And Now, a few words from our 
2008 Social Director, Kerry Hlady
 

The 50^th Celebration Weekend is behind us. And what a full weekend of activity. On Friday night we had dinner at the Moose Preserve on Woodward in Bloomfield Hills. With 46 current and past members of CCM from all parts of the USA. We were lucky to have a few members from 1958 in attendance. All had a great meal and the service was excellent. Our door prize winner for this activity was Carol Clemens a very active original member from 1958 who made the trip from North Carolina with Phyllis Henning another active member from 1958. Congrats. From here, we made an attempt to cruise Woodward but the rain at that time was horizontal. Check with Jim Rees and his cleanup once the weather let up. Some of us cruised Woodward and ended up at Ray’s Ice Cream in Royal Oak for a little scoop of ice cream. Please note that there is no such item listed on the menu as a small scoop at Ray’s. We ordered our favorite flavors and had a great time sharing past CCM experiences.

Saturday morning we had a show up breakfast at Athen’s Coney Island in Royal Oak, with a cruise to the Auto Zone where they have an auto show every Saturday morning. The weather during the night and earlier dampened the turnout. But for those who showed up we enjoyed a great breakfast and John Collins was our door prize winner.

The evening was clear and the weather very warm as a fantastic number of Corvettes pulled up to the GM Heritage Center facility.  After moving through a brief check in at registration and determining which door prize to deposit your raffle tickets in, monies raised were for the Children’s Leukemia foundation (more later on this). We had tables set up with past memorabilia and Trophy table with some of CCM’s important ones. We then were able to gaze upon many special Corvettes that were brought in especially for our celebration and the many other important cars that GM has produced in the past, either concepts or production models. We had produced a pictorial slide show that ran on the big screen with lots of past memories recalled by many throughout the evening. This will be available for purchase along with photos from the celebration weekend. Dave Krom is heading up this project – more info to follow on the web site.  Our MC for the night, Mark Eissler, current CCM President, introduced our guests Gary and Debbie Stanford, Harlan Charles, Chris and Collen Warren and welcomed current and past members. The evening was set with background music, friends old and new and a meal catered form Forte who did a great job throughout the night. During dinner we passed out table door prizes for the oldest member and who had the oldest Corvette.  They received either a 50^th Anniversary clock or a Corvette Die cast engine. The winners were:

Pat Pierson                    Gloria McIntosh                 Damian Gavie
George Prentice             Phyliss Henning                 Ed Gavie
Carol Glowacki              Randy Murray                    Bob Nynek
Rick Cronin                   John Phillippe                      Rose Case
Paul Young                    Fred King                           Don Sak
Rick Parent                   Jim Keegan                        Keith Bauman
Frank Suvoy                  Jack Bach                           Ray Horenstein
Bill Mashinter               Hal Priner                          Chuch Fast
Careen Evans                Jim Mclaughlin                  Jim Wendte
John Collins                   Bob Oleszkiewicz                Art Fulkerson
Gary Stanford               Werner Meier                     Roy Bryans
Bob Jutras                     Ken Watson                        Bob Sawyer

More excitement was to come as we prepared to announce the winners of the individual door prizes with all of the proceeds donated to the Children’s Leukemia Foundation $480 was raised through the purchase of additional raffle tickets. Thank You. The winners were:

Cathy Bryans                Barb Mynek             Roy Thayer
Bill Weidendorf             Nicole Watson          Werner Meier
Jan Skiles                      Agnes Hutnick          Jill McCririe

Congratulations go to Gordon McCann as he was the winner of the Grand Prize drawing of the Bondurant Driving School Experience. This was donated by Gary Claudio head of the Corvette marketing team at GM.

