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The Early Bird Fan November 2015 Published monthly by the Santa Clara Valley Thunderbirds Chapter 50 – Classic Thunderbird Club International Santa Clara Valley Thunderbirds P.O. Box 26103 San Jose, CA 95159 Next Meeting Friday, Nov. 13 th 7:30 PM West Valley College

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The

Early

Bird

Fan

November 2015 Published monthly by the Santa Clara Valley Thunderbirds Chapter 50 – Classic Thunderbird Club International

Santa Clara Valley Thunderbirds P.O. Box 26103

San Jose, CA 95159

Next Meeting

Friday, Nov. 13th

7:30 PM

West Valley College

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November 2015 – Vol. 43 No. 11

The Early Bird Fan is the monthly newsletter of the Santa Clara

Valley Thunderbirds, SCVT. SCVT is dedicated to the enjoyment of

the classic 1955, 1956, and 1957 Ford Thunderbirds.

Address Santa Clara Valley Thunderbirds

P.O. Box 26103 San Jose, CA 95159

Web Site www.santaclaravalleytbirds.com

CTCI Site www.ctci.org

Meetings 7:30 p.m. meetings are held on the second Friday

of each month, except December, at West Valley College 14000

Fruitvale Ave. Saratoga, CA. in the college board room.

Events SCVT members participate in parades, displays,

homecomings, regional and national meets, local cars shows, and

driving events.

Membership Dues are $40.00 per year per family and are due by

January 31 of each year. SCVT is Chapter 50 of the Classic

Thunderbird Club International (CTCI). Membership in CTCI is

mandatory to participate in parades and displays sponsored by SCVT.

See www.ctci.org for CTCI membership requirements.

Newsletter Deadline Turn in articles, pictures and ideas by 25th of

each month. Send to:

KC Doughty, 2100 Ward Way, Woodside, CA 94062

e-mail [email protected], phone (650) 368-2425

CAR-toon Corner

SCVT Officers 2015

President Ray Delgado [email protected]

Vice President Charlie Affrunti [email protected]

Secretary Tina Ford [email protected]

Treasurer Bob Lawrence [email protected]

Editor KC Doughty [email protected]

Activities Don Hamblin [email protected]

Parades Kathy Kelly [email protected]

Displays Carl Epolite [email protected]

Fundraising Jill Schwab [email protected]

Historian Paul Lynch [email protected]

CTCI Rep Joe Ryan [email protected]

Webmaster Larry Maness [email protected]

Logo Sales Bernie Epolite [email protected]

SCVT Items for Sale

3 piece luggage set $15.00

6 glass set $12.00

Antenna Flag $9.00

Baseball cotton cap $15.00

Baseball mesh cap $15.00

Car Wash Kit $20.00

Charm Bracelet $7.00

Charm Necklace $7.00

Earrings $12.00

Key Chain $7.00

Large patch $10.00

License plate frame $12.00

Logo polo shirt $15.00

Magnetic sign $5.00

Mirrors $6.50

Mugs $2.50

Name badge $10.50

Personalized tote $10.00

SCVT Cooler $35.00

Summer jacket $21.00

Visor $11.00

Winter jacket $39.50

Windshield Cover w/ club logo

$25.00

See web site for logo items. Contact Bernie Epolite [email protected]

Caravan Tips

Maintain your car. Gas up and check fluids/tires.

Know who your leader is and follow.

Turn CB to channel 22.

Gas up at scheduled pit stops.

Generic cars at the end of the caravan.

Relay info to rear cars.

Double up at stop lights.

Save a parking place for the “tail-gunner.”

Parts Boxes

Box 1 - Gene Cox

Box 2 - Gene Cox

Box 3 - Bill Mann

6 Volt - Mike Williams

Tents - Gene Cox

Banner - Don Reisinger

From The New Yorker magazine

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Hi folks, WOW,, it‘s almost Thanksgiving and 2016 is just around the corner. Time really is

flying by. I‘m writing this message on October 25 and Halloween is a week away. Judy and I

just left Costco and they already have all of their Christmas stuff out. What‘s up with that?

A BIG THANKS goes out to our nominating committee, Joe Ryan, Sandy Kay and Jill Schwab (and their

respective spouses). They have come up with a fantastic slate of officers for next year. This time around it was

tougher than usual since 90 percent of the board is changing out. Great job you guys/gals!! Check out who‘s

running for office on the ballot (last page of this Fan). Thanks in advance to those that have ―stepped up,‖ I

know you‘ll keep our tradition of being the best car club in California. Don‘t forget to fill out your ballot and

bring it to our November meeting. If you can‘t make the meeting, you can mail in your vote to our P.O. Box so

that it arrives by 11/13.

