This page will serve as our Club's Newsletter

Corvette Activities Planned for 2008 !

Sunday, June 15, Breakfast at Tom & Denise Welch's Home (7:30 a.m.) and Warrenton Father's Day Car Show (Paul/Doug)

Saturday, June 21, Orange, VA Burger King cruise-in, meet at Luigi's at 4:00pm

June 28th, First Lady Judy Witt's Birthday

Cancelled - Saturday, June 28, Club Breakfast at Country Cookin;, Warrenton at 9:00am

Friday, July 4th, Lynn & Steve Zagrod's Independence Day Cookout at their home, Starting at 4:00 p.m.

Friday, July 11th, Corvettes to Skyland for Lunch (Blue Ridge Mountains), Meet at Q-Stop, Rt 211 at 12 noon (Bob Witt)

Sunday, July 13th, Picnic and Corvette gathering at Lake Anna, Vettes at Lake Anna More information to follow -

Saturday, August 9th, the Annual All-Corvette Show (formerly known as the Chuck Berge Show), At the Best Buy Parking Lot, Manassas, VA

Sunday, August 17th, Cook-out at Butch & Jane Loveland's Home - update on time to follow

Friday, August 22nd, Corvettes at Carlisle Cruise, overnight (Paul Jolley)

Club Picnic - date and information to follow

Sunday, September 21st, Bealton Air Show (John Karhoff)

Friday, October 3rd, Stonewall Lake Resort Cruise, overnight, (Paul Jolley)

....Please check back soon for updated list of Activities

Thank you.

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Sample of previous trips, as follows:

Peaks of Otter overnight Cruise

Corvettes at Carlisle PA ( last weekend of August )

Niagra Falls Cruise

Club Annual Picnic (September)

Christmas Party at the Country Club of Culpeper

Graves Mountain Lodge Christmas Dinner

More Club Activities - to be updated, soon. Thank you.

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NEWS FLASH - The Culpeper Corvette Club Wins 10 Trophies

20 Members of the Culpeper Corvette Club, represented by 13 cars, on May 17, 2008, participated in the Sheriff Branch Relay for Life Team, to benefit the American Cancer Society. Nine individual trophies were won by Club members and the Club Participation trophy was won by the Club. Members participating in this event were Judy & Bob Witt, Paul Jolley, Donna & Hank Smith, Doug Meyer, Jean & Bill Sterling, Joanna & John Karhoff, Maury Fincham, Lynn & Steve Zagrod, VerNelle Hall, Denise & TomWelch, Janet & Billy Bagwell, Denny May, and Ken Getz. Here we all are !!

Christmas Party at the Country Club
On Saturday, December 8, 2007, we had our 5th Annual Christmas Party at the Country Club of Culpeper. We had 33 folks who all had a great time. The food was great and the Gift Exchange part of the program, which was conducted by Kasey Jachim, was most amusing. President Witt announced that there would be a collection taken up for a very young child who is suffering a life threatening medical condition. Members reached into their pockets to make donations. We will be presenting the funds to the family of the young boy on behalf of our Corvette Club.

Let's Eat !!!! - More Eatin' News
Lynn and Steve Zagrod had a great July 4th, a few days before of course, cookout at their lovely home. The weather was great, the eatin' was better, and the host and hostess were THE BEST !!!!

Donna and Hank Smith hosted a Corvette Cookout and Birthday Party at their home on Sunday, June 24, 2007. We had 23 members, with their Corvettes there. We all ate well; we celebrated Judy Witt's special birthday; and we all had a great time socializing together. The weather was wonderful and we had a beautiful view of the Blue Ridge Mountains as we enjoyed our meal and good fellowship together.

Let's Eat !!!! - More Breakfast News
We had a very lovely Corvette Breakfast at Beulah and Maury Fincham's lovely home on Saturday, May 19, 2007. They It was very lovely. Thank you so very much, Beulah and Maury for hosting such a nice time for our members!!

Valentine's Day Breakfast at the Witt's !!
Bob & Judy Witt hosted a great Valentine's Day Breakfast at their lovely home on Saturday, February 10, 2007. This is the thrid straight valentine's breakfast that they have had for the club members. Eighteen members were present and we all ate and laughed together. The hit of the party was the "Nearly Newly-Wed Game." My oh my, we surely found out alot about each other. We had such a good time together !!

