Cedar Rapids Corvette Club B e y o n d t h e G l a s s May, 2017

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1 Cedar Rapids Corvette Club B e y o n d t h e G l a s s May, 2017 From the President Spring is traditionally a busy time of year for all of us. There is a seemingly endless list of tasks to be done. It s not all work though, it s time for walkers, bikers, golfers, boaters, and of course Corvette owners to get out there and enjoy. Reward yourself after a hard day of work by taking a cruise through the country on these longer warm evenings. Somewhere out there is an ice cream cone with your name on it. A group of your fellow club members were out at the Cedar Rapids airport on April 25 to welcome home Honor Flight Veterans. The next flight is Wednesday, May 24 and the CRCC s own Jerry Elm will be one of the honored veterans participating on that flight. Coming up soon (May 21) is Cruising for Camp Courageous. All hands on deck for this one to make sure CRCC continues to win the Cub Participation Award. We just barely won last year so please enter a car or two even if you can t attend. They go by the number of registered vehicles affiliated with a club. (The car does not need to be there or be a Corvette) It only costs $15 to register a car. It s a great cause and you get a free t-shirt. Also it s an opportunity to see cool cars and cruise together with 35 other Corvettes over to Monticello. You can easily register on-line at: Be sure to fill out the Club Affiliation with Cedar Rapids Corvette Club. Also, our Cruising the Avenue Car Show is June 10 on the Hawkeye Downs Speedway. Get involved to help if you can. Register your car whether you can go or not (it s a donation). Check our website regularly as Larry updates the rapidly expanding calendar of events with timing and details of these activities and many others. Just a reminder of upcoming changes to the content and distribution of the CRCC newsletter After this May edition, newsletters will no longer include advertisements, picture pages, birthday and anniversaries or a listing of contact info for club Officers and others. The newsletter content will be pretty much limited to a message from the President, Minutes of the previous month s meeting, Minutes of any other official club meeting, a Governor s report and any other articles submitted on time and in a suitable format. The newsletter will then be posted under the Newsletter tab of the CRCC website. The newsletter will no longer be postage mailed or ed to club members. A letter outlining the reasoning for this change was ed to all members back on January 13. The letter was also read at the February CRCC meeting and was included in the meeting minutes published in the March newsletter. If you haven t already, and would like to have your name added to the Years of CRCC Membership database for future recognition please try to determine the total number of years you have been a member. Please report the result for you and your spouse (if applicable) to me at: clthompson623@gmail.com Drive safe and enjoy, Chris May, 2017 Beyond the Glass Page 1

2 Approval of Secretary s Report President Chris Thompson asked for any corrections or additions to the minutes of the March 16 th meeting. There were no corrections or additions. President Chris Thompson called for a motion to approve the March 2017 meeting minutes as presented. A motion was made by Brian Richardson and was seconded by Kathie Adams to approve the March 2017 meeting minutes as presented. The motion passed. April 20 th Meeting Minutes President Chris Thompson called the meeting to order at 7:01 PM. He thanked John Baker and Pat McGrath for providing food for the meeting. President Chris Thompson welcomed and thanked members for coming to the April meeting. There were 65 members in attendance. Chris Boespflug, a former member, was voted back into the club. He has a 1999 Pewter Convertible. President Chris Thompson shared condolences to Doug & Sarah Schoon and family on the passing of Doug s mother. Good and Wellness: President Chris Thompson wished Gary Cummings a quick recovery. He hoped continued progress for Terry Kocher and Bob Baker. Bob and Diane Bowen bought a new Artic Blue Malibu. Secretary Lori Brendes reported that she sent a sympathy card and memorial to: Doug & Sarah Schoon and family for the passing of Doug s mother. She will be sending a sympathy card and memorial to Chris and Dave Bauer for the death of Chris dad. She sent sympathy cards to: Former members Bob and Marlys Bitterman for the passing of Bob s dad and Marlys mom. She sent a get-well card to: Gary Cummings Approval of Treasurer s Report No report Treasurer Larry Bushaw was not present. No financial report. Webmaster Larry Bushaw was not present. No report Vice President Diane Bowen President Chris Thompson read the list of members celebrating birthdays and anniversaries during the month of April. President Chris Thompson thanked Jim McLaughlin for setting up the April dinner at La Cantina Bar & Grill on Tuesday, April 11 th. National NCCC Scholarship applications are due electronically on June 15, The scholarships will be announced at the Convention in August. The West Region Awards Banquet had a good turnout. The West Region funds ($500) that were used, were returned to the West Region. At the banquet, Garland Groom placed 8 th overall in Regional Competition and John Watertor got into the 200 point club. May, 2017 Beyond the Glass Page 2

