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January 2018

New Year’s Day Cool Car Cruise

at the Silverdale Mall

See Page 5 for more photos

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Message from the President

Welcome to 2018, my friends. I hope everyone had a great holiday with their friends and family. A lot

has happened through the past year, we completed many events to include our annual car show, NWACC Ban-

quet, and LeMay Car show. We still have a few months together with the cur-

rent executive board. However, this brings up a few items up for discussion.

This month we will be voting on a few hot topic issues for the upcoming year.

First, we will have to ensure we have an executive board by starting the nomi-

nations this month and turning in our votes during the February meeting. An-

other voting opportunity during this time will be for the Brad Johansson

Award which is given out each year to the club member who has made the

most beneficial impact to G.O.C.C over the past year. The last choice we will

have to make is to decide whether we will be holding another car show this

coming year or not. This January meeting will be a very important and influ-

ential one, so I would love to see a large number of our current membership in

attendance. We will also be creating a committee for the G.O.C.C annual ban-

quet on March 10th 2018. Therefore, we will need some dedicated members to

assist Vice President Dave Van Asten in making a committee to undertake the

necessary jobs to ensure its success. These jobs include such positions as

decorating, raffle prizes, and entertainment. This month

will be busy for all of us, I thank you all ahead of time for

your continued dedication and support of our club. Again,

I wish you all the best and look forward to seeing your

smiling faces during this important meeting.

Respectfully, Donovan GOCC President (2017) - Corvettes/Fun/Friendship

Inside This Issue

Message from the President 2

Upcoming Events 2

Bulletin Board 3

NCM & NWACC News 4

News and Information 4

New Years Cool Car Cruise 5

December Meeting Minutes 6

New Member Info, Birthdays 7

GOCC Sponsors 8

UPCOMING EVENTS

Monday, January 1

10:00am Cool Car Cruise at Silverdale Mall

Thursday, January 4

5:00pm Pre-meeting Dinner at Red Robin

7:00pm General Meeting

Thursday, February 1

5:00pm Pre-meeting Dinner at Red Robin

7:00pm General Meeting

President Donovan Gregory gregorydonovan5@gmail.com Vice-President Dave Van Asten

Secretary Cynthia Gibson

Treasurer Larry Ficca

Past President Mary Kay Welch mkwelch1@comcast.net Events Chair Christine Bailey

Newsletter Editor Elisha Pile elishapile@gmail.com Website Michael Dosa webmaster@kitsapvettes.org Communication Committee Chairman Michele Roberts National Corvette Museum Ambassador & NWACC Rep David Ellingson Sunshine Ida Ficca badgergal@olympus.net Historian Deedee Ellingson

Parade Coordinator Larry Ficca

Vettes for Vets Coordinator Gary Powell

Highway Cleanup Coordinator Doug Carpenter

Refreshments Coordinator Deedee Ellingson

Glass Odyssey Corvette Club (GOCC) is a non-profit organi-zation, incorporated under the statutes of the state of Washing-

ton in March 1972. Members, Guests, and fellow Corvette enthusiasts are welcome!

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GOCC Bulletin Board GOCC Bulletin Board

Have an idea for a

mystery cruise??

Schedule one with

the E-Board.

GOCC is looking for Volunteers to host a Progressive Dinner this winter. See any E-Board member.

January

Charity

of the Month

Dave Ellingson and his ‘67 and

Cindy’s ‘99 make a tiny appearance

on the Cruisin Bremerton FaceBook

cover photo.

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National Corvette Museum: Ambassador’s Address

By Dave Ellingson

The $10 Corvette raffle drawing is Thursday, February 8 at 12:00 pm Pacific Time for the 2018 Arctic White Corvette coupe. Good luck to all!

6.2 Liter V8 460 HP Engine 8-Speed Paddle-Shift Automatic Transmission

Multi-Mode Performance Exhaust Magnetic Selective Ride Control

Z51-Style 5 Split-Spoke Chrome Aluminum Wheels with Red Calipers

Transparent Removable Roof Corvette Museum Delivery

Click this link for more information.

