THE ENLIGHT

THE ENLIGHT’NER is a monthly publication of the Majestic Glass Corvette Club, incorporated in 1974 in the State of Washington. Mailing address is 1103 – 23^rd Street, Anacortes, WA 98221. Statements and articles appearing in THE ENLIGHT’NER are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views or opinions of the MGCC, its officers, or editor.

The Majestic Glass Corvette Club provides local charitable support to organizations in Snohomish, Skagit, Island, and Whatcom Counties as well as to National non-profit organizations and families in need. Proceeds received from fund raising activities that include hosting of Annual Car Shows, etc., are used for this purpose. Distribution of funds is reviewed and approved by the membership.

Our club sponsor is: Jerry Smith Chevrolet – Buick, 12484 Reservation Road and Highway 20, Anacortes, WA 98221. (360) 293-5166.

Club Supporters are: Corvette Alley, 1103 – 23^rd St., Anacortes, WA 98221. (360) 299-9303 and Village Pizza, 807 Commercial Ave., Anacortes, WA 98221. (360) 293-7847 or 293-8009.

Saturday, Dec 1. Christmas Dinner Party at Max Dales in Mount Vernon. Cocktails at 6:30 pm and Dinner at 7:30 pm. Meal choices and costs are: Prime Rib @ $26.02, Salmon @ $26.02, & Rosemary Chicken @ $21.24. Prices include tax, gratuity and coffee, tea, soda or milk. Desserts will run between $4.40 to $5.50. This year’s gift exchange will be “Christmas Ornaments”. This will also constitute our last “meeting” of the year and some club business will be accomplished.

Monday, Dec 31. New Years Eve party at Cranberry Tree Restaurant in Mount Vernon. Cocktails at 6:30 PM and Dinner at 7:30 PM. Bring change to buy “Clues”. More details to follow. Rooms are available at the Tulip Inn. Call 1-800-599-5969 and ask for Amanda. Mention Majestic Glass Corvette Club or Jim Reed. Senior rates are $64.90 including taxes. Non seniors rates are $71.50 including taxes. Call early. Blocked rooms will be released on December 1^st.

Sun-Thurs, Mar 2 - 6. Pacific Beach, WA. Details TBA. If you want to go and are not on the list already, contact Jim Reed @ 360-675-6251.

Saturday, May 17. Anacortes Waterfront Festival “All Corvette” Car Show. Details TBA.

Sunday, May 18. Anacortes Waterfront Festival “Open Class” Car Show. Details TBA.

1          Jane Fikse
4          Larry Phillips
9          Debbie Page
10         Pat Beardsley
13         Kevin Humann, Richard Carey
19         Barry Westphal
20         Siow Lee Anderson
21         Ron Telles
24         Dave Overton
25         Ron Foster
28         Joe Bradly

11         Ande & Lucyille Mitchelle
12         Joanne & Brian Olson
23         Dale & Janeen McAtee
28         Ron & Anita Foster

Notes from the November 13th, 2007 meeting at Round Table Pizza: The meeting was called to order at 7:30 PM by the President. Members in attendance were: (36): Bill & Karen Amman, Christie Bailey, Mike Beardsley, Rob & Sherri Brown, Jay & Jan Cockrum, Frank & Maureen DePuy, Dave Fikse, Doug & Linda Gilbert, Gene & Doris Hitt, Kevin Humann, Steve & Mickie Maisch, Jerry Miller, Ande & Lucy Mitchelle, Skip & Rita Nelson, Joanne & Brian Olson, Dave Overton, Jim & June Reed, Bill & Sandy Ruch, Dick Shafer, Clint Stroebel, Bill & Barbara Strowbridge, Dave Thomason, & Max Wilson. The minutes of the 23 Oct 07 meeting were reviewed and accepted as presented and Doug Gilbert provided the Treasurer’s report.

