November 2019 Volume 47, No.11 - Las Vegas Corvettes Association
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THE OFFICIAL MONTHLY NEWSLETTER OF THE LAS VEGAS CORVETTES ASSOCIATION
November 2019 Volume 47, No.11
LVCA is proudly Sponsored by
~ All Chevrolet trademarks used with the written permission of General Motors ~
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LVCA EXECUTIVE BOARD
President: Bonnie Corbett - 702-566-6787
Vice President: Marsha Borders - 702-498-1600
Secretary: Holley Holran - 702-254-9749
Treasurer: Connie Gentry - 702-565-7587 Jim Gregorio—Vettech
702-523-8697
*Performance Modifications
Director: Scott White - 949-939-3890 *Maintenance *Repairs
*After-market Warranty & GMPP
Director: Skip Kelley - 702-453-5353
Director: Mike Borders - 702-498-1600
Events Coordinator: Ken Ackeret - 702-743-3181
Membership: Kathy Ackeret - 702-254-3265
Publicity: Sharron Grodzinsky - 702-873-8508
Newsvetter Editor: Bob Humphrey - 702-982-1416
NCCC Governor: Carl Corbett - 702-566-6787
Webmaster: Lennard Grodzinsky - 702-873-8508
NewsVetter Advertising Rates
COMMITTEE CHAIRPERSONS Listed Below are the advertising rates for the LVCA
Racer’s Edge: Ken Rees - 702-649-1495 NewsVetter
Marvin Maize - 702-655-4952
~all ads must be submitted by the 20th of each
Drag Race Series: Ken Rees - 702-649-1495
month ~
Community Service: Scarlett Montoya - 702-741-0404
Community Service: Gino Montoya - 702-236-1539 Monthly
Storekeepers: Cindy Fuller - 702-443-2587 Business Card - $10.00 - Member $15.00 - Non-Member
1/4 Page - $20.00 - Member $30.00 - Non-Member
NCM Ambassador: Sandra Hart - 702-527-6421 1/2 Page - $35.00 - Member $45.00 - Non-Member
Full Page - $50.00 - Member $65.00 - Non-Member
Sunshine: Benita Klaizner - 702-614-7968
Sponsor Liaison: Scott Mergele - 702-528-4537 Yearly
By - Laws: Carl Hastings - 702-655-2890 Business Card - $90.00 - Member $160.00 - Non-Member
1/4 Page - $215.00 - Member $275.00 - Non-Member
Archive/Mossybacks Lin Hoernke - 702-364-0221 1/2 Page - $375.00 - Member $450.00 - Non-Member
Full Page - $550.00 - Member $675.00 - Non-Member
For more information,
visit the LVCA website at
www.vegasvettes.com To place an advertisement in the
or visit us on Facebook NewsVetter, please contact Editor:
Bob Humphrey 702.982-1416 or
Contribution or gifts to the Las Vegas Corvettes
Assoc. Inc. (LVCA) are not deductible as charitable Email: vetterinputs@yahoo.com
contributions for federal income tax purposes. Thank you
Special thanks to Findlay Chevrolet for printing our
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NCCC West Coast Regional Calendar
~ NCCC Sanctioned Events are in Red ~
~ West Coast Region Events are in Blue ~
~ Other Events are in Black ~
2019 - 2020
November 8-9:
NCCC national meetings at the Sheraton Westport Plaza Hotel, St. Louis, MO -- Allen Morris
(949) 367-9000
Email: amorrismv@aol.com
2020
February 1-8:
14th Corvette Pirates cruise. Eastern Caribbean cruise on the Carnival Breeze, departing from
Port Canaveral.
Super bowl party with exclusive Corvette Pirates pool
Matchbox car show, Matchbox drag racing, miniature golf tournament, parties
Ports of call will be:
Amber Cove, Dominican Republic.
St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands.
San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Grand Turk, Turks and Caicos.