Note to self: remind the incoming and outgoing board to get together individually to go over the duties of each

of your functions.

I‘ve got one more Prez letter to do for December and I‘m mentioning it now cuz I don‘t know what else to write

about. LOL

Make sure you have signed up to attend the Holiday Festivus ―Round-up‖ AND awards dinner night. These

two events usually brings out the most members for ―indoor‖ events and we get to see folks all dressed up …

hahah …

That‘s it for now… see ya on Friday, November 13th.

Happy Thanksgiving ….

Ray

SCVT President’s Message – Ray’s Reckonings

At last year’s event.

Senior Gift Bag Stuffing

Thursday, December 10th

Details to follow …

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October 9, 2015

PRESIDENT: Ray Delgado called the meeting to order at 7:35pm. Officers in attendance were: President, Ray

Delgado, Vice President, Charlie Affrunti, Secretary, Tina Ford, and Treasurer, Bob Lawrence.

Ray welcomed everybody. We had a homecoming today so some members may be running late.

VICE PRESIDENT: Charlie Affrunti welcomed friends of Gene and Eddi Cox, Ralph and Lucy from Southern

California (Whittier). Thank you to Paul and Janette for bringing drinks and Al and Jenny for the snacks.

The membership count is currently at 96.

Ray talked about Toys for Tots. Bring in your unwrapped toys to the November meeting or to Festivus. He also talked

about his ―pick a number‖ question in his President‘s message to make sure everyone is reading what he writes.

OCTOBER ANNIVERSARIES

Sam & Bonnie Hollingsworth 4yrs. Rick & Diane Deutsch 23yrs.

Doc Dockter 12yrs. Chris & Sandy Berquist 24yrs.

Gerry & Ruth Nelson 14yrs. Carl & Bernie Epolite 25yrs.

Rich & Roxanne Parker 15yrs. Gene & Emie Allen 27yrs.

Ralph & Holly Citti 16yrs. Gary Dinger 39yrs.

COMMITTEE REPORTS

SECRETARY: Tina Ford asked if there were any additions or corrections to last month‘s minutes. There were none, so

the September minutes were accepted as written.

TREASURER: Bob Lawrence gave a detailed report of our finances. About 9 months ago, at a Board Meeting, we

decided to keep a reserve amount. Bob will open a separate account and call it the reserve account.

ACTIVITIES: Don Hamblin reported.

1. United Airlines Family Fun Day (Oct. 11th) Dennis & Sandie Kay. Sandie reported.

2. Festivus (Dec. 11th) Ray & Judy Delgado. At the Great Highway in San Carlos. Country Western theme. There

will be a Best Dressed Contest. $45 per person.

3. Senior Bag Stuffing (Dec. 10th) Jill Schwab

Paul Perry talked about the Birds on the Wharf event. He thanked everyone who participated. 72 cars were at the event.

There was a clerical error and Bonnie Hollingsworth‘s car won first place in the 1955 category.

DISPLAYS: Carl Epolite reported. There are no more displays this year.

Don Reisinger said that the Veterans Day Parade IS happening. Wed. Nov. 11th

For the Morro Bay Car Show Event in 2016, see Don Reisinger.

Don also reported on the Overbird/Underbird event. He had the engraved awards and handed them out to Bernie Epolite

for her ‘55, Doc Docktor for his ‘56, Dick Osgood for his ‘57 and the Underbird Award went to Patrick & Tina Ford for

their ‘55 Junior.

PARADES AND HOMECOMINGS: Kathy Kelley reported. We are halfway through the homecoming season. 4 more

to go. Ray thanked Kathy for all of the juggling she has had to do to get the homecomings done.

EDITOR: Casey & Skip reported. Casey said that if it wasn‘t for all of the members sending photos and stories about

events, etc. the Fan would not be the award winning newsletter it is. One correction: Rich & Margaret Pellarin were the

Meeting Minutes

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winners of the Merit Award at Ironstone (not the McDonalds). The picture of the witch and the monkey were Bernie &

Carl Epolite. The picture of the red car was Paul Kelley‘s.

LOGO SALES: Bernie Epolite was absent.

