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Regional Group #27 January/February 2019 Volume 50 Issues 1 & 2

Story By Mike Buegeleisen/Photos By John Thompson

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RERG 27 Celebrates With Christmas Brunch

H appy new year everyone. I just wanted to do a recap of our

wonderful Christmas brunch. Bill & Gina Crackbon do an amazing job putting this all together. To begin with the venue is under new ownership and there were a few changes and deci-sions to be made that Bill had to deal with to keep us all happy. Since every-one was happy I think he did a great job. Gina did another over the top job of creating our table center pieces. They were awesome. The lucky ones with the winning numbers whom re-ceived the pieces were very happy. This was the first year that John Gir-man was our Master of Ceremonies and to use Carol Rasmussen’s words… He did a Fabulous Job !!! Thank you John for all the hard work this last year and MCing the brunch . And speaking

of Carol, I am thinking that our high-light of the brunch is Carol’s gift ex-change. Everyone is laughing, smiling, groaning and moaning as the gifts are opened, shared and stolen. What a hoot it was ! Thank you Carol for all your hard work you put into the gift exchange and throughout the year. For our 2018 “Member of The Year” our President’s choice was Brian Clary. Brian certainly had a tough year trying to get his world sorted out after the Tubbs fire changed everything. Through it all he continued to take care of his Treasurer duties and faith-fully attended both the board and club meetings along with attending our club events. Amazing. Thank you Bri-an. Beginning to end we all had a

great time at the brunch. We have a great club with amazing members be-ing very involved and helping however

In This Issue

V8 Christmas Brunch 2018 ............................ Pg 1

President’s Letter / Minutes ........................... Pg 2

Christmas Brunch Continued ......................... Pg 3

RERG 27 Swap Meet Flyer .............................. Pg 4

Event Calendar/Dues and Roster Info ............. Pg 5

Minutes /Sunshine Report/Birthdays.............. Pg 6

Membership Information ............................... Pg 7

Photo/Art of the Month .................................. Pg 8

RG #27 REDWOOD REVIEW JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2019

From The President:

Minutes of General Meeting

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H appy New Year! I guess I can still

say that because it’s still January as

I write this. It seems like it was long ago

but we had a good Christmas Brunch as

always. The facility at the country club is

being run by a new group but things went

smoothly and the food and camaraderie

were good. Also, hope everyone has a

Happy Valentine’s Day. Don’t forget to do

something special for your Sweetie. (And,

no, I’m not referring to your Early Ford

V8.)

Welcome to Dennis Ripple as our new club

treasurer. He has been busy signing on to

the club bank accounts, getting the past

club records and generally getting up to

speed on his new responsibilities. We’re

glad to have you onboard. And thanks to

outgoing treasurer, Brian Clary, 2018

Member of the Year, for all his work during

the past several years in keeping the club’s

finances in good shape. Patty Girman is

taking on the roster/membership duties so

you may be hearing from her as she col-

lects membership information.

I’ve heard that several club members

made it to the Turlock swap meet. Mike

Buegeleisen had a booth there and sold

some goodies. He and Dave Peterson also

got flyers out to advertise our swap meet

in May.

The Club recently purchased a brick from

the Early Ford V8 Foundation in memory

of Mike Haen, as we have done for other

past Presidents. Think about going to Au-

burn, IN for the Central National Meet

with other club members this August and

check it out.

Finally, but very importantly, your dues

are due! Still only $20! We plan on

getting a roster put together this year and

without being a paid-up member, your

information may not make into the roster.

Take a look at the notice elsewhere in this

newsletter for more details.

John Girman

Tuesday January 8, 2019

The Meeting was called to order at 7:00 pm by President John Girman.

The Pledge of Allegiance was observed.

The Minutes of Meeting: There was no meeting in December, therefore no minutes to review.

Members in attendance tonight: 44

Treasurer’s Report: Brian Clary pre-sented the monthly treasurer’s report.

New Members and Guests: Jess King and his son Jared from Occidental were in attendance and joined the club. Jess has a 1933 Ford V-8 Pickup. Welcome.

Birthdays: Since there was no meeting in December, we celebrated the club members who had a birthday in Decem-ber, and then we celebrated the Janu-ary members birthdays. Bev Tamagno won for December and Jan Nehman won the prize for January.

Old Business:

John Girman gave a special thanks to Bill & Gina Crackbon for there great job in arraigning the Christmas Brunch last month, it was a great time.

