March 2005, Volume 8, Issue 3


General Meeting - March 1, 2005

Meeting was called to order by President Keith Thorson at 7:20pm.

The minutes of the last minutes as printed in the News Letter were approved J.O. gave the treasurer's report.

The Activities Director, Leo Brown, was celebrating his anniversary, and elected to stay home with his wife. In his absence J. O reported for him .


Old Business:
See Leo's report below on the Super Bowl and Valentines Brunch runs. Keith asked the phone committee to please call the members and remind them of dates, times and meeting places for the next events.

Towe Musuem - 9/11/04:
Ted supplied Keith with a seven foot Christmas tree. Keith and a friend of his with a couple of their kids went down and decorated it. The Mustang Club sponsored the event this year and they had a huge buffet with a nice variety of foods. Keith took the tree down and the Towe Museum will store it for us until next year at no cost.

New Business:

Movie and Bowling - 3/6/05:
TBA.

Chili Cook Off - 3 /20/05:
This old time event will take place at the Raff's on Sunday, March 20th. Meet at the K-Mart on Sunrise and Coloma in Rancho Cordova at 1 pm and leave at 1:30pm arriving at the Raff's around 2 pm. Be sure to bring along your chili pots full of good stuff.

Categories: Best Red, Best Green, Hottest, Wimpiest and People's Choice.

For those of you in the North area, you may come directly to: 7125 Spicer Dr., Citrus Heights. Spicer runs West off of San Juan between Madison and Greenback Lane. Ph: 961-5800. Hope to see you there.

Last year we held it on Saturday and the turn out wasn't as good as it had been in the past so we are going back to Sunday. Come enjoy the chili and be careful - some of it gets awfully hot.

Towe Museum - 3/26/05:
For those entering your car: This event will be for an entire month. We are due to arrive on March 26th at 10am for the Car Club Cavalcade. Meet at Levitz 3/26 at 9am leave at 9:30 sharp. We will pick up our cars on April 30th at 9am. Keith received the packet of information sheets that must be filled out prior to the show. It also included information on what to expect and what is to be expected from our Club. They would also like information on our Club for a press release.

If you would like to go see our exhibit, or any other exhibit through the year that you might be interested in, admission is free to Club members.

Keith reported on new Club jackets. We will be using light tan because of the contrasting Club colors. We will have the bird on the back with the flame and the letters, T.A.C.A. in Second Gen. lettering. We will have Golden State Chapter, Inc. and our Web Site address. The back will be printed, however the logo on the front will be embroidered. They are medium weight so should be fine for both winter and summer. Cost is $55.95 plus tax. Keith will have his basic jacket at the next meeting.

With no further business Dennis moved to adjourn the meeting and Gary seconded.

Meeting closed at 8:10pm .

Respectfully submitted - Irene Raff - Secretary.

VALENTINE'S DAY BRUNCH by Leo Brown.

I'm in the mood for lovin.. Oh, excuse me. The Valentine's Brunch at Cash Creek Casino. We all met at the Levitz parking lot and we had a total of eight (count them) TA's, Two SUV's and one truck. What a combination, but more importantly, what a showing! As we head down the freeway, I can hear Gary saying "Did you check out the place first?" Like I said before. "No comment". Anyway, as we were approaching Woodland, J.O. decided to go solo. For whatever reason, maybe it was because Irene wasn't there to guide him (J.O. can't see well), he did it his way and kept to the highway as we exited off the Freeway. The next thing I heard over the two-way radio was we needed to stop for a potty break. Well, I thought to myself , Ted and Miren's kids are potty trained. Allen and Julie have Winnie in diapers and Gary and Gayle has Trevor in diapers. And that's when it hit me. Dennis must of forget his Depends or at least, put them on. That was the longest potty break ever. We continued on our journey as I led the pack. I was getting my directions from Map Quest. We came to a point where my co-pilot was telling me to make a right turn according to Map. Someone (I think it was Ted) said we should go straight. Well, I learned to never question what your navigator says (Sue), so we turned right. Thank God Gayle who has a Grandma that lived or used to live in Woodland who confirmed we made the correct turn. Well, thinking everything was okay, I noticed we were approaching something that looked like a freeway overpass. Sure enough, it was and the funny thing about it, it was the same freeway we got off of earlier. So we went down a little bit and did this wonderful u-turn. It was nice to see TA's coming toward you. Remind me to thank Gayle's Grandma later. So here we are, going down this desolate road and Nikki decides she wants to have fun… You do remember how to do this, right? She decided to do the "snake". For those who don't know what this is, oh well. You should have been there. For those who were toward the end of the caravan, that's when you go to the left and to the right, back and forth slivering like a snake. Someone failed to tell Nikki when doing this, you must stay within the lines. Half of the oncoming traffic pulled over to get out of her way! Anyway as we approached Cash Creek Casino, I get a call from a mystery man wanting to know where we are. Remember when J.O. decided to fly solo? Well, it was him and as we were speaking, I could see a shinny spot up the hill. As we got closer, that shinny spot took on the figure of a man. That man now became J.O.! What little bit of sun that appeared was reflecting off his head which became a beacon to bring in all the cars! Thanks J.O.! I knew there was a reason for you going ahead of the pack. We all sat together and had a wonderful lunch. Some stayed afterwards to gamble and the rest went their separate ways. Thanks to Allen and Julie, Frank and Michelle, Ted and Miren, Gary and Gayle, Jim, Dennis and terry, Ted and Aaron, Nikki and Chris, J.O., Leo and Susan and any family members for making this a successful and memorable Valentine's. Well this is Leo Brown Signing off until next time.

