MARTIN CHEVROLET - Sunburst Corvette Club

SUNSPOTS
THE OFFICIAL NEWSLETTER
OF THE
SUNBURST CORVETTE CLUB
CELEBRATING OUR 35 TH YEAR
INSIDE THIS ISSUE
• Cary Cruise Night
• Sunburst Mystery
Member
• Sunburst Poker Rallye
• Drive to the Door
• Sunburst Golf Outing
• Sunburst Picnic
• Sunburst/Fox Valley
Cougars Game
• President’s Letter
• Judges Training Day
SEPTEMBER 2012

Meetings at 7:30pm
1 st Thursday of every month, except January
Nick’s Pizza & Pub
856 Pyott Road
Crystal Lake, IL 60014
815-­‐356-­‐5550
Membbership Dues – effective 9/1/11 thru
9/1/12
New Member Single $67.00 / Couple $90
SUNSPOTS IS A MONTHLY PUBLICATION OF THE
SUNBURST CORVETTE CLUB
SUNBURST 2012 OFFICERS
PRESIDENT TOM PALMER 815-455-4529 VICE PRESIDENT RON GLIOT 847-387-2738
SECRETARY AL HIGGINS 630-240-8607 TREASURER RICK EDWARDSEN 847-838-2606
GOVERNOR MATT WATERS 847-265-4264
2012 C0MMITTEE CHAIRPERSONS
APPAREL CARLA DALEIDEN 847-489-2212 CAR SHOW GARY GEMBALA 224-520-0243
CHARITY BETH WEGER 847-540-9082 CRUISE DIRECTOR KEVIN KASPERSKI 847-525-9499
JULIE THOMAS 847-438-0091 GOOD WILL ELLY PALMER 815-455-4529
MEMBERSHIP BILL MUMFORD 847-658-6646 NEWSLETTER MIKE STEVENS 847-277-9302
PUBLIC RELATIONS AL HIGGINS 630-240-8607 JEAN MUMFORD 847-658-6646
HISTORIAN MIKE STEVENS 847-277-9302 SERGEANT AT ARMS DAVE THOMAS 847-438-0091
SPONSORSHIP STEVE WEGER 847-540-9082 WEBMASTER EMILY KASPERSKI 847-5259499
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FROM THE PREZ
Dear Members, September 2012
It’s overwhelming for me to witness members volunteering in our club. It’s what
keeps this club going and continuing to be a fun experience for our members.
Thank you from me and all our members. To sum it up with an Aussie
expression, ‘Good On You’.
Boy, has the summer flown by, the Bandito Barneys Flash Drive by Ron Gliot
had 22 members attending. The day after that, Kevin Daleiden organized the St.
Jude’s Charity Cruise-in at Diamond Jim’s in East Dundee, and had 35
vehicles register.
So far in August the Sunburst Picnic at the Hottenrott’s was a success on a
perfect weather day. The Sunburst/Northern Illinois Corvette Club
Autocross at Rockford Speedway, organized by Lee Douglas and Matt Waters
had a large attendance. And the Sunburst Poker Run by Don Elliott & Bill
Hoak was just completed, I counted over 25 corvettes lined up in front of
Culvers. By the time you read this, the back to back corvette cruise nights in
Cary & Barrington will have taken place, as will the Sunburst/Fox Valley Kane
County Cougars baseball game.
September has Mt. Prospect Cruise Night – Corvettes on Saturday the 1 st , in
the Metra parking lot on the North side of the tracks at Rt. 14 & Rt. 83.
*It also brings us to our biggest fundraising event of the year, the Sunburst Car
Show on Sunday the 16 th . I’m asking for ‘all hands on deck’ to support the club
for this event. Gary Gembala is the car show chairman, and needs more
volunteers, please contact him and ask where you can help.
Then we have the Corvette Run to the Door, a 3 day drive out to Door County,
starting on Friday the 28th, organized by Mark & Patti DalBello.
October brings the St. Jude’s Cruise to Memphis, a 5 day drive out, starting on
Wednesday the 5 th , organized by Lee Douglas. On Saturday the 6 th , try a
Sunburst Golf Outing, being organized by Mike Stevens & Mike Rosendahl.
Then put on a costume and come out for the Sunburst Halloween Party, on
Saturday the 27 th , a fundraiser for Little Angels, organized by Jean Mumford.
