Newsletter Volume 43 - Issue 6 June, 2009 Officers: President............ Dale Brotton 316-722-2632 Vice President.....David Snodgrass 316-636-9157 Secretary....... Marsha Battaglear 316-721-1166 Treasurer............. Randy King 316-729-8079 Message from the Prez... Finally the weather is warming up and so are the multitude of activities that are available for members to participate in. Coming up in June are numerous car shows and other events. At the June meeting we need to decide what events in particular will be ACCC events for points and we will be needing volunteers to get that information to Kevin so that his records reflect accurate totals. We are also looking forward to hearing some of the adventurous tales from those of you who have been on numerous road trips over the past month...especially Ohio, Texas and Chicago. Thank you to all who participated in the Riverfest Parade. We had a great time, had lots of positive feedback from the crowd, and so far no reports of repercussion from burnouts. So we will be asked to Officer at Large.....Kevin Mansfield 316-682-5882 N.C.C.C. Governor... Bob Battaglear 316-721-1166 Newsletter Editor...... Kent Michael 316-682-4403 ACCC s Web Page.. http://aircapitalcorvetteclub.com participate again next year and I hope many more of you will join us. Our Drive and Eat to Andale was a success as well. 24 cars pretty well took up the business district. The weather was co-operative and a good time was had by all. Our next meeting is June 3 at Don Hattan and looking forward to July don t forget our meeting is the annual Ice Cream Social which will be at Sedgwick County Park on July 1. We will need plenty of ice cream so this is your opportunity to make your favorite homemade recipe or pick up your favorite flavor from Braums. Happy Cruisin, Dale Page 1
June, 2009 Volume 43 - Issue 6 Minutes from the May 6, 2009 ACCC Meeting Dale Brotton gave president s report; He welcomed guests and new members. Guest Cliff Crane came to the meeting. He has a 72 Red coupe with a big block Hector Cortez was introduced as guest speaker. Vice President David Snodgrass welcomed Bruce Granheim. He stood up and introduced himself, and he works as a pilot, at Koch Industries. He is a good friend of Travis Pearson. Bruce has a 09 black coupe. Secretary Randy King reported that we have $557.57 dollars in the checking acct. $20 in cash and $1,828.25 in savings. For a total of $2,405.82. He also announced that the 50/50 pot had $22.50 in it. Kent Michael reported on several upcoming events that had come in the club mailbox. A Flyer for an upcoming Corvette meet @ Norman Oklahoma. He reminded people of the Eureka Springs event the 1st weekend in October 2009. Then there is a Father s day weekend event at Rolling Hills in Salina KS. Kent also spoke of an Emporia event scheduled to run from April 20th to October 3rd called the Flat Land cruiser club. They extended an invitation to our club to participate. Members asked for Kent to put these future events on the ACCC Club website for future reference. Friday June 26th the Ocean to Ocean Model T event comes through Abilene those interested can check in with the Holiday Inn Express which will host the event for that night. July 4th there is going to be an Experimental plane Fly-In at the Newton Airport. They will also have some war bird type planes there as well. Randy Smith is going to check on the particulars and get back to club with more details. Saturday, June 6th Drive & Eat Meet in the Parking Lot Behind the McDonalds at 47th St. South and South Broadway Hosted By: Kevin & Paula Mansfield Group Leaves Promptly at 3:30pm Old Business Dale Brotton announced details of where to meet for the Wichita River Festival Parade which is on May the 8th @ 5:00 in front of City Hall on the east side of Main Street. We are in section #3, Unit #20. Show up no later than 5:30. At the time of the meeting we needed 3 more cars to make our 10. Mike McKee and the Henderson s volunteered. New Business Dale Introduced Red Cross volunteer Hector Cortez who presented details for a Red Cross Poker Run scheduled for Saturday June 20th @ the Red Cross building down on 1900 E. Douglas St. This event was traditionally a motorcycle poker run, but they are interested in growing the event and wanted to invite our club to participate. Hector presented a lot of information regarding the mission and outreach of the Kansas (Midway) Chapter of Red Cross. This past year they have helped 98K people and were involved with over 600 Kansas homes. Last year they had 538 people out for the Poker run. This year the event is