine Daryl Daniel Gwenda Valentine Gary Yale Ed Redlin Debbie Yale Gitta Redlin Denise Philips Tom Ury Jerry Phillips Joe Horvath Vickie Fockler Jim Fockler Dick Ary Jerrie Ary Joe Joseph Melvin Swindale Dick Strauch Patty Strauch Jim Nile Judy Nile Juanita Bochnak Cliff Wright Nick Renfro Rik Noring Jr. Florece Noring Karen Jenkins Pg. 28 Pg. 5

6 Guests Present Down the Road Corvettes Autocross at the Golden CSP track First Meeting Corvette Sponsor Jerry & Diane Stermer 93 40th Anniv. Mike Sabo Second Meeting Glen D. Maurer 04 Coupe Jim Mesite Third Meeting Guy Bentley 1980 T-Top Debbie Martin (VOTED IN) Victoria Li We would like to congratulate Guy Bentley as our newest member of the CSCC. Welcome and we hope to see you at many events in the future! Florece s trophy for running off the track Pg. 6 Pg. 27

7 The June meeting of the CSCC was called to order at approximately 7:05 p.m. by President Sean Pazdzior. Motion to approve the May minutes: Motion approved to accept minutes as written in the newsletter. June Birthdays: The following people celebrated birthdays in the month of June: Linda Adametz, Mike Dittman, Tara Rising, Karen Lockwood, Dave Beem, Candy Paine, Cindy Tumbleson, We hope that you all had a very wonderful and happy birthday! We also had a couple of very special anniversaries this month. Please join us in congratulating Denise & Jerry Phillips as well as Pete & Alta Olejnik for celebrating 25 years of happiness together. Please let me know if you have a big or special anniversary or other event coming up so that we may offer our congratulations. Treasurer s Report: Treasurer, Hal Tumbleson, announced that the treasury was in good shape. He had a few checks to write but we are doing well. There are always copies of the treasurer s report on the back table at every meeting. Greetings: Bob Capraro, who was sitting in for Second Vice President, Lary Lukenbill introduced and welcomed all of the guests this month. We would like to congratulate and welcome our newest member Guy Bently. He seems like a really great guy who loves to get involved in club activities. We also extend a very warm welcome to our other guests and hope to see them back. Merchandise: Chairperson, Ashley Mess reminded everyone that you can order club merchandise in lots of different colors. She has found someone who will make cling logos for our cars so that we can display our club logo at parades and other events. Hopefully, she will be able to bring some to the next club meeting and take orders. She says that she is working on getting a discounted price for larger quantities ordered. Please check with Ashley for any merchandise that you may have ordered or would like to order. Pg. 26 Pg. 7

8 Web Site: Governor, Walt Jenkins, announced that we had 23,896 hits for the month of May. He announced that he had updated the website with all of the pictures that he had for the entire year of 2007 including car shows, autocrosses, Fun-in-the-Sun, race results, although the very latest Summer Solstice autocross results hadn t been posted at that time. Walt also asked if anyone would be interested in having their Corvette on the website as the new Corvette of the month Fun in the Sun Car Show Old Business Fun-in-the-Sun Car Show: Chairman, Rik Noring Jr. gave a report on the car show which was held on May 12th. There were several people from our club who won trophies. We had anywhere from 55 to 80 cars present at one point. We ended up making around $ The day was beautiful, not to mention all of the different classes of Corvettes. Walt found out that Dick Strauch and Joe Horvath are really perfectionists when it comes to judging cars. They hit him with wear and tears, lint and dust, cat hairs, dirt, grime and everything else you could think of. Fortunately for Walt (after getting over his shock) he realized it was a birthday prank. We would like to thank Ron Garcia s company, Millennium Auto Body as well as Dennis Van Horn s company, Rocky Mountain Rotomilling for donations towards the car show trophies It means so much to our club to help our events be successful! Chris Nordby reported on the Funkhana at the car show. There were a total of 19 teams. Everyone had a great time. The trophies for the Funkhana were donated by Wreckmasters. Congratulations to Hal Tumbleson and his daughter Heather Nordby for getting the fastest time for the man/woman division. Also a big congratulations go to Sean Pazdzior and Chris Nordby for winning the man/man/ division as well as the fastest time of the day!!! Florece and Rik Noring won the woman/man. Chris thanked all of the people who helped with the Funkhana. Don Adametz, Hal & Cindy Tumbleson, Patty Pg. 8 Pg. 25

