Cowboy Chevrolet-Buick-GMC-Cadillac 1415 Hwy 96 Bypass Silsbee, Texas 77656 (800) 259-5221 (409) 385-5221 www.cowboyautoplex.com Cowboy Chevrolet-Buick-GMC-Cadillac is the Major Sponsor of the Tri-City Corvette Club. Cowboy GM wants everyone to know that if you are thinking of buying a Chevrolet, Buick, GMC or a Cadillac. Do not buy until you have talked to Cowboy GM. BECAUSE THEY GENEROUSLY SPONSOR THE TCCC AT LEAST GIVE COWBOY GM A CHANCE TO EARN YOUR BUSINESS If they don t have what your looking for, they will find it for you!! Call the dealership and ask to speak to the Sales Manager Be sure to tell them you are a member of the TCCC 1
ZO6 Level Sponsors 2639 Nall Street, Port Neches, TX Grand Sport Convertible Level Sponsor www.corvettemuseum.org 2
An Unincorporated Non Profit Association www.tricitycorvetteclub.com 2015-16 Board of Directors, Support Staff and Committees Officers and Board: Contact Information: President Michael Merideth mango.47@aol.com Vice-President Mike White candybluevette_67@hotmail.com Treasurer Willa White willa.white@jasonsdeli.com Secretary Andrea Johnson aljohnson@gt.rr.com At-Large Board Member Brad Metz bmetz@gt.rr.com At-Large Board Member Dale Waters watersx2@yahoo.com At-Large Board Member John Decker j.decker22@yahoo.com At-Large Board Member Jimmy Sattler jsattc7vette@gmail.com At-Large Board Member Pat Francis delifranci1@gmail.com At-Large Board Member John Berry jberry044@yahoo.com Past-President Rod Johnstone rodneyjohnstone@att.net Support: Contact Information: Contact the Tri-City Corvette Club at: tricitycorvetteclub@gmail.com National Corvette Museum Ambassador Glenn Johnson gjohnson@gt.rr.com Newsletter Editor Glenn Johnson gjohnson@gt.rr.com Webmaster Ronnie Jones rjones@architect-aia.com Membership Director Patty Waters watersx2@yahoo.com Committees: Chairperson: Contact Information: Activities Committee Mike White candybluevette_67@hotmail.com Sponsorship & Marketing Committee: Brad Metz bmetz@gt.rr.com Scholarship/Charities Committee: Cathy Long Catwlong@gt.rr.com Car Show Committee: Mike White candybluevette_67@hotmail.com Membership Director Patty Waters Is updating the TCCC Membership Roster If you have had changes, please send Patty an email with the following information: Names, address, phone numbers, birthday (not year), anniversary date, email update and the year, model and color of the Corvette or Corvettes you own. Contact Patty at: pattywaterstccc@yahoo.com Tri-City Corvette Club (TCCC) newsletter is published monthly by volunteers and members of TCCC. Subscription rates are free for members. Membership list and financial data are not published. For change of address and all other TCCC inquiries, write to: Tri-City Corvette Club, P.O. Box 636, Nederland, TX, 77627 or send an email to tricitycorvetteclub@gmail.com. TCCC is An Unincorporated Non-Profit Association, which raises money for and participates with various local children s charities and high school college scholarship programs. Dues and donations are not tax deductible. We strive to promote exciting, safe & fun ways to enjoy our Corvettes. We hold business meetings on the first Tuesday of each month. Our monthly business meeting usually incorporates a social time before and afterwards. Our socials are always fun and are focused on getting to know one another. We ve had cookouts, day trips, weekend trips and TCCC Caravans to the National Corvette Museum in Bowling Green, Ky. We participate in tours, holiday parades, and homecoming events at various high schools. We also participate in various car shows. Club dues are $35 per person per year and are paid annually by the June business meeting. These dues cover the cost of running the club. Club officers, board and committee chairpersons serve as volunteers. 3
Presidents Corner Michael & Kim Merideth Hi Y all, Great meeting, March 8, 2016, despite the inclement weather. We had 42 members in attendance and voted in Chris and Ruth Stewts for a grand total of 44. Thanks again to everyone that helped with the Foster Children's Prom. We had 34 cars and 22 boys so they had a great choice of rides to the festivities. Also thanks to Andrea Johnson for making the reservations for dinner at La Cantina Restaurant in Port Arthur, always a good time when we can enjoy and get to know fellow members better. March starts the car show season with the first being the West Brook Autorama held at Wesley Methodist Church on the 5th, we had 12 members and Ronnie Jones won Best of Show. Congratulations Ronnie. April 16 is one of Tri-City Corvette Club's favorite things. The Annual Poker Run, right now plans are still secret but as always we will leave from Fuzzy's Taco Shop, one of our sponsors, and end at the Grille. What's in between is anybody's guess, Rod and Shawn will always