May Cruise to Brotherhood Winery with Westchester Corvettes

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1 Intake & Exhaust May 2015 Cruise to Brotherhood Winery with Westchester Corvettes May Meeting: Our next General Meeting will be on Thursday, May 21st at The Hearth Restaurant 756 Federal Road. Brookfield CT Please RSVP to Nina or ninaz@charter.net Candlewood Valley Corvette Club, P.O. Box 2205, Danbury Ct Sponsor: Maritime Motors of Fairfield. (203)

2 President s Corner May, 2015 The club cruise together with the Westchester Club was a very enjoyable time. The surprise was the Cars and Coffee auto gathering at the BJ s shopping plaza in Yorktown, NY. From there we went via the Bear Mountain Parkway over the Bear Mountain Bridge and then north on Route 9 up to the Brotherhood Winery in Orange County, NY. After the tour, there was a luncheon for both clubs at a nearby Irish Pub-which was very good. All in all it was a very nice day. Thanks to Jim Vitetta for his coordination to help get the clubs together. It was great to see Vince Quartararo attend as well. I am trying to see if the WCC can join with us in July to attend the IMSA TUDOR UNITED SPORTSCAR CHAMPIONSHIP RACE scheduled for July at Lime Rock Park. These are usually great events. The Park has refurbished the spectator seating areas. More to come about that at a later date. On Sunday 5/17, the WCC will hold their Classic car show at Arroway Chevrolet in Mt. Kisco, NY. It is just off the Saw Mill River Parkway. That same day is the blessing of the bikes and Corvettes + cruise from St. Joseph Church in Brookfield at 1:15 PM. There will be a cruise after the blessings and then a cookout back at the church after the cruise. Mel is continuing to work with Ingersoll Chevrolet to schedule a Corvette Tech session in the near future. Thanks Mel. Paula Vitetta has volunteered to take on the responsibilities of the Executive Secretary which entails taking minutes at meetings.. Thank you Paula! Don t forget that our next regular meeting is scheduled for 5/21/2015 at The Hearth Restaurant in Brookfield, CT at 7:00 PM. Enjoy your cars! Have fun! See you in a couple of weeks. BB Vice President s Corner Vice President s report for will be presented at the next dinner meeting. 2

3 CVCC Clothing: For those who would like to purchase clothing items such as tee shirts, jackets, polo shirts, hats, etc., custom embroidered with the club emblem, your car or your name, I have gotten several sample size shirts and a price list from Galli Shirts. To view the items available, check their catalog at and I can place the order for you. Vice President Joe Wodarski Executive Secretary s Corner Next CVCC General Meeting The Hearth Restaurant Thursday May 21, 2015 TREASURER S REPORT: FROM THE VAULT Treasurer s report for will be presented at the next dinner meeting. Kirk Narick - Vault Keeper 3

4 From the Editor/Corresponding Secretary Thank you for participating in last month s food drive. We delivered the food to the food pantry the Saturday after the meeting. We have a number of fliers and events from other clubs included in the newsletter this month. As always, send anything you d like included in the newsletter to: jwolff34@aol.com. WEB-NEWS Contact Candlewood Valley Corvettes Club, P.O. Box 2205, Danbury Ct Web Facebook: Inc/ CVCC General Meeting May 21, 2015 (Agenda to be amended) 1. Pledge of Allegiance 2. Acceptance of minutes 3. Committee Reports-all updates 4. New Business 5. Motion to adjourn. 6. Please keep our military in your prayers. Please drive home safely. BB 4

5 2015 ACTIVITIES CALENDAR EVENTS The club had a busy 2014 with activities in every month. If there are events you would like to see added in 2015, please contact one of our officers or bring up the subject at one of the meetings. This is your club and we want to be sure we are planning activities that are of interest to our members. As in years past we will hold our executive meeting on the first Thursday of each month and the general membership meeting on the third Thursday of every month. Everyone is encouraged to attend these meetings. UPCOMING EVENTS- MARK YOUR CALENDAR May 21 CVCC General Meeting TBD Bus trip to NYC 911 Memorial May 17 Westchester Corvettes 5th Annual Spring Dust-Off Classic Car Show at Arroway Chevrolet No. Bedford Road Mt. Kisco, NY Registration from 8 to 11 AM -and- Trophies at 2 PM Registration: $20.00 per Vehicle Spectators are Free 5

6 WELCOME NEW MEMBERS - CVCC MEMBERSHIP Welcome to our newest member, David Lavine, from Woodbury, and his son Aaron! Our membership consists of Corvette enthusiasts from all over Ct and parts of western NY. Visit us at if you or you know someone who loves Corvettes, have them fill out an application; we would love to have them join us! Photos from the joint cruise to Brotherhood Winery with Westchester Corvettes, Sunday May 3 rd,

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14 The following pages are our retooled Member Photo Directory. The photo quality is still not great, so if anyone has any ideas, or can send me original photos, I will upgrade the directory! 14