Hope you’re having a good Corvette summer!
Yours in vetting,
Tom
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Sunburst Corvette Club is a
member of the National
Council of Corvette Clubs
For more information on
NCCC or upcoming sanctioned
events call Matt Waters at 815-
265-4264 or go to
www,sunburstcorvetteclub.com
or the NCCC Midwest Region
website at www.mwregion.com
Sunburst’s Mission
To encourage planned trips,
events and social activities for the
members of the club.
To provide and regulate events and
exhibitions for Corvette Owners.
To encourage careful and skillful
driving

SUNBURST CORVETTE CLUB MEMBERSHIP MEETING MINUTES V1.0 Final
Opening:
August 02, 2012 Thursday Wool Street Grill; Cary, IL
Meeting called to order at 7:30 PM by President Tom Palmer and he thanked our Greeters this evening, Jim
and Joani Downing.
Bill Mumford introduced tonight visitors and a new club member!
Carolyn Higgins moved to approve the minutes of the July 5, 2012 membership Meeting, and Kevin Kasperski
2 nd . The minutes were approved unanimously.
President: Tom Palmer – CL Chevy - We learned that CL Chevy was purchased 3 wks ago by Todd Martin
and Dan Hoylan. A representative of Martin Chevrolet is here tonight to talk about the new dealership. Martin
Chevrolet is excited about working with us with the September car show! Todd and Dan are family orientated,
want nothing more than good customer service. They would like to extend an offer for all club members to stop
by and meet the staff and look at the new cars. Martin Chevrolet has extended a 10% off on parts and labor to
members of the Sunburst Corvette Club!
Meeting Location - This is our last meeting at Wool Street as they are closing August 12th. Ron and Tom are
on the relocation committee together to evaluate a new meeting location! Will discuss alternative locations at
the upcoming board meeting!
Vice President: Ron Gliot - What a crowd tonight. It's looks like Christmas at church with the attendance. It
seams like whenever we have a crisis in the club, the room fills!
Secretary: Al Higgins - Nothing to report.
Treasurer: Rick Edwardsen - At the end of July, we are at $4,868, which is just about even with where we
were last yr. at this time!
Governor: Matt Watters – Lee for Matt, Has NCCC 200 point patches for 4 club members; Bill Hoak, Lee
Douglas, Mehlinae Douglas, and Matt Watters.
Committee Reports:
Apparel: Carla Daleiden. – Nothing to report!
Charity: Beth Weger & Julie Thomas – Beth and Julie delivered the back to school items to Salvation Army
last month. Beth also spent time assisting with packing up the back-packs and supplies.
Cruise Director: Kevin Kasperski – Upcoming Local Events and cruise night flyers are on each table tonight.
> One of the best cruise locations is Hawthorn Woods for anyone in LZ area, it's held in the community park,
off of old McHenry Rd., on Friday nights 5 PM - 8:30 PM. You can bring in your own beer and wine. They have
a food truck selling hot sandwiches, a farmers market area, and live music. Anyone who wishes to show their
car will be parking in the grass area. Pull into public works building, and follow the cart path!
> This coming Saturday 6PM - 9 PM, Super Dog which is in Wheeling is having a Corvette Night!
> Cars and Coffee will start back up on the next two Saturdays in Dundee. On September 8th Rain or Shine!
It's going on the road to Grosslinger Chevrolet has volunteered to provide all the food, drinks and
refreshments, and will match donation up to $500. So far, Coffee and Corvettes has raised $ 650 to date!
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Membership: Bill Mumford – The club now is 131 members strong!
News Letter: Mike Stevens - Mike is looking at retiring from the newsletter at the end of this year and is
looking for someone to take over the position! This month there were issues with trying to get the clubs
newsletter posted on the clubs web site. So the news letter was sent to club members vie email blast!
Five members guessed this month’s mystery member - lot of people guessing this month! Five people guess
Ed Armatys correctly, and each has received their raffle tickets!
Public Relations: Al Higgins
> Revised the car show flyer and registration form to reflect the name change to Martin Chevrolet.
> Will be sending out the flyer and registration forms electronically via e-mail within the next week!
Sergeant at Arms: Dave Thomas - Collected $ 1 from name tag violator!
Sponsorship: Steve Weger - Martin Chevrolet will be a sponsor of the club at the gold level. Douglas
Automotive (previously Rick and Lou's) renewed their sponsorship of the club at the Silver Level. LGB Safety
Switch renewed their sponsorship!
