We’re all asking “where did the summer go?” – or “when was summer?”. This summer has been good despite the frequent rains. If you’ve been taking off hay, it has been a real problem – heck, just cutting the lawn has been seriously hampered by rain. On a positive note, our various car tours and shows have been spared from absolute wash outs. Let’s hope that our upcoming fall tours will be blessed with good Indian Summer weather.
Speaking of tours, our car show at The River Club in Portage du Fort was great. Thanks to Wayne Brohart for his assistance in setting this up, there were cars from Renfrew and Pontiac Counties – including eight from the club. Wayne and Chris won the trophy for best of show in the truck category. A fellow from Arnprior won the car category with an original shiny black 1954 Dodge Coronet V-8 coach. Others from our club included Mark Taylor with the 1938 Chrysler, Neil & Lori Videto with the Thames van, Ralph Lemke & Marilyn Simpson with their 1976 Mercedes Benz, the McCauleys and their 1956 Dodge, Broharts with the “Kool K” International, John Power with his Mustang and Delores and I in the Cadillac. Former member Mike Cuff had Bob Barker’s freshly painted 1960 Pontiac Laurentian (and I mean freshly painted).
Looking ahead to the fall, I take the liberty to suggest a nice route that I had the pleasure to travel this past week on my way from Golden Lake to Calabogie for a meeting. I headed south from Eganville on Hwy. 41 to Dacre and then along the road to Mt. St. Patrick past Ferguson Lake. This is a wonderful paved road that meanders through hilly hardwood forest. It’s paved except for about two kilometers which I would hope that we could maneuver if we chose to travel it, maybe for one of our fall tours. There are three or four interesting places in Calabogie where we could have a nice lunch if we were to make this a day-long tour that could head back through Burnstown and Renfrew. Another event to consider is the Renfrew County Plowing Match at Meath Hill September 13th. Of course, we’re scoping out a tour to the Sheenboro area so we can discuss these more fully at the meeting. The meeting – it’s going to be held again inside at the Champlain Trail Museum. Bring lawn chairs (we need auction items).
Our web site seems to be reaching new people. We have a couple who have indicated that they are interested in joining. As well, the Flying Quail has been sent complimentary to about five other families who have expressed their interest in joining. We also sent the Quail to the three member families of the Rideau Lakes Region ACCC club who traveled from Smiths Falls for the Strawberry Social. The Flying Quail newsletter and our web site are our calling cards and we can be proud of the quality of both.
Another signature of the club is the new window decal that we now have available. These come in either static cling or peel-n-stick. We have enough for each of your old cars. If you haven’t received yours yet, please let us know. They look fine in the corner of the front window – and that was the intent last winter when the motion was made to create them – to feature our fine club to onlookers wherever our cars might be on display. See you at 7:00 0’clock on September 3rd at the Champlain Trail Museum!
Dave & Delores Lemkay
Speaking of tours, our car show at The River Club in Portage du Fort was great. Thanks to Wayne Brohart for his assistance in setting this up, there were cars from Renfrew and Pontiac Counties – including eight from the club. Wayne and Chris won the trophy for best of show in the truck category. A fellow from Arnprior won the car category with an original shiny black 1954 Dodge Coronet V-8 coach. Others from our club included Mark Taylor with the 1938 Chrysler, Neil & Lori Videto with the Thames van, Ralph Lemke & Marilyn Simpson with their 1976 Mercedes Benz, the McCauleys and their 1956 Dodge, Broharts with the “Kool K” International, John Power with his Mustang and Delores and I in the Cadillac. Former member Mike Cuff had Bob Barker’s freshly painted 1960 Pontiac Laurentian (and I mean freshly painted).
Looking ahead to the fall, I take the liberty to suggest a nice route that I had the pleasure to travel this past week on my way from Golden Lake to Calabogie for a meeting. I headed south from Eganville on Hwy. 41 to Dacre and then along the road to Mt. St. Patrick past Ferguson Lake. This is a wonderful paved road that meanders through hilly hardwood forest. It’s paved except for about two kilometers which I would hope that we could maneuver if we chose to travel it, maybe for one of our fall tours. There are three or four interesting places in Calabogie where we could have a nice lunch if we were to make this a day-long tour that could head back through Burnstown and Renfrew. Another event to consider is the Renfrew County Plowing Match at Meath Hill September 13th. Of course, we’re scoping out a tour to the Sheenboro area so we can discuss these more fully at the meeting. The meeting – it’s going to be held again inside at the Champlain Trail Museum. Bring lawn chairs (we need auction items).
Our web site seems to be reaching new people. We have a couple who have indicated that they are interested in joining. As well, the Flying Quail has been sent complimentary to about five other families who have expressed their interest in joining. We also sent the Quail to the three member families of the Rideau Lakes Region ACCC club who traveled from Smiths Falls for the Strawberry Social. The Flying Quail newsletter and our web site are our calling cards and we can be proud of the quality of both.
Another signature of the club is the new window decal that we now have available. These come in either static cling or peel-n-stick. We have enough for each of your old cars. If you haven’t received yours yet, please let us know. They look fine in the corner of the front window – and that was the intent last winter when the motion was made to create them – to feature our fine club to onlookers wherever our cars might be on display. See you at 7:00 0’clock on September 3rd at the Champlain Trail Museum!
Dave & Delores Lemkay
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