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Las Vegas Corvettes
Association Schedule of
Upcoming Events 2019
(Revised 10/29/2019)
Date Event Event Chairs and Co-Chairs
November *Garage Gang Chairperson Needed
November 3 *MTT Autocross - Round 4 (RE) Marvin Maize
November 10 *Vette-Together at Temple Bar – Lake Mead AZ (CS) Bob & Jan Humphrey
November 23/24 High Performance Driver Education @ Spring Mountain
Lennard Grodzinsky
November 24 *Findlay Chevrolet Thanksgiving Car Show (CS) Scott Mergele
November 27 Guy’s Luncheon - Boulevard Bar & Grille
9860 S Las Vegas Blvd, Las Vegas, NV 89183 Lanny Lowman
December *Garage Gang Chairperson Needed
December *December Road Run Chairperson Needed
December 7 *Adopt-A-Kettle – Salvation Army (CS) J. & Brenda Cavallo
December 8 *MTT Autocross - FINALS(RE) Marvin Maize
December 14 *Cookie Exchange Sandra Hart
December 31 New Year’s Eve Party Chairperson Needed
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January 18 *2019 Awards Banquet - Liberace Mansion Marsha Borders
*LVCA Sanctioned/Approved Event CS - Community Service Event
RE - Racer’s Edge Competition Event NCCC - NCCC Sanctioned Event
To schedule an event; call or email Ken Ackeret - 2019 Events Coordinator at
702-743-3181 or email: ken.ackeret@kimley-horn.com
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~General Membership Meeting ~
Thursday, November 14, 2019
7:30 PM
Sun City MacDonald Ranch
2020 W. Horizon Ridge Parkway
Henderson, NV 89012 The Newsvetter is published monthly
702.270.7000 for the members of the Las Vegas
Willows Restaurant 702.270.7070 Corvettes Association, P.O. Box 80831,
Las Vegas, NV 89180-0831. All articles,
flyers and ads should be sent to the
Editor address. Attn: Newsvetter Editor
or E-mail: vetterinputs@yahoo.com
Please Remember: All articles, ads and
flyers are due by the 20th of each
month.
Sun City MacDonald Ranch
Willows Restaurant
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PRESIDENT 1, 2019. As per our By-Laws Article 6 Section
LVCA 47 3. Absentee ballots are available for any
Bonnie Corbett member unable to attend the December
12th General Membership Meeting. Please
contact our Secretary, Holley Holran at 702-
Happy Thanksgiving! May you and your 254-9749 and request an absentee ballot. All
family have a wonderful and safe holiday. sealed absentee ballots shall be returned to
the Secretary, Holley and will be opened by
th
At the October 10 General Membership the ballot committee at the December
Meeting, I wanted to let you know that Mike General Membership Meeting.
Borders had withdrawn his proposed by-law
change Article 2, Section 9 and 10. Carl and I had a great time on the Haunted
Ghost Train event in Ely, NV. I would like to
Every year our sponsor Findlay Chevrolet thank our Chairperson's Scarlett and Gino
hosts a Thanksgiving Car Show. This year it Montoya for all the work they did for this
will be held on Sunday, November 24, 2019. event. The club really seemed to have a great
The location is at the dealership on 6800 S. time at the event.
Torrey Pines Dr. Las Vegas, NV. It will be held
from 8am to 2pm with food, music, raffle The LVCA website is now updated and you
prizes, awards and trophies. No pre- can go on-line and register for the events and
registration required. This is a community for your membership renewals.
service event for the YMCA. Our club sponsor
liaison, Scott is looking for volunteers to help "LET'S GO CORVETTING"
park cars at the show around an hour before
the event. If you are available to help out, Bonnie Corbett
please contact Scott Mergele at 702-528- 2019 President
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LVCA nominations for the 2020 year will be
held at the November 14th membership
meeting. This is the month for members who
are interested in volunteering for a
leadership position on the Board in your club.
