Vette Gazette - Myrtle Beach Corvette Club

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Myrtle Beach Corvette Club
Vette Gazette
Editor Toni Mazurek
[email protected]
Page 1 Volume 5 Issue 7 July 2015
Presidents Corner
By Tim Wuennemann
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Inside this issue:
PRESIDENT REPORT
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BOD REPORTS
2-5
Greetings….
NCM REPORT
4
Congratulations to all Car Show event leaders
and staff for a successful dinner and car
show. We had a record number of cars and
participating vendors. The weather was delightful. Our charities will be rewarded.
ACTIVITIES REPORT
5
UPCOMING EVENTS
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CAR SHOW CHAIRPERSONS
REPORT
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As your new President my goal is to help facilitate your good ideas into action through
teamwork with the support of the Board. We
are focused on implementing the changes the
majority of our members want to take place.
CAR SHOW DONATIONS COM- 8
MITTEE REPORT
CAR SHOW WINNERS LIST
9-11
CAR SHOW PICTURES
12-15
OUR CHARITIES
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SAFETY ARTICLE
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Save The Wave!
CRULISE INS
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Tim Wuennemann
OUR SPONSORS
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President, Myrtle Beach Corvette Club
BIRTHDAYS/ANNIVERSARIES
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CLASSIFIEDS
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MEMBER BUSINESS
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www.myrtlebeachcorvetteclub.com
Vice President
Charlie Torregrossa
Hi All,
Just a short note to say that our dinner meeting will be at Simply Southern Smokehouse. The letter has been sent out so don't forget to get in
touch with the hosts to let them know if you plan on attending. Our August meeting will be held at Crow Creek Golf Resort in Calabash.
Watch for more information to follow.
A great job was done by our car show committee this year. A tip of the
cap to all that contributed.
See you all soon.
God bless
Charlie
Secretaries Desk
By Susan Woldanski
Hi Folks,
The car show was an outstanding success. My husband and I enjoyed
working with the volunteers from the National Corvette Museum at the
pre-car show dinner and at the car show. We met Lucy and Steve, volunteers from the NCM, who traveled from Bowling Green, KY to Myrtle
Beach to represent the NCM. They are a fun and friendly couple whom
we had the privilege to meet and help sell NCM merchandise. For those
of you who did not join the car show, shame on you. We had fun in the
sun. And more fun at the after car show appreciation luncheon coordinated by Jim Spore. Come join the fun next year.
NEXT YEAR --VOLUNTEER.
Sharon Harbaryer with the Free State Corvette Club won a diamond ring which was donated to our
club. And Linda Meaders won the 50/50 for a SUPER total of $1,004. Congrats to both winners
and many more to come!!!
The minutes of the May meeting were distributed to all members. As of this date, there are no
changes or corrections.
Support your club with Cling on
Signs now available for $22 per set of
2. Window decals only $3. See Alice
Iodice
Membership News
by Alice Iodice
Our big event has finally come to a close. I hope all of you who attended
the car show had a good time and will come back next year. For those of
you who missed the show this year, please try to attend next year.
Since I was running around working the show, Betty Freedman acted as
our member registration committee at the show. She did an outstanding
job, as usual. Thanks Betty for a job well done.
I would like to welcome eight new members to our club. These new
members are:
Rusty Watson and Annette Swain: Rusty has a 1975 White Convertible. He likes car shows and road trips. Maybe, a volunteer for next year’s show and to lead a
mystery cruise in. His father was one of the founding members of the MBCC.
Peter and Cheryl Garruto: They are sporting a 2004 Blue Metallic Convertible. They enjoy boating, bicycling, scuba diving, target shooting, car shows, road trips and rallies.
Michael and Marian Ambrosino: Michael and Marian have a 2001 Black Convertible. They also
like car shows and road trips. We can always use new ideas for our car show and new places to
go on road trips. They came to our car show and decided to join.
Buzz and Mary McCarthy: Buzz and Mary have a 2015 Red Z06 Coupe. Buzz was a past president of a Corvette club. He likes cars, animals, and landscaping (he could have a field day trying
to make my yard look good). Since they enjoy car shows, we have another possible recruit or
two for next year.
Hope we see you at the July meeting at Simply Southern.
