March
2008
Doug Robertson, 7 Pacini
Ave., Pittsburg, CA 94565
(925) 473-0946, (925)
759-5729 cell Para4T5@comcast.net
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Presidents
Corner: Tod Smith
President
Hi All,
It was
great to see so many of you at the last meeting and to top that we had a guest
who found our club on the internet.
I'd like to give thanks in writing to Diana Mead for leading our club in my
absence for the last few meetings.
Seems like she always steps up when I or anybody else needs it. So, thank you
again my friend.
For those of you that
weren't at the meeting, we'll be holding another Rally at Frank Raines on May
17-18 2008.
We will need all your help in making this rally one to remember. If you would
like to help, we will be having a meeting at Mt. Mike's Pizza on Clayton Rd.
near Ygnacio Valley Rd. on Wednesday May 19th @ 6pm for dinner and at 6:30 we
will start going over your idea's on how we can make this an awesome event.
We talked about it at the board meeting & I think as an entire club we
should all make an effort to greet and welcome others to our club.
It makes people feel good to be included instead of feeling left out. We have a
whole new box of Club business cards (thanks Dawn T.), so be sure to get some
at the next meeting.
Until next time, Tod
Mar Meeting Notes : Michel Gnutzman (thanks, great job)
Minutes read and approved. Roll call taken. We had one guest
present, Karl Schaefer, who found us through our web site.
Bill Salmon and Tim Warbington attended the CORVA Family Fun Days at
California City.
Old Business: Thanks to Pat Morgan for the Danville Dinner Walk
proceeds. Next one will be June 3rd so mark your calendars.
The donation in Steve Molders name was discussed trying to figure where
it might do the most good.
The subject of being a 100% CORVA club was again discussed. Since we
donate 10% of our club dues to CORVA we should be considered one. We are going to
query CORVA at their annual meeting.
Grayson is doing better. Slow recovery from his surgery but heÕs heading
back to work soon. Best Wishes to him.
Bob Lininger turned in $90 from one of the club raffles.
Again a reminder that Concord Motorsports will give a 15% to club
members.
THANK YOU to the Meads for hosting the In&Out Party. There were a
couple Faux PasÕ committed but we wonÕt mention any names to further embarrass
the parties involved.
There was a lot of discussion on our upcoming Rally. After
discussion between the East Bay High Tailers and Escarabajo it was decided that
there was not enough time to work out doing it together this year but will
definitely keep it in mind for the future.
It was agreed that those that can should attend the EBHT
event to show our support. It will be April 26th at Frank
Raines Park.
A
Rally committee was formed for our event in May, also to be held at Frank
Raines Park on the 17th & 18th .
Theme for the event will be Ō29 and doing fine!Ķ Our 29th
year!!
Dinner: Diana Mead, Bev Haley.
Rally: Tim Warbington, Mike Thurston, Roy Haley, Bruce
Meiers.
Erin Smith will make the necessary arraignments with the
county.
Anna Callanta and Rich Bradhurst will host the pancake
breakfast on Sunday. Paul Newfield will man the hot dog stand.
Erin, Anna and Michel will handle the registration duties.
Tim talked about the recycling bins at Stonyford. Anna has
tried contacting the Rangers but so far hasnÕt been able to get a hold of them.
We are going to leave the bin at Stonyford since someone is recycling but still
would like an accounting of how much money it is generating for them. Frank
Raines will allow us to put in a recycle bin there. We will ask for a yearly
accounting of how much it produces should we decide to place one there.
Carla brought up the idea for first aid and CPR. Since IÕm going from MichelÕs notes I
would assume these would be classes.
Yearly dues for our website
are $180.00 for the web surfer.
Dawn gave the TreasurerÕs report and the meeting finished
off with the Raffle and refreshments.
RALLY REPORT
Mike Thurston
Stonyford had a small turnout of 4 families. There was lots
of snow which made getting more than a couple miles from camp very challenging.
M-5, the Mill Creek trail (the cut) and Potato Hill were all deep in snow
making it very hard going once the snow got deep. We cut many downed trees that were blocking the roads and trails
but were never successful making much progress up M-5. We decided to take the
hard way around the backside and
were successful until we tried to get back to M-5 when Tim had tranny problems
and we had to leave his car on a side trail. He went back up a couple days
later and swapped out the tranny and got the car back out. The weather was nice
during the day and very chilly at night. Mike even got a video of Doug stuck in the snow (I was only
turning around).
CORVA Report: Bill Salmon and Tim Warbington plan on
attending the CORVA Family Fun Days at California City 19-20 Apr
Up
Coming Events:
Next
BOD meeting will be held at Mountain Mikes Pizza, 5358 Clayton Rd, Concord @
7pm. Come early to eat. There will also be a rally committee meeting in
conjunction with the BOD meeting.
Dumont
Dunes for the sand crowd Mar 21-30th.
Apr 19-20 California Fun Days at
California City (CORVA event)
May 10th
Gold Run Car Show in downtown Oroville. This is a huge event and Bill would
like to do a CORVA booth there.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY WISHES to Marcia Savage 3/1,
Turk Ozcan 3/3, Lee Sawin ¾, Gary Mertle 3/16, Pat Malato 3/17,
Chris Jiannalone 3/23, Dawn
Warbington 3/23
ANNIVERSARIES
Mark &
Robin Crean 3/17, Wayne & Linda Myers 3/17.
Items
for Sale NOTE : If you want your ad renewed next month
please email me or I will remove it next month!
Dune
Buggy for sale. Rover V-8 Aluminum block engine, spare Buick engine for spare
parts. Includes 1 pr. Baja Claw tires, 1 pr. Terra tires & 1 pr. Trailer
tires.
Asking
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2
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Sandrail
for sale. Sand Sprite VI with suspension modified, Corvette ZZ4, Holley Stealth
fuel injection. Great Sand Car. $13,000 obo Wayne Myers, 925-766-1366
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Trailer Tires. I have seven mounted trailer tires for sale.
They are 225/75R15 trailer service tires on six lug chrome spoke wheels. They
are the tires that came on my new trailer. They have one Idaho and one Dumont
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2002 Sandpiper 30Õ travel trailer with
slide-out, microwave, A/C, bunkhouse model, front bedroom, rear bunks, dinette,
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OBO Dawn Thurston
(cell) 925-584-0385.
1985 CJ-7 Jeep Rock Crawler with a 1996 EFI 4.0L engine -- $12,500.00
– view web page for more info. Ken Swenson 925-285-7609
5th
Wheel tailgate for 88-00 Chevy/GMC $50.00 offer. Doug Robertson 925-473-0946
Used
assorted welding equipment (Steve MolderÕs) for sale. Contact Doug Robertson
Please e-mail me if you have anything to put here – ItÕs FREE!
Some web sites that might
interest you: www.escarabajobuggyclub.com
www.corva.org www.dirtopia.com www.Motosport.com
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ATV Blade runner front
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