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Presidents message page 2

Officers & Appointees page 3

Calendars pages 4,5

B’days & Sunshine page 6

Membership & Messages page 7

Election Info pg 8,9

Activities & Events / page 10

Local News & Events/ pg 11...15

Pics from the Past/ pg 16 Ve

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Volume 53 Issue 12

Dec. 1st 2017

General Info pg 17,18,19

NCM / pg 20...23

Media & Comm. / pages 24...26

Application page 27

Ads & Sponsor / pages 28

Secretaries Rpt pg 29..31

Break Down Lane

We would like to wish the membership of The Corvette Club of Rhode Island

Merry Christmas

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Presidents Message

I am writing this message two days before Thanksgiving and it’s for the December Newsletter. OMG!!!!! where did the time go? We are at the end of the year. December brings Holiday festivities with our Corvette Family, such as the President’s Cocktail Party (flyer on website) on December 2, 2017 on behalf of the Corvette Club’s Charity campaign for Toys for Tots. Whenever I have a gathering at my home, it is all about laughter, lots of music and just enjoying everyone’s company. Our Annual CCRI Christmas Gala on December 16th is also right around the corner at the Quidnesett Country Club, (flyer also on website). A wonderful evening with our Corvette family. Please consider coming whether you are alone or a couple, it is a wonderful time to celebrate the Holiday together. Payments will be taken at our next meeting and must be paid in full prior to the event. Our last meeting for 2017 is TUESDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2017. This meeting is our VOTING MEETING. The Board of Directors will be giving Linda Nelson a break with pastry for everyone to enjoy. They won’t be as good as home baked as Linda’s baking is always nothing less than “scrumptious “. This meeting is very important and we hope that you will consider attending in order to Vote for your new BOARD OF DIRECTORS (2018). There will be a separate email on your nominated candidates for our Members to review. When reviewing the biographies, please keep in mind and ask yourself, who will move the Club in the direction of progression, growth, continue with positive comradery and work for “YOU” the MEMBERS. As your President it has been an honor to work alongside some pretty wonderful individuals that have supported me as your President and have guided me through the entire process while taking my vision for the club and making it happen. I cannot thank the Members and Members of the Board enough that took the time out of their busy schedules to attended all our car shows, all our events, and supported our sister clubs. Your next Board of Directors should be individuals that have the passion, the time, the will, respect and professionalism to work for “YOU” the Members. It came apparent that you cannot make everyone happy and that everyone has a “VOICE”. I feel that we listened to every single “VOICE”, and worked together as a team to “try” to make everyone happy. It was so important to me and was expressed at every Board Meeting that we do nothing but keep positivity within our Club and negativity OUT. The individuals you VOTE for must have big arms to welcome and make new MEMBERS feel comfortable and a part of this incredible Corvette Family. It is not easy walking into a room of strangers. It is important to make every new member feel that they are a part of a large group of car enthusiasts that enjoy being with each other, and make them feel a part of our family. The year 2017 did not start as we expected and it was a rough and rocky road, but through it all we had an accomplished fun filled year. Your next Board of Directors must be able to not only drive a Corvette through smooth winding roads, but must be able to drive a Semi-Tractor Trailer through wind, rain and snow, and sometimes even roads that have such ROAD BLOCKS that you shake your head and think “NOW WHAT”? Always keeping cool, calm and collected and never lose your patience, your kindness or why you are PRESIDENT or a Member of this Board. You are there for the MEMBERS ONLY! SO PLEASE COME OUT TO VOTE BECAUSE YOUR “VOTE” MATTERS. I am looking forward to spending the Holiday festivities with my Corvette family. To our sister Clubs who are read-ing this President’s Message, thank you for a wonderful year together. From my family to your family – GOD BLESS, LOVE THE ONE YOU ARE WITH, ALWAYS SAY I LOVE YOU AS TOMORROW IS NEVER PROMISED AND EVERY DAY IS A BLESSING. CONTINUED PRAYERS TO MEMBERS THAT ARE GOING THROUGH LIFE’S CHALLENGES – OUR PRAYERS ARE CONSTANT FOR OUR MEMBERS. ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND MYSELF HAPPY HOLIDAYS AND A HAPPY AND HEALTHY NEW YEAR TO YOU AND YOURS. SAVE THE WAVE ALWAYS WITH ANGELS ON WHEELS LILIANA V. DOLAN, PRESIDENT CORVETTE CLUB OF RHODE ISLAND

