Hail from the Chief

By Trish Bargman

We had a great turnout for our Sweetheart Brunch on Saturday. Fourty-Eight people turned out and Frontier Pies put on a very nice brunch for us. We had plenty of space and a quite place to visit and conduct a meeting. Frontier Pies said they would love to have us again, and they would do a brunch, lunch, or dinner for us. We will take them up on the offer I'm sure.

It was great to see some old friends that we had not seen for awhile as well as all the 'regulars'. Thanks to Doug and Bev Evancic we have some new members, Tim and Donna Carlson. Welcome to the club. They have a 2002 yellow Z06.

The next meeting will be at the Five & Diner in Idaho Falls on March 8, at 7 p.m.. This is the second Thursday of the month and unless or until we have reason to change, our monthly meetings will be on the second Thursday of each month.

We do have the information for the last night of the Black Hills Trip:

Casper, WY

Super 8

307-237-8100

2 queen beds, $75

Cont. breakfast

Mention Corvettes of Southeast Idaho

See you in March.

Trish

Meeting Minutes for January

By Bev Novak

The meeting was held at the Brownstone restaurant. We had a good turnout. There were two main things to be discussed at the meeting, the show and charities.

Tim reported that he had a lot of sponsors already. He has found enough people to do the poker run that no club members will need to work on that. He is trying to get someone to take pictures during the poker run. He hopes to have the prices locked in. He doesn’t have any paper work yet. He needs all sorts of help. He does not have a list of what he needs. If you want to help you can call Bill Madsen at home or work.

They have different ideas on the Committees. They plan to have canvas bags embroidered. They will have upscale shirts. They need to get the information on the web and national advertising. They are going to look at the test facility to see what they can have there. The dates are August 24 – 26. They might organize a trip through the park. It might fall on the free day to enter the park.

Brain has received all the writeups for the Charities. He needs to get the forms to the Valley Corvette Club. We have over $10,000 so each charity should get around $3400. We will need to contact the media when we present the checks.

Elections were discussed. We had one person on the ballet: Connie Lamprecht for Treasure. We needed volunteers for Secretary, Vice President, and President. Doug Evancic volunteered for Secretary, Brian Novak volunteered for Vice President, and Trish Bargman volunteered for President. Elections were held. Welcome to the new officers. Thank you to the out going officers.

The Black Hills trip is June 7^th. They plan to go to Deadwood and Rapid City. Each day you can take a different road to get there. There are many things to do. It will go through Monday or Tuesday. Trish has the reservations. She will send out the information to the people who are interested in going.

Trish took suggestions for the Sweet Heart brunch. The Cellar, Gracias, Denny’s, Rutabagas, Shilo, and Pepper Tree were all suggested. Dates discussed were the 10^th, 17^th, or 24^th.

The logos are due for the show at that meeting. Get your drawing tools going.

We have been invited to participate in the Idaho Falls 4^th of July parade.

Meeting Minutes for February

By Doug Evancic

The Sweet Heart brunch/meeting was held at the Frontier Pies restaurant in Rexburg. We had a great turnout, over 60 members attended.

Trish called the meeting to order at 10:50 a.m.

Two new members were introduced, Donna and Tim Carlson from Idaho Falls. Tim purchased his first Corvette, a 2002 Yellow Z06, great car, congratulations!

Trish reported that there was $2220.00 in the treasury.

Details for the Idaho Falls 4^th of July parade are not yet available but we will have participants for the event.

Dues are due; please see one of the club officers.

Trish is having the show logo worked on for the Wild West Vette Fest. It should be done by the March meeting.

Tim Hobley reported that he has the following help for this years show: Bill Madsen, Jim Hobbs, Bob Krah, and Doug Evancic. If you can help with this year’s, show please contact Tim at 681-2834.

Bev Evancic will make this years quilt for the show.

The Black Hills trip was discussed; the dates are June 7-12. If you are interested in going contact Trish at 458-4671 or 351-2974.

A Corvette corral will be at this year American LeMans at the Miller track in Salt Lake City, Utah, May 17, 18, & 19; we are planning to caravan, more details to come.

The Montana show will be held in Billings on Memorial Day weekend. Let’s try to support their event.

Our monthly meeting date was discussed and a decision was made to have our meetings on the second Thursday of the month.

Our next meeting will be at the Five & Diner in Idaho Falls on the 8^th of March.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

February

Dale Larsen 4

Steve Whitfield, Val Ball 8

Thor Miller 11

Dana Madsen 14

Frank Bell 18

Jack Larsen 24

Kay Saxton 27

DID YOU KNOW

By Egon

 Yep, we are in the cold of winter, but the season does not matter. The subject matter this time is “antifreeze/coolant”.

If you own a GM vehicle that was manufactured after about 1996, it was factory filled with long-life coolant commonly known as DEX-COOL. Ford also has a long life coolant. The benefit is that it has a replacement time of five years/50,000 miles. Another benefit is that it protects all the aluminum, brass, cast iron, steel, solder, and copper. That should cover all the stuff in your power plant. It also maintains good lubrication for the water pump.

It is unique orange in color so just looking at it will tell you what you have. Most major manufactures make it: Pennzoil, Shell, and Prestone. The downside, if any, is you cannot mix standard coolant with this stuff. It will really mess things up.

 If you have a Jiffy or a Quick Lube do your service work, let them know that they cannot mix the cheep stuff they sell with your Dex-Cool. They might not tell you and just top it off. It could happen.

 So keep your cool.