October 2010 Corvette Connection - Niagara Corvette Club · October 2010 Corvette Connection Niagara Corvette Club Celebrating Our 37th Year Vision Statement: The Niagara Corvette

October 2010

Corvette Connection Niagara Corvette Club

Celebrating Our 37th Year

Vision Statement: The Niagara Corvette Club is a friendly, safe and affordable car club dedicated to learning, respect for all and enjoyment in all aspects of the sport of corvettes and fundraising.

Meetings: 8:00 p.m. 1st Tuesday every month Frado’s Italian Restaurant 535 Queenston Street St. Catharine’s, Ontario. Niagara Corvette Club P.O. Box 30067

St. Catharine’s, Ontario L2S 3P0

Website: www.niagaracorvetteclub.com

Trip to Pierce Arrow organized by Bill Colclough.

NCC Executive

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President: George Dalbergs Phone (905) 682-2310 E-mail: [email protected]

Vice-President: Harold Anders Phone (905) 684-3025 E-mail:[email protected]

Treasurer: Gloria Drake Phone: (905) 692-9807 E-mail:[email protected]

Secretary: Carol Hill Phone: (905) 563-4212 E-mail: [email protected]

Past President: Dave Drake Phone: (905) 692-9807 E-mail: [email protected]

Social: Lynn Mytroen Phone: (905) 834-4442 E-mail: [email protected]

Newsletter: Ian Bell Phone: (905) 957-2167 E-mail: [email protected]

Web site: Bill Colclough Phone: (905) 371-0434 E-mail: [email protected]

Membership: Gail Anders Phone: (905) 684-3025 E-mail: [email protected]

Show Co-Coordinator:

Harold Anders Phone:(905) 684-3025 Email: [email protected]

Historian: Stan Goosen Phone: 905-562-1595 Email: [email protected]

Committee Positions

NCC Club members, if you have any item which may be of interest to our club members please send the ar-ticle to the editors. Ian & Jackie

A good day was organized at the Fort Erie Race Track by Lynn & John Mytroen. Pictures further in the news letter.

An Electric Corvette?

C an a real Corvette have an electric motor, body panels made from carbon fiber and soy-based resin and carpet made from recycled pop bottles? The people at Genovation Cars sure think so. The company's G-Vette will have the same frame that is used for stock Z06 and ZR1 Corvettes. An electric motor and battery pack are expected to zip out 600-hp, and the car's range on one charge is estimated to be 200 miles. The one-of G-Vette is supposed to be a test car for fu-ture electric cars, but the company says they might make more, if Chevrolet allows the move-and demand is high enough.

50/50 Draw: Wendy Lindberg

Last month’s winner was Larry Schmor. Winner: Bob

Brickman $40.50

From the President Pres

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F all is finally here and it won’t be too long before we are complaining about the cold and that white stuff on the ground. Before that happens, however, we still have an oppor-tunity to have a few final flings with our favourite cars, so be sure to take your “baby” out to enjoy the clear air and fall foli-age. Also, it is time to make plans for the improvements / re-pairs that your toy needs to prepare for next Spring. Since our last meeting, we have held the annual Cruise Night at the Lincoln County Fair in Beamsville. The partici-pation in this event seems to be decreasing each year. This year we had 28 participants of which 8 came from our club. We did receive our donation from the Lincoln Agricultural Society, but improvements need to be made to make this event worthwhile. It starts with promoting the event - there was only a one-liner in the West Niagara News. Also, we should give some thought on how we distribute the trophies for this cruise – a very plain stock ‘60s F-150 Ford Truck won a tro-phy even though there were several beautiful antiques and muscle cars present. Jack Hills black coupe won the first place trophy – congratulations Jack. On the 18, there were 5 cars that met at the Duty Free in Fort Erie for our trip to Buffalo. The group first drove to For-est Lawn Cemetery to view the final resting place for Rick James, Millard Filmore (the 13th President of the U.S.) and other celebrities. From there we visited the Pierce-Arrow Mu-seum which is in a growth/expansion mode, which displays several unique cars such as the Pierce-Arrows, Thomas Flyers, etc. which were built in the Buffalo area – very interesting museum. After viewing the cars, we all travelled to the An-chor Bar, the birthplace of Buffalo Wings, to partake of this fine delicacy. Overall, a very enjoyable day and our apprecia-tion goes out to Bill Colclough for making all the arrange-ments and also for acting as historian for the event. Thanks Bill. September 23, we had 7 Corvettes put on a display at Marks Work Wearhouse at the Ridley Mall in support of breast screening for cancer. Sean, the manager, was quite pleased with the turnout and everyone there received a Wind River travel mug as well as flowers for the ladies. Good way to promote our club. Thanks. Sunday, the 26th, there were 28 members and friends attended a day at the races. Lynn and John met everyone at the entrance to the casino where we obtained our casino vouchers as well as the lunch vouchers. From there we all moved to the restaurant to enjoy a fantastic lunch – great food with generous quantity – overlooking the race track. We were also provided with a summarized racing form for the day and an instruction sheet on horse racing wagering. Also, the horses themselves were beautiful. I didn’t know