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Officers & Appointees

President Liliana Dolan [email protected]

401.369.2881

Vice President Tony Montalbano [email protected]

401.575.7335

Treasurer Bob Robitaille [email protected]

781.307.7841

Secretary Mary Bonner [email protected]

401..568.3941

Denny Langlois [email protected]

401.397.9837

Richard Nelson [email protected]

401.585.4353

Board Of Directors

Appointees NCM Ambassador

Randy Flock [email protected]

401.269.6062

By-Laws Director Steve Califano

[email protected] 401.862.6838

Membership Denny Langlois [email protected]

401.397.9837

Historian Richard Nelson


Newsletter Tony Montalbano [email protected]

401.575.7335

Quartermaster Mark & Linda Trainer


Sunshine Pat Picozzi


Publicity Liliana Dolan

& Jerry Picozzi [email protected]

401.639.6229

Sgt at Arms Doug Lombardi


Finance Committee

Webmaster Denny Langlois [email protected]

401.397.9837

Show Committee

<<< Activities Co-Directors >>> Sheryl Petrarca


Maria Duquette [email protected]

401.623.1374

Club Photographers Dwight Annese Warner Dauphinee [email protected] [email protected] 401.302.0852 401.828.0544

Hospitality Linda Nelson


Roe Campanini [email protected]

401.486.7888

Officers &

Board of Directors

James Campanini [email protected]

401.864.7004

Todd Sposato [email protected]

401 261-0091

mailto:[email protected]

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Schedule Of Monthly Events

Toys For Tots Open House : Dec 2nd see page 12 & 13 for details Business Meeting : Dec. 5th Christmas Party: December 16th see page 14 for details Merry Christmas Everyone

December 2017 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

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Schedule Of Monthly Events

Business Meeting: Jan 2nd

Club Social: TBD Breakfast Club TBD Happy New Year Everyone

January 2018 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

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Sunshine

December Birthdays 1st Harrison Hayden 3rd Glen Corsetti Gary Lanctot Carol Walsh 4th David Caswell Barbara Baynes Larry Jr Paolilli 5th Dwight Annese Ron Riebe 6th Arthur Baynes David Carlson Clay Jr Shackleton 8th Keith Bartley Dolly Giroux 9th Richard Buonuito Michael Gomes 11th Denise Larson 12th Walter (Bud) Nolan 13th Armand Plante 14th Dovey Balsom

15th Paula Duhamel 16th Maryann Gardner Dave McCarthy Alan Weeks 17th Robert Tatro 18th Bill Gallo Daniel Lapati 19th James Lauzon 20th Donna Donardo Sheryl Petrarca Carol Wooten 21st Tom Bembenek 23rd Leo Glaude John Quigley 24th Ray Cheney 27th Patti Lapati 28th Janice Mignanelli 31st Mike Lupis

If you know of any member that has become ill, under went an operation, had a death in their family, celebrating a special

occasion like an anniversary or just needs some cheering-up please contact: Pat Picozzi [email protected]

Card sent: Donna Cote .. Get Well Jen Alexander .. Get Well Bob Beliveau .. Get Well Elizabeth Dauphinee .. Sympathy (Passing of her Mother)


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Membership Application can be found in this newsletter or contact our Membership Director: Dennis Langlois at [email protected]

Membership

Welcome New Members

William & Lea Wolfgang; yellow 08 coupe Steven Larsson; associate member, red 18 grand sport

Messages ֍ NCM—Registration for the 2019 Corvette Caravan is available See Page 23 for details.

֍ We have openings for the Activities Committee. If you are interested in participating in this great committee please contact Sheryl or Maria.

֍ Thanks To Paul Melia for supplying us with a great book, “All CORVETTES ARE RED” . This book tells the story of the C5 Corvette from concept through final production. It also provides the reader with a behind the scenes view of General Motors and the marketing/engineering struggles in producing this great car. Book is available to members. Contact Tony Montalbano at [email protected].

