From the PREZ

HELLO ALL,

It was nice to see a big crowd at our last meeting. The lounge area at Prospector’s fills up

pretty fast with those wanting dinner before the meeting. I think that area is designed to

muffle sound as my puny voice doesn’t seem to carry very far. A solution is coming.

We had 26 cars show up for the INCCC Downtown Scholarship Car show this year. Unfortu-

nately, we need to find a new staging area as the old WSC Bookie store parking lot is now

reserved parking only. Bill Semmler led us in to the show and they gave us a nice shady

spot to park but not quite as nice as last year’s location in front of Chase Bank. The show

was fun and I had the opportunity to present our $1500 scholarship to the grandfather of

Ty Warner. Apparently, Ty was not able to be present. INCCC gave away fifteen $1500

scholarships at their show this year.

Well it’s finally over! Glass-on-Grass at Mirabeau Park was a huge success for our club. The

park is a beautiful grassy area with lots of parking room, a large covered pavilion and

nearby restrooms. Other than some gnats and hungry yellow jackets buzzing the BBQ the

show turned out to be very successful for our first Glass-on-Grass at Mirabeau . Final count

was 85 cars which is about 14 less than last year. Big prize winners this year were Leroy &

MC Beeby from Helena, MT. with their 2004 Black convertible for the longest distance

travelled AND they also won the Grand Prize - an overnight stay at Spokane’s Davenport

Hotel. Doug & Sara Fearing from Kennewick won the $50 for Favorite Car with their 1966

white convertible which I understand they donated the cash back to our charity the Shrin-

ers Hospital of Spokane. My BLUDVL plate won Best Vanity Plate and Darrell Larson won

the 50/50. The Shriners also received an out-right donation of $100 from Bill Hiatt from

the Wenatchee Club.

I want to thank everyone who pitched in to make this year’s Glass-on-Grass a great success.

Special thanks to Jackie Brown for being GOG Chair, Kelly Brown for handling the parking

and the “go-to-guy” for logistics, Denise DeFreese for taking care of the logo design and

clothing, Arlyn and Pat Thurber and Nick Brown for handling the car photos, Linda Zinn for

running the prize table, Mary Tantriella for hosting the Friday night Meet-n-Greet, Chuck

Adams for being our MC , Vinnie Beck for traffic director and my wife, Martha for handling

registration and the GOG Saturday greeting table. Thanks to AutoNation, our main sponsor,

and Bill Noble for bringing out a couple cars to display and finally, thanks to Rene Sellgren

for the delicious BBQ meal. There are many, many others who helped make the event suc-

cessful and I am truly sorry if I did not mention you here but we all know who you are.

Spokane Corvette Club and the Spokane Corvette Club Logo © 2003

Volume 60 Issue 7 2018

President

Dick Schatzka

Vice President

Tom Helman

Secretary

Ralph Walter

Treasurer

Diana Johnson

Membership

Barb Beck

Webmaster

George Beauchesne

Newsletter

George Beauchesne

Juel McDonald

Activities & Events

Mary Tantriella

Glass on Grass Chair

Jackie Brown

Historian

Jackie Brown

Photographer

Arlyn Thurber

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SPOKANE CORVETTE CLUB From the PREZ (cont.)

The Sunday Autocross at Deer Park brought out 9 cars and 14 drivers according to Arlyn. He

noted not many were from the car show and hopes we can do better next time. Unfortunately,

there are no more Autocross events scheduled for the rest of the year but if there is enough inter-

est we may be able to find an opening.

With that, please check the event schedule for runs and events coming up and we’ll see you at the

August 8th meeting at Prospector’s.

Oh, and by-the-way, Dave & Judy VanHerset have another super dinner run planned for August

15th, so keep that date open. It’s someplace we have never been.

Dick Schatzka – President, SCC

July Trivia Question: What year Corvette was the first to have windshield wipers that swept in the same direction? ANSWER: 1997 August Trivia Question: What year Corvette was the last year to offer “Wide Whitewall” tires?

Volume 60 Issue 7 2018

MONTHLY MEETING MINUTES

July 11, 2018

The meeting at Prospector’s was called to order by President Dick Schatzka at 7:00pm. All rose for Pledge of Allegiance Introductions and Welcome for the first time attendees and visitors. Members with anniversaries, birthdays, etc., were acknowledged. Minutes were read by Ralph. Treasurer report was read by Dianna. Committee reports:

2nd Harvest Bank donation was $107.50 last month. INCCC report by Bill: Downtown car show is July 19th - meet at 5pm at the WSU

Bookie, leaving at 5:15pm - $10 per car. Dinner Run from Mary: “NO” July run. Banquet is January 12. 2019. A big THAN-

KYOU to Roger & Dianna for the use of their ranch for a 28 car turnout with 60 people eating Chinese food prepared by Lily(THANKYOU LILY).

Tom Helman reported on his experience in “The Great Race" receiving 78th place out of 150cars.

Old/New Business: GOG- Jackie: “We are doing okay” All is set up and staged ready to go July 28th. Check out upcoming car events on the Spokane Corvette Club website. 2019 Caravan Northwest captain will attend the September meeting. Arlyn: Autocross will be July 29 and the 2019 calendar needs one more person/

car. Tony: “Wines and Jamboree” is August 11 George: Need someone to take the webpage over-contact Dick. Six months left

for the website(spokanecorvetteclub.com)with the current software becom-ing obsolete. This position can be broken down for 2 to 3 people taking dif-ferent sections to take care of the website.

Trails Car Show-SCC received the club participation trophy. The Fall Run will be led by Ken Combs. There was a mention of the need for a PA/microphone system-Dick is to pur-

chase one. Door Prizes: Various recipients of prizes by members and new attendees. 1st Door Prize was won by Pat Railey(obligated to hand out the Door Prize tickets),

“Congratulation’s and Thank You Pat”. 50 – 50 was won by Lily Walter(obligated to do the 50-50 for April, “Congratulation’s

and Thank You Lily”. A big “THANK YOU” to all the new visitors attending by President Dick. Meeting Adjournment was at 8:07pm with a continuation of “VISITING” by all and “LOOKING” at some cool cars.

Respectfully submitted by Ralph Walter, Secretary

508-290-0773 // rwalter306@gmail.com

UP COMING EVENTS 2018

August 8th – SCC August meeting @ Prospector’s 7pm.

August 11th – 2nd Annual “Corvettes & Wine Jamboree” @ Crescent Bar, Wa.

August 22-26th – Steamboat Springs, CO., “Vettes on the Rockies”

www.lgcacorvettes.org

September 1 – Westport, WA. – “Corvettes at the Marina” http://

corvettesofgraysharbor.com/

September 7-8 – Nelson, BC car show http://nelsonroadkings.com/

September/October - SCC Fall Run – Ken Combs to lead.

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