on Saturday June 20th, breakfast is served @ 8:30 at the Red Cross building, and the Poker run is scheduled to begin by 10:00 am. The Poker run is a 100 mile event, and finishes up at Alefs Harley Davidson @ 3:00 PM. Grand Prize is a trip Las Vegas (hotel & Airfare). Registration is $25 which includes a T shirt. An extra T- shirt is $10. Dick Volkman made a motion to have our ACCC club participate as a club event. Motion passed. Registration forms are on the ACCC Website. Experimental Fly in is at the Benton Airport is also on June 20th. Some discussion followed, and it was suggested that people who wanted to participate in both could do that. People who wanted to participate in just one of the events could do that as well. Drive and Eat was hosted by, Dale and Barbara Brotton. We went to Andale, Ks and ate at the main street bar (Little Bears). Everyone had a great time. We counted 26 cars were there. Swap and Shop - Cliff (southwinds member) has a 1990 Black Coupe, Auto, small block with 95K miles and is for sale for $7,000.00 50/50 Pot was won by ñ Gary Jones. Jack Crossman made a motion to adjourn, which was 2nd. Sitting in for Marsha, David Snodgrass took the minutes. Page 2
Volume 43 - Issue 6 June, 2009 Benton Airpark Fly In The Benton Airpark has invited the corvette club to show our cars June 20 at about 9:00am and stay as long as we want. There will be breakfast lunch and dinner available There wiil be the usual airport entertainment Thanks, Rex and Candy Page 3
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Volume 43 - Issue 6 June, 2009 37th Annual WACCC All Wheels Car Show - June 14, 2009-11:00am to 4:00pm The 37th Annual WACCC All Wheels Car Show Will be held at Lake Afton Park on June 14th, 2009. See Flyer on this page. The and the Southwinds Corvette Club are meeting and touring to the lake together again this year. The Group will leave at 10:00am sharp from the Paramount (Frontier) Antique Mall, 13200 West Us Highway 54. The two clubs will be parking together at the lake again this year. We will be parking in the same place as we did last year. Page 5
June, 2009 Volume 43 - Issue 6 Minutes from the May 20, 2009 ACCC E-Board Meeting We held the meeting at Dave and Leslie Snodgrass home. All members were present. President Dale Brotton called the meeting to order. There was some discussion about the numbers at the Drive & Eat. And the Sundowner Parade. Dale opted to move directly to Officer reports. Vice President David Snodgrass reported no new members and that the count remains at 75 family memberships. Treasurer Randy King reported $213.73 in checking, $1828.25 in savings and $20.00 cash. He stated that he needs to transfer some money from savings to checking as that account is getting low. Officer-at-Large Kevin Mansfield said that points were not up-to-date as he had just received numbers from various recent events. He asked for a check to pay for the venue for the ice cream social. Bob Battaglear will take the check to Sedgwick county Park as he lives nearby, Governor Bob Battaglear Reported on a number of fliers and events that are scheduled. Mark Heitz has contacted him about a car show in Norman OK on Aug. 15 that is supposed to have nice prizes. There will also be the casino show in Norman in June and one at Alefs Harley Davidson May 30 th. He said he will be taking out the canopies to Lake Afton on Sunday June 14, because Kent will be out of town. Kevin offered to help with that. A caravan will leave from the antique mall at 10 am. Secretary Marsha Battaglear mentioned that she had been contacted by a lady from Lakepoint Senior Care Center requesting us to do a car show. We will bring this up at the meeting to see if there is any interest. We moved to: Old Business. Kevin stated that he had some openings for Eureka Springs and would let members know that they were available. Kent again asked about having his insurance agent come to talk to the club. Dale will check about time constraints and then invite him. The proposed time is the August meeting. Benton will again host a Fly-In and Car Cruise.on June 20 th. The date is the same as the Red Cross Poker Run. Both activities will count towards points race. Kent reported on the decals. He will check on prices for 500 and present all numbers at the meeting. E-board likes the idea of having new decals if not cost prohibitive. No new business. Respectfully submitted, Marsha Battaglear Secretary Page 6