֍ Anyone interested in a heated storage your vette see page 17

mailto:[email protected]?subject=membership


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The December-Business Meeting is your opportunity to Vote for your choice of Officers in 2018. Please attend this important meet-ing.

December Voting For Officers & Board

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December Voting For Officers & Board

2018 CCRI Election “Who’s on the Ballot”

CCRI PRESIDENT Liliana Dolan (incumbent)

Scott Henderson

CCRI VICE PRESIDENT Tony Montalbano (incumbent)

Denny Langlois

CCRI SECRETARY Mary Bonner (incumbent)

CCRI TREASURER Bob Robitaille (incumbent)

CCRI BOARD MEMBER (two required) Richard Nelson (incumbent)

Vin Capone

Jim Petrarca

Todd Sposato

Ray Tudino

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Activities Committee

Up Coming Socials & Events - Save The Date ————————————————————————————————

LOCAL CLUB SOCIALS & EVENTS Weekly Events and Gatherings: Open Bowling League every Thursday Night see page 13 Tuesday Coffee at Brewed Awakenings see page 14 December 2nd … Toys For Tots Open House see page 12,13 December 16th … CCRI Christmas Party see page 14 Please note that Tuesday December 5th is the last day to sign up for

the Christmas Party at Quindnessett Country Club. January … TBD Our Activities Committee will be meeting next month to set up the schedule for the coming year. More information will follow

after our meeting.

Activities Committee Members: Maria Duquette (Director) Sheryl Petrarca (Director) Steve & Mary Adams Mary & Ray Tudino Denny & Linda Langlois Tony & Carolyn Montalbano

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Thank You Letter Donation

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CORVETTE CLUB OF RHODE ISLAND’S ANNUAL TOYS FOR TOTS TOY DRIVE - 2017

IT’S THAT TIME OF YEAR AGAIN, WHEN WE KICK OFF THE USMC TOYS FOR TOTS TOY DRIVE. MEMBERS CAN BRING IN A TOY AT ANY SOCIAL, MONTHLY MEETING, OR SPECIAL EVENTS COMING UP – SUCH AS

OUR COFFEE HOUR AT BREWED AWAKENINGS EVERY TUESDAY MORNING AND ON NOVEMBER 7th with the UNITED STATES MARINES

1316 Bald Hill Road, Warwick, RI at 9:30am also

DECEMBER 2, 2017 AT AN OPEN HOUSE AT OUR PRESIDENT’S HOME See page 12

IF YOU WISH TO MAKE A MONETARY DONATION, PLEASE MAKE CHECKS PAYABLE TO THE USMC TOYS FOR TOTS OR TO THE CORVETTE CLUB OF RHODE ISLAND/TOYS FOR TOTS

THERE WILL BE A JAR IN THE KITCHN AT OUR MEETING FOR ANY MONETARY DONATIONS WE HOPE YOU WILL CONSIDER CONTRIBUTING TO THIS WONDERFUL CAUSE

WHAT IS BETTER THAN SEEING A YOUNG CHILD SMILE AT CHRISTMAS BECAUSE HE OR SHE RECEIVED A BRAND NEW TOY FOR CHRISTMAS? TOYS CAN BE DROPPED OFF AT

155 JEFFERSON BOULEVARD, STE 5., WARWICK, RI THANK YOU FOR ANY CONSIDERTION

ANY QUESTONS PLEASE DO NOT HESITATE TO CONTACT :

JERRY PICOZZI, PAT PICOZZI …. [email protected]

OR LILIANA V. DOLAN, PRESIDENT …. [email protected]

Toys For Tots



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Toys For Tots

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Date: Saturday ,December 16th from 6:00 to 12:00pm Cocktails & Hot hors d’Oeuvres from 6:00 to 7:00pm Dancing with the eight member “Down City Band” Slide Show “The Year in Review” Banquet Menu with Surf & Turf entree .. considerations for Vegetarians….Manicotti w/Grilled Vegetables Price per person: $40.00 or $30.00 vegetarian For reservations or food considerations contact: Maria @ [email protected] Sheryl @ [email protected]

950 North Quidnessett Road, North Kingstown, RI

December Club Social



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1450 Elmwood Ave. Cranston, RI

Date: Every Thursday!! Time: 6:30 PM arrival & prep 7:00pm start bowling Price per person $11.00 Includes three games and shoe rental. You will be receiving a League card from Cranston Bowl for a 20% discount on items purchased at Cranston Bowl. Also, With your card you can bowl two free practice games per week. Please pay Tony Montalbano directly before bowling, Then get your shoes. AND, start your fun evening of bowling!! This is an open league, if you show you play.