Treasurer
Deborah Kelly
Be sure to be at the July meeting to hear the results of all the hard work
that the car show earned for our charities!
I want to Thank all of you that worked so hard to make this event another successful Car Show. Especially thank you to Richard and Deb Harris, along with Art and Alice Iodice for all the long hours and hard work
they did to pull this off. Great show guys!
Remember Peach Cobbler, yum yum, at Simply Southern
Smokehouse; see you there!
National Corvette Museum
Mike Woldanski
NCM Ambassador
On behalf of the National Corvette Museum, they would like to thank
everyone from our club for their support at the recent Car Show. The
Museum told me they sold over $4,700 of product and were impressed
with our entire club. It was a pleasure meeting Steve and Lucy Grilli who
gave of their time for the Museum. Please consider joining the Museum.
Pavilion / Garages Opening
Soon
Construction on the Kimberlee A. Fast Pavilion and garages will be complete
soon, offering covered, open-air picnic seating, showers, and restrooms with flushing toilets. The garages
will be available for day rentals and have a 2nd level
viewing platform to provide better visibility of the track.
We will be able to have access to the restrooms by the
end of the month.
X-Act Motorsports
Offering fun for first-time track day riders to the veteran racer, XAct Motorsports is slated to take the track August 8-9. No membership fees. Basic novice instruction for free and assistance to
those who seek to make improvements at any level (Early Registration $195/day or $370/weekend. Regular Registration $210/day
or $395/weekend. Fees apply for credit card or PayPal payments).
Learn more on their website at http://www.x-actmotorsports.com/
index.html
ACTIVITIES & UPCOMING EVENTS
Activities Central
by Jim Spore
The first thing I want to do is offer my congratulations and
thanks to Alice and Art Iodice along with Richard Harris for
the wonderful job they did organizing the 20 year anniversary of the Corvettes at the Beach Show. As Activities Director I know the countless hours that go into organizing a
show of that magnitude. GREAT JOB!!
I’d also like to thank every other person that contributed to
making the show a success for all their hard work. The
show was a record-breaking success which I know Alice will talk about in her article.
The following weekend we had an After Car Show Appreciation Party for everyone
that contributed to the success of the show before, during, and after the show.
Chicken and beverages were provided by the club, and members brought salads,
sides and TONS of wonderful desserts. No one went home hungry and lots of people took home a doggie bag of leftover chicken! Thanks go to Keith and Gwenn Mc
Daniels for making arrangements to have the party at the Residence Club House at
Barefoot Landing.
June also marked the start of a new cruise in location at the Grumpy Monk. Unfortunately I can’t say how things went because I will be/have been out of town before the
cruise in on June 18th, but several members have already been there and said the
food is very good. I’ll be there in July.
At our last meeting I asked how many people were interested in making a club trip to
Hilton Head, SC for the Concours d’ Elegance Show. This is a high-end auto show
that you have to be invited to participate in. So far we have 17 couples that plan to
go. This will be a three day, two night trip from October 30th to November 1st. I’ve
reserved a block of rooms at a great rate. If you are interested, send an email to me
at [email protected] and I will fill you in on all the details.
I’m also looking into an overnight trip to Charlotte, NC to see the Broadway show
“Motown the Musical.” If there is enough interest, the trip will be the first week of
September. I will have an “I’m interested” signup sheet at the July meeting, so check
your calendars.
UPCOMING EVENTS
Wednesday July 1 @ 6 PM Milardo’s Pizza & Sports
Pub Cruise in
Sunday July 12 MBCC Meeting at Simply Southern Smokehouse
Tuesday July 14 @ 6 PM Papa’s Pizza Cruise in
Thursday July 16 @ 6 PM Grumpy Monk Cruise In
October 30-November 1 Concours d’Elegance,
Hilton Head Island, SC
July 2015
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Car Show Chairpersons Report
A Tip of The Hat to all our great Volunteers, one last time!!
Alice and Art, Richard and Debbie want to say thank you to all of the volunteers who helped to
make the GREATEST show we ever had put on. Let’s recap what our club achieved this year.
(1) 314 Corvettes, a new record,
(2) 17 Vendors, also a new record and all wish to return next year,
(3) 256 people attended our Friday night party, also a new record,
(4) the 50/50 produced over $2,100.00 total, of which $1,100.00 will go to our charities.