The highlight of the evening was a special item that was donated to the club to be auctioned off. The proceeds going to our charity, the Children’s Leukemia Foundation. A very special thanks goes to the Gavie’s who donated the hat that was signed by the three chief engineers of the Corvette: Zora Arkus-Duntov, Dave Hill and Dave McLellan. The auction was chaired by our resident auctioneer John Firment who did a great job of handling the bidding.  It started out with many bidding, but soon there were 2 people, Carol Glowacki and Debbie Stanford bidding and the excitement was building as the amount approached $300. At this time neither were going to give up and the bidding surpassed $1,000, the room was quiet as Debbie Stanford made the winning bid of $1,350. Plenty of excitement and a great amount raised for the Children’s Leukemia Foundation. A special thanks to our final two bidders. We were able to enjoy the rest of the evening mingling with friends and viewing the great collection of cars at the GM Heritage Center.

Sunday brought out the sun and the humidity, a great day for a picnic. As we gathered at Maybury State Park for the Annual Picnic we had plenty of great food for our pot luck, as our resident cook Bob Jutras fired up the grill. We lined up for brats and hot dogs and enjoyed a fantastic array of salads and goodies to quench our appetite. The kids had fun with all of the games, the adults caught up the news with old members. We did have a great display of Corvettes in the lot, thanks to all who drove their car out. Thanks to Pat and Bob Jutras, Diane and Ken Watson, Dave Krom and Ted Hou for their efforts to organize a great picnic.

 would like to thank the following for their help and assistance with the 50^th Celebration, without their work it would not have been as great of a celebration!

Denise Hlady                             Niki Hlady            
Chuck Fast                                Kim Fast               
Mark Eissler                              Ted Hou                
Jan Van Madden                        Kieth Tappan                  
Fred King                                  Carol Glowacki     
Joe Scarfeo                                Pat & Bob Jutras  
Chris Warren                             Chris Scarfeo                  
Paula & Art Fulkerson               Forte Catering      
Paul & Gary Stanford                Ed Gavie               
Harlan Charles                          Jeff Keck – Bodurant Racing
Keith & Sue Bauman                 Dewey & Ilona Burton
Tom & Marge Dunn                   Rose Case
Jim & Gloria McIntosh              Roger & Karen Worblewski
Phyliss Henning                         Carol Clemens
John Kyros GM Media               John & Marty Firment
Bruce & Mary Wentzel              Ken & Diane Watson
Amy Hou                                   Jim Rees
Jim Balla                                   Dave Krom
Gary Claudio                             Corvette Marketing

Thanks for to all for their participation and have a great remainder of the year celebrating the 50^th Anniversary of the Corvette Club of Michigan.  The celebration is not over or has it ended – PARTICIPATE IN THE UPCOMING EVENTS BOTH SOCIAL & COMPETITION, for the rest of the year.  You can come out and be a spectator or earn worker points at competition events which count towards our overall point standings, see Chris Scafero. We always like to have as many as possible participate in social activities, check your calendar and mark the dates.  

There was a Corvette parked out in front of the GM Heritage center as you entered the parking lot. I have a special door prize which I will award to the first person who can identify the year and the owners of this car. Hint: They are a club member. I will award it at an upcoming membership meeting.  Respond via email wilsonvette @yahoo.com.  

Again thanks to all.  Kerry Hlady,   Social Director
 

Hi All, well the 50^th celebration has come and gone. If you were involved at all it was a great time for all.  We have plenty of activities for the remaining part of this year to continue the celebration and for you to participate in.

                    8”x 12”        20.00
                    5” x 27”       20.00
                    10” x 57”     30.00
                    16” x 92”     40.00

Marty will also be offering his services to take personal photos at the Corvette Encounter this year. Look for him there.
 

2. There is still time to enter the Corvette Encounter. It would be great to see additional member’s participation for these events. Remember we are still celebrating our 50^th year. Earlier in the year I had asked for at least 50 members to participate in each event that we conduct this year. There is still time to enter: Contact Jim Rees at 734 421 0664 or email at jrees1957@yahoo.com with your entry.
   
    

3. Our annual cruise meeting is in June. Flyer is in last month's Slipstream with details. Meet at Chene and Jefferson in Detroit, cruise to Jack's Waterfront Restaurant in St. Clair Shores. Let me know if you plan to attend this cruise for seating purposes at Jacks.

Kerry 745 502 7103 or wilsonvette@yahoo.com.

