Shop Talk – October 2013
Secretary
Needed for 2014
November
5, 2013 last meeting of 2013
President Richard
Mack called the general meeting of the Whidbey Cruzers to order at 7:00 pm on October
1, 2013 held at the Oak Harbor Elks Lodge.
ONLY 28 people were in attendance. Previous minutes were approved as written.
No new members or
guests were present.
September meeting
was the last time in 2013 that car fines were collected for not driving your
classic or club car. Car fines will
resume in April 2014.
New Vehicles
I believe we were
told Herb Terrill got a new 2013 or 14 Dodge Daytona. It must be nice!!!!!!!!!!
Treasurer’s Report for August – Virginia
Teker
Beginning Balance Sept. 1, 2013 $ 5,268.85
Intake:
Dues,
2013
25.00
Dues, 2014
50.00
Car Fines
7.00
50/50 52.00
Total Intake: 134.00
Exhaust:
D.
Dillard – mailings (membership) 6.68
E.
Hammond web-host thru 10/2016 165.62
Bay Printing – Sept. Shop Talk 29.78
R.
Corbin – memorial for wife Shirley 100.00
V.
Teker – mailing/office supplies 12.41
Total Exhaust:
314.49
Ending Balance Sept. 30, 2013 $ 5,088.36
Virginia is accepting money for 2014
membership dues, $25.00 per person. She
is also accepting money for the Christmas Party, also $25.00 per person. You can send a check to Whidbey Cruzers, P.O.
Box 1875, Oak Harbor, WA 98277. On the check
please specify in the memo area of the check what you are paying for. You can pay for dues and party with one
check.
Contact Virginia via email at blueivories88@yahoo.com or at
360-675-8375 for inquiries, or mail inquires to Whidbey Cruzers, PO Box 1875,
Oak Harbor, 98277.
Membership
– Duane Dillard, No report
Sunshine Report – Judy Barnum, No report
If you know of someone needing a little bit of “Sunshine”
contact Judy Barnum at 360-279-2673.
Car Cruise Committee – Bob Cairns – No
report
1. Big Lake Bar and Grill Cruise, October 20,
2013, 11 am - Ron Teker announced that he has organized
a lunch cruise to Big Lake. This is a
Rock N Roll/Classic Car themed Roadhouse.
Great Food, go to www.biglakebarandgrill.com. Leave from Flowers
Marine at 11 am and arrive around 12 noon for lunch. NO
Seattle Seahawks game. RSVP by email
to rteker@comcast.net
or meldeanna@comcast.net. You can also call 360-675-8375 (if you did
not sign up at the October meeting.)
Bob requests that, if you want to join a cruise, you
please SIGN UP by contacting him, rather than just showing up. We try to give the restaurant advance notice
on the head count so that they can set up appropriately, and we can’t do that
if people “surprise” us. Thanks for
understanding.
Car Show Committee – Pat Covello for Bob
Cairns
Pat Covello read off a number of car shows in
October. I’m sorry to say I didn’t get
most of the list down.
Additional
shows are listed in the Events Calendar at a Glance.
If any member knows of a
car show please contact Bob at 206-499-2436 cell or email bob2bobc@aol.com.
Social Committee – No report
2013 High School Homecoming Parade –
October 16, 2013
1. Need 5
Whidbey Cruzers cars, 2 passengers per car, assume the Ladies will be in
their gowns, in the past convertibles were ideal.
2. Stage on Bayshore Drive by Mi Pueblo at 4:45
to 5pm.
3. Parade will be at
5:30pm and will go down Bayshore and around to and up Pioneer Way thru Old Town
and back to Bayshore staging area.
4. RSVP to Mack at whidbeymack@yahoo.com
or 360-240-0843.
Contact Deanna at
360-678-7727 or meldeanna@comcast.net
if you have any ideas about a social event or need help planning one.
Tech Adviser – Bruce Biddle Update
(Previous Project)
In September Bruce
received a letter from the PBY Memorial Foundation in answer to his many
attempts in writing and talk with them about the display car the club remodeled
for them as a Whidbey Cruzer Project when Bruce was Tech Advisor.
The car is a 1946 Ford
donated by Vic Gabrenas. The Cruzers did
a fantastic job making the car fit the ideals of the foundation. But, since it’s completion we (Bruce) have
been trying to give them the car for their static display without success. Although they like the car for display and
want it they have told us they cannot take it under the current licensing
arrangement with the Navy due to the Foundation being on government
property. Their current licenses don’t
expire until expire April 30, 2014 and the Navy wants Bldg. 12 (Seaplane Base)
back. If documents aren’t in place by 30
September 2013 they will start pursuing a location off base. So as of now Bruce still has custody of the
project car. The club has used the car
as a display at a couple events, but other than that it sits in Bruce’s garage.
Bruce and the club will keep us informed
if anything develops.
Contact Ron if you have any questions tech or otherwise and he
will guide you. If you think of a
project the club may be interested in let him know.
Call 360-675-8375 or rteker@comcast.net.
Historian – Scott Wernecke, No Report
Old Business
1. Veteran’s Day Parade, November 9. 2013, Rain or Shine – President Mack
reminded us about the second annual Veterans’ Day parade on Saturday, Nov. 9,
2013, at 2:00 PM in Oak Harbor. Mack
reported he had enough cars for veterans, but would like a few more to be in
the parade for support. Staging will be at 1pm at the American Legion
on the corner of Barrington Dr./Dock St.
After the parade a reception will be at the American Legion Building.
