March - Christian Classic Cruisers

CLUB NEWSLETTER
WWW.CHRISTIANCLASSICCRUISERS.COM
MARCH 2012
2012 Cruise Season:
March 17th
5-9 PM
April 21st
5-9 PM
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5-9 PM
May 19
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June 16
August 18
Chaplain’s Message:
EVIDENCE
6-10 PM
July 21st
6-10 PM
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6-10PM
September 15th 5-9PM
October 20th
5-9PM
2012 Meeting Dates:
(Start time: 7:30 PM*)
January
February
10th
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14
(Valentine’s Dinner)
March
13th
April
10th
8th
May
June
12th
July
10th
August
14th
September
October
November
I CORINTHIANS 8:3
"BUT IF ANY MAN LOVE GOD, THE SAME
IS KNOWN OF HIM"
I was in an automotive parts warehouse not long ago and saw an interesting
sign hanging on their wall. It read: "If you were arrested for being a salesman;
would there be enough evidence to convict you?" The phrase kept running
through my mind and I began to ask the same questions about other parts of
my life. It became a rather interesting thought process.
Try it out on any aspect of your life and see what kind of ideas come to mind.
If you were arrested for being a street rodder; would there be enough evidence
to convict you? If they looked in your wallet, what would they find? Your NSRA
membership card? A couple of raffle tickets for a 350 Turbo Transmission you
bought at the last rod run? A membership card from your state association?
If they went into your home, what would they see? Plaques on the walls? Dash
plaques from all the rod runs for the past several years? A Merit Award? A
Safety Award? Pictures of your vehicle with all the family gathered around? A
collection of rod run mugs? Game plaques? Copies of Streetscene, Street
Rodder, Rodder's Digest or any of the other periodicals that we receive monthly?
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If they searched your garage what would they find? Your street rod? Could you
possibly hide all the miscellaneous pieces that remain from all the past cars?
How about all the swap meet items? How about all the miscellaneous fenders,
headlight buckets, unused brushed aluminum parts, an old car club plaque? Car
show posters? High performance decals on the cabinets? Creepers? Tools?
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Would there really be any problem convicting you of being a street rodder? I
would venture a guess that each of us would easily be found "guilty" !
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9th
(Election)
December
VOLUME 3, NUMBER 3
(Christmas Party)
(* Note: come at 6:30 for
social time and dinner with
friends!!)
What if you were accused of being a Christian? How much evidence could be
found? Would you be found "guilty" or would there be a "lack of evidence"? How
would you stand the test?
Jim Rowlett
Matthew 16: 26
www.JimRowlett.com
(Reprinted with permission: Rowlett Ministries, Inc. and StreetScene magazine)
2012 CCC Officers
Gary Veach
President
President’s Message:
I want thank you all for rallying around Linda Osborn and coming to the funeral
for Jim. We had over 60 members attend and that says a lot since the weather
was cold and wet.
TK Kinnan
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1 Vice President
J.B. West
nd
2 Vice President
Terry Muno
Director
J.W. Irving
Director
We had two members that showed their cars in the Dallas Autorama. We can be
proud of them since they both received rewards for their class. JB West and
Cort Rea.
Our next meeting is March 13th at the Fire Pit Buffet & Grill at 7:30 PM. We will
be preparing for the first show that will be on Saturday, March 17th starting
at 5:00 PM. Please come we have lots of things to discuss before our first show.
Be sure you wear our Maroon shirts at the cruises so we all look like members
and a club.
Gary Veach
Prez
Cheryl Klopfenstein
Secretary
Bobby Stout
Treasurer
Club News:
For Club Calendar please see:
www.christianclassiccruisers.com/calendar.html
The Christian Classic Cruisers were represented at the Dallas Autorama this year
by JB West in his 1955 Pontiac and Cort Rea in his 1955 Chevrolet. Club
information and 2012 cruise season flyers were distributed to interested parties
at the show.
JB's Pontiac won a "Class Winner" plaque and Cort's Chevrolet won an
"Outstanding in Class" plaque. Thanks to Dwain Klopfenstein and other club
members who helped JB and Cort get their cars to the show and displayed
properly at the show.
Thanks to JB for designing and printing some temporary club flyers (since all the
sponsors were not finalized yet we didn’t have this year’s flyers ready for
print). Thanks to all who came by to say hello at the show.
Maybe next year we can start organizing a club display a little earlier and give
the Mustang Club a run for the money for the club display award.
Cort
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CCC “Road” Trips:
NSRA Trip Event –
Oklahoma City – NSRA Southwest Nationals PLUS…April 13th-14th-15th
We plan to have several club members that will be traveling up to Oklahoma
City for this event…the only problem is that we DO NOT know which ones?? If
you plan to go to OKC and have not responded to the email request, please let
us know TODAY!! ARE YOU GOING?? Please notify Gregg Ipock.