Go On, Surprise Us Each month, scattered throughout the pages of our newsletter, are articles meant for your input, offering an invitation to you, dear reader, to be-come an active participant in this magazine. There are any number of ways to get your car, your thoughts, or both onto these pages. In the interest of making it as easy as possible for you to join in the fun, here is a helpful list of all the ways you can participate. Readers’ Replies: We’re always interested in your thoughts about the Newsletter: Email the editor, listed on page 1.

Corvette of The Month: This is where we invite you to share your passion for your car with your fellow enthusiasts. Simply provide one or two high-resolution photos of your car (or collection of cars), and a little background from you on the experience of owning the car—how long you’ve had it, where you found it, what you’ve done to it and what you love about it. Alternately, the Newsletter Editor can interview you and write the article. Trip or Event: Do you have a great story about a trip or event you participated in, it might be a good candidate for a one-page feature. Tech Talk: If you’ discovered some wisdom about operating or maintaining Corvettes, this is the place to share. Vette-Trivia: Have a little-known fact about Cor-vettes? Send it in to the Editor. Maybe we’ll print it! For Sale: Got something you want to sell? Let us know. Hidden Number: Yes, there IS a hidden number in this month’s newsletter and if it’s YOUR mem-bership number, let the V.P. know you found it and you’ll get first pick at the raffle table!

Attention members aged 50 and older!! You may be eligible to save on your auto insurance by taking a driver safety course. Dave Elling-son is teaching a course on January 17 & 18 at the Poulsbo Fire Station. 4 hours each day. Web site: http://www.aarp.org/drive Search and register for available courses online and register or call Dave at (360) 779-4414.

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On January 1st, the weather was perfectly beautiful, and a record number of people showed up for the New Year’s Cool Car Cruise-In at the Silverdale Mall. Entries included hotrods, classic cars, vintage and modern muscle cars, low

riders, imports, race cars, a few exotics, and decent number of Corvettes! The Crusin Bremerton Saturday Nights organization stated on social media outlets an estimated 1,200 cars made an appearance during the day.

The Callaway attracted many lookers

A yellow C2 convertible finds a home with two C4’s and another C2 coupe.

An orange ‘73 tries to find a spot

in the crowded parking lot

A Ruby Red 40th An-

niversary Edition was

on display

Cindy was able to enjoy

the day with her ‘99 coupe

Another ‘73 appeared across from the

40th Anniversary car

Isaac’s newly acquired red ‘89 makes it first public appearance

Oddly, C7’s were kinda scarce. C2’s, C3’s, and C4’s each outnumbered C7’s.

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Glass Odyssey Corvette Club General Meeting Minutes

December, 7 2017 CALL TO ORDER-7:05 PM ROLL CALL-28 Members. 4th meeting for our prospective member Mr. Johnson. APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM LAST MEETING-The approval of minutes did not take place. VP REPORT-We had 20 members attend our Thanksgiving event. Happy Birthday to our Nov. birthdays. Our prospective member Mr Johnson was voted in tonight. CHARITY OF THE MONTH-The Humane Society TREASURERS REPORT– See Larry Ficca SECREATARY REPORT-We received a Thank You letter from North Mason High School. NEWSLETTER REPORT-Some newsletters may have been missing the hidden number. Please let Elisha know if you would like an article written about your car. EVENTS REPORT-Please see Christina if you have any ideas for an upcoming event. We will be having our anual Christmas Party on 12/15/2017. We may plan a cruise to Bowling Green. Charlene suggests a Christ-mas Light cruise. Highway clean up is on 1/6/2018. NWACC REPORT-Dave is absent, so Deedee is selling raffle tickets for a 2018 Corvette. NCM AMBASSADOR REPORT-None. PRESIDENTS REPORT-Per VP Dave, at our Jan. meeting will outline a program for our annual banquet. We will discuss having our annual car show or not, at our next meeting. OLD BUSINESS-Donovan will be back at our next meeting, since he is graduating from college this month. NEW BUSINESS-Toys for Tots drop boxes are at Bench Mark Automotive, Greys Chevrolet, and Fire Station #41. Ken and Suzie Likens had the hidden number. A&W Root beer closed. RAFFLE TABLE-Please bring prizes. PILL DRAWING-Larry and Ida Ficca won the pill drawing which was at $100.00 plus half of tonight's raffle pro-ceeds. FOR THE GOOD OF THE ORDER-Chuck Culley found some old awards for GOCC, which he handed off to Deedee our historian. MEETING ADJOURNED-7:56 PM Respectfully submitted by Secretary Cynthia Gibson

