A U G U S T 2 0 1 4 VOLUME 58.03 GET-AROUND GAZETTE The Monthly Newsletter of Corvettes Limited of Los Angeles, CA LIKE US ON FACEBOOK! WEBSITE: WWW.CORVETTESLIMITED.ORG HAPPY HOT HOT AUGUST!!! BOARD OF DIRECTORS President Rosalinda Maye Vice President Al Lundgren Secretary Cheryl Verdicchio Treasurer Char Huddleson Membership Dorothy McCain Activities Kathy Henry Gazette Editor Anita Meese Web Master Ronnie Maye NCCC Don Meyers Proudly Sponsored by: Corvette Specialists 464 South Cataract Ave, Suite B San Dimas, CA 91773 NEXT MEETING:8/6/14 Richard Sjoberg 909-599-0722
GET-AROUND GAZETTE PAGE 2 PRESIDENT SENTIMENTS I hope everyone's holding up just fine in the 90 degree temps we've had recently. Summer is definitely here! It seems that a lot of our members have beat the heat by camping out at the diner or Route 66 taking in a banana split or ice cream sundae. Thanks to social media, I was also able to see that a few members enjoyed banana splits at the Elks Club 50's event. As for me, Ronnie and I have used the weekends and the heat to our advantage. We've spent a lot of time out on Pacific Coast Highway. Believe it or not, we didn't see too many Corvettes cruising PCH, so there wasn't much exchanging waves, but we did get a lot of thumbs up, nods & pictures taken. August will be a great opportunity to get those Vettes out on the road, driving to either beautiful Santa Ynez Valley and the Mendenhall Museum or the Taco Surf Restaurant in Sunset Beach. The weather should be great...so why not do both? We've set the date of our Charity Event and are playing our cards in a little different manner (no pun intended). We're on for our Poker Tournament. If you're up to trying your luck and joining a event where skills meet challenge - this is the event for you!! In order for it to be a success we need your help in promoting it. If you know any passionate poker players (new or shark), all are welcome. Please invite. Flyer will be included in this publicaiton. Stay cool, drive safe & save the wave! ROZ ROSALINDA MAYE, PRESIDENT MEETING 7/2/14 Birthday people who attended meeting. Winner of the drawing was Mary Robinson. Name badge winner was Dorothy McCain. 50/50 winner was Becky Denny. See pictures on web site. Elks Breakfast 7/13/14. Happy Birthday to Cheryl Verdicchio.
GET-AROUND GAZETTE PAGE 3 CORVETTE LIMITED SPONSOR RICH AT CORVETTE SPECIALIST 464 S. CATARACT AVE. SUITE B SAN DIMAS 909 599-0722 CLUB MEMBER SPECIAL: OIL CHANGE, FILTER $69.95 20% OFF PARTS AND LABOR
GET-AROUND GAZETTE PAGE 4 Activities Director Kathy Henry www.frillsvintagetea@aol.com 2014 MEMBER ACTIVITIES AGENDA SPONSOR NAME THIS MONTHS ACTIVITIES Aug. 6 General Meeting 7:00 PM Dinner Rosalinda Maye YES Aug. 13 Board meeting 7:00 pm Rosalinda Maye YES Aug. 20 Dinner Social 6:00 P.M. Sonic Don Meyers YES Aug. 23 Taco Surf Sunset Beach Run & Kathy Henry, YES lunch Bob Norman FUTURE ACTIVITIES Sept 2- Lake Tahoe Trip, Aston Lakeland Barbara Price YES 8 Village Sept 3 General Meeting 7:00 pm Al Lundgren YES DINNER? Sept 10 Board Meeting 7:00 pm Rosalinda Maye YES Sept 13 Mendenhall s Museum Run & Debbie & leif Hagman YES lunch Sept 17 Dinner Social 6:00 pm Don Meyers YES UP COMING EVENTS CLUB Oct. 4 Oct 12 Oct 18 Nov. 8 Nov. 15 Poker Tournament Club Car Judging & Elks Chili Cook off Santa Anita Park Arcadia See flyer. more information at the meeting. Progressive Dinner- in the works Autry Museum, RT66 The road and the romance. 1 ST SUNDAY-LEGENDS IN GLEN- DORA CAR SHOW 2 ND SUNDAY- BREAKFAST AT THE ELKS 9-11 A.M Al Lundgren Ralph @ Arcadia Elks Cheryl Verdicchio Libby Berry Lois Offstein YES YES YES YES YES