that our club has so many gamblers. At the end of the day, it seems that almost everyone went home with some win-nings in their pockets. What a great day! Great big thanks to Lynn and John. Nominations were held at the October meeting and although we did receive nominations for each position, I was a little disappointed that it was like pulling teeth with basically only one nominee for each position. The following nomina-tions were accepted:

It should be noted that none of the nominees for treas-urer were present at the meeting. November is election month and it is to the club’s benefit to have a strong execu-tive, and as I stated before, it would be great to have a true election with several candidates for each position. The slate indicated above is a good slate of officers, but before we hold the election in November, we will have one more op-portunity to nominate additional candidates for these posi-tions so that we can have a true election. Please give this matter your serious consideration. Also, if you are un-able to attend the November meeting, you can still vote by proxy by filling out the proxy form included elsewhere in this newsletter and forwarding it to any of the current ex-ecutive. BE SURE TO VOTE! . Also, for the balance of the year, we have quite a few social events remaining, including: Our overnight fall cruise to Letchworth Park in NY The Christmas Dinner at Johnny Rocco’s in St. Catharines, and finally, Our December Supper Meeting at the Mandarin in St. Ca-tharines As you can see, there is still plenty of time to enjoy the social events with our fellow members before Christmas comes around, so check the rest of the newsletter for details. Have a great Fall and enjoy your Corvette(s) while you still can and the prepare to put them to bed for the season.

Happy Corvetting and remember to Save the Wave!

George

President – Harold Anders Vice-president – Bill Colclough Secretary – Chris Copeland Treasurer – Wendy Bas, Jackie Bell, and Dave Fralick

Minutes from Last Meeting Pres

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Date: Tuesday, October 5, 2010 Attendance: 30 Meeting Started: 8:00 p.m

George Dalbergs welcomed out newest member Dennis Webb who drives a 2010 Grande Sport Coupe. George offered our clubs sincerest condolences to Mar-garet & Larry Keighan for the loss of Larry’s brother.

President's Report: George Dalbergs

Old Business:

George read a very pleasant e-mail he received from Larry Goelz, the V-P of Gate City Corvette Club in New Hampshire regarding the members who attended the Me-morial Day Week-end event. There is an issue with the Cruise Night at Lincoln County Fair. It seems that because of the way the Peo-ples Choice Ballots are cast from the public there are cars placing in the top three winners that clearly do not rate against other entrants. We would like to see a method of balloting that would better represent the excellence of some of other entries. Bill Colclough suggested that the membership should choose the winners. Any other sug-gestions directed to George would be appreciated. Marilyn suggested that we could have a better promotion of the Car Show. George thanked Bill Colclough for arranging the day trip to the Pierce Arrow Museum. It sounds like it was a super day. Seven cars showed up at Marks Work Wearhouse and Mark’s thanked all who attended with a car mug and a bouquet of flowers for the ladies. George thanked Lynn Mytroen for a fun day at the Fort Erie Race track. The food was good and some members even won money!! John Mytroen gave a brief summation of the research into flags for our cars. The flags can be purchased for anywhere from $2000.00 for 100 from a Canadian dis-tributer to $300.00 to $500.00/100 depending on design by USA or China distributers or $3.00-$5.00 a piece. Harold Anders cautioned that price would also depend on what design and colour amounts we wanted on the flags.