New Business:

John Girman made several new an-nouncements, including:

The yearly Dues are now due. It is im-portant that the Dues get in soon as there will be a new Roster this year, so if you want to be included in the Roster, your Dues must be current. Also, if you have any corrections, please get them in to Patty Girman.

There will be Three Free Pizza nights this year, up from Two last year. The date for the Third night is to be deter-mined.

The club received a thank you letter from one of the teachers at Petaluma High School for the clubs

Scholarship Donation.


Christmas Brunch 2018 continued from Page 1

President John Girman presents the Member of the Year Award to Brian Clary

Lynn Mattos, Jeanne Abate and Rochelle Berizzi

they can. What a great year we had and the brunch is the perfect way to cap it off. A BIG thankyou to our wonderful V8 Club !!

Now it’s time to look forward a friendly fun filled fantastic 2019!!!!

Sterling Cousins, Bill Crackbon and Terry Block

Loretta and Gene Kirkeby and Dan Pallo Frank Wheeler , Lynn and Steve Mannwieler

Dennis McIntosh shows off his pillow exchange gift with MC Carol Rasmussen

Some of the toys collected for Carol’s “kids”

Wayne Taylor digs for his gift at the exchange


For More Information Contact Rick Tamagno at 707-539-2876

Regional Events Calendar

April

26-28 Black Bart Tour

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May

19 RERG 27 Swap Meet--Petaluma

23-26 Burney Falls Tour

CARS AND CAFFEINE SUNDAYS

1st Novato—Vintage Oaks Shopping Center

2nd Santa Rosa—Coddingtown by Starbucks 3rd Petaluma—Washington Square Shopping Center (South)

4th Rohnert Park—Starbucks near Target

V8 Events Calendar

February

5 R.E.R.G. Board Meeting – Barker’s

12 R.E.R.G. Monthly Meeting – Round Table Pizza

15-17 Sacramento Autorama – Cal Expo

March


April

2 R.E.R.G. Board Meeting – Barker’s


27 Healdsburg High School Auto Shop 5th Annual car

Show

Contact [email protected] or 707-479-1595

Dues and Roster

It is that time again to make sure that you have paid your dues for your 2019 membership in the Redwood Empire V-8

Club. We are updating the Roster and the FastFinder and want to make sure that all members are included with their

correct information. Our last Roster was done in 2016, so some of your information may have changed, e.g., phone

numbers, cars owned, etc. So please take time to look at your 2016 Roster and, if there is information that has changed

or is new, please contact Patty Girman, email: [email protected] or 707-992-0730. She will also be passing around the

current information that she has at the next meeting so changes can be made then. All dues and information needs to

be received by the February 12, 2019 meeting or we cannot guarantee that you will make the updated roster. So please

get yours dues to Denny Ripple, our treasurer, either at the meeting or mail to RERG #27, P.O. Box 3302, Santa Rosa, CA

95402. He can also pass along any changes to Patty.


Minutes, continued from Page 2

The club also received a card signed by the students at Healdsburg High School for our donation to there

program.

The club received a Thank You letter from the Redwood Empire Food Bank thanking us for our donation of $ 555.00 in cash & checks and 416 pounds of food, it is greatly appreciat-ed.

Tours and Events: Rick Tamagno re-viewed upcoming events. See your newsletter for a complete listing.

Discussed were the Grand National Roadster Show in Pomona at the end of January, the Turlock Swap Meet, also at the end of January, the Sacra-mento Autorama in February, Black Bart in April, the Healdsburg High School Car Show in April, and the Ma-ria Carrillo Car Show in May. All these events will be listed in the upcoming Newsletters as they get closer.

Hard Luck: None Reported

Tech tips: Frank Wheeler discussed his recent experience with power brake boosters. Noting that he has better brakes new with a Dual Dia-phragm Booster over his old Single Diaphragm type.

Cars and Parts for Sale: Frank Wheeler donated a set of Wheel Knock Offs. Thanks Frank.

Club Cars Driven to the Meeting: Due to the inclement weather, everyone arrived safely, warm & dry in their modern cars and trucks.

Membership Attendance Drawing: Steve Wright was the winner, but was not in attendance.

Carol’s Carload of Fun: Carol was not in attendance tonight, but the club did not suffer too much as Frank & Phillis brought a basket of homemade choc-

From the Sunshine Lady, Pam Johnston:

Brian Clary is home now but was in the hospital for Aortic valve surgery.

