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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

Black Hills Corvette Club January 2010 Newsletter

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

Meeting: The February meeting will be held on Thursday, February 11^th at 6 PM at the Sports Buzz Restaurant at 2101 Mt. Rushmore Road.

Calendars: The 2010 Black Hills Corvette Calendars are still available for $10 each. If you would like one contact Kim.

Dues: Bob is collecting dues for 2010. Our dues are again $20 for the year.

Pierre Trip: Lee and Kathy, Ken and Barb, Cliff and Lisa and Dan and Carol drove to Pierre on December 19^th to view the Christmas decorations at the Capitol building. They ate lunch at Perkins and were back in Rapid City by the end of the day.

Christmas Party: The Christmas party at the K Bar S Lodge in Keystone was postponed for a week and will be held this Saturday, January 30^th. For everyone that had a room reservation they were transferred to this Saturday. If anyone else would like to stay at the Lodge on Saturday night, call 666-4545 and mention that you are with the Corvette Club, the rate is $69.99.

We will meet at the Lodge anytime after 2 PM for a social gathering before the meal. The meal will be served at 6 PM and we will have the gift exchange after the meal. If you haven’t already signed up and paid for the meal but would like to come to the Christmas party email me by Thursday evening so we can get an accurate count to K Bar S.

Counts Car Show: Bill Naugle is getting everything lined up for the Counts Car Show on March 5^th, 6^th and 7^th. We will have 6 C3 Corvettes in our display, including a 68 Corvette Race Car. We will have a signup sheet at our February meeting so everyone can sign up to help man our booth during the car show. Bill Naugle made a motion to pay half of the registration for each of the 6 cars that will be in our display, Bill K seconded the motion and the motion passed unanimously. The registration is $40 per car so the Corvette Club will be paying $20 per car. The registration forms are available on the Counts of the Cobblestone website, www.countscarclub.com.

Upcoming events: There are several car shows this summer that we are looking into, the Custer car show in July, the West Des Moines car show in September and the car show in Scottsbluff, Ne. More information will follow on the events. We are also looking into a possible trip to Ankeny, Iowa to view a private car collection of we can get it lined up.

50/50: Cliff won $9 in our 50/50 drawing at our January meeting.

Black Hills Corvette Club December 2009 Newsletter                                                                                 www.blackhillscorvetteclub.com

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

Meeting: A separate email will be sent when we get the location for the January meeting; the meeting will be held on Thursday, January 14^th.

Calendar: Special thanks to Kim and Karen for putting our 2010 Black Hills Corvette Calendar together. They are available for $10.00 each; contact Kim if you would like to purchase the calendar.

Pierre trip: Lee and Kathy are planning a drive to Pierre this Saturday, December 19^th, to stop at the Capitol Building to see the Christmas Decorations. Tentative plans are to meet at McDonalds on Elk Vale Road near the Interstate at 7:45 Am. If you are interested in the drive contact Lee to get further details.

Christmas Party: The Christmas party is set for Saturday, January 23^rdat the K Bar S Lodge in Keystone. We will meet at the Lodge anytime after 2 PM for a social gathering before our meal. The meal will be served at 6 PM with the price of the meal including tax and tip at $20.92 per person. The meal will be a buffet with Pot Roast, Chicken Veronique, Garden Salad, Mashed Potatoes and a Vegetable. Dessert is also included and will be a Brownie Sundae.   Everyone attending should bring a wrapped gift valued at around $15.00. The gifts can be marked male or female if necessary.

Reservations: Room reservations can be made by calling 666-4545, mention that you are with the Corvette Club. We have set up a rate of $69.99 per room for our Christmas Party. The rooms need to be reserved by January 15^th to make sure we have a minimum of 6-10 rooms booked to keep the hotel portion of the Lodge open for our party.

Payment for meals: If you are planning on attending the Christmas Party please mail your check to Bob to cover the costs of your meals. Please send your checks to Bob before January 15^th so we can give the K Bar S Lodge a count on the number of people that will be attending. The hotel rooms can be paid for when you check out on Sunday morning.

Dues: Also, if you would like to include your dues with the check you are sending to Bob, add $20 for your 2010 dues.

50/50: Bill N. won $10.00 in our 50/50 drawing at our December meeting. Merry Christmas, I hope you get everything you wished for.

Dan

Black Hills Corvette Club November 2009 Newsletter

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President: Lee; Vice President: Mike; Treasurer: Bob

Secretary: Dan; Historian: Darlene; Webmaster: Mike

Meeting: The December meeting will be held at the Alpine Inn in Hill City on Thursday, December 10^th at 6:30 PM. Please RSVP if you are planning on attending the December meeting so that I can get reservations set up. Please RSVP by November 30^th.

Past Events: Special Thanks to Bob and Kim for hosting our annual Thanksgiving Dinner on November 7^th. We had a great turnout and the food was wonderful!

Upcoming Events: Kim has agreed to set up our 2010 Black Hills Corvette Calendar. If you would like your car in the calendar please email Kim your picture by November 23^rd.

We had to change the date of the Christmas party at the K Bar S Lodge to Saturday, January 23^rd. I would like to get an idea of how many people are interested in attending, please email me if you are planning on attending so I can put some tentative numbers together for the party. I will send more information about the food, etc. in another email.

Lee is planning on leading the club to Pierre in December to see the Christmas Decorations in the Capitol building. We would leave on Saturday morning, eat lunch in Pierre, spend the afternoon at the Capitol Building and then drive home later in the day. I will send more details in December.

The Counts Car Show is scheduled for March 5^th, 6^th and 7^th. Bill Naugle has agreed to head up our display for the show. We will be showing all C3 Corvettes for the show.

Dues for 2010 will again be $20, you can pay Bob at any time, dues are officially due at the January meeting.

We had 29 people at our November meeting at the Gaslight; Eunice won the 50/50 drawing of $16.00.

Below is a recipe from the Thanksgiving Dinner that was requested:

Frosted Cranberry Squares

One 13 ½ ounce can (1 2/3 cups) crushed pineapple

Two 3 ounce packages of lemon flavored gelatin

One 7 ounce bottle (about 1 cup) ginger ale

One 1 pound can (2 cups) jellied cranberry sauce

One 2 ounce package dessert topping mix

One 8 ounce package of cream cheese softened

1/2 cup chopped pecans

Drain pineapple reserving syrup. Add water to syrup to make 1 cup. Heat until mixture is boiling. Dissolve gelatin in hot liquid and cool. Gently stir in Ginger Ale, chill until partly set. Meanwhile blend drained pineapple and cranberry sauce. Fold in gelatin mixture. Turn into a 9 x 9 x 2 dish. Chill until firm. Prepare dessert topping according to package directions. Fold in Cream Cheese and spread over gelatin. Toast pecans in 1 Tablespoon margarine in moderate oven (350 degrees) about 10 minutes. Sprinkle over the top of salad. Chill-Makes 9 servings.

Dan

Black Hills Corvette Club October 2009 Newsletter

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Meeting: The November meeting will be held on Thursday, November 12^th at the Gaslight in Rockerville at 6 PM.

Past Events: Bruce and Susan lead a cruise through the Black Hills on September 27^th. Eleven cars joined up for the day with 7 Corvettes from the Chadron Corvette Club and 4 Corvettes from the Black Hills Corvette Club.

Upcoming Events: Bob and Kim will be hosting our annual Thanksgiving Dinner on Saturday, November 7^th at their home at 13007 Overlook Drive at 2 PM. The Turkey, drinks, plates and silverware will be provided. Please email Bob and Kim to let them know that you will be coming and what dish you will be bringing to share.

We will be meeting at the Alpine Inn on Thursday, December 10^th at 6:30 PM. More details to follow in the November newsletter.

The Christmas party is being planned for Saturday, January 16^th at the K Bar S Lodge in Keystone. The date has changed from the previous newsletter. We are planning on having a choice of Pot Roast or Chicken Veronique for dinner and a dessert will be included with the meal. More details later.

The Counts Car Show is scheduled for March 5, 6, and 7, 2010. We are planning on having all C3 Corvettes for our entry.

New Member: Please welcome Jeffrey from Rapid City to our club. Jeffrey has been receiving our newsletter and joined at our October meeting.

Dan

Black Hills Corvette Club September 2009 Newsletter

President: Lee; Vice President: Mike; Treasurer: Bob

Secretary: Dan; Historian: Darlene; Webmaster: Mike

Meeting: The October meeting will be held on Thursday, October 8^th at Thirsty’s in Rapid City at 6 PM.

Past Events: Six couples from the Black Hills Corvette Club attended the 15^th anniversary of the National Corvette Museum during the week of Labor Day in Bowling Green, Kentucky. We caravanned with cars from South Dakota, North Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa and Illinois with the total of the Midwest caravan totaling 300 Corvettes.

Special thanks to Dave and Melinda for making the name tags for the club.