New Business:

Nomination Night: - President-Harold Anders was nominated for President. He will consider the position but has reservations about the work load and would con-sider delegating some of the duties.

Vice-President - Gloria nominated Bill Colclough

for V.P. and Tim Conway seconded the nomination.

Secretary-George Dalbergs nominated Chris

Copeland who will give the idea some thought.

-Treasurer- George nominated Wendy Bas for treasurer (Wendy was away and so no comments were entered) Gloria nominated Jackie Bell for the position. (Jackie was away so no comments were entered.) Jake nominated Dave Fralick for treas-urer. (Dave was away and so again no comment was entered.

It seems that absence from the meeting does not

preclude you from being nominated to one of the

important jobs needed to have a good club.

Vice-President’s Report: Harold Anders

Harold is still unable to find the last purchaser of the club jacket and we may have to write it off or have a large sized guy called Mike to join.

Secretary's Report: Carol Hill

Carol, once again this year submitted a photo and caption (with help from Ian Bell to get the photo sent) to Old Autos, October 4th edition. She read the caption describing our clubs donation and efforts with a brief reference to Reif Winery included.

Treasurer's Report: Gloria Drake:

Gloria stated that we are in good financial standing and comparable to last year even with many extra expenditures incurred this year.

COMMITTEE REPORTS:

Social Committee: Lynn Mytroen ]

October 17 – Fall Cruise to Letchworth Park in NY State. Lynn has sent out an e- mail describing the itinerary and costs. November 20 - NCC Christmas Dinner – Johnny Rocco’s the tickets are $35.00/person with the club paying $10.00 towards the dinner so the total will be $25.00/person inclusive (not drinks) Please bring the money to the next meet-ing. REMINDER to bring a food donation to the dinner for the food bank. December 7 - December dinner meeting or-ganized by fast Freddie Hutchinson at the Manda-rin Restaurant Buffet style plus roast beef if de-sired $18.99. Pay at the restaurant. Continued next page:

Minutes from Last Meeting Pres

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Continued from previous page:

Show Committee: Harold Anders

Harold thanked Marilyn Dalbergs and Gail Anders for doing all the Sponsors “thank you letters” and marvelled at the amount of sponsors and the effort by members to secure all these sponsors. Tim Conway commented on other shows and how they can’t even compare to the way we run our show and the amount of money we raise from our efforts. Stan Goosen reminisced about being president in 1992 and how they first decided to get sponsors for the show and it still goes on to this day.

Next Meeting: Tuesday, November 2, 2010 At Frado’s Restaurant starting at 8:00 PM. Election Night.

Losing One's Marbles Author Unknown, Submitted by Ron Sutton

T he older I get, the more I enjoy Saturday mornings. Perhaps it's the quiet solitude that comes with being the first to rise, or maybe it's the unbounded joy of not having to be at work. Either way, the first few hours of a Saturday

morning are most enjoyable.

A few weeks ago, I was shuffling toward the kitchen with a steaming cup of coffee in one hand and the morning

paper in the other. What began as a typical Saturday morning turned into one of those lessons that life seems to hand

you from time to time. Let me tell you about it.

I turned the volume up on my radio in order to listen to a Saturday morning talk show. I heard an older sound-

ing chap with a golden voice. You know the kind, he sounded like he should be in the broadcasting business himself. He

was talking about "a thousand marbles" to someone named "Tom".

I was intrigued and sat down to listen to what he had to say. "Well, Tom, it sure sounds like you're busy with

your job. I'm sure they pay you well but it's a shame you have to be away from home and your family so much. Hard to

believe a young fellow should have to work sixty or seventy hours a week to make ends meet. Too bad you missed your

daughter's dance recital."