15 Bob B, 2008 Z06 Vince & Denise Q 2010 GS Terry L-01Silver Rdstr Joe & Sui W.C5 Red Rdstr Donna & James V. 04 Rdster Kirk N- 06 Silver Coupe 15

16 Mike B Z06 Linda & Gene O Gary & Linda C- 04 Red Rdst Fred & Linda S. 70 LTI Paula & Nick V 2008 Coup Paul and Randy C 2014 Coup 16

17 Bill & Janet V. 81 Yellow Coupe Sue & Henry W 2003 Z06 Al G 1993 Red Coupe Russ & Nicki K Rdstr Mel & Joanne W. 69 Coupe Fred and Linda S. 81 Coupe David & Nina Z ZR1 Bob M 91 Green Rdstr Laurie & Scott B 1991 ZR1 17

18 Peter D 85 Silver CL Coup Nancy & Juri T 85 Red Rdstr Farrol L. 63 Red Rdstr Bill & Elizabeth B 00 Pewter Hdtp, Lynn M and Tom F 1999 black Corvette coupe Carl S 1986 Red Coupe 18

19 From the archives..the minutes from the FIRST MEETING OF CVCC! On July 15 th, 1979, the 1 st gathering of the Corvette owners of this area took place. WOW! It was out of sight! 1955 to the present Corvette showed. Every one of them was a sight to behold. In addition, the occupations of the group are as varied as the ages. It was a delight to see such a diversified group. We listed interests on the fact sheet. As this was rather vague you can imagine the responses: Some kinky stuff! It should have been worded; interests in club. Everyone seems to have a lot of ideas. We need them-wow!! Before any serious thought can be given to constitutions, officers, dues, etc, we need to get to know each other. So, on July 29 th, a picnic will be held at Lake Waramug State Park, New Preston, Ct. in order to accomplish this. Please bring your own food and drink for a barbeque. Also, bathing suits will be needed. It will take approximately one hour to get to the park, so be gassed up. We will meet at the same Caldor shopping center at 9:30 a.m. for a 9:45 a.m. take-off. If you have never been in a Grand Corvette Caravan, it s worth the trip! Hope to see you then. LETS VETTE TOGETHER!! Bill & Carole Ross, Joe & Miriam Smith Ten Commandments of Corvette Owners I. Thou shalt not loan a Corvette to anyone II. Thou shalt not bring a Corvette to an automatic car wash III. Thou shalt not fail to wave to a fellow owner IV. Thou shalt not swear at Corvette - for it is very temperamental V. Thou shalt not cruise on an unpaved road VI. Thou shalt not pass a fellow Corvette owner in distress 19

20 VII. Thou shalt not feed Corvette with budget grade fuel VIII. Thou shalt not expose Corvette to severe weather conditions IX. Thou shalt not forget to activate alarm X. Thou shalt not acknowledge a Miata or 350Z as being true sports cars CVCC Sponsor: Maritime Motors Chevrolet 20

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24 Car for Sale: Mileage is 40,000. Asking price is 12, or best offer. Cell # is , Connecticut. Car had all options for 82 except, no CB radio and did not have HD cooling option. 24

25 April Birthdays and Anniversaries: Happy Birthday to: Carl Stalhammer May 3 Teri Stalhammer May 7 Peter DiMasi May 8 Nancy Tolmoff May 16 Jim Stevens May 19 Chris Regan May 20 Nina Zschunke May 22 Gary Coviello May 24 Jean Miele May 28 Joseph Fiteni May 29 Joanne Wolff May 29 Happy Anniversary to: Executive Board President Bob B. (203) president@cvalleycorvettes.com V. President Joe W. vicepresident@cvalleycorvettes.com Treasurer Kirk N. (203) treasurer@cvalleycorvettes.com Corresponding Secretary and Editor correspondingsec@cvalleycorvettes.com or newsletter@cvalleycorvettes.com Joanne W. (203) Executive Secretary Paula V. Hospitality Nina Z. hospitality@cvalleycorvettes.com Webmaster Gary C. (203) webinfo@cvalleycorvettes.com Mike and Karen Ciriello May 7 Bill and Elizabeth Bennett May 18 Linda and Gene Ottavio May 18 Mike and Donna Kindel May 31 25

26 The Sarbellos and their 81 Silver/Blue Coupe On Sunday May 3, 2015, Linda Sarbello had her 1981 Silver/Blue coupe entered into the local Northeast Chapter NCRS Spring meet. This was held at Street Rod Steve's Garage, Wallingford, CT. Since we have previously discussed in this newsletter the nature of this type of event for our 1970 LT1, we will not repeat it again. After an exhaustive judging review, the car scored an NCRS Top Flight at 99.2 out of 100. This event was attended in order to determine its originality condition in anticipation of entering the vehicle next year in the NCRS National Meet to be held in Warwick, RI. The reason this Corvette did so well was because the previous owners were meticulous about keeping it original and low mileage. It has earned numerous awards including previous NCRS Top Flights, Bloomington Gold, Gold Spinner Award and Triple Crown. 26