THE VETTE GAZETTE

MEETING TIME - Dinner from 6:00 P.M. followed by meeting at 7:30 P.M.

Direction from Route 1 going South: Cross Indian River Inlet Bridge . At the next traffic light make a right onto Fred Hudson Road . Go to traffic light and make a right onto Central Avenue . Central Avenue will become Cedar Neck Road . Go about ½ mile and see Magnolia’s on the right.

Directions from Route 1 going North: Pass the Totem Pole at Bethany Beach and make a left at the next traffic light onto Fred Hudson Road. Go to traffic light and make a right onto Central Avenue . Central Avenue will become Cedar Neck Road . Go about ½ mile and see Magnolia’s on the right.

Directions from Route 26 going East: Head toward Bethany Beach via Route 26. Pass Millville Volunteer Fire Company then Lord Baltimore Elementary School . Make a left at the Central Avenue traffic light. Central Avenue will become Cedar Neck Road . Go about 1 mile and see Magnolia’s on the right.

Where do we meet after that? Help us out! We are looking for a new location for the July, August, and September 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? Tell us at a meeting or call Dianne Shaw at 541-4891 or e-mail her at zinykake@aol.com

An absentee ballot and mailing instructions is attached IF you cannot be there

CLUB JACKETS AND POLO SHIRTS – Bill Shaw is preparing an order for club jackets and men’s and lady’s polo-type shirts. Members will be wearing them at the meeting and we wear them to club cruises and events. Come to the meeting and place your order or call Bill at (302) 541-4891. You pay when you get your shirt or jacket.

Go to 1^st 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.

Treasurer…………………….Lynne Buckwalter - 645-4719 ( Lbuck34@juno.com)

Happy birthday wishes to all members who celebrate in March…Patricia Becketts, Eric Leister, Charles Pepper, Gene Ponzillo, Doug & Cindy Riniker, and Lawrence Wesley.

It was so good to see Lenny & Debbie Kozarski at the meeting. They are caregivers for an aging aunt so we don’t see them too often. They donated door prizes of cookies, which were won by Richard Miller, and a linen towel calendar won by Peter Bon.

The Brinker’s donated a Yankee Candle which was won by Cindy Riniker. Fred Chidister donated a Squigee, Shower Curtain Hooks, and several Books which were won by Lynne Buckwalter, Tom Brinker, and Janet Smith.

I hope I got all the donators and winner correct! It was a very busy, bustling session! FUN!

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.

A MESSAGE FROM THE EDITOR! - MEMBERS! DO YOU OWN A BUSINESS? LET THE NEWSLETTER SPREAD THE WORD!

When I started producing the newsletter electronically I stopped providing our service of printing the business cards of our members who own businesses. At this writing I do not possess the skills necessary to include those business cards in our monthly publication HOWEVER I have been assured I’m capable of learning the skills necessary to do it. SO, IN THAT REGARD, please send me or hand me your business card for publication in our newsletter. At present I do not have any. If you want your business noted in the newsletter, please send me your business card. After you’ve done that….pray I can be educated. My address is:

IT’S OFFICIAL – Beachcombers Corvette Club received 1 of the first 39 bricks sold for placement in the wall at the Museum. Only 620 bricks will be sold. The wall will be placed in the St. Louis Section of the Museum and the brick will be at “eye level” so look for it when you visit the Museum

Thanks for Bill Vernon it appears our hopes and dreams for a trophy case at First State Chevy-Olds-Kodiak are going to become a reality. Before it’s constructed we need to know just what we have to put in it. Some of our members have been gracious enough over the years to keep our various awards in their home since we had no trophy case. Now we need to get everything to a centralized site for the carpenter to see. If you have any trophies, plaques, etc. that were awarded to the club, please bring them to the April meeting. If you have some but are unable to attend the meeting, please call Dianne Shaw at (302) 541-4891 or e-mail her at zinykake@aol.com so she can arrange delivery or pick-up.

Corvettes “For Sale ” at 1^st State Chevy-Olds-Kodiak - Thanks Chuck!

2005 Convertible, yellow, black top, black interior, automatic, due April 2, 2005

2005 Silver Coupe with black interior, polished wheels, and automatic transmission

2004 Black Coupe with red interior, 6 speed, polished wheels, and only 9700 miles

DO YOU KNOW WINE? DO YOU NEED A COVER FOR YOUR CORVETTE? Member Fred Chisister is hoping you’ll give him a bottle of fine wine in exchange for a car cover for a ’53 – ’62 vette! Have wine…get cover! First come – first serve. Call Fred at (302) 947-9474

DO YOU NEED A STAND TO HOLD YOUR CORVETTE’S HARD TOP? The stand has wheels and a cover and it fits any top. $25.00 takes it. Call Fred Chidister at (302) 947-9474.

