Well, our March meeting was a huge success. We had 35 members there with a few new faces. It was quite good to see some of our members out and about.
 

Our next club meeting will be Tuesday, April 4 at 7:00 p.m. at the Pressbox on Broadway.
 

I have seen a few Vettes running around town. I went to Vegas to the Nascar Race Thursday, Friday, and Saturday the first week in March; it was a nice 70 degrees. I was wishing I had the Vette instead of the motor home. Sunday it rained and shortened the race a little over half way through. It was a bummer, but oh well we had fun anyway. I've had the Vette out a few times in between snowstorms. I wish it would be nice

for a while so we could go for a Sunday drive somewhere.
 
 
 

We talked about a three-day drive to McCall. Enclosed in this newsletter are the details about the trip. Also, we will have flyers to give out at the club meeting. We also talked about going back to Scotties for our monthly get-togethers. I guess we need to decide when we will start those get-togethers.
 

Well, that is all for now. We'll see you at the Pressbox!
 
 

We are doing beginning planning for the Wild West Vette Fest poker run. The loop will go north of West Yellowstone around Hebgen Lake, Quake Lake, the north side of Henry's Lake, and back to West Yellowstone. Plans are to have the first and last of the five stops east of the Gray Wolf Motel. Two of the other three stops would be at Quake Lake and the pull out area near the Continental Divide/Montana State border going toward West Yellowstone.
 

We are looking for another stop area with water and restrooms. Any suggestions would be appreciated. The area needs to have enough space for parking, games, etc.
 

We would appreciate volunteers to help us with this effort. It would be nice to have a morning group and afternoon group at each stop. Please let us know if you can help.
 
 

 
 

Deena	Larsen	4
Amy	Forman	14
Gary	Hilliker	22
Pam	Valentine	22
Jan	Knight	28

 

Check out the May issue of Corvette Fever (page 8) and see if you see anybody you know.
 
 

May 19

We will meet at the old Ernest parking lot on West Broadway and leave at 8 a.m. sharp. We will drive to Carey and Sun Valley (maybe have lunch there). We will drive over Galena Summit, through Stanley Basin, on to Loman and Banks. From there we will head north and spend the night at McCall at the new Super 8 on the south side of the city.
 

May 20

We will travel to New Meadows and North to Riggins. Here they have a restaurant called "This Old House" that has great breakfasts and serves super peach or blackberry cobbler (melts in your mouth) -- even for breakfast! From there we will go over White Bird Pass into Grangeville, through beautiful green hills and winding road to Kamiah and follow the Locksaw River up and over LoLo Pass. (At the top of LoLo Pass there is a large group of huge cedar trees -- also a natural hot pool for anyone interested in skinny dipping.) From there we will proceed on to Missoula, Montana to spend the night at the Roadway South Gate Inn. Jakers restaurant is just across the street with several other eating places within walking distance. This motel has a hot tub and a heated pool.
 

May 21

Today we will head South to the top of Lost Trail Pass, then East to Wisdom, Montana and the Bighole National Battle Field. From there we will take a very pretty drive down the Wise River over to Divide where we turn on I-15 to go south back home.
 

Motel reservations must be made by April 20th. A block of rooms will be held for the Corvettes of Southeast Idaho until that date.
 

For May 19 call Super 8 at 208-634-4637 at McCall, Idaho.

For May 20 call Roadway Southgate Inn at 1-800-247-2616 at Missoula, Montana.

Be sure to mention that you are with the Vette club.
 
 

Everyone makes a statement with the kind of car they drive. Want to know what kind of statement you're making with your car?
 

Acura Integra ­ I have always wanted to own the Buick of sports cars

Acura Legend ­ I'm too bland for German cars

Acura NSX ­ I'm impotent

Audi 90 ­ I enjoy putting out engine fires

Buick Park Avenue ­ I'm older than 34 of the 50 states

Cadillac Eldorado ­ I'm a very good Mary Kay salesman

Cadillac Seville ­ I'm a pimp

Chevrolet Camaro ­ I enjoy beating the hell out of people

Chevrolet Chevette ­ I like seeing people's reactions when I tell them I have a Vette

Chevrolet Corvette ­ I'm in a mid-life crisis

Chevrolet El Camino ­ I'm leading a militia to overthrow the government

Chrysler Cordoba ­ I dig the rich Corinthian leather

Datsun 280Z ­ I have a kilo of cocaine in my wheel well

Dodge Dart ­ I teach third grade special education and I voted for Eisenhower

Dodge Daytona ­ I delivered pizza for four years to get this car

Ferrari Testarossa ­ I'm known to prematurely ..

Ford Fairmont ­ (see Dodge Dart)

Ford Mustang ­ I slow down to 85 in school zones

Ford Crown Victoria ­ I enjoy having people slow to 55 mph and change lanes when I pull up behind them

Geo Storm ­ I will start the 11^th grade in the fall

Geo Tracker ­ I will start the 12^th grade in the fall

Honda del Sol ­ I have always said, half a convertible is better than no convertible at all

Honda Civic ­ I have just graduated and have no credit

Honda Accord ­ I lack any originality and am basically a lemming

Infiniti Q45 ­ I am a physician with 17 malpractice suits pending

Isuzu Impulse ­ I do not give a damn about J. D. Powers or his reports

Jaguar XJ6 ­ I'm so rich I will pay $60k for a car that is in the shop 280 days per year

Kia Sephia ­ I learned nothing from the failure of Daihatsu Corp.

