JANUARY 2017 THE ROUTE 66 CAR CLUB IS A QUALIFIED 501 (3) CHARITY. at 7 PM, Sizzler Restaurant - East Route 66.

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1 YOUR NEW CLUB OFFICERS FOR 2017 PRESIDENT Robert Penhaker VICE PRESIDENT Mike Ebersole TREASURER Juergen Burmeister SECRETARY Alana Velez MEMBERSHIP Kathy McKee CRUISE DIRECTOR Richard Federico NEWSLETTER EDITOR Jon Wiedenheft JANUARY 2017 THE ROUTE 66 CAR CLUB IS A QUALIFIED 501 (3) CHARITY MEETINGS General Membership February 8, 2017 at 7 PM, Sizzler Restaurant - East Route 66. MEMBERSHIP LADIES LUNCHEON CRUISE CENTRAL Board Meeting February 3, Sizzler Restaurant As of the end of the year Club membership was up to 68 families. Membership dues of $35 for 2017 are now due. To be held January 17 at 12:00 at the Beaver Street Brewery, 11 South Beaver Street, Flagstaff. Richard Frederico assisted by Bob Bortree are working out the 2017 Event Schedule. They will be coordinating with the other clubs to plan several TriClub events. If you have any suggestions, please contact Richard. HISTORIAN Sean Evans BOARD OF DIRECTORS Maggie Bortree Doug Bischoff Lance McKee Jim Velez Pat Wiebe FRIDAY EVENINGS WEB-SITE EDITOR S NOTE Club members have been gathering at the Crown Railroad Café on Route 66, or at Freddy s on Beulah Blvd. Come join us. Have you checked out our Club Website recently? Doug Bischoff and Steve Westerdahl have done a great job in up-dating the site. Is your classic car (s) on the Rides section of the website? If not send pics to Doug at dragone369@gmail.com Share your classic car history with the club. The Courier will try to carry a Garage Tales story each month, but we need your stories. Please submit your story to route66carclub@gmail.com.

2 PAGE 2 CLUB EVENTS February 11 Sat NORTHERN PINES and possibly BOWLING at STARLIGHT LANES, Flagstaff Further details to be announced. March 11 Sat Breakfast at Cameron Details to follow. Balance of the 2017 schedule is being worked out. Various Tri-Club events to be scheduled depending on the three clubs schedules. TRI-CLUB TWIN ARROWS POKER RUN A BIG SUCCESS Held November 12, about 30 cars ran the circuit from the Coca Cola plant to Twin Arrows. High hand was won by Adriane Penhaker and low hand by Jeff Bryan. Pictures provided by Robin Moore. RUMBLINGS FROM AROUND THE FLYWHEEL Elections were held at the January 11 General Meeting: see page 1 for a listing of our 2017 Officers. The Club is thankful for all the work and support that outgoing officers Mark Strango, Kathy Strango, Bob Bortree and Eric Sommers provided! Congratulations to our new officers: Robert Penhaker, Juergen Burmeister, Richard Frederico, Doug Bischoff, and Lance McKee. Unfortunately we have no pictures of the Club Christmas Dinner at the Horsemen s Lodge however we understand that the food and service were very good. At the January 11 meeting our Historian, Sean Evans, reported that he is working on a massive donation by Angel Delgadillo, (dubbed as the guardian angel of Highway Route 66 and as the main founder of the Historic Route 66 Association of Arizona,) which is being transferred to the Kline Museum at NAU. Sean will make a presentation at the Ladies Luncheon held April 18 at the 1899 restaurant. Note: significant others are welcome to come.

3 PAGE 3 NOVEMBER LADIES LUNCHEON By Kathy McKee The November Ladies Luncheon was held at the Pita Jungle, right by the Whole Foods store on Butler on November 15, The food was excellent and we all had a good time together! Those present were: Alana Velez, Maggie Bortree, Jackie Clark, Adriana Penhaker, Kathy McKee, Jann Blankenship, Joanie Baker, Shirley Rohr and Alana's friend, Linda. MEMORABLE EVENTS January Birthdays 1/4 Mike Mitchell 1/6 Frank Baker 1/9 Linda Hewitt 1/13 Richard Federico 1/19 Eric Summers 1/21 Pat Wiebe 1/23 Liz Lytle 1/28 Carole Donahue February Anniversaries 2/7 Ron & Helga Dinwiddie 2/14 Dale & Melinda Auten 2/14 Bruce & Claudia Haden January Anniversaries 1/23 George & Debbie Castleberry 1/23 Ed & Pat Wiebe 1/26 Juergen & Judy Burmeister 1/30 John & Carol Donahue February Birthdays 2/4 Kathi Westerdahl 2/11 Victoria Archuletta 2/11 Chuck Davis 2/22 Pete Page 2/23 Bob Bortree 2/28 Ruth Fisher

4 PAGE 4 90TH ANNIVERSARY ROUTE 66 CELEBRATION With each club providing 2 cars which depicted 6 decades of the Mother Road, this Tri-Club event was held November 11 in the front parking lot of the Starlite Lanes Bowling alley. As it was also Veteran s Day there was plenty of pomp and circumstance. As part of the procedings a Navajo Princess, dressed in full Indian regalia, sang the National Anthem in English, then followed up singing it in Navajo! (See her standing next to Andy Keksis 1948 Chevrolet). Thanks to Bob Bortree for championing this event with the three clubs and the event organizers.

5 LADIES CHRISTMAS LUNCHEON By Kathy McKee PAGE 5 The Ladies Christmas Luncheon was held at the Little America Hotel on Tuesday, December 13th at noon. The dining room has been newly redecorated and is lovely, as always. We had a great time together and the service and food was excellent! Things got lively when we did our gift exchange, but we were only allowed one steal, as time was short! The gifts were well received and it looked like everyone went away happy. Those present were: Kathy Westerdahl, Binnie Zink, Jackie Clark and her sister Claudia, Linda Wolfe, Adriana Penhaker, Pat Weibe, Kathy McKee, Shirley Rohr, Alana Velez and her friend Linda, Jann Blankenship, Kathy Perkins, Maggie Bortree, Mona Keksis, Candy Howard, Judy Bischoff and Sallie Page. Pictures by Shirley Rohr N ORTHERN LIGHTS PARADE Held December 10th in Historic Downtown Flagstaff, six Club members lit their cars up and had a great time doing the parade. And for once the weather was not incredibly cold. Mac McCrorey ran his 31 Plymouth, Lance McKee his 70 Cougar, Sally Page her 73 Mustang, Randy Travis his 50 Cadillac, Ed Wiebe his 36 Chevrolet, and Richard and Kathy Frederico their DeLorean. Thanks to Kathy Frederico and Kathy McKee for the pictures.

6 ROUTE 66 COURIER PAGE 6 PETERSEN AUTO MUSEUM UPDATE The following article was pulled from the January/February 2017 edition of AAA s HIGHROADS Magazine. F or those of you who have already visited the Petersen Museum, a repeat visit might be in order. Check out the new façade of the building. A virtual tour can be seen at AAAHighroads.com/Petersen-auto Final Page