Cadillac & LaSalle Club Potomac Region Caddie Chronicle July/August 2012 DIRECTOR’S MESSAGE BY VINCE TALIANO I would like to thank Gary Fisher, CLC Awards Committee Chair, 2012 OFFICERS: and Jack Wojnowski, Webmaster of the CLC Mount Hood Region, REGIONAL DIRECTOR NEWSLETTER EDITOR for selecting the Potomac Region’s website as the 2012 CLC WEBSITE MANAGER Website Excellence Award recipient. It is an honor to be selected VINCE TALIANO as the top website with all the excellent region websites in our ASSISTANT REGIONAL DIRECTOR DAN RUBY club. This award is even more meaningful this year with Pat NATIONAL DIRECTOR Caruso’s recent passing. Pat, two-time CLC Website Excellence NEWSLETTER COLUMNIST JACK MCCLOW Award winner, was extremely helpful to me in 2005-06 when I SECRETARY was creating the website by offering tips as well as content to get ASSOCIATE NEWSLETTER EDITOR us started. I know Pat is looking down and smiling as one of his VALLEY FORGE REGION LIAISON SANDY KEMPER protégés won the award. TREASURER HARRY SCOTT It is always enjoyable to receive emails from overseas after an ACTIVITIES DIRECTOR issue of our newsletter is published. Dirk Van Dorst from NEWSLETTER COLUMNIST R. SCOT MINESINGER Belgium, James Ayres from France and others email me MEMBERSHIP DIRECTOR periodically. After our most recent issue, I received an email from DEBBIE TAYLOR Peter B. Griffith of the Cadillac Owners Club of Great Britain. Like OTHER KEY POSITIONS: others who have contacted me, he offered his condolences on SUMMER PICNIC HOST Henry Ruby’s passing. Peter stated that there always seems to be J. ROGER BENTLEY someone like Henry in every club, a member who is willing to do AUTOMOBILIA AUCTIONEER HAMPTON ROADS REGION LIAISON whatever it takes to help the club and its members. GEORGE BOXLEY NEWSLETTER COLUMNIST RITA BIAL-BOXLEY Now that we are approaching the dog days of summer, there are SHOW WEEKEND COORDINATOR two things that we need to do in earnest: 1) make final SHELLEY CHADICK preparations for the Fall Car Show, Professional Pride, and 2) NEWSLETTER COLUMNIST begin soliciting nominations for this year’s bi-annual election. CHRIS CUMMINGS NEWSLETTER COLUMNIST With Henry’s passing, we have one opening, Car Show JIM GOVONI Coordinator, and we may have others. More information CAR SHOW SPONSOR AND HOST regarding both topics will appear in the next newsletter issue. DANIEL JOBE & CAPITOL CADILLAC NEWSLETTER COLUMNIST TOM MCQUEEN Our condolences go out to Dana Monette and HONORARY MEMBER the entire Monette family on the recent passing NEWSLETTER COLUMNIST of Lou Monette. Lou was a long-time CLC VERN PARKER CENTRAL VA REGION LIAISON member and friend to many. He will be missed NEWSLETTER COLUMNIST by all that knew him. CHUCK PIEL CAR SHOW MASTER OF CEREMONIES NATIONAL CLC ADVISOR NEWSLETTER COLUMNIST Vince Taliano RICHARD SILLS Cadillac & LaSalle Club Potomac Region Caddie Chronicle July/August 2012 2012 CALENDAR OF EVENTS DATE TIME EVENT LOCATION CONTACT INFORMATION Jul 7 9:00 am – 6th Annual CLC AACA Museum Art Archambeault at 717-557-6974 or Sat 3:00 pm Inter-Regional Meet Hershey PA [email protected] Jul 8 8:00 am – National Capital Region Early Ford Longwood Community Al Zimmermann at 410-560-0237 or Sat 2:00 pm V-8 Club’s Center [email protected] 22nd Annual Car Show Brookeville MD Jul 13 3rd Annual Collector Car All across the USA www.SEMASAN.com/ Fri Appreciation Day CollectorCarAppreciationDay Jul 22 10:00 am – VCCA Free State Region's Annual Meadowbrook Hank at 410-377-8331 Sun 3:00 pm Car & Truck Show Regional Park or [email protected] or Lutherville MD [email protected] Jul 16 7:30 pm – Potomac Region Silver Diner Vince Taliano at 301-258-8321 or Mon 9:30 pm Monthly Meeting Merrifield VA [email protected] Jul 28 11:00 am – 8th Annual Picnic with Lincoln J. Roger Bentley’s Home R. Scot Minesinger at [email protected] Sat 4:00 pm Mercury friends Brinklow MD or 703-283-2021 Jul 28 9:00 am – Fort Belvoir Fort Belvoir VA Romel Voellm at Sat 2:00 pm Car and Bike Show [email protected] or 703-805-9239 Aug 4 9:00 am – Rohrersville / Boonsboro Rohrersville MD Harry Wood at 301-606-0156 or Sat 4:00 pm Fire Stations Car Show Jerri D’Angelo at 301-712-6832 Aug 5 9:00 am – AACA Chesapeake Region Antique Howard County 410-484-1299 or www.chesapeakeaaca.org Sun 4:00 pm Car & Truck Show Fairgrounds West Friendship MD Aug 11 10:00 am – 38th Annual Metro Chapter Buick Montgomery College Cory Correll at 240-686-0229 or [email protected] Sat 3:00 pm Club All-GM Show Rockville MD Aug 19 2:00 pm – Potomac Region Snyder’s family Vince Taliano at 