What's New!
June 20, 2009
We are almost back under control! I am actually getting the monthly update uploaded somewhat on time! Its been a busy past couple of months. Made some more progress on the '56 Dodge and have about 90% of the fabrication work done, getting down to having to bite the bullet and start doing the body work and paint prep - ugh!
Okay, first up we have coverage of the 2009 Phoenix Calvary Temple car show that was held on May 17th - thanks to Dee for the photos and write up! Very much appreciated!
Next up we have coverage of the Show Low Days Mountain Festival Car Show and Arts & Crafts Festival. Thanks again to Dee for the write up and to Dee, Betty and Terry Scott for helping out with the photo coverage! A new addition to the weekend activities was a Sunday Morning Breakfast Run to Frank & Rose Svancara's Summer Home in Greer. Michelle & I along with Frank & Rose really enjoyed having all of our valley friends visit our homes up here onthe Mountain.
In addition to the show coverage we have some photos of the DuBois family's new addition! Which can be viewed here!
And I have located the missing May Newsletter and have uploaded the June edition as well! Speaking of the June Newsletter, I copied the following article from the newsletter to make sure that everyone had a chance to read it and that it had wider distribution.
Know what the symptoms are!
by Jim & Jackie Councilman
Jackie feels this word needs to get out to as many women as possible letting them know she had no symptoms.
This whole thing could have turned out so different, which would have been a horrible ending.
I had quite a shock when receiving a telephone call from and emergency room doctor informing me that Jackie had been rushed by ambulance to a local hospital, and was in the the ER in critical condition.
Upon arriving at the hospital I was told that Jackie had felt light headed and sick to her stomach while at work. After her continuing to finish 2 customers (that’s Jackie for you) she opted to try and go home. She felt she just needed to go home and lay down.
Three blocks into her journey she realized that she seemed to be feeling worse so she chose to drive to a nearby fire station to have her blood pressure checked. At that time she was having fatal V tac rhythm in her heart. She was immediately rushed to the closest hospital (thank goodness less then 2 miles) after heavy duty medication they were able to get her into some what of a normal mode.
That evening she was transferred to a Cardiac Hospital and placed in ICU where she was monitored for closely for 2 days. On Monday she received her combo pack. This includes a pacemaker and a defibrillator.
Jackie is now home and on the road to recovery. This was a real wake up call. The message Jackie would like to have you spread especially to your women friends. She had no pain, no heart symptoms. Just light headed and sick to her stomach. She was told by the firemen that if she had not had the sense to get to the station, she would not be here today.
We thank you for your love and prayers. Jim and Jackie Councilman.
The Club Roster
I was able to catch some of our new members and update a few of the older ones at Goodguys. We still have a lot of out of date photos! I hope we can schedule a picture day like we did a few years back to try and get everyone up to date...
If you need photos taken of you and your car please get in touch with me (conradm@citlink.net) and we will schedule a time and place!
The Virtual Garage
Several members who are/were in the process of building or modifing their cars have sent us photos and narratives of their work. I have recieved a lot of very favorable feedback from many of our readers so keep it up! If you or a club member that you know have a project starting or underway, please contact me and I will give you the instructions on how to access and use our internet drop box so you can share your work with everyone who logs into our site!
A word about photos...
If you have photos or an article or anything that you feel the club might be interested in please send it to my email address. When you send me photos it would help if you sent me copies of the original JPEG files from your camera. I need a minimum resolution of 720 x 480 pixels. No problem if your images are larger (almost all are), I can easily reduce them down to the size that I need. And, if it is not too much to ask, please turn off the time stamp feature on your camera that puts the date and time on each of the photos.
Also, please make sure that you let me know who took the photos so that I can give the proper accreditation for them! I have set up a drop box on the webserver so that you can easily get material to me without worrying about email size limits. If you wish to use it, contact me for details on how to log on and upload your files.
My Thanks ...
... to Carol Elliott, Dee Giuntoli, Larry Besore, Judy Nolte, Ken Du Bois, Terry Scott, Nick and Deb Bacon and Steve Besore for providing most of the content that you will see on this site!
Thanks in advance for your help and for your feedback! Let me know what you find wrong or don't like! email your feedback or photos etc. to conradm@citlink.net