9 10-7 Open Track Practice (am), Pueblo (Denver Corvette Assn.) Non-sanctioned High Speed Time Trial (pm), Pueblo (Denver Corvette Assn.) Sanctioned Low Speed Autocrosses (Colorado West Corvette Club) Region-sanctioned All Hallows Eve Rally (Top of the Rockies Corvette Assn.) Sanctioned S NoFlakes Rally (Colorado Springs Corvette Club) Region-sanctioned &10 National Governors Meeting St. Louis, MO Sno Big Deal Shows (Down the Road Corvettes) Region-sanctioned Fun Rallys (Denver Corvette Assn.) Sanctioned Regional Governors Meeting (Denver) **Telephone numbers are the contact numbers that can be used to get more information about that Pg. 24 Strauch, Melvin Swindale, Sean Pazdzior, Ray Pazdzior and Walt Jenkins. Special thanks to other people who helped in many different ways with the car show were Walt Jenkins, Karen Jenkins, Sheryl Schubert, Ashley Mess, Sean Pazdzior and especially all of our judges who moved things along VERY smoothly! The CSCC would like to give a huge THANK YOU to Rik Jr. and Florece Noring for offering the Corvette Center, all of their hard work and organization for chairing this event which is bound to keep getting bigger every year. We would also like to extend our deepest gratitude to Ric and Sandie Noring! Most of us don t realize this, but Ric & Sandie have been putting on the Fin in the Sun Car Show for many years. They still handle all of the behind the scenes work before, during and after the show, not to mention a lot of the planning, cooking, serving and extreme generosity. They not only offer the Corvette Center for our use but pay for and prepare our lunches. Ric & Sandie are definitely the biggest asset and contributors to make this event so fun, eventful and successful. Thank you both for your generosity! Summer Solstice Autocross; Chairman, Hal Tumbleson announced that the autocross was held May 27th at the Golden State Patrol track.. We had 42 participants. The track was pretty messy on the morning of the race due to the State Patrol doing night maneuvers. Larry Schubert actually tried to join them but needless to say, he was escorted out with lights flashing and sirens blaring. Hal rented a blower to clean the track off and it worked very well. We unexpectedly got a nice tour of Golden because we were looking for the Outback Steakhouse on Saturday night. There were a few non-serious mishaps. Chris Nordby did a couple of 360 s on the dirt but kept right on going, Sean Pazdzior went partly off of the road (backwards) a couple of times and actually got one pretty unmentionable payback (not on purpose, I m sure) from it. Rik Noring Jr. literally SUCKED on one run, although his run was nice and clean. After the autocross, we all went to On the Border Restaurant for dinner and everyone made it home tired but safely. After expenses, we made a grand total of $1, from that autocross. Hal thanked the following people for all Pg. 9

10 who gave their time to help out with this autocross. Thanks to Ashley Mess, Sheryl & Larry Schubert, John Gue, Rik & Florece Noring, Karen & Walt Jenkins, Sean Pazdzior, Don Adametz, Jim & Vickie Fockler, Chris & Heather Nordby, Rob Miskowitch, Cindy Tumbleson and special thanks to Carol and Ralph Johnson, who are from TORCA and helped out from beginning to end. Volunteers help make an event easier and run more smoothly but it takes a great chairperson to make an event such a great success, so THANK YOU for all of your hard work and dedication Hal!!! Club Photos: Chairwoman, Diana Dittman brought an 11 x 14 Picture of the club photo to the club meeting. The picture turned out great, it was a beautiful day and we had 28 cars. Diana thanked Theresa Wildman for taking the picture. Nick Renfro has pictures that you can purchase for $20.00 for an 8x10. She also thanked Bill Porch from Porch Electric who donated the lift truck so that we could get the high shot with the fantastic background and thanked everyone who showed up. Pagosa Springs Car Show: Our new 1st Vice President, Mike Dittman explained the annual Pagosa Springs Car Show and how enjoyable it is. He asked if anyone would be interested in chairing the event. A couple of our newest members, Dick & Jerrie Ary took on the challenge. We would like to thank them so much for volunteering for this event because we were down to the wire and needed someone very quickly. It will be great to have new and fresh ideas but as many of us need to step up to the plate and give them all of the help and support that they need. Even if you are not planning on attending this year. They have never chaired an event so I m sure that they could use a lot of input from other members. Trash Pick Up: Mike Dittman passed around a sign-up sheet for the trash pick-up. For any new members, our club has adopted a section of highway to do trash pick-up on Hwy 85 between mile markers We do find some very interesting things and some members have even been lucky enough to find Pg. 10 ROCKY MOUNTAIN REGION 2007 EVENTS CALENDAR 7-4 Funkhana Keystone Event (Denver Corvette Assn.) Sanctioned Low Speed Autocrosses, Keystone Event (Denver Corvette Assn.) Sanctioned Low Speed Autocrosses(DtRC & DCA) Regionsanctioned to22 Spearfish Meet Spearfish, SD 7-26to29 Vettes on the Rockies (Looking Glass Corvette Assn. Non-NCCC) Parade (Colorado Corvette Club) Non-sanctioned Rally (Top of the Rockies Corvette Assn.) Sanctioned Low Speed Autocross (Colorado West Corvette Club) Sanctioned Low Speed Autocrosses (Colorado West Corvette Club) Region-sanctioned Dealer Show (Colorado Springs Corvette Club) Regionsanctioned Low Speed Autocrosses(DtRC ) Region-sanctioned to3 Round-Up Event Casper, WY (Central Wyoming Corvettes) Region-sanctioned Regional Governors Meeting (Casper, WY) ?? Dealer Show (Down the Road Corvettes) Regionsanctioned &8 National Governors Meeting St. Louis, MO Pagosa Springs Show (Colorado Springs Corvette Club) Region-sanctioned Low Speed Autocross (Colorado Springs Corvette Club) Sanctioned Pg. 23