The elected positions are President, Vice-
President, Secretary, Treasurer and one
Director, please contact Sally McVane at 702-
498-4061 for more information. The elections
will be held at our December 12th General
Membership Meeting. Please note to
participate and vote and/or be a candidate
your 2020 dues need to be paid by December
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SECRETARY Sally also announced the Committee Chairs are a
volunteer positions and do not have a voting
Holley Holran right on the Board. They are the following:
Racer’s Edge, Drag Race Series, Community
Service, Storekeeper, NCM Ambassador,
Sunshine, Sponsor Liaison, By-Laws, and
President Bonnie Corbett called the meeting to Archives/Mossyback chairperson.
order at 7:31p.m. Bob Humphrey lead the Sally encouraged all members to volunteer and
membership in the Pledge of Allegiance. There mentioned that it is work and a lot of fun.
were 70 members and 4 guests at the meeting
tonight. Treasurer’s Report: Connie Gentry said, we are
looking good financially and better when
Findlay Chevrolet: Paul Patane thanked the renewals start rolling in.
membership for all the support that we give him,
Slim and Findlay Chevrolet. Old Business: By-laws: Jimmy Cavallo read the
By-Law that was published in the September
Minutes: A motion was made by Mike Borders Newsvetter submitted by Pat Russell. The By-
and seconded by Bob O’Brien to approve the law was to Reduce the Reserve Account Amount
September meeting minutes. The motion was to $10,000 from $25,000. The By-Laws
carried. committee recommended “not adopt”. The
Board also voted to “not adopt”. Discussion was
Birthdays: October birthdays were read and held. A vote of 2/3’s is needed to adopt the By-
coupons given out by Lin Hoernke. law for approval. The vote was overwhelmingly
voted down. The By-law was not adopted.
President’s Report: President Bonnie Corbett
reminded membership that Nominations will be New Business: Introduction of guests and pro-
held in November and that you need to renew spective members: Kathy Ackeret introduced
your membership by December 1st in order to the guests in attendance tonight. They were the
vote in the December’s election. Bonnie also following: Charles and Ty Hildenstab, Sharron
announced that Sally McVane is heading up the Boyd and Karen Salk. New member receiving his
Nominating Committee. joining plaque tonight was Kerry Kishbaugh.
Welcome to all.
Nominations: Sally McVane announced that the
following positions are appointed by the Committee Reports:
incoming President and are a voting position on Sunshine - Benita Klaizner informed us that we
the Executive Board. They are the following: have lost a former member Greg Welch, he has
Events Coordinator, Membership, Publicity, passed away. More information to follow at a
Newsvetter Editor, NCCC Governor and later date.
Webmaster.
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Racers Edge - Ken Rees announced that Silver Arizona. Meet at Railroad Pass parking lot.
State was fantastic this year. The Open Road November 24th is the Findlay Thanksgiving Car
Race in May of 2020, will need a volunteer to Show. For more info, contact Scott Mergele at
chair this event. John and Cindy Fuller have (702) 528-4537. December 7th is Adopt-A-Kettle
volunteered to chair the Silver State race in for Salvation Army, this is a community service
September of 2020. Drag Races are completed event 10a.m. to 7p.m. Contact Brenda and
for the year, winners will be announced at the Jimmy Cavallo to volunteer and sign-up for an
Banquet. There are 3 more autocross races left one-hour time slot. December 13th is the Cookie
for this year. Ken Rees informed the club that he Exchange hosted by Sandra Hart from noon to
will be stepping down as Drag Race Chairman. 4p.m. Bring 3 dozen cookies for exchanging and
We will need a volunteer chairperson for the 1 dozen to share for tasting. Ken is looking for a
2020 Drag Racing Series for next year. volunteer to host a New Year’s Eve party.
Website - Lennard Grodzinsky is very pleased Miscellaneous Announcements: Connie Gentry
with the response the website has received. If is proud to announce, she won the clean car
you have not received or misplaced your pass- award from the Street Car Club.
word, please contact Lennard at (702) 873-8508
and he will issue you a new one. Lennard also Clean Car Award: Roy Horenke presented Slim
commented that he is available to assist you. Stephens with the award for this month.
Badge Drawing: Ken Fiorentino won the badge
Vice President: Marsha Borders informed drawing, he was not present. The pot will
membership that they could pay and register for increase by another $5. 50/50: $175.00 was
the Annual Awards Banquet on-line or by mail. won by Bonnie Corbett. Raffle were held.
Price is $70 per person.
