Blairsville Cruisers monthly newsletterJuly 2008
 
 
In this Issue:
Cruise-In News
Member News
 
Blairsville Cruisers
 
We are a non-profit 501(c) organization and all donations are tax-deductible. Our club is open to all ages, you need not own a restored or vintage vehicle, just some enthusiasm !
 
 
Website Links:
Information on joining the Cruisers here

Meetings are held monthly and all are welcome.
 Cruiser Sponsors 
 
If your company would like to advertise, or you know of a local business that would benefit with an ad or sponsorship - contact
Jocelyn Bowers
(706) 781-1537
 
 
 
Appalachian Community Bank 
 
 
 
 
Blairsville Cruisers Silver Sponsors

 

Compliments of Fred Register

Tanner Towing and Recovery

Blairsville Chevron

 
 
 Gleanchaser Portraits
Quick Links...
 
NEW WEBSITE!
Join Our Mailing List! 
 
   
Dear Friends,
 
We had a tremendous turnout at our last cruise-in on June 7 even though the weather was a bit on the hot side. You can see the winners further down this newsletter.  One of our best turnouts! Many people did come over from the very successful Relay for Life Re/Max Enotah Realty Car Show which our Cruiser Members Sherry and Scott Barnes had organized and had done a wonderful job along with some of our other Cruiser and Good Neighbors Auto Club Members. June 7 was a hot hot day in more ways than one!!! 
 
Sat. July- 5 -  Cruise-In on the Square on July 5 at 12 NOON.   Our featured Peoples Choice Award will be for Best All American and also Best Street Rod. This is going to be one of our best cruise-ins as we are celebrating our country's birthday with lots of vendors, (Victoria's Sweet Shop, BBQ by Popie's Rib Shack, Boiled Peanuts, Watermelon Cutting, just to name a few) Chico the Clown, Civil Air Patrol Color Guard Performance at 1:30 and 4PM. Lots of music by Copper City Quartet, DJ. 50/50 Raffle and door prizes!!! So come on out and join the fun. All vehicles welcome!!! Admission and Registration FREE!!
You can join our Blairsville Cruisers Car Club by clicking on our website www.blairsvillecruisers.com 
or by asking any members at the Car show!!
 
As you know there is always something going on in and around these beautiful NorthEast Georgia mountains!!
Georgia Mountain Fairgrounds, Hiawassee, GA.
Georgia Mountain Fair 7/16- 7/27
Fun Fair 3 Day pass $23 save $4 valid any 3 days available at the gate or in advance!!  Admission $9 (Children under 10 free)  Music shows included in ticket price. Parking $2.  View the Fair's complete schedule of events at:
GeorgiaMountainFairgrounds.com
 
Sat. 7/19 - East Tennessee Mopars holding 20th Annual Fun'n'Sun All Mopar Car Show, Chilhowee Park Fairgrounds, Knoxville, TN. Registration 9AM-NOON $20 Registration. Show NOON -6PM
For more info Judy/Mike 865-691-6002 or
Danny/Darlene 865-828-4060.
 
Blairsville Cruisers received a trophy for having the most attendees at Tellico Plains, GA car show -  Way to go!!!!
MEMBER HIGHLIGHTS!!!
Now as stated in previous newsletter we are highlighting members and we are starting with our members---
Scott and Sherry Barnes of Blairsville, GA.   Scott came from Tampa, FL, Sherry is from Blairsville. Married in 2001 and have 2 daughters who live in Blairsville with 3 granddaughters.
Scott had HD dealer business in Tampa and is sem-retired or just tired!!!
Sherry has been in Real Estate 14 years and is currently with Re/Max Around the Mountains. As stated above they had organized the Relay for Life fundraiser car show and have done this for the last 2 years. They are members of Good Neighbors Auto Club and real estate related - Lifetime Member Million Dollar Club, Northeast Georgia Board of Realtors, GAR, NAR.
They own 2 Mazda RX-7's and BMW motorcycle. They enjoy traveling, going to car shows, Scott dives and Sherry snorkels and more.....
Great job guys!!!  Next month we will feature some other members - if you have any comments or input please e-mail!!!
 
We are always looking for sponsors, vendors and of course members.  Look at our website which gives all this information. Thank you to all who already are sponsors. We do appreciate this!!
 
See ya next month !!
 
 
Sincerely,
Betty Woods
Cruise-In News
Next Cruise-In: Saturday, August 2, at 4PM   
Cruise-In on the Square where we'll be featuring Peoples Choice Award for Best Mopar. Look for more
info on this in our August Newsletter.

  If you know of anyone that wants to set up a space as a vendor, have them contact Betty or Jocelyn, spaces are only for $25 per event.
 
For more event information, go to our new website:
Cruise-In Pre-registration form
Vendor and advertising information
 
June Cruise-In Results
We had 65 registered vehicles at the June show. The 50/50 raffle was won by Tony Rhodes of Mineral Bluffs (his share was $154!).  Cruiser's VP Chuck Holloway made the presentation of the money.
Tony Rhodes - 505/50 winner for June
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


People's Choice Truck Award for June-
Dayton Dyer
 
 















Dayton Dyer of Blairsville captured the people's Choice Award for Best Truck - a Chevy Super Cheyenne pick-up.
 
 
Our award for the registrant that came from farthest away was Eddie Crawford from Franklin, NC. He scored $50 curtesy of sponsor, Tanner Towing and Recovery.
New Cruisers Website
 
Members can have their own pages at no cost. Feel free to send me a couple of before and after pics of your ride, or, you can put in a business card or contact info if you want. Members may also have a cruiser email address ( we can forward it to your regular email address, so it will work seamlessly for you). You could have an address like: mountainpony@blairsvillecruisers.com or
hotrod1@blairsvillecruisers.com
 
 
Send any comments and suggestions to member and webmaster, Don Patterson. We need some ad sponsors to place in the site, if you can help out, call Jocelyn or Don
Cruiser Member Spotlight

SCOTT AND SHERRY BARNES of Blairsville, GA.
See above their story!!!
 Member News
We would love new members! If you or a friend are interested in joining the Blairsville Cruisers, check our web page with all the info here.

Welcome to our New Members:
 
Gene and Joyce Brown
Jim and Linda McAfee
 
A big welcome to the Cruisers and we look forward to seeing you at our meetings!! We are really growing and it's fantastic. See you at our July Cruise-In!!

July Birthdays: 
11th     Scott Barnes
12th     Ashley Davenport
20th     Debbie Alexander
26th     Frank Alexander
29th     Sherry Barnes
 
Happy Birthday to ALL!!
 
New Sponsors:
Thanks to our new Gold Sponsor: 

Appalachian Community Bank

Help us with our efforts to obtain new sponsors, contact me for info or check the website for detailed info.

 
Jocelyn Bowers,
Secretary
 
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