June 25^th
Time In: 5:30
Time Out: 5:45

 This will be about a 14 mile trip along Jefferson arriving around 6:30 pm.

4. I have not yet placed the order for 50^th Anniversary glassware due to low response. I will be placing the order at the end of July. If for some reason you waited, you have not missed your opportunity to do so. Contact Kerry.
   
    

5. We have come up with a spot for Woodward Dreamcruise August 15 & 16 this year. We will be down in Ferndale on the border of Ferndale and Pleasant Ridge. We will be in the lot of the Wright & Filippis which shares a lot with Tony’s Sports Bar. Here’s the deal for 2008:

Limited space is available - 18 spots
Friday night after business close at 5pm
Saturday all day

As in the past it will be a cruising lot you’ll be able to got out and cruise if you like.

We will be on the East side of Woodward, space for viewing is smaller, lot can only be accessed off of Woodward and is an enclosed lot.

Unlike last year, there will be no food concession that we will have direct access to. Tony’s will be grilling all day, Ferndale area is a short distance away which is where it all got started, plenty of activity and food vendors there, on your own. We will have facilities available at Tony’s with a provided wrist tag which will be available the day you show up.

This year’s cost is $50.00 for Fri night and all day Saturday.

First respond, first reserved this year. Contact Kerry 734 502 7103 and send check to Kerry made out to the Corvette Club of Michigan for $50.

6. Our Concours event will be on July 19^th chaired by Dave Krom  248 926 5522. In addition to this event we will take our judged and very clean cars on a Wild West Cruise chaired by Joe Thomas 517 347 9081. Contact them to let them know of your interest.

  Dates for upcoming Corvette Club of Michigan Events:

     June 25^th      Annual Cruise evening, do not go to Les Stanford

June 29^th      Corvette Encounter, do go to Les Stanford this day

 July 13         AutoX CCM Vette only

July 19^th       Concurs and Wild West Cruise day

July 20^th       Test n Tune day, competition event Chris Scarfeo 734      748 9948

Aug 10         AutoX

Aug 15-16    Woodward Dreamcruise Contact Kerry 734 502 7103

 Sept 7         Babe’s Rule AutoX

Sept 20        Progressive Cruise West to East side. Kerry734 502 7103

 Oct 11         Fall Color Cruise, Jim Balla 313 516 6357

Oct 19         Erwin's Orchard Cruise Kerry 734 502 7103

1. We still have raffle ticket books available for you to pick up. These are for our raffle a the Encounter on June 29, to win a NEW CORVETTE with all proceeds going to the Children’s Leukemia Foundation of Michigan. Do your share and contact Jim Rees our Encounter Chairperson at 734–421-0664 to make those arrangements.
    

2. We have extended the signup to May 4 for our 50^th celebration dinner at the GM Heritage Center. Ted Hou our club treasure is collecting the forms and money. Contact Ted at 248-366-2433 to get signed for this event. Look forward to seeing you all there as this will be a great evening. Also you may order 50^th merchandise till this date, Contact Kerry.
    

3. The other events for the 50^th celebration: Fri evening June 6 Dinner at the Moose Preserve in Bloomfield Hills is a sign up event for seating purposes, so that we can be together as a group. Contact Kerry Hlady 734 502 7103. Probably some cruising after. Sat morn Breakfast at Athens Coney Island on Woodward in Royal Oak 9am just show up. Some Cruising and a stop at the Auto Zone where they have an AM Cruise in. Sat eve at the GM Heritage Center. Sun Picnic at Maybury State Park, Northville. Contact Pat Jutras 734 397 6942, bring a dish to pass, CCM provides beverages and main course.
    

4. The Corvette Encounter is  June 29^th, get your entry in and sign up to help. We have many duties registration, parking, judging and more that need help, see Jim Rees our Encounter Chairperson with your availability.
    

5. We are planning a group photo shot and would like to have as many members as possible to show. Upcoming in the next couple of weeks, details to follow.
    