Motion to adjourn: A motion was made by Bob
Ken Ackeret announced upcoming events: O’Brien and seconded by Mike Borders.
Ken invited Bob and Jan Humphrey to come up Adjourned at 8:57p.m.
and talk about the Vette-Together Winery event,
they commented what a success the winery run Respectfully submitted by,
event was. Ken thanked Bob and Jan for a great Holley Holran, Secretary
event. Lennard accidently scrapped his Corvette
at the event and received a rousing Club Salute.
October 18-20th is the Haunted Ghost Train Run
to Ely, Nevada and costumes are encouraged.
October 27th is Breakfast in the Park starting at
9a.m. this event is a community service for
Street Teens. For more info, contact Sally
McVane (702) 498-4061 for items needed.
November 10th is Vette-Together at Temple Bar,
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COMMUNITY SERVICE POINTS AS OF 10/29/2019
Here are the latest totals for Community Service points to date. There have been 8 events in
which members could earn points. They were Laps for Charity, the St. Patrick's Day parade,
the Boulder Dam car show, Nevada Open Road, Heaven Can Wait, the Mt. Charleston fire de-
partment, Silver State, the Las Vegas Rescue Mission, and Canyon Springs High School's home-
coming. Of course, sponsoring a Community Service event earns 2 points! Members earning 5
or more points will receive a pin at our annual awards banquet in January. You still have time
to earn those points with more events scheduled for the rest of the year! Events on the calen-
dar are Breakfast in the Park (Street Teens donations), the Temple Bar Run, the Findlay Chev-
rolet Car Show, and Adopt a Kettle!
9 points: Sharron Grodzinsky
8 points: Connie Gentry, and Lennard Grodzinsky
7 points: Kathy Ackeret, Ken Ackeret, Bonnie Corbett, Carl Corbett, Gino Montoya, Scarlett
Montoya, and Ken Rees
6 points: Jim Gentry, Sandra Hart, Mel Jacobson, and Terry Rees
5 points: Randy Bright, Brenda Cavallo, Jimmy Cavallo, Ken DePiero, Tomoko DePiero, Barry
Jacobson, and Benita Klaizner
4 points: Marsha Borders, Mike Borders, William Bradley, Irene Duis, Larry Duis, Dawn
Gregorio, Jim Gregorio, Lin Hoernke, Roy Hoernke, Jan Humphrey, Robert Humphrey, Dennis,
Ledwon, Woody Lewis, David Smith, Carl Soloman, and Scott White
3 points: Rudy Blum, Tony Byrd, Myrna Byrd, Cecil Cunningham, Marlene Cunningham, Jerry
Klaizner, Lanny Lowman, Bill Martin, Bob O'Brien, Ingrid O'Brien, Ron Peterson, Dan Painter,
and Roberta Painter
2 points: Sandy Bagnall, Barbara Belak, Ray Belak, Catherine Creighton, Larry Creighton,
Robert Florian, Holley Holran, Skip Kelley, John Kindell, Jon Kromroy, Debra Leatham, Jim
Leatham, Nancy Ledwon, Maureen Martin, Mike Mankin, Kay Peterson, Pat Russell, and Rex
Wilhoite
1 point: Ed Anderson, Karen Anderson, Bryan Anderson, David Anderson, Sandi Anderson,
Clayton Bromberg, Chris Burkett, Julie Cantonwine, Bridget Edwards, Charlie Ferguson, Cindy
Fuller, John Fuller, Jean Fiorentino, Ken Fiorentino, Jack Gordon, Carl Hastings, Judy Hastings,
Jan Kindell, Kerry Kishbaugh, Marvin Maize, Patti Maize, Gino Mauro, Donna Mergele, Scott
Mergele, Nita Russell, Bill Thomas, and Denise White
Your Community Service Chairpersons,
Gino and Scarlett Montoya
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Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1 2
3 Daylight 4 5 6 7 8 9
Savings Time
MTT
Autocross
10 “Vette- 11 12 13 14 15 16
Together” Veteran’s General
at Temple Day Membership
Bar E-Board Mtg Meeting
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High
Performance
Driver
Education
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Findlay Car Guy’s Thanksgiving
Show Luncheon
Barbara Belak 11/1 Ron Guerra 11/15
H Sally McVane 11/2 Ken DePiero 11/21 B
A Ken Fiorentino 11/3 Randy Bright 11/22
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P Nita Russell 11/3 Slim Stephens 11/23
Jerry Lawrence 11/5 Julie Zachary 11/23 R
