Maple
Valley Street Rats Car Club P.O. Box
155 l Maple Valley, Washington 98038 Phone: 425.432.0196 425.432.3200
www.maplevalleystreetrats.com Editor: Doug Julson Co-editor: Marcia
Julson
LAST MEETING: The meeting was held on May
1, 2007 at 7:00 pm with 41 members present.
Reports were given on activities, scholarships and clothing.
Proposed By-Law change:
(Required by IRS for club to be a 501 C3 charitable organization) Change
Section I paragraph 3 to read as follows: In the event of dissolution of this
organization the assets shall be distributed for one or more exempt purposes
within the meaning of section 501 (C) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code or
corresponding section of any future federal tax code. Such as to a public
school automotive technical program, an automotive technical school scholarship
fund, and/or to a local government to benefit high school technical class
students. (Be prepared to
vote on this at the June 5th meeting)
DINNER
OUT/EATING OUT: Twenty-four attended lunch at Ixtapa Mexican Restaurant in
Carnation on Sunday, April 22. After
lunch, most of us cruised to the Triple XXX in Issaquah for root beer floats or
ice cream sundaes. Lots of fun and
laughs. This was our last one since the
Friday night cruise-ins and shows start once again for the summer.
FRIDAY
NIGHT CRUISE-INS: HOORAY! Friday Night Cruise-Ins are back!!!!! Our first Friday Night Cruise-in of the
summer at the Wal-Mart parking lot in Covington was not bad considering the
skies were cloudy, it was chilly and we had a couple of cloud bursts…one at the
end completely dumped on us and we got saturated! We ended up with 40 cars including club members. However, this past Friday was a huge
success. We ended up with 130 cars NOT
including club members. There were
about 15 of us club members there with our cars. People were finding us, several people said this was a much
better spot than Fred Meyers and we had lots of the public coming in to
look. We did have generator problems so
we need to have ours looked to see if it can be fixed or we need to purchase
another one.
Some of us went to the Iron Grill to eat afterwards
and the owners gave us a gift certificate to raffle off at the next Friday
night...there was a stipulation however…he wants a ride in one or more of our
cars. We told him NO PROBLEM!
MAPLE VALLEY DAYS: It’s
almost here guys…we need everyone to pitch in to make it a success.
HELP!!!! We still need convertibles for the Maple
Valley Parade to carry dignitaries for their 10th anniversary of
Maple Valley Days. Anyone out there
willing and able to drive their convertibles or know someone who has one and
would drive it in the parade, let Teresa know?
All trophies for Maple Valley Days have been sold, but
it would sure be great if we had more sponsors. Ehren has 9 of the trophies made and sandblasted. He is still working on getting the others
complete as well as getting them all painted.
BOWLING: Yowser, Yowser!!!!! Val
Merriman picked up a 7/4-10 split a few weeks ago. Fantastic, job Val. Just don’t go professional on us and forget
about cars! This bowling season is
over; however a few members are bowling in the spring race car league. The Flatheads (Bob & Val Merriman and Marcia
Julson) took 3rd place. Debbie Veenhuizen took top women’s
series and Nancy Atkinson took top
women’s handicap series. Good going
Rats!
WEBSITE: Lars has had to do several changes to get our web site running
again. Don’t know if hackers are
involved or what! The new website
address for the time being is www.maplevalleystreetrats.com. Eventually everyone will be able to access
it either by using either .com or OR .org. Thanks, Lars. Nice job!
LEADS
& NEEDS: We hope to make this an
addition to the newsletter. Anyone who
has leads on cars, car parts or has a need for car parts, or who has a special
expertise with cars, etc., let me know and it will be placed in the
newsletter. With more and more new
members coming aboard, it’s possible we don’t have to look any further than our
own backyard. Right now Les and I are
looking for T-bird parts. Les has a ’57
and ‘61 and I have a ’63.
SCHOLARSHIPS: Bob Merriman reported there were three students who completed the
scholarship applications. However, Doug Kentfield was the only qualified
applicant and the committee recommended to award him a scholarship of
$1500. Ray said there is still money
available if the club wants to give some to students from last year who is
still attending an auto tech school.
COATS AND APPAREL:
I received an order for two more jackets and the order was placed on May
7 and should have them in approximately three weeks. We have also placed the order for polo shirts. Ray is working on getting event t-shirts.
EVENTS: Several
members went to the Nova Club show at Les Schwab on April 29 in Covington. Craig
Chapman received a trophy for best stock for his ’54 Chevy. Way to go Craig!
Tim Collins, Dan Gilmore, Ray Markley, and Lyle Nokes (I rode along with Lyle) went to the student’s car show
at Kent Lake High School on Wednesday, May 16 to promote scholarships. The principal as well as the Superintendent
of the Kent School District welcomed us.
They both said how much they appreciated the support of the Maple Valley
Street Rats and the work they do for students.
We also talked to several students who showed a lot of interest in the
scholarships as well as our cars.
The Terry Home Car show was wet,
but fun was had by all who attended.
Hooray to Lyle Nokes for
receiving the most “Luscious Louvers” award.
Anyone that wants to or is
planning on attending the Colby run Memorial Day weekend, contact Ray, Teresa, Lyle. or June. The Lance Lambert Downtown Cruise at the
Triple XXX in Issaquah is June 24.
Wouldn’t it be fun to participate as a club? Also, don’t forget the Cle Elum and Roslyn run in August after
our Mt. Si show.
Dan Gilmore is working with Comcast on a commercial for “The
Filling Station” in Federal way and passed a sign up sheet at the last meeting
for members who have a 50’s car and would want to be in the commercial.
FROM THE PRESIDENT: How do you like that? Cruis’in is here! I’ve had all my old cars out except the 35 Ford, and I’m in the
middle of putting the new battery in it now. It’s an old car thing you can’t
just put in a battery. You have to
clean everything. And check it out.
This is an un-restored car, but in this case everything was in good
condition, except the hold down bracket. I cleaned it good and put a coat of
Por 15 on it. Then I cut the bottom out
of a plastic battery case, and used it to protect the Ford metal under the new
battery. That old battery was in the car when I bought it in 1995, so I can’t
complain that it didn’t last very long.
See you all Friday night at Wal Mart, but first I’m going to take the
old Ford out for a spin.
News Flash!!! Free, Free, Free Lunch. That’s right Tahoma High School Street Rats
will buy any and all Maple Valley Street Rats a free lunch if you bring your
old car to the Tahoma High School annual car show June 1st. The show is from 9
am to 1 pm. Please tell Ray if you plan on coming. They are reserving parking
for us.
50/50 DRAWING: Won by Lars Kirmser. Lars took home $65 and the club received $65. Val
Merriman won a scholarship poster for a second drawing held.
NEXT MEETING AGENDA: Friday nights and Maple Valley Days.
NEXT MEETING: Our next
meeting will be held on Tuesday, June
5, 2007 at Henry’s Switch Restaurant at Lake Wilderness Golf
Course. The meeting starts promptly at
7:00 p.m.; however, a lot of people show up at 6:00 p.m. to have dinner
first.