6. Some sad news about our spot for the WOODWARD DREAMCRUISE. It has been taken over by a large corporation. So, we are in search of a new spot. If anyone has any connections for a location or suggestions let me know. Kerry 734 502 7103.
    

Upcoming events:

May 11 Autocross

May 15-18 NCRS Midwest Convention, Rock Financial Place & Doubletree Inn
 

February 24, 2008

Remember that the general membership meetings now start at 7:30 pm.

This month’s special guest is Harlan Charles; this is one you don’t want to miss with the recent introduction of new Corvette. See you there, this weds.

March 8  Detroit News Tour – Contact Carol Glowacki 586 979 9958 sign up is needed for both the tour and dinner before, call Carol.

March 16      We are meeting at the Box Bar at 4pm to celebrate. Come out for bite to eat or to socialize with fellow members for a quick beverage. This is the actual 50^th Anniversary date for the club, more to follow about possible Corvette gathering. The Box Bar is located in Downtown Plymouth on the south side of Kellogg Park. Call Kerry 734 502 7103, they would like to know approx how many are showing. Thanks.

May 4             Deadline to sign up for 50^th celebration dinner: glassware mementos.

May 11           Cruise to Autocross, meet at Les Stanford service area 10:30am

June 6,7, 8      50^th Celebration activities, Web Site or Kerry Hlady

June 29           Corvette Encounter, Web Site or Jim Rees

July 13            Cruise to Autocross, meet at Les Stanford service area 10:30am

July 26, 27       Cruise to Waterford Race track, Corvette Weekend, details to follow.

Aug 15, 16       Woodward Dreamcruise, Web site or Kerry Hlady

Sept, Oct         Fall Color Cruise Date to be determined, Jim Balla

Sept, Oct        Orchard Cruise, Date to be determined, Kerry Hlady

Other planned activities  but are waiting  for final conformation :

1. Progressive cookout cruise.
2. Tiger  Game
3. Suggestions?

Non-CCM events:

March 7, 8, 9  Autorama Cobo Hall

April 13          NCRS Swap Meet Cauley Chevy

May 15-18      NCRS Midwest  Motor City Regional Event, Rock Financial Showplace, Doubletree Hotel, Novi

June 23          GMC Corvette Set at  Canterbury Village, Corvette show

Coming up at this month’s general membership, the program will be Jeff Wixom from Sunset Sportswear. Sunset Sportswear is the company that will be providing us with logo merchandise. He will have a variety of outwear to show us, jacket, sweat shirts, fleece, polo and denim shirts. Plan to come and place your order as we go to the next step with a system placed on our web site to make ordering easier and lowering our inventory.  WE ARE STILL IN NEED OF A PERSON TO OVERSEE THE MERCHANDISE OPERATION.  SEE MARY TO DISCUSS IT.

Coming up:

Oct 28  Economy Run,  Chaired by Bob Matsura - Web site for details.
Nov 4  Fall Rallye chaired by Dave Krom and Ted Hou  Web site for details

I am looking for ideas for winter activities that we can do as a club outing.  Let me know and if you’d like to be the leader of the event.

Plans for the 50^th are moving along, we have some activities that we need additional help with. The more involved you are, the more successful this event will be. Contact Kerry Hlady 734 502 7103 c or wilsonvette@yahoo.com  with your level of interest. I look forward to hearing from you. Below is the planned list of activities  and those that are already involved. All can use additional support.

Fri      June 6^th  A casual cruise/ show n’shine   Kerry Hlady
Sat     June 7^th   Morning/Early afternoon- Fun Rally/Poker Run  Open
Sat     June 7^th  Evening Heritage Museum Party – Keith Tappan
                             Catering -  Jan VanMadden
                             In the beginning – Chuck Fast, John Firment
Sun    June 8^th  Picnic  Pat Jutras/ Diane Watson

For the year 2008 we will have 6 designated special events, one for each generation of corvette.
We are looking for 50 car participants or more so be ready to be active next year.

Suggestions for these 1. cruise  2. car show – Jim Rees  3. Rallies  4. special membership meeting activities  5. dinning specialties.

