CVVC COMING EVENTS & ANNOUNCEMENTS Below are some events that are coming up for the club. Please feel free to call Larry at 715-878-4835 or email us at [email protected] if you have any questions. You will also find a more complete list of events in the Events Listing in the Newsletter. If anyone has any additional events that you would like to share with the club then please let us know so that we can pass them along. ______Classic Cars For Cancer - Friday, July 26th - 5:30 pm (Message from the American Cancer Society) Dear Classic/Vintage Car Owners, Below are instructions to participate in the Relay For Life Event of Chippewa County. Our theme this year is “100th Year Jubilee” and we invite all those who have vintage cars to show them this year as a feature in our event. This year your American Cancer Society celebrates its 100th year anniversary and we ask you to share this special time with us. With the help and support from people like you we are able to celebrate this momentous event. The American Cancer Society’s Relay For Life event is scheduled for Friday July 26th at the Chippewa Falls Middle School. If you accept our invitation to participate, please arrive by 5:30pm. The best way to arrive is from Mansfield Street or west on Elm Street and then left on Tropicana Street. Vehicles will gather in the north parking lot of the middle school. To help Start off our Relay For Life Event we would be honored if the cars would make the opening lap at 6:00pm. This is a small lap which goes through the parking lot immediately in front of the school and circles around a portion of Tropicana which will be close for the event. Following the lap, you may return to your parking area in the north parking lot and stay as long as you wish. If there are any convertible owners we have special people at our event who would enjoy a ride for the opening lap. Our team members, volunteers, and guests would love to look at your cars and take some pictures if you would allow. ______CVVC Backroads Cruise to Lark Toys in Kellogg, MN - Sunday, August 11th - Cruise departs Ken Vance VW at 10:30 am This will be a backroads cruise to Kellogg, MN which is the home of Lark Toys. Lark Toys has been named one of the 10 coolest toy stores in the world by Readers Digest according to their website. The carousel at LARK Toys is unlike any other carousel in the world. Hand-carved from basswood and designed with exquisite detail, each animal is a rideable work of art. The carousel was also hand painted by former CVVC club member, Mary Eversman who recently just passed away. Many of you will remember Mary's famous Tye-Die Beetle which she painted herself. We understand that there is now a large wood cutout photo prop of her Tye-Die Beetle at Lark for kids young and old to have their picture taken with and a tribute article next to it. Our club has taken cruises to Lark Toys in the past but we thought that it would be great to go back and check out this fun tribute to Mary. We hope that you can all make it. ______
More CVVC events such as Chippewa Falls Oktoberfest, Ridgeland Parade and our annual Fall Cruise are in the future for Fall. See the Events Listing in the Newsletter. ______
REMINDER: Club Memberships were due in June. If you have not paid your annual dues then you will soon stop receiving the Newsletter. We really do not want to see you leave and hope that you choose to continue your VW passion with us. CVVC NEWS LETTER Issue #93 - July 2013 THANK YOU, We're Happy! Greetings and welcome to the after show issue of the C.V.V.C. newsletter that we send to not only the C.V.V.C. members but we also send it to all of the people that entered and participated in our annual VW show. This is our way to say Thank You to everyone for participating and helping us to enjoy a great day of VW fun. We hope that you enjoyed every minute of it. This year we had a fabulous Friday night cruise and cookout. Not only did we have a whopping 40 cars in our cruise but we also enjoyed a good number of people who participated in the cookout. We thank everyone that participated and we also want to thank all of the people that donated money for the American Cancer Society. Your generosity helped us earn $575 that went to the local chapter of that organization. All of you that donated, touched our hearts with your generous contributions. We also want to thank everyone that donated items to be used for the silent auction and those of you that placed auction bids. Cancer is taking lives every minute and we are proud that our show and all of you were able to help in this fight to find a cure. All of you that entered the show will be added to our mailing list so that you will receive details on next years event. Have a happy and save summer and a heart felt THANK YOU for being a part of our show. We hope to see you again next year on June 14, 2014! Sincerely, Larry and Carrie Simmons
Friday Cruise & Cookout! C.V.V.C. 15th Annual VW Show Results
Best of Show Air-Cooled Best of Show Water-Cooled Nancy Lornston - 1962 Sunbug Cory Gutshall - 1981 Rabbit Pickup (Best of show awards were determined by the highest votes from the ballots)
Paint The Bus Name That Ever popular Bus Valve Drop
Show Highlights
Rubber Chicken Toss Variety of Kids Games