OLD BUSINESS: Presently have 73 memberships. Dave Thomason ‘s two guests (Steve Singleton & Sewell Baskett) were introduced. Discussed car shows ½ page ad in Cruzin Magazine; by-laws review on 18 Nov at DePuy’s residence in Marysville; Burlington veteran’s parade; Pacific Beach activity on 2 thru 6 March and the Lind, WA event. Tonight’s meeting was the last event for this year’s points game. If you have any ideas for an event next year, let the president know or bring it up at a meeting.

NEW BUSINESS: a. A motion was made, seconded and passed to donate $300 for Toys for Tots. A motion was made, seconded and passed to purchase 150 MGCC license frames for $1.09 each. Bill Strowbridge to take for action. b. A winery on Memorial Highway, Mt Vernon, is planning to host a car show next year. More details to follow.

The next meeting will be at Village Pizza on 27 Nov 07. There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 8:05 pm. Gene Hitt won "Joker Up".

One month to go and we will start a new year. I wonder what 2008 will bring to us. It is probably a good thing that we cannot see into the future for, I fear, that we might not like what we see. How do you suppose our lives would be affected if we all had that ability? Interesting concept isn’t it? For me, I still like the unknown and the idea that one should not “put off” doing things they really want to do until a “better time” comes along. One of the adventures of life is going somewhere different and experiencing people, places, and things you normally would not do. So, what is the point of my ramblings? I really do not know. Maybe to make you think about the future and just how quickly things can change, or to realize just how important family and friends are to you, or just maybe you will think that “he has really gone off the deep end this time”. So, let us move on to what is happening now. By the time you read this article, the Christmas Dinner Party is going to start or has already come to a close for another year. If you attended, I think every one had or is having a good time. The announcement has been made concerning who your new club officers are for 2008 and, as you read the activity column, you can see that things are being planned for next year already. It should be another good year filled with, I hope, fun and exciting “adventures” that all of you can enjoy. I do realize that we cannot please every member but we try to set up a variety of things to do or places to go that will appeal to most members. Just keep in mind that we are open to most suggestions for things to do so if you have ideas, just let any of the club officers know about it. Time to go again and as I promised, you only have to read my “stuff” one more time after this.

Notes from the November 27, 2007 meeting at Village Pizza: The meeting was called to order at 7:30 PM by the President. Members in attendance were: (27): Bill & Karen Amman, Charlie & Mona Brown, Richard & Betty Carey, Frank DePuy, Ron & Anita Foster, Doug & Linda Gilbert, Kevin Humann, Ann Humphreys, Carl & Gloria Kohler, Jon Martin, Jerry Miller, Skip & Rita Nelson, Dave Overton, Jim & June Reed, Bill & Sandy Ruch, Bill & Barbara Strowbridge, Dave Thomason. The minutes of the 13 November 2007 meeting were reviewed and accepted as presented. The Treasurer’s report was provided by the Treasurer.

OLD BUSINESS: Memberships are 74. Discussed Cruzin Magazine ad and Christmas Party. For the New Year’s Eve Party, bring old photos of yourself for the photo identification contest. More details to follow by e-mail and/or website. Procurement of MGCC license plate frames has been put on hold until another vendor can be contacted. By-laws meeting was discussed with proposed changes. The changes were reviewed, voted upon and passed by members present. By-laws with revisions will be e-mailed to members in January. Those who will need a hard copy let Bill Ruch, the webmaster know.

NEW BUSINESS: a. Election results: President, Frank DePuy; Vice President, Linda Gilbert; Secretary, Sandy Ruch; Treasurer, Doug Gilbert. b. Linda Gilbert would like to form a committee for doing the newsletter. If you are interested in helping out, contact Linda. A meeting will be held some time in January. c. Bill Ruch needs ideas for YOUR club webpage; such as, a little blurb on trips you have gone on and places visited with photos, if available.

The next official meeting will be at Round Table Pizza on 8 Jan 2008. There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 8:15 pm. Dave Overton won "Joker Up".

