Each year we sponsor the following events:

• Spring Car Show
• Spring Rally
• Hi-Way Cleanup Program
• Black Hills Corvette Classic (www.blackhillscorvetteclassic.com)
• Several Autocrosses & Drag Races
• Fall Banquet
• Christmas Party

The membership meetings are held from January through October (no meeting in November & Decembers) on the last Wednesday of the month, beginning at 7:30pm, at Bakers Crossing.
The Annual  Banquet is held in November.

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"Drive Your Corvette to Work Day"

Celebrate the Enjoyment of America's Sports Car

Friday, June 27th is the 8th Annual Drive Your Corvette To Work Day, sponsored by Mid America Motorworks. In honor of Drive Your Corvette To Work Day, enthusiasts across America will make "America's Sports Car" their commuter car for the day. 

Mid America Motorworks promotes Drive Your Corvette To Work Day among Corvette owners and clubs. The goal is to have as many Corvette owners as possible drive their car to work that day. Launched in 2001, Mid America Motorworks' Drive Your Corvette To Work Day is an annual event celebrated by thousands of Corvette owners. This year's event is especially noteworthy as 2008 is GM's 100th anniversary. The Chevrolet Corvette is arguably GM's greatest contribution to the automotive world.

Corvette owners who observe "Drive Your Corvette To Work Day" are encouraged to send photos or high resolution digital pictures of their car at work to clubs@mamotorworks.com or P.O. Box 1368, Effingham, IL 62401. Mid America Motorworks will post as many pictures as possible on their website, www.mamotorworks.com/corvette. Visit our site to see past DYCTWD events.

Board Members Present: MJ Klokkenga, Barb Koopman, Mike Skiles, Arnie and Shirley VanVoorst, Jason Ahrendt, Ryan and Denise Berg, Cheryl and Randy Nielsen, Mick and Glen Hoffer, Bruce Rogers, Pat Campbell and Sharon Arshem

Guests: Arnie Koopman, Mike Gilbride, Kathy Klokkenga and Ron Kersbergen.

President MJ Klokkenga opened the meeting at 7:30 PM.

Secretary’s Report – Motion made by Mike S., seconded by Shirley VanVoorst to waive the reading of last month’s minutes. Motion carried; minutes are on file with the secretary.

Treasurer’s Report – Barb Koopman gave the treasurer’s report. She checked into the renewal of one of our CDs and made the recommendation that we renew for 13 months at 3.41 APY. Motion was made by Mick, seconded by Ryan to accept Barb’s recommendation. Motion carried. Further motion was made by Jason, seconded by Bruce, to accept the treasurer’s report. Motion carried. A copy of the report is on file with the treasurer.

Membership – Mike Skiles reported that we have 199 members. 

COMMITTEE REPORTS

Plastic Chips – Pat Campbell reported the next deadline will be June 16. 

Autocross – Jason reported that everyone had a good time at the first autocross. Twenty-eight people (14 cars) attended the Hutchinson, MN event. They had a great Funkana and the whole weekend was very well run. The SFCC trailer has been fixed under warranty with a $37 charge for labor. The radios in the trailer used for the autocrosses have not worked well for the past couple of events. Six new hand held radios, with good range, have been purchased at a cost of $17 each. The BHCC insurance certificate has been ordered and received and will raise the coverage. Racing at Thunder Valley will be June 7. Jason received approval to use the Worthington Airport for a June 28 autocross.

Historian – No report. Mike Skiles will buy an adapter for the camera to be able to show pictures taken at events on a large screen (donated by Mike Gilbride and stored at Bakker Crossing).

Buzz Book – Mike Gilbride reported that 52 of the ‘08 books were handed out at the last general meeting.

BHCC – 228 have registered for the BHCC. All is going well. Riddles will be donating two items for the Classic, one item valued at $2500, one at $1800.

Webmaster – Type up anything you want printed exactly as you want it to appear before sending it to Colleen.

OLD BUSINESS

Credit Card Machine – Barb reported that a credit card machine can be set up for a one time charge of $45 with no monthly fee and no minimum. Twenty cents will be charged the club for each transaction plus 3.32% for each credit card purchase. The machine can be drop shipped overnight to MJ. Since there is no monthly charge, it was decided to keep the machine through the November banquet for those wishing to pay membership dues with a credit card.. A motion was made by Denise and seconded by Cheryl to accept the terms of the machine and go ahead and order it. Motion carried.

