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Inside this issue:

Club Throw 3

President’s Message 3

Installation Picnic 3

July 4th Party & Parade 4

PCPA “Spitfire Grill” 5

Classifieds 5

Membership 5

Avenue of the Giants 2

May 2009 minutes 6

Mona’s Tri-tip Marinade 7

July 2009 Volume 3, Issue 7

Meetings are 1st Tues-day of each month at 6:30PM . The meeting is held at Jake’s Res-taurant 2911 De La

Vina St., Santa Barbara

July

4th—Parade & Party Santa Barbara 7th—General Meeting Santa Barbara 25th—Bob’s Backroad Angeles Crest Highway

August

4th—General Meeting Santa Barbara 30th—The Spitfire Grill PCPA Solvang 28 –31st National Cor-vette Caravan

July 2009: Bob and Inge Stallings have offered up an Angeles Crest Highway

run for July 25th. The group will depart the Carpinteria Star-bucks (confirmation on which Carpinteria Starbucks location is pending) @ 8:00 AM sharp and will return to SB around 5:00 PM. The road trip will include a lunch stop along the route. Inge has requested that all participants email her di-rectly and her email address is posted in the CCSB Ros-ter. Please be sure to fill-up your gas tank before heading out on the run.

August 2009:

Diane Szalay has organized a PCPA/Spitfire Grill event up in Sol-vang, August 30th. Please respond to Diane so that she can get a head count for the activity.

September 2009:

The Board has decided to cancel the September CCSB General Meeting considering that a majority of our members will be on the 2009 Bowling Green Caravan.

2009 NCM Caravan – August—September 2009: Paradise Chevrolet will host a send off for all participants in our area. We will be joined by members of the Redline Corvette Club, SLO Vettes, Vapor Trails Corvette's, Ventura County Corvette’s, Central Coast Corvette’s and Simi Valley Corvette’s. We will begin to assemble at 10am with a planned departure about 11:30am for Ontario. Refreshments will be available.

Saturday JULY 25, 2009 Just a curvy day run. A fun day road trip to the Buckhorn Grill for lunch on Angeles Crest Highway. Bob Stallings in his silver Vette will leave Carpinteria at Starbucks at 8am SHARP! Backroads to lunch and a few backroads on the return. Route sheet will be handed out at Starbucks You know the drill: breakfast in your tummy, full tanks, empty bladders. The day will be about 310 miles, back about 5pm. We re-gas in the Palm-dale or LaCanada area. No sign-up sheet * * Please RSVP by e-mail only.

Summary of Club Activities Ed Clerkin

Bob’s Backroads Run Bob & Inge Stallings

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Avenue of the Giants Run – June 25-28, 2009 Ed Clerkin

10 Corvettes formed a colorful Caravan up to the Redwoods in Northern California. We had outstanding participation that included Frank & Barbara LoMonaco, Fred & Sharon Smith, Jim Wafer & Judy Lundburg, Thore Edgren & guest Patti, Al & Mona Rotella, Roger Hoyt, Bob & Inge Stallings, Dennis & Sandy Higgins, Kim VanMeter & Richard Steele and Ed Clerkin. Our newest members Kim VanMeter and Richard Steel did a fantastic job keeping up with the group even during our spirited drive across Highway 36!

Our first overnight stay was at the recently remodeled Inn Marin in Novato. The remodel is a nice upgrade and Rickey’s Restaurant on the premises dished out a quality meal. Our final destination was Benbow Inn near Garberville for the re-maining 2 nights. We were even lucky enough to hear live jazz playing on the back patio of Benbow Inn both nights dur-ing our stay. We also congratulated Frank and Barbara Lo-Monaco on their 41st Wedding Anniversary during dinner @ Benbow Inn! Avenue of the Giants Redwoods…all I can say is WOW! There are absolutely no other words that can empha-size their natural beauty. It’s truly eye candy for those looking

