Peter Kruse - Spokane Corvette Club

Volume 57 Issue 1 2015
Spokane Corvette Club and the Spokane Corvette Club Logo © 2003
President
Peter Kruse
Vice President
Dick Schatzka
Secretary
Bob Crabb
Treasurer
Diana Johnson
Membership
Barb Beck
Webmaster/Newsletter
George Beauchesne
Activities & Events
Barb Beck
Glass on Grass Committee
CynDee Aerts
Kelly & Jackie Brown
Mike & Denise DeFreese
Linda Zinn
Historian
Jackie Brown
Photographer
Arlyn Thurber
Telephone Committee
Linda Zinn
From the PREZ
2014 has come to a close, and this has been another good year for the Spokane Corvette
Club. I have been honored to represent the Club as your President for this past year, and it has
been a fun ride! Those who attended the “Annual Banquet” at the Coeur d’Alene Casino helped
to jump-start our Club for 2015. The banquet attendance was one of the largest within recent
memory, and we were treated very well by the Casino!
By special request, we had a big screen TV in the middle of our room to allow the attendees to
watch the Seahawks/Panthers NFC playoff game. For those of you off the grid or out of the
country, the Seahawks are now on their way to their second Super Bowl within two years! It
was fortunate that we were in one of the more remote areas of the Casino, as the attending
members became very loud during certain Seahawk plays, but then very quiet when we discussed the subject of voting for Club leadership for 2015.
According to our By-Laws, we are to vote for our officers during this Annual Meeting, however
this year, there was really no formal nomination process, but, somehow, all of the 2014 officers
will now be continuing to operate the SCC throughout 2015—I think that I missed something?? ;) With this is mind, the meetings will still be at Prospectors North in Spokane on North
Division on the 2nd Wednesday of each month. The meeting agendas will be very similar to
what was presented last year. We are always open to suggestions as to how any of this could
improve, or if there are additional items that should be discussed.
As your previous President, there were several mistakes that I have made at past meetings,
such as forgetting to bring the raffle tickets to the Annual Banquet (Party). I also failed to announce to those of you that received clocks as door prizes, that these were given away with
“batteries not included”. If you have plugged your clock into the wall, and the hands have not
moved, you need to insert one or two “AA” batteries into the back to make the time piece
work. I know, as I had to do this myself!
It looks as though you all want to put up with me and my crack staff throughout 2015, and we
all thank you for your support!!
God help us all to save the wave!!
Save the wave!
Peter Kruse
2015 SCC President
Volume 57 Issue 1 2015
Angelyne the "Billboard Queen" is Los Angeles. Sure, Randy Newman sang the praises of L.A. and maybe
Denzel Washington was right when he said, “In Los Angeles, everyone is a star”, but only Angelyne actually is L.A. If the City of Angels was a living, breathing human being, it would look exactly like Angelyne—with piles of platinum hair, prodigiously cantilevered breasts, hot pink outfits with microscopically
short skirts, funky shoes, and driving a hot pink Corvette.
Angelyne recently took delivery of her ninth Corvette, a C7 Stingray coupe. Of course Corvette does not
have a standard pink hue, but that didn’t stop our heroine. She took the Vette to Andre’s Auto Body in North
Hollywood for the color conversion from white to pink—but not just any shade of pink. For her custom
color, she went to master color mixer Ruben Hernandez at State Automotive Supplies, also in North Hollywood. Ruben has been mixing paint for almost 30 years and has worked on over 200 movies, including Godzilla, Rambo, and RoboCop. Ruben and Angelyne came up with a shade they called “Heroine Pink”.
Andre removed all of the Corvette’s body panels, sprayed each with five coats of base color pink paint and
four coats of clear topcoat. After curing for 48 hours, the panels were reinstalled and polished, and Angelyne
and her Heroine Pink Stingray were ready to cruise the streets of Hollywood.
Angelyne is a serial Corvette owner—she bought her first in the mid '80s and immediately fell in love with
it. Since then, she has owned at least one of every generation of Corvette since the C3. When her Vette accumulates about 75,000 – 85,000 miles, Angelyne goes shopping for another one.
And, of course, all her Corvettes are pink. When asked what it is about the color pink that she finds so attractive, she said, “The color pink has a thing about me. Pink is part of my persona and extension of my character, it helps me express the fact that I do something because I like it.”
Volume 57 Issue 1 2015
SPOKANE CORVETTE CLUB
MONTHLY MEETING MINUTES
January 10, 2015
Annual Banquet
The meeting was called to order at 6:50 p.m. by President Peter Kruse. It was halftime of the
Seahawks/Panthers playoff game.
Drawings were held throughout the meeting. Denise DeFreese won the first drawing. Del
Blaine won the 50-50.
Treasurer’s Report: We have $4,000.00.
Minutes: Were read.
Website report: George is willing to continue the website.
Old Business
Election of Officers: It was Moved, Seconded, and Passed to keep the current officers, whether they wanted to continue or not. President Peter thanked the officers and the
chairpersons for their service to the club.
New Business
Autocross: Will take place as we can schedule it.
Back to the game at 7:15.
8:15: More jokes from Peter.
The meeting was adjourned at 8:24 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Bob Crabb, Secretary
Volume 57 Issue 1 2015
Schedule of Club Events
Check the Club Web Site www.spokanecorvetteclub.com for a complete listing of Other Local & Regional
Car Events.
UP COMING EVENTS
Feb 11th—Club Meeting
Feb 21st—Bunco at George & Terri’s
March 11th—Club Meeting
Matrch 18th—Dinner Run
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