Insurance for Trailers and Merchandise – This has been taken care of and Barb has paid the bill.

Insurance for Club Board Members – No report at this time pending information Jason has requested.

NEW BUSINESS 

Mike Skiles will pick a ‘work day’ to get the trailers cleaned up, tires checked etc. before the Classic. Information will be in the Chips or sent via email soliciting help.

It has been brought to Mike Skiles attention that a possible point of interest at one of the meetings may be some basic CPR training. Patti Campbell does this at the hospital and Pat C. said he would ask her if she could bring some mannequins and instructors to a meeting.

After Bruce Rogers bought some things from Mid America for the Car Show, he received a letter from them asking for a roster of our membership. He will write a letter to them thanking them for the merchandise he received, but explain to them that it is against our club policy to give out that information.

Ron Kersbergen brought up his concern that we should buy a new generator since the current one hasn’t been working for the past 2 years. Bruce Rogers will look into pricing and bring back information to the next board meeting.

The next (and last) BHCC meeting will be June 14 at 9:30 AM at Skelly’s.

The next general membership meeting will be Wednesday, June 25 at 7:30 PM at Bakker’s Crossing.

The next board meeting will be July 9 prior to the packet stuffing at 5:30 PM at the EAA Bldg. at the Tea Airport. NOTE DATE, TIME AND PLACE CHANGE.

Reminder – All club members are encouraged and welcome to attend any board meeting. Remember to check the SFCC website for further information on events.

There being no further business a motion was made by Cheryl, seconded by Shirley, to adjourn. Motion carried.

Respectfully submitted,

Sharon Arshem,
Secretary

From the President

The Hutchinson Corvette Club asked our club to help run the Funkana at their rally this year. The rally was "Corvettes For A Cure". Cathy and I volunteered to go and help our club. It was a great time. I want to thank Dave Burns for taking the auto cross trailer up and Jason Ahrendt for setting up the computer for the event. Mike Skiles did a great job setting up the course. Watching the guys putting on a bra and doing the hula-hoop was a hoot. I also want to thank the members that helped out and or went up to the rally. There were twenty eight of us.

The club had its own Funkana on June 8th. It was the trial run before the Classic. John and Danita Pesicka did a great job laying out the course and running the event. Too bad the gold nuggets weren't real.

After the Funkana we had our first "Drive and Dine" event. We had over fifty members drive through the Falls and around the outskirts of Sioux Falls. We drove about forty miles. We dined at the Lone Star Steak House and had a great social time.

We want to thanks Bruce and Marlene Lemon, Dalliss and Marion Englund for doing the work for this great event. 

We have a lot of new members, so to see who they are, pick up the new Buzz Book at the next membership meeting. Mike Gilbride has done an excellent job on it for our club.

You have the car of choice. You joined the Sioux Falls Corvette Club. Once you join a club, jump in with both feet. There's more to the experience than just attending meetings.

Consider volunteering to work an event and try to be at all social events, or join the board. The whole point of having a Corvette is to drive it, but there are times to enjoy it with friends.

See you at the next membership meeting.


From your prez,
 
M.J. Klokkenga
President

Dear Sioux Falls Corvette Club,

The Okoboji Corvette Club will be having a special display of Mid-Year Corvettes in The Roof Garden during the annual "Vettes in the Park" event on Sunday August 10, 2008. 

We will have space for 24 Mid-Years inside, roped off for the public to see and enjoy. There will not be any judging of these cars- Display Only! 
There will be some very rare Mid-Years from Des Moines, Omaha, Minneapolis, Okoboji and hopefully Sioux Falls. 

If any of your members would be interested, please have them e-mail me at j.dixon@mchsi.com to get one of the 24 available spots. I have 16 of the 24 display spots already spoken for as of today. 
We would really enjoy having some Mid-Years from your area.

Thank You,
Larry Dixon
www.uofocorvetteclub.com

Volunteer Opportunities! 
We want to thank each one of you in advance for your hard work to make the Black Hills Corvette Classic a success. The Club is still needing volunteers for several events: selling merchandise on Thursday afternoon, helping at ‘Vette Street on Friday afternoon, and helping at our new event, the funkana, which will be held on Saturday morning at the Holiday Inn. Volunteer sign up sheets for these and other events will be at the membership meeting on June 25th. 