CTCI: Joe Ryan reported. Article coming up in the next issue.

HISTORIAN: Paul Lynch and Janette Adair. Paul read ―this day in history‖ facts!

WEBSITE: Larry Maness reported. The website got hacked into, so we got protection set up for a year to fix the

problem.

OLD BUSINESS: Nominating Committee Report. Thank you to Joe Ryan, Sandie Kay and Jill Schwab. Here are the

members that will be on the ballot: Laurie Reisinger and Sandy Sieroty – Fundraising, Don Hamblin – Displays, Patrick

Ford – Activities, Skip and Casey – Editor, Diana Mann – Treasurer, Diane Deutsch – Secretary, Les Miller – Vice

President, and Charlie Affrunti – President. Appointees for 2016 are: Eddi Cox – Logo Sales, Larry Maness –

Webmaster, Cliff Monroe – CTCI Rep, Paul Lynch and Janette Adair – Historian.

We do not have a Parades person.

Diane Deutsch said if someone else would do Secretary that she would do Parades. Kathy Kelley said she would do it

again if she had help from someone.

Ray suggested clarifying the two positions and there was a discussion. In the end it was decided that Kathy Kelley will do

Homecomings for another year. Don Hamblin will do Parades and Displays and help with Homecomings if necessary.

Everyone agreed there was no need to change the constitution. Patrick Ford brought up the fact that if a person other than

the lead can help with logistics or other details of a parade, etc., they can assist the lead person. Ray said he just needs to

know who to thank at the end when the awards are given out.

Charlie thanked Les Miller and Bobbie for stepping up for the Vice President position.

NEW BUSINESS: Paul Perry asked the club members what they thought about him bringing his Retro Bird to parades,

etc. because he will be selling his ‘55 Bird. There was a discussion. Ray felt that as long as it is cleared by a school, if it

is for a homecoming, that it would be okay. Rick Deutsch wanted it noted that, in his opinion, our T-Bird club is for ‘55,

‘56 and ‘57 Birds only. Bill Croxton said that CTCI had this discussion and it was decided not to include the Retro Birds.

Ray concluded that if it is cleared for a particular club event, such as a Homecoming or Parade, that an exception can be

made.

TECH SESSION: Nothing reported.

BUY/SELL: Nothing reported.

Next month‘s snacks: Geoff & Elaine Dye Next month‘s drinks: Rich & Roxanne Parker

Jenny & Al brought Halloween Treats for everyone!!!!!!! Thank you.

FUND RAISING: Jill Schwab. Halloween & Octoberfest Theme!!!!! And everything Pumpkin Spiced …

BREAK

RAFFLE: Thank You Jill.

Some one mentioned to watch Jay Leno‘s Garage on Comcast 762!!!!

Meeting adjourned at 9:48.

Tina Ford Secretary

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HOLIDAY FESTIVUS SAVE FRIDAY NIGHT 12/11/2015 FOR SCVT'S "HOLIDAY FESTIVUS"

THE LOCATION IS AT THE GREAT HIGHWAY– 1100 Industrial Rd. San Carlos. 5:00 pm to 11pm

LIVE ENTERTAINMENT – DJ and MC by Michael Malinao County Western Theme

FOOD – Arguello Catering is doing a Down Home BBQ Chicken / Ribs, and all the fixins‘

THE DRESS CODE THIS YEAR IS ―County Western‖

TOYS FOR TOTS – This year bring your toys to the Nov. meeting / or to the Festivus and receive a

raffle ticket that will be drawn during the Festivus.

BEST DRESSED CONTEST

ALL for only $45.00 per person. (Price changed - I was confused with the Awards Dinner)

SIGN UP SHEET WILL BE AVAILABLE AT THE NOVEMBER MEETING

(or send an email)

Ray & Judy Delgado / [email protected] / 408-504-2486

The Great Highway viewed from Brittan Avenue.

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HOLIDAY FESTIVUS

DRIVE

SCVT decided early this year that we would

try and start our Festivus Toys for Tots

drive BEFORE the event. The reason is, the

―Toy for Tots Fly-by‖ driven by Don

Reisinger and his Elves is usually before our

Festivus. We decided, in order to

supplement that event with toys, we would bring your unwrapped new

toys to our October and November meetings.

This would not only supply more toys for the ―fly-by‖, but also allow

folks that can‘t make the Festivus a chance to contribute to our annual

Toys for Tots Campaign.