do a great job as always. This year we have been invited to be a part of The Neches River Festival Parade on April 2. We will line up at Laurel and MLK at 8:30 AM. This is an honor for Tri-City Corvette Club to be a part of the premier festival of Beaumont and to show how we give back to our community. May 21 is just a little over 2 months away and we still have a lot of work to prepare for Tri-City Corvette Club's 22nd Annual Corvette Show. Again it will be held at Parkdale Mall in the Macy's parking lot. If you are interested in being on one of the committees to help with the show please give Mike White of me a call or an e-mail and we will definitely find a place for you to help. Until next month Michael Merideth President, Tri-City Corvette Club "Save the Wave" 4
Vice-President Comments Mike & Willa White Fellow Members The March 1 st meeting was moved due to election night victory parties at the Rockin A Café. The meeting was moved to March 8 th. The weather was pretty bad, but still had a good turnout with 44 people. We would like to thank Butch at Rockin A Café for cooking some great steaks for the club. Next meeting April 5 th Rockin A Café Beaumont. Sad News Corvette Club Members Charlie and Joanie Grado. Charlie's Dad, Salvador Peter Grado, 87 passed away. We send our thoughts and prayers to Charlie, Joanie and family. Congratulations to Pat McCulley for winning the ½ pot at the meeting, $115 Birthdays for March Johnny Powers 2 nd Kyle Gernentz 11 th Charlyn Weaver 8 th Charlie Barron 18 th Jeanine Bidwell 10 th Mike Whitehouse 20 th Misha Bruno 10 th Tim Taz Jackson 21 st Janet Lazenby 10 th Billy Kinney 27 th Sundae Bonazzo 30 th Anniversaries for March Rachel & Kenneth Houston Sharlene & Bill Hammond 9 th 32 years 16 th 53 years Tri-City Corvette Club One Year Anniversary Kenneth & Rachel Houston, Joe Greenland Congratulations to all! On Saturday May 21, 2016 will be our 22 nd Annual Tri-City Corvette Club & Cowboy Silsbee GM All Corvette Show at Parkdale Mall Beaumont, TX. 5
The Show is to recognize our Charities we support: Buckner Children s Home Beaumont, TX. Jefferson County Foster Care Southeast TX. Southeast Texas Food Bank Beaumont, TX. The Humane Society of Southeast Texas. Lamar University Scholarship Program Beaumont, TX To make this happen we also need to recognize and support our sponsors: Cowboy Chevrolet Buick GM Cadillac Silsbee TX. Gulf Credit Union, Groves and Southeast Texas. Fuzzy s Taco Shop, Beaumont TX. Triangle Air Care, Beaumont TX. TWFG Insurance Services, Terry Cauthen, Port Arthur TX. Audio Edge, Nederland TX. Bradley s Collision Center Port Neches TX. Eaton Meats, Nederland TX. We will have the Prize Wheel-Spin to Win a New 2016 Stingray, must be present to win. You can sign up at the day of the show. Valve Cover Race will have 1 st 2 nd 3 rd and Best Decorated. Registration 8;30am to 11:30 am $30 Day of the Show. Pre-register $25 and $5 each additional vehicle by the same person. This year we have 18 Category Classes, 4 Class Winners per category class. Longest Distance and Club Participation Trophies. Awards start at 3:30. Host Hotel: Holiday Inn Express NW Parkdale, Eastex Hwy & Hwy 69. Hospitality Night Friday 6pm to 9pm Food and Drinks provided by Tri-City Corvette Club. 2016 Tri-City Corvette Club Car Show Committee Goody Bags / Hospitality Night Chair: Patty Waters Photo Committee Chair: Ronnie Jones Parking Committee Chair: Coach Burgess Trophy Committee Chair: Michael Merideth Judging Committee Chair: Pat Francis, John Decker Door Prize Ticket Chair: Mona Berry Silent Auction Chair: Pat McCulley Registration Committee Chair: Willa White, Kim Merideth Valve Cover Racing Committee Chair: Dale Waters Equipment setup / Trash Committee Chair: John Berry PA & Music operate Committee Chair: Mike White If you would like to help on one of these committees please contact Mike White or one of the Committee Chair person you would like to work with. Go to our website and look at the poster for our car show that Ronnie Jones made for us. We got 50 copies to sell for $10 ea. At the last meeting we sold 12 copies. If you would like one please contact me (Mike White) and I will put your name on one and get it to you. Thanks Upcoming Events 6
