P.O. BOX 197 POMONA, CA 91769 What s Inside? Drifter s Newsletter Page 1 Minutes 1-2 Presidents Corner 3 Treasurer Report 4 Drifter Gear 5-6 Trip Report 7-8 Trail Bosses 9 Calendar of Events 10-14 CA4WDC 15 Business Listings 16 President Vince Ruesch Vice President Gary Parkins Secretary Linda Torrey Treasurer Jerry Torrey State Delegate Don Rybarczyk Editor & BlogMaster David Meyer Meeting Minutes The 661st meeting of the Drifters Jeep Club was called to order at 7:42 p.m. on Thursday, March 2 nd, 2017 by Club President Vince Reusch. The meeting was held at Finish Line Bar and Grill in Pomona. The flag salute was led by Jimmy Morrison. Roll call was taken by Jayn Reusch (standing in for VP Gary Parkin) There were 16 members, 3 qualifying members, and 1 guest present. The guest was honorary member, Katie Kimpton. The minutes from the March meeting were read by Karyn Gerwien (standing in for Secretary, Linda Torrey), and approved with a motion from Greg Cunningham and a 2 nd by Mark Phelps. There was no Treasurer s report given, as Treasurer, Jerry Torrey was absent. It was reported that Karlan Bennett s dues were received, so there is now only 1 member left who s dues remain unpaid! There were NO new bills presented. No Conservation report was given. No Delegates report was given. Old Business: February Trip Report to Last Chance Canyon was given by Mark Phelps. It was cold. About a high of 53 degrees. Everyone had a great time. Rode with Johnny and Patrick which was really nice having a heater to keep warm. There were 13 jeeps on the trail, and a lot of campers. The area was beautiful. David Meyer tried to show off and had to get towed out. Mark suggested the boner flag for him, but David did finish the trail. He got into some trouble getting thru a V notch. Rutherford and Buckley showed up too. Rutherford brought his jeep but never took it off the trailer... just rode with Buckley instead. At the end of the trail, they ended up at Schmidt s tunnel that was about 2000 feet long. It was very cool to walk thru (with flashlights) and out the other end overlooking a dry lake bed. A lot of history and great things to explore. A good time was had by all! HIGH DESERT ROUND UP There was a discussion about High Desert Round Up. Gary Parkin and Don Rybie have volunteered to chair the Potato Race. Approximately 50 people are needed to run the event. PLEASE CALL GARY PARKIN as soon as possible to let him know if you are willing and able to help!!!!! Gary s contact number is (714)595-2612. We will be putting the final details together at the May 4 th club meeting. CLUB PLAQUES Jerry Torrey announced that he ordered the new Drifter plaques and he will be picking them up from Charles next week. He will have them here at the next meeting in April. High Desert Roundup Potato Race, May 28 Chairman Gary Parkin Don Rybarczyk
Meeting Minutes Page 2 New Business: March Run Jim Morrison confirmed that the run will be to Truckhaven on March 10 th -12 th. Jim will arrive on Thursday the 9 th, so come early. There will be a run on Friday as well. We will camp in the same spot as always. There was discussion about maps and DDD signs for those who have not beenbefore. Bring firewood and we will have a happy hour. April Run The April run will be to Borrego Springs on April 21-23. Flyers were passed around with details. The campground has been changed to The Springs at Borrego RV Resort. Campsites are $26 with full hookups. The trail will be the Lower Coyote Canyon trail, very scenic and moderate jeeping. Campground reservations must be made in advance. Trail bosses are Norm Gerwien, Joey Morrison and Rybie. May Run Mark Phelps reported that the May run will be a one day run to Calico on May 6 th. Camping is available too, if anyone is interested. They have not done the pre-run yet, so more details to follow. June Run No date / no plans to report as of yet. PAST PRESIDENTS PICNIC will be in August. Vince is doing some research for