GET-AROUND GAZETTE PAGE 5 DETAILED ACTIVITIES AUGUST SEPT. 2014 KATHY HENRY August 6 - General Meeting 7:00 Please let Dorothy know if you plan on eating ASAP. $ 11.00 pp Chicken Cordon blue. August 13 - Board Meeting 7:00 pm Elks Arcadia August 20 - Dinner Social 6:00pm Don Meyers Sonic in Monrovia. AUG 23 Taco Surf Restaurant, Sunset Beach Run & Lunch- 16821 Pacific Coast Hwy, Surfside, Ca. (562-592-2290) Meet @ Costco, 1220 West FT. Hill Azusa Ca. 91702 Parking lot, park close to restaurant away from the gas station. Meet @ 9:00am leave @ 9:30 am. Taco Surf opens @ 11:00am so we will be there to hopefully be the first ones in the parking lot. Come enjoy the beach, Seal Beach is next door and has a very cute main street with shops, ice cream parlours, Sweet Jill s, coffee & Pubs. Shoreline Village is close also. Sign up at the meeting! SEPT 2-8- Lake Tahoe trip Barbara Price 909-444-9680 - A fun week in a beautiful place or stay less if you d like. Come see A City of Silver and Gold Virginia City that is. An Awesome town, great shops. SEPT 3- General Meeting 7:00 PM- Dinner 30 or more? Dorothy SEPT 10- Board Meeting 7:00 PM- Elks Arcadia SEPT 13- Mendenhall s Museum Buellton Run & Lunch-Go for SEPT day or stay the night! Debbie & Leif Hagman 626-466-8428 Meeting at Coco s parking lot 1150 W. Colorado Blvd. Arcadia meeting @ 8:00am leaving @ 8:30am Sharp. Lunch at Andersen s Split Pea Soup, then a tour of museum. Please indicate on signup sheet if you will be eating lunch. For you gamblers CHUMASH CASINO is about 7 miles away, Solvang 4 miles away.? s call Debbie or Leif (626)466-8428 SEPT 17- Dinner Social 6:00 PM Don Meyers to pick. OCT. 4 Poker Tournament see flyer Oct. 12- Ralph s Club Car judging 10:00A.M. Clean your car and come taste Chili. If you come early you might get to order some tasty ribs. Sign up at meeting for car judging. Oct. 18 th Santa Anita Park Day at the races. Cheryl will have information at the meeting. Lunch and horse racing. See flyer. Fun! Nov 8- Progressive dinner -In the works, so save the date. Libby Berry 626-286-5874 Nov 15- Autry Museum of the American West- 4700 Western Heritage Way, Los Angeles 90017. RT 66 The Road and the Romance. More information from Lois Offstein coming. Save the date.
GET-AROUND GAZETTE PAGE 6 HAPPY AUGUST BIRTHDAY! WISHING YOU A GREAT YEAR IN CORVETTES LIMITED! GARY CLARK-2ND FRED SIMOLA-6TH GARY PETERSEN-9TH DAVID DELEON-10TH GENE RALPH-11TH ERNIE HUDDLESON-14TH DAN PIRAINO-11TH RANDY SKILLMAN-13TH CHAR HUDDLESON-17TH DAWN DUNNE-19 LEE DRUM 29TH JOLANDA CHRISTENSEN-20TH RONNIE MAYE 30TH
GET-AROUND GAZETTE PAGE 7 MEMBERSHIP NEWS & VIEWS HUGH, TREMENDOUS THANKS to BOB NORMAN and KATHY HENRY and JOE and DEBBIE GARR. We were preparing to leave for breakfast the Sunday of the Big Bear Bash and my car wouldn t start. Bob, Kathy, Joe and Debbie came back and checked out my car while I called Auto Club and waited to make sure I wouldn t be stranded. Fortunately, it turned out to be a bad battery. We had determined that that was what it might be since my battery was installed in May of 2010. The car took a jump. I decided to skip breakfast and started home to get a new battery. Problem solved. I really appreciated the help, care and concern shown by Joe, Debbie, Kathy and Bob. It was nice knowing I was not alone. Also, while we were waiting a couple in a Corvette staying over at the hotel came over and asked if I needed help. Very thoughtful. There are two morals to this story: (1) We have some wonderful members who are willing to step in and help; and (2) You should pay close attention to preventative maintenance. If I had taken my careto Rich at Corvette Specialists and had a routine, preventive maintenance check, he would have noticed the date on the battery and the whole adventure could have been prevented. It is summer and car trips are planned. BEFORE you hit the road make an appointment to see Rich and have your care checked out to avoid these annoying problems. Lesson learned. TREMENDOUS THANKS, AGAIN, to DON MEYERS who opened up his beautiful party house for the 4 th of July party. It was a lot of fun. People enjoyed the pool and just getting together. This year Bingo was added. Along with having a great time, we raised a little money for the charity fund. Thanks to Kathy Henry, Cheryl Verdicchio and Don for making this happen. Don s home is the best place to watch the fireworks display from across the San Gabriel Valley. Don also