Saturday, April 2, 2016 68 th Annual Neches River Festival Parade downtown Beaumont. Parade start at 10am from MLK and Calder Avenue to River Front Park. Saturday April 2, 2016 Space City Corvette Club 12 th Annual Corvette & Crawfish Benefiting St. Jude. Starts at 8:30 am. At Clear Lake Park, Seabrook TX. Saturday April 9, 2016 12 th Annual Kemah Corvette Show, San Jacinto Corvette Club, Houston TX. Kemah Boardwalk, Benefiting Kidz Harbor Registration 8 am Judging 11 am, Awards Presentation 2:30 pm Preregistration $45. Day of Show $50 Contact Danny Beaty 713-305-0650 email KemahCorvetteShow@ gmail.com Saturday April 16, 2016 Tri-City Corvette Club Annual Poker Run. Details Later Saturday April 23, 2016 Corvette Owners Club of Houston TX Corvettes ready annual spring charity corvette show. Sugar Land Town Square 2711 Plaza Dr. Sugar Land, TX Pre-Registration $30, Day of Show $35 Setup 8am Registration 10am Awards 2pm www.corvetteownersclubofhouston.com June 3 5, 2016 2 nd Annual Corvettes Cruisin Galveston. You can go to their facebook page for more information. July 23, 24, 2016 Corvette Invasion at Circuit of America s Saturday July 23 rd car show with trophies Registration $75 After the car show there will be a hill country cruises, some will get together for dinner. Sunday July 24 th the first 300 to register take laps on the track. There will be vendors on sight and other activities going on. Holiday Inn Austin, Texas Phone (512) 249-8166 12703 Ranch Road Austin TX. 78750 Mention Corvette Invasion $127 per night for 21 st 22 nd 23 rd & 24 th There will be more detail later for all the members that is going from the Tri-City Corvette Club. Thanks, Your VP, Mike White 7
Date: March 3, 2015 : Meeting Location: Rockin-A Cafe, Beaumont, TX President President Michael Merideth opened the meeting and welcomed everyone. Michael then introduced our guest and visitors. Michael thanked everyone for showing up at the Foster Children Prom. 34 Corvette showed up. Westbrook Project Graduation was attended by 12 TCCC members with 5 members placing in the top 25. Ronnie Jones placed 1 st. The TCCC Annual Poker Run will be April 16 th. Vice-President/Activities Committee Mike announced TCCC birthdays and anniversaries. See the VP report included in the VP comments section of the newsletter. Treasurer Willa presented the financial report to the club. Secretary Andrea read the minutes from the March TCCC meeting and reminded the club that the minutes are always on our website. Membership Director Patty reminded everyone that if you have changes in your contact information, please send those changes to her at pattywaterstccc@yahoo.com. Sponsorship/Marketing Committee Report Brad announced that TCCC sponsor Fuzzys will provide dinner on Friday night before our Corvette show at the Holiday Inn Express. Best Buy will donate a TV for us to give away and he has contacted the casinos for free nights. He asked everyone to pick up gift cards or other items to be used at the car show. Scholarship/Charities Committee Report Cathy announced that Lamar University Homecoming will be October 29 th and 21 Corvettes are needed. If you participate, you will receive free tickets to the Lamar Homecoming Game. Car Show Committee Report Mike White See the Vice Presidents report above National Corvette Museum Report Glenn Johnson Announced the NCM Annual Bash will be April 28-30, 2016. Announced that Window Stickers and Build Sheets are available from the NCM. The TCCC Annual Corvette Caravan has been canceled. TCCC Monthly Meeting ½ Pot: $115 won by: Pat McCauley Next meeting: Rockin-A Cafe, Beaumont, TX April 5, 2016 8
NCM Corner by Glenn Johnson, TCCC NCM Ambassador NCM Raffles: The National Corvette Museum conducts a series of raffles each year as a way to raise funds for the day to day operations of the Museum. There are several raffles in progress. Check out the NCM website www.corvettemuseum.com for more information and to purchase your tickets. NCM Events: NCM Bash April 28 th April 30 th. NCM Build Sheets/Window Stickers The National Corvette Museum offers build sheets and window stickers for any Corvette assembled in Bowling Green since the GM Plant opened in 1981. Notice: we are missing the following build sheets for 1982 - VIN numbers 109001 thru 117800, 118201 thru 118400, 119201 thru 119800. Build Sheet - The build sheet is what goes down the line with the car when it is being assembled. It indicates to the line worker exactly what goes on that specific car. Window Sticker - This sticker is affixed to a new car when it is delivered to the consumer. Manufacturers Suggested Retail Prices for a vehicle and all options installed at the factory. NOTICE: 2016 TCCC Annual Corvette Caravan We have had to CANCEL the 2016 TCCC Annual Corvette Caravan. We are sorry, but promise to make it up with a short road trip. Check out the final page of this newsletter The National Corvette Museum, located in Bowling Green, KY, is a world class facility that showcases the world famous sports car called the Corvette. My purpose, as your NCM Ambassador, is to provide our club with a two way communication link to the NCM. My mission will be that of receiving and disseminating the most current and correct information from the NCM and to convey that information to our club. I will be acting as the Museum representative and will be promoting and soliciting support for the NCM through promotional activities and encouraging other club members to join the NCM. Finally, I will serve as the voice of our Corvette club to the NCM Communicating concerns, ideas and suggestions our club may have to the NCM. 9
