August

2008

From the President:

What a wonderful picnic we had ! Thank you to Lee and Claudia Manchester for hosting the event, and to all the club members bringing the great dishes to pass. Welcome to new members Keith and Cindy Arnold. They joined our group at the last meeting. Our next event will be a poker run, ending at Mykonos, Bill Sablosky is heading up organizing the stops for the run. This is open to anyone, even if you can not drive your classic, bring what you are driving and join in the fun.

On Aug. 20^th, Susanna and I had the honor of representing the club at the Rotary Camp Board of Directors dinner held at the camp. It was at this dinner that I presented our donation from the car show to the camp. They were very appreciative and thanked us for all we did for the camp.

I took a walk around the camp to see what all that the campers were doing. Some were around the pool, others were having group photos taken. The camp theme this year was Pirates. Some were dressed up as pirates, singing little pirate jingles they had made up. Some were trying karaoke. Some were on the playground. I believe that the a local horse club and a mounted patrol brought in horses so the kids could ride. I can not put into words all the smiles and fun that these campers were having. I’ve included a few photos I took with the phone so the quality may be lacking. It was the camps 45^th year and a cake was presented to the directors. The camp takes in 100 kids and is staffed by 70 volunteers, but I think the thing that I was most impressed with was out of those 70 staff members, I would venture to say 40 of them were young people, and I’m talking teenagers with as big a smile on their faces as the campers they were in charge of. These young people volunteer their time to come and for the week care for the campers. Some of these children are severely handicapped and have to have 24/7 care, which involves sleeping , feeding , taking them to the restroom, and moving them around the camp. To say that a lump didn’t form in my throat at the compassion that these young staff members exhibited would be a lie.

The money that we sent down in donations is definitely going to a worthy cause. Below are some pictures of the camp.

I want to remind everyone that the October meeting is just around the bend, at this meeting nominations for club officers are made, for the November elections.

Take care all

Larry Heins

Finger Lakes Classic Chevy Club

Minutes for August 9th, 2008

Called to order @ 5:42 pm

Location: Manchester’s backyard

Attendance: Joe & Judy Baran, Ben & Vicki Caputo, Larry DiLullo, Jean Fornataro, Sonny & Dorothy French, Larry & Susanna Heins, Norm Kinney, Larry and Colleen Klimek, Lee & Claudia Manchester, Scott, Katherine, Nolan & Rylee Manchester, Bill Sablosky, Linda Tefft

Guests: Cindy & Keith Arnold (joined before end of meeting). Welcome to our guests who stopped by after the car show at G&T Sports Park- John & Nancy Linder, Steve Licata, Roger & Nancy Lombardi.

Last month’s meeting minutes for July were published online. Motion to accept the minutes as published made by Norm, second by Jean.

Treasurer’s report: Balance given in account, checks have been written to GVRC ($750) and Caledonia FD ($150) for donations from car show. Larry H. to deliver these. We received a $100 donation from Barton Hots. Motion to accept Treasurer’s report made by Sonny, 2^nd by ? Request to approve expenses for today’s picnic – approved.

President’s Comments: The Caledonia Fire Department was very surprised and pleased to receive the $150 donation from the club and says thank you. Larry again thanked all members for their hard work at the show. Also, a thank you to Bill S. for posting the news and other items on the website.

Correspondence: Spurr Chevrolet says thank you for our support at the Spurr Cruise in July.

Aug 10^th – Wyoming Valley – Warsaw

Aug 17^th – Marion Car Show

Aug 24th – Mt Morris Car Show

Aug 29^th – Movie and Cruise night at Highland Park Bowl – “American Graffiti”

Aug 30^th – Olcott Beach

Sept 6^th – Gainesville Car Show

Tues – Car Cruise – Fairport, Packetts Landing

Committee reports: Car Show – Next year’s show will be Sunday, June 28^th. Note - the Caledonia Fire Department will be holding a carnival on the fairgrounds next door on Friday and Saturday that same weekend.

Bill received an email noting that the Street Machines received a $4,000 grant from the Town of Greece to put on their show. We are wondering how this is obtained and if there might be funds to support our show somewhere.

Old Business:

New Business:

Next Meeting: Saturday, September 13^th - Poker Run and Cruise – stops to be set up by Bill S.

Tech nights – There will be tech night at the Manchester’s on Aug 12^th

Meeting ended at 6:18 pm

50/50 winner – Sonny French - $14

Attendance winner – Fred Cassin – not here

Minutes taken by Larry DiLullo, Secretary and typed by Claudia Manchester, Treasurer.

Starting time to meet at the first stop will be 3:00 PM.

We will wait one half hour and proceed to the next stop following each other.

1st Stop

Woodcliff Hotel @ Spa: 199 Woodcliff Drive Fairport NY

From Rochester take 490 East to Exit 28 (Mall Exit).
At the light turn left onto Rte. 96.
Pass under the expressway and turn left at first traffic light onto
Woodcliff Drive. At top of the hill turn left at hotel sign.

2nd stop:

Powder Mills Park will be our second stop located at 154 Park Road, Pittsford, NY 14534, southeast of Rochester.
Enter the park from Route 96 South of Bushnell’s Basin near Interstate 490.

3rd Stop

Northfield Commons in Schoen Place

50 State Street (Route 31) at Schoen Place by the Erie Canal in Pittsford Village

4th Stop:

Mykonos's Cafe

3423 Winton Place
Rochester, NY 14623

We will eat here and pick the last 2 cards there.

Below are some pictures from events in our area, and from our August picnic, enjoy.