THIRD EDITION 2015 April 2015 Rocket Circle Monthly Newsletter Of The Oldsmobile Club Of Southern California "Rocketing into the Future, Preserving Oldsmobile's Past" Facebook us at Oldsmobile Club of Southern California Website www.socaloldsmobile.com I hope you have made your room reservations for IT’S ZONE our 2015 Zone Show at Beautiful Pismo Beach, California. SHOW 2015 If you have not sent in your show registration, please do so ASAP. We have awards to order, the Friday Night Mixer and TIME our Awards and Dessert Bar Saturday night to prepare for. We had such a good time last year we can’t wait to see you. So This the perfect place to spend the weekend with our friends and fellow Old’s lovers. The hotel and the staff were top notch, helpful and accommodating last year. We are looking forward to the same. Bring your bathing suits and your favorite beverages. Make time for a walk or 2 along the beach. Join us at On the Roof Top Terrace. Bring your cocktails we will provide the munchies. Streamlining the membership renewal dues process, after a lengthy discussion the board voted to align our dues with the fiscal year, December 1st to December 1st. beginning March 11, all current members renewing before December 1st and all new members will pay a reduced fee of $5.00 for this year only. Then December 1st 2015 everyone’s dues will be due for the next fiscal year. Dues will remain $15.00. Renewal reminders will be mailed to every member, with the elections ballot in November we will include a self-addressed stamped envelope, all you need to do is mark your ballot and write a check for the $15.00 and send it back to us. Club of Southern California 877 N. Hacienda Blvd. La Puente, CA. (626)-333-7467 From the 10 freeway, take S. Vincent Ave. south, it becomes Glendora, then becomes Hacienda Blvd. Inside This Issue From the 60 freeway, take Hacienda Blvd. north Message from Our President Club Business/ Event Calendar See you May 6th, at our next Event Re Cap/Pictures Marketplace General Membership meeting. Third Edition 2015 ROCKET EXHAUST Your 2015 Board of Well, I hope everyone that went to Arizona for the All-Oldsmobile Show had a Directors good time…I know I did!! We had the usual great BBQ at a club member’s house, President around 100 Olds’ in the show, and well, yours truly took home “Best of Show”!! Joe Tannerbauer It was a real shocker for me, as there were so many other beautiful Olds’ out 608 345-3968 there in the field…great to see such a fantastic turnout! And I got to take in a [email protected] couple ball games, and the Desert Botanical Gardens as well…the flowering cactuses were really neat for a Midwesterner like me to see! Vice President Unfortunately, the ride home didn’t go so great—my ’40 stopped idling at a Grant Warner stoplight in Quartzite, AZ, and wouldn’t start again…thanks to Kevin and Charity 951 906-7951 McElroy, and Don and Mary Parson, at least I wasn’t alone! Kevin volunteered [email protected] his 200-mile AAA card, and spent an hour on the phone with them, as AZ and Secretary CA’s AAA couldn’t agree on who should take me the rest of the way once I was towed to Chiriaco Summit!! Fortunately, the AZ tow truck took me the whole way back to Torrance, so the car and I both got home that night. Thanks you Treasurer guys for staying with me the whole time until I was assured of a tow home! Scott Graham Just goes to show you the benefits of being in a “caravan” on a long trip like 310 839-5066 that…I also helped Kevin with some coolant when he had a little leak and [email protected] overheating problem. That’s what Olds friends are for!! Hey, just another reminder…we are switching to a December 1st membership Newsletter Editor renewal date for everyone…should make it easy and painless for everyone! Karon Pierce- When you send in your ballots for board members for 2016, you’ll also send in Warner your renewal form and money!! And for anyone that has to renew before that, 951 743-7182 just send in the form and $5 to get you current until December 1st! And you can [email protected] send in the $15 for next year also if you wish! Contact Treasurer Scott Graham or me if you have any questions! Area Representatives Keep “Rocketing into the Future, and Preserving Oldsmobile’s Past”!! (And Keith Berg keep ‘em rolling down the road if you can…) 562 598-4103 Joe Tannerbauer [email protected] OCSC President Kevin McElroy APRIL 8TH BOARD MEETING MINUTES (818)6834632 Joe called the