Upcoming Events: On September 27^th, Bruce and Susan are planning a day trip originating at their house in Hot Springs. They plan to leave the house at 10 Am, go to Custer via the Wind Cave route, to Newcastle via Hells Canyon, to Spearfish via Spearfish Canyon with lunch possibly at the Chophouse, then take the frontage road to Hwy of I90 at exit 17 towards Deadwood, then to Sturgis via Boulder Canyon then thru Vanocker Canyon and back to Custer/Hot Springs for supper. If you are interested in going on this ride please email Bruce.

Lee is planning a fall colors run on October 4^th or 11^th depending on when the colors begin to change. More information to follow.

Bob and Kim will again have Thanksgiving Dinner at their house on November 7^th for the club. We will follow up with more information at the October meeting.

Lee is planning the December meeting at the Alpine Inn in Hill City.

The Christmas party will be held on January 9^th at the K Bar S lodge in Keystone. We will follow up more information at the next meeting.

Roger has the trip planned to Montana on September 19-21^st. They will be leaving from Sturgis at 8 AM from the Exxon station at exit 32. The plan is to drive to Red Lodge, Montana on Saturday and spend the night, then on to Livingston, Montana on Sunday to spend the night and then back to Sturgis via Hwy 212 on Monday. Five cars have contacted Roger to go on the trip. If you are interested in going contact Roger right away.

Melinda won $11.50 in the 50/50 drawing at the September meeting.

Dan

Black Hills Corvette Club August 2009 Newsletter

President: Lee; Vice President: Mike; Treasurer: Bob

Secretary: Dan; Historian: Darlene; Webmaster: Mike

Meeting: The September meeting will be held on Thursday, September 10^th at Sanford’s in Rapid City at 6 PM.

Old Business: On August 25^th the club had a poker run to Custer with seven Corvettes attending. We traveled to Custer to the car show and then drove to Pringle and back to Custer for supper at the Bavarian Inn. Chuck won $25 for the high poker hand, Dan won $20 for the low poker hand and Cliff and Lisa's car was picked by the Bavarian Inn as their favorite to win $9.

Upcoming Events: On Sunday, August 23^rd, we will meet for breakfast at Cadillac Jack’s in Deadwood at 8 Am and then watch the car parade and show and shine on Main Street for Kool Deadwood Nights.

On Sunday, August 30^th, five couples from the club will be leaving for the 2009 Corvette Caravan to bowling green. We are expecting approximately 75 cars from South Dakota, North Dakota and Minnesota that will be caravanning. They are expecting anywhere from 6,000 to 7,000 people in Bowling Green with approximately 3500 Corvettes attending the 15^th anniversary celebration of the Corvette Museum.

If you are interesting in the fall colors run that Roger is setting up for the 3^rd weekend of September please email Roger.

On Saturday, September 26^th, Bear Country will be holding the 4^th annual Wild Wheels All Car Show & Shine from 1 to 6 PM. There is a $20 registration fee to enter a car, with Bears, Beer and Brats, Live Music and Vendors and Activities.

Karla won $16.50 in the 50/50 drawing at the August meeting.

Just For Fun: Carol’s Corvette had a dead battery in her garage and she called the mechanic’s shop. Since she had to go to work she told the manager, “I’ll leave the key under the mat. Fix the Corvette, leave the bill on the counter and I will send you a check.”

“Oh, by the way, don’t worry about my dog Spike. He won’t bother you. But, whatever you do, do NOT, under any circumstances, talk to my parrot.” “I REPEAT; DO NOT TALK TO MY PARROT!!”

When the mechanic arrived at Carol’s he discovered the biggest, meanest looking dog he has ever seen. But, just as she had said, the dog just lay there on the floor watching the mechanic go about his work. The parrot however drove him nuts the whole time with his incessant yelling, cursing and name calling. Finally the mechanic couldn’t contain himself any longer and yelled, “Shut up, you stupid, ugly bird!!”

To which the bird replied, “Get him, Spike!”

Dan

Black Hills Corvette Club July 2009 Newsletter

President: Lee; Vice President: Mike; Treasurer: Bob

Secretary: Dan; Historian: Darlene; Webmaster: Mike

Meeting: The August Meeting will be on Thursday, August 13^th at Canyon Lake Park. We have the last picnic shelter reserved for the meeting, (this is the shelter along Park Drive). The club will supply chicken, plates, napkins and utensils, Bob and Kim will get these items. Everyone should bring their own drinks and a potluck dish to share.

Old Business: On Saturday, June 27^th, the club went to the matinee at the Black Hills Playhouse and then to the Powderhouse in Keystone for supper.

The July Meeting was a picnic that was held at Larry and Darlene. Thanks to Larry and Darlene for hosting the club for the picnic and meeting.

Upcoming Events: The Black Hills Corvette Classic is July 15^th in Sioux Falls and July 16^th through the 18^th in Spearfish. If anyone is interested in going to Sioux Falls on Wednesday for Hot Summer Nights and then caravanning back to Spearfish on Thursday, please email me at dkcasanova@rap.midco.net. We will be leaving on Wednesday morning to get to Billion Chevrolet for the Corvette gathering from 1 to 4. Hot Summer Nights is from 5:30 to 10:00 PM in Downtown Sioux Falls.

For the Spearfish Classic we will be meeting at the Whiskey Chophouse at 6PM on Thursday, July 16^th for supper. The Whiskey Chophouse is just a couple of blocks down Spearfish Canyon. On Thursday night the Corvettes will be parked at the Holiday Inn.

Friday night is Vette Street from 5:30 to 9 PM. We will meet at Shoot the Bull Steakhouse in Spearfish at 5 PM.

On Saturday, July 25^th, Larry Bailly will coordinate a poker run. We will meet at Reptile Gardens at 1 PM and travel to Custer to view their car show which ends at 3 PM. The club is sponsoring $50 in prizes.

On Saturday, August 15^th, we will go the Wind Cave as part of the free National Park weekend. Karen is working on coordinating this and will get us exact details later. We will leave around noon and end up having supper somewhere in the Southern Hills.

Roger is looking into a fall colors run to Cody, Wyoming and Red Lodge, Montana. More details to follow later.

Nancy F won $12 in the 50/50 raffle at the July meeting.

Just for fun: This guy gets to the Pearly Gates, and Saint Peter says, “Now wait just a moment, before I let you in, I need to ask you, have you ever done anything to put others first, or defended the innocent, things like that?”

The man answers, “Why yes, I saw this man with a Corvette by the side of the road, and he was yelling at his wife so I walked up to him and screamed at him to leave her alone, and if he didn’t I’d kick his head like this…..and I kicked his driver’s door on that Corvette.”

Saint Peter answers, “Wow, that’s pretty good, when did you do that?”

The man answers, “Oh, about 4 minutes ago.”

Dan

Black Hills Corvette Club June 2009 Newsletter

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

Meeting: The July meeting will be held at Larry and Darlene's house at 6 PM on Thursday, July 9^th. We will have a picnic supper with the club providing the hamburgers, hot dogs, buns and soda. Please bring a dish to pass and chairs. Larry and Darlene will send an email out with directions to their house. There were twenty five members present for the June meeting, Mike B. presided over the meeting. Melinda M. won $10.50 in the 50/50 drawing. The August meeting will be held at Storybook Island on August 13^th. We will have a potluck supper with the club provided the main course and members bringing a dish to pass. More information will be available at our July meeting. Upcoming Events: The Black Hills Corvette Club has reservations at the Black Hills Playhouse for the 2PM matinee on Saturday, June 27^th. The play is “The Sugar Bean Sisters”. Tickets are $14.40 each and you will need a Custer State Park sticker to get to the Playhouse. We will meet at Retile Gardens at 12:30PM and go to supper afterwards. Please email Karen if you are planning on attending so she can get a count to the Playhouse. The Lead car show is Sunday, July 5^th at the Manuel Brother Park. The National Parks are having three “get into the park free weekends this summer”. We will pick a weekend for the club at our meeting in July. June 19^th is drive your Corvette to work day. New Business: Dave made a motion to have name tags made for our members and it was voted to proceed with the name tags. Dan will send an email with the updated list of members of the club so everyone has the contact information.

Dan

Black Hills Corvette Club May 2009 Newsletter

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

Meeting: The June meeting will be held on Thursday, June 11^th at 6 PM at the Colonial House on Mt. Rushmore Road. Gene Pender won$18.00 from the 50/50 drawing at the May Meeting. Thirty five people attended the May meeting.

Upcoming Events: On Saturday, May 16^th, we will be meeting at Bruce and Susan Van Vleet’s home in Hot Springs, address 145 South 19^th Street, at 10 AM for coffee and donuts. The Chadron Corvette Club is also going to join us for the day. Bruce and Susan will lead us on a driving tour of Custer State Park since it is the free weekend at the park. We will have a lunch stop somewhere along the way and also a stop for supper for those of you who choose to stay with the group for the entire day. For anyone that is going to Hot Springs from Rapid City we will meet at Reptile Gardens at 8:45 AM and proceed to Bruce and Susan’s via Highway 79.

