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Hawaii’s Original Corvette Club - Established 1973
Volume 43 - Issue 2
February 2015
From The Editor:
Aloha!!! I am excited and
pleased to be the editor for
the 2015 newsletter. I hope
to bring a new and different
perspective to the newsletter
that not only chronicles the
things we do, but inspire
everyone to get involved in
more activities.
Prior to the 2014 Pearl Harbor Memorial Parade
I would ask that if you have
submissions to the
newsletter, please send them
to my e-mail,
[email protected], and
not to my Dad, so as to avoid
confusion and to make sure
your contribution is included.
Mahalo!!!
Rich Jr.
2014 Thanksgiving Day Sunrise Cruise
Inside this issue...
From The Driver’s Seat - 2
GMM Minutes - 3-4
Events - 5
Around The Corvette World - 6 Renewal Application - 7 EOY Banquet 8-11 Dinner Meeting - 12
Birthdays - 12
Calendars - 13-15
Membership - 16
Board - 17
A Note From The President
February 2015 – HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! Oh, wait, sorry, that was last month, my how time flies when
you’re having fun, it’s already February!!! I’ll start with a Heartfelt “Thank you” to all of you that came to
the Corvette Club of Hawaii’s End of the Year Banquet. We had 40 members present; the most I’ve seen
in one place in a very long time! Thank you all for coming out. I hope everyone had a good time.
This month we’ve got our first parade of the year and it’s one of the big ones. The Night in Chinatown
Parade is scheduled for Saturday, 14 February 2015, and line-up will begin around 2:30 p.m. on Richards
Street next to the Capitol Building. We’re going to need a lot of Corvettes so please come on out. This
parade is also one of the fun ones to drive in because of the downtown crowds and it’s the only time you’ll
get to drive down Hotel Street without getting a ticket!! We don’t yet have a number from the
coordinators but we’ll have that soon.
We’re also going to have a Bake Off at Dan and Sue Carpenter’s on Saturday, 21 February 2015 at 4:00
p.m. If you can bake it, bring it!! Dan’s address and directions are in the newsletter and on the website.
Coming up in March is the St. Patrick’s Day Parade in Waikiki and this one is just plain and simply on the
schedule because it’s fun. We don’t carry anyone (normally) and it’s pretty quick. Afterward, we are
planning on a Corned Beef and Cabbage Dinner Party in the place of the dinner meeting; we’re still looking
for a volunteer to host.
So, by the end of March, we will have already done two parades and held three non-driving events but NO
Corvette/driving related events. We need ideas. If there is anything you, the membership, would like to
do, please bring it to the attention of any of the board members so we can get it placed on the calendar.
They’re Corvettes, Let’s drive ’em!!
Chris
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CORVETTE CLUB OF HAWAII
GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING
END OF YEAR BANQUET MINUTES
10 January, 2015
BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT: Chr is Mor r is, Pr esident; Ron Kennedy, Vice-President; Pam
Shewell, Treasurer; Chelsea Wimmer, Secretary; Bryan Wimmer, Membership; Jaymie Lewis, Master-atArms.
CALL TO ORDER: J aymie Lewis called the meeting to or der 7:05 pm at Waikele Countr y Club
MINUTES: Minutes wer e r eviewed. Dennis Shewell motioned and J eff Cadavona seconded to accept
the minutes. MOTION CARRIED. Minutes accepted.
TREASURER’S REPORT: Pam Shewell pr esented the Tr easur er ’s Report.
MEMBERSHIP REPORT: Br yan Wimmer r epor ted that our member ship is:
88 Regular, 3 Associate, 8 Lifetime and 1 honorary member for a total of 100.
We had one application to join the club from Anderson Tice.
VICE-PRESIDENT’S REPORT: Ron Kennedy r epor ted on the following upcoming events:
JAN
10th – 5:30 PM End of Year Banquet @ Waikele Country Club
20th – 7:00 PM Dinner Meeting @ Liliha Bakery
27th – 6:30 PM Board Meeting @ Cutter
FEB
3rd – 7:00 PM GMM @ Zippy’s Vineyard
14th – 2:30 PM Chinatown Parade
17th – 7:00 PM Dinner Meeting @ TBD
21st – 4:00 PM Bake Off @ Dan Carpenter’s
24th – 6:30 PM Board Meeting @ Cutter
MAR
3rd – 7:00 PM GMM @ Zippy’s Vineyard
17th – 11:00 AM St. Patty’s Day Parade, followed by 7:00 PM Dinner Meeting @ TBD
31st – 6:30 PM Board Meeting @ Cutter
OLD BUSINESS:
The new member’s packets are completed and will be distributed to any new members from ’13 and ’14
who have never received a packet.