That being said: Those that have

already contributed AND those that do

so at our November 13th meeting will

receive a raffle ticket that will be drawn at the Festivus. (Place your name on the ticket so

you don‘t have to be present to win). Each couple that brings a Toy will receive one

ticket. No Toy, No Ticket !! Suggested price range is about 15-20 bucks, it‘s your

discretion of course.

Meeting Snacks Beverages

Meeting Snacks Beverages

Jan 9 Bergquist Peterson Jul 10 Hamblin Nelson

Feb 13 Reisinger Perry Aug 14 Sieroty Lawrence

Mar 13 Kay Citti Sep 11 Lynch/Adair Obniski

Apr 10 Moore Obniski Oct 9 Jump/Thomas Parker

May 15 Mann Dance Nov 13 Dye Lynch/Adair

Jun 19 Maness Epolite Dec no meeting

See the May 2009 Early Bird Fan for Snack & Beverage Helpful Hints – see it at www.santaclaravalleytbirds.com

Parades & Homecomings

Veteran‘s Day Parade, November 11

th.

One more homecoming for this year …

Nov. 6th

(Friday, 6 PM) – Mount Pleasant High School, 1750 S. White Road, San Jose CA 95127

Marcus Mosqueda – 4-5 cars requested: Geoff Dye, Gene Cox, Don Reisinger, Eddi Cox, Paul Kelley

Snacks and Beverages S ignup - 2015

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Thursday May 5, 2016 - Sunday May 8, 2016

Do You Know the Way to Morro Bay? How About San Luis Obispo?

As announced at the July meeting, The Reisinger‘s and Sandy Sieroty

are hosting a return to Morro Bay for the annual downtown car show

that takes place May 5 - 8, 2016. As always, great prizes to go along

with a great time.

Additional details will be available at the upcoming meetings

including maps and directions. For registration form, see the August

2015 Early Bird Fan or go to www.morrobaycarshow.org.

Call me at 650-823-8577 or email at [email protected] if

you‘re not going to be able to attend the meetings.

- Don Reisinger

From the 2015 event.

Crown Plaza Hotel now accepting reservations: 1-800-233-9527 https://resweb.passkey.com/go/b4dc3de6

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Member Years Member Years

Jim & Joan Sisneros 2 Geoff & Elaine Dye 20

Paul & Barbara Perry 17 Daryl Morford 26

Joe & Fran Hendrickson 20 Steven & Charlotte Yep 30

Don Hamblin - 650-348-0669 home, 650-576-6234 cell, [email protected]

Date Event Host/Contact Information

Nov. 6 Mount Pleasant H.S.

homecoming

Kathy Kelley See page 7

Nov. 11 Veteran‘s Day Parade Don Reisinger

Nov. 13 SCVT monthly meeting SCVT 7:30 PM, West Valley College, Board Room

Dec. 10 Senior Bag Stuffing Details to follow

Dec. 11 Holiday Festivus SCVT Great Highway, San Carlos, see page 6

Jan. 23,

2016

SCVT Awards Dinner SCVT 3 Flames restaurant, S.J., details to follow

Apr. 22-24,

2016

Yosemite National Park Rick Deutsch

May 5-8

2016

Morro Bay Car Show Reisingers/Sieroty See page 8

www.morrobaycarshow.org

Date Event Host Information

Sep 13-16,

2016

CTCI International Convention Earlybirds of SoCal &

Classic T-Bird San Diego

Crown Plaza Hotel, San Diego

www.ctci.org/events

Membership Anniversaries – November

SCVT Activities

Other Events

Saturday, January 23, 2016

ALSO INCLUDING THE ―BLUNDERBIRD‖ PRESENTATION

LOCATION: THE FLAMES RESTAURANT – 1547 MERIDIAN AVE SAN JOSE

TIMES: 5:00 PM to 6:PM No host drinks and hors d‘oeuvres.

LIVE ENTERTAINMENT: Thanking the outgoing board and welcoming the new board. High-lights of the

year 2015 and then the gift handouts thanking everyone that worked a job or put on an event.

ALSO, the presentation of the winner of our annual Blunderbird will be one to remember for all times.

FOOD: TBD, most likely a Buffet like last year, details will be in the December Fan.

ALL for only $40.00 per person.