On Friday, June 5^th, we will meet at the Windmill at 5 PM for a trip to Belle Fourche for the Car Rally and Street Dance. We will plan to eat supper on the way to Belle Fourche, possibly at Guadalajara’s, and be at Scott Peterson Motors by 7:30 PM for the car show and burnout competition.

On Saturday, June 13^th and Sunday June 14^th, we will meet at Reptile Gardens at 9 AM to head to Scottsbluff, Nebraska for the car show on Saturday afternoon at 4 PM. We will plan to eat lunch in Scottsbluff at about 1 PM possibly at Whiskey Creek. We will also plan to have supper at a place to be determined. We will be meeting the Chadron Corvette Club to participate with us on this trip. We have a block of rooms at the Candlelight Inn in Scottsbluff at $60 under the Black Hills Corvette Club, with King and Queen suites available. If you are planning to go the rooms need to be booked by May 22^nd by calling 308-635-3751. Please email me at dkcasanova@rap.midco.net if you are planning to attend this trip. On Sunday we will spend some time in Scottsbluff before heading back to Rapid City.

June 13^th is Cruiser Night in Rapid City for those of you who will not going to Scottsbluff with the club.

June 19^th is drive your Corvette to work day.

June 26-27^th is the Car Show in Medora.

The Black Hills Corvette Classic is July 16-18^th in Spearfish, SD.

Kool Deadwood Nights is August 20-23^rd in Deadwood, SD.

Welcome new members: Mike and Marsha Lees from Rapid City who just recently purchased their first Corvette, a 2005 Daytona Sunset Orange Metallic Coupe.

Daryl Johnson from Hill City who has a 2004 Z06 with the personalized license plate “Z06 VET”.

Just for fun: A man goes out and buys a new Corvette Convertible. One night he takes it out for a spin, and stops at a red light. An old man pulls up to him riding a mo-ped. The old man looks over at the Vette and says, “What kind of car ya got there sonny?” The man replies, “It’s a 2009 Corvette, the best sports car in the USA, it cost me over $60,000.”

“That’s a lot of money” says the old man. “Why does it cost so much?” The Corvette owner replies, “Because they can go over 170 miles per hour!” The old man pokes his head in the window and looks around. Leaning back on his mo-ped, the old man says, “That’s a pretty nice car alright!”

Just then the light changes, so the guy decides to show the old man what the car can do. He floors it, and in a few seconds it reaches 120 MPH. Suddenly he notices a dot in his rear view mirror that seems to be catching up to him. Afraid it may be a cop, he slows down to 65 and suddenly, whhhhoooooosssshhh! Something whips by him going much faster!

“What on earth could be going faster than this Vette?” the man asks himself. Then ahead of him, he sees a dot coming towards him. Whhhhooooossssshhhh! It goes by him again, heading in the opposite direction! And it sorta looked like the old man on the mo-ped! “Couldn’t be,” thinks the guy. “How could a mo-ped out run a Vette?”

Then again he sees a dot in the rear view mirror! Whhhhoooooossssshhhh-Blam!! It plows into the back of the Vette! The man jumps out. It is the old man! Of course, the mo-ped and the old man are in a world of hurt. The guy runs up to the man and cries, “You’re hurt bad! Is there anything I can do for you?”

The old man groans and replies, “Yes, could you please unhook my suspenders from your side mirror?”

Dan

Black Hills Corvette Club June 2009 Newsletter

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

Meeting: The July meeting will be held at Larry and Darlene Bailly’s at 6 PM on Thursday, July 9^th. We will have a picnic supper with the club providing the hamburgers, hot dogs, buns and soda. Please bring a dish to pass and chairs. Larry and Darlene will send an email out with directions to their house.

There were twenty five members present for the June meeting, Mike Barkl presided over the meeting. Melinda Myers won $10.50 in the 50/50 drawing.

The August meeting will be held at Storybook Island on August 13^th. We will have a potluck supper with the club provided the main course and members bringing a dish to pass. More information will be available at our July meeting.

Upcoming Events: The Black Hills Corvette Club has reservations at the Black Hills Playhouse for the   2PM matinee on Saturday, June 27^th. The play is “The Sugar Bean Sisters”. Tickets are $14.40 each and you will need a Custer State Park sticker to get to the Playhouse. We will meet at Retile Gardens at 12:30PM and go to supper afterwards. Please email Karen Barkl at Mikes90zr1@rap.midco.net if you are planning on attending so she can get a count to the Playhouse.

The Lead car show is Sunday, July 5^th at the Manuel Brother Park.

The National Parks are having three “get into the park free weekends this summer”. We will pick a weekend for the club at our meeting in July.

June 19^th is drive your Corvette to work day.

New Business: Dave made a motion to have name tags made for our members and it was voted to proceed with the name tags. Dan will send an email with the updated list of members of the club so everyone has the contact information.
Dan

Black Hills Corvette Club May 2009 Newsletter

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President: Lee ; Vice President: Mike ; Treasurer: Bob
Secretary: Dan ; Historian: Darlene ; Webmaster: Larry Meeting: The June meeting will be held on Thursday, June 11^{th at 6 PM at the Colonial House on Mt. Rushmore Road. Gene Pender won$18.00 from the 50/50 drawing at the May Meeting. Thirty five people attended the May meeting.}

Upcoming Events: On Saturday, May 16th, we will be meeting at Bruce and Susan Van Vleet’s home in Hot Springs, address 145 South 19th Street, at 10 AM for coffee and donuts. The Chadron Corvette Club is also going to join us for the day. Bruce and Susan will lead us on a driving tour of Custer State Park since it is the free weekend at the park. We will have a lunch stop somewhere along the way and also a stop for supper for those of you who choose to stay with the group for the entire day. For anyone that is going to Hot Springs from Rapid City we will meet at Reptile Gardens at 8:45 AM and proceed to Bruce and Susan’s via Highway 79.

On Friday, June 5th, we will meet at the Windmill at 5 PM for a trip to Belle Fourche for the Car Rally and Street Dance. We will plan to eat supper on the way to Belle Fourche, possibly at Guadalajara’s, and be at Scott Peterson Motors by 7:30 PM for the car show and burnout competition.
On Saturday, June 13th and Sunday June 14th, we will meet at Reptile Gardens at 9 AM to head to Scottsbluff, Nebraska for the car show on Saturday afternoon at 4 PM. We will plan to eat lunch in Scottsbluff at about 1 PM possibly at Whiskey Creek. We will also plan to have supper at a place to be determined. We will be meeting the Chadron Corvette Club to participate with us on this trip. We have a block of rooms at the Candlelight Inn in Scottsbluff at $60 under the Black Hills Corvette Club, with King and Queen suites available. If you are planning to go the rooms need to be booked by May 22nd by calling 308-635-3751. Please email me at ^{dkcasanova@rap.midco.net}^{if you are planning to attend this trip. On Sunday we will spend some time in Scottsbluff before heading back to Rapid City.}^{June 13th is Cruiser Night in Rapid City for those of you who will not going to Scottsbluff with the club.

June 19th is drive your Corvette to work day.

June 26-27th is the Car Show in Medora.

The Black Hills Corvette Classic is July 16-18th in Spearfish, SD.

Kool Deadwood Nights is August 20-23rd in Deadwood, SD.

Welcome new members: Mike and Marsha Lees from Rapid City who just recently purchased their first Corvette, a 2005 Daytona Sunset Orange Metallic Coupe.

Daryl Johnson from Hill City who has a 2004 Z06 with the personalized license plate "Z06 VET".

Just for fun: A man goes out and buys a new Corvette Convertible. One night he takes it out for a spin, and stops at a red light. An old man pulls up to him riding a mo-ped. The old man looks over at the Vette and says, "What kind of car ya got there sonny?" The man replies, "It’s a 2009 Corvette, the best sports car in the USA, it cost me over $60,000."

"That’s a lot of money" says the old man. "Why does it cost so much?" The Corvette owner replies, "Because they can go over 170 miles per hour!" The old man pokes his head in the window and looks around. Leaning back on his mo-ped, the old man says, "That’s a pretty nice car alright!"

Just then the light changes, so the guy decides to show the old man what the car can do. He floors it, and in a few seconds it reaches 120 MPH. Suddenly he notices a dot in his rear view mirror that seems to be catching up to him. Afraid it may be a cop, he slows down to 65 and suddenly, whhhhoooooosssshhh! Something whips by him going much faster!

"What on earth could be going faster than this Vette?" the man asks himself. Then ahead of him, he sees a dot coming towards him. Whhhhooooossssshhhh! It goes by him again, heading in the opposite direction! And it sorta looked like the old man on the mo-ped! "Couldn’t be," thinks the guy. "How could a mo-ped out run a Vette?"

Then again he sees a dot in the rear view mirror! Whhhhoooooossssshhhh-Blam!! It plows into the back of the Vette! The man jumps out. It is the old man! Of course, the mo-ped and the old man are in a world of hurt. The guy runs up to the man and cries, "You’re hurt bad! Is there anything I can do for you?"