3 Governor Garland Groom shared Blue Bars are the NCCC website. We received an application for a youth member, Andrew Bowen. He was voted into the club as a youth member. The Convention will be able to have the High and Low Autocross at the track. Competition Director Mark Hamer no report Messenger Bob Bowen reminded members to let him know about any new addresses. Please let Bob know if you hear of someone who is sick or any deaths. Also remember to reply to the correct person instead of the CRCC messenger. Trustees report: shared the count for the evening meeting. Social Director Jim McLaughlin Kia Spande gave a presentation at UNI in March about Corvettes. There were 45 people who attended the La Cantina Bar & Grill on Tuesday, April 11 th. The May dinner will be on WEDNESDAY, MAY 10 th at Sally s in Springville. We will depart from the Marion Walmart at 5:45 PM to get to Sally s at 6:00 PM. Veteran club members, who are interested, can sign up to go on an Honor Flight together. Homecoming Director Tracy Rudd Alburnett paid for their 2016 homecoming parade. Tracy has started to receive 2017 homecoming parade contracts. Car Show Committee - Dick Butschi shared: The workers list will be sent out on and a hard copy was passed around at the meeting. Randy Sanders shared information about the CRCC Raffle Ticket Sales. o There will be a second drawing for a Romantic Package for Two with a hotel stay, dinner at Biaggi s, movie tickets, couples massage, a wine & chocolate gift basket, and wine/beer tasting. We have ticket booklets to pass out for members to sell. June 1 st is the Kernel s game. We can take 9 to 10 cars drive around the warning track (weather permitting). We need to sell 50 tickets. The tickets are $8 each. Editor Chris Thompson announced articles for the May newsletter are due by Friday, April 28 th. May is the final newsletter to be ed. Future monthly newsletters can be accessed on the club website. Historian Sue Rudd She would like to get photos of Garland and John as well as Chris Boespflug. Old Business The Swap meet was very successful. Thank you to John Stutzman who donated the money he made at the Swap meet back to the CRCC. John Dolphin reminded everyone that the Honor Flight is Tuesday, April 25, Jerry Elm will be on the Honor Flight in May. The NCCC has guidelines for insurance and setting up a Facebook page for clubs. Youth membership ages are 16 to 18 years of age. May, 2017 Beyond the Glass Page 3

4 New Business Agenda for the February Meeting: Houby Days Parade is Saturday, May 20th. Parade starts at 10:00 AM. Still need 2 more cars. Honor Flight is Tuesday, April 25th. Committee on Membership Recognition worked on creating a plaque signifying the number of years in the club. Those in attendance showed approval for the plaques by a show of hands. Secretary Diane Bowen announced the 50/50 amount. 1. Welcome & vote in potential new members 2. Good & Wellness 3. Review & approve the previous meeting's minutes 4. Review & approve the Financial Report 5. Officers Reports 6. Committee Reports 7. Old Business 8. New Business 9. Adjourn CRCC Calendar at a Glance. The 50/50 drawing winner was Dave Marsden. George Letson won the door prize. President Chris Thompson called for a motion to adjourn the meeting. A motion was made by Laura McLaughlin and seconded by Felicia Richardson to adjourn the meeting. The meeting was adjourned at 8:16 PM. The next CRCC monthly meeting will be Thursday, May 18, 2017 at 7:00 at Pat McGrath Chevyland. May 10: Dinner cruise to Sally s in Springville. May 18: Action packed monthly club meeting. May 20: CR Czech Village Houby Days Parade. May 21: Cruisin for Camp Courageous, Monticello, Iowa. May 24: Honor Flight #28 (E. Iowa Airport) June 01: CRCC Night at the Ballpark (Kernels game and fireworks) Continue to check the website on a regular basis for more events, details and updates. Respectfully submitted by Secretary, Lori Brendes CRCC May Monthly meeting Notice: The next monthly meeting of the CRCC will be 7:00 PM, May 18th, at Pat McGrath Chevyland. CRCC Governor s Report: No Report this Month. May, 2017 Beyond the Glass Page 4