A new twist was added to the 50/50 by adding an $800.00 ladies dinner ring donated by Hayes
Jewelers.
We have received numerous compliments on the bright new shirts we selected for our 20th
show, as well as the professional manner in which the show was run. Our sponsor, Myrtle Beach
Chevrolet, called us personally Sunday following the Show to say how proud they were to be our
sponsor and we could count on their support for the next years to come.
Due to the large number of guests registering at the Landmark Resort, we were able to award
a free night giveaway to 5 lucky Landmark guests attending the Welcome party - a one-night's
credit off their hotel bill.
We also worked our way through some computer snafus at the very end of the show and created the idea of calling all class winners to the stage and then working backwards 3/2/1st. It sped
the whole presentation process up and added a little excitement to the end of a very long day! The
results of the judging were completed by Monday afternoon, and all trophies were packaged
and shipped to the respective winners by Wednesday morning.
Another item most people may not be aware of are the 11 Corvettes from Georgia arriving
on Saturday morning, all set to register for the show. They were accompanied by a fellow member
who had back surgery and his doctor would not allow him to drive his Corvette. Although he had
called ahead to get permission to park with his fellow club members, he was refused entry. All of
his fellow club members elected not to register for the show. That is why so many Corvettes were
parked across the street from the show. Hopefully, we can convince these 12 cars to give us another shot next year!!
We have also received a number of requests from attendees to be notified of the dates and details of next year’s show so they can book rooms and make arrangements to attend the 2016 Car
Show.
Although this committee had a few detractors, we stand by what was achieved and what we will
continue to achieve in the future. Without the participation of our club members and those attendees from near and far, this show or any other car show could not have happened.
Again, congratulations to all those members who worked to make this show such an unqualified
success. Also a huge tip of our hats to you. You have all earned this and more.
Your “Corvettes at Myrtle Beach” car show Chairpersons
Alice, Art, Richard, and Debbie
Car Show Donation Committee Report
CAR SHOW DONATION COMMITTEE REPORT
Betty Freedman
I want to thank all those who solicited donations, goody bag items and door prizes for our 20 th Annual Corvettes at Myrtle Beach Car Show. It was great to see a lot more of our members, both long
time and new, getting donations.
Marlene Grover did an outstanding job putting together our silent auction baskets once again this
year. Our live auction of entertainment packages was a huge success. We received several compliments for advertising these packages and the selection of their contents. Frank Morea, Beverly &
Bob Rivest and Linda Meaders helped by soliciting their section of town, which allowed Maryellen
and me time to focus on our areas and the live auction packages.
Sharon Knost generously donated a beautiful stained glass stingray and Wayne Hilbourn surprised
us with a handmade wooden porch swing to be auctioned.
Special thanks go to my co-chair Maryellen Grabarz. We began soliciting donations in February
and didn’t stop until the last week of May. Maryellen once again gift wrapped all the door prizes,
ensuring that our guests and members with winning numbers received something they could use.
Linda Gengler and her committee did a great job soliciting and putting together the goody bags this
year.
This year, car show registrants booked 86 rooms at Landmark. Maryellen Grabarz, Linda Meaders
and I put together hospitality bags, which consisted of snacks that were given to each guest upon
arriving at Landmark. These bags were greatly appreciated by our guests and let them know that
we appreciated them coming to our show.
Thanks once again for a job well done.
MBCC 2015 Car Show Winners
MBCC 2015Car Show Winners
MBCC 2015Car Show Winners
MBCC 20th Annual Corvettes At Myrtle Beach
MBCC 20th Annual Corvettes At Myrtle Beach, cont’d.
OUR 2015 CHARITIES
VETERAN’S WELCOME HOME AND RESOURCE CENTER
WWW.VETERANSWELCOMEHOMEANDRESOURCECENTER.ORG
A non-profit organization dedicated to providing veterans who live in Horry,
Georgetown and Brunswick Counties with assistance in learning about and applying for benefits. They help veterans transition back into civilian life, helping with
benefits, job service and counseling. The resource center was founded by veterans
and others who support veterans and their rights and are all unpaid volunteers.
