P.O.
Box 1783, Millsboro, DE 19966
THE
VETTE GAZETTE
Volume
No. 4
Issue No. 12
March 2004
Meeting Locations
Dinner
6:00 Meeting 7:30
First
Thursday of the month
April
1 - Georgia House, Millsboro, DE
The Georgia House is on route
24 east in Millsboro, Just ask for the
Beachcombers Corvette Club. Wear
your Club shirts.
Future meeting locations:
????????? – we need your
help……….
We are looking for new places to
eat and meet. The restaurant must
have a separate room suitable for about 30 people and be willing to give us
individual checks. Call Don Magee
if you have any suggestions.
vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv
50/50
Winner
Otts Bortle won $33.00 at the March meeting.
Congratulations.
Door
Prize Winner
Peter Bon won a bottle of Irish
Cream donated by Tom and Carolyn Brinker.
Remember – the club is looking for door prize donations
April Birthdays:
John Kenney and Roger Knox
If
your birthday is not mentioned, please contact Dianne Shaw.
Welcome New
Members
Lewis
and Janet Smith
23
Austin Way
Frankford,
DE 19945
302-697-9758
’65
black convertible and ’94 green
New
Editor
Next month the newsletter will have a new editor.
Diane Shaw has volunteered to brighten your mail box each month.
She will be the new editor. Her
phone number is 302-541-4891. I
know you will support her as you have supported me over the three years. Thanks to all the members and good luck to Dianne.
2004
Elections
Election of officers will be held April 1, 2004 at our monthly meeting. If you cannot make the meeting, look for the absentee ballot in this newsletter. All ballots received by members in good standing before the 04/01/04 meeting date will be counted.
Club
Officers
Elected Officers
President………….… Don Magee………..……..302-732-9221……Connie.Magee@state.de.us
Vice
President…….…Ray Myers……….……….302-539-4623……
Secretary………….….Connie
Magee…………..302-732-9221……
Treasurer………….….Eric
Leister……..………..302-436-5363……
Activities
Officer……..Marie Myers………………302-539-4623…..
Sargent at
Arms….….Otts Bortle……………….410-352-3027
Historian……………...Rose
Leister……….……302-436-5363……
Newsletter
Editor……..Lynne Buckwalter………302-645-4719……Lbuck34@juno.com
Group email
address………………………………beachcomberscc@yahoogroups.com
Website………………………………………
www.beachcomberscorvetteclub.org
Club
Sponsor
1st STATE CHEVY-OLDS
300 S. Dupont Hwy
Georgetown, DE
19947-0747
302-856-2521
2003 Club Charities
American
Cancer Society
And
Adopt-a-Highway
Club Logo
Embroidery
and Screen Masters
27
South Walnut Street
Milford,
DE
(800)558-744
or (302)422-2354
Club T Shirts
Call
Marie Myers 302-539-4623.
Club Name Tags
Available at $6.00 each. Call John Stichberry 410-754-9582.
Volume No. 4
Issue No.12
March
2004
Submissions for
publications should be made to the newsletter editor for review at any B.C.C.
meeting or at 31235 Edgewood Drive, Lewes, DE 19958 or e-mail to Lbuck34@juno.com.
Deadline for the April issue is
April 15, 2004.
Message from the
President….
Our next meeting will be at the Georgia House in
Millsboro on April 1st. Everyone
needs to check into places to hold our monthly
meetings since we have no scheduled places after this next meeting.
Nominations
are closed and voting will be at the April meeting with the only contested
office being that of Vice President.
I
would like to welcome our newest members, Lewis and Janet Smith of Frankford.
It
is time to really begin thinking and planning for our car show in August.
We still need someone to chair the show so that we can get organized
and get the letters out to the sponsors.
Everyone helps in the car show but we need to have someone to oversee
the planning.
PLEASE
REMEMBER THAT DUES MUST BE PAID AT THIS NEXT MEETING IN ORDER TO VOTE.
