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NOVEMBER 2015

TABLE OF CONTENTS Pg 1 Veterans Parade Pg 4 Historic Churches Pg 8 Brownville Cruise Pg 9 Fall Color Run Pg 10 Summer Festival Pg 11 Schedule of Events Pg 12 Member News Pg 13 Event Details Pg 17 NCCC News Pg 21 Presidents Message Pg 21 Governors Report Pg 22 General Mtg Minutes Pg 27 Contributors Pg 27 Membership News Pg 29 Funny Side Up Pg 31 Contact Information **Next General Meeting is Thursday, Nov. 19, 2015 at the Bel Air Banquet Hall, 7:30 - 9:00pm. Come EARLY & enjoy the buffet starting at 6pm! If you would prefer a salad, call Holly or Shelly at 402-333-5505

NCCC Convention in Omaha July 2016

Salute to Veterans There is no doubt about it. Members of the Cornhusker Corvette Club love a parade. That was evidenced by over 50 members in 36 cars who showed up on this unusually warm November morning.

Bellevue was the perfect place for a veteran’s parade because of the SAC air base nearby and the airmen in attendance. With unseasonably warm temperatures, many convertible tops were down and flags were displayed on the cars.

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The parade route went through the heart of Downtown Bellevue. There was the usual group of parade entrants, but more American flags than we had seen since the 4th of July.

The men and women from Offutt reminded us that the veterans – past and present, continue to be a part of our country’s legacy.

The most rewarding part was the appreciation for the veterans.

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After the parade, we gathered at Summer Kitchen for a delicious meal and their famous pastry and muffins.

It was a wonderful way to get together and enjoy good friends and food.

Photos by Sandy Swift & Bill Cashell

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Small Town Treasures (Church Tour)

El Bee’s restaurant was the meeting place for an afternoon adventure to some special churches in southern Nebraska and northern Kansas. These are no ordinary churches, but works of art and architectural marvel. The weather was perfect for a trip to small town Americana at its best.

The route took us straight down Highway 50 through Tecumseh, and to our first stop in the small village of Steinauer. The history of this village is fascinating. Warnings to avoid "bloody Kansas" prompted the Steinauer brothers, Anton, Nicholas, and Joseph, to settle here in Pawnee County. They arrived in September 1856, only two years after the creation of Nebraska Territory. Famine and depression had forced them to leave their native Switzerland in 1852.

Although the brothers were among the first to claim land in this area, other immigrants of Swiss, German, Austrian and Bohemian descent soon settled nearby. Nebraska City became their chief social

and trading center. Indians, including the Oto, hunted and trapped in the region.

Turkey Creek and Linden were early popular designations for the site which became Steinauer post office in 1874. After the Chicago, Rock Island, and Pacific Railway reached Steinauer in 1887, the village grew steadily and incorporation followed in March 1893. With railroad development, St. Joseph, Missouri became the chief urban market for the agricultural products of Steinauer and the surrounding area.

By 1910, the village's peak population of 248 had been achieved. Over the years, the pronunciation of the name evolved to "Steener" though the original spelling has been retained. Today, Steinauer is a quiet community which remains rooted in the history and traditions of its pioneer settlers. The church in this small town is a haven for the entire surrounding area, and is truly a treasure.

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The church is large enough to hold the entire village, and the structure is magnificent. Most of the church has been restored and is a work of art.

The highlight for many people was the restrooms, after too much coffee.

Next, it was on to the town of Table Rock. This is a quaint little town, which is showing the signs of declining population and store closings. The town has dropped from well over 800 to a current population of about 265. In spite of that, we found it to be a welcoming and fascinating place to visit. We were welcomed by Sharla Cerra, our guide from the Table Rock Historical Society. We started our tour at St. John’s Catholic Church. This small church is a land mark which does not hold regular services. From the outside, it looked like any other tiny town church.

The history of this little gem is really fascinating. Built in 1877, it is one of the oldest wooden churches in Nebraska. In 1952, the church was in need of updating, and a displaced Russian immigrant arrived in Table Rock and offered to paint a mural on the inside. He started on the mural and continued to paint for over 4 weeks straight. The result was stunning, and has been preserved by the Table Rock Historical Society. The last service was held there in 1968.

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From there, it was off to the Old Opera House Museum. This place was full of antiques and artifacts (not including CCC members)..

Across Main Street was the Printing Museum, housing many old presses and typesetting machines.

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After that, Sharla and her friends gave us an unexpected treat - a visit to their old time soda fountain.

Just north of Seneca, Kansas we found our last and most impressive treasure. The architecture looked like it was straight out of Eastern Europe. The day ended with a wonderful dinner with great friends.

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Crusin’ to Brownville By Rod Penner

What could be better than a beautiful Sunday drive in early October? How about a long cruise to

beautiful Brownville, Nebraska? Founded in Nebraska Territory in 1854, Brownville offers visitors a variety of enlightening, engaging and enjoyable experiences in a remarkably beautiful and historic Village along the Mighty Missouri River. Brownville, a Preserve America Community and a United States National Register of Historic Places District is the perfect place to spend an unforgettable day or weekend.

