Black Hills Corvette Club

Black Hills Corvette Club February 2010 Newsletter

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President: Lee; Vice President: Ken; Treasurer: Bob  Secretary: Dan; Historian Darlene; Webmaster:Mike

Meeting:  The March meeting will be held on Thursday, March 11^th at 6 PM at the Sports Buzz Restaurant on Mt. Rushmore Road.

Past Events:  The Christmas Party was held on January 30^th at the K Bar S Lodge.  30 people attended the Christmas Party and again the gift exchange was quite entertaining with several gifts being exchanged the maximum of three times.  The election of officers was held for 2010 with the following people being elected unanimously:

President:  Lee re-elected, nominated by Larry, seconded by Wayne.

Vice President: Ken elected, nominated by Mike, seconded by Roger.

Treasurer: Bob re-elected, nominated by Wayne, seconded by Larry.

Secretary: Dan re-elected, nominated by Mike, seconded by Bob.

Historian: Darlene re-elected, nominated by Bob, seconded by Kathy.

Webmaster: Mike elected, nominated by Darlene, seconded by Bob.

It was also agreed that a Social Committee should be set up to come up with ideas for a social event each month.  It was decided that the committee will consist of the officer’s spouses.  The members of the committee are Kathy, Barb, Kim, Karla, Larry and Karen.

The year end 50/50 drawings were held with the following winners:

1^st prize- $65 to Ken Y

2^nd prize- $34 to Barb Y

3^rd prize- $30 to Clara N

New Business:  The Counts Car Show will be March 5^th, 6^th and 7^th.  Bill is coordinated our display for the show.  Setup begins at noon on Thursday, March 4^th, if you can help set up our display meet Bill at the Civic Center around noon. 

Bill reported that we will have 4 to 6 C3 Corvettes in our display.  We will meet for supper on Thursday, Friday and Saturday at the following locations:

Thursday, March 4^th at Boston’s at 6 PM.

Friday, March 5^th at Parkway Restaurant at 6 PM.

Saturday, March 6^th at Sanford’s at 4 PM, and afterwards the awards ceremony at 6 PM for those that are interested in attending.

Below is the signup sheet for the manpower at our booth during the show.

Friday, March 5th

6 PM to 8 PM- Bill and Janice

8 PM to 10 PM- Wayne

Saturday, March 6^th

10 AM to 12 PM- Larry and Darlene

12 PM to 2 PM- Dan and Carol

2 PM to 4 PM- Wayne

4 PM to 6 PM- Dan and Karla
6 PM to 8 PM- Bob and Kim

Sunday, March 7^th

10 Am to 12 PM- Bob and Jan

12 PM to 2 PM- Mike and Karen

2 PM to 4 PM- Bill and Clara, Bill and Janice

Upcoming Events:  Lee and Kathy are working on the trip to Ankeny, Iowa the first week of August.  On August 8^th there is a car show that benefits the local high school and if you enter your car in the show you get to view the private collection of convertibles that many of you have seen pictures of on the internet.  The cost to enter the car show is $20.

The 2010 Black Hills Corvette Classic is set for July 13-18^th.  We will be planning events along with the Classic including a trip over to Sioux Falls to attend Hot Summer Nights on Wednesday, July 14^th and then caravanning back to Rapid City on Thursday, July 15^th.

Thunder on the Prairie:  The Route 385 Cruisers from Alliance, Nebraska are having a Rod Run on June 4, 5, and 6^th at Central Park in Alliance, NE.  The car show is Saturday, June 5^th from 11 AM to 5 PM.   On Sunday, June 6^th they are planning a poker run at 9:30 AM and the awards ceremony to follow at 11 AM.

Black Hills Overdrive:  Black Hills Overdrive 2010 will be held June 10 thru the 13rd.   More information to follow.

Corvettes at Lake Tahoe Car Show:  If anyone is looking for a longer trip to a Corvette car show the Lake Tahoe Corvette Car Show is June 18 through the 20^th. 

Looking Glass Corvette Association: The Looking Glass Corvette Association is having a Corvette car show in Ft. Lupton, Colorado on July 10^th at Purifoy Chevrolet to celebrate Purifoy Chevrolet’s 50^th anniversary in business and their 25^th year of sponsoring the Looking Glass Corvette Association.  The cost is $5 per person to attend.

The 2^nd annual Cody trip will again be led by Roger and Renee.  They are planning the trip around the 3^rd weekend of September. 

50/50:  Dan won $12.50 in the 50/50 drawing at the February meeting.

Dan