Shop Talk August 2012

President Jim Haddon called the general meeting of the Whidbey Cruzers to order before 7:00 pm (due to rain) held at Windjammer Park on August 7, 2012 joining in the Annual National Night Out. There were approximately 50 in attendance. Previous minutes were approved as written. Our Next Meeting is September 4, 2012 PLEASE BE THERE!!! THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT MEETING. THE PRESIDENT JIM HADDON WILL CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER AT 6:45PM at the Oak Harbor Elks Lodge. Potluck will still start at 6pm. Please bring a dish to share, plates, utensils, and your favorite drink. Please sign in at the table inside the front entrance. Car Fines Fines were not officially asked for at this meeting but a few conscientious people paid anyway. REMEMBER, if you dont drive it (club car) you pay $1.00 no excuses! SO PAY UP, this is the honor system! Treasurers Report for July Jim Rairigh START: Exhaust; United Way Duane Dillard, membership Joan Reeves, tickets Meter Buttons, fun meters J.D. Cruger, party Intake; Car Fines Dues 50/50 FINISH: Membership Duane Dillard NO REPORT Call him at 360-675-6866 or email duladill@comcast.net if you need a membership card and/or 2012 roster. They are available at the monthly meetings and usually at the Pizza Factory on Fridays. If you find any errors in the roster let Duane know. Sunshine Report Brenda Ackley VIA EMAIL July 7th~ a get well card was sent to Margie Baxley as she has just undergone extensive hand surgery, Margie is doing well, $ 7054.60 20.00 13.62 10.80 90.95 1470.00 14.00 25.00 89.00 $ 5577.23

however still in a cast. 7/7~ a get well card was sent to Barb Mann as she just broke her toe! OUCH...Thank You Mary Benninghoff for the information. 7/10 ~ A thinking of you card was sent to Ed & Darlene Hammond, while their son Brandon, had to go to the hospital, unexpectedly for spinal meningitis. Happy to report he is out of the hospital, recuperated and relocated to San Diego. Hooray for the good news, a blessing! 7/10~ Val Gleeson's mom, has had a stroke, A thinking of you card was sent to Val & Jim, mom is recovering and doing better, Thank You Gail Stultz for letting us know. 7/12~ a get well card and call to Mary Jo Dolquist as she fell and broke her wrist in June, also bruised her pelvic, then 2 weeks later, had numb fingers, had to have surgery again for carpal tunnel. Has a wonderful nurse in Dean, and is recovering well. Thank You to Joan Reeves for letting sunshine know about this! 7/26~ A Thank You note was sent to Harbor Towers Village, Oak Harbor and to San Juan Care, Anacortes for the wonderful hospitality & BBQ for all of our participating Cruzers, who did the car shows for their residents, Thank You everyone who was there, they were both awesome days and very much appreciated!! 7/29~ A Sympathy card and $100.00, was sent to Don Berg on the sudden loss of his wife, Pinky, with lung failure, while on a visit to her family in California. Our sincere sympathy goes to Don and family, at this very sad time. Thank You Norm McCullough for keeping us informed. Thank You for all those who let Sunshine knows of our members needs. Please let Brenda know if you know of someone in need of a little Whidbey Cruzer Sunshine. 360-679-8363. Email Brenda.ackley@gmail.com Car Cruise Committee Mel Rogers Bend, Oregon - Jim Haddon reported the Bend Oregon cruise was fantastic and the town opened up their stores and stayed open for car show participants to buy and peruse and lots of activities to attend. Fidalgo Drive-In Cruise Sunday, August 5, a spur of the moment late afternoon cruise to Fidalgo Drive-In was a beautiful day and drive, food was great! Contact Mel about any one day cruises you wish to explore or want help with. 360-678-7727 Car Show Committee Harry Abbott Harry gave us a brief list of upcoming car shows to attend. Calendar of Events for list and contacts. The one car show See

coming up is Cascade Days, August 18, in Concrete. the POC for more information. Social Committee Deanna Rogers