It turned out to be a great day to visit the shops in this quaint little town and enjoy the delicious food at the Lyceum Café, which is the best restaurant in town (it is the only restaurant in town) followed by a stop at the Whiskey Creek Winery. A fun time was had by all!

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The Fall Color Run 2015 - La Crosse, Wisconsin By Carolyn Edmundson

The 35th running of the “Fall Color Run” in La Crosse, WI, began for us by meeting up with Corvettes at Mallards on the St. Croix, in Bayport, MN, just outside Minneapolis. We had opportunity to meet and visit with several members from the host club, Suburban Corvettes of Minnesota. After checking in and having lunch the caravan of 62 Corvettes left the Bayport area in caravan and headed to La Crosse, WI. The weather was a bit overcast when we started but cleared as we traveled the route. In La

Crosse, we met up with other members from CCC. Together, we attended the Friday Night Hospitality function that had a Halloween theme, including costumes by some attendees, a great band with dancing, and of course good food. One of our couples joined in the costume fun.

Saturday morning arrived bright and sunny as the Corvettes gathered in Rowe Park, in Onalaska, WI. There were 197 Corvettes that gathered for the cruise. We had a police escort out of town to facilitate a smooth start to the cruise. It was a pretty drive with a generous sprinkling of color and scenery throughout the day. The weather was perfect for such an event. The morning drive was 83.6 miles and the afternoon cruise was about 69 miles. I wish I had all of the statistics on classes of cars and colors but can give you the highlights. There were 9 cars from CCC in the cruise. Many Midwestern states were represented in the cruise as well. Eighty two of the cars were red – the most popular color. The C5 class had the most cars – 87 of all classes.

The banquet on Saturday night had a fall Dinner theme. A silent auction and raffle were held to benefit their charity, the Spina Bifida Foundation. Kathy Brisbois was able to make an announcement about the 2016 National Convention, sharing events to look forward to and inviting all to attend. The Sunday morning brunch concluded the planned activities.

It was a fun event to attend and an opportunity to meet other Corvette enthusiasts and share stories and fellowship. It would be a great activity to attend again hopefully with even more CCC members joining in.

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Summer Festival Remembrance By Allen H. Sohl

Summer Festival always seems to bring out a few of the senior Club members that played a key role in building CCC in years gone by. At Summer Festival 2015, I crossed paths with two of the “giants” from the 1990s: Dick Smith, and Brad Yerger.

Dick Smith is one of the few Huskers (maybe the only Husker) to have been a professional drag racer in a prior life. He was Service Manager at Jim Earp Chrysler-Plymouth when Palmer and I met him back in 1990. Dick and his wife, Sharon, consistently drove their ’69 Corvette to victory in Class IID at the Nebraska Motorplex drag strip near Scribner, NE. (And throughout the West and Southwest Regions for that matter.) Dick is no longer racing, but he and Ron Bockerman still build Corvette racing engines in Springfield, NE. Dick’s companion in the photo is his 9-year old

grandson, Alex. Alex is a Taekwando world champion!

Brad Yerger and his wife, Gloria, tore up the tracks in her dark blue 1966 widebody Stingray coupe. The car was beautifully prepared and maintained, and always attracted attention. After each autocross, Brad would strip off the protective body tape, wash the car, and enter it in the concours! Brad and Gloria ran hard for 17 years, but in 1993 the Stingray was demolished at the drag strip in Eddyville, IA in a spectacular accident in which Brad narrowly escaped serious injury. Brad played a major role in Cornhusker’s support for

the 1993 NCCC Convention in Topeka, KS. I still remember the stunning laser show that he designed and presented at the banquet. Brad has worked at US West (now CenturyLink) for 45 years. Gloria has retired after 30 years service. Today Brad and Gloria enjoy traveling in their C5 Z06 and visiting their children and grandchildren.

Dick Smith

Brad Yerger

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2015 Schedule of Events See Page 13 for Details of Upcoming Events

Nov 19 General Meeting Bel-Air Banquet Hall Dinner 6 pm, meeting 7:30 - 9 pm Nov 21 Road Trip Fairfield, NE Postponed till Spring Dec. 6 Candy Wrapping for Kidney Foundation Details on Page 15 Dec 17 General Meeting Bel-Air Banquet Hall Dinner 6 pm, meeting 7:30 - 9 pm Christmas Tree decorating contest at meeting Dec 19 Toys for Tots Dinner Casio’s Details on Page 16 Please go to our website, www.CornhuskerCorvetteClub.com and click on the calendar tab to see the calendar of events. You can select the “info” link to get more details, flyers & registration forms. Did you know? Our General Meetings are held at the Bel Air Banquet Room every month. There is no charge for the use of the room, but we are required to purchase a minimum amount of dinners. So come early (starting at 6pm) and enjoy the buffet. If you would prefer a salad, you can call ahead and request one be made up for you. The phone number is 402-333-5505

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MEMBER NEWS Remembrance

John J. Vinardi, former member of the Cornhusker Corvette Club passed away on November 10 after a long illness. Obituary is posted on Omaha.com.

