The next club meeting:
7:00 p.m., Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Golden Corral, Dothan. We dine
at 6:00 p.m.
November, 2009
From a billboard by GM for the
Woodward
Avenue Dream Cruise in Detroit, MI.
President's Comments:
As the nice fall weather comes back so does the car shows. The Calhoun County Sheriff’s car show at Xtreme Motorsports in Blountstown on the 10th was attended by 5 cars from the club, with 2 of them receiving a Top 5 award. On the 17th, we had 2 cars attend the Vettes at the Village Corvette show at the Baytowne Village in Destin. Then on the 24th, we had our monthly cruise courtesy of Mike who took us on a tour of some of the Dothan parks on a Poker Rally. After the Rally, we tried the El Dorado steak house in Headland which lived up to their excellent reputation. Thanks to Mike for setting this up and buying the prizes for best poker hand, and for the winner of the Corvette trivia test.
In November, we start out with 2 activities on the 7th, the Sliver Springs Corvette show at the Silver Springs theme park in Ocala FL, and the National Peanut Festival Parade in Dothan. On Friday the 13th, we will be visiting 3 of the charities we choose for this year to present their donation checks. Then on the 21st, we will go to Mike's Critters in Banks AL to visit his zoo, and present them with a donation check.
I want to remind everyone that we will be collecting membership dues now, which are overdue after December 31st. We are also finalizing our plans for our Christmas Party on December 5th.
Bruce
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November
3 Club meeting and officer elections.
5 - 7 NCM Vets and 'Vettes Event Honoring those who fought for our freedom.
6 - 8
The Silver Springs theme park in FL is having their annual Corvette show.
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7 The Peanut Parade!! Lineup 0730.
13 Come join us as we hand over checks to 3 of the charities we awarded for this year. We will start at the SE Alabama Medical Ctr at 3:00 where we will meet with the Parkinson’s Disease Support Group, then go to 2 other locations in Dothan, then to a restaurant for dinner.
21 Our Monthly Cruise is to Mike’s Critters in Banks AL. This is the place with the Ligers, Bears, Snakes, Monkeys and other animals we visited back in June. They were chosen as a charitable recipient this year, so we will be handing them a check, as well as visiting the animals again, and then go for lunch afterward. We’ll be meeting at the Burger King in Troy at 9:30 for this Cruise.
December
5 CCCC Christmas
Party at a LaBamba's, on the Ross Clark Circle just north of the medical
center, Dothan.
$19 per
person. Dirty Santa - bring a wrapped Corvette-related gift for each person
who will participate.
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Rally Mike’s plan had us going to 3 different parks in Dothan, then to the El Dorado Steak House on 431. Al and Pat Fleming won a prize for the best score on the Corvette trivia test, and Debra Brown won the prize for the best poker hand – hey, she had an ace high straight!
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 Many thanks to Mike for taking the time to set this up, print out the instructions and test, and for buying the prizes. |
Member Journeys:
| Carlisle 2009 by Bill and Jackie We left for Carlisle PA. on Wednesday the 26th of August around 8AM, with a trunk load of items. We would be spending a week on the road which included Carlisle, the Biltmore Estate, and stopping off at Road Atlanta to get tickets and visit with the caravan enroute to Bowling Green. We went by way of Atlanta and picked up interstate 77 at Charlotte, NC and stayed in Hillsville which is just south of interstate 81. We visited downtown Hillsville and had dinner at the only restaurant in town. Thursday we continued on to Carlisle by way of Frederick, Maryland, my home town, and Chambersburg where we would be spending the next four days. |
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| Friday, we went to Carlisle, checked in to the registration office and parked in the NCCC compound. The weather was not the best, fog, misty, etc. It was great weather for walking around and seeing all the displays, vendors, car corral and food. I found only two items for the C6 in the swap meet area, mufflers and hood insulation. |  |
| Saturday it rained most of the day, especially during the car show. We had signed up for the parade that would go downtown Carlisle that evening, but with the rain, we went back to the hotel to dry out. | 
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| Sunday turned out to be really nice and sunny. Magna flow mufflers brought in Mario Andretti to talk to folks and sign anything you put in front of him. He was very cordial, talking and asking questions as he signed the different items. I had him sign my fuel rail covers. He got a kick out of that and asked what I was going to do with them. I told him they would be displayed on the 'Vette, he said that was great. |  |
| There were so many 'Vettes on the fair grounds it was impossible to see them all. There were vendor for Corvette parts all over the grounds including the engineers from General Motors. If someone had a problem with their 'Vette, one or more of the engineers would attempt to solve that problem. They seemed to be very busy solving problems. |  |
| NCCC gave out awards on Sunday, of which I took second, and the sponsor award for the infield cars were presented that afternoon. Following the sponsor awards, a Corvette was given away. This year a Corvette that had been a racing Corvette was presented to a very lucky WIFE. She made sure everyone new that. With that give away, it was the last item on the agenda for the Carlisle weekend. Traffic was heavy and we finally got back to the hotel around 7pm. |  |
| Monday we left Chambersburg for Ashville, NC to visit the Biltmore Estates. It took three years to build,1892 – 1895. The family moved into the home on Christmas, 1895. You could not take your own pictures in the home, just around the estate. It reminded us of Germany, the area around Rothenberg, especially the way the home was built and the land around it. The only thing missing was a moat. When the Biltmore was active, it supported 370 folks, who were fed three meals a day. The family moved out of the home in the early 50’s. The home/estate was turned into a tourist attraction during the depression to support the estate. There are 1800 employees working to take care of the estate and to complete a full restoration, turning the years back to the days when it was built. During WWII, paintings from the National Gallery of Art were stored there for fear Washington was going to be bombed. There are no family members living on the estate at this time. Everyone comes in the morning and goes home in the evening at 6pm |  |
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Wednesday we departed Ashville for Road Atlanta, bought our tickets, visited with Jim and Charley with the caravan, and came home that afternoon. We drove 2175 miles and averaged 28.77 MPG. Bill and Jackie James |
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We welcome our new members to the club!!!
Al and Pat Fleming, Enterprise, 2000 white convertible and Warbonnet Yellow '72 coupe.
Jamie and Paula Flowers, red '67 convertible.
CJ and Vivian Cancel, black '08 Z06.
| HAPPY November BIRTHDAYS 2 Al Fleming 11 Seaby Bess 16 Curtis King 17 Janice Prettyman 18 Cynthia Walker 26 Connie Smedley
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and
November ANNIVERSARIES:
2 Fred & Mary Humphrey 4 Gregg & Janice Prettyman 9 Bruce & Jean Carter 14 Roger & Debbie Hussey 26 Jim & Charley Robertson |
Think you can win that ZR-1 and the '67/427 advertised on Facebook?
Read here before you donate:
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If your kids really need to play a violent video game, play this one: http://www.americasarmy.com/
U.S. Army Freedom Team Salute - http://www.freedomteamsalute.com/Default.aspx
Mega Corvette Toy Store - http://www.cjscorvettes.com/
Corvette Stories - http://www.corvettestories.net/
Old Chevy v. New Chevy Crash Test - http://www.wimp.com/cartest/
Top Gear in the U2 spy plane - http://www.wimp.com/breathtakingfootage/
The Detroit - Woodward Avenue Dream Cruise
How to make your car last - http://tinyurl.com/qwdp7t
Nostalgia videos - http://www.oldbluewebdesigns.com/
LS2 Engine Assembly - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2ZQQRDmlJc&feature=related
President:
Bruce Carter
Vice
President: Russell Lewis
Secretary: Barbara Pattberg
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Robertson
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Carter
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