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Page | 1 December 2018
Contents Office of the President ................................................................................................................................................. 2
From the Governor’s desk… ......................................................................................................................................... 3
General Meeting Minutes ............................................................................................................................................ 4
Articles .......................................................................................................................................................................... 7
Fast Draw ................................................................................................................................................... 7
Where You Been Lately? ........................................................................................................................... 9
CCC Social Events Overview ........................................................................................................................................ 12
December 2018 ACTIVITIES ..................................................................................................................... 17
USEFUL LINKS .............................................................................................................................................................. 17
CCC Points Totals ........................................................................................................................................................ 19
Happy Birthday ........................................................................................................................................................... 26
For Sale ....................................................................................................................................................................... 27
CCC Contributors ........................................................................................................................................................ 28
Page | 2 December 2018
Office of the President
The holidays are upon us. Giving us pause to reflect on the
many great blessings we have been given, family, friends,
health and prosperity.
I am also grateful to be a part of this Corvette Club. I have
been able to see so many great things. The support this
club gives to those who need it. The willingness to help and
support other members of this club in all types of ways.
Sure this is a Corvette club but it is also a club of people
and some very wonderful people, in deed.
I am so grateful we live in a free country and appreciate the opportunities that affords me. One of those
is being able to drive and enjoy our Corvettes. Going where we please, as we please in such a fine
automobile. Racing and gathering as a group that enjoy our Corvettes.
As we look back at all the enjoyment we have had in our Corvettes this year and then look forward to
what is yet to come. May we take a moment and appreciate what we have been a part of.
My family and I want to wish you all the joy and happiness the New Year can contain. We also want to
thank you for being who you are and the privilege it has been to be involved with this Corvette Club.
Your
President,
Kevin Reit
Page | 3 December 2018
From the Governor’s desk…
Well, it finally happened, the snow has come and seems to want to stay. I know
my car is tucked in and covered in the heated garage until warmer weather
comes our way again. Spring is only 80 days away, be here before we know it,
right?
The race season is now over and I must say, the adventure Ray Kennedy, Gene
Gau and myself had going to Ohio is something that will live in infamy, Look in
this month’s edition, I know Gene did a write up. We did have a lot of fun and
met some great people from the Mid-West region. If you haven’t had a chance to travel to events out of
region, I strongly suggest it. The NCCC as a whole is one great big family.
As we prepare for Christmas and New Year’s, I would like to thank everyone that came out to the Toys
for Tots holiday party. Your generosity is appreciated and on a grand scale. As we approach the New
Year, remember we will be choosing charities, including local ones, which can benefit from an
organization such as ours. We will still support the national charity, St. Jude’s but we will also add local
ones as well. Be thinking of organizations that can benefit from us supporting them as we will submit
ideas in a future general meeting. At the time of writing this I do not know how much our contribution
to St. Jude’s will be this year, but we will announce it at the general meeting once determined.
Stay warm. It’s okay to sit in your car in the garage and make engine noises. Be safe if traveling. Have a
Merry Christmas, enjoy the holiday season and have a Happy New Year. Go ahead, ask Santa for a new
or another Corvette.
Don’t forget, we still have business to attend to at our general meetings, we look forward to seeing you
there during the winter months. As I mentioned earlier, spring is right around the corner (it’s a long
corner) and we will right back into activities in the club that has something for everyone.
Page | 4 December 2018
General Meeting Minutes November 15, 2018
FINAL
Kevin Reit, Club President, presided over the meeting.
The meeting began by reciting the Pledge of Allegiance.
Kevin made the following announcements:
1. There will be a January General Meeting since our Awards Banquet will be in March. The new Board Members
will be sworn in at the January meeting and will take office in February. There will not be a March General
Meeting.
2. The West Region scholarship racing event in Lincoln in October raised $1,473.00.
3. The National Convention will be held in Denver on July 7th- 12th.
4. We have renewed our contract with BelAir Banquet Hall for 2019.
5. We will be taking a Club picture with our cars next Spring and are looking for a location to take the pictures by
drones.
6. He recognized Ron Bockerman, West Region Treasurer, Gary Brisbois, West Region RCD, and Kathy Brisbois,
National Parliamentarian.
7. Jerry and Kathy Koraleski are still collecting non-perishable food items for the Stephens Center.
8. Kathy Brisbois is collecting toiletries for a homeless shelter.
(9) J B Benedict is still collecting newspapers for Hearts United for Animals.
Jayne Reit read the names of members with birthdays in November.
