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www.ngjc.us Coming up... July 2015 5310 Vinings Springs Point Volume #14 No. 7 Mableton, GA 30126 The Booth Museum Club Ride September 12, 2015 August 15, 2015 British Car Fayre PRESIDENT’S LETTER I just glanced at my calendar and its July already. That means half of the year is gone forever. We have had record turnouts for each of our activities so far this year, and without an Activities Chairman. If you’re serious about your schedule and know how to delegate, we could use some help organizing the club activities each month. Call me! Also, check out the new activities calendar in this issue for the rest of the year. Our annual NGJC Concours d’Elegance is coming up soon in October. This is one of our biggest events of the year and is held at the beautiful Chattahoochee Country Club in Gainesville. You The Booth Museum Club Ride August 15, 2015 For Our New Members What’s don’t have to show a Submitted by John Hoffman This Thing Called a Concours? car to participate, but there are always plenty The Booth Western Art Museum in downtown Cartersville, Georgia is a 120,000 Submitted by Pat Harmon 2013 of cars to enjoy. The square foot beautifully modern Museum opened in August 2003. It houses the Foreword by John Hoffman, Concours Chairman brunch served in the largest permanent exhibition space for Western art in the country. Galleries feature The following is an article written by our former Club is to die for and the contemporary Western American art, historic Western art, Civil War art, Presidential President and Chief Judge explaining our Concours camaraderie unparalleled. portraits and letters, Western movie posters, and Western illustrations. Sagebrush d’Elegance. Please read as it is a great intro for the new In conjunction with the Ranch is an interactive gallery where children of all ages can learn about art and Western America. The Museum’s Special and Temporary Exhibit Galleries hosts six to members and a good refresher course for those old Continued on page 2 ten temporary exhibits per year. members who often do not participate. However, the Welcome new The club will meet in the parking lot behind the McDonald’s at Exit 17 off highway Concours is not just a car show, but much, much more. members 400, Keith Bridge Rd. We will meet at 9:30, departure at 10:00 for a back roads ride It is a time all of our members can gather to see some Jim and Robin Murphy to the museum in Cartersville. The club has a group admission rate of $8.00 per of the best examples of Jaguars in the club. You do not of Woodstock, person. There are also several restaurants within walking distant of the museum. have to show or display a car to attend, but, I would Rebecca and Gary Atz suggest that you register your car for display only, even of Cumming, if you don’t want to compete. The fee gets you and a Kip and Nancy Catanese friend a most enjoyable brunch. of Kennesaw, In addition, some of the best Jags from other Bruce Burton southeast Jaguar clubs are in attendance, usually of Ball Ground Continued on page 6 Certified Pre-owned Jaguars Available from Hennessy Jaguar HENNESSY JAGUAR LAND ROVER GWINNETT PRE-OWNED VEHICLES STOCK # YEAR MODEL EXT. / INT. COLOR MILES VIN # ISD JAGUAR F-TYPE JG2649 15 F-TYPE COUPE S ULTIMATE BLACK / RED 4,640 K11544 6.17.2014 JAGUAR XJ JG2662 13 XJ SUPERCHARGED POLARIS WHITE / LONDON TAN 33,310 V49702 3.28.2013 JAGUAR XF JG2667 15 XF 3.0 EBONY BLACK / LONDON TAN 6,540 U59767 1.31.2015 Contact: Brian Bruder, Sales Manager at Hennessy Jaguar/ Land Rover Gwinnett 770-680-5000 Cat Boutique Concours Charity Auction 2015 Officers Submitted by Lory Healy, Cat Boutique Chairman Again this year the income tax purposes. President Secretary proceeds from the (Please bring your John Hollier Lory Healy Cat Boutique Charity checkbook if you would [email protected], [email protected] Auction will be donated like the tax deduction). 770-354-6412 706-865-1635 to Children’s Healthcare Cash donations will also Vice President Chief Judge, of Atlanta, a 501 (c) 3 be very welcomed and the John Hoffman Craig Kerins, not-for-profit organization, which is one of the charities NGJC will consider that to be the club’s donation. You [email protected] 706-736-8964 supported by Jaguar Land Rover of Gwinnett, who can go to their web site www.choa.org to find out more 770-992-2856 [email protected] has supported the NGJC from its inception and is the about their good works. Vice-President for Newsletter Editor: sponsor of our Concours Brunch. Children’s is the We are looking for items that would be of interest Activities John Baxa pediatric physician teaching site for Emory University to Jaguar owners: Jaguar memorabilia, automotive