| July 2024 Newsletter We hope you all got to spend your Independence Day with your family and friends! Can you believe that it is already the middle of summer? Soon, schools will be starting and most importantly our yearly car show will be here! This summer is flying by, but we hope you are staying cool and enjoying the car show season. |
| July 2024 Club Meeting Minutes |
| The Dixie Car Club met on Tuesday, July 9th in the Big Lots parking lot after our monthly Meet & Greet. President Jennifer Lytchfield called the meeting to order at 7 p.m. There were 31 members present. Old Business: The previous business card presented by Membership Chairman Bill Gray had a previous vote and approval for a 1,000 card purchase. President Jennifer Lytchfield proposed an increase from 1,000 to 2,000. Member Tina Collins made a motion to approve the purchase increase. Special Events committee chairman Thomas Gage made a 2nd motion. All members were in favor and the motion passed. New Business: President Jennifer Lytchfield announced that committee meeting minutes will no longer be read at the monthly meetings. The committee meeting minutes will be published in the monthly newsletter that goes out after every monthly meeting. Our monthly meeting for August will resume at our previous location of Wood Grill in Benton. As expected, you can meet at 6 p.m. to eat and socialize with everyone. The meeting will begin at 7 p.m. The quarterly meeting for the club officers and the committee chairmen will be Monday, July 22nd. Special Events committee chairman Thomas Gage announced this month’s member meet up. Members are to meet in the Blue Haven parking lot at 4:30 p.m. and will then cruise together at 4:45 to Kreme Kastle in Benton. They will arrive by 5 p.m. Car Show Chairman TJ Thibeau invited members to volunteer at Tinseltown in Benton on Saturday, July 13th at 12:30 as the Autism Alliance of Saline County will be hosting a free sensory friendly viewing of Despicable Me 4 for families with a loved one on the Autism Spectrum. Even though this event is not a car club sponsored event as it has been in the past, several members had shown interest in being there to help these families. Vice President Bob Perlinger and Car Show Chairman TJ Thibeau discussed the upcoming car show. There will be some changes made to this year’s car show. There will be designated handicap parking, space added for vendors, a new route to maneuver show vehicles safely into their parking areas, and a new waiver will be added to registration preventing the car club from being responsible for any damage that may occur to their vehicles during the show. Volunteer sign up forms were passed out for parking, judging, kitchen, and registration. The sign up list for kitchen donations was also passed around. There are still some items on our donation list for the kitchen that need to be signed up for. (If you did not attend the meeting and would like to volunteer for one of those positions, please feel free to send the club an email or Facebook message with your name and what position you would like to volunteer for.) Also, car show flyers were given out. Please hand them out when you can – car shows, auto parts stores, or anywhere that you can! It is time to be collecting silent auction items and door prizes. Anything can be given – gift cards, car wash kits/accessories, tool kits, pet items, ladies items, gardening items, etc. Membership Committee Chairman Bill Gray presented a possible new membership card. The card was both approved by the Membership Committee and the Publications Committee. This card will be what is used to be shown for discounts at participating businesses as well to help keep track of current members. He would like to order 500 cards which would be enough to for the club for multiple years. Special Events Committee Chairman Thomas Gage made a motion to approve the new card and purchase of 500 cards. Member Wanda Price mad the 2nd motion. All were in favor and the motion passed. A motion to adjourn was made by Bill Gray. A second motion was made by Tosha Thibeau. The meeting ended at 7:41. A club cruised proceeded after. |
| Committee Minutes |
| Special Events Committee The Special Events committee met at Burger King in Benton on June 26th at 6:35 p.m. There were four members present. The pool party at Bill’s house will be canceled and the mid-year silent auction that will be held the first week of July. We also discuss the silent auction that would be at the October car show. Upcoming events: July – The monthly meeting at Big Lots on July 9th, and Kream Kastle on the 13th from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. meeting at 4:30 at Blue Haven restaurant leaving out at 4:45 p.m. A possible car show at the Harley Davidson shop was discussed and the contact for that is Robert Ball with the American Legion. August – Our monthly meeting on August 1st, AutoZone Cars & Coffee on Aug 4th, Mashburn on August 10th, Big Lots Aug 13th, Third Thursday on Aug 15th, David’s Burgers on the 17th, and the Benton Boys and Girls Club car show on Aug 24th. October – Old-fashioned days and the contact for that would be Dustin Parson, a drive-in movie to be held in October, . Meeting was adjourned at 7:31 PM. Membership Committee The Membership Committee convened via text for June. During the June car club monthly meeting, Roger Weng requested the club to have a membership card. We developed a membership card and reviewed and made changes to it by sending text messages to the members of the membership committee. The final membership card was sent to the Publications Committee and after their approval, it will be presented to the club for approval. We will continue to have an information table set up at Third Thursday, Big Lots and David Burgers. We have 2 new members: John Myers and Dale Meriweather. We now currently have 92 members. Publications Committee The Publications Committee did not meet in person for June. We had a membership card submitted by Membership Committee Chairman Bill Gray. A vote for approval was taken via text. All members voted and the membership card was approved. Car Show Committee The car show committee met on Tuesday, June 18th at 6 p.m. at the Saline County Fairgrounds. There were 6 members present. A to-do list was started for the car show: Laminated handicap parking signs (Tosha will make these)Blue tape Arrow signs Car show yard signs with arrows (Bill will price signs)Sign-ups for the next meeting (Tosha will make these)Bag fillers (committee will all work on these)Sponsorship banner (Tosha will price this)50/50 license (Tosha will get the raffle license)Contact KVRE Oldies radio station from Hot Springs Village A map was created for the show for placement of show vehicles, spectator parking, handicap parking, vendor spacing, and routes to get to parking. Paige will be reaching out to Alcoa bank for donations. Bill will be reaching out to Doug’s Suzuki, Bob will be reaching out to Devil’s Den, and Tosha will be reaching out to auto insurance companies for donations and possible bag fillers. We are in need of volunteers. We will need 5 for judging, 5-6 for parking, 2-4 for registration, 2 runners, and kitchen volunteers. Updates to the show: Pre-registration will be set up outside next to the silent auction items. Pre-registration website will go live by August 1st. Trophy presentation will be at 1 p.m. Waiver form will be added to the registration Charities will be invited to the event for free to set up a tent and promote their causes. Next meeting will be at the same location on Tuesday, July 16th at 6 p.m. |
| Prayer List |
| The Dixie Car Club is sending our prayers out to member Velta Shipps who fell and broke multiple bones. We love you, Ms. Shipps! We are also sending our prayers to member Ricky Cranford who will be having open heart surgery. We are all praying for a quick recovery! Continued prayers go out to our newest little car club member, Baby Daniel Penn, who was born 3 months premature to members Aaron & Kassie Penn. We are also praying for you, too, mom & dad! |
| Vehicle of the Month |
 The July vehicle of the month is a 2005 Mitsubishi Evolution 8 owned by member Nathan Walker! |