5 Paul Pate 05/01 Sharon Groom 05/02 Lowell Phelps 05/05 Nyla Mc Call 05/09 Sharon Goldsmith 05/11 Fawn Shatek 05/15 Jan Gilmour 05/16 Cookie Phelps 05/22 Cecilia Mc Crea 05/26 Megan Adams 05/30 Todd Davis 05/30 Chris Boespflug is a former CRCC member who has returned to Iowa. Chris is driving a 99 pewter convertible. Welcome back Chris! Richard & Deb Rozinek 05/01 Dennis & Terry Primrose 05/02 Dan & Barb Colby 05/06 Jack & Jan Gilmour 05/06 Don & Sandy Johnson 05/06 Bob & Julie May 05/07 Jerry & Janice Elm 05/08 Todd & Kayla Davis 05/10 Jerry & Kathy Adams 05/13 Jim & Laura McLaughlin 05/13 Jeff & Elizabeth Kurth 05/14 Del & Kathy Winter 05/20 Mark & Sue Hamer 05/25 Dan & Karla McMurrin 05/27 Lyle & Dianna Knutson 05/29 May, 2017 Beyond the Glass Page 5

6 Car show time is nearly here! Charity Car Show Checklist... Here's a list of some very basic things that you should be doing in support of our annual charity car show, to be held at Hawkeye Downs (on the track!) on Saturday, June 10 th. 1. Register your car(s). $15 gets you a loaded goodie bag, t-shirt, dash plaque and possibly a $5-$20 door prize certainly a bargain! Do this even if you can't make the show. We'll get your bag to you. And you'll feel better having supported the show and our 4 local charities. Meeting site, at 6:30. You can pick up your worker shirt and personal goodie bag at that time also. We need many hands and it won't take long. 6. Check around the house and garage, and see what you might be willing to part with for the Garage Sale table. Bring it to the bag stuffing or the day of the show. Our new venue 2. Sign up to work at the car show! There is a list out there, updated every so often. We will help you to understand your job responsibilities. We will get you a worker shirt, if you don't have one already. Contact Dick Butschi at captart66@fmtcs.com. 3. Attend, if possible. Bring your checkbook or some cash. Great deals at the Silent Auction or Garage Sale tables. Never know what you'll find. 4. Pick up at least 1 book of raffle tickets for the Klein Tools collection and Romantic Weekend for Two, from Randy Sanders, or ransanders@msn.com. You can sell them to family and friends, or buy them in the name of kids, grandkids or put your own name on the stubs. 5. Attend the goodie bag stuffing on date to yet be determined in the Chevyland service bay, our 7. Bring your pop-up canopy to the show or bag stuffing so we can use it for shade (as it's going to be a great, sunny day for our show)! Make sure you tag it with your name, so we can get it back to you, later, if you don't take it home with you after the show. 8. Bring a lawn chair to the show. We'll have some bottled water iced down for you workers. 9. Check with a local business for charity car show support. It may be in the form of a gift card or discount slip at their business. If every member got 1item...wow! May, 2017 Beyond the Glass Page 6

7 10. Tell at least 1 non-club member about the show and that they can print a registration form by accessing the club's website home page. Again if each member did this... There are more things-to-do that could be listed, but this is enough for now. And if you only did 1 of the tasks listed, you still would have made a difference a positive contribution to the show your show. So what are you waiting for? Submitted By: Dick Butschi CRCC Welcoming and Thanking Team awaiting arrival of another Honor Flight at the airport. Chevrolet Trademarks used with the written permission of General Motors At the NCCC West Region banquet, Garland Groom (right) was recognized for placing 8th overall in Regional Competition and John Watertor for getting into the 200 point club. Applause!!! Congrats to Grandma Sue & Grandpa Tracy! May, 2017 Beyond the Glass Page 7

8 2017 Officers and Committees Elected Officers: President Chris Thompson Vice President Diane Bowen Secretary Lori Brendes Treasurer Larry Bushaw Social Director Jim McLaughlin Homecoming Director Tracy Rudd Governor Garland Groom Competition Director Mark Hamer Editor Chris Thompson Historian Sue Rudd Trustee (First year) Dennis Primrose Trustee (Second year) Brian Richardson Trustee (Third year) Paul Hildebrand Appointed Officers: Messenger Bob Bowen Webmaster Larry Bushaw Car Show Committee Co-Chairperson Dick Butschi Car Show Committee Co-Chairperson Wayne Martin NCCC Officers from CRCC: WR Regional Executive Larry Beebe WR Regional Secretary Chris Beebe May, 2017 Beyond the Glass Page 8

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10 Cedar Rapids Corvette Club P.O. Box Cedar Rapids, Iowa st Street NE, Cedar Rapids. May 2017 Coupe? Convertable? Red? Blue? White? Can t decide? Don t beat yourself up, JB can sell you two problem solved. He s got other cool colors too. Come see Corvette Specialist John Baker, or give him a call ext. 116 May, 2017 Beyond the Glass Page 10