The old man groans and replies, "Yes, could you please unhook my suspenders from your side mirror?"}

Black Hills Corvette Club April 2009 Newsletter

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President: Lee ; Vice President: Mike ;Treasurer: Bob

Secretary: Dan ; Historian: Darlene ; Webmaster: Larry

Meeting: The May meeting will be held on Thursday, May 14^{th at 6 PM at Casa Real on Mt. Rushmore Road. Lee Jensen won the 50/50 drawing at the April meeting.}

Past Events: On Saturday morning March 21st, thirteen members of the club met for breakfast at the Millstone. After breakfast five Corvettes caravanned for a quick trip to Wall Drug and a visit to the Dairy Queen in Wall.

The Firehouse Dinner Theatre on Saturday, April 18th that we were planning on going to has been postponed to another weekend if there is still interest in going. The other dates available are April 24th and 25th, or May 1st and 2nd. If anyone is still interested in going to the theatre on any of those dates please email to me at ^{dkcasanova@rap.midco.net}^.

Watch your email in May for the 5th annual "no notice first run of the year."

Upcoming Events: On Friday June 5th we would like to visit the Center of the Nation All Car Rally & Street Dance in Belle Fourche. We would leave Rapid City and have dinner at a restaurant to be determined later, be at Scott Peterson Motors for the car show, at 8 PM is the burn out competition and from 8 to 10 PM is a live band Street Dance. More details will follow at a later date.

We are looking into the Rapid City Cruiser Night, we will find out the dates and have more details at a later date.

The Club is planning on coordinating an overnight trip June 12th-13th to Scottsbluff/Gering, NE. with the Chadron Corvette Club. There is a car show until 4 PM on Saturday in Gering. Bruce Van Vleet will contact Vern in Chadron to get more details for our Club.

Bill Naugle is working on the new sign/banner for the Black Hills Corvette Club.

Bill Naugle would like to coordinate a run in July with the Corvette group in Wyoming, more information to follow when it is available.

We are looking at a possible run to Devils Tower for the car show Labor Day weekend.

We have seven Corvettes from the club that are going to Bowling Green in late August 30st through September 7th.

Welcome New Members: Bob and Brenda Laurenti from Rapid City, they have a 2001 Z06 with the personalized license plate "TOP WOP".

Dale and Dianne Christiansen from Rapid City who met members of our club at the Counts Car Show and joined via our web site.

Just for fun: A man decided that he was going to ride a 10 speed bike from Phoenix to Flagstaff. He got as far as Black Canyon City before the mountains became just too much and he could go no further. He stuck his thumb out, but after 3 hours, he hadn’t got a single person to stop. Finally, a guy in a Corvette pulled over and offered him a ride. Of course, the bike wouldn’t fit into the car. The Corvette owner found a piece of rope lying by the highway and tied it to his bumper. He tied the other end to the bike and told the man if he was going to fast, to honk on his bike and he would slow down.

Everything went fine for the first 30 miles. Suddenly, another Corvette blew past them. Not to be outdone, the Corvette pulling the bike took off after the other Corvette. A short distance down the road, the Corvettes, both going well over 120 mph, blew through a speed trap.

The police officer noted the speed from his radar gun and called ahead to the other officer that he had two Corvettes headed his way at over 120 mph. HE then relayed, "…and you’re not going to believe this, but there’s a guy on a 10 speed bike honking to pass!!"

Black Hills Corvette Club March 2009 Newsletter

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President: Lee ; Vice President: Mike; Treasurer: Bob

Secretary: Dan ; Historian: Darlene ; Webmaster: Larry

Meeting: The April meeting will be held on Thursday, April 9th at 6 PM at Casa Real on Mt. Rushmore Road. Dan Casanova won $9.00 in the 50/50 drawing at the March meeting.
Past Events: The Counts Car Show was held on February 26-28^{th. Thanks to everyone that helped set up our display, helped man our booth and helped take down our booth on Sunday.}^{Upcoming Events: Saturday, March 21st we will meet at the Millstone on LaCrosse Street at 9AM for breakfast.

Watch your e-mail for the Fifth Annual No Notice First Nice Day of the Year Cruise led by Lee Jensen.

We are looking into possibly taking a cruise to Chadron, NE and meeting up with the Chadron Car Club. More information to follow.
We are planning on going to the Firehouse Dinner Theatre on Saturday, April 18th for the play "The Hilarious Hillbilly Massacre", a murder mystery-by Peter DePietro. The cost is $29.95 per person which includes a choice of a Beef Stew Bread bowl or a Spinach Artichoke Bread bowl. Please email your RSVP to}^{dkcasanova@rap.midco.com}^{if you are interested in attending so that we can make reservations for the club. I will need the number of people attending and what you would like for dinner.}^{Below is a list of upcoming events that we are considering attending.

May 30-June 1st-28th annual run of Corvettes and Friends at Brainerd International Raceway.

June 11-14th- Black Hills Overdrive

June 27th- Sundance, Wyoming

June 27th- Gettysburg, South Dakota

July 4th- Sheridan, Wyoming Car Show-with the Gillette Group. Possibly overnight on Saturday and breakfast and a cruise on Sunday. Bill Naugle is working on setting up this weekend of fun.

July 15-18th- Corvette Classic- Spearfish, South Dakota

July 23-26th- Corvettes on the Rockies- Breckenridge, Colorado

August 1-2nd- Classic Corvettes of Minnesota, Mystic Lake Casino, Prior Lake, Minnesota

August 8-10th- Vettes in the Park, Arnold’s Park, Okoboji

August 7-9th- Pierre Dam Run

August 30th-Bowling Green Trip

We will post more information on these events as they get closer.

Bill Naugle is working on ideas for a new banner that we can use for car shows and other events that we attend.

Welcome new members:

Ken Koate from Chadron, Ne, Ken has a 1989 Hatchback.

Fred Garland from Sturgis, SD, Fred has a 2003 Roadster 50th anniversary.

Terry Griffith from Rapid City, SD, Terry has a 1966 Roadster.

Steve Fagerland from Piedmont, SD, Steve has a 1957, a 1967 and a 1969.

Dave & Linda Handley from Rapid City, SD, Dave & Linda have a 1967, a 2001 and a 2005.

Ronald Berreth from Spearfish, SD, Ronald has a 1965, a 1971, a 1989 and a 2001.

Paul Heinert from Custer, SD, Paul has a 1966.

Terry Hook from Rapid City, SD, Terry has a 1965.

Tom Hook from Rapid City, SD, Tom has a 1960.

Glen Mitchell from Custer, SD, Glen has a 1966 Coupe and a 1966 Roadster.

These new members all joined at the Counts Car Show.

Just For Fun:

Taking off down the road, he pushed it to 80 mph, enjoying the wind blowing through what little hair he had left. "Amazing," he thought as he flew down I-75, pushing the pedal even more.

Looking in his review mirror, he saw a Florida State Trooper, blue lights flashing and siren blaring. He floored it to 100 mph, then 110, then 120. Suddenly he thought, "What am I doing? "I’m too old for this!" and pulled over to await the trooper’s arrival.

Pulling in behind him, the trooper got out of his vehicle and walked up to the CORVETTE. He looked at his watch, and then said, "Sir, my shift ends in 30 minutes. Today is Friday. If you can give me a new reason for speeding—a reason I have never before heard—I’ll let you go."

The old gentleman paused and then said: "Three years ago, my wife ran off with a Florida State Trooper. I thought you were bringing her back."

"Have a good day, Sir," replied the trooper.

Dan C.}

Black Hills Corvette Club February Newsletter

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President: Lee; Vice President: Mike; Treasurer: Bob

Secretary: Dan; Historian: Darlene;

Meeting: The March meeting will be held on Thursday, March 12^{th at 6pm at Casa Real on Mt. Rushmore Road. Craig H. won $10 in the 50/50 drawing at the January meeting.}^{Past Events: On January 24th, the club members helped Lisa and Cliff celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary with dining and dancing at the K Bar S Lodge. Congratulations Lisa and Cliff and thanks for a great evening! Twelve couples from the Sioux Falls Corvette Club also drove to Rapid City to help Lisa and Cliff celebrate their anniversary.

Upcoming events: The car show is February 27th, 28th and March 1st. We will have five cars in our display, 2-1965’s, 2-1966’s and 1-1967. The club has decided to pay the entry fee for these cars for entering them into the car show for the club. Bill N. will be at the car show on Thursday at 3pm to coordinate the setup, any help to setup between 3pm and 6pm would be greatly appreciated. Also, anyone that can help take down our display can help at 4pm on Sunday afternoon. If you would like to purchase a wristband for the entire show weekend check with Bill on Thursday during the setup, these bands are only available for purchase on Thursday.