to get away for a weekend. After our run up the Avenue, we then proceeded to the historic town of Fern-dale. Fred and Sharon wanted to get a photo of their newest car in front of an old barn so we all decided to join in on a group photo. We then headed downtown and wandered around the old Victorian town on foot. Fred and Sharon lead us into an old Mercantile store that still sells items dating back to the early 1900’s. Judy spied an old hand washing machine that she wanted to buy but there was no price tag on it. We then rounded up the group and veered off Highway 101 South onto SR-36 for a run to Mad River. This is an amazingly well maintained road with a lot of twists and turns interwoven among even more redwoods. After that exercise, we wandered back down 101 to Avenue of the Gi-ants again and ended our day at our final destination Riverwood Inn for dinner. If you have never been here before, it’s one of the last remaining roadhouse bar and grill’s off Highway 101. They now have a Mexican Restaurant at the rear of the building and the bar/dance floor at the front. If you are lucky, Popeye may greet you at the front door on the way in (me thinks he is the local drunk hanging out on the front porch).

BENBOW INN

FERNDALE

LEDSON WINERY

Hope everyone is doing well and you are having a great summer! Already 1/3 of the way through it, and football starts in a month. This is a great time to get our vette’s out and enjoy our fabulous weather and scenery, although I would stay away from 154 and Figueroa Rd in Los Olivos for a while! Our meeting attendance and those staying for dinner has been down lately. Would like to have 30+ attend and stay for dinner; Jake puts out a great spread for a very very reasonable price .. actually we haven’t found anything better. So I invite you to come out to the meetings, stay for dinner, and enjoy the Corvette conversations, the people, and the at-mosphere. Advanced notice – there will be no meeing in September 2009. Hope to see you next Tuesday.

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President’s Message Fred Lopez

National Corvette Caravan

returns to Bowling Green in

2009

www.corvettecaravan.com

Privacy Reminder Old Club Rosters should be shredded not just thrown in the trash when replaced.

Jacques Bellesiles PARTNER

5601 Lindero Canyon, Suite 210 Westlake Village, CA 91362

(818) 338-8160 - (805) 626-4221

(800) 320-6364 - (818) 338-8155 FAX

jbellesiles@crowellweedon.com www.crowellweedon.com

ALL MAJOR FINANCIAL EXCHANGES

Club Throw Diane Szalay Our Club Throws are available for pur-chase again at $35 per throw! Excellent quality fabric, detail and color and a great icon Club item. Reminder to all: last chance to order the club throw!

Orders must be placed and checks paid no later than Tuesday July 7 meeting. Submit to Diane Szalay.

Installation Picnic Al Rotella If you missed the Installation Picnic on June 7th, you missed a good time with good food - good friends and beautiful weather. Being my first picnic to organ-ize, I’d like to thank Diane Szalay for taking on the raffle prizes again; Claudia Whitney for her advice and help (and she really enjoyed way too much asking how I was enjoying organizing the picnic) and the LoMonaco’s for bringing the supplies and storing the left over supplies. I especially want to thank our great crew and chefs who worked hard the morning of the picnic getting things ready for our day. Bob Wheeler and Steve Petersen were our main chef’s who cooked some great food for us. They were assisted by Fred Lopez, Bob Stallings and Bob Szalay who got there early to make sure the area was all cleaned up. The only glitch was when a house just behind our area caught fire and caused a lot of smoke which took away from the aroma of our BBQ. The fire department put it out quickly, and we were back to normal, if there is such a thing with this group. Anyway, thanks to all who helped out that day. People just came up and offered help as we needed it. That’s why we enjoy being with this group of friends. Last but not least, thanks to Mona for putting up with all my nervousness in get-ting things organized, and especially for her great marinade that made the tri-tip and chicken all the more special. (for recipe see page 7)

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After the parade and the car show on State Street, club mem-bers drove up Garden Street and entered the backyard of Frank and Barbara LoMonaco's house. After parking their cars on the lawn, club members climbed the stairs to the deck and claimed their spaces to relax for the rest of the af-ternoon. Frank's fabulous Margaritas were very popular and disappeared quickly - as usual. The BBQ dinner followed - with an all-American menu of hamburgers, hot dogs, potato salad, etc., being served. A huge THANK YOU goes to John LoMonaco, son of Frank and Barbara, who drove up from Los Angeles and did most of the cooking. We do appreciate all of his ef-forts - we

couldn't have done it without him. We do think that the most popular food item, by far, were the Kettle potato chips. Basket after basket after basket after bas-ket disappeared. Why could we not keep those baskets filled? Although no one admitted to eating any of them, they were delicious!! - hmmm, must have been those po-tato chip fairies out in force! After dessert and a long af-ternoon of great fun, great food, and great friends, the happy crowd slowly descended the stairs, back down to their cars, and drove off into the sunset. A wonderful time was had by all.