deserves thank for setting up the Social dinners. This year he is trying to pick restaurants that will donate a percentage of what we spend on eating to our charities. When picking a place for the Socials, Don also has to look at the parking and whether they will give us separate checks (or at least break the checks down to tables). If you have an idea for a restaurant that meet these criteria, let Don know, he is always looking for new places for the Social. The Big Bear Bash was really fun this year. My THANKS to Bob and Kathy, Joe and Debbie and Matt and Kim who came out and sat in the sun to watch me run the auto-cross. I think their cheering me on, helped me beat my best time and get first place in my class. I think they were more excited than me when I saw I was 2 seconds below my ideal time. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT. While we are thanking members, BIG THANKS to Don and Sharon Holtz for hosting a get together at Big Bear on Saturday night. Even though they had to leave early Saturday afternoon to drive down the mountain, they opened their cabin and even joined us for dinner. It was a great way to spend an afternoon. For those of you who are kicking yourself for missing the wonderful time we had this year, the Big Bear Bash will take place either the second or fourth weekend in June. Believe it or not, the Robinhood Resort is already filling up. There are only a few rooms left and a waiting list is being created. If you think you might go next call, call the resort and reserve a room. Just tell them you want to reserve for the 2015 Big Bear Bash. The Robinhood Resort s phone number is (909) 866-4643. HAPPY 50 TH ANNIVERSARY to Wes and Libby Berry. 50 years, what a great achievement for two wonderful people. CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE
GET-AROUND GAZETTE PAGE 8 In addition to sending out an email asking for reservations for the business meeting dinner, I will have a sign up sheet each month at the business meeting. If you know you are coming to the meeting the next month and will be eating, you can sign up then. No need to RSVP to the email. If you DO NOT have email or did not sign up at the meeting, please give me a call and let me know you want to eat. This will save me a little time in trying to contact you. Also, please try to have your reservations in to me by the Sunday before the meeting. Rob needs time to shop and prep before Wednesday. Thanks for your cooperation. Saturday, September 13, will be the Mendenhall s Museum tour in Buellton. I have made my reservation at the Pea Soup Anderson Inn in Buellton for Saturday night. The cost was about $110 with my AAA discount. The event is put on by Leif and Debbie Hagman and I can t wait to check out this new museum. Should be a great day. DOROTHY DOROTHY McCAIN MEMBERSHIP, MEMBER SINCE 1983 SOCK HOP AT THE ELKS 7/26/14
GET-AROUND GAZETTE PAGE 9 Fourth of July at Don Meyers Home What a wonderful relaxing day it was, everyone brought tasty food for our pot luck and Rosa out did herself, she made a delicious Mexican meat dish, beans, rice, jello & cream cheese pie, Pina Coladas & homemade fruit pop cycles. What a feast! We had aprox. 25 club members there. I really enjoyed everyone, what good people we have in our club. Bingo was so much fun, we earned $48.25 for our charities and the winners from our club were, Patty Morgan, again and again, how lucky she was. Bob, Mitch, Cheryl and a couple more. Thank you all for playing for fun and charity. Thank you Don, for inviting us to your beautiful home and to see the fireworks all around us. Thank you Rosa for all your hard tasty work, Muchas Gracias! Kathy Henry
GET-AROUND GAZETTE PAGE 10 CL SOCIAL 7/16/14 THANK YOU TO WOOD RANCH FOR DONAT- ING 25% OF OUR DINNERS TO OUR CHARI- TIES! THANK YOU TO DON MEYERS FOR ARRANGING OUR DINNERS EACH MONTH! NEXT SOCIAL: 8/20/14 SONIC DRIVE IN 1070 HUNTINGTON DUARTE, CA 91010 6:30PM