New Balance as of February 28, 2005 $2,632.04

************************************************************************Have YOU paid your dues…..Beachcombers dues that is?

Club dues for 2005 is due NLT March 31, 2005. Gotta pay to vote. Dues is $25.00 per couple or $12.50 for a single membership. Checks should be made payable to Beachcombers Corvette Club and mailed to the Treasurer, Lynne Buckwalter at:

31235 Edgewood Drive - Lewes , DE 19958

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).

Our club strives to participate in the activities hosted by First State and Eastern Shore and they will do the same for Beachcombers. Please make note of their websites so you can check them often.

Eastern Short Corvette Club……………………..easternshorecorvetteclub.org

First State Corvette Club…………………………firststatecorvetteclub.org

March 19^th …….St. Patrick’s Day Party is being hosted by our gracious members, Carolyn & Tom Brinker, at their home. Party will begin at 6:00 p.m. and members may bring an appetizer or a dessert if they want to contribute. DIRECTIONS TO BRINKERS: From Route 54/Lighthouse Road heading West, make a left onto Williamsville Road . They are 9^th house on left. From Route 54/Lighthouse Road heading East make a right onto Williamsville Road . They are the 9^th house on the left. The house sits back from the road , is brick, and “looks like a mansion” really.

April 6^th ……….. First State Corvette Club monthly meeting 6:30 – 9:30 .

April 7^th………...Beachcombers Corvette Club monthly meeting at Magnolia’s on Central Avenue in Ocean View. Dinner at 6 PM followed by meeting at 7:30 PM .. Election of Offices will be held at this meeting. Please try to attend or use absentee ballot at the end of this newsletter.

April 14^th ^……....Eastern Shore Corvette Club monthly meeting from 7 PM - 9PM

April 9-10^th…….New York City Trip for the New York International Car Show. PLEASE NOTE A CHANGE IN INFORMATION. Participation was so low for this event that it is cancelled. The Car Show will still be held, but you will be on your own to get there.

April 16^th …Our Club will be sponsoring a bus trip to the Arundel Mills area of Hanover , Maryland to attend a Medieval Times Dinner and Show. This is supposed

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. NOTE: Your checks payable to Beachcombers Corvette Club have to be to Treasurer, Lynne Buckwalter, NLT April 1, 2005 because all money has to be paid in advance. Total cost is $51.65 for adults and $_______________for children. Call Carolyn Brinker at (302) 436-2487 for children’s price. The Brinkers will be providing school bus transportation and the meeting place will be decided at the April club meeting. The Treasurer’s address is 31235 Edgewood Drive , Lewes , DE 19958 .

June 11^th……..Beachcombers is sponsoring a Cruise to Chrisfield/Tangier Island . While all the details have not been worked out we do know the boat leaves the Chrisfield Pier at 12:30 and arrives on Tangier Island at 1:45 . We’ll leave the island at 4:00 and dock in Chrisfield at 5:15 . The cost for the Boat is $22.00 per person and the cost for a family style dinner is $17.00 per person which includes tax and tip. Meeting time and locations will be decided .

July 16^th …………… Beachcombers night at Shorebirds Stadium. We will be asking the two other local clubs to join us. We hope we will still be able to put our cars on display in front of the stadium as well as parade them around the ball field prior to the game. Fireworks after the game and attendees are on their own for dinner.

Vice President Dale Buckwalter called the meeting to order at 7:30 p.m.

29 members were present: Don and Connie Magee, Bill and Dianne Shaw, Rose and Eric Leister, Dale and Lynne Buckwalter, Peter and Marion Bon, Joe Worts, Lewis & Janet Smith, Tom and Carolyn Brinker and Rick & Linda Berry, Ed and Tonya Marcelle, Fred Chidister, Donna Dunning. Doug & Cindy Riniker, Lawrence & Lana Wesley, Len & Debbie Kozarski, Buddy Clark, and Richard Miller.

The Vice President, Dale Buckwalter, 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. Bill Shaw made a motion to have minutes approved as written and Connie Magee seconded the motion and they were unanimously approved. I reported that I mailed a check to the Delaware Hospice for $183.55 which was for the Trim a tree at Grotto's Pizza.