Fourth of July 2009 Party Barbara LoMonaco

We had 24 Cars show up for the Parade this year. The weather was beautiful and the crowds were just huge. Everyone seemed to be having a great day including us. Participating this year were Jacques & Yuriko Belle-siles, Bobby Arroyo, Ed Clerkin, Thore Edgren & Pia, Alan & Carol Emslie, Sandy & Hib Halverson (2), Roger Hoyt, Jerry & Dotty Livers, Frank & Barbara LoMonaco (3), Fred & Anne Lopez, Bryce Lovett, Fred Markley, Tony & Paula Megowan, Steve Peter-sen, Thomas “JT” Richter, Al & Mona Rotella, Fred & Sharon Smith, Andrew & Danielle Spitz (2), Robert & Evie Wheeler and Lee & Claudia Whitney. At the end of the Parade route most of us parked for an hour or so to display our cars and meet with the folks of

Santa Barbara that had enjoyed our rainbow of colors. We then all packed up and headed for the LoMonaco’s to continue to celebrate the 2009 Fourth of July in the style we have become accustomed to.

Fourth of July 2009 Parade Fred Smith

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PCPA “Spitfire Grill” Diane Szalay

CLASSIFIEDS

Factory Reproduction C6 Chrome Wheels— Two fronts and two rears off a 2006. two wheels have minor curb damage the other two still look new. Includes center caps & chrome lugnuts $250 Contact Dennis Higgins at (805) 6591071 or sandenhiggins@sbcglobal.net

Membership Column Lee Whitney

Factory Reproduction C4 Chrome ZR-1 wheels—2 wheels 8.5 x 17, 2 wheels 9.5 x 17 +56 Offset - On '94 Vette for 4 months, always garaged. Never driven in the rain! Like new condition. Includes short chrome stems, center caps and chrome lug nuts with 4 locking nuts. $400 Contact Bob Szalay at dszalay@cox.net

OEM New (5 miles) Take Offs 2008/09 C6 Split spoke wheels Silver painted fac-tory finish (fits 05-09 Corvette Coupe or Conv—not Z06) 2 fronts are 18 x 8.5” +56 offset, 2 rears are 19 x 10” +56 offset. Center Caps included—no lugnuts. $400 for all 4 wheels. (these wheels sell for $200 each on eBay) Contact Fred Smith at (805) 647-3881 or fred@smithshome.com

We have three new members. Please join me in welcoming:

Thomas “JT” Richter. He has a 1997 silver C5. Mario and Sandy Nargi. They have a 2003 red convertible.

As of July 1, we have 105 members and 82 cars. There are a few members who have not yet renewed their membership for 2009/2010, so these numbers may drop after July 15. If you have not yet renewed your membership and want to remain in the club, be sure to pay your dues and insurance ($72) before July 15 to avoid having to pay an additional fee. Send your check made out to CCSB to Lee Whitney (see roster for address).

Not going on the caravan this year? Join us for this run! Sunday August 30, we will be driving up to Solvang for a 6 p.m. barbecue dinner at the River Grill at Alisal, afterward, we'll proceed to the Solvang Theatre for an outdoor evening performance of "The Spitfire Grill" Cost for the dinner is $25 per person, all inclusive: Steak, chicken, vegetables, bread, salad, dessert, coffee/ soft drink and gratuity. Served in that serenely beautiful setting on the patio overlooking the golf course, the food is delicious and generous buffet style, we'll go back for seconds and thirds! "The Spitfire Grill" - a musical production which starts at 8:00 p.m. - bring warm jackets to layer/and lap blankets. It will get very cool and breezy there once the sun sets! Price for the play is $24 per person. Sign up sheet will be passed around at the July meeting. Don't miss out on this good friends, good food, good theater evening!

Volume 3, Issue 7

Corvette Club Santa Barbara.