They are continually contacting our state, local and federal representatives in hopes
of getting them to improve Veterans benefits.
They accept no funding from any government agency and support their efforts by
donations only. They have helped over 1000 veterans this past year not knowing
where to turn to get benefits due them, plus assisting many with paying bills.
WWW.COASTALANIMALRESCUE.ORG
MISSION:
Coastal Animal Rescue, a 501(c) 3 organization, is proud to
be the only cage-free, no-kill, 100 % volunteer cat and dog
shelter in South Carolina. Our mission is to place rescued
cats and dogs into loving, permanent homes; to provide a
safe and loving home for unwanted cats and dogs in a
unique, cage-free environment; to prevent pet overpopulation through spaying and neutering; and to educate
the public about responsible pet ownership.
In addition, Coastal Animal Rescue:
- Feeds feral cat colonies from Georgetown to Little River and TNR all of them. Approximately 300 cats in total.
- Has never euthanized an animal except to eliminate suffering and imminent death.
- Provides a home to cats with AIDS and Leukemia.
- Teach responsible pet ownership to school children.
Important Safety Article!
A 72-year-old man from Port Arthur, Texas, died inside his dream car when the lock
system malfunctioned and he was trapped inside his 2007 Corvette with his dog,
Leia.
James Rogers and his pet both died of heat exhaustion earlier this week, police said.
The accident is not uncommon for some Corvette models, owners say. A low battery
or a low key fob battery can cause the locks to lock up. But there is a manual release
on the driver's side that allows occupants to bypass the battery, according to owners'
manuals.
Rogers apparently didn't know about that
according to KBMT-TV. A battery cable
had come loose, the station said.
He had just stopped in at a Waffle House,
where he was a regular. As he got in his
luxury car to leave, the doors and windows locked. He had accidentally left his
phone inside the restaurant, so he was
unable to call for help.
Another regular customer and employees
tried to rescue Rogers but couldn't get the
doors open. A firefighter eventually broke a window, but Rogers and his dog were already dead.
On an online Corvette forum, several posters detailed having been locked inside
their cars.
"I called my wife and daughter to let me out with the extra set of keys. They laughed
so hard and told everyone about it and they have made it a town joke about this,"
wrote a Corvette owner with the handle "syswayne."
Another regular customer and employees tried to rescue Rogers but couldn't get the
doors open. A firefighter eventually broke a window, but Rogers and his dog were already dead.
On an online Corvette forum, several posters detailed having been locked inside
their cars.
"I called my wife and daughter to let me out with the extra set of keys. They laughed
so hard and told everyone about it and they have made it a town joke about this,"
wrote a Corvette owner with the handle "syswayne."
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/texas-man-72-dies-trapped-corvettedream-car-article-1.2253934?cid=msn
Please patronize our sponsors
CRUISE IN CHANGES!
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1 Wednesday 6 PM
Milardo’s Pizza & Sports Bar
3264 Bus. HWY 17 Business Murrells Inlet
2nd Tuesday 6 PM
Papas Wings & Things
111 Pavilion Drive Little River
3rd Thursday 6 PM
The Grumpy Monk
4545 Hwy 501 Myrtle Beach
Please try and attend some of these great events, they are helping your club to
reach it’s goals and support our charities so let’s show them how much it’s appreciated and support their businesses also.
Thank You Members of the Myrtle Beach Corvette Club
OUR SPONSORS
Coastal Cosmetic Dental Associates
Wyman Wise
State Farm Insurance
OUR SPONSORS.
Bill and Val
McGarry
SURFWATER PROMOTOTIONS
Charlie and Debbie
Meade
Averill Automotives, Inc.
