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July 2010

P.O. Box 14 Coos Bay OR. 97420

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Officer & Board Members 2010 Inside Stor y Hea dlin e

CLUB OFFICERS

Dick Bentley –President

Frank Murray –Vice President

Bob Lovioe –Secretary

Karen Kime /Treasure

WEB MASTER Justin Macduff—Contacts Doug Kime 541-267-4787

Frank Murray,541-551-0147 and Pete Devereaux 541-297-8399

NEWS EDITOR’s

Doug Kime 541-267-4687 E-mail kime1@aol.com

SUNSHINE GIRL Pat Nielsen 541-267-2572 Jubilee Chairman Ed Nielsen 541-297-1362 Co-Chair Doug Kime 541-297-5982 BOARD MEMBERS Dave O Donnell Bob Lovoie Darrell King Pete Devereaux Bud Freeman Larry Kelley

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Hello Everyone…

Wish you all could have been along on our trip to Lake Tahoe we had a ball. On Thursday we left at 8:00 am from Bunker Hill School and

headed south to Myrtle Point and had breakfast. From there we drove to Mt. Shasta and had lunch which was interesting Bud noticed some ho-

bos beside the cars and he had his top down so the guys moved the cars in front of the restaurant. No damage to the cars at least. From there we

moved on down the road to Williams and stayed at Grazella’s. The motel has been remodeled and it was terrific. We ate again at the restraunt in

Next morning we left for Lake Tahoe on the way we stopped and shopped at Placerville. Nice stopping place since we would get into Tahoe at

11:30 or so. Again on the road we arrived at the Montbleu Casino and checked in. Everything was terrific we even had a jacuzzi in the rooms,

Oh! What fun. Of course we gambled and won and lost as expected.

They had about 100 cars and they all were shined and polished and dusted and all the things us guys and gals do to our cars before judging. Of

course I helped this time. They had vendors that sold lots of different stuff so we got to shop also. Ed was a little disappointed because there

were 6 other 50th anniversary models and he was sure that he stood no chance to earn a prize.

We went on the poker run which seemed very short this year and not very scenic but, we saw places we hadn’t seen before which is why they

have poker runs. Back to the Casino and of course to a little gambling and of course resting.

The banquet had very good speakers both gentlemen had raced cars and told us just what they went thru to get sponsors and training to get on the

circuit. There was a video playing of last years cars and winners and of some of the goings on of this year. This was very nice. The awards were

finally handed out and Boy was Ed surprised he took a third in his class out of a field of 30. Pretty good huh!

Since both the Freeman’s and the Nielsen’s had to be home on Monday we left Lake Tahoe behind and drove home. Had a great time and enjoy-

able company. You can’t ask for better.

Ed and Pat, Bud and Gail

Pat, hide all the corvette catalogs,Ed’s shopping —-1st place below

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Passing of one of our Members and friend

Randy Hays April 12, 1943—-May 19, 2010

Randy will be missed by all

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JULY

16-17 CORVETTES ON THE BAY SIGN UP NOW AND REMEMBER TO PUT

TOGETHER A BASKET FOR THE RAFFLE

Bid Items :Nights Lodging and Dinner for 2 @ The Mill Casino

Nights lodging And Breakfast for Three Rivers Casino

Rifle

Many Baskets to win

We will have for the Ladies, Pink Papaya rep.

AUGUST

2ND THIRD ANNUAL -KING ESTATES WINE TOUR AND LUNCH LV PONY

VILLAGE 9:30

14 15 COWBOY DINNER TREE SIGN UP NOW AND CHOOSE 1 Whole Roasted Chicken OR 26- OZ STEAK $23.50 per person

100% pure essential oils; body & bath, made with luxurious scents and botanical extracts; and skincare, fusing sci-

ence with nature. also a Jewelry Person, and a masseuse, to get those kinks out

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Rhody Parade Florence two from Pacific Coast Corvettes ( Pres Dick

Bentley and yours truly ,plus three from Ore-

gon Coasts corvettes , Neal and company

Chain saw carving contest ,and Corvette Show Reedsport

1st place Jerry Weston Great C-6 carving

2nd place Doug Kime Nights lodging at Salbasgeon Inn on the Umpqua

river and $25 gift cert. to Napa

3rd place Bill Trentz $25 gift cert. to

Napa

New Baby for Frank & Kathe Murray

2006 Le Mans Blue

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1. What was the first year the Corvette was officially exported by Chevrolet to Saudi Arabia?

2. What year was the first for an official trailer towing package for the Corvette?

3. Three times Chevrolet set up a paint color/code and only painted 1 Corvette that color all

year. When were these three cars produced?

4. What unique feature would you experience if you actually drove the Corvette from the

movie "Corvette Summer?"

5. Another feature from 1962 came back on the c-5 corvette rather than the C-6 Corvette. What

is it?

I've got a few questions about Corvettes just for giggles.

1 How many 1983 Corvettes were built (I know none for the public, but there were some

built)?

2 How many 1983 Corvettes are known to survive and where are they?

3 How many 1962 (I think) Corvettes were painted in Cadillac Amherst Pink (I may have the

color off, but its a metallic pink Cadillac color)?

4 How many are known to survive and their known locations?

5 What engine powered Zora Arkus Duntov's personal Corvette

6 What year did Corvette first go to test in Germany?

7 What are/were the assembly plants for Corvette's throughout the years?

8 What year did Chevrolet build the 1,000,000th Corvette?

9 Where is that 1,000,000th Corvette currently located?

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July Birthdays

Craig Thurmond 2

Debra Heide 3

Bud Freeman 5

Pete Devereaux

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Linda Bentley 25

Rebecca Delia 30

Lew Ball 3

Jack Granby 8

Dennis Anderson

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Spence Heide 19

Jerry Hearing 24

August birthdays

It’s not to late to sign up for the July Jubilee ,we have 26 cars signed up and 8 of those are MEM-

BERS,

I would really hate to see the Club turn out such a poor showing

This is your club !! HELP MAKE IT A GREAT CLUB!!

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Answers for fun. May.

1. 1974, to appease OPEC.

2. 1982, as Roger Smith considered a way to get more people to buy the Corvette, without - you know - giving people

what they WANT.

3. One in 1955, one in 1967, and one in 2003.

4. It massages your balls as you rev the engine. Wait, I think I know this one... It was a right hand drive model.

5. Horsepower. I'd say split rear window, but I've never seen a C5 with one of those.

Ok here are some answers to my favorite car.

1. The number of Corvettes produced in 1983 are said to be between 43-47.

2. Only one survives at of course the Corvette Museum.

3. The pink corvette is a 1964 model.

4. Just one exists and was said to be owned by the wife of a Chevy Executive.

5. 1974 Sting Ray

6. I am not sure but the first corvette tested in Germany was the C-5R in 1999-2000.

7. St. Louis 1953-1981, Bowling Green 1981-till date.

8. One millionth corvette was produced on 2nd June 1992. A white convertible with black top.

9. It is located in the National Corvette Museum