PAST EVENTS by Leo Brown: Super Bowl XXXVII.

Super Bowl XXXVII and what a game... Everyone at the Super Bowl party (Straw Hat Pizza) were more interested in the money pool than the actual game. It was the Patriots vs. the Eagles and I think it was the Patriots who won. Anyways, Allen came up with a cool idea that maybe it would be nice that we caravan to Straw Hat Pizza. This information was given out at the last meeting. We also switched locations due to the banjo folks being there during the Super Bowl. If you attended the last meeting, you would of gotten all the 411 (information for those who are still in the stone age (J.O.). Back to the story at hand, we had a total of two cars (yes, you read correctly). Julie and Allen's TA and mine. We make it to Straw Hat and waited for others to show. We had a total of six T/A's and approx. 20 people who showed up for the festivities. You could tell how excited Dennis was about the game. Seems how he spent most of his time building a model. Terry showed up later to join him. Frank, Michelle and family were also there supporting this event. Gary and Gayle, along with Trevor was there and all Gary could say is "Did you check out the place first?" "No comment". Then there's J.J. Or should I say "The Hawk". I think he spent more time watching me than the game. Just because I was running the money pool doesn't mean I would violate the insider trading laws! You all know what happened to Martha Stuart. Julie and Allen kept busy with Winnie. Now what was up with Keith, Theo and Aaron? They thought they were the cute guys of the bunch trying to pick up on all the ladies at the pizza joint. Did they not know that most of them were grandmothers or nuns? Well, I won't tell if you won't. The good thing was the Club picked up the drinks tab although some of you there bought your own. Did you forget what was discussed at the meeting or were you like most of us, ignoring what Keith (our fearless leader) was saying. I want to personally thank all those who took time to show up to this event. I realize it wasn't the best Super Bowl happening but you did take the time to support the Club by your presence. For those who didn't make it, we'll talk later. I also would like to thank Jim for participating as well. Thanks for all those who participated in the money pool. If it wasn't for all of you, I wouldn't be $12.50 richer. Speaking about money, the winners are as follows: 1st qtr.- Aaron, 2nd qtr.- J.J., 3rd qtr.- Frank and 4th, me. Well, this Leo Brown signing off until the next event.

TACA, GSC Meeting Place and Time.

Our meeting place is at:
CARROWS RESTAURANT
4601 N. Watt Ave.,
North Highlands, CA 95660

Please have all food ordered before 6:45 PM.

Birthdays.
Dennis Trimble, Jan 4th
Donna York, Jan 4th
Christy Smith, Jan 10th
Leslie Ory, Jan 11th
Kevin Doyle, Jan 19th
Paula Gershon, Jan 19th
David Michael , Jan 21st
Steven Serio , Feb 2nd
Ted Klein , Feb 6th
Don Shanahan , Feb 10th
Lourdes Apilado , Feb 11th
Angel Hernandez , Feb 12th
Jennyfer Childs , Feb 23rd
Susan Bentley , March 1st
Nicole Rajkowski , March 1st
Pearl Ackerson , March 19th
Nicole Rajkowski , March 1st
Terry Trimble , March 26th
Jim Prinzivalli, March 29th

Upcoming Events.

GENERAL MEMBERSHIP - 3/1/05
7:00 PM, CARROW'S Restaurant.
4601 N. Watt Ave.
North Highlands, CA 95660.

BOWLING AND THE MOVIES - 3/6/05
More information to follow.

CHILI COOK - OFF- 3/20/05
The Raff's
7125 Spicer Dr.,
Citrus Heights, CA.
2:00 P.M.
Categories will be Best Red, Best Green, Hottest, Wimpiest, Peoples' Choice.

TOWE MUSEUM - 3/26/05
Those members displaying their cars for the month of April at Towe Museum, meet at 9:00 A.M., departure time 9:30 A.M. by caravan from Levitz parking lot.


GENERAL MEMBERSHIP - 4/05/05
7:00 PM, CARROW'S Restaurant.
4601 N. Watt Ave.
North Highlands, CA 95660.