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Interested in becoming a member? Here are the requirements: 1) Be a Corvette owner, spouse, or have a purchase agreement. 2) Have a valid license. 3) Have insurance. 4) Attend four club activities, meetings or events within a six month period. 5) Be voted in and pay dues ($48 per year, prorated based on when you join). 6) Enjoy the company and the events! Membership application and brochures are available on our website: http://www.kitsapvettes.org

Club Meeting Name Tags: If you need a member badge, submit a high resolution picture of your Corvette, the year, and color to Don Ames.

Tour Radio's: If you would like to purchase your own personal radio they are available for purchase at www.TechWholesale.com. Our radios are Motorola Model RDU2080d or Model RDU2020. The RDU2080d and RDU2020 radios have been discontinued and replaced with the RMU2080d and RMU2040 radios. These radios are 100% communication compatible. The club also owns some for check-out during events. Members can access the radio guide at http://kitsapvettes.org/members-only/radio-user-guide.pdf. GOCC radio point-of-contact is Larry Ficca.

Copies of our current By-Laws and Membership Rosters along with Maps to event locations are available in the pass-word protected members-only-area of our website. If you can't remember how to access the members-only area, con-tact one of the elected officers.

GOCC Facebook Page: Members, if you are on social media, you should consider joining our GOCC Facebook group page at https://www.facebook.com/groups/243089557979/.

GOCC Shirts: One of our sponsors, 360 Disc Golf, has Glass Odyssey Corvette Club logos ready for your needs. Polo shirts with our club insignia embroidered on them are available in Navy Blue, Forest Green or Burgundy. Other colors can be ordered to match the color of your car. GOCC has many great, high quality items for your purchase from coolers, shirts, jackets, umbrellas, totes and more. If it has space for our GOCC logo, your name, or anything else you would like to embroider on it you can have it added! Contact Deedee Ellingson in person or call her at 779-4414, to check out the catalog, ask questions, or place your order.

Key Information for New and Prospective Members

January Birthdays Lynda Eck 1

Gene Carmody 3 Doug Carpenter 7 Robert Weaver 9

Dave Votroubek 11 Pamela Battin 12 Robert Battin 17 Barb Culley 23

Mary Kay Welch 23 Larry Ficca 29

Glass Odyssey Corvette Club P.O. Box 124 Silverdale, WA 98383 E-Mail: Webmaster@kitsapvettes.org

We’re on the Web! www.kitsapvettes.org

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GOCC Sponsors

Benchmark Automotive Address: 8248 NE State Hwy 104

Kingston, WA 98346

Mon - Fri 8AM–5PM

Sat - Sun Closed

(360) 297-6812

www.benchmarkautoandtire.com

Grey Chevrolet

4949 SW Hovde Rd, Port Orchard, WA 98367

Sun 10AM–6PM

Mon - Fri 8:30AM–7PM

Saturday 9AM–6PM

(360) 329-2916

www.greychevrolet.com

360 Disc Golf 4217 Wheaton Way, Bremerton, WA 98310

Sun Closed Mon - Fri 9AM–6PM Saturday 10AM–4PM

(360) 479-2131

Valvoline Instant Oil Change

5793 State Hwy 303 NE

Bremerton, WA 98311

Sun 9AM–5PM

Mon - Sat 9AM–6PM

(360) 377-7333