Club Social

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Richards Pub Photo’s

Happy Birthday

Linda

Thank You Warner for the photos

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General Info

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Who’s Who At CCRI

General Info

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A Special Thank You to the Management and Staff Of Brewed Awakenings on Rt 2 for their continued support for CCRI Members. Any member who can join us On Tuesday at 9:30AM is Welcome. Sit with a brew And have a great time. The management has extended our table to accommodate Our growing numbers.

General Info

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National Corvette Museum

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GM Suppliers Discount for National Corvette Museum Members We are pleased to announce the newest benefit for the National Corvette Museum members!

America’s sports car meets all-American Discount. Beloved by both collectors and motorsport enthusiasts alike, Chevrolet Corvette is the pinnacle of GM engineering and design – but you already know that. That is why GM is proud to offer Members of the

National Corvette Museum the GM Supplier Discount. You will save hundreds, even thousands, on eligible, new Chevrolet, Buick, GMC and Cadillac vehicles – but we have a pretty good idea which ve-

hicle you’ll want to use it on. Take advantage of the discount by contacting Stephanie Morrill 270-467-8837 stepha-

[email protected] or Becky Madision 270-467-8836 [email protected] Upon obtaining an authorization number, simply take it to a participating dealer and use it by

12/31/17. Not available with some other offers. Visit www.gmsupplierdiscount.com for more infor-mation.

Not a National Corvette Museum member but want the discount? CCRI members joining the Museum for the first time receive a 25% discount for individual memberships ($37.50) or family memberships

($75.00). PLUS CCRI members will reveive a C7R poster when you join the NCM or renew your NCM mem-bership for 2017. See Randy Flock at any of the Business Meetings for your membership application

form and C7R Corvette Racing poster. It doesn’t get any better than this!





http://www.gmsupplierdiscount.com

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Vette Set Gazette 3.0 is a collaborative effort for the membership of the Corvette Club of RI. The Editor welcomes all types of corvette related articles & classified ads for corvettes and/or parts. We are a Social Cub as well as a Corvette Club. If you find a topic that would interest the membership please e-mail it to me in a “word doc” format. I will need all articles no later then the 19th of every month so we can get the news out in a timely manner. Please send articles to [email protected].

We now offer a printable version of this newsletter on our Website www.corvetteclubofrhodeisland.com

Newsletter Information

CCRI’s 5 Methods of Communication 1. Monthly Meeting – all club activities are discussed during this meeting. 2. Monthly Newsletters- will be e-mailed to every member & hard copies can be found on the info center at

Paul Masse in East Providence. 3. Activities e-mails– are sent by our News Editor Tony Montalbano at [email protected]. He will

inform us about regularly scheduled events, all upcoming events and most importantly any last minute changes. You can also email your activities director for event news updates.

4. Website – Front page is very informative. You’ll find info about Socials & Events along with Corvette Community Events. If you have any questions please contact Dennis Langlois.

5. Facebook - Event info, pictures & comments Hope This helps to Keep You Informed !!

Information & Communication


http://www.corvetteclubofrhodeisland.com


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Visit our Website for further news and events. Dennis Langlois is taking the time to update the site with some fun video’s. A copy of the Newsletter is in-cluded.

www.corvetteclubofrhodeisland.com

The Website includes videos, photo galleries, past events, and a blog with helpful info. You can contact Dennis at: [email protected]

Thanks Denny!!

Website Info


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Cell phone etiquette Please put your cell phones on vibrate

during the meeting!

Shepherd of the Valley Church 604 Seven Mile Road (off Scituate Ave.) Hope, RI

First Tuesday of each month….Meeting Starts at 7:00 pm

155 Jefferson Blvd Ste 5, Warwick, R.I.

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