Webmaster: Mehlinae Douglas – Will be staying with previous web service provider. The new service
provider was to difficult to work with and get things done!
Goodwill: Elly Palmer - Recited the birthdays and anniversaries for this month!
Car Show: Gary Gembala -
• Registration forms on the back table!
• Kevin Kasperski - August 5th at 11 AM car show judging training at Kevin's house and practice on a
couple of cars!
• Mike Stevens - Car Show T Shirts A few additional shirts were purchased, and are available for $14
each whiles supply lasts! Soon to be collector items!
• Donations - Have gone up for the month, to $4,500 prior to the meeting!
Historian/Slide Presentation: Mike Stevens:
> Oak Creek Auto Crossing - Mike Stevens > St. Jude's Charity Cruise-In - Kevin Daleiden
> Peoria Winery & River Boat – Mike Stevens > Flash Drive to Bandito Barneys - Ron Gliot
> Lake in the Hills Car Show - Mike Stevens >Genoa Car Show - Mike Stevens
……………………………………….. BREAK ……………………………………….
Old Business:
7/21-22 Peoria Winery & River Boat – 2 day drive out – Tom Palmer - Had 16 cars attend. Was a great trip!
7/28 Flash drive to Bandito Barneys - Ron Gliot had 22 members attend.
7/29 St. Jude's Car Show - Kevin Daleiden – Thanked club members for stepping up and helping assist with
the fund raiser. 35 cars registered for the event. The winners were 1st. Emily Kasperski, 2nd Steve Weger, 3rd.
Larry Simmons. The event raised $1,595 for St. Jude's.
New Business:
8/11 Sunburst CC Picnic, 4 PM - Till ?? – JR & Karen Hottenrott – Need people to sign-in by tonight! Sign-in
sheet is on the back table! Picnic will include Beef Brisket, Pulled Pork, and Smoked Turkey . Please bring a
dish to pass, beverages of your choice, lawn chairs and 5 you favorite bug spray. Cost is $ 5 per person.

8/12 Sunburst Autocross with N IL Corvette Cub, Rockford – Lee Douglas - Has good list of volunteers to
assist. Need to get to Rockford by 8 AM, will stop and eat somewhere in the greater Rockford area before
getting to the event!
8/18 Sunburst Poker Run – Don Elliott – 13 cars are already signed up! There will be two rallies.... The start
of the Rally has now moved to Culver's in Woodstock across from the Farm and Fleet! Forms are on the back
table.
8/22 - Carry Cruise Night - Corvette's - Get there early 5 PM or before. The streets will close at 6 PM.
8/23 - Barrington Cruise Night - Corvettes - Get there early! Typically fills up by 5:30 PM
8/26th Cougar's Baseball Game with FVCC – Tom Palmer .
> The club has reached our minimum number to attend!
> Tickets are still available from Tom. Gates open at noon, food starts @ 12:30; game starts at 1:00 PM
8/25-26 Wisconsin CC & Badger State Vette Car Show - Mike Stevens First show is in New Berlin WI, the
second one is in West Allis. Good NCCC car show, can get 3 events Sat, and 3 events on Sunday. Suggest
staying overnight if attending both car shows. Contact Mike for suggestions on lodging choices!
9/01 - Mt Prospect Cruse Night - Corvettes - Mike Stevens - The cruse night is located in Metro Parking lot
at Rt# 14 & Rt# 83. Great cruse night, good entertainment!
9/16 - Sunburst Car Show - Gary Gembala - Nothing more to add!
9/28- Sunburst Corvette Run to the Door - Mark & Patti Dalbello - Will meet at Burnt Toast in Algonquin, will
drive the interstate to Manitowoc, and then up along the lake to Door County. Sat morning, will be a Swedish
breakfast, then it's off to cruse Door County ..................... Only 10 rooms left, event sign-up sheet is on the
back table!
10/06 - Sunburst Golf Outing - Mike Stevens -Looking at putting on a SCC golf outing. Currently working
on selecting a local course for the event.
Raffles & Next Meetings
50/50 Raffle: And the winner was Gary Gembala
Apparel Raffle: Carried over from last month and there is $40. in the pot, and this months Winner is Eileen
Novak.