Color Contest 15th Annual CVVC Show and Swap Meet by CVVC reporter, Pat Sills The Chippewa Valley Volkswagen Club held its 15th Al Curry did a great job as Master of Ceremonies. annual show and swap meet at the Eau Claire Expo Center Teri Jorstad has tirelessly run the children's activities for on Saturday, June 15th. For the past few years, a cruise has many years, and Frenette Concessions has likewise been been held on Friday night before the show, and for 2013, there year after year to provide food and beverages. a new record was set for participation that literally shattered Peter Franz, a sales consultant at Car City VW, which is the previous high figure of 29 cars. This time, we had 40! also our biggest sponsor, brought a very cool Fender Edition We also had a great turnout for the cookout. As always, 2013 Beetle over, and this car got many interested inquiries. camping was available on the show grounds for both nights. Despite threatening weather conditions at times, On a personal note, I had to wait until practically the last nothing faltered. minute to find out whether or not I'd have to work this An issue that will be the topic of future meeting discussions weekend as well, and fortunately, my employer let me have is relocating and/or revamping our show. The price to use the it off. Last year I had to work, which not only made camping grounds and facilities at the Expo Center has risen impossible, but it also resulted in very little sleep, and at 53, dramatically in the past couple of years, and this needs I'm getting a bit old for that! to be addressed. We ran into a bit of rain Friday night, and the forecast for Saturday also included thunderstorms, but in a stroke of luck, it held out, and 58 cars were registered. We tried something IMPORTANT NEWS FOR NEXT YEAR different this year in regard to awards: Instead of having • 1st - We Need Your Help: We had a question on the entrants vote for their 10 favorite cars and then awarding the bottom of our ballot the day of the show regarding the Top 25 from these ballots, we just went with Best of Show, awards this year. We wanted to know if you preferred Air-Cooled and Water-Cooled. In an effort to produce a more the top 25 awards like we have done in the past or the level playing field of sorts, we had random cash drawings cash drawing type awards that we did this year. Of the of a single $50 and 12 cash drawings of $25 each. Several people that answered that question, we had almost an generous people donated their winnings back to the club to even tie. The problem is that only a little less than half donate to the American Cancer Society. At this writing, we of the ballots checked their preference. We would really are still trying to determine whether this new way of doing like your opinion so we know how to proceed for next things was positively embraced. year. If you could please take a minute to email us at At any rate, a beautiful 1962 Sunbug owned by [email protected] and place your vote. Nancy Lornston got Best of Show in the Air-Cooled category We really want to hear from you. while a 1981 Rabbit Pickup owned by Cory Gutshall of Clearwater Dubs got Best of Show for Water-Cooled. • 2nd - The cost of our current location is exceeding For the past several years, the CVVC has donated spectator what our small club can bring in for sponsorship so we admission, game participation, and silent auction proceeds are currently looking for a new location. We hope that to the American Cancer Society. For 2013, we raised $575 we can find something of equal amenities. Please pay for this charity. close attention to the details next year incase we need to We'd like to thank everyone for another successful show, move to a different location. including our sponsors and all who participated. As always, SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR 2013 C.V.V.C. SHOW SPONSORS Please patronize our sponsors, without them our show would not be possible.
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Minnesota Bug-In June 2, 2013 by CVVC reporter, Pat Sills On Sunday, June 2, the 2013 Volkswagen season in car count was down a little from 2012, the Twin Cities this neck of the woods was finally underway as a few club VW Club officers told me there were 175-180 Volkswagens members attended the 27th annual Minnesota Bug-In at Lu- registered. It's always quite time-consuming to vote for cars ther's Westside VW in St. Louis Park. Larry and Carrie Sim- at this event because there are about 30 different classes. mons, Bob and Jackie Tudahl, and Yours Truly met at the Larry and Carrie's 1963 Herbie got 1st place in the Special Menomonie Wal Mart bright and early that morning so we Interest category, club member Neil Weinbergen took first could get to the show just as it was starting. When over 150 place in the Radical Dune Buggy Class and club members cars are expected to show up, this makes parking a lot easier! Michele Wood & Lori Klingler took 2nd place with their It was a bit chilly that morning as we headed out, and we 1968 convertible in the stock class for that year category. were reminded that the long winter had just come to an end This year, a 2013 Denim Blue Beetle and Bob and Jackie's a scant three weeks earlier. Fortunately, it warmed up as the Red Rock took 1st and 2nd place respectively in the New day went on, and by noon or so, the temperature was around Beetle class. My 2010 New Beetle is nice, but if it's entered 70 degrees with partly cloudy skies. For those who may with the Tudahls' Red Rock, they will deservedly get the nod. not know, I have also started a side group of water-cooled I also believe we're going to see more water-cooled Beetles Beetle enthusiasts, and the co-founder of this group, Dustin entering VW shows in the coming years and the competition Matteson of Darwin, Minnesota, met up with us shortly will be tougher. after the show's start in his 2001 Yellow Color Concept The show concluded around 3:00 PM and we all went our New Beetle Turbo. Larry and Carrie came in their popular separate ways back home. I've said this for several years, and 1963 Herbie Beetle, Bob and Jackie took their 2010 Red will say it again: this is a good show and it's a