Newsletter
April 2008
Meeting was called to order at 5:00 P.M. by our illustrious president, Joanne Luster
(with her sees-all gavel, of course).
Secretary, Bonnie Smith read the minutes.
Treasurer Mark Thomson was absent so we had no treasurer's report.
On March 22nd we toured the shop of "Street Rod Visions" in Lynnwood. A group met at K-Mart in everett and caravanned to the site. We had invited other clubs to join us and they did. We had a total of 29 guests. We were served a catered lunch of barbequed chicken, salad, potatoes, baked beans and drinks. Everyone had a good time eating, visiting and looking at cars in various stages of repair from rust buckets to great show pieces. The group then went to the "Roadhouse" for more visiting and bonding. Everyone had a great time!
Mike Burks gave a report on Kla-Ha-Yah Days. Les Schwab (corporate) will no longer be the primary sponsor so the committee is looking for other paying sponsors. The vendors will participate in our music and different activities. We will also have a Hula Hoop contest of some sort. We will have fliers at our next meeting.
Boeing Life and Wellness requires that we each have our own I.D. number (called BEMS) so those who already renewed must put their number on their application (for your spouse put your number plus an "S" and for a dependent, your number plus a "D"). Anyone who has ever worked for Boeing has this number on file. Also, to get in the Boeing rec. center we will need to have an I.D. card with our picture on it (all supplied by Boeing) so we can get in the building to get to our display cabinet. Joanne already did this. Open house for Life and Wellness will be in the fall at the rec. center.
Our club now also has to file income tax even though we don't make much money. We are allowed $25,000.00 before we have to pay taxes. We also need membership to be 90% Boeing-related. Only 10% can be non-Boeing people.
FUN STUFF:
Christmas House; September will be a good time to start collecting gifts and money for them.
We all agreed to give a cash donation to the food bank as we did last year. John and Wendy Lato started volunteering at the Lynnwood food bank and state it is a very worthy cause. It's located behind the church on 176th and 52nd in Lynnwood (5320 176th St. S.W., Lynnwood 98037, phone (425) 745-1635)
GARAGE VISIT:
April 26th, Drager's Classic; meet at K'Mart (in Everett on Evergreen Way) and at 10:30 caravan to the site (18805 Aurora Ave North, Seattle). Lunch will be at the Red Crane.
CAR SHOWS:
May 3rd; the 5th old car show at Sylvana, WA. This show has grown leaps and bounds
May 26th; Cruizin' to Colby. This is the big one for us. We are trying to have the
most cars registered so get those registrations in. The plan is to meet at
Lowes parking lot in Everett (2505 Pacific Ave.) at 5:30 A.M. and then caravan up
to the entrance at 5:45A.M. so we can all park together.
June 15th; car show at the Northshore church (close to the Boeing rec. center).
This was a very good show last year.
June 15th; Ashley Point retirement home, Lake Stevens. This is free and more of
a community service for the residents of Ashley Point. No cost, bring your car and
get a free lunch. Noon to 3:00 P.M.
July 20th; Kla-Ha-Yah Days, Snohomish, 5:30 A.M.
July 26th; The Village, Granite Falls, 11:00A.M.-2:00P.M.
August 9th; Dave Hoserland's. Located in West Monroe at the huge house on the hill
across highway 2 from Fryland's (North side of hwy). $10.00 for the car show and
a good lunch. Tom Joy attended last year and was very impressed and encouraged us
to attend.
September 10th; Boeing factory car show-more info. later.
TRUCK SHOW:
May 18th; Puget Sound Ltd. Spring Fling at the Nile Country Club golf course on the county line (205th, between Mountlake Terrace and Shoreline).
Swap meet at Monroe May 17th and 18th.
June 7th paint-the-trailer and party day at Luster's. Time to be announced at May meeting.
Mike Smith had his name drawn for car-of-the-month for May.
George Luster did Split-the-Pot (thanks, George). John Lato won and donated his winnings back to the club--THANKS, John. Thanks to both of you for a job well done.
Meeting adjourned at 6:00P.M.
Respectfully submitted,
Bonnie Smith
Secretar