He continued, "Let me tell you something Tom, something that has helped me keep a good perspective on my

own priorities." And that's when he began to explain his theory of a "thousand marbles." "You see, I sat down one day

and did a little arithmetic. The average person lives about seventy-five years. I know, some live more and some live less,

but on average, folks live about seventy-five years."

"Now then, I multiplied 75 times 52 and I came up with 3900 which is the number of Saturdays that the average

person has in their entire lifetime. Now stick with me Tom, I'm getting to the important part."

"It took me until I was fifty-five years old to think about all this in any detail", he went on, "and by that time I had

lived through over twenty-eight hundred Saturdays. I got to thinking that if I lived to be seventy-five, I only had about

a thousand of them left to enjoy."

"So I went to a toy store and bought every single marble they had. I ended up having to visit three toy stores to

round-up 1000 marbles. I took them home and put them inside of a large, clear plastic container right here in my work-

shop next to the radio. Every Saturday since then, I have taken one marble out and thrown it away.

"I found that by watching the marbles diminish, I focused more on the really important things in life. There is

nothing like watching your time here on this earth run out to help get your priorities straight."

"Now let me tell you one last thing before I sign-off with you and take my lovely wife out for breakfast. This morning, I

took the very last marble out of the container. I figure if I make it until next Saturday then I have been given a little

extra time. And the one thing we can all use is a little more time."

"It was nice to talk to you Tom, I hope you spend more time with your loved ones, and I hope to meet you again

someday. Have a good morning!"

You could have heard a pin drop when he finished. Even the show's moderator didn't have anything to say for a

few moments. I guess he gave us all a lot to think about. I had planned to do some work that morning, then go to the

gym. Instead, I went upstairs and woke my wife up with a kiss. "C'mon honey, I'm taking you and the kids to break-

fast."

"What brought this on?" she asked with a smile. "Oh, nothing special, it's just been a long time since we spent a Satur-

day together with the kids. Hey, can we stop at a toy store while we're out? I need to buy some marbles."

Lynn Mytroen Social Page Pres

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W ith the cool weather approaching let’s all take advantage of our last cruise of the season on Sunday October 17 and continuing Monday October 18. The details were emailed out to everyone and discussed at our meet-ing but if anyone has any questions please don’t hesitate to call or email. The drive to and through Letchworth Park is spectacular and (hopefully) the sun will be shining and the leaves will be in full colour. Two great restaurants are organized for lunch and dinner. And Monday is a great bonus day for those who can afford the time. If anyone would like to attend but did not sign up please let Lynn or John know Friday October 8. A reminder that the lunch must be prepaid by this date. Our Christmas Dinner is set for Saturday November 20 at Johnny Rocco’s in St. Catharines at 6:30 p.m. This is a great evening to dress up and enjoy the company of like- minded friends. The final sign up and collection of monies will take place at the November meeting. In lieu of our December meeting we will (again) be eating out at The Mandarin Restaurant in St. Catharines. What a great way to end the year. As we close off another Corvette season let’s all start thinking of things to do in 2011. Please suggest or; bet-ter yet; plan an event in the coming year…remember our club is only as active as its members! Try not to shed too many tears as the cars get covered and stored…it’s only for a few short months.

Lynn and John Mytroen

Fort Erie Race-way lunch.

T he editors of our monthly news letter appear to be facing the threat of litigation from the as of yet unidentified individual shown at the left shown in last months news let-ter. The insurance for executives may need to be applied to this case. Keep your cameras ready in case this individual reappears. Received from unknown complainant: It seems that the paparazzi have gone to far! An unauthorized photo taken at a US event has mysteriously appeared in a Canadian publication. This photo obviously showing the subject in a humorous pose may be taken seri-ously by the masses.

The authorities will be notified and action taken against the unnamed photographer and distributors of said incrimi-nating photo. Once the law has taken its course the affected wanna be celebrity will need to clear his name and possibly take fur-ther action. I can only hope the receivers of this message have no involvement in this terrible event.