2. Whidbey Cruzer Christmas Party, December 21,
Oak Harbor Yacht Club - See
party info at the end of this post, should see October and two entries, click on Christmas Party.
party info at the end of this post, should see October and two entries, click on Christmas Party.
New Business
1. Nominating Committee – President Mack introduced
the 2013 Nominating Committee, who will scrape the bottom of the barrel seeking
candidates for next year’s slate of officers.
The committee includes:
Ed
Hammond (who has volunteered to serve as President in 2014)
Alma
Williams
Pat
Covello
Bob
McConchie
So far, the following Cruzers have been accepted as
nominees:
Ed
Hammond – President
Bob
Cairns – Vice President
Secretary
– OPEN (Joan is resigning)
Treasurer
– Virginia Teker
2. Halloween “Trick a Trunk”, October 31, Ace
Hardware, 4 – 7pm - Fred Benninghoff reminded everyone that
Halloween (his favorite holiday) is coming up and the Cruzers plan to hold “Trick a Trunk” again this year at the
Ace Hardware parking lot. That means you
bring your ride, decorate the trunk and yourself, come down and pass out candy
to the treaters. Fred believes everyone
should buy at least 10 pounds of candy to distribute. Fred says he has lots of stuff you can
borrow to creatively enhance your car for the event, and if you need
electricity for your display, there will be power available. Let’s have big turnout this year. After the treating there will be a potluck at
the Jaeger’s garage, bring a dish to share.
3. Motions to be discussed and voted on at the November
meeting.
a. Cruzer Ron Teker made a
motion that we change our 2014 monthly meeting venue from the Elks lodge to the
San Remo Mediterranean Grill. This motion
was not seconded.
b. Cruzer Pat Covello made a motion
that members who serve on the Board be exempt from paying dues for the year
they serve. It also was not
seconded. If this motion gets approved,
the by-laws will probably have to be changed to state this.
c. Cruzer Chuck Stone made a motion to
change the raffle rules, so that prize winning tickets are put back into the
drum for the final cash prize. This
motion was not seconded.
If
you wish to weigh in on these issues please attend the November meeting. We will also vote for the 2014 slate of
nominees to the BOARD.
NEXT
MONTH’s MEETING – NOVEMBER 5, 2013, ELKS LODGE. 7PM
At this meeting a slate of Officer Nominees for 2014 should be
presented. At the November meeting (last
meeting of 2013) a vote will be taken. There is no nominee yet for the Office of
Secretary as of 7 October, 2013. PLEASE VOLUNTEER, I (Joan) will guide you in
creating the monthly newsletter.
50/50
Drawing/Raffle
The winner of the 50/50 cash prize was Chuck Stone, $43.00, Congrats!!!
Door prizes this month were a rustic yard ornament, Dutch hot
plates, and a sewn basket. Winners were
Ron Teker, Fred Benninghoff, Bruce Biddle and Pat Covello.
Chuck is requested
to be at the last meeting (November) of the year early to sell tickets.
EVENTS CALENDAR AT A GLANCE – Mark Your
Calendars
Date Event Location POC_____
10/5-6 Wings and Wheels Air/Car Festival East Wenatchee 509-884-7053
10/12-13 Monroe
Swap Meet Evergreen
Fairgrounds 360-738-4683
10/20 Whidbey Cruzer Lunch Big Lake, SR 9 360-675-8375
10/27 Pumpkin Run, Chubby’s Bellingham 360-380-2733
10/31 Halloween Trick or Trunk O.H. ACE Hardware 360-675-7499
11/09 2nd Annual Veteran’s Day
Parade Oak Harbor 360-240-0843
12/21 WC Christmas Party OHYC Seaplane Base 360-675-8375
******REMEMBER – EVERY FRIDAY EVENING THE WHIDBEY
CRUZERS AND THEIR FRIENDS HAVE A SOCIAL GATHERING TO GOSSIP, FIND OUT WHAT’S
HAPPENING AND TALK CARS!!!!! DON’T MISS
OUT, COME, ENJOY, AND ADD YOUR COMMENTS AND OPINIONS AND SHOW OFF YOUR VEHICLE(S).
5:00 – 7:00 PM AT THE PIZZA FACTORY.
NO CLASSIFIEDS
If anyone has something for sale, a wanted
item, either for you or a friend give Joan Reeves a call at 360-679-7936 or
email me at joanreeves158@yahoo.com.
***These ads will run for only two months
in the newsletter. If they are sold
before that period ends please contact Joan Reeves at 360-679-7936 or email her
to delete from newsletter.
BIRTHDAY’s
The list of
birthdays may or may not be complete, if I have left out someone and you wish
to add it, or you do not want to be listed please notify me, Joan Reeves, at
360-679-7936.
November
Carl Taton 4
Don Bierce 7
Cliff Aaker 21
John Grayson 22
Stan Grovdahl 24
Carol Stone 25
Sharon Luther 25
Rob VanDyk 29
“I
hope everyone has a Happy Birthday”.
FROM YOUR SECRETARY
My goal for this
year is the same, to provide as much correct informative information to you in
this newsletter as I possibly can. If
you have any ideas of what you might like to see in the newsletter let me
know. 360-679-7936 Thanks again.
FROM YOUR PRESIDENT
We really need a Whidbey Cruzer Member to
volunteer to be the 2014 Secretary.
This position
includes taking notes at the Officer’s Board Meetings, 1st Monday of
the month, and at the Regular Monthly Meetings, 1st Tuesday of the
month, produce and distribute the monthly newsletter, and check the Post Office
mailbox when directed by the Treasurer.
Secretary Joan will provide direction and guidance concerning the
newsletter “Shop Talk”. You would also receive all the help you
need from other members.