If you have suggestions, ideas and want to be part of this special year contact me. We need your participation.  Kerry

After this month's Membership Meeting (September) we will adjourn to Chelios Chili for an informal gathering.
Plan to come along, this evening.

Sept 22   Ticket to Ride to Hickory Corners, Gilmore Auto Museum near Battle Creek Info has been sent  with email notices. Contact Jim Rees as he is the leader for this event.  Jrees1957@yaoo.com

Oct 4 Drags at Milan, Contact the Competition Committee.

Oct 6   Ticket to Ride to Frankenmuth for Zenders Famous chicken dinner.  info in email alerts  Contact Carol Glowacki as she is the leader for this event. karolaglow@yahoo.com Sign up is necessary.

Oct 7 Auto X, Hamtramck, Competition Committee

Oct 28  Economy Run, Competition Committee

Plans for the CCM 50^th Anniversary are moving along, we have some activities that we need additional help with. The more involved you are, the more successful this event will be. Contact Kerry Hlady 734 502 7103c or wilsonvette@yahoo.com  with your level of interest. I look forward to hearing from you. Below is the planned list of activities  and those that are already involved. All can use additional support.

 Fri      June 6^th  A casual cruise/ show n’ shine   Kerry Hlady

 Sat     June 7^th   Morning/Early afternoon- Fun Rally/Poker Run  Open

 Sat     June 7^th  Evening Heritage Museum Party – Keith Tappan
                            Catering -  Jan VanMadden
                            Entertainment  Open
                            Decorating    Open
                             In the beginning – Chuck Fast, John Firment

Sun    June 8^th   Picnic  Pat Jutras/ Diane Watson

For the year 2008 we will have 6 designated special events, one for each generation of Corvette. We are looking for 50 car participants or more so be ready to be active next year.

Suggestions for these 1. cruise  2. car show – Jim Rees  3. Rallies  4. special membership meeting activities  5. dining specialties.

If you have suggestions, ideas and want to be part of this special year contact me. We need your participation.  Kerry

Auto Cross – July 22. What a hot day for an Auto X. But is great for cruising from Les Stanford to the event. After a brief meeting we headed for the Hamtramck Lot. Bob Palmer won our People’s Choice Award as he showed up in a new 07 Atomic Orange Metallic. We had time to scope out the action and to assist as volunteers with the event. Plan to attend our next Auto X cruise on Aug 19.   

Aug 5 Annual Picnic and Concurs – The weather was not the best, you could say the worst. As we had a little turn out for this event. Those that attended had an opportunity to do some bench racing and catch up. Thanks to Pat Jutras and  Diane Watson  for organizing this event.

Ticket 2 Ride - Oberhaus Museum and Sauder Village. The day was right for a cruise to Ohio. As we left our meeting spot (8 Corvettes) heading down Michigan Ave, we drew a few looks and thumbs up from the many we passed. It was an excellent route with the appropriate stops. Arriving in Archibald at the Oberhaus Museum we were given the red carpet treatment with our host Mr. Oberhaus himself. As he guided us through his collection of cars, antiques, machinery and such. The Cadillac’s which were mostly convertibles; he had one for every year. After touring the facility we headed to Sauder Village for lunch and leisurely walk around the grounds which are set up like a mini Greenfield Village with historians in the buildings sharing the story of each location. Some were functional with workers demonstrating the trade of the era of early settlers.  If you have the opportunity to go down there and visit it is a nice trip.  Thanks to Mark and Kaye Campagnoli for hosting this event.

On June 27 for our regular membership meeting we headed out to Northville to Rocky’s for an enjoyable dinner. Well the dinner was excellent, the weather – rain, Hines Dr being closed - rain and the construction and the gas main break at our meeting site, did not stop us form having 40 people at the restaurant having a great time. As for our door prize winners, Bob House’s car will look shiner now as he won some detail spray. The big winners of the night were the Firments, John won some gas additive and Marty won a small block, Congrats. Thanks for everyone for coming out.

July 10 The Blood Drive organized by Keith Tappan was a success as we were able to meet the number with club members and the help of the Novi Jaycees. Thanks to all that came out and donated for this special cause. Thanks to Keith for pulling this together..