We are planning to meet for supper on all three days as follows:

Thursday, February 26th: 6 PM at TGI Fridays

Friday, February 27th: 6 PM at Thirsty’s

Saturday, February 28th: 4 PM at Sanford’s (after supper we will go to the awards ceremony at 6 PM)

We would like to have someone at our display throughout the weekend with the following times:

Friday, February 27th

6pm to 8pm—open

8pm to 10pm-Cliff and Lisa

Saturday, February 28th

10am to 12pm-Lee and Kathy

12pm to 2pm-Bob and Jan

2pm to 4pm-Bill and Clara

4pm to 6pm-Craig and Janice

Sunday, March 1st

10am to 12pm-open

12pm to 2pm-Larry and Darlene

2pm to 4pm-Mike and Karen
If anyone else would like to help with any of these times email Dan and I will add your name to the list.
There are several corvette rallies that the club is looking into: Six cars are traveling to Bowling Green in August, the Spearfish Corvette Rally is in July, Corvettes on the Rockies is July 23-26th, and the Corvette Rally at Mystic Lake. More information will follow in future newsletters on these events.

We are checking into going to the Dinner Theatre at Firehouse Brewing Company on Saturday, April 18th. The play is "The Hilarious Hillbilly Massacre" a murder mystery by Peter DePietro.

We will meet for breakfast on Saturday, March 21st at 9 AM at the Millstone on Lacrosse Street.

Karen has two of the 2009 Black Hills Corvette Calendars left at $10 each; contact Karen if you would like one.

Dan C.}

Black Hills Corvette Club

January 2009 Newsletter

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2008 Outgoing Officers:

President: Larry; Vice President: Lee; Treasurer: Bob; Secretary: Karen; Historian: Darlene; Webmaster: Mike

Meeting: The February meeting will be held on Thursday, February 12^th at the Elks Club at 6 pm. Laura J

won $11 in the 50/50 raffle at the January meeting.

Upcoming events: The Counts Cars Show which will be the weekend of February 27^th will have all C2

Corvettes from our club for our display. Bob B. is sending our registration to Ron B. for the car show.

Past Events: The Christmas party was held at the K Bar S Lodge on January 10^th with 40 people attending. The

gift exchange again was quite entertaining with many gifts exchanging hands the maximum of three times.

Larry B. reviewed the events of the past year that the club was involved in .

The membership approved reimbursing Mike $19.01 for the Black Hills Corvette Club domain name for our website.

It was also approved that the club pay for the flowers for Mary Jackson and also approved donating $200

in memory of Mary for a memorial.

The end of year drawing for the 50/50 money saw the following winners: Dan C. $60; Cliff $40;

Clara $25 and Mike D. $25.

The election of officers was also held with the following people making up the incoming officers for 2009:

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

The dues for 2009 are due as of January 1. Please send your check to Bob or bring them to our next meeting in February.

Dan

Black Hills Corvette Club

December 2008 Newsletter

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President: Larry; Vice President: Lee; Treasurer: Bob; Secretary: Karen; Historian: Darlene; Webmaster: Mike

Meeting: The January meeting will be on Thursday, January 8^th at the Elks Club at 6pm. Kathy J. won $9.50 in the 50/50 raffle at the December meeting.

Past Events: We went to Thirsty’s on November 21^st to hear Michael Shaw. The place was packed! On November 22^nd, we had our annual Thanksgiving dinner at Bob and Kim's house. A big thank you to Bob and Kim for once again providing their home for this event.

Upcoming events: The Christmas party will be on Saturday, January 10^th at the K Bar S Lodge in Keystone. Room reservations can be made by calling 1-866-522-7724. Tell them you are with the Corvette Club. Everyone attending the Christmas party should bring a wrapped gift valued around $15. The gifts can be anything and can be marked Male or Female if necessary. We will also have the election of officers that evening, so be thinking of which office you would like to volunteer for!

I need to give them our dinner selections by December 22^nd. If you are attending, please send me your choice of the following three entrees by that date:

Salmon stuffed with crab – delicious red salmon is stuffed with crab and coated with seasoned bread crumbs. $13.95
Beef Burgundy Tips – Slow cooked beef tips served in a rich creamy burgundy wine sauce served over a bed of tender egg noodles. $17.95
Chicken Parmesan – Gently coated tender but crispy chicken fillets made to perfection with marinara and parmesan served with small parsley buttered potatoes. $16.95

Each dinner will also come with a garden salad, twice baked potato or rice, vegetables and roll. We also selected the apple crisp for dessert at a cost of $3.50 per person.

On Saturday, January 24^th, Cliff & Lisa invite you to celebrate their 50^th wedding anniversary with them at the K Bar S Lodge starting at 4pm. Hors d’oeuvres, beverages and entertainment provided. A cash bar will be available. No presents please. Please RSVP to Cliff & Lisa by January 17^th.

Other: Dues are due as of January 1^st. Please either pay at an event or send $20 to Bob B.

Calendars are done and are available for $10. Let me know if you want one.

The Counts Car Show will be in the Civic Center the weekend of February 27^th. Bill N. is coordinating our club entry. If you are willing to enter your car, please contact Bill. Entry fee is $40. Get details at www.countscarclub.com .

Just for fun: The second edition of - You Might Live in South Dakota if…

1.         Someone in a store offers you assistance, and they don't even work there.
2.         Your husband's suntan stops at a line curving around the middle of his forehead.
3.         You have worn shorts and a parka at the same time.
4          Your town has an equal number of bars and churches.

Black Hills Corvette Club
November 2008 Newsletter

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President: Larry; Vice President: Lee; Treasurer: Bob; Secretary: Karen; Historian: Darlene; Webmaster: Mike
Meeting: The December meeting will be on Thursday, December 11^th at the Alpine Inn in Hill City at 7pm. Susan V. won $15.50 in the 50/50 raffle and Nancy F. won the engraved shot glass at the November meeting.
Past Events: On October 18^th, we did breakfast in Hot Springs with a cruise afterwards through Wyoming. On October 25^th, some ate lunch in Hill City then cruised through the hills and we all met in Deadwood for crab legs for supper. It was Deadweird that night and some of the costumes were definitely weird! On November 2^nd, we had the Last Nice Day of the Year cruise. It was a very nice day but it sure did get dark early! We cruised through the hills and had supper at the Seven Grill in Spearfish.
Upcoming events: Next Friday, November 21^st, some of us are meeting at Thirsty’s smoke-free bar (beside Murphy’s on Main Street) at 7pm for supper. At 8pm, Michael Shaw will be performing. He is a singer-songwriter who has sung background for Billy Joel and was a three-time winner on “Showtime At The Apollo” in New York City. Please join us if you are interested.
Saturday, November 22^nd will be the annual Thanksgiving dinner at Bob & Kim's home starting at 2pm. The club supplies the turkey and everyone brings a side dish. I heard that Larry will be smoking one turkey, roasting another and Kim is making a ham. Please contact Kim at and let her know what you will be bringing so we make sure we have everything covered. She can also give you directions if needed.
The Christmas party will be on Saturday, January 10^th at the K Bar S Lodge in Keystone. Room reservations can be made by calling 1-866-522-7724. Tell them you are with the Corvette Club. We will need RSVP’s for supper that evening and we will need to select our menu. We hope to get this done at the next couple of events but will have more details in December’s newsletter. Everyone attending the Christmas party should bring a wrapped gift valued around $15. The gifts can be anything and can be marked Male or Female if necessary. We will also have the election of officers that evening, so be thinking of which office you would like to volunteer for!
Other: Dues are due as of January 1^st. Please either pay at an event or send $20 to Bob.
The Counts Car Show will be in the Civic Center the weekend of February 27^th. Bill is coordinating our club entry. If you have any ideas for a theme for our display, or if you are willing to enter your car, please contact Bill. Entry fee is $40. Get details at www.countscarclub.com .
Just for fun: The first edition of - You Might Live in South Dakota if…

1. “Vacation” to you means going shopping for the weekend in Rapid City or Sioux Falls (while the kids swim at the

            Comfort Inn).
2.         Parking your car for the night involves an extension cord.
3.         You consider it a sport to gather your food by drilling through 8 inches of ice and sitting there all
            day hoping that the food will swim by.
4.         You're proud that your state makes the national news even though it’s primarily because it
            houses the coldest spot in the nation.
5.         You have ever refused to buy something because it's 'too spendy',
6.         Your local Dairy Queen is closed from November through March.

Black Hills Corvette Club
October 2008 Newsletter

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President: Larry; Vice President: Lee; Treasurer: Bob; Secretary: Karen; Historian: Darlene; Webmaster: Mike

Meeting: The November meeting will be on Thursday, November 13^th at the Elks Club at 6pm. Bob R won the 50/50 raffle and Dave J won the engraved shot glass at the October meeting. The December meeting will be held at the Alpine Inn in Hill City. More details in next month’s newsletter.