Lynne Buckwalter read the treasurer's report. Rose Leister made a motion to have the report approved and Rick Berry seconded and they were unanimously approved. Lynne stated annual dues have to be paid by March 31, 2005 to vote in the April election. The cost is $12.50 per person and $25.00 per couple.

The Vice President, Dale Buckwalter, stated there were no new application at this time.

Connie Magee stated since we did not have a nominating committee for the 2004 election she typed up a sign up sheet for the offices to be voted on. Connie will make the ballots to be handed out at the April meeting and she will send Dianne an absentee ballot for inclusion in the March newsletter.

Carolyn Brinker gave the activities report: Wwe will be meeting at Magnolia's Bar and Grill for April, May, and June meetings. Directions will be in the newsletter. We are still looking for locations that will do separate checks. Carolyn reviewed the scheduled events listed in the newsletter, and stated that the Trip 4-16-5 to the Medieval Times Dinner show would cost $56.65 per person. You will need to have the money in to the Treasurer by April 1^st to have a seat. She stated we can plan a meeting place at the next meeting. The Shorebirds Game is scheduled for July 16th. She would like to plan a trip in June to Tangier Island . The club voted on June 11th Saturday. Cost $22.00 for boat and $17.00 for dinner. The boat leaves Crisfield at 12.30pm. and we’d get back to Crisfield at 5:15. We will have more details at the next meeting and a sign up sheet. Carol also reminded everyone of the St Patrick's Day party at there home, on Saturday, March 19^th. Members are asked to bring an appetizer or dessert.

Joe Worts arrived late having been detained on the Bay Bridge . He implored the Brinkers to submit receipts for the cost of food and soda so the club could reimburse them. Joe feels the club should assist or pay for the evening not them. Carolyn said she would see what the costs were then she would decide what to do.

Rick Berry reminded everyone to see his for any name tags to be ordered the at a cost of $6.00•

Connie Magee stated that Don Magee and Bill Vernon were working with our club sponsor, Lee Turek , at First State Chevy Olds about building a trophy case for the club. Dianne Shaw stated that we should bring all our trophies to the next meeting to see what size case should be built. Len Kozarski stated we should then build it larger to accommodate for growth.

Lewis Smith stated he had a car cover for a C-4 Free to any one. Lawrence Wesley said he could use it, so the cover will go to him. Lewis had it on his vehicle.

Ed Marcelle stated that we were 1 of the first 39 people buying a brick for the “Flint Wall” to be erected in the Corvette Museum . The wall will go in the St. Louis Section and eventually 620 bricks will compose the wall.

Fred Chidister stated he also has a car cover for a model 53-62 in excellent condition. He will donate it for a bottle of wine. He also has a stand for a hard top. The stand has wheel and it will fit any top. It is $25.00.

Rick Berry stated Duck's Unlimited is having the 2005 Safety and Conservation Day at Owens Station in Greenwood , DE from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. The program is free and for children 2 to teen. For more information on the event send an e-mail to tsenn@ducks.org.

Doug Riniker asked if we could go back to having club members advertise their business in the Newletter so members could support them. Doug would also like to see a section in the newsletter or someplace featuring members so we could learn more about each other. It would include things like hobbies, children, grandchildren etc. Dianne Shaw stated she never pursued renewal of advertisers for the newsletter as it is now done electronically. She said she was willing to learn how to put it in the newsletter but requested that someone else do the actual solicitation for advertisers and collect fees. She also said if members wanted to give or send her their business cards she would learn how to put them in the newsletter.

There was no historian report.

Connie Magee received the inquiry sheet she passed around to see who would be interested in running for an office. She then read off those willing to take an office.

President…………….Bill Shaw
Vice President………Eric Leister & Doug Riniker
Secretary…………….Donna Dunning
Treasurer…………….Lynne Buckwalter
Historian……………..Connie Magee
Activities Chair……...Carolyn Blinker & Kathy Miller
Sgt. at Arms…………Don Magee & Dale Buckwalter

Door Prizes were Rich Miller won cookies donated by Debbie Kozarski. Peter Bon won a linen calendar donated by Debbie Kozarski. Cindy Riniker won a Yankee candle donated by Carol Brinker. Lynne won a Water blade it is unknown who donated it. Tom Brinker won Shower Curtain Hooks donated by Fred Chidister. Janet Smith won a Corvette Book donated by Fred Chidister

The 50/50 of $37.00 was won by Doug Riniker.

President Joe Worts adjourned the meeting at 8.30 p.m.

Respectfully submitted,
Donna Dunning, Secretary

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