Lamborghini Countach ­ I only have one testicle

Lincoln Town Car ­ I live for bingo and covered dish suppers

Mercury Grand Marquis ­ (see above)

Mercedes 500SL ­ I will beat you up if you ask me for an autograph

Mercedes 560SEL ­ I have a daughter named Bitsy and a son name Cole

Mazda Miata ­ I do not fear being decapitated by an 18-wheeler

MGB ­ I'm dating a mechanic

Mitsubishi Diamante ­ I don't know what it means either

Nissan 300ZX ­ I have yet to complete my divorce proceedings

Oldsmobile Cutlass ­ I just stole this car and I'm going to make a fortune off the parts

Peugeot 505 Diesel ­ I am on the EPA's Ten Most Wanted List

Plymounth Neon ­ I sincerely enjoy doing the Macarena

Pontiac Trans Am ­ I have a switchblade in my sock

Porsche 911 Turbo ­ I have a three-inch thingie

Porsche 944 ­ I'm dating a big haired women that otherwise would be inaccessible to me

Rolls Royce Silver Shadow ­ I think Pat Buchanan is a tad bit too liberal

Saturn SC2 ­ (see Honda Civic)

Subaru Legacy ­ I have always wanted a Japanese car even more inferior than an Isuzu

Toyota Camry ­ I'm still in the closet

Volkswagon Beetle ­ I still watch Partridge Family reruns

Volkswagon Cabriolet ­ I'm out of the closet

Volkswagon Microbus ­ I am tripping right now

Volvo 740 Wagon ­ I'm frightened of my wife.
 
 

The March meeting was held at Gringos in Idaho Falls. There were 35 members in attendance. New members attending included Jack and Susan Larson, Rex Redden, and Tiffany Sutter.

Registration forms for the Seattle Marque Club event were passed out. We were informed that an old member, Ken Cole, does not have much time left. It was decided to send him flowers. Bev Novak will get an address and send flowers to him.

Planning for the Wild West Vette Fest 2000 is going well. Rich Lyons volunteered to be a PR person. The Grey Wolf is over 35% full.

Farrell Davidson put together a schedule for our trip he is planning. He passed out a map showing the route. It will be to McCall on Friday, Missoula on Saturday, then back to Idaho Falls. The dates for this trip are May 19, 20, and 21. There was concern that this was the same weekend as Jackpot, but some members heard there wasn't going to be a Jackpot show this year. Members asked when Farrell would need a commitment. He gave two phone numbers for motels. Super 8 ($34 to $54 a night) is 208-634-4637 (Donna), and Southgate Inn in Missoula ($54 a night) is 1-800-247-2616 (Wayne). We will leave Friday morning at 8:00, meeting at the old Ernst building. We will eat breakfast then leave. CB's will be needed. Fred and Wanda purchased their hand held radios at Sam's Club.

Kelly, being a jokester, put a table knife in Marlene's purse.

Calling tree members were gathered. They are Trish, Linda M., Connie, Marlene, and Pam Valentine.

Linda Moore is organizing the major trip for this year. It is to Seattle and Vancouver. It will take 10 days and we will end up at the Seattle show. We will get there on the 7^th. Linda wants to know who is going. So far there are about six couples. The cost of the Seattle show is $130 and motel rooms are $90.

We are looking for the old box of the Eagle Rock Corvette Club. The Novaks may have it. Wendy Farmer probably has the secretary notebook and Janet needs to give the minutes to Debbie from last year. We need to get packets together for the new members.

Sam Miller would like members to try to get sponsors from businesses that we frequent. It only takes $50 to sponsor a trophy. It takes $250 to get the sponsor's name on the sleeve of the sweatshirts. It takes money to run the show. Give sponsors money to Debbie. Dues should go to Debbie also.

Janet Miller told us about the Taylor Chevrolet show. It will be Saturday, June 10. Taylor Chevrolet has been a good sponsor to our show so we should try to support them.

We need to start bringing the old show shirts to the meeting so we can sell them.

Next month's meeting will be at the Press Box on April 4 at 7:00 p.m. We decided to go back to Scotties for our twice a month get together.
 

Oil Changing Instructions:
 

For Women:

Pull up to Jiffy Lube when the mileage reaches 3000 since the last oil change.

Drink a cup of coffee.

Fifteen minutes later, write a check and leave with a properly maintained vehicle.

For Men:

Go to O'Reilly auto parts and write a check for $50 for oil, filter, kitty litter, hand cleaner, and scented tree.

Discover that the used oil container is full. Instead of taking back to O'Reilly to recycle, dump in hole in back yard.

Open beer and drink it.

Jack car up. Spend 30 minutes looking for jack stands.

Find jack stands under kid's pedal car.

In frustration, open another beer and drink it.

Place drain pan under engine.

Look for 9/16 box end wrench.

Give up and use crescent wrench.

Unscrew drain plug.

Drop drain plug in pan of hot oil; get hot oil on you.

Clean up and have another beer while oil is draining.

Look for oil filter wrench.

Give up; poke oil filter with Phillips screwdriver and twist it off.

Beer.

Drag oil pan full of oil out from underneath car.

Throw kitty litter on oil spilled during step 16.

Install new oil filter making sure to apply thin coat of clean oil to gasket.

Dump first quart of fresh oil into engine.

Remember drain plug from step 11.

Hurry to find drain plug in drain pan.

Hurry to replace drain plug before the whole quart of fresh oil drains onto floor.

Slip with wrench and bang knuckles on frame.

Bang head on floorboard in reaction.

Begin cussing fit.

Clean up; apply Band-Aid to knuckle.

Beer

Beer

Dump in additional four quarts of oil.

Lower car from jack stands.

Move car back to apply more kitty litter to fresh oil spilled during step 19.

Drive car.