MEMBER CALL FOR HELP

Hearts United for Animals is having a puppy explosion after rescuing dogs that we found out are pregnant. We are in need of OLD blankets and comforters for the momma’s and pups. No towels please. If they could be brought to this month’s meeting, it sure would be appreciated and I will make sure they know it is from the club.

Thank you, Trudy Benedict

Please send news and pictures of your family events, new cars and anything you would like to share with members to Editor@cornhuskercorvetteclub.com.

Share your knowledge and experience. Do you have some tips about car care to share? Have you taken any trips with your Corvette that you think others would be interested in? Articles and pictures of club events or Corvette related activities are always welcome.

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NON SANCTIONED EVENT REMINDERS

Thursday, Nov. 19 - CCC General Meeting

Bel Air Banquet Room, 12100 West Center Road, Omaha, NE. Meeting starts promptly at 7:30 p.m. Come early to enjoy the buffet and visit. Be sure to bring a non perishable food item for our charity food bank. This month we will be the annual election of officers and directors for the 2016 year. If you are unable to make it read the below for absentee voting. Also, at this month's meeting, Gene Gau, 2016 Convention Director will be showing the Roar into Omaha movie. Absentee voting

SECTION 5. Any member in good standing who is otherwise entitled to voting privileges may vote by absentee ballot at any election which is scheduled more than 30 days in advance, provided the member’s request for an absentee ballot is made in writing (or email) upon the secretary, postmarked or delivered (or emailed) no less than 5 days prior to the election. The absentee ballot shall be filled out by the voting member, placed in a sealed envelope bearing the member’s signature across the sealed flap, and delivered to the secretary before the tabulation of votes begins.

Any absentee ballot not meeting the above requirements and which is not in the secretary’s possession in a timely fashion shall be void and disregarded.

Saturday, November 21st road trip to Fairfield, Ne: Postponed The Columbian Opera House opened in 1894 and was renovated in 2006 to restore its original grandeur as the Opera House Bar & Grill.

x Menu features a variety of pizzas, prime rib (Saturdays) along with many beef, chicken, pork & seafood options

x Wines from the Opera house’s Little Blue Vineyard, located near Fairfield, are served & tastings are available from 1p – 5pm on Saturdays.

x There’s also a microbrewery & tap room, featuring Little Blue Kolsch, Ox Bow Brown Ale & Liberty Farm Pale Ale.

SIGN UP SHEET WILL BE AVAILABLE AT THE NOVEMBER MEETING or email Kathy @ kathy@cashell.us.

Sunday, December 6th Candy wrapping for Kidney Foundation: Starting at noon at Clancy’s West – 168th & Center. Come join us for this annual event. The room will be reserved until 4:00pm. More details to come.

Saturday, December 19th Toys for Tots Dinner: Casio’s –More to come!

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CCC Christmas Tree Decorating Contest

Kathy Brisbois

Decorate a tree (not more than two feet tall) and bring it to the December Club Meeting.

We will have a People’s Choice ballot for everyone attending the meeting. At the end of the meeting we will announce the winner.

I have contacted the Nebraska Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. They would be happy to receive a donation of trees for their residents. This is an opportunity to make the season a little brighter for someone that is not able to be at home for the holidays.

There are no rules except for the height of the trees. So use all that creative genius I know you all possess. Pick a theme for your tree and show it off at the December Meeting.

I can’t wait to see what you all dream up!

Here is the creative design from horse lovers, Gene and Kathy Gau at the “Lucky Duck Garage”.

Does this give you ideas?

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CCC Annual Charity Get-Together Coming soon: Sunday, December 6th

Clancy’s Pub Southwest, 168 & Center

Candy wrap starts at 1PM, Buffet following, Presentation 2:45PM

Every year CCC members come together to assemble a sugar free candy package for those who are on dialysis in the Omaha area. It’s a fun time and

it’s really hard work. Ha, Ha.

Along with the candy wrap, gift cards for the 5 needy families are presented to the Social Workers. CCC will be accepting donations at the November General

meeting. Your donations will go a long way to help those in need. Have a blessed Holiday Season.

It’s Pot Luck, meat will be provided. Please bring you favorite dish, salad or desert. Drinks will be available for purchase at Clancy’s.

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Toys for Tots WHEN: December 19th

WHERE: Cascio’s Steakhouse 1620 So. 10th Street

Cocktails 6PM, Dinner 7PM, Entertainment 7:30 to 9:30PM featuring the band, “Wheelin’ and Dealin”.

Price of meal include hors d’oeuvres, tax and tip.

Menu Choices: New York Strip $31.00 Petite Filet $33.00 Queen Prime $33.00 Salmon $27.00 Haddock $23.00 Broiled Chicken Breast $22.00 Parmesan Chicken $23.00

Start your shopping NOW! You’ll have fun doing it. Unwrapped toys of any kind will be appreciated. All gifts will be given to the Marine Toys for Tots

program. Let’s put a big smile on a little one’s face. It will bring a smile to your face as well!