11 cash! The date is June 23rd at 8:00 a.m. and breakfast afterwards at the Rocky Mountain Grille. New Club Trailer: Dick Strauch announced that the club will be getting a new trailer for hauling our autocross, car show and other equipment in. We have outgrown our old one. The new one will be 22ft. enclosed trailer with a four foot hitch. It s eight feet in width with a DOT package for Colorado, 12 volt inside lights, diamond plate chip protection around the wheels, four ft. concession door and many more extras. There would still be more to add so the price would be around $7, Sean is also looking into a 26 foot trailer which he will have prices and details on later. Motion approved to spend up to $8, on new club trailer. New Business NCCC News and Updates: Governor, Walt Jenkins announced that he went to the Governors meeting in Grand Junction. He mentioned that Hal was 1st in points but after adding some more points, he has dropped to 6th. Top of the Rockies is leading the region in points with CSCC in second and DTR is third. For men, our club has Hal Tumbleson, Walt Jenkins and Chris Nordby in the top ten spots and for women, Karen Jenkins, Heather Nordby, Florece Noring are in the top 10 with Sheryl Schubert in 16th place and Vickie Fockler is in 17th place. TORCA has signed up eleven members in the last month, so if they haven t passed us yet, they soon might in having the largest club in the region. All of their members are NCCC members where a lot of ours aren t. The cost is only $10.00 a year and you can sign up anytime you want. Walt also mentioned that Larry Morison had noticed several cracks on all four of his rotors at the Fun in the Sun Car Show and the car only has 15,000 miles on it. Walt also noticed that he had a cracked rotor at the Fruita autocross, so he asked that people keep an eye on theirs. President, Sean Pazdzior mentioned that at the last autocross Pg. 22 Pg. 11