Coastal Corvettes in Ash, NC for
your restoration, repair, or paint-
Jim and Brenda
Falkler
Keith and
Gwenn
McDaniel
ing. Rick Osborne can be reached
at 910-754- 9537
JULY BIRTHDAY WISHES
Al Freedman
Joe Battista
Sandy Villano
Connie Wisniewski
Alice Iodice
Joe Burmer
Cathy DeBono
Charlie Torregrossa
Arlene Ashburn
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Sue Clark
Steve Clarke
Nancy Gianni
Keith McDaniel
Dawn Buckley
Ron Pietkewicz
Sheila Halterman
Dee Dee Oberer
JULY ANNIVERSARY WISHES
Jim & Estelle Boyd
Richard & Debra Harris
Robert & Jane Schwartzman
Steve & Terrell Cole
Jerry & Ellen Edwards
Keith & Barbara Bacon
Stan & Barbara Cook
Ted & Jackie Van Weeren
Howard & Arlene Ashburn
Bill & Sharon Knost
Marino & Rose Garbin
Ron & Marie Pietkewicz
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Newsletter Articles and Classifieds
We encourage members to submit articles and items for publication in the Vette Gazette. Subjects can include car shows, mystery trips, fun runs, events, tech tips, Corvette news, parties and more. Pictures are desirable.
For MBCC members and Sponsors, we offer free classifieds for Corvette related items
such as cars, accessories, parts and services. Please include a brief description, price ,
picture and contact information of items for sale.
Please email to [email protected] by the 25th of each month.
Myrtle Beach Chevrolet & Cadillac
Sales Manager Scott Urban
Car Sales: (843) 492-6634
Service: (843) 492-0729
Parts: (843) 492-0729
1785 Highway 501 Myrtle Beach SC 29577
MBCC members are offered discounts for parts, accessories and service.
"East Coast Artie" for pin striping and air brush art. He is located at 475 Sandy Lane, Suite
G, Surfside Beach, SC 29676
phone 843-712 2627.
Coastal Corvettes in Ash, NC
for your restoration, repair, or
painting. Rick Osborne can be
reached at 910-754- 9537
For Sale—UPDATED!
2004 Corvette Sport Coupe
Black with black interior
LS1, 350hp engine
Automatic
CD player, leather seats, 6 way
power driver seat, active handling system, magnetic selective
ride, dual-zone electronic air
conditioning, dual removable
roof panels and floor mats.
4 Sumitomo tires installed in
2013
Optional equipment installed:
Dynatech Supermaxx 1 3/4"
Stainless Steel Headers, Hi Flow
Cats and X-Pipe
High Performance Brake Rotors
and Brake Caliper Covers
High Flow Air Intake Duct with
Twin Flow Air Intake
Corsa Exhaust System with ProSeries 3-1/2" Tips
Black Bra and Car Cover
Trunk carpet with Logo
Optima CA 910 Battery
Very Good Condition
No Damage
58,000 Miles
$20,000
Contact Bob Furfaro
MBCC Member
843-237-5424
843-655-9401
March 2014
For Sale
2009 Corvette (C/6) Convertible, LS 3
Red Tint Clearcoat (burgundy), sable top and interior with the following options:
3 LT
Z/51 Suspension
Navigation
Heads up Display
Chrome Z/06 Wheels
Automatic top
Dual Mode Exhaust (mild to wild installed)
6 Speed manual Transmission (rare)
In addition I will include a corvette museum official laminated window sticker and build
sheet, a cover, and embroidered floor mats.
CARFAX will reflect all appropriate service intervals and no insurance claims. Recent
battery and recent November 2014 service at J Kuhns including a radiator flush.
Currently has 17800 miles and is excellent in every way. No dings, no damage. Balance
of 7yr. 70K warranty covering Power train/electronics/suspension/etc. (coverage available
for 43 more months after $35 transfer of owner fee)
Now is the time to step into that perfect, beautiful C/6 you've been wanting. Asking
$38,500
Contact Tony McDonald
MBCC Member
843-236-7799
[email protected]
February 2015
For Sale
I have a 1979 corvette in need of a little tlc. Original body and paint, with an
updated 350 crate motor and automatic transmission. The body has 187k
miles on it. Brand new seats and carpet, non-leaking t-tops, and a new Retro
sound stereo. Runs and drives great, asking $10,000. Feel free to call, text or
e-mail me for more info.
Stephanie Butler
843-902-6416
[email protected]
December 2014
A 1999 Corvette convertible, silver with a white top that I
would like to sell. The car has only 4730 miles, as I kept it
as a collector car. It has never been driven in the rain or
snow. The car has all the bells and whistles available in
1999. My health is such that I can no longer drive the
car. The vehicle is located in Charleston, SC. The price
is $22,000
Please contact me:
Ed Kosnik
614-296-3990
[email protected]
October 2014
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