M A R C H 2 0 1 5 VOLUME 58.10 GET-AROUND GAZETTE The Monthly Newsletter of Corvettes Limited of Los Angeles, CA CONGRATULATIONS WES & LIBBY BERRY BOARD OF DIRECTORS PRESIDENT VICE PRESIDENT SECRETARY TREASURER MEMBERSHIP ACTIVITIES GAZETTE EDITOR LEIF HAGMAN DAVE THOMPSON CHERYL VERDICCHIO CHAR HUDDLESON DOROTHY McCAIN KATHY HENRY ANITA MEESE CORVETTES LIMITED BUSINESS MEETINGS ARE HELD AT 7:00PM ON THE FIRST WEDNESDAY OF EACH MONTH AT THE: ELKS LODGE WEB MASTER BRIAN VALPARAISO NCCC DON MEYERS Proudly Sponsored by: CORVETTE SPECIALISTS 464 South Cataract Ave, 27 WEST HUNTINGTON DRIVE ARCADIA, CA PHONE: 626-445-2025 NEXT MEETING: 3/4/15 LIKE US ON FACEBOOK! Suite B San Dimas, CA 91773 Richard Sjoberg 909-599-0722 CALL RICH AND ASK ABOUT DISCOUNTS. WEBSITE: WWW.CORVETTESLIMITED.COM
GET-AROUND GAZETTE PAGE 2 HI FROM LEIF Good old March is upon us. Rugged and stormy, unpredictable March. March is the start of our food drives so come on Corvettes Limited, let s make it a big success and help those less fortunate. Remember to bring your donations to our general meeting on Wednesday, March 4 th. Phill and Sandi will take your donations to the Food Bank. Thanks Phill and Sandi. Thanks to all who donated last year and this year. We hope you ll continue with your generous contributions to our food drives and our Charities. Also, our club is looking for someone to step up and volunteer to be the Chairperson for our Charities this year. Please contact me if you would like to volunteer to organize this year s fund raising event for our charities. Thanks Don Meyers for arranging the social dinner at Max s Mexican Restaurant and that Max s donated a portion of our dinners to our charities. Dave did a great job organizing and leading us to the Living Desert Zoo and Gardens in Palm Desert on February 21 st. What an amazing place to visit and the weather was perfect. The participation from over 50 of our members was a major turnout. Our 2 nd annual weekend trip to Laughlin is this month. Thanks Al for organizing it again this year. Al s also planned a poker run to the London Bridge. Hope everyone can join us for a fun filled weekend of activities, gambling, and good food. I know I m looking forward to it! We have a great club! Let s continue to have a lot of good times together and a successful fund raising event for our Charities this year. LEIF LEIF HAGMAN, PRESIDENT MEMBERS: PLEASE REMEMBER TO BRING A DONATION OF CANNED FOOD FOR THE MARCH CLUB MEET- ING FOR OUR CHARITY ARCADIA ASSISTANT LEAGUE. THANK YOU.