Upcoming Events

July 14

Our third Ticket to Ride event, with a visit to the Auburn/Cord/Dusenberg Museum in Auburn, Details in this months Slipstream. This will be an full day event  Round trip miles approx 275, 3 hr to get there, couple of hr to view museum, lunch and couple of hr to come home. We will meet at the Home Depot in Canton, on the corner of Mich Ave and canton Center rd at 8am, departing at 8:15. Come with a full tank, we have planned some stops along the way, once we arrive in Auburn we view the museum then have lunch and return home.  Cost to enter the museum is $8 per person if we have more than 10 it is reduced  to $6 per person. Come out and experience a cruise through Michigan, Ohio and Indiana. Advance sign  up is needed. Contact Kerry 734 502 7103. For those that have indicated that they are coming, have a snack or two in the car with you. See you at 8 am.

July 22
Cruise to Auto X. Come out and enjoy a cruise to our event in Hamtramck. We will meet at 10:30 am and depart at 10:45 am for the event. Come out and enjoy our members as they test their skill on that road course. Viewing but more importantly we can all help volunteer to make this event run more efficiently.

August 5 
Our Annual Picnic and Concurs  Show.  Bring your Corvette regardless of your intentions to enter the show as it is always nice to have as many  as possible on display. Cars can arrive 8:30-10:00, judging starts at 10:30am. Picnic is  the whole day -  bring a dish to pass, salad, desert or snack. Pop, Beer, Water, Main Meal is provided. As well are activities for the kids. If you are planning to attend and can volunteer some time to help it would be greatly appreciated, with set up, purchasing items to bring- club will reimburse or delivering items to the site.  The site is Maybury State Park in Northville, same as last year. Contact Pat Jutras  734 397 6942  or Diane Watson 313 534 5339. We are in need of people to help judge cars – if you haven’t done it before its ok there is plenty of help around to get you going. It’s a great way to learn more about the Corvette. Contact Ken Watson 313 534 5339

Aug 17 – 18

Woodward Dreamcruise

There are only  7 spots left our Woodward Dreamcruise  lot. Contact me 734 502 7103 if you are interested. It’s the same location as last year, the lot is roped off and it is a come and go lot. If you want to get out a cruise for a little or a lot or stay in one location its up to you. 


The 50^th  Celebration plans are developing. If interested in  finding out how you can help make this event special, call me 734 502 7103.  Thanks to those that have stepped forward early.  The dates for this event are June 6,7,8,  2008.

The Ice Cream Runs are still in effect check your calendar or previous issue for dates.

We  are looking at adding a couple of Fall Ticket 2 Ride events. Keep coming back and checking the web site and your emails for those important Social Updates.

Check out the Competition calendar as they  have some events coming up.

July 22^nd  6  Event Auto X at the Hamtramck Lot

Aug 5  Concurs Show at the Picnic. Competition Group handles the judging.

Aug 19^th  5 Event  Auto X Hamtramck Lot.

Hi All,  Thanks to Ted Hou for leading our first cruise in the Ticket to Ride series. Remember to get you’re your ticket punched at these events to be eligible for a special drawing at the banquet. Tickets available at event.  Here is Ted’s report.

We started from Blockbuster/Farmer Jack Parking in Hartland, MI lot under cloudy skies with 11 cars. As we headed toward Okemos, we were met with rain showers. However, as we approach CCCC's event, the sky turned blue.  At the CCCC event, where they had over 60 cars, we spent about 1.5 hours looking at very CLEAN vettes. They also had a 'Blessing of the Vettes' and if you were standing around...you got blessed too. We joked that we already had holy water sprinkled on us when we drove thru the rain showers. At 1pm,
we departed for Rosie's Diner, having picked up another CCM member and 4 Western Mich Club members who were going to caravan with us part of the way. So 16 vettes left the parking lot. I think it was a nice sight for onlookers. The driving route was easy and fairly straight and at times, we were led by metal cars that did not exceed the speed limit. As we drove past Grattan, the group turned north on Wabasis road, where we drove at a "very brisk" pace on this winding roller coaster road. Once we arrived at  Rosie's, everyone was smiling and ready to chow down. It was a good trip and a good start to this year's Ticket to Ride season. Join us for the next two events, Oberhaus Museum and Auburn Cord Museum.

