August 2012 - TOGCC Corvette Club
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August 2012 - TOGCC Corvette Club
TOUCH OF GLASS CORVETTE CLUB NEWSLETTER VETTE CHATTER Volume 11 - Issue 8 - August 2012 Back Roads Bunch July Cruise Night Marshall, TX Seldom do we start a cruise in the rain, yet we had five hardy Corvette Club members bring out their pride and joys for a little camaraderie and enjoy a Marshall Cruise Night. Larry and Deb, Linda Cates, Russ, Johnny and Harriet, and Linda I had a really fine time. We ate at the Cajon-Tex restaurant. Craig and Dale joined us little later. Good time for all. Peters Chevrolet Is Proud To Sponsor Touch Of Glass Corvette Club Vette Chatter page 2 Door Prize for lucky Cruise Participant Page 3 MINUTES FOR THE JULY 2012 TOGCC CLUB MEETING July 3, 2012 President, Jim Spearman, called the meeting to order at 6:40 p.m. New members, Dan & Eileen Finkelstein of Troup were introduced and welcomed to club. They have a 2012 orange gran sport coupe. Sheryl read the minutes from the June meeting. Motions were made to accept the minutes. Jim Spearman gave the treasurer’s report in Linda’s absence which reflected a club balance of $6,081.59 as of June 30, 2012. A motions were made to accept the treasurer report. CLUB BUSINESS: Russ Shepard brought up ideas to use some of the money in bank account. One suggestion was a club flag at the Corvette Museum. Other suggestions were made and decided that we will discuss more at future meetings. Russ brought up sending the newsletter as a link to website. ACTIVITIES: July 14th – Marshall Cruise Night July 21st – A&J’s Fish House, Lake Fork Dinner Cruise Aug 9th-12th - Winter Park, Vettes of the Rockies Oct 4th-7th – Eureka Springs Corvette Weekend, Eureka Springs, AR Oct 13th – Vettes on the Square, Granbury Oct 27th – Tentative date for shrimp boil Dec 1st – Tentative date for Christmas party PREVIOUS ACTIVITIES: June 2nd – 2nd Annual Big Cypress Corvette, Jefferson Texas TOGCC had 12 -13 cars. Around 100 vettes. Dennis won 50/50 June 9th – Marshall Cruise Night June 16th – Bonnie & Clyde Trade Days & Corvette Show in Arcadia 4 cars from TOGCC went. John Pierce won People’s Choice. Russ won door prize, $50 Walmart gift card 50/50 drawing went to Dale Wallace in the amount of $21.50 Motions made to adjourn meeting at 7:30 p.m. Respectfully submitted by: Sheryl Caraway TOGCC Secretary Vette Chatter Page 4 I always enjoy meeting up at Peters for various runs that we take. The large inventory of all the beautiful cars and trucks at Peters, it just feels good to be there. On this day TOGCC had 13 Corvettes meet and convoy to A.J.’s Fish House at Lake Fork, where we met up with 4 more TOGCC Corvettes. Vette Chatter page 5 In July there were 2 raffle winners 1. Build your own 2013 427 Convertible, won by Brian Granger of Queensbury, NY, ticket #581 out of 748 sold, of possible 1,000. 2. 2013 60th Anniversary Grand sport Corvette, won by Thomas Alvy of Hendon, VA, Sold 1657 out of 1994 tickets. Upcoming Raffles 1, Build Your Own ZO6 or GS with $60,000 Cash Option, Thursday, August 2 at 2 PM. Limited to 1,500 tickets At $150 per ticket. 2. Build Your Own GS with $50,000 Cash Option, Thursday, August 16 at 2 PM. Limited to 1994 tickets at $100 per ticket. 3. 427 Convertible Corvette Raffle, Friday August 31 at 4 PM. Limited to 1,000 tickets at $250 per ticket. 4. Black Convertible Raffle, Saturday, Sept 1 at 3:30 PM. Unlimited tickets at only $10. To See full details on these raffle Cars Please check with National Corvette web site: http//www.corvettemuseum.org/raffle/index.shtml It’s Still Not Too Late! August 4th we are making our once a year run to Skyline Drive between Talihena, OK and Mena, AR. Spending the August 4th night at Sun Country Inn 877-394-7477 an Mena, AR. Vette Chatter Page 6 Vette Chatter Page 7 First Tuesday of each month join us at the Jalapeno Tree Restaurant in Longview, Texas for the Monthly TOGCC Club Meeting. Restaurant is at the intersection of highway 259 and highway 80. Come early and join us for dinner and great company. Restaurant starts seating at 5:45 pm and the Club Meeting starts at 6:30. See you there!!!!! Interested in advertising your business Please Contact Linda Spicer WEEKLY E-MAIL NOTICE: If you are not receiving your weekly Club Activities e- TOGCC Advertising mail, please send an e-mail to [email protected] and we can update our address. VETTE CHATTER The Monthly Newsletter of the Touch Of Glass Corvette 2011 TOGCC Officers / Other Positions Jim Spearman President 903--918-2515 Evan Spicer Vice President 903-238-6521 Russ Shepard Website Administrator 903-237-8274 Sheryl Caraway Secretary 903-522-1260 Linda Spicer Treasurer 903-235-2019 Russ Shepard NCM Ambassador 903-237-8274 Dennis Dick Newsletter Editor 903-736-4537 John Paul Activities Director 903-985-3131 Doin Tipton Board of Director 903-235-2130 Wayne White Club Shirts 903-240-5155 Deb Rada Court. Card Coordinator 903-565-0015 Website: TOGCC.org The deadline for all newsletter articles will be the 20th. of each month. E-Mail to [email protected] All Contributions Welcome Peters Chevrolet Directory www.peterscars.com (877) 615-3187 SCOTT PETERS GENERAL SALES MANAGER 903-291 -3329 RANDY DUGAN CHEVROLET SALES MANAGER 903-291 -3356 DAVID TAYLOR PARTS & SERVICE DIRECTOR 903-291 -3369 SCOTT DARCEY CHEVROLET PARTS MANAGER 903-291 -3366 JOE JORDAN MORPAR PARTS MANAGER 903-291 -3330 ISAAC TOVAR CORVETTE SALES SPECIALIST 903-291 -3350 EDDIE WILLIAMS CHEVROLET SERVICE ADVISOR 903-291 -3347 PATTY BRYD CHEVROLET SERVICE ADVISOR 903-291 -3322 JOHN WIESINGER CHEVROLET PRODUCTION MANAGER 903-291 -3342 KEITH PETERS ACCESSORY & AFTERMARKET SPECIALIST 903-291 -3341 JEFF COLLINS DIGITAL MARKETING DIRECTOR 903-291 -3324