GET-AROUND GAZETTE PAGE 3 CORVETTES LIMITED MEETING 2/4/15 PRESIDENT, LEIF FEBRUARY BIRTHDAYS AT MEET- ING: ROB PRICE, MITCH MEESE & LINDA MITTS! HAPPY BIRTHDAY! CONGRATULATIONS ROB PRICE FOR WINNING THE DRAWING! RALPH VERDICCHIO PRESENTED A TROPHIE FOR HUBEN CLEMENTE S 2003 50TH ANNIVERSARY CORVETTE. AL LUNGREN, LEADER OF LAUGHLIN TRIP. THANK YOU TO KATHY HENRY & BOB NORMAN FOR DOING THE RAFFLE FOR FEBRUARY. CONGRATULATIONS FOR WIN- NING THE 50/50! LAST CALL. If you want to have dinner at the business meeting in March, please RSVP to me before Sunday, March 1. The menu will be pork loin at a cost of $11 plus tip. Dorothy323-257-4346dorothy7634@att.net
GET-AROUND GAZETTE PAGE 4 Activities Director Kathy Henry frillsvintagetea@aol.com MEMBER ACTIVITIES AGENDA SPONSOR CLUB 2015 NAME EVENT THIS MONTHS ACTIVITIES Mar 4 General Meeting 7:00pm Dinner Leif Hagman Yes 6:30?? Mar 11 Board Meeting 7:00pm Leif Hagman Yes Mar 18 Dinner Social 6:15 pm Don Meyers Yes Marie Calenders see flyer&coupon Mar 20 Laughlin weekend Run 20 th -22 nd Al Lundgren Yes FUTURE ACTIVITIES April 1 General Meeting 7:00pm Dinner Leif Hagman Yes 6:30? April 8 Board Meeting 7:00pm Leif Hagman Yes April 15 Dinner Social 6:15 pm Don Meyers Yes April 18 40 th Annual Vette Set Car Show Vette Set No Ruby s diner 245 N. Harbor Dr. Redondo Beach Ca. 90277 Reg. 8-10 a.m. April 22 Tulip Time Cruise Barbara Price Yes April 25 May 17 Jun26-28 Jun 28 July 4 Hollywood Museum Run & Lunch @Mel s drive in. Plastic Fantastic Car Show @ Seaport Village San Diego Ca. 33 rd Big Bear Bash- Big Bear Lake Ca. Highway Earth Car Show Reg. May 1 Fourth of July pool party, Pot luck & Bingo 2pm Leif & Debbie Hagman North Country Corvette Club Corvettes West Don Meyers Yes No No No Yes Sept 19 Yucca Valley Run & lunch @Route Leif & Debbie Yes 62 Diner and Pioneertown. Hagman Oct 18 Automobile Driving Museum Run Leif & Debbie Hagman Yes
GET-AROUND GAZETTE PAGE 5 DETAILED ACTIVITIES KATHY HENRY, DIRECTOR MARCH-APRIL & MORE 2015 HAPPY ST. PATRICKS DAY March 4- General meeting 7 pm Dinner 6:30pm Dinner If we have 30 rsvp s. Let Dorothy know ASAP. A signup sheet for those who would like to be in charge of raffle prizes for a month will be at the meeting. Please volunteer. March 18-Social Marie Calenders. 820 S. Baldwin Ave., Arcadia Don Meyers March 20-22- Laughlin weekend run. Al & Nancy are leading us to exciting Laughlin. A drive to see the London Bridge on Sat. morning then a concert with Sheena Easton that evening, make your reservations. Sun. morning a ride to Cracker Barrel for breakfast and for those interested there is a River Dinner Cruise Sunday evening boarding from the dock in front of the Aquarius at 5:45pm call for your reservations 1-800-228-9825 see flyer. Please sign up@ meeting for the run. Al Lundgren 1-909-720-0583 April 18-40 th Annual Vette Set Car Show@ Ruby s Diner, 245 No. Harbor Dr., Redondo Beach, Ca.90277 Registration 8-10 a.m. A signup sheet will be at the next meeting to see how many are interested on caravanning. April 22- Tulip Cruise- Barbara Price (909) 594-6023 April 25-Hollywood Museum- in the historic Max Factor building & Lunch at Mel s Diner. (This is not the Hollywood Wax Museum) Signup sheet at the next meeting. See flyer and more info to come. Leif &Debbie Hagman 626-466-8428. May 17- Plastic Fantastic Car Show at Seaport Village- In beautiful San Diego. A Signup Sheet will be at the next two meetings to see if there is an interest of caravanning to this event. June 26-28- 33 rd Annual Big Bear Bash- Corvettes West is working on this event held in beautiful Big Bear Lake Ca. At the Robinhood Hotel. More information to come. Save the date. A really fun event. June 28- Highway Earth Car Show- Registration May 1 st. Some members went last year that couldn t make Big Bear Bash and enjoyed it, maybe one of you can be in charge of putting this together and lead it? Let me know. July 4- Fourth of July Pool Party, Pot Luck and Bingo- Don Meyers has invited us over again, It will start at 2:00 p.m. Save the date. Sept 19-Yucca Valley Run and Lunch@ RT 62 Diner and Pioneer town. Led by Leif and Debbie Hagman Save the date Oct 18- Automobile Driving Museum Run-Led by Leif and Debbie Hagman. Save the date. More info to come.