Past Events: We had a good turnout for the time and distance rally on September 14th. Thanks to Larry & Darlene for preparing a great route.
We went to Deadwood for supper on September 19^th and a few of the women enjoyed the EXPO while the men enjoyed their boys’ nite out on October 2^nd. On September 27^th we did the fall colors run through Custer State Park and ate at the Goldstone in Keystone for supper.
Upcoming events: On Saturday, October 18^th we will eat breakfast at Dale’s Family Restaurant in Hot Springs. Meet there at 9:30am or at the Super Pumper at the corner of Fairmont Boulevard and S. Hwy. 79 at 8:45am if you want to drive down together. Depending on the weather, we may do a drive afterwards.
If there is another nice weekend, we may also do a Last Nice Day of the Year cruise. Watch your e-mails for that as there may not be much notice!
On Saturday, October 25^th, we will meet at the Gold Dust at 5pm for their all-you-can-eat crab legs and prime rib buffet. The Gold Dust is doing crab on Saturday nights for the next 8 weeks. This is a good buffet with a lot of things other than crab legs available.
Saturday, November 22^nd will be the annual Thanksgiving dinner at Bob & Kim's home. The club supplies the turkey and everyone brings a side dish. Please contact Kim at and let her know what you will be bringing so we make sure we have everything covered.

The Christmas party will be on Saturday, January 10^th at the K Bar S Lodge in Keystone. More details in future newsletters.

Other: Last call for pictures for the calendar. Send your pictures to me NOW... I need them by Thanksgiving so I can have the calendar done for distribution at the December meeting. I don’t have very many yet!
Just for fun: Top 5 Ways to Tell You Are Getting Older

            5. The tooth fairy has more of your teeth than you do.
            4. You wake up with that awful “morning after” feeling, and you didn’t do anything the night before!
            3. Your pharmacist calls you by your first name.
            2. You think of a “quickie” as napping at a traffic light.
            1. Your back goes out more often than you do!

Black Hills Corvette Club
September 2008 Newsletter

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President: Larry; Vice President: Lee; Treasurer: Bob; Secretary: Karen; Historian: Darlene; Webmaster: Mike

Meeting: The October meeting will be on Thursday, October 9^th at the Elks Club at 6pm. Lucky couple, Bruce and Susan, won both the 50/50 raffle and the engraved shot glass at the September meeting.

Past Events: It was a nice day for the breakfast and car show the Sunday of Kool Deadwood Nites. Oh how I long for that warm weather to be back! We also had nice weather for the car show at Devil’s Tower on Labor Day weekend. OK, maybe it was too hot, but memories fade with time! We ate supper at Lewie’s Burgers and Brews in Lead that night.

Upcoming events: Larry will host our annual time and distance rally tomorrow - Sunday, September 14^th. Meet at the visitor’s center by Cabela’s at Exit 61. The club will provide $100 for prizes. The first team will leave at 1:00 but we will be there until at least 1:45 (the cars leave at staggered times) so come and join us if you can. If you have never done a time and distance rally, they are a lot of fun. If you can’t make it and want to dine with us later, contact Larry.

We will meet at the Gold Dust in Deadwood at 6pm on Friday, September 19^th for their all-you-can-eat crab legs and prime rib buffet.
We will also plan to do a Fall Colors Run on the Sunday afternoon of whichever weekend looks best. Watch your e-mails as there may be little notice.
Thursday, October 2^nd is the annual Zonta EXPO. Zonta is a service organization that I am a member of and the EXPO is our annual fund raiser. It is attended mostly by women as it contains booths, a style show, food court and motivational speaker. A lot of women from the club go to the EXPO that evening and when the men got jealous, they started their own Boy’s Night Out! So the men will meet at Thirsty’s (on Main Street between 8^th & 9^th) at 6pm that evening. If any of the women need tickets to the EXPO, please let me know. They are $15 and the proceeds go to a good cause. I can also let you know who else from the club is going in case you need someone to go with.
We plan to do a breakfast in Hot Springs in October, but won’t know the details until next month.

August 31, 2009 is the Caravan to the Corvette Museum in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Get more information at: www.nationalcorvettecaravan.com. Bailly’s are planning to go. Contact Larry if you plan to go so everyone can coordinate hotel rooms along the route.

Other: It is time to start thinking about the calendar again, so remember to get a good picture taken of your car this year. For those who aren’t familiar with it, each year I put together a calendar with members’ cars as the pictures for each month. Please let me know what you like and don’t like about the calendar. I am looking for some new ideas. Send your pictures to me at kbarkl@rap.midco.net. I need them by Thanksgiving so I can have the calendar done for distribution at the December meeting.
We are also always accepting pictures for our website.

Black Hills Corvette Club

August 2008 Newsletter

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President: Larry; Vice President: Lee; Treasurer: Bob; Secretary: Karen; Historian: Darlene; Webmaster: Mike

Meeting: The September meeting will be on Thursday, September 11^th at the Elks Club at 6pm. Jan R. won the 50/50 raffle and Bill N, won the engraved shot glass at the August meeting.

Past Events: The August meeting was a cold and soggy one. It actually wasn’t too bad under the picnic shelter, and we still had a good turnout.

We had three cars go to Sioux Falls the night before the Spearfish Classic and drive back with the caravan. During the Classic we ate at the Whiskey Chophouse and Shoot the Bull in Spearfish. We had just enough time to take in Vette Street before a big storm blew in to town.

Upcoming events: We will go to a car show at Devils Tower on Saturday, August 30^th. We will leave from the old Napa store parking lot on the east side of Exit 48 at 9:30am.

Larry & Darlene will host our annual time and distance rally on Sunday, September 14^th. More details at the next meeting. Watch your e-mail if you can’t make the meeting.

August 31, 2009 is the Caravan to the Corvette Museum in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Get more information at: www.nationalcorvettecaravan.com. Larry & Darlene are planning to go. Contact Larry if you plan to go so everyone can coordinate hotel rooms along the route.

Other: It is time to start thinking about the calendar again, so remember to get a good picture taken of your car this year. For those who aren’t familiar with it, each year we put together a calendar with members’ cars as the pictures for each month. Please let me know what you like and don’t like about the calendar. I am looking for some new ideas.

Just for Fun: Ten Commandments for the Car Collector

By Donald Peterson for the Feb. 1979 issue of Car Collector Magazine

1. Thou shalt not read Vette News on company time, lest thy employer make it impossible to continue thy car payments.

2. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's car nor his garage, nor his battery charger.

3. Thou shalt not store thy car out-of-doors except for the wife's Toyota.

4. Thou shalt not deceive thy wife into thinking that thee is taking her for a romantic Sunday drive when indeed thou art going out to look at another car.

5. Thou shalt not love thy cars more than thy wife and children.

6. Thou shalt not despise thy neighbor's Edsel, nor his DeSoto, nor even his '47 Plymouth.

7. Thou shalt not tell thy spouse the entire cost of thy latest restoration, at least not all at the same time.

8. Thou shalt not promise thy wife a new addition for the house and then use it to store cars.

9. Thou shalt not allow thy sons and daughters to get married during the car show season.
10. Thou shalt not buy thy wife a floor jack for Christmas.

Black Hills Corvette Club
July 2008 Newsletter

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President: Larry: Vice President: Lee; Treasurer: Bob; Secretary: Karen; Historian: Darlene; Webmaster: Mike

Meeting: The August meeting will be on Thursday, August 14^th at the Old Storybook Island picnic shelter at 6pm. The club will provide chicken and utensils. You should bring your own drinks and a dish to pass. To get to this picnic shelter, turn into the Parks and Recreation Office off Canyon Lake Drive just across from the Sioux San Hospital and follow the road. After this meeting we will adopt the Elks Club as our regular meeting place. Barb won the 50/50 raffle and Ken won the engraved shot glass at the July meeting.

Past Events: The trip to Mitchell was fun and we got a lot done in a short amount of time. The drive inn was cool even though it wasn’t a very good movie! It would also be better in a place with no mosquitoes!
June 27^th was Drive Your Corvette to Work Day. I’m not sure how many drove their Corvette to work, but 14 cars went for the drive to the Gas Light after work.
Upcoming events: The Black Hills Corvette Classic starts on Wednesday, July 16^th. You do not need to be registered for the Classic to attend the following events:
There are a few cars driving to Sioux Falls Wednesday morning to go to the Hot Summer Nights in Sioux Falls and drive back on Thursday. If you are interested in going with them, contact Larry B. Thursday night is a gathering in the parking lot of the Holiday Inn in Spearfish. Several of us will be there. We will eat at the Whiskey Bar and Chophouse (a few blocks down Spearfish Canyon) at 6pm. The autocross is Friday at 8:45am & 11:30am at Black Hills State University. Drag races are Friday at 8am at the Sturgis Drag Way. Friday night we will eat at Shoot The Bull (on Jackson Blvd in Spearfish) at 5pm and then go down to Vette Street which runs until 9:30pm. For anyone who wants to caravan to Spearfish, we will leave from the Ramada parking lot at Exit 48 at 4:30pm.
Other Upcoming Events

Aug 9-10 Dam Run in Pierre:

http://www.oahespeedway.com/Street%20Masters%20Dam%20Run%202008/Dam%20Run%20Information.htm

Aug 21-24 Kool Deadwood Nites:

http://www.deadwood.org/DeadwoodEvents/KoolDeadwoodNites/Index.cfm

Aug 31, 2009 Caravan to Corvette Museum www.nationalcorvettecaravan.com

Just for Fun: An elderly man in North Carolina had owned a large farm for several years. He had a large pond in the back, fixed up nice - picnic tables, horseshoe courts, and some apple and peach trees. The pond was properly shaped and fixed up for swimming when it was built. One evening the old farmer decided to go down to the pond, as he hadn’t been there for a while, to look it over. He grabbed a five gallon bucket to bring back some fruit. As he neared the pond, he heard voices shouting and laughing with glee. As he came closer, he saw it was a bunch of young women skinny-dipping in his pond. He made the women aware of his presence and they all went to the deep end. One of the women shouted to him, “We’re not coming out until you leave!” The old man frowned and replied, “I didn’t come down here to watch you ladies swim naked or make you get out of the pond naked.” Holding the bucket up he said, “I’m here to feed the alligator.” Moral: Old men can still think fast.