meeting to order at 7:30pm. Guest present was Domenic. TREASURER’S REPORT: Scott [email protected] reported via e-mail that the treasury is in great shape. OLD BUSINESS: Joe said that the AZ Club was very happy to get our $100 donation for the Friday BBQ; the show had about 100 Olds’, several members Butch Williams including Joe took home awards. We will talk to AZ about rescheduling this event next year, the perks & problems with the current time of year, baseball spring training, really high hotel cost, and BAD traffic, 714 293-1471 possibly earlier? Grant reported on the Benedict Castle Show, the venue was beautiful; 300+cars, [email protected] 100+awards, the people in charge were very accommodating; we should look at this as a club event for next year for sure! LB Swap Meet-Domenic will do April 12th; Joe T. will likely do May 10th. April 25th Big th th Ellen Santucci Barn Classic Show-50 to 60 cars already signed up. Pacific SW Zone Show May 15 -17 -room block th th. 714 633-7961 expires April 15 ; the caravan will leave from Corky’s on Friday. All GM Show is on the 17 A discussion [email protected] of Membership Renewals followed…anyone expiring before November will pay just $5 to get to the Dec. 1st all-club renewal date for 2016; people expiring in November will get the month free. Associate membership stays at $3. Joe suggested we put an ad in the Nationals magazine; Joe suggested color for Al Slayton $30, with the color “Palm Tree” logo; Grant made the motion, Al seconded, motion carried. Joe will do 310 574-1910 the artwork for this and get it to OCW. OCSC business card reprints are done; anyone needing some see [email protected] Scott at future meetings. NEW BUSINESS: Joe will call Cal Matranga regarding bereavement donation to Charity McElroy a charity for his wife Judy’s death. Joe will send a get-well card to Charles B. Joe gave Karon a flyer for the June 13th Orange Empire Rail Museum Car Show-this will be our June event, along with a tour of the 818-266-1781 Museum. Joe will also get info on the tour-cost, directions, etc. to Karon. Charity will get the flyer to [email protected] Karon for the July 11th Rubel Castle Tour. Aug. 28th-30th is Wheels ‘n’ Windmills in Solvang…Joe will also th Website Administrator work on a local event for Aug. on a different date. Sept. 20 -our Memorial Car Show & Picnic at Don Gibson Yorba Park-Ellen is the contact for this. There will be NO parts vending during the show [email protected] (against park reg’s!). December 12th our Holiday Banquet is set at Miguel’s Mexican restaurant Rocket Circle in Corona. Adjourned at 8:40pm by Joe. (Minutes by Joe T) Page Third Edition 2015 January 2015 2014 Up Coming Events If your name appears below you are receiving your last Newsletter. Please fill out the application below and send May: it to address the address given on the App. 15th-17th Zone Show (Pismo) th 1680 ^ *LAST * JOSE CARRASCO 17 All GM Show 0741 *LAST * JIM N. CHARLESWORTH June: 6th- Car Lovers Estate Sale 13th Rods & Rail Show Perris Membership Renewal Application 19th-20th Rocket Science Racing Membership Number:______________ Name:___________________________ July: Address:_________________________ 11th Rubel Castle Tour 18th-19th Rocket Science Racing 22-25 OCA Nationals Email Address:____________________________________ Your Email Address Is Needed To Receive Your Newsletter August: Telephone: ( ) ___________________ th 29 Wheels and Windmills Annual Membership OCA (Optional) $30.00 Olds Club of So Cal – between now& December 2015 $ 5.00 September: OCSC Associate Member $ 3.00 20th Memorial Car Show & Picnic Make Checks Payable to Oldsmobile Club of Sothern California Mail To: P.O. Box 661224 Arcadia. CA 91066 October: 4th Veteran’s Car Show December 2015 everyone’s dues for 2016 will be due. Then every December after your dues December: 12th Holiday Banquet will be dues again. The dues will remain $15.00. April 1st Membership Meeting Agenda The meeting was called to order by Joe at 7:35pm. No New members/guests present Treasurer’s Report: Scott reported that the club is solvent. See Scott for our new $4 Club Rosters . Old Business: Minutes corrected to show Jaime and Cheryl Cox are members and not guests. Cal Matranga thanked those who attended his wife, Judy’s funeral; the funeral was well attended by Olds members. March 8th Long Beach Swap meet was handled by Jeff “Shadow” Draugelis. Domenic volunteered to do the April 12th Swap Meet.