Coming Up: 

June 23  Ticket to Ride to Oberhaus Enterprises in Archibold Ohio. Come out and enjoy a great cruise through the countryside in Michigan and Ohio. This is a full day event with the cruise portion being about 95 miles one way. Once there enjoy the sights of a museum tour of cars, memorabilia and village. This is a mini Greenfield Village. Contact Mark Campagnoli at 313 562 8428 to sign up for this event or to get more info.

June 27 The June’s regular membership meeting is an annual cruise event. This year we will be cruising to Rocky’s of Northville, via Hines Dr. We will meet at Michigan and Military in Dearborn, south west corner in front of Michaels Arts and Crafts store  at 5:30; depart at 5:45 for a leisurely cruise to the restaurant. I need to know if you are planning to attend so that I can let Rocky’s know how many to expect. Kerry 734 502 7103

Ice Cream Runs for June:  June 17, Calder Dairy, 1pm.   June 24, Stucchi’s, 1pm. Again these are just get in your car and cruise for some Ice Cream.

Accepting reservations for The Woodward Dreamcruise Aug 17-18  Have sold a third of available spaces have 20 left. contact Kerry.

Mark your calendar for Aug 5^th for the annual Corvette Club of Michigan Picnic at Mayberry State Park in Northville, featuring our Concurs show, drive your to this event even if you are not entering the show as it is always nice to have as many Corvettes display, many games for both kids and adults, cooking by Bob and great way to relax and kick back and have some fun.

Our third Ticket to Ride event is coming up on July 14^th, with a visit to the Auburn/Cord facility in Auburn, In.  More info to follow on this.

The 50^th celebration planning is moving along. The date for this event is June 6,7,8, 2008. We do need help with the preparation for this celebration. Some have volunteered to help, which is great,  but we could always use more.

Other Corvette/Car Shows related events.

June 12  Corvette Legends at Central City Diner, Canton Center RD, South of Warren 5pm – 9pm.
June 16  Gratiot Cruise
June 23  Annual corvette Fest at Canterbury Village in Lake Orion.
June 30  Downriver Cruise

April 2007

It’s time to start thinking about cleaning up the Vette and getting it ready for the road if you have not already done so. You never know when the weather may break and we may catch a couple of great days early.

Coming up in April and May we have 2 events. On April 29th a Rallye and our first Ticket to Ride cruise on May 19th. Look for email alerts in your in box with the flyers.

Our competition events also get started in April. Drivers School on Sunday April 1 and Autocross on April 15. All of the Autocrosses will be at the Hamtramck plant site. This is a great way to see the competition in the club between members and also to see what the Corvette can do. Come out and help and earn competition points for the club. There are
many ways to participate in all events.

I have sent email alerts and updates this past week. If you have not received an email already and you know that we have your address, the reason is that it may be blocked and you need to enable your computer to receive emails from wilsonvette AT yahhoo.com. The other reason is your access to email. If not then we need your email address.

As events approach we will get flyers out with all information via email to remind all.

The Ice Cream Socials that we have planned for this year are designed for all to cruise to the respective locations – experience some great Ice Cream with fellow members and share Corvette stories. Mark your calendar with the dates and times and we will see you there.

The 50th Anniversary celebration is starting to take shape. We have some who have already volunteered to help, let me know if you are interested in helping out. Your suggestions and thoughts concerning the celebration is greatly appreciated. If you know of or have access to any early information – articles, photos, location of past members – let me know.

If you wish to lead an event or have suggestions let me know. Thanks, Kerry 734 502 7103

March 2007

February 2007

December 2006

The Annual Banquet is approaching on January 20^th 2007. We are in need of donations for door prizes, contact myself or Pat Jutras or any board member.

November 2006

October 2006