BEACHCOMBERS
CORVETTE CLUB
OF
P.
O.
THE VETTE
GAZETTE
JANUARY 2005
VOLUME
NO. 6
ISSUE NO. 9
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MEETING
LOCATION
FEBRUARY 3RD
& March 3RD
JAKE’S
SEAFOOD & STEAK RESTAURANT
ROUTE 1 in
Dinner from
Where do we meet after that?
Help us out! We are looking
for a new location for the April, May, and June meetings.
The restaurant must have a separate room or private area suitable for
about 30 people and be willing to give us separate checks.
Can you recommend a restaurant?
Present your information at the February
3rd meeting or call Dianne Shaw at 541-4891 or e-mail her at zinykake@aol.com
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BEACHCOMBERS
CLUB SPONSOR
1ST
STATE CHEVY-OLDS KODIAK
302-856-2521
Go
to 1st State for all your service needs.
They’re happy to serve us and when you present your Beachcombers
Membership Card you will receive a 10% discount on all service charges.
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The Club
welcomes Bob Fellows as a New Member
Bob
comes to his permanent home at
Beachcombers
2005 Club Charity
Has
a local charitable organization touched your heart?
If it has, please tell us about it at our February 3rd
meeting. The Club needs to
identify an organization that could benefit from our contributions throughout
2005. If you are unable to attend
the February meeting please give your information to our Secretary, Donna
Dunning, by calling her at (410) 896-2203 or e-mail her at Dunnind3@nationwide.com
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Club
Officers
President……………..………Joe
Worts - 947-4596
Vice
President………………..Dale Buckwalter -
645-4719
Secretary……………….…….Donna
Dunning - 410-896-2203
Treasurer…………………….Lynne
Buckwalter - 645-4719 (e-mail Lbuck34@juno.com)
Historian……………………..Pat
Bortle - 410-352-3027
Activities……………………..Carolyn
Brinker - 436-2487
Sergeant
at Arms…………….Peter Bon - 644-1570
Newsletter
Editor…………….Dianne Shaw - 541-4891 (e-mail is zinykake@aol.com)
Club
e-mail…………….......…beachcombers@yahoogroups.com
Club
Website………..……….www.beachcomberscorvetteclub.org
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BEACHCOMBERS
BEACHCOMBERS
TEE SHIRTS
NAME TAGS
See
our Activities Chairperson,
See our member, Rick Berry, at
Carolyn
Brinker, at the meeting
the meeting or e-mail him at
or
e-mail her at jtbfish@aol.com.
Rberry@delmarvawarehouses.com.
Shirts
are $8.00.
Name tags are about $6.00.
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Belated
Birthday Wishes to all members who celebrated their December birthdays…Bill
Shaw, Rod
Halanick, Connie Magee, Fred Schatz, and John
Dunning
Happy
birthday wishes all members who are celebrating in January…Lee Ellen Bryan, Donna Dunning, Michael Copes, Len
& Debbie Kozarski, Don Magee, Ray Myers, Tom Natolli,
and Lana Wesley!
NOTE:
If anyone
has been overlooked, I apologize. Please
let me know if you should have been noted.
It PAYS to
attend Club meetings - No lie!
The
$34.00 January 50/50 was won by Rose Leister!
Door
Prizes went to Doug Riniker and Fred Chidister!
Our
door prizes are simply a fun way of saying “Thanks” for attending the
meeting. You may donate a wrapped,
moderately priced gift item to the club which will then be used as a door
prize at a future meeting. Examples
of door prizes might be wine, auto cleaning supplies, garden items, corvette
books etc.