Corvette Club Santa Barbara Minutes of June 2, 2009 General Meeting

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1. Meeting called to order by President Fred Lopez at 6.40 p.m. 2. Forewent introduction of officers since there were no guests. Quorum established 3. Secretary’s Report distributed and approved.(Jerry opposed-welcome back) 4. Treasurer’s Report approved as presented. NCM Table has 22 signed up. 5. Membership Report: 102 members, 80 vehicles. Dues of $72.00 and insurance

due by 6/7/09 at the installation picnic. Hold Harmless forms must be signed every year.

6. NCM Ambassador Report: Museum getting ready for Labor Day event. Ex-pecting up to 10,000 Corvettes.

7. Activities Report: 6/7/09 - Installation Picnic at Stow Grove Park. Start 11.00 am. Eat at

noon. Headed by Al and Mona Rotella 6/25-6/28/09: Avenue of the Giants/redwoods headed by Ed Clerkin. Meet at

the Timbers Restaurant 8:45. Fred Smith to lead group. 7/4/09 – Fourth of July Parade. Mike LoMonaco making arrangements. To

send out email when find out more from city. Frank and Barabara LoMonaco to host After Parade/ Car Show BBQ at their house. Burgers, Hotdogs and Frank's Famous Margaritas.

7/15/09 Pageant Of The Masters – Cancelled. 7/29/09 – No Fiesta party. Having 4th of July party instead. 8/30/09 – PCPA/Spitfire Grill. Sign up sheet send around for all not going on Caravan. Headed by

Diane Szalay. 8/28/09 - Caravan to Bowling Green Labor Day Event. 8. Old Business: Thanks to all the old officers for a great job. Thanks to Sharon Smith for a great trip to Forrestierre Underground Gardens. Birthdays for May and June. Sharon Smith, Claudia Whitney and Fred Lopez. 9. New Business: Introduced new Officers for 2009. Fred Smith discussed caravan meeting at LoMonaco’s on 6/16 at 6:30. Bring questions. Can still

sign up for caravan. 18-20 cars from club going. Fred and Anne Lopez working on Edwards AFB run. Might be sometime in October. Bob and Inge Stallings planning a run on Angeles Crest Hwy in July. White knuckler. Will send

email out soon with more details. Diane Szalay to order throws. $35.00 each. Sign up sheet passed around. Fred Lopez to research information on club personalized license plate frames. 10. Tech Talk: Fred not present. Club members discussed Mild and Wild kit. 11. Trivia question won by Frank LoMonaco 12. 50/50 Raffle proceeds $27.00 won by Evie Wheeler. 13. Next meeting July 7th at Jakes 14. Members reminded to check correspondence table. 15. Meeting adjourned at 7.20pm.

Respectfully submitted, Sandy Rubel Halverson Secretary

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93140

Helen Jensen advises that she has found a source for the studded Cor-vette Jackets, hats & purses since the Solvang source has gone out of busi-ness. MAZi of La Jolla has stock and is able to order items. They can be reached at (858) 454-0151 or www.maziboutique.com Helen suggests you use her name and Corvette Club Santa Barbara when calling and they will know the type of merchandise you are talking about.

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Salon Monaco Crescent LoMonaco

Owner, Stylist

805-684-2337 972 Yucca Lane Carpinteria, CA

www.salonmonaco.com

Alan E. Emslie, P.E. Principal

5290 Overpass Rd., 805-683-1233 Suite 217 Goleta, CA 93111 Cell 805-340-4921

aemsile@padreinc.com www.padreinc.com

Swarovski Crystal/Metal Studded Corvette Wear

Salon for Men & Women

For clothing embroidered with the Corvette Club Santa Bar-bara logo or static cling logos for your car contact Barbara LoMonaco. For clothing that is screen printed with the Corvette Club Santa Barbara logo contact Bob Szalay.

Mona’s TriMona’s Tri--tip Marinadetip Marinade

Bernstein’s Restaurant Recipe Italian Dressing Teriyaki marinade Worcestershire sauce Tri-tip About 3 days before the barbeque: Place tri-tip in a shallow baking dish (I usually use a glass one). Pour dressing in the dish until it comes about ½ way up the side of the meat. Add about half as much teriyaki. Add a few shakes of the Worcester-shire sauce. Place in the refrigerator and turn the meat twice a day. On the morning of the barbeque, re-move the container from the refrigera-tor and place on a kitchen counter. Turn the meat several times that day, about once every 1 to 2 hours until it’s time to cook it.

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