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2017
Summer Time Local Cruise
Nights:
1st
Thursday - Palo Green Space Area at
Main & Iowa Street (behind the bank), Palo, IA
2nd
Tuesday - J&P Cycles, 13225 Circle Drive, Anamosa, Iowa
2nd
Thursday - Yogi's, 260 Welter Drive, Monticello
3rd
Thursday - Classic Enterprises 250 Classic Car Court SW, CR
4th
Thursday - Godfather's Pizza 2201 16th Avenue SW, CR
5th
Thursday (June 29 & Aug 31) - Hope Lutheran Church 2736 Bowling
Street SW, CR
Last Friday of the month - Classy Chassis Cruisers at Coralville
Coral Ridge Mall by the old Sears store.
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October 2017
October 1: "Marion Swamp Fox
Festival Car Cruise & Show" 9:30 AM - 3:00 PM held at Thomas Park in
Marion, Iowa. This show is sponsored by Sheets Forrest Draper
Insurance and is hosted by the Cedar Rapids Corvette Club for the
city of Marion. A donation of a canned food item for the
Marion Food Pantry is requested. A poker run will be held and
food from Big Daddy Dogs will be available on site. NO CAR
SHOW IF IT RAINS. Jim is looking for members to work the show.
Contact Jim at
bread1112@gmail.com . See
flyer here: Swamp
Fox Car Show 2017
October 1: "Hot Rods &
Harleys" on Main Street Square in Hopkinton, Iowa. For
information see web site here:
Hot Rods & Harleys
October 4:
"Save-the-Date" - The Cedar Rapids Corvette Club will be
participating in the CR Jefferson High School homecoming event. - - - CRCC members sign up at:
http://crcorvette.club/event/signup.php
- password required!
If the school does not show up in the
listing, the signup for that school has been filled.
October 5:
"Save-the-Date" - The Cedar Rapids Corvette Club will be
participating in the Linn-Mar Community Schools homecoming event. - - -
CRCC members sign up at:
http://crcorvette.club/event/signup.php
- password required!
If the school does not show up in the
listing, the signup for that school has been filled.
October 6: "Save-the-Date" -
The Cedar Rapids Corvette Club will be participating in the
University of Iowa homecoming event. - - - CRCC
members sign up at:
http://crcorvette.club/event/signup.php
- password required!
If the school does not show up in the
listing, the signup for that school has been filled.
October 6: "Save-the-Date" -
The Cedar Rapids Corvette Club will be participating in the Lisbon
High School homecoming event. - - - CRCC members
sign up at:
http://crcorvette.club/event/signup.php
- password required!
If the school does not show up in the
listing, the signup for that school has been filled.
October 7: "Anamosa
Pumpkinfest Show & Shine Car Show" in Anamosa, Iowa. For more
information see flyer here:
Pumpkinfest
October 7: "Sigourney Car
Show" held in the Sigourney Iowa City Square. For information
call: 641-660-3668
October 9-14: "Museum In
Motion" 8th Annual 1-Lap of Kentucky Corvette Tour #1 hosted
by both the National Corvette Museum and the Kentucky State Police.
Check their web site later as this tour will be offered two more
times in the month of October. See web site here:
1-Lap of Kentucky #1
October 10: "CRCC evening
dinner cruise to "The Tin Roost", 840 West Penn Street in North
Liberty, Iowa. We will leave the Marion Walmart at 5:30 PM.
Jim would like an RSVP at
bread1112@gmail.com
October 13:
"Save-the-Date" - The Cedar Rapids Corvette Club will be
participating in the North Linn (Troy Mills) Community High School homecoming event. - - - CRCC members sign up at:
http://crcorvette.club/event/signup.php
- password required!
If the school does not show up in the
listing, the signup for that school has been filled.
October 14:
"Save-the-Date" - The Cedar Rapids Corvette Club will be
participating in the Coe College homecoming event. - - - CRCC members sign up at:
http://crcorvette.club/event/signup.php
- password required!
If the school does not show up in the
listing, the signup for that school has been filled.