Dinner Party at the Bagwell's !!
Janet and Billy Bagwell hosted a very lovely dinner party at their lovely home on September 9, 2007. The event was attended by well over 20 members and we all had a great meal, great fellowship together, and a great time. Thank you Janet and Billy.

This is a sample of what some of our members have hosted during 2007 for our Corvette Club Members.

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Our Victories at the Car Show - 2006

Culpeper Corvette Club Wins at the Rappahanock Car Show, April 29, 2006
The Culpeper Corvette Club and its members won 6 trophies at the Rappahanock High School Sports Association Car show on April 29, 2006. We entered 13 Corvettes from our Club with 22 members participating. The Club won the Trophy for Club Participation and we had 5 members that won trophies. Those that won trophies were Rae & Dave Pilgrim ('56 Corvette), Jane & Butch Loveland ('65 Corvette), Suzanne & Doug Meyer ('64 Corvette, with the assistance of their son Mark Meyer who drove from Myrtle Beach, S.C. the night before to enter their Corvette), Judy & Bob Witt ('04 Corvette), & Glen Carpenter ('06 Corvette).

Here are two pictures that show how very pleased we all were at the end of the Car Show. The first picture shows the Club members that brought their Corvettes to participate at the Car Show. The second picture shows the 6 trophies that were won. A great time was had by all !!!

Next Corvette Activities Planned & "Newsletter Notices"

Mark your calendars. Please attend

General Membership Meetings
The General Membership Meetings, beginning with Wednesday, April 14, 2004, at 7:30 P.M., will be conducted at the VFW location in Culpeper. It is located at 1375 Sperryville Pike (route 522 west of town), Culpeper, VA, approximately 2 miles west of Main Street. The next meeting will be Wednesday, January 9, 2008, at 7:30 p.m. at the VFW Post Home, Culpeper. A trip to the ice cream shop is planned after the meeting. Meetings are planned for the second Wednesday of each month, at the VRW Post Home, except we will not have Monthly Meetings during February nor during December.

Peaks of Otter Cruise
We cruised down the Blue Ridge Parkway on the morning of Friday, June 1, 2007, on a nice leisurely drive; stopping for lunch along the Parkway; had dinner at our desitnation (Peaks of Otter) and lodging there. We had a great time on this cruise and the similar cruise last June 2006.

Corvettes at Carlisle
We have traveled as a Corvette Club to Corvettes at Carlisle ( PA ) for the past 5 years. We normally leave on Friday morning, , and for the past three years have stayed at the Wingate Inn, Harrisburg, PA. We normally drive back to VA on Sunday morning.

We Cruised to Zip Products, Mechanicsville, VA on March 11, 2006

We had 9 Corvettes on this cruise and Paul Jolley did a GREAT job of organizing and directing it !!!

"Fourth Saturday Breakfast"
We will have our monthly Saturday Breakfast meetings at Country Cookin', Warrenton on the fourth Saturday of each month at 9:00 a.m.

Please attend our next General Membership Meeting on January 9, 2008.

We enjoy each others' company, talk about Corvettes and about what we intend to do in the future.

Mark your calendars. Please attend

Current Activities - see above please

Our 5th Annual Christmas Party, at the Country Club of Culpeper, will be held on Saturday, December 8, 2007. The same members will begin their second year in the same officer postions, as follows: Bob Witt, as our President (formerly Vice President), and Paul Jolley, as our Vice President). Chuch Jachim, as our Treasurer, Sue Christenson, as our Secretary, and Bill Sterling, NCCC Governor. Hank Smith, former President from inception of the Club, summer of 2003 through December 2006, Hank will continue as a full member of the Board of Directors in the position of "Previous President," as provided in the bylaws.

General Membership Meeting, Wednesday, May 14, 2008, at the VFW Post Home, 1375 Sperryville Pike, Culpeper, VA 22701, at 7:30 p.m.

We had our Third Annual Club Picnic on September 30, 2007. It was well attended by the members and we all had a great time.

I suggest that you check this site and page periodically for your general reference for current activities of the Club.

Thank You !!!!

Bob Witt, President

Stay safe, in good health, and be a good example to our community, please.

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