THE BIRDSHEET Volume 41, Number 10 October 2010 IN THIS ISSUE OF THE BIRDSHEET PRESIDENT S MESSAGE MEETING MINUTES PHOTO ALBUM CAR ATTENDANCE 2010 EVENT SCHEDULE NON-CLUB EVENTS
FOR SALE: 40th ANNIVERSARY WINE GLASSES $4.00 each We have 17 Wine Glasses that are available for sale. We started selling them for $4.00 each. If you would like to purchase one or more let Tim or Dianne Roden know. We will be bringing the Wine Glasses to each meeting for a limited time. Hi All, We had a lovely October meeting hosted by Dave and Dolora Hurst. The tour of the Charles Schulz Museum was fun and interesting. I think all who attended learned something new about the history of the Peanuts comic strip, Sparky and all the Peanuts characters! The drive out to the Union Hotel in Occidental was beautiful this time of year and we had a delicious and filling lunch! Thank you Dave and Dolora for putting together a great day for us! Hope you all are enjoying the slide into the fall season. It is definitely ghost & goblin time along with Orange October Baseball Fever. GO GIANTS! By the time this newsletter appears in your email or mailbox, the answer to the baseball questions of the season will have been answered. Who will compete in the World Series and who will take the pennant? It's exciting knowing that our San Francisco Giants have made it all the way to the Championship Series. I look forward to seeing you all at our Thanksgiving celebration at Keith and Jamie's next month. Get your flu shot, if you haven't already and stay healthy, warm and happy during this time as the cold weather creeps in... Sincerly, Dee Dee Byrne, President, TOS Thought for the Month: Of all the things you wear, your expression is the most important. Dave and Dolora want to apologize to the members for problems that were encountered at the Union Hotel. Dolora indicated we were supposed to have a private eating area and we were put in the general dining room. We were also to be given a special menu with more reasonable prices. Dave and Dolora also felt bad that one table was not prepared. Dave and Dolora confirmed the head count the day before the meeting, but the Union Hotel did not honored the call. As your Newsletter Editor I think I can speak for all that attended we had a great time and really didn t feel any inconvenience. We all understand we are at the mercy of a restaurant ANNIVERSARIES IN NOVEMBER Lou and Carol Greene BIRTHDAYS IN NOVEMBER None on record when hosting a meeting. Thank you Dave and Dolora for hosting a fun meeting and picking up the gratuity. THUNDERBIRDS OF SONOMA WEBSITE www.thunderbirdsofsonoma.org
Veterans Day Parade in Petaluma, the Santa Rosa Rose Parade next May, Kool April Nites in Redding next April, and the November 13-14, 2010 Good Guys Swap Meet in Pleasanton. Hello Everyone, It was a foggy and cool day when the Birds flocked to the Luther Burbank Center for the Performing Arts in Santa Rosa. It may now be the Wells Fargo Center for the Performing Arts, but to most of us it will always be the Luther Burbank Center. Members Tim and Dianne Roden, Herman Schulze, Jutta Einstoss, Herb Burbank, Dave and Dolora Hurst, Dennis and Dee Dee Byrne, Pat and Jim Arieta, Doug and Leellen Trayler, Bill Goff, Harry and Ann Costa, and Jamie Thigpen and Keith Zimmerman gathered to caravan over to the Charles M. Schulz Museum in Santa Rosa. Members Ann Costa and Leellen Trayler, both of who recently experienced some health challenges, looked great! Following a very informative and enjoyable tour of the museum with a private docent, we drove to the quaint little town of Occidental where we ate at the historic Union Hotel. We adjourned to the courtyard where President Dee Dee Byrne called the meeting to order and thanked Dave and Dolora Hurst for hosting the meeting. It was noted that Dennis and Dee Dee won the Shake Rattle and Roll award at the recent Educational Foundation event in Rohnert Park. Dee Dee thanked those who showed up on Friday, October 15, to drive the homecoming court of Cardinal Newman High School in Santa Rosa. Dee Dee thanked Tim Roden for his updated membership rosters. We discussed upcoming events including the The November Thanksgiving meeting will be held on November 6 by Jamie Thigpen and Keith Zimmerman at their home in Suisun Valley. They will provide ham and turkey and dressing, and they request that other members bring a side dish to share. Please indicate the side dish when you RSVP for the dinner meeting. The event will start about 11:30 when some members will go wine tasting, and dinner is expected to be served about 1PM. The Christmas meeting will be held Sunday, December 5, at Giorgio s in Healdsburg. We plan on lunch to start at noon, but members are encouraged to come by 11:30 to enjoy some pre-meeting socialization. The club has agreed generously to pick up the cost for members lunches and tip that exceeds $10. Tim Roden gave the Treasurer s Report for Jan Kibler. We are in good shape financially, and we see the treasury to continue to grow. Dee Dee opened the nominations for 2011 officers, and the nominations were as follows: President Pat Arieta Vice President Jamie Thigpen and Chris Inagawa Secretary Keith Zimmerman (with a backup from Dee Dee Byrne) Treasurer Jan Kibler Newsletter Tim Roden Newsletter Printing and Mailing Dave and Jan K. CTCI Rep. Keith Zimmerman Activities Jim Arieta ACCC Rep. Jim Arieta Webmaster Herman Schulze BBQ ER Wes Crandall Members Herman Schulze and Harry Costa volunteered to be directors. We then adjourned the meeting to the raffle, and we earned $30. The winners included Harry, Herb, Dianne, Herman, Dolora, Jamie and Bill. Respectfully submitted by Keith M. Zimmerman, Secretary
October Photos Our tour of the Charles M. Schulz museum was educating, entertaining and fun. Here is the actual mural that Charles Schulz painted in his Colorado Springs home in 1951. We started with a guided tour and then we were allowed to browse on our own. There was a lot to see. He was a remarkable man. This wall was created with a collage of 3,500 comics strips. That amounts to 10 years of Charles M. Schulz s work. His Peanuts cartoon strip ran from 1950 to 2000.