Any amendment changes in the club’s bylaws were voted upon and will become effective upon the end of
2014.
(Continued on p. 4)
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2015 Board Members are:
Yvonne Inciong – Secretary
Tim Smith – Membership
Richard Witek Jr. – Editor
Pam Shewell – Treasurer
Jayme Lewis – Master at Arms
Ron Kennedy – Vice President
Chris Morris – President
NEW BUSINESS: None
ANNOUNCEMENT: None
END OF YEAR AWARDS:
MEMBERS OF THE YEAR:
New Member of the Year – Rich Witek Jr.
New Couple of the Year – Ron and Gracelyn Musa
Couple of the Year – John and Carol Saporito
Member of the Year – Tim Smith
PRESIDENT AWARDS:
Honorable Mention – Dennis Freitas
President’s Award – Dennis Shewell
LUCKY MEMBERS:
$200 – Yvonne Inciong
$100 – Gracelyn Musa
$75 – Sandy Nakamura
$50 – Jan Witek
$25 – Dennis Shewell
$25 – Jeff Cadavona
$25 – Michael Mastronardi
$23 – Dennis Freitas
ADJOURNMENT: Ron Kennedy motioned and J aymie Lewis seconded to adjour n the meeting at
8:02 pm. MOTION CARRIED. Meeting adjourned.
Respectfully Submitted
Chelsea Wimmer, Secretary
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WHEN: Saturday February 21, 2015 @ 4:00pm
WHERE: Dan & Sue Carpenter’s House (86-012 Pokai Bay St., Waianae, Oahu, Hawaii)
IF YOU CAN BAKE IT, BRING IT!!!
Directions: Take the H1 West Waianae entry to the freeway. Use the left lanes so that you don’t
accidentally go to Pearl Harbor or somewhere else. Stay on H1 past Kapolei where the road becomes
Farrington Highway. Stay on Farrington past the next 14 signal lights. After you have passed the Waianae
Mall turn left on Lualualei Homestead Road. Go one block toward the ocean (that is all there is) and turn left
on Pokai Bay Street. It is the 4th house.
Saturday, February 14, 2015
Gathering at 2:30pm
Meet at Richards St.
(Ewa side of Capital Building)
Cruise to Zippy’s after parade for
dinner.
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Vol. 43 Issue 2 p. 5
(From motorauthority.com)
Corvette Engine Build Experience Is Back, But Only For Z06 Buyers
(by Nelson Ireson)
For several years, Chevrolet allowed buyers of high-end Corvette models like the Z06 and ZR1 to
help assemble the engine powering their car as part of a special engine build experience. The
program took place at General Motors
Company’s Performance Build Center,
located at Wixom, Michigan, and cost
$5,800. Radio host Todd Schnitt of Tampa,
Florida was the first to sign up.
Last year, the Performance Build Center
was relocated to the Corvette factory in
Bowling Green, Kentucky and the engine
build experience put on hiatus. Well, we’re
glad to report that the program is
scheduled to recommence in March, with
buyers of the Z06 now eligible to sign up.
While buyers of the Stingray miss out, they
can still arrange to watch their car being built or have it delivered at the National Corvette
Museum.
The cost of the engine build experience has been reduced to $5,000 and it includes a full day with a
Performance Build Center engine assembly technician who instructs and oversees the build of the
Z06's 650-horsepower supercharged V-8, a personalized engine plaque identifying the owner/
builder and the date of the engine build, and professional photography of the day.
Upon completion, the engine moves to the vehicle assembly area of the plant where it will be
installed with the scheduled assembly of the buyer’s Z06. Unfortunately, there’s a delay between
the time the engine is built and when it’s actually installed—the delay is due to the scheduling
process for vehicle assembly, which depends on a number of logistical variables—so anyone signed
up for the assembly line tour will have to make a second trip to the Corvette factory.
(View images from this article and more at www.motorauthority.com.)
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Corvette Club of Hawaii
Annual Membership Dues Renewal Form
2015
Please completely fill out this membership dues renewal form and submit with your dues to the club’s post office box
(P.O. Box 1808, Kailua, HI 96734-1808) or bring to the next meeting. This information is for the Board’s use only and used
to update you on event changes and additions after publication of the monthly newsletter and any special mailings from
the Board.