Don
Corvettes
For Sale
2004 Z06,
commemorative pkg, lemans blue w/shale trim, 6-speed
2004 coupe
black w/black trim polished wheels, memory pkg, selective ride, auto
2004 coupe
Blue commemorative package w/shale trim, selective ride, auto
2004 conv.
Yellow w/black trim and top, memory pkg, selective ride, polished wheels, auto
2004 conv.
White w/black trim and top, memory pkg, selective ride, polished wheels, auto
2004 conv.
Silver w/black trim and top, memory pkg, selective ride, polished wheels, auto
$2,000.00
rebate until 03/31/04
If you are interested, call Chuck Ricker at First State
Chevy-Olds 302-856-2521
Current
Events
March
20
St. Patrick’s Day Party at the Brinker’s. 302-436-2487
April
1
Beachcomber’s monthly meeting at the Georgia House,
Millsboro, DE.
3 Gordon’s
School – Hands on Corvette 1984-1996 C4 troubleshooting.
See flyer.
Upcoming
Events
May
4 Beachcomber’s annual Highway
clean up. See below.
April –
Skyline Drive cruise with First State Corvette Club and Shorvettes
August 7- Shorebirds baseball game
August 21- Beachcombers Car Show with First State Chevy
August
27-29 –
Corvettes
at Carlisle
September- Labor Day weekend trip to Nashville and Bowling Green
with First State CC and Shorevettes
2004
Dues
Join up for 2004. Cost
is $25.00 per couple or $12.50 for a single membership.
Bring your check to the April meeting or mail to: Beachcombers Corvette
Club, P.O. Box 1783, Millsboro, DE 19966.
Dues must be paid to vote in the 2004 election of officers.
In order to vote for elections at
the April meeting, each member must have attended at least 3 meetings and 1
social function during the fiscal year of March 1 through February 28 and have
paid their dues for the current year. All
new members are considered active. Below
is a list of people who need to pay their dues to be eligible to vote.
PEOPLE WHO HAVE NOT PAID THEIR DUES:
Archie and Linda Berberian
Jack and Linda Casto
Michael and Charlotte Copes
Rod Halanick
George Mikalaski
John and Lil Stitchberry
Robert and Jeanne VanHeest
Al and Linda Abrams
Roger and Sue Knox
Adopt-A-Highway
Our highway
clean-up is scheduled for Tuesday, May 4, 2004.
We clean our section of Longneck road and have refreshments
afterward at Grotto’s Pizza. Mark
your calendar.
The Brick
Check out the picture of our club brick at the National Corvette Museum.
Our brick is located in section 44 in the Corvette Plaza.
See picture and thank you letter on the following page.
Fun Times
Our trip to Three Little Bakers was great. Many thanks to the Brinkers for providing our transportation
and Marie for making the arrangements.
The Atlantic City travelers reported that everyone had a good time and that Rose Leister came back very happy.
ABSENTEE
BALLOT
President:
_____
Joe Worts
Vice
President: _____
Dale Buckwalter
_____
Rich Miller
Treasurer: _____
Lynne Buckwalter
Secretary:
_____
Donna Dunning
Historian: _____
Pat Bortle
Activities: _____
Carolyn Brinker
Sgt.
at Arms: _____
Peter Bon
Ballot
submitted by______________________________
Mail to Beachcombers Corvette Club P.O.Box 1783
Millsboro, DE 19966. Must be
received before the April 1st meeting
BEACHCOMBERS CORVETTE CLUB
MINUTES
March 4, 2004
 | President
Don Magee called the meeting to order at 7:30 p.m.
|
| 19 members were present:
Ray Myers, Don and Connie Magee, Pat and Otts Bortle, Bill and Dianne
Shaw, Rose and Eric Leister, Dale and Lynne Buckwalter, Peter and Marion
Bonn, Joe Worts, Bill and Sharon Vernon, Tom and Carolyn Brinker and Rick
Berry. Ed and Tonya Marcelle were present as guests. |
| The President then asked for the Secretary’s
report. Connie Magee 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. Bill made
a motion to have minutes approved as written and Rose seconded the motion
and they were unanimously approved. |
| Eric read the treasurer’s report.