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CCC/NCCC Point Leaders for 2015 (IF YOU ARE LISTED IN THE TOP 20 IN NCCC Points, YOU WILL NOT BE LISTED IN THE CCC POINT STANDINGS)

+ CCC MEMBER PNTS PNTS CCC MEMBER PNTS PNTS # F NAME L NAME CCC NCCC # F NAME L NAME NCCC CCC 1 CAROLYN HORST 525 432 1 JOE ELLER 3755 100 2 CORK ADAMS 500 22 2 TERESA ELLER 3693 185 3 BILL CASHELL 500 3 3 GENE GAU 2114 415 4 KATHY CASHELL 500 3 4 KATHY GAU 2106 405 5 LINDA ADAMS 445 22 5 GINA OGLE 1254 85 6 KATHY KORALESKI 400 299 6 DAVID FERGUSON 1148 195 7 JAYNE SAINZ 400 214 7 DON ANGEROTH 1129 200 8 PAT SWIFT 400 8 8 TIM OGLE 1121 85 9 SAM DEPETRO 395 3 9 JON MANZ 1049 225

10 SANDY SWIFT 390 8 10 STEVE SKIDMORE 1011 40 11 JODI DEPETRO 380 3 11 RANDY WILLIAMS 849 140 12 RAY KENNEDY 380 142 12 GARY BRISBOIS 843 395 13 ROBERT EDMUNDSON 365 72 13 KATHY BRISBOIS 789 395 14 COLLEEN NORGARD 360 2 14 MARILYNN ANGEROTH 698 180 15 RON NORGARD 350 14 15 JERRY KORALESKI 679 510 16 DAVE RICHARDSON 350 162 16 ERVIN GUNDERSON 612 155 17 JAN RICHARDSON 350 23 17 MARIE MANZ 606 155 18 JAYNE REIT 345 9 18 ERRIN GUNDERSON 593 20 19 CAROLYN EDMUNDSON 340 27 19 LINDA WERCHAN 549 400 20 RICK HARSHBARGER 340 0 20 GEORGE HORST 433 550 21 HOWARD RENSHAW 335 68 R 21 CAROLYN HORST 432 525 22 PERRY DAWES 330 255 22 CHET LEEDOM 417 75 23 NICK GAU 325 100 23 BILL ANDERSON 386 190 24 JOAN HARSHBARGER 325 0 24 BEN WILLIAMS 336 10 25 BOB HEGWOOD 325 27 25 GARY MUNDORF 326 10 26 HARVEY LENERS 325 2 26 KATHY KORALESKI 299 400 27 SHARON RENSHAW 325 10 27 PATTIE BENA 263 190 28 JO ANN LENERS 310 2 28 PERRY DAWES 255 330 29 KEVIN REIT 310 65 29 DAVE WILLIAMS 252 10 30 RAY ZIMMERMAN 295 51 30 JAYNE SAINZ 214 400 31 LOUISE GAU 290 0 31 BOB READE 209 270 32 LINDA DAWES 280 12 32 DAVID (SP) JAMES 182 120 33 LINDA HUGHBANKS 275 15 33 DAVE RICHARDSON 162 350 34 RON HUGHBANKS 275 18 34 CASEY BOOTH 156 5 35 BOB READE 270 209 35 RANDY DOFFIN 144 70 36 CAROLYN READE 260 0 36 RAY KENNEDY 142 380 37 DICK MASON 240 12 37 BILL PILGER 130 180 38 STEVE BRONNER 225 3 38 JARED KUHFAHL 129 10 39 MARY HEGWOOD 220 0 39 DEWAYNE DOFFIN 122 10 40 CHRISTOPHER TOOKER 215 100 40 STEVE WRIGHT 113 205

