President's Message
July 2010
President's Message
May and June have been very active and productive months for our Club.
On Friday, May 14th, we had 8 cars caravan to San Diego for the” Corvette Dreamin” Car Show. Many participants stopped by our area to admire Paul Aragon’s new white convertible Grand Sport and Mel and Patty Schram won an award for Best Paint Job category. We want to thank Lou Latragna for organizing the trip and Marshall Rice and Candy Marx for opening their home while we were in town for an Open House. Marshall, by the way, is somewhat of a celebrity these days because Autoweek chose him to be one of the participants in their yearly Fantasy Camp. Those chosen get to test drive many different kinds of cars among other special events during the week. Way to go, Marshall!
Mike Donnelly has agreed to be our Ambassador to the Corvette Museum and he’s been doing a terrific job of keeping us informed about their activities.
Dinner Night Out for May was at Chinese Emperor Buffet and in June we went to Indian Palms Country Club for all-you-can-eat pasta. Both evenings were well-attended and the food tasty.
June 5th marked the last Cruise Night until October when the weather cools a bit. We hope to see you there again October 2nd for some camaraderie and we’ll have some new merchandise available to peruse.
On June 26th Jim Shrope led a caravan up to Big Bear Bash. We had two of our members run in the Autocross – Jack Allison and Neal Brune. Both made us proud with their performance and then all 30 members came over the the Rashford’s mountain cabin for a potluck BBQ. All enjoyed the cool air and the delicious food.
Following a tradition for the Club for over 10 years, we went up to Idyllwild for the 4th of July weekend and participated in their local parade. We had 16 cars participate and all were a patriotic masterpiece. Thanks goes to Paul Aragon for coordinating the event and Bobby Sanders for arranging parking for our cars.
For our July 13th business meeting, Dan Jessup, our sponsor, hosted a pizza, pasta party for our Club. The highlight of the evening was his wife, Ashleigh, and new baby girl, Kinsleigh, coming to join us. What a beautiful family!
Welcome to our new members: Linda & Hank Cappella; Leonard Cervantez & Florence Pike; Robert & Sharon Young; Keith & Sandy Comrie; Randy & Diane Duncan; Robert Nost & Mark Christiansen, and Gene & Ilene Kenway.
There will be no meeting or Dinner Night Out in August due to board members on vacation. We are taking a trip to the Gold /wine Country in northern California and up to Hot August Nights in Reno. Paul Aragon is the contact. A car show on August 22nd is in the planning stages with details to follow.
A Labor Day Weekend trip is planned for Sept. 4th and we have 10 cars aboard so far and the contact is Shawn Hyman to join the fun.
Thanks you for all of your cooperation and “Just Drive ‘Em”.
Sue Rashford