White Elephant Raffle: Our goodies table is over flowing this month.
Next Month’s Greeters: Dee & Cheryl.
Next Membership meeting is Thursday, September 6th Dinner at 6:00 PM, meeting at 7:30 PM (Location to
be announced!!)
Next Board Meeting is Wednesday, September 11 th . Dinner at 6:00 PM, meeting at 7:00 PM(Location to be
announced!)
Ron Gilot moved to close the meeting, Al Higgins seconded the motion to adjourn at 9:20 PM
Respectfully submitted,
Al Higgins, Secretary
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The 2012 Sunburst Poker Rallye is in the Books
Cash Prizes were awarded for 1 st , 2 nd & 3 rd places for the two events: Melanae
N. Douglas & Katrina Czischke; Gary & Cathy Gembala and Mike & Pat
Stevens finished 1 st , 2 nd & 3 rd respectively for MW-277-138. The winners for
MW-277-139 were: 1 st , John Henney & Lynn Reed; 2 nd , Ron Gliot & Cheryl
Favia and 3 rd , Mike & Liane Moore. Two consolation prizes of, Hoyle card
game software, were awarded to: Terry & Diane Klehr and Gary & Cathy
Gembala for the lowest poker hands in each event. Additionally, there were
two high quality Corvette picture books won by Rick & Bonnie Edwardsen
and John Henney & Lynn Reed in the door prize drawing. Johnny’s
Chophouse also added a $25
Johnny’s gift certificate to our
door prize drawing, which was
won by Jim & Joani Downing.
Sunburst Corvette Cub has been holding the annual poker rallye for 11
consecutive years. The first one, in 2001, was co-hosted by J.R. & Karen
Hottenrott and Don & Dee Elliott. Don & Dee have been hosting the event
with the help of many members for the past ten years. This year Bill & Jo
Hoak co-hosted the event.
On August 18 th , 2012 we gathered at
the Culvers in Woodstock, the
staring point for the rallye, with 3
intermediate stops at Pasquesi’s
Home & Garden in Barrington;
Oberweis Dairy in McHenry and
Bald Point Marina in Johnsburg.
The rallyes ended at Johnny’s
Chophouse in Antioch were we all
participated in our second most
favorite activity…eating! We were
pleased to have 23 cars participate in this year’s poker rallyes.
The Poker Rallyes’outcome is primarily based on “chance”. Participants
played two poker hands, one for each event, beginning at the start and
drawing one card at the three intermediate stops and the 5 th card at
Johnny’s. Players were also given the opportunity to purchase extra hands
at the beginning and extra cards at the end, based on their first five cards.
The poker game is 5 or 7-card stud, if you wish to purchase two extra cards.
Other Sunburst members who volunteered time to create the great route, help as
dealers, registration and tech inspections were: Bill & Jean Mumford; Al Brink &Pat
Granzberg; Ray & Janet Elston and Emily Kasperski & Gina Wierz.
A big thank you to all who helped and participated in making this year’s Poker
Rallyes a great event that was enjoyed by all. We look forward to next year’s event.
Don & Dee Elliott
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Car Show Judges Workshop
Sunday, August 5 th
Thanks to all who attended and I am looking forward to an
excellent Sunburst car show.
The NCCC website has the rules and regulations for car
shows. I advise everyone to please look up the guidelines and
familiarize yourselves with the expectations for a Concours
car show. This is what we will be using when judging the
event.
On August 5 th we had a meeting at our home for all of the
Sunburst members that graciously volunteered to be Judges for
this years car show. We had 13 cars and 24 people attend. We
went over the NCCC guidelines for hosting a sanctioned event
and split up into groups. We did a practice session on a few cars
and got a handle on the judging process. All involved felt that the
pre show meeting was very helpful and everyone is now on the
same page.
After all of the important “stuff” was out of the way, we as good
Sunburst folks imbibed in burgers and brats, beer, wine and soft
drinks.
The
weather
the day
of the
show will be in the mid 70’s, Sunny with a nice North Westerly
breeze!
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See ya at the Show!
Kevin

SUNBURST MYSTERY MEMBER
Each month, a member will be asked to answer 9 questions that will reveal a little about themselves. Their answers
will be published, just like they appear here. YOU WILL GET MULTIPLE GUESSES AND AFTER TWO
GUESSES YOU’LL GET A CLUE. The first six members to correctly identify this “mystery member” AND
contact Mike Stevens snevetsmp@comcast.net or 847-277-9302 will win a 50/50 raffle ticket at the next month’s
membership meeting.