a location in the High Desert Mojave Narrows off of Bear Valley. It was suggested that it might be too hot in the High Desert in August! The other option being considered is to go back to Ramona where the 2016 PPP was held. Nominations for Officers for the upcoming year were discussed. Current president Vince Reusch announced that he had talked to all of the current officers and all had agreed to offer to serve another term! Norm Gerwien made a motion to close the nominations, and that motion was seconded! Officers nominated are: President: Vince Reusch Vice President: Gary Parkin Secretary: Linda Torrey Treasurer: Jerry Torrey If anyone would like to guess who it is, they can contact me and I will award the first to positively identify the sandy eyebrow. hint: its a member From: Rick Buckley <teamsilverrock@gmail.com> Pictures Without a Story The 50/50 was won by?? for $51. Congrats?? The next club meeting will be on Thursday, April 6th at Finish Line Bar and Grill in Pomona. The meeting was adjourned at 8:50 pm. Karyn Gerwien for Linda Torrey Drifter's Blog: http://driftersddd.blogspot.com/ Drifter's Facebook. https://www.facebook.com/groups/driftersjeepclub/
Page 3 Cleghorn Cleanup Day March 25th Friendly Reminder: 2017 Club Dues were due October 2016. Please pay your dues of $65.00 ($45 C4WDA + $20 Club) TODAY to stay in good standing with the club. By Laws Section V, Paragraph C
Treasurer s Report Page 4 Nothing Submitted Jerry
Drifter Gear Page 5 Place orders by 25th of the month
Drifter Gear Page 6 Place orders by 25th of the month
February Trip Report Last Chance Canyon Page 7
February Trip Report Last Chance Canyon Page 8
2017-2018 Trail Bosses Page 9
Page 10 April 2017 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 2 3 4 Dave Gothard 5 6 Club Meeting 7 8 Tom Vaughn 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Cheryl Hankla 21 Club Run 22 Club Run 23 Club Run Davin Gothard 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Meeting Location - The Finish Line Bar & Grill, Pomona, 2nd at 7:30pm Club Run Location - Anza Borrego Trail Bosses - Norm Gerwien, Joey Morrison, Don Rybarczyk, Dave Gothard, Rick Buckley, Jr.
Norm Gerwien (909) 553-1165 Joey Morrison (909) 477-0353 Don Rybarczyk (909) 851-0806 Dave Gothard (714) 474-9775 Rick Buckley, Jr. (760) 490-4849 April Run Anza Borrego Page 11
April Run Anza Borrego Page 12
Page 13 May 2017 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 2 3 4 Club Meeting 5 6 Club Run 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Gary Parkin 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Meeting Location - The Finish Line Bar & Grill, Pomona, 2nd at 7:30pm Club Run Location - Calico Trail Bosses - Mark Phelps, Steve Sturdevant, Jerry Torrey
Mark Phelps (909) 938-8713 Steve Sturdevant (760) 403-0262 Jerry Torrey (951) 202-8793 May Run Calico Page 14
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Business Listings Members only Page 16 Victoria Landscape *********************** Contractors Rick Buckley (760) 868-3133 *********************** Nikki Romano (714) 497-5912 (www.mysensaria.com/nikkir) *********************** Jack s Glass 11617 Cedar Ave Bloomington, CA 92316 Ray Kimpton (909) 877-5860 jacksglassray@aol.com *********************** Home Security Performance Alarm John & Denise Williams (909) 599-6083 Insurance Services Auto, Home, Life, Commercial 430 E Foothill Blvd San Dimas CA 91773 Karyn Gerwien (909) 599-5131 kgerwien@farmersagent.com *********************** 2019 S. Benson Ave Ontario, CA 91762 Davin Gothard (714) 745-5900 DGRhinos.com *********************** Specializing in Trucks & UTV s Custom Lifts & Accessories, Custom Fab, Roll Cages, 976 Hollister Pinon Hills, CA 92372 Andy Minnala (760)559-2804 Frank Cattern (951) 218-3540 *********************** Personal/Commercial/Life/Health Insurance 625 Fair Oaks Avenue Suite 158 S. Pasadena, CA 91030 Mike Anderson 626-799-7813 626-945-4819 cell **********************