Carolyn Horst, Secretary, asked for a motion to accept the minutes from the October 2018 meeting. Sandy Swift
made a motion to approve the minutes and Cheryl Sondyj seconded the motion.
Pete Fagan, Summer Festival Chairman, said he has a few Summer Festival shirts available for sale.
Pete Fagan, Editor, asked that we keep sending him articles for the Newsletter.
In the absence of the Social Director, Bob Redmond, Mike Manly told us of the following events:
1. Toys for Tots Dinner at Cascios on December 1st
2. Kansas City Trip on December 7th – 9th
3. Meet and Greet at Ragazzi’s on December 12th.
Member at Large, Ron Hernandez had nothing to report.
Chris Tooker, Membership Director, told us we are in the process of renewing for next year and have 180
renewals so far. He will make final calls to contact members who have not responded.
Ray Zimmerman, Public Relations, told us we had 31 contributors this year. He drew Linda Adam’s name for the
winner of a free meal next month for wearing her name badge to the meeting.
Page | 5 December 2018
Ray Kennedy, Vice President, asked those who have traveling awards to bring them to next month’s meeting.
Don Angeroth is collecting names for the Patriot Racing Team Award, so get ahold of Don with recommendations.
This award will be presented at the January meeting. We have over 30 Club members who will be members of
the 2018 200 Club in the West Region. If you are not able to attend the Christmas Party, you may bring your toy
for Toys for Tots to any Club member to bring to the dinner at Cascios. There will be a special guest at the Toys
for Tots Dinner so you may want to bring your camera. There will be a meeting of the By Laws Review Committee
next month at McAlisters.
Tom Horeis, Treasurer, went over the budget figures for October by line item.
Jon Brown, Governor, thanked the CCC members who worked at the West
Region Scholarship Fund Raiser in October where $1,473 was raised.
Permanent racing number forms will be going out from Gary Brisbois after
the first of the year. If you do not have a permanent number, there will
be a $3.00 charge each race to get the number you want. April 6, 2019 is
the date for the West Region Banquet at Echo Valley Country Club in Des
Moines. CCI is hosting and is having a mid afternoon meeting. The Rule
Book for racing will be the same next year with no changes. Dale
Samuelson is the newly elected NCCC President. Kathy Brisbois remains
Parliamentarian, Joe Eller is still Vice President of Competition, and
Theresa Eller is Social Media Manager. In the West Region Gary Brisbois remains Regional Competition Director
and Carol Williamson is a member of the Scholarship Committee. Hard NCCC membership cards are being mailed
in January. Be sure to let Jon know right away if there are any corrections that need to be made to your
membership card. Do not mark any Emails you receive from NCCC as Spam. NCCC scholarship applications will
open January 7th if you have a family member who would like to apply. Registration for the 2019 National
Convention in Denver will open Saturday, February 2nd. The 2020 National Convention will be in Indianapolis.
Don Angeroth, Competition Director, told us the driving school will be on May 11th next year.
Kevin recognized and thanked the cone cleaning crew: Don Angeroth, Gene Gau, Craig Pandil, Randy Williams,
Kathy Brisbois, Gary Brisbois, Bob Hegwood, Jerry Koraleski, Ray Kennedy and Ray Zimmerman.
Gene Gau, Corner Worker Chairman, drew names of eligible corner workers for prize awards from our
contributors. Those winning the awards were Linda Adams, Jerry Koraleski, Kevin Reit, Sharon Renshaw and
Carolyn Horst.
J B Benedict, Points Chairman, told us the social points cut off is the December General Meeting. There were
eleven cars in the Veterans Parade. He informed us our Club is
in first place by about 9,000 competition points.
Old Business – None
New Business – The results of the Board of Directors election
was given by Kevin. All those running unopposed were elected.
Member at Large was the only contested position. The winners
were Sharon Renshaw and Steve Wright.
Kevin thanked Shelly, Holly and Candace for the great food and
hospitality.
Page | 6 December 2018
The Birthday winner for November was Mary Ann Laaker. Mary Ann is having a birthday party on November 18th
and the entire Club is invited.
The Service One Gift Card to Kum & Go for $50 was presented by John Salmans to Ray Zimmerman.
The 50/50 winner was Linda Adams in the amount of $133.00.
Ray Zimmerman drew names for a few contributor gift cards. Winners were: Jayne Reit, Sandy Swift, Don
Bowden, Kevin Schraeder, and Dennis Shafer.
Kevin asked for a motion to destroy the election ballots from this evening. Perry Dawes made a motion that the
ballots be destroyed and Gene Gau seconded the motion. The motion was passed unanimously. The Secretary is
to destroy the ballots.