Please select the appropriate Membership type below:
Regular
$24.00/year per person or $2.00/month X no. of months remaining in year + $15 application fee
$36.00/year per couple or $3.00/month X no. of months remaining in year + $15 application fee
Associate
$12.00/year per person or $1.00/month X no. of months remaining in year + $15 application fee
$18.00/year per couple or $1.50/month X no. of months remaining in year + $15 application fee
MAKE CHECKS PAYABLE TO: CORVETTE CLUB OF HAWAII
DATE: ___________
* * * PLEASE PRINT * * *
NAME: _____________________________________ SPOUSE: __________________________________
BIRTHDAY: (self) ________________ (spouse) _______________ ANNIVERSARY: _____________________
STREET: _________________________________________________________ APT: ________________
CITY: _____________________________________________ STATE: ________ ZIP: _________________
PHONE: (home)__________________ (work)______________________(cell)_______________________
E-MAIL: ______________________________________________________________________________
VETTE: (year)__________ (color)____________________________ (body style) _____________________
MODIFICATIONS: _______________________________________________________________________
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The End of the Year Banquet was held at the Waikele Country Club for the third or fourth year in a row
now, I forget which. There were 40 members present, which is almost half the Club! That is the most
I’ve seen at any one event in a very long time and I would certainly like to see that kind of attendance
throughout the rest of the year. We held a short, semi-abbreviated General Membership Meeting
during which we discussed the update to the bylaws and
went over our seemingly light schedule for the first
three months. Then we continued on with the Banquet.
Highlights include installing the new, mostly old, Board
Members who have now taken the reigns, Yee Haw!! A
photo op was taken for the Outgoing Board Members
followed by a photo op later in the evening for the
Incoming Board Members. We also announced the
Members of the Year and President’s Award recipients
and last but not least, we held the drawing for the Lucky
Member who this year was Gary Tahara, but
unfortunately, he was not present and as the rule says,
you must be present to win, so the award then went to
Bryan Tayona and unfortunately, he wasn’t present either, so the award had to go to someone else.
Please see below for the complete list of Lucky (and not so lucky) Members.
The 2014 Members of the Year Awards were presented to:
New Member:
New Couple:
Couple:
Member of the Year:
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Rich Witek Jr.
Ron & Gracelyn Musa
John & Carol Saporito
Tim Smith
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The President’s Award was presented to:
Honorable mention: Dennis Freitas
President’s Award: Dennis Shewell
Congratulations to all of our Award Recipients!
Of course, the Main Event for the evening was the drawing for the Lucky Member Award. $523.00 was up
for grabs and the Number 1 rule is: You MUST be present to win. 13 names were pulled from the barrel in
order to hand out the 8 prizes available. Thank you Antonio Baybayan, you did a Great Job pulling those
names from the barrel. Here we go:
$200.00
$100.00
$75.00
$50.00
$25.00
$25.00
$25.00
$23.00
Gary Tahara (Not Present)
Bryan Tayona (Not Present)
Yvonne Inciong (Winner!)
Gracelyn Musa (Winner!)
Sandy Nakamura (Winner!)
Jan Witek (Winner!)
John Moore (Not Present)
Dennis Shewell (Winner!)
Sue Kennedy (Not Present)
Jeff Cadavona (Winner!)
Michael Mastronardi (Winner!)
Joannie Cramer (Not Present)
Dennis Freitas (Winner!)
Special thanks to Jeff Cadavona for the pictures!!! — editor
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For all the naysayers, conspiracy theorists and non-believers, I’ve included a .pdf of all the
name slips from the barrel, there were 87 members as of the December General Membership
Meeting and there were 87 names in the barrel. Please check them out, you will find yours
there.
Chris
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January
Dinner Meeting
Dinner Meeting – Liliha Bakery
January 20th, 2015
This year’s first Dinner Meeting was held at the Liliha Bakery on Nimitz. We originally had only 6 people
signed up and of those 6, only 2 made it to the meeting. But that’s alright since 12 other people that had not
signed up did make it out. Liliha Bakery does not take reservations but it was no problem for them to set up
an area for us which just kept getting larger as more people showed up. Conversation was lively and
boisterous and everyone had a good time. Service was outstanding and our food was brought to us quickly.
Nobody ordered dessert afterwards, however, due to the strategic location of the bakery counter (right next
to the exit); it was more than a few minutes before we all got out the door. Those of us in attendance were:
Michael & Gail Mastronardi, Rich & Jan Witek, Rich Witek Jr., Dennis Freitas & Cathy Jorge, Ron Kennedy,
John & Carol Saporito, Tim Smith, Ken & Sandy Nakamura and Chris Morris.
Chris
(Editor’s Note: Locations for the Dinner Meetings for the upcoming months have not been determined. If you
have a suggestion, feel free to contact a board member. We would like to make an effort to try some new
places, so please keep that in mind. Mahalo.)