GET-AROUND GAZETTE PAGE 6 MEMBERSHIP NEWS & VIEWS Boy was I wrong (twice). When Dave Thompson first told us about his trip to Palm Springs where we would be taking the tram, I thought we would be going up the mountain WRONG. Then, he explained it was a tram around the Living Desert Gardens in Palm Desert and I thought okay, the desert has some beautiful plants and this should be wonderful. Not wrong, but I found out when we arrived I WRONG I was about what we would be seeing. We got on our trams and off we went in different directions (this avoided us jockeying to see) We saw the most wonderful scenery and animals. The name of the venue is actually the Living Desert Zoo/Garden and they certainly lived up to the Zoo part and, of course, garden. Our tour guide was excellent and we saw lots of the Zoo/Garden. I definitely want to go back and feed the giraffe! The camel with the green lipstick was also very cute (she paints!). After our two hour guided tram tour we broke up into several groups and went to lunch. I joined a group that ended up at the Cheesecake Factory where we were seated next to some more of our members. There were about two dozen enjoying a great lunch and recounting our favorite parts. Believe me, there were many great sights to choose from. THANK YOU DAVE for a wonderful day and showing us a great new place. KUDOS to Doug and Linda Mitts who hosted Corvettes Limited for the Super Bowl Party on February 1, 2015. Good company, including some members we haven t seen in a while, wonderful conversation and excellent food. Oh yeah, there was a pretty football game going on. We all had a great time. Several members made an attempt at wearing out one of the dogs with a game of catch, but I believe the dog wore at least three members out on that game. Thank you DOUG and LINDA for opening up your home again. I m so excited. On April 21, Barbara Price is leading a few of us on a river cruise from Amsterdam. The trip was planned to highlight the tulips in bloom. It s going to be a great trip and I can t wait. Thanks to Debbie Hagman who gave me some up-dated/corrections to the Membership List. A new list will be coming out in April. PLEASE check over your information and let me know if you need any changes or corrections. Also, do I have your Corvette information current? I know we have some new cars in the club. Thank you for your attention to this matter. I will be coming out with a new Membership List at the business meeting in April. Also, if you make a reservation for dinner at the business meeting the first Wednesday of the month and can t make it, please LET ME KNOW. Rob asks that I keep the count as accurate as possible. There is one member who is very guilty of doing this. DOROTHY DOROTHY MCCAIN, MEMBERSHIP
GET-AROUND GAZETTE PAGE 7 SUPER BOWL PARTY FEB. 1 2015 There was a great turnout of Corvettes Limited members at the Annual Super Bowl party. Everyone brought food so there was plenty to eat! Doug & Linda have a wonderful party house. 80 inch TV and several others. We were all comfortable watching the game. We had a few happy winners of the two pools going and of course the rest losers. Most of us were really into the funny commercials! These parties are a good time to mingle and get to know other members. If you missed it,.hope you will make it next time. Thank you Doug & Linda!
GET-AROUND GAZETTE PAGE 8 SOCIAL 2/18/15 AT MAX S MEXICAN RESTAURANT IN MONROVIA. GOOD TIMES WITH 40 CLUB MEMBERS! MAX S DONATED PART OF OUR TOTAL DINNER TABS TO CORVETTES LIMITED CHARITIES. THANK YOU TO MAX S AND TO DON MEYERS FOR ARRANGING THIS MONTHY EVENT! NEXT CORVETTES LIMITED SOCIAL: MARCH 18, 2015 APROX. 6:15PM MARIE CALENDERS 820 SOUTH BALDWIN AVENUE ARCADIA 626 446-5229 MARIE CALENDERS WILL BE DONATING A PORTION OF OUR TOTAL DINNER TABS TO OUR CHARITIES. PLEASE COME OUT AND HAVE A FUN DINNER WHILE HELPING OUT OUR CHARITIES! SEE COUPON NEXT PAGE.