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Deanna mentioned a Cruzer Potluck picnic at Jacks Park on Jones Rd. September 8. Signup by call her or sending an email to Deanna. Maybe for more info contact Carol Stone at 360-6792569. Deanna will be sending an email with detailed info at a later date. August 25, Anacortes, at the end of Commercial - Ed Hammond mentioned the great time he and Ray Payeur had at an Anacortes event last year that had water boat races, special art work, water balloons, etc. and recd a trophy for just being there. The event coordinator told Ed that we could bring as many cars for show as we wanted and he would find a place for us. Contact Ed Hammond for more info. Again contact Deanna at 360-678-7727 or meldeanna@comcast.net if you have any ideas about a social event or need help planning one. Tech Adviser Ron Teker NO REPORT Contact Ron if you have any questions tech or otherwise and he will guide you. If you think of a project the club may be interested in let him know. Call 360-675-8375 or rteker@comcast.net. Historian Ray Payeur NO REPORT New members should contact Ray and ask about our book of History Membership photos past and present. We want to see you and your cars in the book. Contact Ray at 360-675-2193 or email rayflo2000@yahoo.com. Old Business 1. Whidbey Cruzers Car Club Last month some members expressed their concern for the club and where its headed and we are getting away from its purpose. So the September general meeting will be devoted to that purpose. Prez Jim said to watch for a survey via email or mail and please answer promptly. New Business 1. Nominating Committee Bill Morrow addressed the subject of a nominating committee for next years officers. Jim Haddon asked for volunteers, he said he needed two past presidents on the committee. The Nominating Committee consists of Bill Morrow, Bruce Biddle, Sully (Don) Sullivan, and Bob McConchie. 50/50 and Door Prize Drawings Bucket Dudette/Dude was Joan Reeves and George Higley

Last months winner was Jim Croft who was in the park but not available to sell tickets until right before the start of the meeting. Maybe we can get him to sell tickets in September. No door prizes for this meeting, the tickets sold gave three money drawings. Congratulations to George Higley, Deanna Rogers and Bruce Biddle who each won $31.00. FOR THE GOOD OF THE ORDER 1. Letter from Scott Dated 7/23/2012 Hello Fellow Cruzers, I hope this finds everyone in good health and enjoying your western Washington summer (all two weeks of it). The other day I received three care packages sent from my Cruzers friends and again you all out did yourselves, I am humbled by your love and generosity. Thank you from me and all the members of my team. The car puzzle was a big hit, we immediately cleared off the top of one of our work benches and we all sat around and put it together, it just so happened that we found a bottle of puzzle glue and it is now proudly hanging on the wall in our office. Thanks for all the car magazines they are always a big hit as is the candy and snacks. The seven members of my team have received so many care packages over the last few months that the airman who delivers the boxes to our building has had to make extra trips just to bring our stuff and the others in our building can't believe we can get so many boxes, we just tell them we are truly loved and invite them to dig in and enjoy. The running joke is if they is ever an earth quake, if you can make it to our office there are enough supplies to survive on for months. Things here are going good, we are about 90% done with our underground cable duct system around the base and we should start our tower antenna job in the next few weeks, it's been super-hot here and that makes for some long miserable days but we are over the halfway point and should be heading home in about 85 days if all goes as planned, but we all know how that goes so Im not holding my breath yet. Again, thank you all for your generosity, love and prayers cant wait to get back to some cooler weather and see all of you. Your Cruzer Friend, Scott. Note: Scotts email address is srw958@live.com