OPEN 770-642-7535 School of Medicine and Morehouse School of Medicine. books, Jaguar car parts, etc. Please search through your [email protected] Research is the cornerstone of Children’s, with Emory, homes for appropriate items to be donated for a great Newsletter Publisher: Morehouse and Georgia Institute of Technology cause!!!!!!! John C. Yates working together for this effort. Contact Lory Healy at [email protected] (706-865- VP-Membership John Baxa 770-516-0296 Proceeds from the auction should be made out 1635) with a list of items you will be donating along [email protected] [email protected] to Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta directly and then with a minimum reserve value. If you would like to 770-642-7535 Member-at-large Children’s will send a tax letter acknowledgement to the volunteer to help with the event please contact me also. Douglas Utt individual donor which may be deductible for federal Treasurer Lynn Cunningham [email protected] 770-941-3430 678-953-0390 President’s Letter from page 1 lynn.cunningham9@gmail. Deadline for Newsletter com Concours, the Cat Boutique is “manned“ by some of annual Collector Car Appreciation Day. It is sponsored Articles and our dedicated women members. This is our main by SEMA Action Network, and is the second Friday of The Old Rallymaster Advertisments is the 26th charity drive, benefiting Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta. each July. This was the sixth year Congress passed a Dave Kirkman of the preceding month. Last year we raised a record sixteen hundred dollars. resolution recognizing the day. Mark your calendar for [email protected] All submissions are Sooooo, if you or your business have any articles, next year, we hope to have a special function. ” I am not 770 886-7435 nonbinding and subject materials etc, that can be donated we would appreciate running for President of the United States,” but thank Webmaster to approval. it. The format is a silent auction. I know I’m a day late you, for your support. Dick Maury and probably a dollar short, but I wanted to mention the John W. Hollier [email protected] Page 2 2015 NGJC Calendar Submitted by Dave Kirkman NGJC EVENTS: July May 2 (Saturday) Annual Picnic Sponsor: Wisconsin Jaguars Ltd. Time: TBD M T W T F SAT SUN Ethanol Tech Session Time: 2 pm Location: Elkhart Lake, WI. Sponsor: D. Kirkman* 1 2 3 4 5 Time: 12:00 Noon Sponsor: B. Hernan* September 27 (Sunday) Location: Hilton Head Island, SC 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Sponsor: J. Newell Location: Linda and Vail Frost’s 1st Fall Drive to North GA. November 21-22 (Sat-Sun) 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Location: Elijay, GA Home 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 Mountains, Overnight Drive to Charleston, SC 27 28 29 30 31 May 3 (Sunday) Time: 9:30 Time: 10:00 AM British Motorcar Day June 21 Father’s Day Sponsor: D. Kirkman Sponsor: TBD NGJC EVENTS: August Time: 10:00 AM Location: TBD Location: Charleston, SC M T W T F SAT SUN Sponsor: J. Hollier July 16-19 (Thurs-Sun) September 30th- October 3 1 2 Location: Roswell GA. Carolina Jaguar Club Concours November 26 Thanksgiving 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Petit LeMans race at Road Atlanta May 9 (Saturday) Time: TBD Location: Road Atlanta 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Sponsor: NC Jag Club November 28 (Saturday) 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 NGJC Judges Training October 10 (Saturday) 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Time: TBD Location: Little Switzerland, NC Annual NGJC Business Meeting 31 NGJC Concours Dinner Time: 10:00 AM Sponsor: C. Kerins August 15 (Saturday) Time: TBD Location: Hennessy Jaguar, Summer Drive to Booth Western Sponsor: J. Hollier = Club Events = Independence Day Sponsor: TBD Gwinnett Location: TBD = Other Events Museum Location: Gainesville Area May 10 Mother’s Day Time: TBD December 13 (Sunday) January 31 (Saturday) JCNA Annual General Meeting Sponsor: J. Hoffman October 11 (Sunday) NGJC Christmas Party Visit to Bob Boston’s Van Location: Philadelphia, PA May 23 (Saturday) Location: Cartersville, GA NGJC Concours Time: 6:00 PM Conversion Factory March 28 (Saturday) Early Spring Drive Time: 10:00 AM Sponsor: J. Hollier Sponsor: D. Kirkman* Panoz Factory Tour Time: TBD September 7 Labor Day Sponsor: J. Hoffman Location: Naylor Hall, Roswell Time: 10:30am Time: 11:00AM Brunch Sponsor: Dave Kirkman* Location: Gainesville, GA Location: Adaptive Mobility Location: Chateau Elan September 12, (Saturday) Oct 16, & 17 (Fri/Sat) Systems Sponsor: J. Hollier May 25 Memorial Day British Car Fayre Euro Auto Festival 2072 N Bibb Dr., Tucker, GA.