February Birthdays
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John Moore
2/11
Bruce Talbot
2/15
Lester Kanemura
2/20
Kathy Smith
2/24
Elizabeth Freitas
2/24
Joe Benevides
2/26
Maureen Waller
2/27
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February 2015
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Board of
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February Calendar of Events—2015
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7:00pm General Membership Meeting - Zippy’s at 59 N. Vineyard Blvd.
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4:00pm Bake Off at Dan & Sue Carpenter’s House (see p. 6)
2/24
Tue
6:30pm Board Meeting, Cutter Chevrolet Conference Room
Night in Chinatown Parade - Meet on Richards St. (Ewa of the Capitol
Bldg.). Cruise to Zippy’s after the parade.
Monthly Dinner Meeting - The Counter in Kahala Mall
(4211 Waialae Avenue E-1, Honolulu HI 96816)
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March 2015
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March Calendar of Events—2015
3/3
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3/13- Fri3/15 Sun
7:00pm General Membership Meeting - Zippy’s at 59 N. Vineyard Blvd.
1st Hawaiian International Auto Show (details to follow)
3/17
Tue 11:00am St. Patrick’s Day Parade - Meet on Kalakaua Blvd. by Saratoga
3/17
Tue
3/21- Sat3/22 Sun
3/31
Tue
7:00pm Monthly Dinner Meeting - Location TBD
MDA Aloha Custom Car Show & Cruise - Stadium (details to follow)
6:30pm Board Meeting, Cutter Chevrolet Conference Room
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April 2015
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April Calendar of Events—2015
4/7
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7:00pm General Membership Meeting—Zippy’s at 59 N. Vineyard Blvd.
4/18
Sat
9:00am AMSCH Hawaii Food Bank Cruise (details to follow)
4/21
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7:00pm Monthly Dinner Meeting - Location TBD
4/28
Tue
6:30pm Board Meeting, Cutter Chevrolet Conference Room
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REGULAR MEMBERSHIP
Danny & Shelly Antoque
Rod & Marianne Baybayan
Joe Benevides
Tom & Pat Berkner
Ray & Wanda Bermudez
Janine Bonderenko
Jeff Cadavona & Dale Head
Raymond E. Burke II
Harvey & Diana Campbell
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Stan Chambers
Tom & Joannie Cramer
Edward Cvilikas
Hilda Sanchez
Tony DeMello
Jorge Diaz
Tyrus "Tiny" Doi
Dennis Freitas & Cathy Jorge
Burton & Elizabeth Freitas
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Lester Kanemaru
Ron & Fei Kennedy
Tim & Sue Kennedy
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Alex Lee
Jaymie Lewis & Yvonne Inciong
Jay & Yvonne Lewis
Isaac Ogitani
Mike & Gail Mastronardi
Peter & Ellen Melnyk
John & Sue Moore
Christopher Morris
Lee & Beverly Munson
Ron & Gracelyn Musa
Ken & Sandy Nakamura
Rick & Sue Nichols
Jeremy Pilkenton
Karen Reed
Eric Sakai
John & Carol Saporito
Dennis & Pam Shewell
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Michael & Marianne Shimada
Kathy Smith
Tim Smith
Gary Tahara
Bruce Talbot
Bryan Tayona
Anderson Tice
Richard & Maureen Waller
Natalie Wiggins & Daniel Hildebrandt
Bryan & Chelsea Wimmer
Rich & Jan Witek
Rich Witek Jr.
Alan & Dag Zane
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ASSOCIATE MEMBERSHIP
Craig Toyooka
Robert Willie & Julie Mueller
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LIFETIME MEMBERSHIP
HONORARY MEMBERSHIP
Don Adams
David & Denise Delzer
Vernon & Margie Gainer
Al & Helen Hemstreet
Charlie & Kathy Hillman
Jason Lui-Kwan
NEW MEMBERS
Corvette Club of Hawaii
P.O. Box 1808
[2015 Board of Directors]
Kailua, HI 96734-1808
President: Chris Morris, [email protected], (808) 738-7733
Vice President: Ron Kennedy, [email protected], (808) 778-3309
Secretary: Yvonne Inciong, [email protected]
Treasurer: Pam Shewell, [email protected], (808)262-6417
Master at Arms: Jaymie Lewis, [email protected], (808) 777-9593
Membership: Tim Smith, [email protected], (808)391-1844
Editor: Rich Witek Jr, [email protected] (817-996-6740
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organization dedicated to improving the enjoyment and pleasure of members in owning and driving the Chevrolet Corvette.
All opinions expressed herein are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the officers and/or
members of the club.
Articles for KA LEO O CORVETTE must be submitted to the Editor no later than the 3rd Tuesday of the month prior to
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