Volume 43 - Issue 6 June, 2009 2009 Schedule of Events June 3 June 4-6 June 6 Corvettes In The Dells, Chula Vista Resort, Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin, www.corvettesinthedells.com June Drive and Eat, Hosted by: Kevin & Paula Mansfield September 1-2 September 2 September 3-5 National Corvette Caravan to Bowling Green. National Corvette Museum's 15th Anniversary Celebration, Bowling Green, Kentucky. June 14 Lake Afton All Wheels Car Show, 11am - 4pm, Lake Afton, Wichita, September 5 September Drive and Eat, Hosted by: Gene & Marcene Brown June 25-28 Bloomington Gold, Pheasant Run Resort, St. Charles, Illinois October 1-4 Eureka Springs Corvette Weekend, Eureka Springs, Arkansas. July 1 October 7 July 11 July Drive and Eat, Hosted by: Barry & Helen Hoofer October 10 October Drive and Eat, Hosted by: Jack & Murla Crossman July 12-16 July 15-18 July 23-26 NCRS National Convention, San Jose, California. Black Hills Corvette Classic, Spearfish, South Dakota Vette's on the Rockies, Frisco Colorado October 24-25 November 4 Sedgwick Street Rodders 10th Annual Swap Meet, Kansas State Fairgrounds, Hutchinson, August 5 August 8 August Drive and Eat, Hosted by: Dave & Leslie Snodgrass November 7 December 2 November Drive and Eat, Hosted by: Monte & Chris Rans August 8-14 NCCC National Convention, Colorado Springs, Colorado. December 4 December Drive and Eat, Hosted by: Daryl & Cindy Burbach August 28-30 Corvettes at Carlisle, Carlisle, Pennsylvania 15th Anniversary Corvette Celebration Update It is hard to believe, but we are only three months away from celebrating our 15th Anniversary! There are approximately 4,500 people pre-registered for the 4th National Corvette Caravan planned to kick off the event fun which will culminate in a host of festivities taking place at the NCM! Registration is required for both the caravan and the Corvette Celebration and you can signup online for both here. We are continuously updating the online agenda to provide you the latest on new road tours being added, special guests coming to join us and fun things to do and see while in "Corvette Country"! Last week we announced the winners of our "First and Last" Display and we are still needing to fill a few slots for this special exhibit. If you have a 1953, 1963 or a 1984 Corvette and would like to display it for a while at the event, please contact our events department team at: events@corvettemuseum.org We hope you can join us for our grand reopening September 3-6 and relive old memories and make new ones with us. Page 7
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Wichita, Kansas Membership Application Regular membership dues for A.C.C.C. are $50.00 per year for new members and $45.00 per year for renewals. Membership dues include A.C.C.C. spouse membership and one National Council of Corvette Clubs (N.C.C.C.) membership. Associate membership, designed for the non-corvette owner, is $25.00 per year for new members and $20.00 per year for renewals. Associate membership does not include spouse or N.C.C.C. membership. A.C.C.C. requires all members to be at least 18 years of age and hold a current valid driver's license. Dues for renewals are payable on September 1st and are considered delinquent after the November A.C.C.C. meeting. Renewals received after the November meeting will be considered as new. Memberships received after September 1st will be valid through the next calendar year. Please fill out this form and bring it to the next meeting of The or mail to: P.O. Box 813 Wichita, KS 67201 Checks should be made payable to: Regular Membership Associate Membership Amount Paid: $ Name: (Last) (First) (Initial) Address: Home Phone: ( ) - Date of Birth: / / (City) (State) (Zip) Do you have a current valid driver's license? Yes No State Issued: Place of Employment/Occupation: E-Mail Address: Work Phone: ( ) - Spouse: Name: (Last) (First) (Initial) Do you have a current valid driver's license? Yes No State Issued: Place of Employment/Occupation: Date of Birth: / / Work Phone: ( ) - Year(s) and Type of Corvette(s) Currently Owned: Members Signature: Spouse Signature: Date / /
P.O. Box 813 Wichita, Kansas 67201 June, 2009 Newsletter Next Meeting Wednesday, June 3rd, 2009 7:00 P.M. Don Hattan Chevrolet 6000 Hattan Dr. Wichita, KS 67219 The meetings are held at 7:00 p.m. on the first Wednesday of each month at Don Hattan Chevrolet, 6000 Hattan Drive, Wichita, Kansas unless otherwise stated. The Newsletter is published monthly for the members of the Air Capital Corvette Club and other Car Clubs who wish to share newsletters or information with our club. Non-members who would like to receive the newsletter can receive a one year subscription by sending $5.00 (to cover postage) to:, P.O. Box 813, Wichita, KS 67201