great way to Rock Edition New Beetle, and I debuted my Candy White start the summer season. More club members should check 2010 New Beetle that I purchased back in December. I still this event out. You won't be disappointed, I promise. have the 2000 Cyber Green New Beetle, but my daughter Maggie now drives it, a testament to how time flies...... Some things at the Bug-In turned out to be a bit different this year. The usual T-shirt and parts vendors were still on hand, and this was the second year that Dickie's Barbeque served pulled pork sandwiches, but the live musical entertainment was gone and Bruce Meyers, founder of the Meyers Manx Dune Buggy, was on hand for a Q& A session. A few years back, he also made an appearance at the Funfest for Beetles down in Effingham, Illinois. As always, the assortment of VW models was quite eclectic with Beetles, Buses, Ghias, Dune Buggies (of course!) and even a couple of Things and Type IIIs. The water-cooled end of the spectrum included some Golfs, GTIs, Jettas, and Beetles. In both air-cooled and water Bruce Meyers, founder of the Meyers Manx Dune Buggy (above) cooled segments, some Volkswagens came bone stock while generously autographed t-shirts, photos & also the trophies for others were modified. Although it appeared that the overall those winners that wanted them signed. Looking Ahead to Fall? Our 2012 fall cruise brought four Volkswagen Clubs together for a great cruise event. Clubs in attendance were; The Das Edel Machinen (The Noble Machines) VW Club from southern Minnesota, their larger cousin, the Twin Cities VW Club, the Chippewa Valley VW Club and the Clear Water Dubs Club of Wisconsin. The event was such a success that we have already been contacted by Ed Stock of The Das Edel Machinen Club, asking us to join them this year for a fall cruise in their neck of the woods in south eastern Minnesota. No plans have been set as of yet but we wanted to let everyone know of the request and get a feel for how many would be willing to make a longer journey for a cruise hosted my our VW friends to the west. Please email us at [email protected] and let us know if you will be willing to make the longer journey this year.
2013 EVENTS OF INTEREST a Indicates that this is a scheduled CVVC event (More club activities will be posted as club volunteers plan and set up cruises/activities) CVVC AND/OR VW EXCLUSIVE EVENTS • 14th Annual Northern Wisconsin Volkswagen Club Show Sat., Aug. 3 - American Legion Post 38, Appleton WI take the College Ave exit going East and look for the tank and the airplane on your left. Registration starts at 9 and trophies to be presented a 2:30. There will be food available for purchase and restrooms available inside the Legion. http://www.nwvc.weebly.com a CVVC Backroads Cruise to Lark Toys - Sun., Aug. 11, Cruise departs Ken Vance VW at 10:30am a CVVC participation in the Ridgeland Labor Day Parade - Mon., Sept. 2nd. (lineup time to be announced) a CVVC Fall Cruise - date to be determined later
ALL MAKES/MODELS EVENTS a Classic Cars at American Cancer Society Walk Fri., July 26 - 5:30 p.m. Chippewa Falls Middle School - Chippewa Falls, WI • Rodfest Sat., July 27 - Strum, WI • 39th Annual Indianhead Car Show Sun., Aug. 4 - gates open at 7am Northern Wis. State Fairgrounds - Chippewa Falls a Oktoberfest German Auto & Motorrad-Shaau Sun., Sept. 22nd (details on the ad to the left) Northern Wisconsin State Fairgrounds - Chippewa Falls, WI ______INFORMATION SUBJECT TO CHANGE MAKE SURE YOU CHECK THIS LIST EVERY ISSUE FOR UPDATES If anyone has information regarding upcoming events that our club members may be interested in should email or call the Simmons so that we can add it to the list of events. email: [email protected] • phone: 715-878-4835 FOR SALE From the Desk 1966 Beetle Ragtop - $15,000 Contact: Pete Roller of Peter Franz Phone: 715-834-0235 Hey VW "Clubbers" - Beautiful car that was I'm here to help featured in HOT VW Magazine you with any vehicle a few years ago. questions or concerns, sell you a new vehicle, or just to chat - since you're all like family to me. Look forward to seeing you soon! FOR SALE 1973 Super Beetle - $7200 Peace & VW love - Peter Franz Contact: David Mattews • Email: [email protected] [email protected] New wheels and tires. Interior has been done recently with new red carpet, red and white leather seats, door and side panels. Chippewa Valley Volkswagen Club’s 3 speed automatic transmission 84,000 original miles on original Main Supporter motor runs very good.
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Newsletter Submissions Carrie’s Custom To keep this newsletter fun and informative for everyone the C.V.V.C. Newsletter encourages submissions of articles,classified ads, photos, cartoons or any VW relat- ed items. If you have a new VW addition to your family, restored one or just want to Beetle Earrings share your story, send us the information and we will add it to our publication. Club Perfect for that Special VW Lover. members who own their own business are also welcome to advertise their business in the newsletter for an annual fee. Please have all items to be included for the Variety of colors & styles available. upcoming issue submitted by the 10th of the prior month.
Please send Newsletter submissions to: C.V.V.C. Newsletter c/o Carrie Simmons - E2965 Willow Road, Eleva, WI 54738 Larry Simmons-Club President • Bob Tudahl-Club Vice President Larry & Carrie Simmons-Treasurer • Pat Sills-Newsletter reporting & writing Carrie Simmons-Newsletter editor,coordinator, designer & production. Boone Sesvold-Webmaster Club Website: www.thecvvc.com Club Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected]
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