2. Thank You Jean Weiman, Executive Director, at the Help House sent us a nice thank you letter for our July 21 car show. We collected 163 lbs. of food and a net donation of $1106.00 was

given to the Help House. I would like to thank the Whidbey Cruzers who volunteered their time, generosity, and actual presence at the car show. I appreciate all the support you gave me. Thank you very much. 3. Jim Croft brought up that the Blue Fox Drive-In has to switch to a digital projection by 2013 and needs help with raising money to do this. Ways to contribute are buying a Tshirt, buying the old speakers and going out there to eat. They also have a full service print shop for screen printing embroidery, vinyl heat transfers, and banners. Check out their website at www.bluefoxdrivein.com or email bluefoxprints@gmail.com or call 360-675-5667. They also have great pizza, many other snacks plus go-carts.
EVENTS CALENDAR AT A GLANCE
Date Event Location 08/11 North Whidbey Car Show Oak Harbor, Windjammer Park 08/11 Steel/Wheels Car/Cycle Show Everett, WA 08/11 Classic Yacht/Car Show LaConner, WA 08/12 Mopar Summer Sizzler Oak Harbor, WA 08/12 Moose Lodge 1640 Car Show Mt. Vernon, WA 08/18 Kiwanis Car Show Port Townsend, WA 08/18 Cascade Days Show/Shine Concrete, WA 08/19 13th Annual 55-56-57 Car Show XXX Drive-In, Issaquah 08/24-26 Summer Fun Rod Run Demimg, WA 08/25 Festival of Fenders Ferndale, WA 08/26 Cruise the Nile Mountlake Terrace, WA 10/31 Halloween Trunk n Treat Ace Hardware 12/15 Cruzer Christmas Party CPO Club
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EVERY FRIDAY EVENING THE WHIDBEY CRUZERS AND THEIR FRIENDS HAVE A SOCIAL GATHERING TO GOSSIP, FIND OUT WHATS HAPPENING AND TALK CARS!!!!! DONT MISS OUT, COME, ENJOY, AND ADD YOU COMMENTS AND OPINIONS AND SHOW OFF YOUR VEHICLE(S). 5:00 7:00 PM AT THE PIZZA FACTORY. CLASSIFIEDS - NONE If anyone has something for sale, a wanted item, either for you or a friend give Joan Reeves a call at 360-679-7936 or email me at jlreeve@hotmail.com. ***These ads will run for only two months in the newsletter. If they are sold before that period ends please contact Joan Reeves at 360-679-7936 or email her to delete from newsletter. HAPPY BIRTHDAY SEPTEMBER Pat Tabach Lana Dillard

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FROM YOUR SECRETARY My goal for this year is the same, to provide as much correct informative information to you in this newsletter as I possibly can. If you have any ideas of what you might like to see in the newsletter let me know. 360-679-7936 Thanks again. CRUZN WITH THE PREZ Dear Cruzers Our club meeting on August 7th was an interesting one. Again this year we met at Windjammer Park for the National Night Out event. It was a little cooler than most would have liked, but that soon changed to rain, which even more of us were not happy with. We did have a good showing with a number of members braving the weather and bringing their rides (I paid my $1 for not bringing mine). The abbreviated meeting meant that Harry only had 30 seconds, which he stretched to a little over a minute. We moved quickly to avoid as many rain drops as we could, but did hear about several cruises including the one to Anacortes and the one to Bend, Oregon on the previous weekend everyone was raving about both. I mentioned in the meeting about the importance of attending next months meeting on Tuesday, September 4th. This is a VERY IMPORTANT MEETING! Our club has been changing over the last several years and some members are concerned that we

are getting away from the original plan formulated by the founders. In response to these issues I am writing a survey that I want to get out to all members, in which I am asking for your feedback on club and member focus. We will email the form to each member we have addresses for and send it via the Post Office to those who dont. Please turn these around as quickly as possible so we can get as much input as possible before the September meeting. You will be instructed on how and where to return the surveys. I, like others, am very concerned that the club is what it should be to its members. Frankly, the monthly meetings have become very boring, even to me and I am the one leading them. Please help me to find a path to making our meetings better and our club more fulfilling to all members. Thanks! Be safe, there are a bunch of old people out there driving wildly in hot rods. Your Prez, Jim Haddon