Bill made a motion to have the report approved and Connie seconded
and they were unanimously approved. |
| The Vice President read off the application of
Lewis and Janet Smith from Frankford. They
own 2corvettes. Ray asked for a
vote to accept them as members and Pat made a motion and Bill seconded it
and it was unanimously approved. |
| Ray thanked Tom and Carolyn Brinker for taking us
to the Three Little Baker’s Dinner Theatre. Everyone had plenty of food and enjoyed the show. |
| Ray mentioned the great time that we had
attending Atlantic City with the Shorevettes. Everyone had a great time, especially Rose since she was
the only one that brought money home. |
| Ray mentioned that our next social event would be
a St. Patrick’s Day dinner at the home of Carolyn and Tom Brinker on March
20th. Carolyn said
to come at 6:00 and she is sending out directions to everyone to their
house. If anyone cares to bring
something they can bring an appetizer or a dessert.
Joe made a motion for the Club to pay for beer and sodas and Connie
seconded it. It was decided that Carolyn would submit a bill and the
Club would vote on what would be paid. |
| Ray also mentioned that at the next meeting Marie
would have membership cards for everyone. These could be used to show First State Chevrolet that
you are a member and entitled to the discount on service. |
| There was no historian report. |
| Connie read off the nominated names to date
officers: |
President
-
Joe Worts
Vice
President -
Dale Buckwalter and Rich Miller
Secretary
-
Donna Dunning
Treasurer
-
Lynne Buckwalter
Historian
-
Pat Bortle
Activities
Chair-
Carolyn Brinker
Sgt.
at Arms -
Peter Bon
Bill Vernon made a motion that nominations be closed and Ray seconded it.
| Dianne Shaw has agreed to take over the job of
the newsletter. |
| Don mentioned that we are still looking for
meeting places for the club. We
are meeting in April at the Georgia House in Millsboro and he asked everyone
to think about other places to go. |
| Bill Shaw brought and modeled (great job Bill,
don’t quit your day job) a shirt and a jacket for everyone that he had
purchased for his self from the place in Milford.
It was suggested that we get one color shirt for the men and another
color for the women so that we would all have the same shirts at club
functions (suggestions were red for the women and blue for the men).
Any other items would be ordered individually.
Everyone should place his or her order by the next meeting so that
Bill can send in a bulk order. The
shirt was $26.00 and $7.00 for the embroidery. The jacket was $40.00 with
$27.00 for the embroidery. The
larger the order could result in a reduction of the price. |
| Don talked about the “Gordon’s School”
being held on April 3rd at Rick Berry’s garage.
He talked to Jay Reynolds, the President of First State, and just
reminder everyone that one member of the Club cannot agree to do something
without a vote from the Club. Rick mentioned that C-4’s were going to be
discussed and anyone wishing to attend needs to get their application in
since they were only going to accept about 75 people. |
| Don mentioned that we needed to pick a car show
chairman and begin work on planning the car show.
He talked to Lee at First State and set the date for August 21st.
We will try and pick a chairman next month.
Don also talked to Lee about sponsorship and he could not see any
reason why they would not continue to be our sponsor. |
| Don mentioned the highway cleanup that we do
every year. Dianne Shaw made a
motion to do this on Tuesday, May 4th, and Ray seconded it.
Connie made a motion that the club pay for the pizza and beer at
Grottos after the cleanup and Joe seconded it. |
| Don mentioned that friends of Bruce and Margaret
Bent have a 91 white corvette with 41,000 miles on it for sale and are
asking $12,500.00. |
| The 50/50 of $33.00 was won by Otts Bortle. |
| The door prize, donated by Tom and Carolyn
Brinker, was a bottle of cream rum and was won by Peter Bon. |
| The President adjourned the meeting at 7:55 p.m. |
Respectfully submitted,
Connie Magee