SIGN UP SHEET WILL BE AVAILABLE AT THE NOVEMBER MEETING. (or send an email)

Ray & Judy Delgado / [email protected] / 408-504-2486

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Armistice Day Becomes Veterans Day

World War I officially ended on June 28, 1919, with the signing of the Treaty of Versailles. The actual fighting between

the Allies and Germany, however, had ended seven months earlier with the armistice, which went into effect on the

eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month in 1918. Armistice Day, as November 11 became known,

officially became a holiday in the United States in 1926, and a national holiday 12 years later. On June 1, 1954, the name

was changed to Veterans Day to honor all U.S. veterans.

In 1968, new legislation changed the national commemoration of Veterans Day to the fourth Monday in October. It soon

became apparent, however, that November 11 was a date of historic significance to many Americans. Therefore, in 1978

Congress returned the observance to its traditional date.

B u y

1960 T-Bird, Hard Top, driver in very good condition, pref. w/ AC – Ray Clark, Pres. VTCI South Texas club, for a

member, 210-674-5781

Interior chrome window trim for ‘57 – Barry Kinney 415-647-7077 or 415-282-2789

S e l l

1965 Ford Galaxie 500 Convertible. Auto Trans, Power steering, power brakes, 289 V-8, AC, mag wheels. Good

condition $14.5k. Hagerty Valuation for #3 is $18.6k and NADA Avg. retail $14.7k – Joe Ryan 650-483-6256

500+ beer bottle caps! FREE ( beer not included) – Jill Schwab

Collection of CTCI Early Bird magazines in good condition, from 1978 forward to present. Free

(4) 1999 T-Bird model show cars in original boxes, 1:18 scale, 3 models are special editions, 1 is a premier model,

asking $50 each -- Pick-up required in San Jose – Sandra Land 408-266-1922 (from Joe Ryan)

1960 T-bird V-8, rare manual trans w/ OD, orig. cond. needs restoration, runs good,

trans w/ new gears, replaced front end suspension, new exhaust, carb., ignition,

more. Car in Gilroy. $ Inquire, Daryl Abbott 408-640-7933

1957 T-Bird, frame up resto. CTCI gold medallion. No rust, CA car, white, 312,

3-speed/OD. Both tops. Fully equipped except for elect. seat and windows. Best of

Class at Hillsborough, Silverado Concours. Less than 500 miles since 2000

restoration. Ceiling hard top storage unit, top caddy and spare parts included. $65 K

or reasonable offer – Jim Arnold CTCI # 07638 650-604-5265

Buy and Sell

About Veteran’s Day

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People send us stuff (thank you!). This is the place for it and occasional editor’s comments.

Fan Mail

Correction: In last month‘s Early Bird Fan

(Oct. 2015), Rich & Margaret Pellarin were the

winners of the Merit Award at Ironstone, not the

McDonalds as reported.

Hi T-birder friends,

The time has come to send the news that we have sold our

San Jose home and are heading for the mountains. We plan

on joining the club on various outings once in a while in the

Chevy (weather permitting) as we sold our "LTLEBRD" to

our neighbor, Lucian Shefren, who has since joined the

club. Our new contact information as of 11/10 is:

Email: [email protected]

Address: 13457 Donner Pass Road

Truckee, CA 96161

Phone: 530-587-6159

If any of you are up our way please stop in and say hi - we'd

love to share our lake with you! We'll miss the fun and

games and all of you.

-- Lee and Diana Raynor

Marty Gerbasi (center) from Sonora visits with Frank Marino and Carl Epolite at the last club meeting.

CTCI

Become a new member or renew your membership. Each membership includes a subscription to the bimonthly, award winning, EarlyBird magazine along with member access to CTCI events, publications, the CTCI Website and Member Store, a roster of your fellow Thunderbird enthusiasts, and individual technical support, just to name a few of your individual benefits.

A calendar year Membership for Renewing Members is still only $35.00. www.ctci.org

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―The first time I went to my husband‘s house in

1983, I learned he was a car enthusiast. He had a

1956 Ford F100 in pieces, all over his living room

floor. One couch and truck parts constituted his

living room furniture. Over the next few years I

watched as he and his best friend rebuilt the truck.