October Photos continued I thought I would do something different this month. I wanted to get everyone s picture in the Newsletter. Smile!!!
Thunderbirds in Attendance Dennis and Dee Dee Herman and Joan Doug and Leellen Jamie and Keith Harry and Ann Jim and Pat Jutta Einstoss 2010 Club Event Schedule Month November 6th, 11:30 December 5th, 12:00 Host Keith & Jamie Christmas Party, Dee Dee 2010 & 2011 NON-CLUB EVENTS Oktoberfest Show & Shine Hidden Valley Lake, CA11-13-2010 Fosters Freeze 2010 Cruiser Night 5pm-8pm Sebastopol, CA11-20-2010 Oktoberfest Show & Shine Hidden Valley Lake, CA11-20-2010 Oktoberfest Show & Shine Hidden Valley Lake, CA11-27-2010 Oktoberfest Show & Shine Hidden Valley Lake, CA12-11-2010 Oktoberfest Show & Shine Hidden Valley Lake, CA12-18-2010 Oktoberfest Show & Shine Hidden Valley Lake, CA12-25-2010 Oktoberfest Show & Shine Hidden Valley Lake, CA1-01-2011 New Year's Day Anti-Football Run Marin County, CA1-01-2011 CSRG Annual 1st Event Sonoma, CA4-08-2011 to 4-10-2011 3rd annual Marin Sonoma Concours d'elegance San Rafael, CA5-15-2011 GRL Sonoma Historic Motorsport Festival featuring McLaren. Infineon Raceway Sonoma, CA6-03-2011 to 6-05-2011 20th Annual CRUSIN IN THE SUN Car Show Pinole, CA6-26-2011 NorCal KnockOut Vallejo, CA7-02-2011 9th Annual Main Street Reunion Napa, CA8-20-2011
Rancher Herb Burbank Jr. enjoys his Cats and Birds Here is an article from the August 26, 2010 Argus-Courier by Harlan Osbourne Shown above is Herb with one of his four Thunderbirds. Shown at left is Herb as he holds his catch after a day of fishing in the mid 1930 s. Both pictures were included with the article. Continued on next page
Continued from previous page. Five TOS members drove the homecoming court at the halftime ceremonies at Cardinal Newman High School on October 15th. Shown below are the 5 girls that we carried to the 50 yard line where each girl was escorted by her father to the center of the field. The girl selected as homecoming Queen is on the far left named Mackenzie. The drivers were Dennis Byrne, Herman Schulze, Chris Inagawa, Tim Roden and Dee Dee Byrne. It was a fun event.
Thunderbirds of Sonoma November Thanksgiving meeting Hosted by Jamie and Keith 4562 Suisun Valley Road, Fairfield Saturday, November 6th at 11:30am Meet at the Petaluma Fairgrounds at 10:15 Leave promptly at 10:30 The November Thanksgiving meeting will be hosted by Jamie Thigpen and Keith Zimmerman at their home in Suisun Valley. They will provide ham and turkey and dressing, and they request that other members bring a side dish to share. Please indicate the side dish when you RSVP for the dinner meeting. The event will start about 11:30 when some members will go wine tasting, and dinner is expected to be served about 1PM. Our hosts Jamie and Keith Please RSVP to Jamie and Keith RSVP 707-864-2080 by Sunday, October 31st. Don t forget Raffle Prizes
THUNDERBIRDS OF SONOMA OFFICERS 2010 PRESIDENT...Dee Dee Byrne.....707-542-3945 VICE-PRESIDENT Chris Inagawa....... 707-837-8371 SECRETARY..Keith Zimmerman......707-864-2080 TREASURER..Jan Kibler....707-539-9414 NEWSLETTER...Tim Roden...707-838-8665 NEWSLETTER PRINTING and MAILING.. Dave and Jan Kibler CTCI REP....Keith Zimmerman...707-864-2080 ACTIVITIES....Jim Arieta.....415-892-2761 ACCC REP.Jim Arieta......415-892-2761 WEBMASTER....Herman Schulze.....707-576-7386 BBQ ER...Wes Crandall...707-546-4099 The THUNDERBIRDS OF SONOMA club, Chapter 33 of the Classic Thunderbird Club International, is a California non-profit corporation. The TOS was founded in 1970 to foster the preservation, maintenance and enjoyment of 55-56-57 Thunderbirds. Membership is open to individuals interested in mutual enjoyment of these vehicles. Prospective members are encouraged to attend our monthly meetings and activities. For information, contact any member or club officer. THE BIRDSHEET Tim Roden, Editor Windsor, CA 95492-7906