P Jack Gordan 11/6 Ken Ackeret 11/27 T
Y Donald Stefanich 11/10 Jim Gentry 11/28 H
Gary Moore 11/14
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LVCA Executive Board
President Vice President Secretary Treasurer
Bonnie Corbett Marsha Borders Holley Holran Connie Gentry
Director Director Director NCCC Governor
Scott White Mike Borders Skip Kelley Carl Corbett
Webmaster Membership Publicity NewsVetter Editor
Lennard Grodzinsky Kathy Ackeret Sharron Grodzinsky Bob Humphrey
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LVCA Executive LVCA Committees
Board Chairpersons
Events Coordinator Storekeeper Archive/Mossyback
Ken Ackeret Cindy Fuller Lin Hoernke
By-Laws Racer’s Edge Sunshine Drag Race Series
Carl Hastings Marvin Maize Benita Klaizner Ken Rees
Community Service Community Service Sponsor Liaison NCM Ambassador
Scarlett Montoya Gino Montoya Scott Mergele Sandra Hart
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Kerry Kishbaugh
He enjoys driving and having fun with Corvettes.
FYI… Most Corvettes really ARE Red
Since 1954, when Chevrolet introduced red as a
color choice, it often was the customers’ favorite.
This year (1984) was no different with nearly a third
of the cars (6,956) delivered painted in Bright Red
and another 10 percent (2,353) in Dark Red Metallic.
White and black ended the year in a virtual photo
finish for second and third at 4,872 and 4,759,
respectively.
Competition Yellow proved the least popular color
(278) despite its selection as one of two colors for
the 80 “Indy Festival” commemoratives Chevrolet
produced. The other Festival choice, Turquoise
Metallic, sold twice as well, at 589 copies.
142019 LVCA Championship Drag Racing Series - Final Round
The last drag race of the season for the LVCA Championship Drag Racing Series was held at
The Strip on Saturday, September 26th, 2019. In addition to the racers, new member, Mike
Mankin came out to cheerlead and take photos. The temperatures were great with a nice 85
degrees; however, the winds were very brisk at 35 to 40 mph. The winds were no problems
for the Corvettes, but the super-fast light weight cars were restricted to 1/8 mile during com-
petition. After two practice time trial runs down the track, the serious racing started.
Ken and Gary showed up in the finals. Gary brought out his shinny white C7 Z06 and posted
an 11.46 second ET bracket time on his rear window. Ken brought out his older and slower
blue C5 and posted a 13.40 second ET bracket times. After the burn out smoke settled and
staging ended, Ken got a 2.06 second head start. Gary was charging fast to catch Ken, but he
came up just bit short. Ken was crowned champion for the final round of the 2019 LVCA Drag
Racing Series.
During the drag racing series 10 LVCA members competed for the championship. After five
drag racing events of intense competition throughout the spring, summer, and fall the
championship points (best 4 of 5 events) have been complied. The 2019 LVCA Drag Racing
Champion will be announced at the 2020 LVCA Awards Banquet. I want to thank all of the
LVCA members that attended the drag racing series this year as racers, spectators, and
cheerleaders. 2020 will start LVCA’s 16th year of championship drag racing. Hope to see even
more racers next year.
15Congratulations go out to the following event winners:
1st Place Ken Rees
Runner up Gary Moore
1st Round Closest to Dial In: Ken Rees (13.50 on an 11.35 Dial-In)
1st Round Best Reaction Time: Ken Rees (.122)
Quickest ET: Gary Moore (11.463)
Fastest MPH Gary Moore (127.161)
16“Vette-Together at the Winery”
Sunday September 29th, 2019
The “Vette-Together” started at the Rounder’s on Blue Diamond Road with a total of 25
Corvettes of various generations. Our group assembled and upon paying the community ser-
vice donation of $5 were given a bottle of water with a commemorative label on it. A total of
$320 was raised for the Las Vegas Rescue Mission, Thank-You All!