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Corvettes
“For
Ÿ
2005 Silver Coupe with black interior, polished wheels, and automatic
transmission
Ÿ
2004 Black Coupe with red interior, 6 speed, polished wheels, and only
9700 miles
Ÿ
2005 Triple Black Convertible, auto magnetic ride, polished wheels - due
on site
Ÿ
2005 Silver Coupe with black interior, polished wheels, automatic - due
on site
Ÿ
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“CORVETTE
MAGS FOR
Call Otts
direct at (410) 352-3027 ~~~~~
$800.00
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TREASURER’S
REPORT
Starting
Balance on
Funds
Collected for Christmas Party
+ 24.00
50/50
Drawing Money Collected
+ 36.25
Money
paid out to Dianne Shaw - Nov. Newsletter
-
11.34
Money
paid out to Lighthouse Restaurant - Christmas Party
-990.68
New
Balance as of
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Upcoming
Events: The
events posted in this area are being hosted by your Beachcombers Club or one
of the other two local Clubs - First State Corvette Club or Eastern Shore
Corvette Club (Shorevettes).
During
2005 our club will strive to participate in the activities hosted by
Eastern
Short Corvette Club……………………..easternshorecorvetteclub.org
First
State Corvette Club…………………………firststatecorvetteclub.org
February
2nd………
in
February
3rd……Beachcombers Corvette Club monthly meeting at
Jakes on US 1 in
February
10th……..Eastern
Shore Corvette Club monthly meeting from
Ed Marcelle at 644-1967
for location and reservations.
February
26th…..Bus
Trip to
the bus have been reserved.
To check about possible space availability call
Ed Marcelle at
644-1967.
March…………The
club is considering a cruise to the Arundel Mills area of
To be a real adventure back into medieval time and we, as guests,
actually
Get to participate in the entertaining aspects of the dinner and show.
A
detailed presentation
and decision will be made at the February 3rd meeting.
April
9-10th…….New
hosted by First State Corvette Club.
The cost for the weekend is $180. Per
Person which includes luxury coach bus fare, transportation to the
show, and
lodging.
July……………
Beachcombers night at Shorebirds Stadium.
Date to be announced.
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Minutes
Beachcombers
Corvette Club -
The
meeting was called to order by the Sergeant-At-Arms.
Members
present were: Dianne & Bill Shaw, Rick & Linda Berry, Ed & Tanya Marcelle,
Richard & Kathy Miller, Lawrence & Lana Wesley, Dale & Lynne Buckwalter,
Peter & Marion Bon,
Cindy & Doug Riniker, Carol
& Tom Brinker, Gary Swartz, Barbara & Len Romansoff,
Rose Leister, Don & Connie Magee, Joe Worts,
Bill & Sharon Vernon, Fred Chidister.
Applicant,
Bob Fellows, attended as a guest of member Fred Chidister.
President,
Joe Worts stated that while there was no December
2004 Newsletter there will be one for January 2005.
That newsletter will contain the December 2004 and January 2005
minutes. The minutes of both
meetings will be put in that newsletter. Bill
Shaw made a motion that the December 2004 and January 2005 minutes be accepted
or corrected at the February 3rd meeting.
The motion was second by Bill Vernon and the membership was in favor.
A
detailed Treasurer’s report was given. We
started January 2005 with a balance of $3,384.83 and received monies totaling
$60.25. We had deductions of
$1,002.02 leaving a balance of $2,443.06.
Please see the January 2005 newsletter for a detailed presentation.
A motion was made by Connie Magee to accept the report.
It was second by Rose Leister and the membership was in favor.
The
Ambassador for the
Ed
Marcelle reported that a new 706 will be unveiled
on
Activities
Chairperson, Carolyn Brinker, reminded the members
of the following upcoming events:
January 22nd - First State Corvette Club’s Corvette Bowl -
They are having a dinner
Dance with a DJ at the FOP Lodge in
Bar. Contact Rick Berry it
you are interested in attending.
February 26th - Atlantic City Car Show and Casino Trip
hosted by
Corvette Club.
This is a day trip by motor coach.
See Ed Marcelle.
March
- The club is considering a cruise to
Medieval Times Dinner and Show.
A detailed presentation and decision
Will be made at the February 3rd
meeting. See newsletter for
details.
April
- The
club will be working on an overnight trip with the other 2 local clubs.
July
- Corvette
Clubs night at Shorebirds Stadium. Date
to be announced.