1. First Car: 1963 Chevy Impala Convertible
2. First New Car: 1970 Chevelle Station Wagon
3. High School: Glenbrook South
4. First Real Job (no paper routes or babysitting): Pure Oil Gas Station (Golf & Rte 83)
5. If I could’ve picked a different career I would’ve been: Nothing Different
6. Favorite comfort food: Beer with Chips & Salsa
7. Top Three Movies: Lethal Weapon (all of them)/ Dr. Strangelove/ James Bond
Movies
8. Places to go or things to do on your “Bucket List”: Show my wife Paris / See the
Pyramids in Egypt / Leisurely drive the entire Pacific Coast Highway
9. If Hollywood made a movie of your life who would play you in the movie:
Danny Devito
Classified Ad Notice
The Sunburst Corvette Club would be happy to list your Corvette or Corvette parts For
Sale. Ads would run for two consecutive issues and may include pictures. This service is
free for current members. Non- Sunburst members would be charged $25 for this service.
Membership
Sunburst now has 131 members, down only 2 from our highest ever which was last year.
Please welcome our newest members Don and Cathy Craig, and Jimmy and Amy Clark.
And Dick and Patt Tosby.
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Sunburst/Fox Valley
Kane County Cougars Baseball Game
August 26th
The joint Sunburst/Fox Valley Cougar’s baseball game went
very well. We started with an 8 ‘vette caravan (Arnold,
Downing, Emmons, Ernst, Gliot, Hrody, Palmer, Rosendahl)
from the Meijer parking lot in Algonquin to the ballpark in
Geneva, where they had close-in parking coned off for us. Rick
& Bonnie Edwardsen and Elly’s dad joined us at the ballpark,
for a total of 19 people. Fox Valley CC had 31 people there,
and we enjoyed visiting with them.
It was a drizzly day, but the temperature was in the 70s and we had a roof over our heads, so we were very
comfortable and everyone enjoyed the game. Did I mention we ate a lot? The burgers & brats & dogs
were tasty, along with the potato salad & fruit salad & chips, and we overdosed on the ice cream
sandwiches to finish them off! A good time was had by all.
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SEPTEMBER
1 st &2 nd – Autocross, Mattoon, IL
6 th – Membership Meeting
13 th – Board Meeting
16 th – Sunburst Car Show, Crystal Lake Chevy
28-th-30 th – Run to the Door
29 th – Huntley Fall Festival Car Show
30 th – Autocross – Galesburg, IL
OCTOBER
4 th – Membership Meeting
5 th -9 th – St. Jude Memphis Cruise
6 th – Sunburst Golf Outing – Red Tail CC
6 th & 7 th – Midwest Region Championships
10 th – Board Meeting
SUNBURST SEPTEMBER
BIRTHDAYS
2 nd Steve Arnold
3 rd Fritz Button
Jo Hoak
Liane Moore
8 th Karen Hottenrott
Amy Clark
9 th Jimmy Clark
11 th Dick Tosby
15 th Micke Robertson
23 rd Tom Grisham
25 th Drew Tyk
Sunburst Activities Calendar
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13 th – Autocross, Mattoon, IL
20 th – Autocross, South Bend, IN
27 – Sunburst Halloween Party – Little Angels
NOVEMBER
1 st – Membership Meeting
14 – Board Meeting
DECEMBER
1 st – Sunburst Holiday Party
6 th – Membership Meeting
12 th – Board Meeting
SUNBURST SEPTEMBER
ANNIVERSARIES
17 th Kevin & Carla Daleiden
18 th Michael & Liane Moore
Jose & Holly Lara
26 th Bill & Jean Mumford
DON’T FORGET TO SUPPORT OUR LOCAL FOOD PANTRIES WITH YOUR
DONATION OF CANNED GOODS, PAPER GOODS, BOXED FOOD PRODUCTS
& CLEANING SUPPLIES. YOUR DONATIONS CAN BE BROUGHT TO OUR
MONTHLY MEMBERSHIP MEETING. ANY QUESTIONS CONTACT BETH
WEGER OR JULIE THOMAS

Sunburst Picnic
August 11th
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Cary Cruise Night
August 27th
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