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CCC / NCCC EVENTS POSTED FOR THE 2015 COMPETITION SEASON Event Activity or DATE REMARKS: Only events that you attended Points CCC # Sanction Nos. 2015 will be posted in your results (NCCC are BOLD) Awarded ATT 1 CCC Approved Social 1-Jan New Years Eve Social 10S 16 2 CCC Approved Social 11-Jan Movie Night 10S 12 3 CCC Approved Social 15-Jan Meet and Greet at Horsemans Park 10S 15 4 CCC Approved Event 31-Jan Awards Banquet for the 2014 Comp Season 10S 110 5 CCC Approved Social 15-Feb Soaring Wings Winery Social 10S 16 6 CCC General Meeting 19-Feb CCC General Meeting for the Month of February 10S 88 7 CCC Approved Event 20-Feb CCC Workers at the South O Melodrama #1 10W 24 8 CCC Approved Event 21-Feb CCC Workers at the South O Melodrama #2 10W 23 9 CCC Approved Display 27-Feb World of Wheels CCC Display 20C,15E,10W 24 10 CCC Approved Event 14-Mar St Patrick’s Parade in Omaha & Lunch at Clan 15E,10S 81 11 CCC General Meeting 19-Mar CCC General Meeting for the Month of March 10S 95 12 CCC Approved Social 21-Mar Road Trip to Morrill Hall In Lincoln 10S 39 13 CCC Approved Event 28-Mar CCC Attendees at the West Region Ban De IA 25S 22 14 CCC Approved Social 11-Apr Mexican Domino's at the Gau's 10S 56 15 SW-170,200 11/12-Apr Texas Shoot Out, LS 1-14, Waco Texas Earned 2 16 CCC General Meeting 16-Apr CCC General Meeting for the Month of April 10S 86 17 MW-351,575,004,333 18/19-Apr Spring Fling, Illinois Earned 2 18 CCC Approved Social 22-Apr Meet and Greet at Mammas Pizza 10S 62 19 MW-278,464,522 2/3-May May Weekend in Rantoul Ill Earned 5 20 CCC Approved Event 2-May Leach Camper Open House #1,Chair's, Work 20C,10W 20 21 CCC Approved Social 3-May Road Trip to Chances Are in York, Social 10S 59 22 SW-392,198,200 9/10-May Oklahoma Thunder, HS 1-14, Hallett OK Earned 3 23 CCC Approved Social 11-May Pat Bivins Retirement and Tanners Social 10 27 24 CCC Approved Event 16-May Huber Armed Forces Day Car Show 20C,15E 65 25 CA-014,238 16/17-May Greenville SC Event, LS 1-14 Earned 2 26 CCC General Meeting 21-May CCC General Meeting for the Month of May 10S 87 27 SE-562,583,253 23/25-May East Tenn NCM Event, LS 1-14, HS 1-7 Earned 5 28 WR-193,022 23/24-May All IA Cor Wkend, LS 1-14, Chariton IA Earned 9 29 CCC Approved Social 28-May Meet and Greet, Moms Café 10S 42 30 WR-192,095,126 30/31-May SECC Lincoln Event, LS 1-14 Earned 52 31 MW-155,391 6-Jun The Great River Race, LS 1-10, LS 5-8 Earned 6 32 WR-268-010 6-Jun PC, Peers all Corvette Show, O NE, Ind Only Earned 23 33 WR-117-001 7-Jun MECC Spring Fling Event Earned 6 34 CCC Approved Event 7-Jun Veterans Appreciation Day at North Air Port Dis 15D 30 35 CCC Approved Social 10-Jun Meet and Greet social at the Stumble Inn 10S 57 36 WR-099,056 13/14-Jun Kansas City Event, LS 1-14 Earned 17 37 CCC Approved Event 14-Jun Sisters Lemonade Brigade display and Social 20C,15E 38 38 CCC General Meeting 18-Jun CCC General Meeting for the Month of June 10S 81 39 WR-128,095,268 20/21-Jun MAC Autocross Event #1, LS 1-14, CB Iowa Earned 52 40 WR-151,509 27/28-Jun Racing at the Speedway, LS 1-14, Newton IA Earned 12 41 CCC Approved Social 27-Jun Round the Bend & James Arthur Vin 10S 45 42 NW-278,464,522 4/5-Jul Weekend Racing, LS 1-14, Rantoul, Ill Earned 4 43 CCC Approved Event 11-Jul Leach Camper Open House #2,Chair's, Workers 20C, 10W 14 44 WR-268,095,126 11/12-Jul Mac Autocross Event #2, LS 1-14, CB Iowa Earned 31 45 CCC Approved Road Trip 15/16-Jul Hot Summer Nights Car Show, Sioux Falls SD. 25S, 35C 47 46 CCC General Meeting 16-Jul CCC General Meeting for the month of July 10S 78 47 CCC Approved Event 18-Jul Gretna Parade 20C,15E 46 48 MW-351,135,004,575 18/19-Jul Win Place Show, Balmoral, LS 1-14, Crete Ill Earned 5 49 CCC Approved Event 19-Jul H&H All Chevy Show 15E 45 50 CCC Approved Road Trip 17/19-Jul Black Hills Classic Event, Spearfish SD 35S 6