Proxy Form Pres

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PROXY FOR ELECTION OF THE EXECUTIVE FOR 2011 The undersigned, being a paid-up and voting member of the Niagara Corvette Club, hereby appoints _______________________________________ as my nominee to attend and act for and on behalf of the undersigned at the annual meeting of the Club held for the purpose of electing the President, Vice-President, Treasurer and/or Secretary for the year 2011. The proxy holder named above is specifically directed, on any ballot that may be called for, to vote on my behalf in respect of the election of any or all positions. Dated this __________ day of ________________, 2010.

______________________________________ (sign and print name)

Lighter News Pres

Lincoln Fair Pres

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Wendy Lindberg 8th

Brian McEachern 18th

Margaret Keighan 21st

Edward Pentesco 30th

Dave Fralick 1st Hetty Marcelissen 14th

Perhaps a club member would like to display his Corvette like this at next year’s car show.

Fair coordinator

I never eat chocolate?

Pierce Arrow Cruise

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Among his well known songs are "Super Freak" and "You and I". Born James Ambrose Johnson, Jr. in Buffalo, New York,

Fort Erie Race Track Lunch

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Fort Erie Race Track Lunch

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One day while he was at the track playing the ponies and all but los-

ing his shirt, Mitch noticed a priest who stepped out onto the track

and blessed the forehead of one of the horses lining up for the 4th

race.

Lo and behold, that horse - a very long shot - won the race.

Before the next race, as the horses began lining up, Mitch watched with interest the old priest step onto the track. Sure enough, as the 5th race horses came to the starting gate the priest made a blessing on the forehead of one of the horses.

Mitch made a beeline for a betting window and placed a small bet on the horse. Again, even though it was another long shot, the horse the priest had blessed won the race.

Mitch collected his winnings, and anxiously waited to see which horse the priest would bless for the 6th race. The priest again blessed a horse. Mitch bet big on it, and it won.

Mitch was elated. As the races continued the priest kept blessing long shot horses, and each one ended up coming in first.

By and by, Mitch was pulling in some serious money. By the last race, he knew his wildest dreams were going to come true.

He made a quick dash to the ATM, withdrew all his savings, and awaited the priest's blessing that would tell him which horse to bet on.

True to his pattern, the priest stepped onto the track for the last race and blessed the forehead of an old nag that was the longest shot of the day.

Mitch also observed the priest blessing the eyes, ears, and hooves of the old nag.

Mitch knew he had a winner and bet every cent he owned on the old nag. He then watched dumbfounded as the old nag come in dead last.

Mitch, in a state of shock, made his way down to the track area where the priest was.

Confronting the old priest he demanded, 'Father! What happened? All day long you blessed horses and they all won.

Then in the last race, the horse you blessed lost by a Kentucky mile. Now, thanks to you I've lost every cent of my savings - all of it!'

The priest nodded wisely and with sympathy. 'Son,' he said, 'that's the problem with you Protestants,

you can't tell the difference between a simple blessing and last rites.'

Submitted by Glennie Wilkinson

Club Activities 2010 2010Pres

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Month Day Activity Contact Location

Oct 17 & 18 Fall Cruise– Letchworth Park & Finger

Lakes

Lynn & John Mytroen Fort Erie

Nov. 2 NCC General Meeting-Frado’s Elections Frado’s

Nov. 20 NCC Christmas Dinner 6:30 Johnny

Rocco’s

Lynn & Marilyn St. Catharines

Dec. 7 NCC Social Evening-Mandarin Restau-

rant

Fred Hutchison St. Catharines

Area Activities Pres

Month Day Activity Contact Location

Nov SEMA Show Las Vegas

Nov 6 CCCC Governors Meeting Mississauga

1975 Corvette, L78, automatic, 25,000 miles but in rough condition. $4,000.00 Call 905 735-8843 for further info.

We had 7 Corvettes put on a display at Marks Work Wearhouse at the Ridley Mall in support of breast screening for cancer.

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