We went through our driver’s meeting and set-up two groups for our caravan to the
winery. Before departing we assembled the group of 52 attendees together for a photograph.
The drive to the winery was very pleasant as the day was sunny but a little breezy…no
bother as the convertibles still braved it and had their tops down for the cruise.
Once at the winery the cars were parked along both sides of the winery front row.
17Our host Jack Sanders had set-up a room for our group with a beautiful display of his wines.
Jack did a great job describing each of the wines we
were tasting along with several antidotes along the
way.
The tasting concluded with the presenting of a Certifi-
cate of Appreciation from the Las Vegas Corvette Asso-
ciation to Jack and the crew at the winery for a job
well done.
182019 RE #3 MTT 10/13/19 Las Vegas Motor Speedway - Metro Lot
By Marvin Maize
Photos by Ken Rees
This was our third Racers Edge MTT event for the year. We were back again at the Speedway
Metro Lot but on the east end this time. The weather was clear and dry and warmed up but
was not hot for a great day of racing. The setup crew had designed a challenging course
about .9 mile in length and it flowed well making a great course for Corvettes. Even though it
flowed well, I went off course my first two runs until course workers pointed out my error and
I got it right. It can happen to anyone and entrants are eager to help others. If you want you
can ride with others or have them ride with you.
We had 3 LVCA RE entrants out of the total 94 entries. There were 8 official runs with 4 in the
morning and 4 in the afternoon. We had one C5 driver and two C7s. Again the times were so
very close with less than a tenth of a second for the maximum MTT difference. Results are as
follows:
Diff. Points Best
1. Jerry Cline 0.003 12 Points 56.317
2. Marvin Maize 0.091 11 Points 53.369
3. Ken Rees 0.095 10 Points 58.842
We have 2 more Racer's Edge MTT events left this year. Come on out and play with us.
19Story & Photos: Gino and Scarlett Montoya
We had 40 of our club members participate in the Gino and Scarlett's Ely ghost train ride. It
was a memorable and spooktacular experience for all those who participated! Our caravan
with 15 Corvettes departed Moe's Race Cafe at 9:00 am. The drive to Ely brought back fond
racing memories for those members that have experienced the Silver State races.
After a few quick stops along the route we arrived around 2:00 pm, then it was social time at
the hotel's parking lot.
The first night's dinner at the Jailhouse restaurant was
a big success! Ken Rees invited a special guest Bunny
Hill, who is the SSCC Executive Director to join us. She
gave everyone in the group a special "cool" scarf. Af-
ter a delicious dinner many club members went
across the street to Mr. Gino’s bar for karaoke.
The next day many club members explored the town of Ely, including the railroad museum
and other local businesses and establishments.
20The second evening we gathered at Mr. Gino‘s for an
early dinner as we were all anxiously awaiting the ride
on the ghost train. Dinner was hosted by our own Mr.
Gino, a.k.a. Gino Montoya.
Costumes were optional, however a lot of members
participated by dressing up and looking fantastic!
Then it was on to the Ely train station. It was dark and spooky with a chill in the air as we
waited outside to board our train car. We were soon met by our conductor who shouted "all
aboard." A few minutes after we departed the station we viewed aliens and a UFO, a headless
horseman, hitchhiking ghosts, haunted tunnels, creepy campfires and ghastly ghosts right
along the trains tracks! Several members even thought they saw Sasquatch!
It was chills and thrills the entire train ride for all of our LVCA members!
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Clean Car Award for October 2019
Slim Stephens’
1965 Roadster
Las Vegas Corvettes Association LVCA General Membership Meeting
P.O. Box 80831 7:30 P.M.
Las Vegas, NV 89180-0831 2nd Thursday of the month at:
For more information Sun City MacDonald Ranch
visit us at 2020 W. Horizon Ridge Parkway
www.vegasvettes.com Henderson, NV 89012
(702) 294-1392
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