12 at the World Arena, he had grazed over the top of a piece of the timing equipment with a cone but he told the story of the autocross that DTR put on at the State Patrol track where Walt decided to go 4-wheeling and actually ran over a timing sensor which, so far is the most expensive trophy that Walt now owns for autocrossing at $ Convention Update: Walt & Karen will be leaving Friday, June 15th, bright and early for the 07 convention. We will have a table, a T.V. and a D.V.D. and Walt will be giving a presentation to the Executive Board along with goody bags. They give the final presentation to the Governors in September and then vote on it. We will know the decision at the November NCCC meeting. 4th of July Parade: Chairman, Pete Olejnik passed around a sign up sheet for anyone interested in participating. Judging starts at 8:15 a.m. but please be there around 8:00 or earlier to make sure that we have our cars decorated. The actual parade begins at 10:00 a.m. The line up for the parade will be off of the Old Denver Highway. Take I-25, turn west on Baptist Road and take the first right. Pete doesn t have our line up number yet but will let the participants know when he gets it. Otherwise, just look for all of the Corvettes. The theme this year is One Nation Under God and Pete encouraged people to rev your engines but not to peel out for the safety of the spectators. 4th of July BBQ: Mike & Winnie Bochnak passed around a sign up sheet if you are planning on attending after the parade and also include what type of dish you are planning on bringing. Walt will be putting it up on the website in case you didn t attend the meeting. Pikes Peak or Bust Rodeo: Chairman, Ray Pazdzior announced that the Rodeo will be held on Saturday, July 7th. He sent out a sign up sheet. They only allow 10 cars for the event, so if you are interested and there is room left, please contact Ray. Just as the 4th of July parade, they encourage you to rev your engines but no peel outs please. The parade starts at 10:00 a.m. and Ray is looking into a place for lunch afterwards and will get in Pg. 12 Well the month of July will be a busy one for CSCC. We have a couple of parades coming up this months along with some social events. Some good news we now have chair people for all of our CSCC events. Thank you to everyone who has stepped up to chair an event this year. First up this month we have the annual 4 th of July parade in Monument. This is a great event with a very large crowd. Pete is chairing this event for us this year. He asking that everyone please be lined up 8:00 am, as judging will proceed right around that time. We will be lining up on the Old Denver Highway. Pete also reminded us since the crowd will be so large to please not spin your tires. Rev your engine all you want but keep your tires quiet for the safety of you and the crowd. If you have any other questions please contact Pete. After the parade we will be making our way over to Mike & Winnie s for our annual 4 th of July BBQ. For those of you who may not know Mike & Winnie graciously open their home to us for a BBQ. It is a Pot Luck so remember to bring your signature dish. Even if you do not participate in the parade you are still welcome to join us. If you did not sign up at the last meeting or have some questions please call Winnie. On July 7 th, CSCC will be participating in the Pikes Peak or Bust Rodeo Parade. This is the biggest parade in Colorado Springs, with huge crowds and a great atmosphere. Ray is chairing this years event for us. The parade starts at 10:00 am and will probably last about 1 hour. If you have signed up Ray will contact you with what time to meet and where. After the parade we will be going out to eat of course. Ray will post the location of restaurant on the . So please feel free to come and cheer us on and join us for lunch. If you did not sign up and are interested please contact Ray. Well it is that time of year when you will here me and many others start to talk about the Daniels Car Show. On August 25 th Daniels will be hosting us at Daniels Chevyland for our annual Dealers appreciation show. This is our time to come out and show Daniels just how much we appreciate them and all they do. Daniels is our club sponsor and does a lot for us. So if you can only make one show this year please make it Daniels. Larry is chairing this show and will have more information at our next meeting. Thanks for Pulling In, Pg. 21 Sean Pazdzior President, CSCC

13 Pg. 20 For Sale For Sale: 1957 Corvette By today s terms, this unique Corvette would be considered a restro rod as the restoration kept appearance original but enhanced performance by incorporating multiple technological upgrades. Awards include multiple Best of Show, People s Choice, In-Class and Best Engine at Vettes on the Rockies. Appraised at over $80,000, this car is for sale at $75,000. Also available is a 24 foot long HaulMark trailer with raised anodized ramps that can accompany the vette for an additional $7,000. Pictures are available on-line at coloradospringscorvetteclub.org. For more info/details, contact Herb Thompson at or Herb57vette@aol.com. touch with everyone to let them know when and where to line up. He reminded everyone that you are invited to the lunch afterwards whether you are a member or not. Fire Extinguishers: Hal Tumbleson said that we have some 15lb. fire extinguishers in the trailer that we have to have (in the event someone runs over equipment and starts a fire) and other emergencies. He took them in to get them tested and one needs some repairs. Joe Horvath is checking into getting the extinguishers fixed by someone who can do a great job at a great deal. The motion was passed to get that paid for. Joe Joseph has offered to get us a first aid kit from his wife Joan. Rik Noring announced that on the last Wed. Thurs. & Fri. of this month is the Cruisefest. There will be many cars from out of state and many activities planned including a car show and a poker run. Even if you can only take one day off that week, there will be something fun for everyone. Walt Jenkins announced that on July 7th, there will be the annual Viper Challenge up in Breckenridge. It is an autocross competition between Corvettes and Vipers in which case, the Corvettes always win. He also mentioned that on Sunday, July 15th, DCA and DTR are putting on two autocrosses at the Colorado National Speedway which is in Eerie, North of Denver. It is an oval track with some turns going down through the middle. If you want more information, please check the website or call Walt. He also asked for volunteers to check on restaurants and places that our club could meet up and such for the Vettes On The Rockies this year. The dates are July 27th through the 30th. Dick Strauch said that he received a phone call from a lady who has a 1986 convertible with 81,000 original miles on it and would like to sell it for at least $6,000. If you know anyone interested, please give Dick a call. Bandimere Club Clashes: Walt sent out an on this event. If you are interested in finding more about it, please call him. Hal said that he got an from Casper and said that they are limiting cars to the first 100. Tickets for Vince Gill and Amy Pg. 13