Black Hills Corvette Club

June 2008 Newsletter

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President: Larry; Vice President: Lee; Treasurer: Bob; Secretary: Karen; Historian: Darlene; Webmaster: Mike

Meeting: The July meeting will be on Thursday, July 10^th at the Elks Club at 6pm. Susan V. won the 50/50 raffle and Gene won the engraved shot glass at the June meeting.

Past Events: The Fourth Annual No Notice First Nice Day of the Year Cruise was led by Lee on May 18^th. We went down Sheridan Lake Road, Hwy 385 and Spearfish Canyon and ate in Sturgis. It was a beautiful day!

It was still raining on the morning of May 24^th, but two cars still went to Wall and the Badlands. Several cars (was it 12?) went to Faith to see the T-rex exhibit on June 1st. That was a beautiful day too! We caused quite a stir in town and we got our picture in The Faith Independent newspaper. I will bring a copy to the next meeting. Thank you to Ken and Barb for coordinating the event and to Barb’s cousin for hosting us for brownies and ice cream! Lisa, Clara and Larry were the winners in the poker run.

Cruise night went well with only a few light showers early in the night. I like the way they did it this year gathering downtown. I’m sure they will smooth out the wrinkles in it next year. I also think most people enjoyed the Mediterranean food!

Upcoming events: The trip to Mitchell is this weekend, June 21st. Meet at the Windmill at 8am on Friday or Saturday depending on how long of a trip you want. It is not too late to go if you want to. Call the Comfort Inn in Mitchell for a room at 1-605-990-2400.

Friday, June 27 is Drive Your Corvette to Work Day. To celebrate the 55^th Anniversary of the Corvette, we will go on a drive somewhere for supper. Meet at Central High School parking lot at 5:30pm.

Other Upcoming Events

Saturday, June 21 Car show at Boston’s Restaurant, 11am-2pm, $2000 in cash and prizes

July 5 Mile High Car Show in Lead (in the am)

July 16-19 Black Hills Corvette Classic www.blackhillscorvetteclassic.com

July 19 Car shows in Hulett and Canton

Aug 9-10 Dam Run in Pierre

Aug 21-24 Kool Deadwood Nites

Aug 31, 2009 Caravan to Corvette Museum www.nationalcorvettecaravan.com

(Items in red will be club events. The others are listed in case you are interested.)

Other: Welcome new members, Gene & Jan Pender. They have a 2008 and are from Custer.

Black Hills Corvette Club
May 2008 Newsletter

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President: Larry; Vice President: Lee; Treasurer: Bob; Secretary: Karen; Historian: Darlene; Webmaster: Mike

Meeting: The June meeting will be on Thursday, June 12^th at the Rockin R Saloon in Hermosa at 6pm. Bob B won the 50/50 raffle and Bob M won the engraved coffee mug at the May meeting.

Upcoming events: The Fourth Annual No Notice First Nice Day of the Year Cruise will be today (Sunday, May 18^th) and will be led by the Jensens. Meet at the Windmill at 2:45pm. If you would like to meet up with them at Three Forks, I’m guess they should be there around 3:45pm. They will end up at the Pizza Ranch in Sturgis for supper.

On Saturday, May 24^th, we will meet at the Windmill at 9am and drive to Wall Drug for breakfast. This will be followed by a drive, probably through the Badlands.
On Sunday, June 1^st, we will meet at the Windmill at 9:50am to drive to Faith to see the Sue T-Rex traveling exhibit. On the way up we will stop in Sturgis at the corner of Lazelle and Junction in the old Sooper Dooper parking lot for those who would like to meet us there. We will have a late lunch in Faith. The exhibit is open from 1pm-5pm on Sundays. Cost is $9 per person ($7 for those over the age of 60). The club will provide $50 for prizes for a poker run along the route.

Friday, June 6^th is Cruise Night in Rapid City. Information on the Black Hills Overdrive website says the cars will gather at 6pm on Main Street instead of Central High School this year. The parade is at 7pm. After the parade we will meet for supper at Khoury’s Mediterranean Cuisine. (That’s what you get for leaving me in charge of supper, but don’t knock it unless you have tried it!) You can either meet up with us on Main Street or meet us at supper around 7:30pm.
We are planning an overnight trip to Mitchell, SD the weekend of June 21st. One group will leave Friday, June 20^th at 8am from the Windmill. The route will depend on construction zones, arriving in Watertown late afternoon. Hotel rooms are in short supply. The Travelers Inn (605-882-2243) is holding 6 rooms under Larry /BHCC. Please make your reservations by June 1. Let Larry know when you make them so he can cancel the unused rooms. Rates are $60 plus tax. If we get in early enough, the Redlin museum, Bramble Park Zoo, or the Mellette House are possibilities, or we could cruise around Lake Kampeska. Saturday we will be touring the lakes area and heading for Mitchell. We may have a few of the local Corvettes join us for part of the drive.

For those who just want a two day trip, here is the schedule for Saturday and Sunday:

8am Mountain Time                   Meet at Windmill Truck Stop
10:45am Central Time                pit stop at 1880 Town (exit 170)
12:30pm Central Time                lunch at Al's Oasis
2:30pm Central Time                 Arrive in Mitchell, check in to hotel
3pm                                          Tour of Telstar Motors-world's only collection of every Shelby Mustang ever produced
4:30pm                                      Free time for Cabella's, the Corn Palace, or Dairy Queen!
7pm                                          Supper at Chef Louie's (I made reservations)
9pm                                          Drive in (movie doesn't start until dark which is 9:45pm!)
Sunday
9am                                          Continental breakfast at hotel
10am                                        Prehistoric Indian Village (an open archeological dig, a reconstructed earth lodge,
                                                museum and Native American arts and crafts)
11am                                        Leave Mitchell
Noon                                        Lunch at Al's Oasis
2pm                                          Tour of Pioneer Auto Museum in Murdo
3:30pm                                      Leave Murdo
4:30pm Mountain Time              Arrive back in Rapid City

I have reserved a block of rooms at the Comfort Inn. The Comfort Inn is new, rooms are $108, and they have a deluxe continental breakfast with waffles, french toast, etc. Call 1-605-990-2400 and tell them rooms are reserved under Karen Barkl. Have them move the room charge to your personal credit card.

Past events: The 30^th anniversary celebration was held on Saturday, April 26^th. The weather cooperated part of the time as the day went from sunshine to snow squalls and back again several times! A good time was had by all though and a big thank you to Casanovas and Jensens for coordinating the entire event.

Other Upcoming Events

Saturday, June 7 Black Hills Overdrive – 9-11am car show in Hill City, 4-8pm car show at Bear Country

www.bhoverdrive.com

June 14 Center of the Nation Car Show in Belle Fourche

Saturday, June 21 Car show at Boston’s Restaurant, 11am-2pm, $2000 in cash and prizes

Friday, June 27 Drive Your Corvette to Work Day

July 16-19 Black Hills Corvette Classic www.blackhillscorvetteclassic.com

Aug 9-10 Dam Run in Pierre

Aug 21-24 Kool Deadwood Nites

Aug 31, 2009 Caravan to Corvette Museum www.nationalcorvettecaravan.com

(Items in red will be club events. The others are listed in case you are interested.)

Other: Welcome new members, Tom & Mary J and Mike and Eunice H. Both are from Rapid City. Tom and Mary have a 2008 crystal red convertible and Mike and Eunice have a 2005 victory red.

I will send out the current membership roster in a separate e-mail. It is in Excel, so if you don’t have the program, you may not be able to open it. Please let me know if it contains any errors. There are two tabs in the worksheet, one for paid members and one for those on the mailing list.

I will also send some pictures of the anniversary celebration in a separate e-mail.

Black Hills Corvette Club
April 2008 Newsletter

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President: Larry; Vice President: Lee; Treasurer: Bob; Secretary: Karen; Historian: Darlene; Webmaster: Mike

Meeting: The May meeting will be on Thursday, May 8^th at the Flying J Travel Plaza at Exit 61 at 6pm. This used to be called Crowe’s Truck Stop. Enter the restaurant and go to a separate area in the back corner. The Elks was already booked. Barb won the 50/50 raffle and Ken won the engraved shot glass at the April meeting.

Upcoming events: Watch your e-mail for the Fourth Annual No Notice First Nice Day of the Year Cruise led by Larry . I KNOW!!! There have been a lot of "NICE DAYS" SO don't ask ME................................