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GET-AROUND GAZETTE PAGE 10 FEBRUARY 21. 2015 Trip to Palm Springs/Living Desert Met at McDonald s, early Saturday morning to go to Palm Springs and tour the Living Desert Gardens. About 27 corvettes showed up and proceeded on the 10 east. Stopped at the McDonald s in Beaumont for a pit stop and then got back on the 10 to the Living Desert Gardens. What a beautiful sight seeing all the Corvettes on the highway, caravanning to the Gardens. The weather was great, 70 s degree, no wind, open highway and special parking, coned-off area, for all the Corvettes. There were Trams waiting for us to begin our tour of the gardens, nice tour guides and very patient with us elderly folks. Bruce, our tour guide was funny and a local resident of the Palm Springs area so he knew about the plants and local Indian tribe that lived in the area. The tribe, Cahuilla, (KAH-WEE-YA), he mentioned, knew how to obtain water and survive in the desert. Giraffes, Cougars, Snakes, Hyenas, Birds, and many other animals, all in cages or pens. It was a great and delightful experience for us. Also, Bruce showed us some of the plants that can survive droughts and lack of rain, for years. I m glad we took the tram, I wouldn t have lasted walking around the gardens. After the 2-hour tour we all met back at the parking area and started to ask around where people were going for lunch! Brian, my son knows the Palm Springs area pretty well and suggested the Las Casuelas Restaurant where they make large Margaritas and good Mexican food. Randy, Rosie, Brian, Monica, Bob, Kathy, Mitch, Anita followed Brian to the restaurant and had a great lunch! That Burrito was good and large. We ran into Bill Irish and Lola and chatted with them for a couple of minutes. Great trip! Kudos to Dave on planning this very enjoyable trip. Yours Truly, Randy & Rosie Valparaiso
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GET-AROUND GAZETTE PAGE 13 TECH TALK The EMC and hidden codes. Depending on the year of your Vette you may have as few as 16 codes or as many as 858 on 1999 and up to 3200+_ on a 2010 C 6. Somewhere in the beginning of computers in the cars, the Manufactures, decided that some of the codes did not warrant turning the Check Engine Light on. Then 1996 the Federal Government decided to establish a fixed criteria for the operation of the Check Engine light. It must come on briefly when you start the car and then turn off. A steady Check Engine light is a Caution light means that something is not right, and a flashing light means stop right now and get a tow. On some vehicles a engine trouble code will remain in the computer for a long time or until the issue is resolved. Sometimes the code is cleared by cycles of starting the engine and stopping the engine. There are codes like P 1592 which is for a Manifold pressure sensor, or the vehicles altimeter. The only indication that this code was there was 50% reduction in fuel mileage. Most of the members would notice this, but might think it was the way they were enjoying the car. When you go to get your car smogged in Calfornia, the smog guy plugs in a code reader to the port under the dash board. This code reader will extract any and all codes in the car, readiness codes, engine codes. If there are any codes, you will not pass your smog test. It is a good idea to get your car to a person with a code reader prior to getting a smog to see if there is any issues that need to be corrected. If you hook up a code reader and you get no communicating with the computer. The drivers are burnt out in computer and it has stopped working. A C 5 has up to six computers, and a early C 4 has only one computer. On the C 4 if the computer is burnt out, just replace it and remember to take out the chip under the removable plate and put the chip into the new computer and reinstall. The cost of a C 4 computer is less than $60. Drivers inside the computer will wear out, even on a late model C 5 a 3 1/2 half mile drive twice a day is not the best you can do for your car. Quite a surprises when all 6 computer had to be replaced. Questions? morg74@aol.com ED MORGAN
GET-AROUND GAZETTE PAGE 14 FROM YOUR FRIENDS IN CORVETTES LIMITED! JERRY GOODBAR 6TH KATHIE CAMP-9TH DAISY HARTWIG-14TH DAVE THOMPSON-17TH TONY GIANCOLA-22ND HELEN TANABE-23RD KATHY HENRY-24TH RALPH VERDICCHIO-27TH SONNIE HILDRETH-31ST
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GET-AROUND GAZETTE PAGE 17 Laughlin River Dinner Cruise The Only Dinner Cruise in the Area Relax and enjoy an evening 2 hour sunset cruise while dining aboard the Celebration boat. All the menu selections are prepared fresh on board. Advance reservations are required. Call their office at 702-298-1047 or 1-800-228-9825 for group rates. Tours run year round Wednesday Sunday unless otherwise noted. Cruise times and rates subject to change. Tours may be cancelled due to inclement weather or if minimum required number of passengers has not been met. 24 hour cancellation policy. No refunds issued for same day cancellations or no show guests. The Celebration boat has Air Conditioned Dining Cabin Full Service Bar Restrooms Sunday, March 22, 2015 Boarding: 5:45 PM Departure: 6:00 PM Return to Dock: 8:00 PM BOARDING INSTRUCTIONS: Go directly to the boat 15 minutes prior to your scheduled trip time, which is docked at the Aquarius Casino Resort 1900 S. Casino Dr. Laughlin NV, 89029. The boat docks are located on the river to the South side of the Aquarius.
