COCOA NEWSLETTER

PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE

APRIL 2008 

HELLO EVERYONE!

WOW!  WE HAD A GREAT TURNOUT FOR OUR FIRST ANNUAL “NEW MEMBER CRUISE, BAR-B-QUE AND “BLACK GLOVE” CAR SHOW!!!  WE HAD CLOSE TO 30 CLUB CARS ON THE CRUISE----THE LARGEST GATHERING OF COCOA MEMBER CARS ON A CRUISE IN OUR 34 YEAR HISTORY!!!  WHAT A SIGHT ON THE ROAD!!!!   AFTER THE CRUISE, WE ALL ASSEMBLED AT PAUL WESTBERG’S CLUBHOUSE FOR THE “BLACK GLOVE” CAR SHOW AND A TERRIFIC BAR-B-QUE AND VIRTUAL RACING!!  FOR ALL THOSE WHO DIDN’T ATTEND  ------ YOU MISSED THIS GREAT EVENT!!!

THANKS GO TO THE SUPER EFFORTS BY OUR CRUISE CHAIRMEN, R.J. JUAREZ AND DEANE PALMER TO MAKE THIS EVENT SO MEMORABLE.  ALSO, THANKS TO THE CLUB MEMBERS WHO HELPED----ED TERWILLIGER FOR THE GREAT GOODIE BAGS, TOM CALDARA FOR HIS COOKING PROWESS, HANK JESCH AND VICKI PALMER FOR HANDLING THE REGISTRATION AND OF COURSE, PAUL WESTBERG FOR HIS GRACIOUS HOSPITALITY IN LETTING US VISIT HIS GREAT “CLUBHOUSE”.  ALSO, THANK YOU TO RUSS ROBINSON OF GLEN’S ALIGNMENT FOR PROVIDING THE ALIGNMENT CERTIFICATE, WHICH WAS WON BY MARK ALCH!!  CONGRATULATIONS ALSO GO TO ALL OUR TROPHY AND OTHER PRIZE WINNERS AT THE EVENT.

THIS MONTH IS OUR ANNUAL “TOM BUTKE “ WINE TOUR ON APRIL 26-27.    PAUL WESTBERG, OUR COCOA WINE CONNOISSEUR AND PENULTIMATE WINE TOUR CRUISE CHAIRMAN SAYS THAT WE WILL HAVE A RECORD TURNOUT FOR THIS TERRIFIC EVENT WITH SOME NEW AND EXCITING STOPS ALONG THE WAY!!!  SPACE IS LIMITED, SO CHECK WITH PAUL TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS ROOM.  WE WANT TO ACCOMMODATE AS MANY MEMBERS AS WE CAN, BUT THERE IS LIMITATIONS DUE TO THE VARIOUS WINERIES NOT BEING ABLE/OR WANTING TO HANDLE LARGE GROUPS.

ALSO, AGAIN, PLEASE CHECK OUT OUR WEB SITE WWW.COCOAOC.ORG .

DAVID REISZ, OUR WEBMASTER IS MAKING GREAT PROGRESS ON KEEPING THE SITE UPDATED.

UPCOMING EVENTS!!

¨     APRIL 2, 2008-CLUB MEETING AT CASK & CLEAVER RESTAURANT-  MOVIES, MOVIES, MOVIES!!!!

¨     APRIL 26-27, 2008-  ANNUAL “TOM BUTKE” WINE TOUR.  CHECK OUT THE FLYER ATTACHED.

¨     JUNE 8, 2008- ANNUAL “CONCOURS DE NICE” CHECK OUT THE FLYER FOR THE MOST PRESTIGIOUS EVENT OF THE YEAR!!.

LASTLY, THIS NEWSLETTER HAS THE NAMES OF ALL MEMBERS WHO HAVE NOT YET RENEWED AND HAVE BEEN DROPPED FROM OUR MAILING LIST.  IF YOU KNOW ANY OF THEM, PLEASE LET THEM KNOW SO THEY WON’T MISS OUT ON ANY INFORMATION