301-258-8321 or Sun 4:00 pm Monthly Meeting Restaurant [email protected] Linthicum MD Aug 19 8:00 am – 27th Annual Francis Scott Key Rose Hill Manor Joe Bart at 301-898-1041 Sun 3:00 pm Antique Car Show Frederick MD Ken Wilson at 301-695-6581 Sep 2 10:00 am – Vern Parker’s Spring Hill www.vernparker.com Sun 3:00 pm Street Dreams Car Show Recreation Center McLean VA Sep 8 9:00 am – 2nd Annual Classic and Fairhaven Retirement Tammy Fleming at 410-876-6509 or Sat 1:00 pm Antique Car Show Community [email protected] Sykesville MD Sep 9 7:00 am – 11th Annual AARP-Wiygul Lynn & Station Sts [email protected] Sun 3:00 pm Automotive Herndon Classic Car Herndon VA Show Sep 9 Radnor Hunt Concours d'Elegance Malvern PA www.radnorconcours.com Sun featuring Cadillac Sep 14-16 46th Annual Bennington Bennington VT www.benningtoncarshow.com Fri-Sun Car Show Sep 16 9:00 am – 3rd Annual CLC Gold Coast Cadillac www.rrrclc.org/goldcoast2012 Sun 3:00 pm Raritan River Region Oakhurst NJ Car Show Oct 3-7 Gates open Fall Carlisle & Auction Carlisle PA 717-243-7855 or Wed-Sun daily www.carsatcarlisle.com at 7:00 am Oct 7 8:00 am – First Annual Fall Spectacular Fauquier High School Chris at 571-437-3752 Sun 3:00 pm Car and Truck Show Warrenton VA Oct 10-13 Gates open AACA National Giant Center and Show www.hersheyaaca.org Wed-Sat daily Eastern Fall Meet Grounds at 7:00 am Hershey PA Oct 13 9:00 am – 3rd Annual Natty Boh Car Show 1st Mariner Bldg Mark Fuhr at [email protected] Sat 2:00 pm Baltimore MD Oct 20 8:30 am – City of Rockville Rockville Civic Center 240-314-5022 or Sat 3:30 pm Antique and Classic Car Show Rockville MD www.rockvillemd.gov/events/carshow.htm Oct 28 9:00 am – Capitol Cadillac Fall Car Show Capitol Cadillac Vince Taliano at 301-258-8321 or Sun 3:00 pm Professional Pride Greenbelt MD [email protected] Visit www.clcpotomacregion.org/eventslisting.htm where show flyers can be downloaded Visit us on the web! 2 www.clcpotomacregion.org Cadillac & LaSalle Club Potomac Region Caddie Chronicle July/August 2012 JULY 16, 2012 MEETING MINUTES BY SCOT MINESINGER & SANDY KEMPER PLACE: Silver Diner, Merrifield, VA. TIME: 7:30 PM PRESIDING: Activities Director Scot Minesinger ATTENDANCE: Chris Cummings, Jeff Gurski, Sam & Karen Jackson, Tom McQueen, Vern Parker, Debbie Taylor and Harry Scott DIRECTOR’S REMARKS: Scot thanked everyone for attending. The June Region meeting was cancelled due to a conflict with the memorial services for the late Henry Ruby. We appreciate everyone’s understanding for the last minute notice of cancellation. SECRETARY’S REPORT: The minutes from the May meeting were not read since they had been published and distributed to all members in the May, 2012 newsletter. TREASURER’S REPORT: The Treasurer’s Report covered the time period from the May meeting to date. The Region’s income was $95.90. The total expenses for the same time period were $452.78. MEMBERSHIP REPORT: We have obtained the latest active and inactive Potomac Region membership lists from the CLC membership office. This will help us to get a head start on the membership work that we have to complete for the CLC in the fall. Also, our current 2012 membership total is 209 members. Our newest members are Lynn Gardner, Arlington, VA; Joel Patierno, Alexandria, VA and Dave Piel (Chuck’s brother), Columbia. MD. Lynn has a 1975 and 1976 Sedan deVille, Joel owns a 1987 Brougham D’Elegance and Dave has a 2006 STS. Welcome! ACTIVITIES REPORT: The following activities were discussed: 1. Recent Events: CLC Grand National, St. Augustine, FL, Jun 13-16. Chris Cummings, Sam & Karen Jackson, Tom McQueen and Harry Scott attended. Other Region members not at the meeting also attended. National Director Jack McClow has written an article about the GN for the newsletter. He reports that Vince Taliano and the Potomac Region won the CLC Website Excellence award. 39th Annual Sully Plantation Father’s Day Car Show, Chantilly, VA, Jun 17. No one at the meeting had attended the show and we have very little information about the total number of Cadillacs and LaSalles in attendance and the judging and awards of the Cadillac class. Carlisle GM Nationals, Carlisle, PA, Jun 22-24. Chuck Piel attended. He drove his Z-28 instead of his Cadillac, but won “Best in Class.” He has John Guazzo’s 1974 Eldorado written an article about the event for the convertible at the Sully newsletter. Plantation Show Visit us on the web! 3 www.clcpotomacregion.org Cadillac & LaSalle Club Potomac Region Caddie Chronicle July/August 2012 6th Annual CLC Inter-Regional Meet, AACA Museum, Hershey, PA, Jul 7.