A motion was made to adjourn by Ray Zimmerman and seconded by Dave Ferguson.
Respectfully submitted,
Carolyn A. Horst
Secretary
Winner, Winner
Chicken Dinner!
Page | 7 December 2018
Articles
Fast Draw
On Wednesday evening November 7th the River City
Gunslingers, Cowboy Fast Draw Club hosted the
Cornhusker Corvette Club at their home range. The
range is located south and west of the Honey Creek
exit off of I-29 in Iowa. Randy and Johnny Lynn
Williams own the farm that the home range is located
on.
Dave Williams welcomed the Corvette Club and
provided a brief background about the club followed by a detailed explanation of how to
properly handle, load and fire the gun when participating in
Cowboy Fast Draw. Attendees wanting to shoot were then
assisted by members of the River City Gunslingers. Several of
the attendees did shoot while many others just wanted to
watch. Everyone had a good time, snacks were provided and
following the event several attendees indicated they would be
joining the club.
Thanks to the eleven River City Gunslingers who
volunteered to help and the 25 corvette club attendees –
4 of which are already River City Gunslingers.
Corvette Club Members attending
the 11/7/18 Cowboy Fast Draw
Demo
Gene and Kathy Gau
Don and Marilyn Angeroth
John Salmans
Randy and Johnny Lynn Williams
Dave and Karen Williams
Jerry Koraleski
George and Carolyn Horst
Ray Kennedy
Craig and Pam Johnson
Page | 8 December 2018
Gary and Cheryl Sondyj
Bob and Barb Redmond
Kevin Reit
Jane Sainz
Linda Adams
Allen and Palmer Sohl
Ben Williams
Page | 9 December 2018
Where You Been Lately?
We hurried home after a plentiful Thanksgiving feast because I knew seat time was 6 am, and Ray would
be early. Sure enough, at 510 am, I got a text, I’m hooked up. Who knew? That was the beginning of
our trip to Toledo. We being Ray Kennedy, Jonathon Brown and me. The two figured they needed one
more weekend of competing in order to stay in the top 15 in NCCC points standings in the nation.
Ray drove the first leg until the sun came up and I took over. After a fuel stop, Ray stocked up on junk
food. Have you ever smelled pork rinds in a tight place? I know you have George. Well these weren’t
quite as bad as the ones you had in Bowling Green, but on as scale of 1 to 10, they were a 9. I stayed
behind the wheel until we got to Elkhart, Indiana. We were invited to stay at Mike and Diane Jobe’s
house. They are real nice people with comfortable rooms. I thought for a while I was in a room with a
Coast Guard guy with all the snoring and farting going on, but it turned out to be Ray.
We left a 6am and headed for Toledo. Upon arriving, we encountered wind, rain and cold weather. Just
perfect for auto crossing. Rene Cardenas had set up a fun course and Ray and Jonathon had a ball while I
worked the start line and froze my you know what off.
On Saturday night we stayed at a Days
Inn, recommended by a friend of Rays.
He said it was a great place, and it turns
out it wasn’t. We should have guessed
with room rates of $29.00 for two king
sized beds. The hallway was filthy,
room keys wouldn’t work, the rooms
were either 50 degrees or 90 degrees, the
food was cold and the waitress was
retarded. The best was yet to come. We
were joined by Reagan Kennedy, Ray’s
younger and better-looking brother.
Page | 10 December 2018
After our scrumptious dinner, we retired to our rooms. At
1:15 am, a loud banging on Ray’s door woke him and
Reagan up. With guns drawn, Ray peeked through the peep
hole. On the other side was a good-looking black lady of the
evening. She hollered, “you guys call for a date” to which
Reagan replied, leave or get shot. Of course, neither of them
would admit to calling her. She must have had the wrong
room. Sunday morning found us in the free breakfast room.
Hard boiled eggs and bagels. WOW! Coffee was good and
cold. Needless to say, this place is not on our return trip any time soon.
It wasn’t as cold Sunday morning and not raining, thank
God. Rene let outta towners run all seven events right out of
the chute. We were out of there at 10 am our time. A lot of
people were sending texts about the bad weather in our path.
Yeah right, roads were clear. About 2 pm, holy crap. The
worst road conditions I’ve ever driven. Towards the end of
the day, it took me four hours to go 50 miles. Without the
help of Ray guiding me and Jonathon constantly on his
phone, I would have gotten lost on the interstate. I couldn’t tell sometimes if I was still on the road. Only
the rumble strips kept me on track.