GET-AROUND GAZETTE PAGE 14 $40.00 Per Person Dinner Cruise Menu Selections Price includes a 2 hour cruise, your choice of dinner selection, and Nevada state sales tax (gratuity not included) All dinners include a caesar salad, dinner rolls, and dessert Breast of Chicken Marsala Tender breast of chicken, smothered with mushrooms and marsala wine sauce served with garden wild rice and vegetable medley Captain s Catch of the Day Salmon filet, prepared with lemon pepper and dill butter served with garden wild rice and vegetable medley Pasta Tri-colored tortellini, served with marinara sauce and vegetable medley Prime Rib of Beef Choice of prime rib, cooked to perfection, served with roasted red potatoes and vegetable medley (additional $3.00 charge for prime rib) *Optional Menu Add On* Steamed Snow Crab $10 1/2 pound freshly steamed savory snow crab Double Chocolate Chip Cookie Pie $6 A personal pie size chocolaty chip cookie served warm with a scoop of vanilla ice cream
GET-AROUND GAZETTE PAGE 18 Hollywood Museum (in the historic Max Factor building) and Lunch at Mel s Drive-in THIS IS NOT THE HOLLYWOOD WAX MUSEUM Saturday, April 25, 2015 We will meet on Saturday, April 25th at 8:30 AM in the Coco s parking lot (1150 W. Colorado Blvd. in Arcadia) and leave at 9:00 AM. The self-guided tour of the Hollywood Museum starts at 10:00 AM. Group tickets for the self-guided tour (adult ticket is $12 & senior/65+ ticket is $10) must be purchased in advance. Please give your money for the tickets to Char Huddleson by the April 1, 2015 club meeting. We will have lunch at Mel s Drive-in (located next door). Valet parking is $8 with validation from the Hollywood Museum or Mel s Drive-in. There is self-parking across the street. The Hollywood Museum is the largest collection of authentic showbiz treasures, props and costumes from Silent Movies, Talkies, Hollywood s Golden Era, Film Noir, Feature Films, and more! The Hollywood Museum is housed in the historic Max Factor building where Max Factor, Hollywood s Makeup King, created the looks of Hollywood s Golden Era stars. You can see where Marilyn Monroe became a blonde and Lucille Ball a famous redhead. The Hollywood Museum features four floors of exhibits (two floors above the lobby and a basement below). The ground floor houses many original displays from the old Max Factor Make-up Studio with one room for blondes only, one room for brunettes only, and another room for redheads only. In the theatre room, you can watch the film Max Factor Hollywood Fashion Machine. There is also a gallery featuring Planet of the Apes, Jurassic Park, Marilyn Monroe s Cadillac limousine, and much more. The second and third floors are devoted exclusively to costumes worn by famous stars in famous films, corresponding props, cars, and posters (as well as a wealth of Hollywood memorabilia). The lower level houses all things creepy and scary. There is a collection from many cult horror films. You can walk down the same jail cell corridor Jodie Foster walked in Silence of the Lambs and see an array of props from the film. Also, there was an article in the LA Times / Calendar recently about the Hollywood Museum. With the race to the Oscars in the final stretch, the Hollywood Museum recently opened its annual Celebration of Entertainment Awards that will be on display through April 26th. Questions: Call Debbie or Leif at (626) 466-8428.
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