The 30^th anniversary celebration will be a drive followed by buffalo burgers at the K Bar S Lodge in Keystone on Saturday, April 26^th. Cost is $10 per person. Weather permitting, we will meet at Mount Rushmore Gold Jewelry across from Ruby Tuesdays at 2:30pm. We will be at K Bar S by 5pm and will eat at 6pm. Rooms are available for $79.95 for those who want to spend the night. Call 1-866-522-7724. We have two t-shirts left: an XL, long sleeve, light gray for $17 or a large, short sleeve, white for $14. Contact Karla ASAP to RSVP or to purchase a shirt.

On Saturday, May 24, we will go to Wall Drug for breakfast and then maybe drive through the Badlands and/or visit the Wounded Knee Museum. Times and details in next month’s newsletter.

May 30 – June 1 Corvettes for a Cure, Hutchinson, MN www.crowrivercorvettes.com

Sunday, June 1 Cruise to Faith to see the T. Rex Sue exhibit

Friday, June 6 Cruise night in Rapid City

Saturday, June 7 Black Hills Overdrive – am car show in Hill City, pm car show at Bear Country

www.bhoverdrive.com

June 14 Center of the Nation Car Show in Belle Fourche

June 20 & 21 Trip to Mitchell Drive In. We are looking at a two night trip for those who want to tour

the northern part of the state. Probably leave on Friday morning and spend the night near

Watertown. Those who prefer a one night trip can leave Saturday morning and head

straight to Mitchell. More details in future newsletters.

Saturday, June 21 Car show at Boston’s Restaurant, 11am-2pm, $2000 in cash and prizes

Friday, June 27 Drive Your Corvette to Work Day

July 16-19 Black Hills Corvette Classic www.blackhillscorvetteclassic.com

Aug 9-10 Dam Run in Pierre

Aug 21-24 Kool Deadwood Nites

Aug 31, 2009 Caravan to Corvette Museum www.nationalcorvettecaravan.com

(Items in red will be club events. The others are listed in case you are interested.)

Other: Welcome new members, Craig and Janice. They live in Rapid Valley and have a 1979 that they are working on.

Just for fun, a few definitions: Skil Saw – a portable cutting tool used to make studs too short. Belt sander – an electric sanding tool commonly used to convert minor touch-up jobs into major refinishing jobs.

Black Hills Corvette Club
March 2008 Newsletter

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President: Larry; Vice President: Lee; Treasurer: Bob; Secretary: Karen; Historian: Darlene; Webmaster: Mike.

Meeting: The April meeting will be on Thursday, April 10^th at Godfather’s on Cambell Street at 6pm. Cliff won the 50/50 raffle and Bob won the engraved glass coffee mug at the March meeting.

Past events: Thank you to Bill for coordinating the car show at the civic center and thank you to those who entered their cars – especially Dick who came all the way from Newcastle. We had several potential new members sign up and they have been added to our mailing list. Hopefully they will be able to join us at a meeting or event soon.
We had great crab at the Gold Dust on March 7^th .

Upcoming events: Watch your e-mail for the Fourth Annual No Notice First Nice Day of the Year Cruise led by Larry.

The 30^th anniversary celebration will be a drive followed by a BBQ at the K Bar S Lodge in Keystone on Saturday, April 26^th. More details in next month’s newsletter, but we need RSVP’s by April 10th. The glass coffee mugs ($9) and shot glasses ($7.50) engraved with our anniversary logo, are now available for sale at the meetings. Karla is taking orders for T-shirts. Choices include long ($17) or short ($14) sleeves and white or gray in color.

Friday, June 6 Cruise night in Rapid City

Saturday, June 7 Black Hills Overdrive – am car show in Hill City, pm car show at Bear Country

www.bhoverdrive.com

June 14 Center of the Nation Car Show in Belle Fourche

June 20 & 21 Trip to Mitchell Drive In. We are looking at a two night trip for those who want to tour

the northern part of the state. Probably leave on Friday morning and spend the night near

Watertown. Those who prefer a one night trip can leave Saturday morning and head

straight to Mitchell. More details in future newsletters.

Saturday, June 21 Car show at Boston’s Restaurant, 11am-2pm, $2000 in cash and prizes

Friday, June 27 Drive Your Corvette to Work Day

July 16-19 Black Hills Corvette Classic www.blackhillscorvetteclassic.com

Aug 9-10 Dam Run in Pierre

Aug 21-24 Kool Deadwood Nites

Aug 31, 2009 Caravan to Corvette Museum www.nationalcorvettecaravan.com

Other: Welcome new members, Bill and Janice. They were original members of the club back in the 70’s. They have a 1964 and a 1968.

Black Hills Corvette Club
February 2008 Newsletter

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President: Larry; Vice President: Lee; Treasurer: Bob; Secretary: Karen; Historian: Darlene; Webmaster: Mike

Meeting: This is not definite yet, but I am planning on having the March meeting on Thursday, March 13^th at the Rodeway Inn on Mount Rushmore Road at 6pm. They have a separate room in the basement that we can use. The Rodeway Inn is beside the Safeway - look for a blue sign and awning. Extra parking is available in the Safeway parking lot. Ed won the 50/50 raffle and Dan won the engraved glass coffee mug at the February meeting.

Upcoming events: We will meet at the Millstone on LaCrosse Street at 9am on Saturday, February 16^th for breakfast. It is Lee’s birthday that day, so please extend some birthday cheer to him if you go!
The Black Hills Motor Sports Show will be the weekend of February 29th. We plan to enter 6 cars, one of each body style. We have Dick's ’54, Bill's’61, Rick’s ’71, Ed’s ’95, Rick’s ‘04 and Bob’s ‘08. Set up is from noon until 9pm on Thursday, February 28^th,. Bill will be there to coordinate our display around 4pm, so for those entering cars, it would be best if you could arrive sometime around 4 or 5pm. For those not entering a car, if you want to purchase a wristband for $8 that lets you come and go to the show throughout the weekend, please let me know. They are only available for purchase on Thursday night. I think the admission to the show is around $6. Show hours are from 5pm-10pm on Friday, 10am-10pm on Saturday and 10am-4pm on Sunday. Awards are at 6pm on Saturday. We will meet for supper as follows:
             Thursday, February 28^th           6pm                 Parkway/Zaynerz at the corner of East Boulevard and
                                                                                    New York Street (now non smoking)
            Friday, February 29^th                6pm                 Golden Phoenix on West Main
            Saturday, March 1^st                  4pm                 Sanford’s (after supper we will go to the awards
                                                                                    ceremony at 6pm)
We welcome help on Thursday at 5pm to set up our display, on Sunday at 4pm to take down our display (it takes less than half an hour), or any time during the show to sit at our table and visit with potential new members.

The 30^th anniversary celebration will be a BBQ held at the K Bar S on Saturday, April 26^th. More details in future newsletters. The glass coffee mugs ($9) and shot glasses ($7.50) engraved with our anniversary logo, are now available for sale at the meetings. Karla is taking orders for T-shirts. Choices include long ($17) or short ($14) sleeves and white or gray in color.

Friday, June 6 Cruise night in Rapid City

Saturday, June 7 Black Hills Overdrive – am car show in Hill City, pm car show at Bear Country

www.bhoverdrive.com

Saturday, June 14 Trip to Mitchell Drive In??

Saturday, June 21 Car show at Boston’s Restaurant, 11am-2pm, $2000 in cash and prizes

July 16-19 Black Hills Corvette Classic www.blackhillscorvetteclassic.com

Other: Dues are now due. Please send $20 to Bob

Black Hills Corvette Club

January 2008 Newsletter

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President: Larry Bailly; Vice President: Ken; Treasurer: Cliff; Secretary: Karen; Historian: Barb; Webmaster: Mike

Meeting: The February meeting will be on Thursday, February 7^th at Minerva’s at 6pm. Because the second Thursday will be Valentine’s Day, we moved the meeting a week earlier. Mike won the 50/50 raffle at the January meeting.

Upcoming events: The Black Hills Motor Sports Show will be the weekend of February 29th. We plan to Enter 6 cars, one of each body style. We have a ’61, ’65, ’71, ’95, ‘04 and ‘08. We will probably be going to supper Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights. More details in next month’s newsletter.

The 30^th anniversary celebration will be a BBQ held at the K Bar S on Saturday, April 26^th. We saw a sample glass coffee mug and shot glass engraved with our logo at the meeting and these were given away with the 50/50 drawings. Carla won the coffee mug and Dixie won the shot glass.

Past events: The Christmas party on Saturday, January 12^th at the K Bar S in Keystone was great fun. The money winners were: Ken $50, Bob $25, Bill $22 and Mary $19. The officer “winners” were: President Larry, Vice President Lee, Secretary Karen, Treasurer Bob, Historian Darlene, Webmaster Mike. Pictures of the party will be sent in a separate e-mail.
Other: Dues are now due. Please send $20 to Cliff or pay at the next meeting.

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