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51 CCC Approved Event 26-Jul Road trip to Sunken Gardens 10S 22 52 WR-015,MW-054 25/26-Jul Running the Downs & Rubway, LS 1-14, H D Earned 9 53 CCC Approved Social 31-Jul Stein Night 20C,10S 46 54 CCC Approved Event 1-Aug Greg Young Car Show & Valve Cover Races 20C,15E 66 55 MI-046,596,145 1/2-Aug Irish Hills CC Car Show, Ral,Owosso LS 1-7 Earned 1 56 CCC Approved Event 2-Aug Wilber Czech Parade 15E 17 57 WR-529,095 8/9-Aug Convention Warm-up, LS 1-7, HS 1-4, O NE Earned 38 58 WR-462,151 15/16-Aug Flying Low at Ankeny, LS 1-14, Ankeny IA Earned 15 59 CCC General Meeting 20-Aug CCC General Meeting for the month of Aug 10S 88 60 CCC Approved Car Show 23-Aug Church of the Masters Car Show 15E 51 61 CO-998, CCC 001 22/27-Aug NCCC National Convention in the Poconos Earned 12 62 ER-108 28-Aug Corvettes at Carlisle, 1 Con, 6 PC Earned 2 63 CCC Approved Road Trip 28/29-Aug Vettes on the River 10S 31 64 CCC Approved Social 4-Sep CCC Summerfestival Friday Night Social 10S 87 65 WR-095,338 5/7-Sep CCC Summer Festival, PC,FU,PR,LS 1/7,HS 1/4 Earned 84 66 CCC Approved Event 5-Sep Summer Festival non Sanctioned Ralley 5E/20C 44 67 SE-567,253,270,142 5/7-Sep SE Labor Day Wkend, 1/21 LS, Knoxville Tenn Earned 4 68 CCC Approved Event 13-Sep Mary Our Queen Car Show 15E 34 69 CCC Approved Social 15-Sep Social meeting and Potluck, & Car Museum Tour 10S 33 70 CCC Approved Display 19-Sep Sid Dillon Car Show 15E 49 72 CCC General Meeting 17-Sep CCC General Meeting for the month of Sep 10S 85 73 WR-208-001 19-Sep Irish Festival PC, St Jo Earned 2 74 MW-470,522 19/20-Sep Gateway to fun, LS 1-12, Route 66 St Louis Earned 5 75 CCC Approved Display 20-Sep NE Cor Assoc Car Show 15E 17 76 CCC Approved Social 23-Sep The Rustic Inn, Meet and Greet 10S 35 77 SW-468,085,248 26/27-Sep OK City September Blast, OK City Earned 4 78 IN-588,475 26/27-Sep Super September, LS 1-14, Bunker Hill, IN Earned 2 79 CCC Approved Social 29-Sep Stumble Inn, Meet and Greet 10S 44 80 CCC Approved Event 3-Oct Huber Chev Rally Event 15E 45 81 MW-205,465 3/4-Oct MW Reg Annual Fund, LS 1-10, Rantoul Ill Earned 2 82 MI-596,041,046,037 3/4-Oct MI Inter Spdway, LS 1-14, Brooklin MI Earned 4 83 CCC Approved Social 4-Oct Brownville Outing 10S 19 84 WR-022 4-Oct PC2,PR2,FU,ER, CCI Fun Sunday, Iowa CCI Earned 2 85 SE-563,583,551 10/11-Oct Fall Fund Raiser, LS 1-14, Knoxville Tenn Earned 2 86 CCC General Meeting 15-Oct CCC General Meeting for the month of Oct 10S 71 87 MW-195 17-Oct A Carhsrt Sat, LS 1/7, Tire Rack, South B IN. Earned 3 88 FL-539,112 17/18-Oct Florida Region, LS 1/14, St Agustine FL Earned 2 89 IN-513,080 24/25-Oct Bud Fivecote Mem., LS 1/12, PR 2, Ind IN Earned 4 90 SE-348,270 10-31/11-1 Huntsville Event, LS 1/14, Alabama Earned 4 91 CCC Approved Event 7-Nov Bellevue Veterans Parade and Lunch to follow 15E 61

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Convention News has been updated. Click on the links below to see the tentative schedule and other information. Go to NCCC website for future updates. http://www.corvettesnccc.org/

Omaha, NE July 17 - 22, 2016

An Invitation from the Convention Director Registration opens February 1, 2016 at 12:01AM EST Hotel Reservations will be part of reservation Campgrounds Information Tentative Schedule for the Week (09-14-2015)

Click on the Logos to visit their Web Sites

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Message from the President

2015 is rapidly coming to close. This is my favorite time of the year. Several of the events planned are fun to be a part of. Toys for Tots are

on the top of the list. I get to go toy shopping! There are amazing toys out there. Then there’s the Charity candy wrap program. CCC’ers are like Santa’s little helpers getting this project wrapped up.

About the time you read this, election of Officers will have taken place. Congratulations to those elected and a very special THANK YOU to those who served on the board for 2015.

It’s never over till it over, but Joe and Teresa Eller are in great shape to win the Overall National Points Championship. Great job guys! Gene and Kathy Gau as well as Gina Ogle will be receiving top honors too. What an accomplishment!

Have a great Holiday Season and Save the Wave, Jerry

Message from Your Governor

No updates or reports for this month.

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General Meeting Minutes October 15, 2015

Bel Air Banquet Room

Jerry Koraleski, President, welcomed everyone and led the club members in the Pledge of Allegiance. President Koraleski mentioned that Chet Leedom and Francie June, two members from South Sioux City, were in attendance and that they had arrived in a brand new ride! And I mean, brand new! It was good to see long-time member, Jerry Nabholz, (joined the club in 1992), with us for our meeting.

One of our newest members, Chris Tooker, is on fire sponsoring a number of members into CCC and NCCC. Several of the following people are sponsored by Chris: John and Patrice Tooker, Lonnie Glasshoff, Daniel Roan, Larry Longwell and Curtis Krumwied. One of Chris’s workout buddies, Todd Seamore, visited our club meeting to see what CCC is all about. The Sergeant of Arms didn’t have to throw anyone out of the meeting, so hopefully Todd was impressed and will be joining soon.

Jerry mentioned there were two records broken (one being 1E National record) at the Dave Hawk’s Memorial Drags by two of our new friends from Colorado!

Carolyn Horst accepted job of selling 50/50 tickets to support our Club Charity, the Nebraska Kidney Foundation. Thank you, Carolyn.

Kathy Gau read off the members who have birthdays this month and were attending our

meeting. A drawing for the birthday prize is held later in the meeting.