Tri-City Corvette Club Events TCCC Young Men to their Prom February 27, 2016 Tri-City Corvette Club members are to be proud! We had a 22 young men that needed to be escorted to the Prom. We had 34 TCCC member Corvettes attend and every young man had an escort. Congratulations TCCC members Be Proud TCCC member drivers ready to escort the young me to their prom 10
Young men begin selecting their ride and mounting up for the trip to Groves sight of their prom. TCCC members waiting as the young men receive their tuxedos 11
FOUR 2016 COLORS ON THE CHOPPING BLOCK Chevrolet has already said 'goodbye' to two of the 2016 Corvette colors, and has now announced two more on the chopping block. The last Night Race Blue rolled off the assembly lines in Bowling Green on January 7, a Z06 Coupe for export. This is to be followed by the last Daytona Sunrise Orange, rolling off the line on Monday, February 15 - a Stingray Z51 Coupe. Next to leave the color line-up for 2016 are Shark Gray and Laguna Blue. When's your last chance to order those shades, and when can you see the 2017 colors? Check it out on our website FOUR 2016 COLORS ON THE CHOPPING BLOCK Daytona Sunrise Orange Laguna Blue 12
Night Race Blue Shark Gray Chevrolet has already said goodbye to two of the 2016 Corvette colors, and has now announced two more on the chopping block. The last Night Race Blue rolled off the assembly lines in Bowling Green on January 7, a Z06 Coupe for export. This is to be followed by the last Daytona Sunrise Orange Metallic, rolling off the line on Monday, February 15 a Stingray Z51 Coupe. Next to leave the color line-up for 2016 are Shark Gray and Laguna Blue. Shark Gray is slated to phase out in May and the last day to order it will be April 15. Laguna Blue will phased out with the end of the 2016 model year. The last day to order it is April 28. At least over the last decade, I do not recall GM dropping this many colors in a single year, said Museum Delivery Program Manager, Shane Webb. I don t have exact statistics, but it s definitely a rarity to have this much change. It s puzzling to many within the Corvette world because Shark Gray was the third most popular color for both the Stingray and Z06 for 2015. Chevrolet has not yet said what prompted the particulars colors to get the ax, nor have they announced the 2017 model-year line up, but you can bet there will be samples of any newbies at the Michelin NCM Bash April 28-30. If you haven t registered yet, you can do so online here. 13
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED for car show committees! Mike White has broken the tasks into different committees and needs YOU to volunteer to serve. TCCC/Cowboy GM Annual Corvette Car Show Chairman: Mike White To Volunteer Email Mike White: candybluevette_67@hotmail.com www.tricitycorvetteclub.com Tri-City Corvette Club is a proud supporter of the Lamar University Scholarship Program 14
TCCC September Road Trip www.texasstaterr.com/about.php TEXAS STATE RAILROAD Rusk & Palestine, Texas Take a relaxing train ride through the piney woods of East Texas, enjoy fun special events with your family or relax on an evening dinner train on select dates throughout the season! This historic railroad offers steam train excursions that travel 25 miles through the scenic piney woods and hardwood creek bottoms of East Texas amidst a backdrop of rolling hills, nature and wildlife. Piney Woods Train Excursions Roundtrip excursions with one of our historic engines depart from the Palestine and Rusk depots at 11:00am and return at 3:30pm. The trip is 1 ½ hours each way with 1 ½ hours lunch layover at the opposite depot for a total 4 ½ hour experience. Box lunches are available for pre-order, or you may bring your own lunch. Beverages and snacks are available for purchase in the concession car. Premium Seating Lone Star Class Adult Only Car Adults 18 years & older Personal Car Attendant Climate-controlled table seating (tables seat 4) Beverage & Snack Service $65.00 *This car is for adults 18 & over only When: Saturday, September 17, 2016 Leave Lumberton at 7:30 AM and drive to Rusk, Texas Ride the train - 11 AM until 3:30 PM. Leave Rusk at 4 PM and return to Southeast Texas Cost to ride the train: $65/person If you are interested, email Glenn & Andrea at gjohnson@gt.rr.com. We are compiling a list of those who would like to go on this adventure Please indicate, in your email, if you want to make it an overnight stay. If we get enough interest, we will turn it into an overnight event. 15