Gas Discounts for those attending the BHCC!
We know that gas prices are high, so in an effort to help alleviate the burden, we have worked with a few gas stations in South Dakota to get gas discounts for those attending the Black Hills Corvette Classic! 

• The BP station across from the Ramkota hotel in Sioux Falls, SD (Thursday morning caravan departure site) has offered 5 cents off per gallon on Wednesday, July 16 and Thursday, July 17th! You have to go inside the station to get the discount, but can still pay with a credit card if you prefer. 

• Al's Oasis in Chamberlain, SD (the caravan's breakfast stop) is offering 4 cents off per gallon on Thursday, July 17th! You need to go inside and pay with cash to get the discount. The coupon is also available on their website, alsoasis.com. 

Dairy Queen Discounts at Wall Drug!
We have confirmed a deal with the Dairy Queen in Wall Drug, SD to offer a discounted lunch deal - $3.00 for a cheeseburger basket (with fries) and a medium drink on Thursday, July 17th as the caravan passes through Wall Drug. Easy access on and off the interstate and the street will be reserved for Corvettes only to make parking easier.

Update -- ‘Vette Street USA - Sponsored by the Spearfish Downtown Business Association
Entertainment for this years ‘Vette Street USA will be the Four Sticks, a Led Zeppelin tribute band, along with special guest, Ever Onward that will open for them. Music is set to start at 5:00 p.m. and will end between 9:00 and 9:30 p.m. There will also be activities for kids, artists, and food vendors downtown. All of this is sponsored by the Spearfish Downtown Business Association in conjunction with their ‘First Fridays’ events.

More Diamonds to be Given Away at Riddle's Rock N' Roll Party!
Riddle's Jewelry has been a fantastic supporter of the Black Hills Corvette Classic and this year we will again be giving away at least 2 gorgeous diamond pieces with a total value approaching $5,000!


Ryan and Denise Berg
2008 BHCC Chairs
605-929-1100
info@blackhillscorvetteclassic.com

Sioux Falls Corvette Club General Membership Meeting
May 28, 2008

The regular General Membership meeting was opened by our president MJ Klokkenga. 

Secretary’s Report – A motion was made by Jan Hudson, seconded by Michele deWit, to waive the reading of last month’s minutes. Motion carried. A record of those minutes can be found in the Plastic Chips or on file with the secretary.

Treasurer’s Report – Barb Koopman reported on the balances as of April 30, 2008, in the regular club treasury and the Classic treasury. A motion was made and seconded to accept the report. Motion carried. The full report is on file with Barb.

New Members/Guests – Mike Skiles reported that we have 196 members at this time. All new members were reminded to pick up their name tags and new member packets. Guests Jerry Schroeder and Dave Riddle were introduced to the club. Dave said that Riddle’s was happy to help sponsor the Classic party.

COMMITTEE REPORTS

Plastic Chips –Patti Campbell reported the deadline for items to be placed in the next Chips will be June 16. 

NCCC/Autocross – Jason Ahrendt expressed appreciation to Jason Donovan of Billion for donating $1000 to be used by the autocross for purchase of new helmets, etc. Twenty cars participated in the last autocross. Jason A. thanked all those who helped. There will be drags at Thunder Valley on June 7. Time trials start at 1:00. June 13 is racing at MAM. Cost for ½ day participation is $80; full day, $120 and beginner’s class, $170. Jim McGrann will be going. Anyone interested, or having questions, should contact him.

Historian – Shirley VanVoorst had pictures from the Chili Challenge, the Car Show and the Spring Rally. She had hoped to set up a slide show, but some equipment was still needed.

Spring Car Show – Mike Erb and Bruce Rogers reported that the show was held May 18. First place was awarded to Mike and Connie Gilbride with their ’91 Turquoise ZR1; second place went to Ron and Cindy Kersbergen with their ’66 White Roadster and third place went to Jim and Chris McGrann with their ’66 Red Roadster. Congratulations! The rest of the door prizes not given away at Sunday’s event will be given away after the break to only those that were registered for the car show.

Highway Cleanup – Kathy Miller reported clean up was held Saturday, May 3. She thanked the 6 people that helped.

Automania – Jim McGrann has handouts available stating times, places and duties for those signed up to help. Meet at the parking lot north of Miller Funeral Home at 3:30 on Wednesday, June 18.