Jerry also recognized Terry Murkins from H&H Chevrolet being with us as a guest tonight.

Jan Gunderson, Secretary, received a motion to accept the September General meeting minutes as published in the newsletter from Sandy Swift and seconded by Kathy Brisbois.

Jan also announced that an absentee ballot for voting next month may be obtained by writing or emailing her.

As we all know, the Cornhusker Corvette Club is made of talented and purposeful people. As Secretary of the club, Jan was pleased to acknowledge that Johnny Lynn Williams, a CCC member since 2002, was the recipient of “Friend of Education” award on September 17. Johnny Lynn, a former Franklin Elementary School teacher in Council Bluffs was chosen for this award because of her significant contribution toward supporting environmental education in Pottawattamie County. As a side note, Johnny Lynn has provided recycling opportunities at all of the CCC low-speed auto-cross events.

Marie Manz, Membership Director was unable attend, but provided a report through Palmer Sohl. Although President Koraleski recognized the new members earlier in the meeting, Palmer had some interesting information about these folks. John and Patrice are the parents of Chris and live in Littleton, CO. Larry Long well is from Loveland, CO and set a drag record or two at the Dave Hawk’s Memorial Drag Race. I

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believe that Larry Longwell has already acquired a nickname of “Silver Bullet”. And there was some information passed on by P.L. Pilger to the effect that Daniel Roan took out a car from a trailer that wasn’t complete yet, and used it to set a drag record at Kearney too. Let it be known that the Kearney drag was his first drag strip race that he had driven. Chris stood and talked about how he thinks that there will be more cars there next year from Corvette Connection out of Colorado once they hear what a top notch facility and event CCC holds at Kearney. We raised and clapped for these people.

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Tim Ogle, Vice President and Webmaster, no report. Speaking of nicknames, Ray Kennedy stood and announced that Tim Ogle will now be known as “Tim the Timer”. Tim was humbled by the gesture and title that Ray bestowed upon him.

Tom Horeis, Treasurer, informed our club that we will support five families at Christmas time through the Kidney Foundation. Donations will be taken tonight and at the November meeting for these families.

Tom talked about the club’s revenues and expenses for the past month. Although Summer Festival was nearly a wash, Tom indicated that the high speed event was poorly attended. His thoughts on the reason were that the Warm-up for Convention that was held in August hurt the attendance over Labor Day weekend. The Dave Hawk’s Memorial Drags and low-speed auto cross fell short by $700 to $1,000 this year as well.

Tom has also set up the menu with Casio’s for the Toys for Tots dinner that will be held on

December 19. The prices for the meals range from $22 - $33.00 including tax, tip, tea and coffee (on the table). He quickly read off the 7 choices as follows: 11oz NY Steak, Filet, Prime Rib, Salmon, Haddock, Broiled Chicken Breast and Chicken Parmesan.

Governor, Jon Manz, Governor, no report.

Don Angeroth, Competition Director, caught our attention by announcing that there would be “Icekana’s on Lake Manawa on December 15. What a comedian! Actually, he said that he would expect that the 2016 schedule would be about the same as this year’s.

Pat Swift, Public Relations Director, “sprinted” to the front with his new knee (and his old knee too) and thanked all the people who had shown kindness through visits, food, calls and cards during his recovery. Pat didn’t have a report, but Tom Horeis recognized Pat for doing

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such a good job this year in the position of Public Relations Director.

Jayne Sainz, and Kathy Cashell Co-Social Director, reported on the following socials:

Hay Rack Ride at Shady Lane, Chairman, Dave Ferguson

Bellevue Veterans’ Parade, Chairman, J.B. Benedict

Trip to Fairfield to see Opera House & Winery (and yes, Kathy Koraleski, there will be wine)

Kidney Foundation Candy (Sugar Free) Wrapping party at Clancy’s West

Brownsville Trip was a success

Bill Cashell, Editor, didn’t have a report except he was very glad that Kathy Koraleski will get her glass of wine on the trip to Fairfield. He gave kudos to Jan for the poem he published in the newsletter this month that was meant

to commemorate Veteran’s Day next month. Bill also asked that new members stay for a quick picture for the newsletter.

Tim Ogle, Webmaster, no report.

JB Benedict, Points Chairman- was absent. Jerry reported that CCC is 26,000 points ahead of the #2 club in NCCC, but JB asked for a correction to these minutes stating that CCC is in first place in NCCC with 27,000, about 16,000 points ahead of second place.

George Horst, Member at Large-no report

Perry Dawes, Member at Large-.no report

Jerry Koraleski reminded members that the Members at Large are to handle any issues, problems or complaints.

Gene Gau 2016 Convention Chairman; who was wearing a pair of dark glasses and a new

“Lion” shirt furnished by Jayne Sainz from her recent trip to Cayman Island, informed the club that each Chairman and Co-Chairman and

those who assist these people will get a Blue convention shirt, trimmed in Red and White, free.