Other Events on the Travel Schedule:
2012 Events:
May 24-27… NSRA Mid-America Street Rod Nationals PLUS in Springfield, MO
Jun 21-24… NSRA Rocky Mountain Street Rod Nationals PLUS in Pueblo, CO
Jul 30-Aug 6… NSRA Street Rod NATIONALS PLUS in Louisville, KY
Oct 11… Brooks Army Medical Center (BAMC), San Antonio, TX
Oct 12-14… Key to the Hills in Boerne, TX
(Contact Bob Stout for NSRA Membership and Event applications)
For those of you that may have difficulty with shoe leather transportation all
day, please read the following bulletin… and if you plan to go to any of these
events you need to make your Scooter reservations TODAY!!
New SCOOTER Vendor:
Please be advised that we now have a new scooter company that will be
providing services to nine (9) of the NSRA events this year. The only two (2)
events that they will not be attending are Bakersfield and Sacramento. The
owner of this company is Chuck Losey (Lecarra Steering Wheels). He will have
200 scooters for rental, which is about 60 more than our last provider. All of his
scooters are brand new and top of the line units.
Scooter Time Rentals, Inc. (STRI) will be the exclusive providers of mobility
scooters for personal rental at the following NSRA events: Oklahoma, Knoxville,
Springfield, York, Pueblo, Louisville, Kalamazoo, Burlington, and Tampa, for the
2012 season.
STRI can be reached at their web site which is: ScooterTimeRentalsInc.com.
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Cruise Masters Update:
Cruise Master (AM – Breakfast) – Cort
March 24th Breakfast 8:30 AM more details to follow.
Cruise Master (PM – Local Events) – Dwayne
March 10th 2ND Annual Street Machine Madness Car Show - Hosted by: Dean
Posey - First United Methodist Church Azle. Save the date more details to
follow.
Historians Views:
How about that Valentines party? Everybody had a great time and the food was
pretty good. But you know; the fellowship was the best thing there.
It was difficult having the party following Jim’s funeral, but Jim would have said,
go on to the party and have fun … I might not sound like a historian in this
writing, but not so, I loved hearing the history about our friend Jim as spoken by
his friends, and learning more of Jim’s humor. History is a funny thing,
sometimes kind, sometimes harsh and sometimes NADA. What I learned about
Jim was well worth the few minutes I celebrated his life in his passing and I feel
like I know more about Jim now than I did when he was poking fun at us and
having great fellowship with us.
Often, folk don’t really take the time to get to know each other, and just
remembering names at our age is sometimes a big event. So, I think I will
take a cut at interviewing some of the oldest and most cunning members of our
club just to see if they have a past, or any history. Then if I am successful at
that, I might take a cut at us younger folk.
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There are a few of the older crowd that have given significant effort, hard labor
and much time to the birth of the Christian Classis Cruisers (CCC) for many
years, and they continue to do so much to lead and encourage our club. I think
I will start with that crowd to see what they can tell us about themselves, the
history of the club and a little or a lot of humor about themselves and the good
times when they were the mainstream hot rodders. Fact is, most of them (The
older folk) don’t have much memory left, so the information will undoubtedly be
mostly suspect, regarding facts. But what the case, most of us like to stretch
the truth a little. I think it might be informative and fun to know what we are
made of, historically speaking…
Next month, our classical President will be the target for the historian, so Gary,
drink your Ensure Protein Drink and prepare to answer a question or two. You
might want your Bride to write some things down for you to remember to me…
Bill
Please send Club History information to:
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Bill Crow, CCC Historian [email protected]
Reyna Kinnan, CCC News Letter Editor [email protected]
Judging:
March will be our first show of the season. We will need your help in judging.
See you there.
Judging - Joe Bob
Membership:
Membership dues of $35.00 are due now. If you have not paid your dues for
2012 please get those to me.
Membership Chairman – JB West
Member Profile:
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Social Update
– SPECIAL INTEREST to the Ladies:
Bunco Season has started. For the month of February we met at Reyna Kinnan’s
home.
Bunco winners by category were: Most Bunco’s – Kay Bass/Marilyn Conner,
Most Small Bunco’s – Leslie Norman, Most Wins – Phyllis Veach, Last person to
get a Bunco – Leslie Norman, Most Losses – Pat Friesen/Reyna Kinnan. Win or
lose fun was had by all.
We will be meeting at Leslie Norman’s home for the month of March. If you
want to be included in Bunco please let me know.
We will be having a baby shower for Courtney and arrangements are being
made. Information will be coming out soon.
Social Chairperson - Phyllis Veach
To Be Remembered In Our Prayers:
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Linda Osborn and family
As we are all busy with our own lives always take a few minutes to remember
your CCC Family in your prayers.
In addition, please remember, Jim Rowlett, our Club Chaplain, is available to
help with our Christian needs. He can be reached at 817- 581-9915.
Bits and Pieces:
A wealthy man and his son loved to collect rare works of art. They had everything in their
collection, from Picasso to Raphael. They would often sit together and admire the great
works of art.
Vietnam conflict broke out, the son went to war. He was very courageous and died in
battle while rescuing another soldier. The father was notified and grieved deeply for his
only son.