Drive and Eat – June 8 has been set for the first Drive and Eat. Meet at Dareo’s at 4:00. Dinner will be at Lone Start Steakhouse following the cruise.

Buzz Book – Mike Gilbride reported that the 2008 Buzz Book is printed and ready to be picked up tonight. He will take pictures tonight for the online version.

Corvettes for a Cure – Mike Skiles told everyone to check the website for more information on this event coming up this weekend in Hutchinson, MN. 

SFCC Funkana – John Pesicka reported this will be held June 8 at 2:00 in the parking lot of VeraSun (behind Bracco at 57th and Western). This is practice for the BHCC Funkana.

Packet Stuffing – 6:30 PM, July 9, at the EAA Bldg. at Tea Airport.

Webmaster – No report

BHCC – Denise reported there are 203 registrations so far. Time Change – Funkana will be 9:00AM to 1:00 PM on Saturday morning. Gas will be discounted to Corvettes at the BP across from the SF Ramkota (.05/gallon) and Al’s Oasis in Chamberlain (.04/gallon). Workers are still needed for the Thursday morning caravan, Friday afternoon at Vette Street USA, and merchandise sales. Wear the red team/club shirts to all/any events, especially when working.


OLD BUSINESS – 

Hot Harley Nights would like some SFCC members to drive some of the Make-A-Wish children at the beginning of the parade. If interested call Denise Berg. Their event will be one week prior to Hot Summer Nights. They will be advertising Hot Summer Nights at their event with 4 members Corvettes on a corner. If anyone in the club owns a business that has a marquee, please advertise date and time of Hot Summer Nights on your marquee.

Mike Erb and Bruce Rogers briefly told of their trip to Bowling Green over Memorial weekend.

Mike Skiles reported on behalf of several people who traveled to Ankeny, IA, to view the private Albaugh Collection consisting of 110 cars.

NEW BUSINESS –

June 15 the University of Okoboji Corvette Club will host an autocross at the Windom Airport.

50/50 Drawing - $83 was won by Derek VanDenTop; $83 by Mike Denevan. Tickets were also drawn for the rest of the prizes from the Spring Car Show. Congratulations to all winners.

The next board meeting will be June 5 at 7:30 PM at Bakker’s Crossing. Any and all interested SFCC members are encouraged to attend.

The next (and last) BHCC meeting will be Saturday, June 14 at 9:30 AM at Skelly’s.

The next general membership meeting will be June 25 at 7:30 PM at Bakker’s Crossing.

Remember to check the website for all events and further details. 

There being no further business, a motion was made and seconded to adjourn the meeting.

Respectfully submitted,

Sharon Arshem,
Secretary

Hutchinson Corvette show was second to none

Did you happen to see the Corvettes in Hutchinson last weekend?

We stopped counting at 100, which is not bad for a first-time effort. On Saturday, 'vettes cruised around town, checking out the restaurants while testing their skills at dart throwing! The fairgrounds were the focus for the six generations of Corvettes produced from 1953 through 2008.

All of the activity and the added population was the result of meticulous long-range planning, and attention to details by the organizers of the event, Ron and Linda Cleland.

Under the direction of Ron and Linda and their families, the Crow River Corvette Club and the Sioux Falls Corvette Club worked together to put on the event. Competitions for the participants ranged from a Funkana Corvette event, the Blind Faith Auto Cross, the Dart Cruise and a caravan through town after the Corvette Show at the fairgrounds.

The Saturday evening banquet, where the menu included "personal" entree orders, was emceed by Ron and Linda, who made sure each entree order was correct. They never missed a beat the whole weekend. The Corvettes for a Cure event had a special meaning to Ron and Linda, since Linda is a breast cancer survivor. We have attended many Corvette events, and the Hutchinson Corvette show is ranked second to none.

Ron and Linda deserve so much credit for a well-organized, friendly, fun and successful event. The city of Hutchinson hosted a huge event and the city gained a whole bunch of public recognition because Ron and Linda had a dream, and they made it come true the old-fashioned way - they worked hard.

We thank them for a great weekend of fun. The city of Hutchinson owes them one.


This Letter to the Editor was in the Hutchinson, MN newspaper on June 5, 2008. Thanks to Mike & Colleen Skiles for sharing this with us.
*Photos courtesy of the Crow River Corvette Club

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