It was his pride and joy. I drove the truck once in

30 years because it was his ‗baby.‘

―Fast forward to 2014. At the end of May, Jerry

was diagnosed with cancer. He endured a lot in the

5 ½ months after the diagnosis and we made many,

many trips to the doctor and to the hospital in that time. As we were returning home from a weekend visit to the clinic for

one of his treatments, we were on El Camino in Sunnyvale. I was driving because he wasn‘t feeling very good. By this

time, Jerry was using a cane and wearing a big back brace. Suddenly he saw a beautiful white T Bird in the lane next to

us up ahead and he became VERY excited — telling me to pull up next to it. THAT was easier said than done and I tried

to get him to calm down. But I hadn‘t seen the ―for sale‖ sign on it and he had ………

―Eventually I could get close enough that Jerry could yell out the window and ask the driver to pull over so he could look

at it. Less than an hour later, he was happier than I‘d seen him in many months. As it turned out, Jerry and Charlie Ryan

really hit it off and he was extremely happy to spend as much time as possible talking to Charlie about the car. As I sat in

our car in that parking lot off El Camino watching him, my first instinct was that he was crazy to be doing this. But I had

also told him how beautiful the car was. He was able to drive it a total of 4 times before he died but he said that it just

made him happy to see it in the garage. And he wanted me to learn to drive the car and realized I appreciated it. I guess

it‘s time for me to learn the difference between a fuel injector and a fuel pump!‖

-- Ginny Spencer

This tip appeared in the October, 2015 edition of the Valley Classic Thunderbird Club

newsletter.

For those who care, the fuse on the cigarette lighter on a T-Bird is of the non-burn-out type and does not have to be

replaced. Remove the fuse from the back of the lighter socket. Insert a small wire or nail in the hole in the end of the fuse

and press until you hear a snap. The fuse is now reset and as good as new.

The Bucket List T-bird

Cigarette Lighter Fuse

Tech Corner

Tech corner

SCVT Car of the Month by Bill Croxton

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Here, in smaller format, is just a sample of many more great pictures to be seen in the Photo Album section of our

website, www.santaclaravalleytbirds.com.

S.F. Giants vs. Colorado Rockies Ball Game – Final Score 3-2 Giants!

Some High School Homecomings

Past Events

Out for a good time.

Team spirit!

Hey Ray! Panorama of a great ball park by the bay and Ray.

The SF Giants won

this October 3rd

game (maybe

because SCVTers

were there?) but not

the three game

series with the

Rockies (because

SCVTers were not

there for the other

two games? Just

saying …). :/

Oak Grove

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(past events continued)

Valley Christian

Homestead

Yerba Buena

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On Sunday, October 11th some of us met for early breakfast at Nini's up the street from Don Hamblin‘s shop and then

caravaned to the United Northern service facility. The following members joined in to participate in United Airlines

Family Day and Fleet Week celebration; Sandie and Dennis Kay, Al Thomas, Barry and Margaret Moore, Don Hamblin,

Skip Doughty, Patrick and Tina Ford and Patrick‘s dad Steven, Ted Obniski and Kathy and Paul Kelley. The Patriot

flying team was there, taking off for SF to join the air show with the Blue Angels; live music for entertainment; and lots

of free stuff from multiple vendors. There were about 80 cars participating in the car show. Many planes were on

display, some open for interior viewing, among which were a wide body and small service aircraft. You could view the

service areas and other interesting airline facilities. It was a nice venue and enjoyable day. Perhaps other club members

would like to participate next year.

United Airlines Family Day Sandie Kay

Backside of a “personal” jet.

Sandie was there too.

Backsides of some “personal” ‘Birds.

Big bird on jacks for an oil change?

Little ‘Birds and big birds.

Raffles!

Patriots’ planes.

This old van has a varied history – heater truck, refrigerator truck, now show van.

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Fun with Statues

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The 2016 SCVT Board elections will take place at the November 13th club meeting. Fill out a ballot below

by marking in the box for your selection (write-ins can be selected below each nominee). 2 ballots per

family membership are permitted. Cut out the ballot and place it in the ballot box at the meeting or mail it to

the club‘s P.O. box so the ballot is received prior to November 13th.

Santa Clara Valley Thunderbirds 2016 Board Election Ballot Mark the box for your selection

President

Charlie Affrunti

…………………

Vice President

Les Miller

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Treasurer

Diana Mann

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Secretary

Diane Deutsch

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Editor

Casey Doughty

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Parades/Displays

Don Hamblin

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Homecoming

Kathy Kelley

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Activities

Patrick Ford

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Fund Raising

Laurie Reisinger & Sandy Sieroty

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Appointed positions for 2016 (no vote

required):

CTCI Rep: Cliff Monroe

Historian: Paul Lynch

Webmaster: Larry Maness

Logo Sales: Eddi Cox