14 Grant will be on sale for one night if you would like to go to that, otherwise, it will be an open night to do what you want. It s three days of fun and food and this year, they are also having a high speed autocross to go along with their low speed autocross. Remember, you must have a high speed license to race in the high speed autocross. The cost is $ per couple for the whole weekend and the rooms are around $55.00 to $65.00 per night. If you haven t been to this event, it is really a blast!!! New Corvettes or upgrades: Rob Miskowitch announced that he just bought a new Column Lock for his car. Walt is getting new rotors after the autocross in Fruita, and Walt announced that Cliff Wright has a new Door Prizes We would like to thank Daniels Chevyland for donating the door prizes for the meeting this month and to Dick Strauch for picking them up. Good News/Bad News Suitcase The good news/ bad news suitcase was brought back by Chris Nordby. It was filled with lot s of great stuff and was auctioned off for $40.00 After the meeting Please join us after the July 5ht meeting at Gunther Tooties restaurant located at 5797 Palmer Park Blvd, off of Powers. All guests are welcome to join us in good food and fun! Pg. 14 Pg. 19

15 FYI SECTION Pagosa Springs Car Show: We now have some volunteers to chair the Pagosa Springs Car Show. We would like to thank Dick & Jerrie Ary for stepping up and taking on this event. Remember, that we are all here to help you in any way we can! We would like to send our deepest condolences to Anne and Bud Silvers in the death of Anne s sister who lost her battle with cancer. There was no service so the club sent a donation to the Rocky Mountain Cancer Center Foundation. In the past month and a half, the Silvers have lost five members of their family so we hope that God will shed comfort and grace on them in this time of sorrow. Board Meeting Members present: Sean Pazdzior, Mike Dittman, Shawn Mess, Dianna Dittman, Walt Jenkins, Bob Capraro, Larry Lukenbill, Hal Tumbleson, Denise Phillips, Dick Strauch, Pete Olejnik. 1) Ammendments to the May minutes 2) June Birthdays 3) Treasurers Report 4) Greetings 5) Merchandise 6) Web Site 7) Old Business 8) New Business! We would like to welcome Mike Dittman as our new 1st Vice President! Unfortunately, former 1st. Vice President, Shawn Mess had to resign. They had to sell their Corvette due to family obligations but are still Associate Members and plan on keeping involved in many of our events. If you are interested in ordering an 8 X 10 club photo, please see or call Nick Renfro. We would all like to give very big THANK YOU to Bill Porch of Porch Electric for donating the lift to the club for the club photo. Without his donation of the lift, we would have had to rent one in order to get such a great shot of the cars and background! Pg. 18 Pg. 15

16 July 2007 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Escape! Wouldn t you rather be at the beach? Two wonderful travel sites with endless possibilities! Book all of your travel needs with: 1 Breckenridge Challenge 2 Board Walt Jenkins. Breckenridge Challenge 3 Breckenridge Challenge 4 Keith Swensen B.D. CSCC Parade & BBQ. Breckenridge Challeng 5 General Meeting 6 Hal Tumbleson B.D. 7 DCA 2 low speed auto X s Pikes Peak or Bust Rodeo Mermaid Travel MeSITE Travel Carol & Daryl Daniel Bobbie & Jim Mesite (719) (719) Interested in starting your own online travel business? Call Carol or Bobbie! Bob Jennaro B.D Joyce Small B.D. 14 Craig Wisniewski Kathy Huffman B.D. Walt s Birthday Cake Made by Sheryl Schubert 15 Royal Gorge Car Show Spearfish Meet S.D. 20 Mike Bowman/ Bobbie Mesite B.D. Spearfish 21 Spearfish 22 Carol Fender B.D. Spearfish Dick Strauch B.D. 26 Alta Olejnik B.D. Vettes on the Rockies 27 VOTR 28 Joe Vlasek/ Ashley Mess B.D. VOTR. CCC Parade 29 VOTR Board Hal Tumblesons Pg. 16 Pg. 17