New
Business:
Grotta Pizza will be sending us a check for the money our tree raised during
the holiday season.
Remimder
that it is time to lobby for new officers. Nominations
for officers will be taken from the floor during February and March and the
election will be held at the April meeting.
The Club By-Laws state that to Run
as an Officer of the Club (President, Vice President, Secretary,
Treasurer, Activities Officer, Sergeant of Arms, and Club Historian) a
member must have been in the Club for twelve (12) calendar months before
being able to accept the position of President or Vice President.
Every active member (paid-up
membership by
Vice
President, Dale Buckwalter, read the application
of prospective member Bob Fellows. Bob
is a friend of member Fred Chidister.
A motion was made by Bill Shaw to accept Bob into the Club.
It was second by Fred Chidister and the
membership was in favor. Welcome
Bob! See Bob’s “Welcome” in
the newsletter for more details.
Reminder
- The Club’s fiscal year begins
The
meeting was adjourned.
Respectfully
submitted for the Secretary
Dianne
Shaw
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BEACHCOMBERS
CORVETTE CLUB
MINUTES
· President Joe Worts called the meeting to order
at
· 28 members were present: Ray and Marie Myers, Don and Connie Magee,
Doug and Cindy Riniker, Tom and Carol Brinker,
Richard and Linda
Berry, Rose and Eric Leister, Edward and Tanya Marcelle
Rich Miller, Pat
and Otts Bortle,
Margaret Bent, Bill and Dianne Shaw, Bill and
Sharon Vernon, Fred Schatz, John and Donna Dunning, and Joe Worts.
· The President welcomed everyone and then asked for the Secretary’s
report. Donna Dunning asked if there were any additions or corrections to
the minutes as stated in the newsletter and then requested that the minutes
be approved as written from the November meeting. Bill Shaw made a
motion to have minutes approved as written and Connie seconded the motion
and they were unanimously approved.
· Joe stated no new applications at this time.
· Joe asked if we wanted to skip the January meeting like last year or
hold a January meeting the Club voted to have the January meeting.
· Diane Shaw read the treasurer’s report. Submitted by Lynne Buckwalter
Joe motion to have the report approved and John seconded and they
were unanimously approved.
· Carol Brinker gave the activities report
: St Michael’s trip was a
great turn out and a nice day. Grotto’s provided the club with great food
for the tree trimming, Club mentioned we just have
to remember to go to
Grotto’s to take down decorations (This is scheduled for
stated she needs the count for anyone attending the Christmas party by
Monday, you can call or email her.
· She asked if the club was interested in an outing in January, no one
seem to be interested. Don asked if the Lighthouse was going to pay for
half of the DJ as they did last year. Carol stated she will ask them to
do the same this year.
· Connie mentioned that Grotto’s put a sign under our tree for
Hospice, and we had voted for the Breast Cancer Society. The club
decided we will donate to the Delaware Hospice as the sign stated, we might
want to be sure next year they are aware of who we will donate to.
· Rick Berry talked to the club about the trip to the museum in
the racetrack.
· Ed Marcelle has information on buying a brick
at the museum 1000
bricks scheduled at the plant to do a wall. The cost is 100 a brick (
see
him for details.)
· Rick Berry and Ed Marcelle, mentioned their
club First State has two
trips planned one on 2-26-5 bus trip to Atlantic City cost $31.00 each.
·
The club sent around sign up sheets, Ed mentioned they would need the
money at the January meeting.
· Bill Vernon mentioned he found the 327 block he had been searching
for from a person in
· Ed Marcelle stated that the photos of the new
C6Z06 are out and
passed around a copy.
·
The 50/50 was held and was won by Lana Westley
· Two door prize tickets were drawn 2005 Corvette Calendar donated by
John and Donna Dunning won by Bill Shaw.
· Goodie bag donated by Pat and Otts Bortle
won by Lawrence Wesley
· The President adjourned the meeting at
Respectfully submitted,
Donna Dunning, Secretary