President: Jim Wells 541-660-1964 / Vice President: Ron Cook 541-956-8683 /Treasurer: Glenn Dean 541-471-7016 / Show Chair: Kathy Simmons 541-592-6609 / Temporary Secretaries Carolyn Hartzell & Joy Westberg/ Newsletter: Joy Westberg

Cruising News . . . August 2020

A great RVCC picnic at Steve’s place!Greetings Fellow Car Club Members. Every once in a while we have to give our Club a pat on the back for all the fine work we do for our community. That’s what our Annual RVCC Picnic this past Sunday was all about. Many thanks to Club member Steve Helvic for hosting the picnic on his beautiful property. We dined on delicious barbecue from Papa Terrell’s. Enjoyed the cool breezes coming off the Rogue even though the day was warm. Doused each other with water balloons. And left Steve’s place stuffed to the gills with barbecue and cake. What a great way to spend a Sunday afternoon with RVCC friends. Jim

Kudos from Club Members Jan Powell and Tom Derryberry: “We had an enjoyable afternoon as I believe all in attendance did. I appreciate all your efforts to guide this group and steer it away from going into a ditch. I’m really pleased with the denim shirt that I received yesterday. It’s also a “Collector’s Item” as the emblem reads 2020 Fabulous 50s. Thanks again.”

Upcoming cruises, events, and other updatesDrive By Car Show, Friday, August 14, Lakeland Senior Living, Eagle PointOur Club will be meeting at the Best Western in Rogue River at 2 pm to caravan to the Center at 261 Loto Street in Eagle Point. The Drive By Car Show is scheduled for 3 pm. If you’d like to join in, Jim Wells will be at the Rogue River Best Western to lead our Club caravan. The Lakeland seniors are really excited about our visit. They will be voting on their favorite car and will award a restaurant gift certificate to the winner. Contact Jim for more info (541-660-1964).

22nd Annual MDA Benefit Car Show, August 14-16, Lucky 7 Casino, Smith River, CAPre-registration on Friday evening August 14. The judged car show on Saturday, August 15 will run from 8 am until 4 pm. The Best of Show prize is $777 with other cash awards as well. Discounted roomrates are available for show participants. All proceeds for the event will be donated to the Muscular Dystrophy Association. Download the flyer and registration form at www.lucky7casino.com/car-show.

Friday nights at Udders Ice Cream, 6 pmWarm summer nights are a great time to drive to Udders for ice cream and car chit/chat! Meet us there at 6 pm: 1893 NE 7th Street in the Diamond Home Improvement parking lot.

Medford Cars and Coffee . . . every Saturday mornJoin us to socialize and enjoy the cars: Location: Southern Oregon Orthopedics, behind the Starbucks at2676 E. Barnett Road (across from Asante Hospital in Medford) 8 am to 9:30 am every Saturday. www.medfordcarscoffee.com.

Meeting Minutes, Sunday, August 9, 2020 Meeting called to order by Jim Wells at 1:30 pm: Jim welcomed everyone to the picnic and thanked Steve Helvik for hosting the group at his wonderful home with a beautiful lot next to the river. Jim introduced Daun and Donna Bohall. They have a 1965 Corvair.

Vice President's report: Ron Cook delivered all of the badges that he had been carting around for months.

Newsletter Editor's report: Joy Westberg had nothing to report.

Treasurer's report: Glenn Dean gave his report. Some people donated their checks for the catered luncheon back to the club. Way to go people! $2100 will be sent to RCC for the automotive scholarships.

Secretary's report: Carolyn Hartzell has Fabulous 50's stickers that may be used to advertise our club. There are a stack of them left for those of you who didn't get any.

Cruise Directors report: --Connie Gates and Carolyn Hartzell said that Vic, with the Senior Center in Cave Junction, will let us know when they will re-open for breakfast. --Tom Derryberry suggested a Poker Run next month. Carolyn will call RCM this week and let Joy know what date in September we will have the run. Connie and Carolyn will need help at the stops, soplease let us know if you can do that (541-956-6954 for Carolyn, 541-582-1695 for Connie).Volunteers: Steve Helvik, Jim and Sandra Wells, Barry Waugmann, Bonnie Horton, Charlie and Marsha Price, Paul and Kim Pauliot. Thank you all for volunteering. We could use a few more volunteers.