Members can send cards of encouragement to him at his home address

which is: 207 Dorchester Court, Santa Rosa, CA 95403.

Jan 01 Becky Greene

Jan 02 Ray Swinehart

Jan 03 Sally Grassi

Jan 04 Bill Pate

Jan 09 Barry Rasmussen

Jan 17 Kathy Pacini

Jan 17 Lori Todd

Jan 22 Eli Qvist

Jan 22

Jan 24 Phyllis Wheeler

Jan 25 George Kinney

Jan 30 Brian King

Jan 30 Jan Nahmens

Jan 31 Paul McKnight

Feb 02 Dennis Stansfield

Feb 04 Dianne Troya

Feb 04 Dave

Feb 06 Jack Helmke

Feb 10 Judy Stansfield

Feb 13 Jim Hendricks

Feb 15 Tom Cahill

Feb 16 Donna Fredrick

Feb 17 Mori Nelson

Feb 20 Jim Derickson

Feb 23 Denise Burns

Feb 22 Jim Luce

Feb 25 Jan Kibler

Feb 25 George Rawson

Feb 26 Steve Mannwieler

Feb 27 Lee Godfrey

Feb 28 Patti Godfrey

Feb 28 Debra Stolp

Feb 29 John De Carlo

olate chip cookies ..…. Delicious ….….. Thanks guys.

Scholarship Raffle: Members raised $ 126. Dollars tonight. And there were 10 Raffle winners.

The meeting was adjourned at 7:32.

Minutes submitted by Steve McClain, Club Secretary.


2018 Officers

President: John Girman (707) 992-0730

Vice President: Bill Crackbon (707) 538-4227

Secretary: Steve McClain/Charlene Trabucco (707) 575-3504

Treasurer: Dennis Ripple (707) 838-4331

Committee Members

Tour Coordinator: Rick Tamagno (707) 539-2876

Swap Meet Chairman: Dave Peterson (707) 527-9183

Historian: Mike Buegeleisen (707) 217-8751

Sunshine Lady: Pam Johnston (707) 255-1230

Newsletter Editor: John Thompson (707) 318-3520

Roster: Patty Girman (707) 992-0730

Club Clothing: Mike Buegeleisen (707) 217-8751

Board Members

Charlene Trabucco, Steve McClain, Rick Tamagno, Sterling Cousins, Richard DeCroff, Ron Mollo, John Girman, Brian Clary, Bill Crackbon

All Members are invited to attend the Board Meetings; call any of the above Board Mem-bers for dates, time and meeting place.

MEMBERSHIP INFORMATION

The membership dues to REDWOOD EMPIRE REGIONAL GROUP #27 are $20.00 per year (single or couple). You may sign up at a meeting or mail in your application (with a check) to the address on the form below.

(You are required to be a member of the national Early Ford V8 Club, for membership information refer to : www.earlyfordv8club.org)

RERG #27 MEMBERSHIP FORM (mail to RERG #27 P.O. Box 3302, Santa Rosa, CA 95402)

NAME_____________________________________________________ Your Birth Date: Month_________ Day ____________

SPOUSE ___________________________________________________Spouse Birth Date: Month_________ Day ___________

Address _____________________________________________City ______________________State ____ Zip ______________

Phone __________________Cell Ph #_________________E Mail ___________________________

Early Ford V8’S You Own (Give Year, Model, Body Style and Engine Type)

_________________________________________________________________________________________________

(Attach additional sheets with V8 information as needed)

Redwood Empire Regional Group #27

Specialty Supplier of Engine Parts for Flathead Ford V8

including V8-60

[email protected]

707-964-3230—Fort Bragg, CA

Red Hamilton

John Thompson, Editor The Redwood Review

478 Woodley Place Santa Rosa, Ca 95409

REDWOOD EMPIRE RG # 27 IN SONOMA, MARIN & NAPA COUNTIES, JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2019 Meetings are held on the 2nd Tuesday of every month at 7 PM at Round Table Pizza- Exit Hwy 12 & Stony Point Road to

2065 Occidental Road, Santa Rosa. All interested V8-ers are invited to attend! This newsletter is a monthly publication of Redwood Empire RG # 27 of the Early Ford V8 Club of America. Other Regional Groups may reprint material, provided proper credit is given.

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