About a month later, just before Christmas, There was a knock at the door. A young man
stood at the door with a large package in his hands. He said, 'Sir, you don't know me,
but I am the soldier for whom your son gave his life. He saved many lives that day, and
he was carrying me to safety when a bullet struck him in the heart and he died instantly.
He often talked about you, and your love for art. The young man held out this package. 'I
know this isn't much. I'm not really a great artist, but I think your son would have
wanted you to have this.'
The father opened the package. It was a portrait of his son, painted by the young man.
He stared in awe at the way the soldier had captured the personality of his son in the
painting. The father was so drawn to the eyes that his own eyes welled up with tears. He
thanked the young man and offered to pay him for the picture. 'Oh, no sir, I could never
repay what your son did for me. It's a gift.'
The father hung the portrait over his mantle. Every time visitors came to his home he
took them to see the portrait of his son before he showed them any of the other great
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works he had collected.
The man died a few months later. There was to be a great auction of his paintings. Many
influential people gathered, excited over seeing the great paintings and having an
opportunity to purchase one for their collection.
On the platform sat the painting of the son. The auctioneer pounded his gavel. 'We will
start the bidding with this picture of the son. Who will bid for this picture?'
There was silence...
Then a voice in the back of the room shouted, 'We want to see the famous paintings.
Skip this one.'
But the auctioneer persisted. 'Will somebody bid for this painting? Who will start the
bidding? $100, $200?'
Another voice angrily. 'We didn't come to see this painting. We came to see the Van
Gogh's, the Rembrandts. Get on with the Real bids!'
But still the auctioneer continued. 'The son! The son! Who'll take the son?'
Finally, a voice came from the very back of the room. It was the long time gardener of
the man and his son. 'I'll give $10 for the painting.' Being a poor man, it was all he could
afford.
'We have $10, who will bid $20?'
'Give it to him for $10. Let's see the masters.'
The crowd was becoming angry. They didn't want the picture of the son. They wanted
the more worthy investments for their collections.
The auctioneer pounded the gavel. 'Going once, twice, SOLD for $10!'
A man sitting on the second row shouted, 'Now let's get on with the collection!'
The auctioneer laid down his gavel. 'I'm sorry, the auction is over.'
'What about the paintings?'
'I am sorry. When I was called to conduct this auction, I was told of a secret stipulation in
the will... I was not allowed to reveal that stipulation until this time. Only the painting of
the son would be auctioned. Whoever bought that painting would inherit the entire
estate, including the paintings. The man who took the son gets everything!'
God gave His son over 2,000 years ago to die on the Cross. Much like the auctioneer, His
message today is: 'The Son, the Son, who'll take the Son?'
Because, you see, whoever takes the Son gets everything!
FOR GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD HE GAVE HIS ONLY BEGOTTEN SON, WHO SO
EVER BELIEVETH, SHALL HAVE ETERNAL LIFE...THAT'S LOVE
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Classic Car Trivia:
(answers will be in next month’s newsletter)
Henry Ford invented the 1908 Model T. What was it called?
What car was used in the 1977 movie Smokey and the Bandit?
February answers…How did you do? Did you guess correct?
The great movie duo practically invented the movie gag car with a series of
Model Ts used in their films between 1919 and 1945. Who were they? Laurel &
Hardy
Before exotic cars, what vehicle did Lamborghini manufacture? Farm Tractors
Classifieds:
If you or anyone you know is in the market for New/Used or Classic vehicle
Please contact:
T K Kinnan @214-801-6814
Sponsors:
Sponsors for the 2012 Cruise Season are:
Mike's Off Road
James Wood
Discount Tire
Bobs Automotive
Kelly Trophy
Extreme Horsepower
NRH Plumbing
Mid-Cites Classic
Tom’s Brake & Alignment
Longhorn Powder Coating
O’Reilly Auto Parts
Please support our sponsors and let them know that you appreciate them.
Auto Related Events:
CAR & TRUCK SHOW
Saturday, March 10th
Hosted by First United Methodist Church of Azle
200 Church Street, Azle, Texas
Benefiting Domestic violence victims and the Homeless in North Texas
24 Classes plus several Best of Show Awards!
$20 Entry Fee: Registration 8-11AM, Awards @1PM
Free Goodie Bag and Dash Plaque for the first 100 entrants
Dean Posey will be hosting this event. If you can judge contact Dean.
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Saturday, March 24th 11 AM - 2 PM
Keller Baptist church is having a family outreach for Keller. Can we get some of
our club cars out for this short time? We did this in 2010. Five of our club
members go to this church. Can we count on you?
JB
Contact JB West or Harold Lewis for more details/information.
Saturday, March 24th 8 AM – 2 PM
Neighborhood Cafe Car Show, Hurst
Sunday, March 25th 9 AM
Motorhead Sunday – Dayspring Church, Arlington
Sunday, April 22nd 9 AM
Motorhead Sunday – Northeast Baptist Church, Southlake
Motorhead Sunday info: www.JimRowlett.com
Club Photos:
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