--Terral, the owner of Jimmy's Drive-In, wants to host our car club on a Saturday. He wants to hire a band. Connie and I will let him know that the club wants to participate some time in September.--Fall Color Run: The route is being organized and a date will need to be chosen in October.

New Business: --Someone asked about the article in the newspaper regarding the City of Grants Pass not wanting to sponsor the Back to the 50's event in the future after Jon Bowen quit. --SOCC is organizing a drive by car show in Eagle Point on August 14th. The drive will go by a retirement facility between 3-4 pm. The residents will vote for their favorite car. If you wish to go, meet Jim Wells at the Best Western Hotel in Rogue River, by the bridge at 2 p.m.--Updated bylaws and standing rules: The Board made changes and will send them via e-mail or snail mail for those who do not have e-mail. There are 4 pages of changes in red ink. Please read them and be ready to vote on them at the meeting on September 13th.

Old Business:--Ken Beatty shared with the group that 4 people from our club drove their 1957 Chevy's to a memorialservice recently. Ken invited 3 others also. Thank you to Ken Beatty, Dave Weed, Frank Hamusek, and Larry Carpenter for attending this event.--Jim Wells said that the Parkway Church Show and Shine was a great success and that the members were very happy to have our help park the cars. They want to have another car show in the Fall of 2021.--Talked about the July 25th car cruise around Grants Pass. We need to get the word out earlier.--Club secretary: Anyone interested?

Bob Simmons made a motion to adjourn the meeting. Charlie Price seconded the motion. The motion passed because all were hungry for the BBQ and games, not to mention the cake. Fun afternoon!!! Adjourned at 1:58 p.m.

Next meeting: September 13th at the Fruitdale Grange at 4 p.m. No potluck yet.

Minutes respectfully submitted by Carolyn Hartzell

RVCC Fabulous 50s Cruise through Grants Pass

We just couldn’t let July 25 passby without commemorating what would have been our 25th

Annual Fabulous 50s Charity Car Show in Riverside Park. COVID-19 may have scuttled itthis year, but next year we’ll be back and better than ever. Steve Jones (shown here) and Amy Kelly led our cruise through GP neighborhoods in fine style—showcasing our banners on their(continued on next page)

pickup beds. Carolyn Hartzell (with Connie Gates and Gerd Gemmrig) and Glenn Dean did a great job manning the two entry points. Thanks as well to our friends at the Southern Oregon Car Club Council for inviting other Oregon clubs to join with us.

A successful Show and Shine at the Parkway Christian Center

The First Annual Show and Shineat the Parkway Christian Center onJuly 25 was a well-attendedsuccess—so much so that theCenter is planning an even biggershow next year. Our Club was wellrepresented. Registration was free.A Pancake Breakfast, local foodtrucks, and great 50s music kept the energy going. The show was a fitting prelude to the RVCC Fabulous 50s Cruise that took place that evening from 7 to 9 pm.

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August/September AnniversariesBob & Kathy Simmons 8/2Dave & Carla Borup 8/14Ron & Pat Crowell 8/24

Rex & Margaret Chapman 8/26Ben & Lisa Johnson 8/29Joe & Lynda Milder 8/30Jack & Dottie Bishop 9/4

Babe & Judy Caltabiano 9/11Ron & Nancy Cook 9/16

Larry & Linda Rametes 9/27Jim & Sandra Wells 9/30

August/September BirthdaysKristen Stephen 8/1

Paula Foutts 8/9Dave Weed 8/10

Barry Waugaman 8/12Pat Crowell 8/13

Kristen Stephens 8/13Pam DeYoung 8/23Candice Beatty 8/26Ben Garland 8/27James Munyas 9/7Carolyn Dean 9/9Carla Borup 9/17Joy Westberg 9/17Connie Gates 9/17

Diane Graham-Melpolder 9/19Dave Borup 9/21

Brent Shannon 9/20Linda Rametes 9/22Dan DeYoung 9/25

Tracy Shannon 9/26Larry Carpenter 9/26