Have you seen the recent picture of Gene Gau’s feet that’s floating around? All the outstanding plans and what CCC is going to provide for a great time in the Omaha area has knocked his socks off and the 2016 Convention is going to Knock Your Socks Off Too! To remember the greatest 2016 NCCC Convention, Gene’s had some dash plaques made and he indicated that

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the lovely picture of his feet will appear on the placemats. (That ought to trim down the food costs!) BUT, there is one lady who absolutely thinks the “feet” are appalling so “she wins”! says Gene. Gene is going to tone it down with the feet. (Thank you, Sandy Swift!) Seems as though there’s been some fun planning this event!

Kevin Reit, Chairman of Door Prizes for the Convention came to the front and said he had a few donations and would invite anyone who had a

resource for prizes to gather them and bring them to him at the General Meetings. Any $30,000, $40,000 or $50,000 prizes would be welcomed—that Kevin Reit has always been such a joker. But, seriously, if your company would like to contribute, or if any individuals would like to contribute, that would really be great.

Ervin Gunderson, Summer Festival Chairman, No report.

Old Business- Kathy Brisbois came to the front to talk about the Christmas tree contest that will be held at the December meeting. The

trees must be 2 feet or less and those members who attend will be the judges. Most craft shops have their trees out now. The neat

thing about these trees is that they will be donated to the Nebraska Skilled Center at 72nd & Center in Omaha after we’ve had our fun with them.

Monica Baxter reported that the Mary Our Queen Car show was a success with 25 cars from our club. She had hoped for 10 cars!

Ray Kennedy won “Kid’s Choice”, and Jodi and

Sam DePetro won the” Adult Choice”. Congratulations!

Sharon Renshaw also hoped that 10 cars would turn out for the “Backpack Program at Yutan” car show to make $300, but, as this secretary predicted there were more cars than she

thought would show --39 cars. With other donations included from the club, CCC was able to give this program $625.00!

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How’s that for CCC coming through for these kids? That is the CCC way! Sharon read a very nice Thank you note from Craig Witty who heads this charity.

Terry Murkins from H&H Chevrolet said that the Lincoln All Corvette show had 250 Vettes enter the event a few weeks ago which was a record. Coverage of that show will be published in the H&H Chevrolet newsletter that goes out to 3,600 Corvette owners. Terry also mentioned having several special Corvettes for sale.

Bill Anderson led a discussion on the availability of the 2015 Snell Helmets, and President Koraleski directed Bill to address this situation with the Competition Director.

New Business- It should be noted that Chris Tooker’s reaction time at the Kearney drags was .0001!

At this time of the meeting, President Koraleski, announced that nominations for the Board of Directors for 2016 would begin. Those nominated and accepting are:

President Jerry Koraleski Vice President Kathy Brisbois Ray Kennedy Secretary Jannette Gunderson Treasurer Tom Horeis Governor Jon Manz Membership Director Marie Manz Competition Director Don Angeroth Public Relations Pat Swift

Social Director By Committee headed by Jayne Sainz and Kathy Cashell

Newsletter Bill Cashell Summer Festival Chair Dave Ferguson Members at Large #1 Perry Dawes Teresa Eller Members at Large #2 Bob Edmundson Chris Tooker Voting will take place at next month’s General Meeting according to the Club’s By-laws. Bill (P.L.) Pilger was drawn as the birthday winner and was given first choice of the gifts from the table. FYI: P.L. has been a member of CCC since 1979! Sandy Swift was not only the winner of the debate between her and Gene, but she was holding the winning ticket (red #4365310) for the 50/50 pot which was $116.

Motion to close was made by Randy Williams and seconded by David (Spinner) James.

Respectfully Submitted,

Jannette Gunderson

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2015 Officers President Jerry Koraleski, President@cornhuskercorvetteclub.com Vice President Tim Ogle, VP@cornhuskercorvetteclub.com Secretary Jan Gunderson Secretary@cornhuskercorvetteclub.com Treasurer Tom Horeis, Treasurer@cornhuskercorvetteclub.com Competition Director Don Angeroth, Competition@cornhuskercorvetteclub.com Editor Bill Cashell, Editor@cornhuskercorvetteclub.com Governor Jon Manz, Governor@cornhuskercorvetteclub.com Social Directors Jayne Sainz, Social@cornhuskercorvetteclub.com Kathy Cashell, kathy@cashell.us Summer Festival Erv & Jan Gunderson, SF@cornhuskercorvetteclub.com 2016 Convention Director Gene Gau, lky_duck@msn.com Public Relations Pat Swift, PR@cornhuskercorvetteclub.com Membership Director Marie Manz, Membership@cornhuskercorvetteclub.com Member At Large George Horst, MAL@cornhuskercorvetteclub.com Member At Large Perry Dawes, MAL@cornhuskercorvetteclub.com

2015 Chairpersons Points J.B. Benedict, Points@cornhuskercorvetteclub.com Sergeant At Arms Bill Anderson, Sergeant@cornhuskercorvetteclub.com Webmaster Tim Ogle, Webmaster@cornhuskercorvetteclub.com Greeter Allen & Palmer Sohl, Greeter@cornhuskercorvetteclub.com Please note the NEW email addresses. You will never have to remember a board members email address again - just their position!! Our webmaster has it set up to auto forward to the email address we have on-line.

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