Ray was in the passenger seat and at one time said that he was so
nervous and up tight, that you couldn’t drive a 16 penny nail up his
ass with a sledge hammer. We laughed for a long time after that
one. Semi’s would go around us doing 50 miles per hour and one
almost hit our mirror, couldn’t have been more than ¼ inch
clearance. When we arrived at our motel, I was worn out. Jonathon
did a great job finding us a place to stay. Some hotels had raised
prices over $100.00, just because of the storm.
Hopefully, both guys will stay in the top 15, we should all be proud of their accomplishments. I hope
they both get an award next year in Denver. That’s where I’ve been lately, hopefully never again in such
bad driving conditions.
Gene
Page | 11 December 2018
Veteran’s Day Parade
We had a few diehard fans out there while slacker like me stayed indoors. BRrrrr!
Page | 12 December 2018
Toys for Tots
(Pictures courtesy of Sandy Swift)
Page | 13 December 2018
The gift I brought was this big!
REALLY it was!
Page | 14 December 2018
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Page | 17 December 2018
CCC Social Events Overview Additional details & updates are on the CCC Website: www.cornhuskercorvette.club
(Go to the News, Events & Calendar tab, find the event date on the calendar, then click details)
December 2018 ACTIVITIES 12/1 – (Saturday) Toys for Tots
• Cascio's Steak House - 1620 S 10th Street Starting at 6pm • Bring an unwrapped child’s gift for Toys for Tots
• Flyer attached
• Signup deadline is 11/15 general meeting
12/20 – (Thursday) General meeting, Bel-Air Banquet Hall (dinner starts 6pm, meeting 7–8pm, social 8-9pm) **PLEASE NOTE THE NEW STARTING TIME FOR OUR CCC GENERAL MEETINGS!
January 2019 ACTIVITIES
1/17 – (Thursday) General Meeting: Don’t forget, since we moved the annual banquet we will have a meeting in Jan. Remember ** Bring the following donation items to our general CCC meeting:
▪ Nonperishable food donations for the Stevens Center (Jerry Koraleski)
▪ Toiletries for Mohm’s & other Homeless Shelters (Kathy Brisbois)
▪ Newspapers for HUA (JB)
For add’l information & updates on CCC club socials or events, see the links below:
USEFUL LINKS
CCC Socials, NCCC & Other Area Events on CCC website: www.CornhuskerCorvetteClub.com or
www.cornhuskercorvette.club. Go to “News & Events Calendar” tab, find the date on the calendar, click on event
name, then click on “details” for additional information &/or any changes.
Page | 18 December 2018
Current/Past newsletters: http://cornhuskercorvette.club/news-events-calendar
Past/present club pictures: www.CCCmemories.com
Page | 19 December 2018
CCC Points Totals Current as of 4 Oct 18
Page | 20 December 2018
Page | 21 December 2018
EVENTS
Page | 22 December 2018
Page | 23 December 2018
Dysfunctional Christmas
Page | 24 December 2018
Page | 25 December 2018
Santa Showed up at Ray Kennedy’s by mistake.
Page | 26 December 2018
Happy Birthday
December
2nd Rex Benjamin
3rd William Backerman
Jullie Ury
4th Cheryl Sondyj
5th Pat Walling
Lee Benham
Lyle Eckberg
6th Randy Johnson
Richard Lynch
Anne Schmidt
8th Ed Olsen
Neil Schumacher
9th Sharon Renshaw
14th Nancy Bronner
15th James Mooney
16th Donald Knobbe
17th Donald Meredith
20th Donald Bowden
Don Labrie
21st Wanda Allen
22th Brian Hertziger
Ray Kenndey
24th Ron Bockerman
Michael Fitzpatrick
Karia Gustafson
26th Craig Pandil
27th Sheree Pandil
28th Thomas Horeis
31st Donald Nelson
Terri Smeija
January 1st Michelle Benedict
6th Walter Stecki
7th Linda Adams
Tim Malloy
8th Stephanie Basham
11th Nick Gau
Julie Cotton
Dale Wepfer Jr.
12th Daniel Berlowitz
Dave Ferguson
13th David Domnanish
15th Charles Larsen
16th Casey Booth
Mary Gene Wepfer
18th Ron Smith
19th Tristan Siggers
20th Kris Dail
Travis Jansen
21st Trudy Benedict
23rd Terry Breen
24th E.J. Poss
Dick Smith
27th Marylin Walling
Howard Renshaw
Twyla Dishong
29th Kris Bivens
Pat Bivens
Carrie Crew
Pete Fagan
31st Monica Baxter
Page | 27 December 2018
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Page | 28 December 2018
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Page | 29 December 2018
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