October 14: "39th Annual CR
Region of the AACA Swap Meet" held at Cedar Rapids Hawkeye Downs
Speedway - 8 AM to 5 PM. NO early arrivals. See flyer
here:
AACA Fall Swap Meet
CRCC will have two swap meet tables
inside for members to sell "car related items". Contact Paul
for more information at:
pwhvette96@aol.com
October 15: "32nd Annual
Madison County Car Show" as part of the Madison County Covered
Bridge Festival held in Winterset, Iowa. More information at
515-705-9707
October 17: "Eastern Iowa
Honor Flight #30" (WOW - 30 flights!) to Washington DC
from the Cedar Rapids Airport. The Cedar Rapids Corvette Club
has been supporting this wonderful cause with monetary donations,
members as guardian assistants, and personalized walnut plaques for
EVERY veteran on EVERY flight since Eastern Iowa Honor Flight #2
many years ago. Let's have a BIG Cedar Rapids Corvette Club
welcome home to the veterans at around 10:00 PM this evening.
Pick up your free airport parking pass at the airport reception desk
at the top of the escalator. For information see:
www.eihonorflight.org . (CRCC, you can
really be proud of yourselves for your support of the past
29
EIHF flights!)
October 19: The Cedar Rapids
Corvette Club monthly business meeting held at Pat McGrath Chevyland
(East end of facility in the service bay). This is the evening
that we will be presenting our car show proceed checks to our 4
charities who will be in attendance. Come make them welcome. Chevyland will be
providing a meal for us this evening so be sure to thank them.
Social time is 6:30
PM, meeting at 7:00 PM. Visitors are more than welcome to
attend!
October 21: "Clothe-A-Child"
event at Sears in the Lindale Mall in Cedar Rapids. Meet in
the mall area between Sears & Payless Shoes at 6:50 AM to
help out with this event. They are expecting around 120 kids
who need shopping help. CRCC has helped with event for many
years now. If possible, please confirm your planned
participation at:
shop@clothe-a-child.org
. For additional information contact Rick Bowersox at
rick@clothe-a-child.org . Clothe-a-Child is one of
CRCC's designated charities.
October 21: "4th Annual
Green Chevrolet Car Show" held at Green Chevrolet in East
Moline, IL. For more info see the flyer here:
Green Chevy Car Show
October 22: The Cedar Rapids
Corvette Club fall leaf cruise and lunch - always lots of fun.
We will be leaving from the Marion Walmart at 9:30 AM sharp heading
north and east with lunch reservations at the Spillway Supper Club,
112 North 3rd Street in Harpers Ferry, Iowa. Jim
NEEDS an RSVP to let them know how many to expect.
Contact Jim at
bread1112@gmail.com .
October 28: The Cedar Rapids
Corvette Club Halloween Party and potluck held at Midway Park in
Toddville (actually in Midway) across the street from 3429 Midway
Road, Toddville (Midway!), Iowa. Costumes are always fun!
Hot dogs, marshmellows, pop, and water will be provided. Bring
a side dish to share - power outlets are available. Bring your
own silverware, plates, and chair to lounge around the fire pit
later in the evening. Festivities start at 5:00 PM, we usually
eat at 6:00 PM. Jim needs an RSVP to determine how much food
to purchase. Contact Jim at
bread1112@gmail.com . Watch our pyromaniacs try outdo
themselves again this year.
November 2017
November 2-4: "Vets n'
Vettes" a Corvette event held at and hosted by the National Corvette
Museum in Bowling Green, KY and Exxon Mobile honoring our nations
veterans. For additional information see:
Vets 'n Vettes
November 16: The Cedar
Rapids Corvette Club monthly business meeting held at Pat McGrath
Chevyland (East end of facility in the service bay). Social
time is 6:30 PM, meeting at 7:00 PM. Visitors are more than
welcome to attend!
November 18-19: "Muscle Car
& Corvette Nationals" at the Donald E Stephens Convention
Center in Rosemont, Il. For info see:
Muscle Car &
Corvette Nationals
December 2017
December 9: "Save-The-Date"
for the Cedar Rapids Corvette Club annual evening Christmas banquet
at the Indian Creek Country Club, 2401 Indian Creek Road, Marion,
Iowa. RSVP form with payment is REQUIRED as we have to
inform the country club as to the number of meals to charge us.
NO surprise attendance the night of the party - you MUST
prepay in advance. The RSVP & payment form will be here, in the
November newsletter, and at the club meeting. The reservation
form MUST be postmarked NO LATER THAN DECEMBER 2nd!
NO CLUB MEETING IS HELD IN
DECEMBER
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
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