DETROIT — General Motors had intended to keep the wraps on the 2009 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 until the super coupe made its official debut at the 2008 Detroit Auto Show, but images were leaked to the media late yesterday, offering the masses an early, detailed look at the ZR1's new power plant.

Beneath the plastic breastplate atop the 6.2-liter LS9 is an assembly integrating a supercharger, intake manifold and liquid-to-air intercooler into a single unit.

Hot, compressed intake air discharges from the supercharger straight up and then splits into two paths. Each flow stream makes a U-turn through an intercooler core and then travels down into the intake ports. A smallish auxiliary radiator will be mounted in the nose of the ZR1 to cool the liquid pumped into the intercooler.

Chevy selected the LS9's 6.2-liter block in lieu of the 7.0-liter LS7 for its lower cost and thicker cylinder walls. The latter improves head gasket sealing against the higher combustion pressures found in the boosted LS9.

Although much can be discerned from the three engine photos, horsepower remains a big question. Based on the engine specs and ZR1 application, we're guessing the 6.2-liter will produce just north of 600 horsepower.

What this means to you: You can bet your bottom dollar GM won't rest until the LS9 V8 in the Corvette ZR1 out-powers the Dodge Viper's V10. — Jason Kavanagh, Engineering Editor

Thought of the Month: “Hatred can be an acid, that does more damage to the vessel in which it is stored, than to the object on which it is poured,

Did You Know:? Only one more newsletter after this one before you get a new newsletter editor.

Tip of the Month: “Don’t get so busy making a living that you forget to make a life”.

Editors note: If you like the “Thoughts” and “Tips” column, please let us know so we can continue to include it in the newsletter. If you want to see other columns established, let us know that also.

Dr. Phil: The problem we have here is that this chicken won't realize that he must first deal with the problem on "this" side of the road before it goes after the problem on the "other side" of the road. What we need to do is help him realize how stupid he's acting by not taking on his "current" problems before adding "new" problems.

Oprah: Well, I understand that the chicken is having problems, which is why he wants to cross this road so bad. So instead of having the chicken learn from his mistakes and take falls, which is a part of life, I'm going to give this chicken a car so that he can just drive across the road and not live his life like the rest of the chickens.

George W. Bush: We don't really care why the chicken crossed the road. We just want to know if the chicken is on our side of the road or not. The chicken is either against us or for us. There is no middle ground here.

Donald Rumsfeld: Now, to the left of the screen, you can clearly see the satellite image of the chicken crossing the road.

Anderson Cooper, CNN: We have reason to believe there is a chicken, but we have not yet been allowed to have access to the other side of the road.

John Kerry: Although I voted to let the chicken cross the road, I am now against it! It was the wrong road to cross and I was misled about the chicken's intentions. I am for it now and will remain against it.

Judge Judy: That chicken crossed the road because he's guilty! You can see it in his eyes and the way he walks.

Pat Buchanan: To steal the job of a decent, hardworking American. (Yep, another illegal Mexican Chicken.)

Martha Stewart: No one called me to warn me which way that chicken was going. I had a standing order at the Farmer's Market to sell my eggs when the price dropped to a certain level.

Dr. Seuss: Did the chicken cross the road? Did he cross it with a toad? Yes, the chicken crossed the road, but why it crossed, I've not been told.

Grandpa: In my day, we didn't ask why the chicken crossed the road. Somebody told us the chicken crossed the road and that was good enough.

Barbara Walters: Isn't that interesting? In a few moments, we will be listening to the chicken tell, for the first time, the heart warming story of how it experienced a serious case of molting and went on to accomplish its life long dream of crossing the road.

John Lennon: Imagine all the chickens in the world crossing roads together, in peace.

Bill Gates: I have just released eChicken2006, which will not only cross roads, but will lay eggs, file your important documents and balance your checkbook. Internet Explorer is an integral part of eChicken. The platform is much more stable and will never ever, ever reboot.

Albert Einstein: Did the chicken really cross the road or did the road move beneath the chicken?

THE ENLIGHT’NER

December 2007 Newsletter

Majestic Glass Corvette Club