GET-AROUND GAZETTE PAGE 11 TECH TALK Oil consumption and the PCV valve Like other well established technologies, PCV systems can be taken for granted. But PCV faults can cause a wide range of derivability symptoms, as well as oil consumption and/or leakage issues. The PVC system replaced the road draft tube and has been on cars since the early 60's. The Positive crankcase ventilation system was invented by GM's Cadillac Division while building Tanks for WW II. The crankcase has a lot of gases and vapors that we would rather not breath, so these blow by gases are redirected into the intake system and burnt in the combustion process. The PVC system moves about 3 to 8 cubic feet of air per minute This may not sound like a lot of movement, but it does evacuate the crankcase by causing a vacuum in the valve covers, lifter valley and the crankcase area. This allows oil to flow back quicker into the oil pan quickly. When the PVC system fails, oil may be consumed. If there is a oil usage issue check the PCV system first. There is a valve and lots of hoses on a C 5 6. Un fortunately GM only sells the assembly for $120 to $150. The valve may be procured at the local parts house, but rubber components are GM only. If the PVC system is working OK then it time to think about changing the weight of the engine oil. C 5 can use a 10W-30 instead of 5W-30 or maybe higher C 6 to 2009 can do the same C 6 and all Corvettes 2010 or later are limited to Mobile 1 5W-30 Dexos 1 oil only. Late C 6 and C 7 are left only with 1 oil that is slightly heaver. If you are putting your foot into the gas and there is oil consumption Red Line oil makes a 5W-40 Dexos 2 oil. This oil will not void your warrantee. Honda, Ford, Chrysler's, are all switching to Dexos oil, but in a lighter grade 0W-20 or 5W-20 A degraded PCV system can cause sludge. Water can get into the oil pan byway of blow by gases by the rings. This is something that no one wants. When you drive the car drive it for at least 30 minutes on a freeway once a week or more. Nothing makes a engine last longer than clean oil. ED... ED MORGAN MEMBER 1982 Questions? morg74@aol.com
GET-AROUND GAZETTE PAGE 12 TACO SURF SUNSET BEACH AUGUST 23, 2014 RUN AND LUNCH 16821 PACIFIC COAST HWY, SURFSIDE, CA. (562-592-2290) RIGHT NEXT TO BEAUTIFUL SEAL BEACH WHERE THERE ARE CUTE SHOPS, ICE CREAM PARLOURS, SWEET JILL S & PUBS. WE WILL MEET AT COSTCO, 1220 WEST FT. HILL AZUSA CA.91702, IN THE PARKING LOT AWAY FROM THE GAS STA- TION. MEET @ 9:00A.M. LEAVE @ 9:30A.M. RESTAURANT OPENS AT 11:00AM AND WE WILL BE THERE TO GET THE PARK- ING LOT BEFORE ANY OTHER GUESTS HOPEFULLY. SO COME TO THE BEACH, COOL OFF, RELAX AND HAVE SOME GOOD MEXICAN FOOD WITH FUN CLUB MEMBERS. CASUAL DRESS, FUN, BEACH ATMOSPHERE. NO SEPARATE CHECKS, CHECK PER TABLE TO DIVIDE OURSELVES SO YOU MAY WANT TO BRING CASH. NEED A COUNT SO PLEASE SIGNUP AT THE NEXT MEETING. KATHY HENRY & BOB NORMAN WWW.FRILLSVINTAGETEA@AOL.COM
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GET-AROUND GAZETTE PAGE 16 CORVETTES LIMITED Car Judging along with the Elks Chili Cook Off Oct. 12, 2014 Elks Lodge parking lot Judging starts 11:30am If you don t want your cars judged leave hoods down
GET-AROUND GAZETTE PAGE 17 CORVETTES LIMITED SANTA ANITA RACE TRACK COME JOIN IN THE FUN EAT, DRINK AND BET THE RACES DATE: Oct. 18 th, 2014 COST: $35 PER PERSON CLUB MEMBERS, FAMILY AND FRIENDS COME ONE COME ALL. REMEMBER WE LIKE TO HAVE FUN. Includes: Parking, Entrance into Clocker s Corner, Program, and Buffet Lunch, private betting windows, private eating & seating area. Great area to see the races as the horse s head to the finish line. Location: Clocker s Corner off of Baldwin Ave entrance Time: Gates open info to follow, race track to let Cheryl know Lunch Served: information to follow, race track to let Cheryl know 1 st Race: information to follow, race track to let Cheryl know See Cheryl Verdicchio for ticket information: Money must be sent to Track before tickets are issued so Please join in asap: Any questions: Call Cheryl Verdicchio 626-335-2142 or cherylverdicchio@hotmail.com
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