January Meeting

The Cruisers held their January meeting at the Fire Training Building Thursday at 6 PM. President Dave Neff called the meeting to order on time and several items were discussed. One of the decisions that the members made were to order new shirts. A few will be for new club members and a few more will be for the club to sell. We will be having monthly meetings on the last Thursday of each month until October was another decision that was made. Sponsor fees had been collected from three of the sponsors with more to be contacted in the coming months. Those checks were turned in to the treasurer. Discussions were going on about the club cruising to other events when we have a month without one of our events taking place. Dennis Hayward and Dave Neff announced they had opened a new business together in Burkesville. They're calling it American Street Rod Garage and are planning a Grand Opening on March 17th with free food and a small cruise-in. The meeting was adjourned a few minutes before 7 PM.

Burkesville Christmas Parade

A few of the Cumberland River Cruisers drove their vehicles in the Burkesville Christmas Parade Saturday evening. The streets were lined with spectators as the parade wound it's way from the Cumberland County High School through the Courthouse Square and to the south end of town. Candy was thrown to the spectators as the WKYR radio station broadcast the parade live. Mrs Nancy Buchanan was this year's Grand Marshall for the Christmas Parade and rode in a big red Cadillac driven by Kenneth Ballou.
  
  
  
  
  
  
There was a nice spirit of giving being shown as we watched the parade from the Courthouse Square. Candy was thrown to the spectators and free cookies and hot chocolate was also being passed out. The Burkesville/Cumberland County Events Committee did a nice job with the Story Book Christmas Parade. Thanks to those on the committee and Judge Executive John Phelps for the effort they put forth.

The Cumberland River Cruisers wish EVERYONE a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.

CRC Club Dinner

The Cruisers held their annual CRC Club Dinner at Jone's Restaurant Thursday evening at 6 PM.

Twenty five members and guests attended the event. The waitress took our drink orders and brought those, then took the food orders and turned those in to the cook. While the food was being prepared, CRC President Dave Neff made a few remarks, then the normal conversations took over again. A little bit later the servers began setting the plates in front of the people and dinner was served.
  
After everyone had just about finished eating, Michael Samm announced that they were giving everyone FREE PIE! We all enjoyed the free piece of pie, then Secretary Linda Norris paid the bill for everything. She included a tip for the waitress that had done an excellent job. We thanked Michael as we were leaving.

Meeting Decisions

2011 CRC Dinner
The 2011 CRC Club Dinner will be held at 6 PM on November 10th, 2011 at Jone's Restaurant in Burkesville, KY. Current members and their guests are invited to attend. There will be a short meeting before the dinner is served.

2012 Schedule of Events
April 21, 2012 NAPA Car Show
May 20, 2012 Cruisin' The Square
July 4, 2012 Independence Celebration
September 29, 2012 Cruisin' The Square
October 6,2012 Alex Montgomery Car Show

The car show events in April and July will be held in the Park.
The cruise-in events in May and September will be held on the Court House Square.
The Alex Montgomery Car Show will be held at the Chevy Dealership East of Burkesville on Highway 90.

Country Cafe Car Show & Supper

A few of the Cruisers drove to Russell Springs and then went East on 80, then turned South on 76 and ended up at the Country Cafe. Carol & Dave, Chris, Randy, Stacey, Linda & Dave went to the Country Cafe to be a part of the small cruise-in they have on Tuesday nights. We arrived just before dark and were met by Darrell Smallwood and asked to park and fill out entries for our cars. It was a free event and mainly just to bring in customers for the Country Cafe. There were probably 30 cars, but some of the pictures of the dark colored cars didn't turn out well enough to be posted. The ones that showed up are below.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
A nice 55 Chevy pictured below with the owner and the Best Of Show Trophy .
 
After the awards were passed out, the Cruisers went inside and enjoyed some of the Country Cafe's 'cat fish' before cruising back towards Burkesville.

Heritage Days: Parade / Car Show

The Cumberland River Cruisers had been asked to put on a Heritage Days Car Show for the Burkesville/Cumberland County Events Committee after the Heritage Days Parade wound through town. A few of the CRC members drove their cars in the parade.
  
  
  
  
  
  
While the parade was going on, other members were busy setting up the tables, door prizes and trophies for the Heritage Days Car Show in the Park. After the parade had made the trip through town, the people pulled their cars into the Park and then registered for the Heritage Days Car Show and were given a Dash Plaque.

There was a DJ playing music and people could buy items from over 25 vendors in the Park. There were also several food vendors. At 2 PM, the Cruisers began counting the votes and giving away over $100 worth of door prizes. After the numbers were drawn and the door prizes given away, the trophies were awarded to the appropriate vehicle owners.
  
 
  
 
 
After all the trophies had been awarded, we gave away half of the 50/50 Money.
 

The Burkesville/Cumberland County Event's Committee did a nice job organizing the activities for Heritage Days, the parade was nice and there were lots of things to see and do during the weekend.
The Cruisers wish to thank the Event's Committee, especially Judge Executive John Phelps, for their help and sponsorship of the Heritage Days Car Show.
The Cruisers would also like to thank Mayor Riddle for his cooperation in putting on this entire event.

It was 3 beautiful days at the Park in Burkesville!

Heritage Days: Sock Hop / Cruise-In

A couple of the things the Events Committee had been planning were a Sock Hop & Cruise-In. They had lined up a DJ and wanted several of the Cruisers to bring their cars to the Hop. The Cruisers parked their cars on the Courthouse Square with several other old cars and trucks from out of town. The DJ began playing 50's & 60's music about 6:30. A little bit later, they started the various dance contests and gave prizes to the winners.
  
   
The Cumberland River Cruiser President Dave Neff and wife, Carol, won the costume contest. They were dressed like they were right out of the 1950's.
 

Alex Montgomery Car Show 2011

The weather was a bit chilly and a little breezy, but the sun was out and sky was partly cloudy when the day began. Cars began arriving before 9 AM and kept coming till about noon. The Cumberland River Cruisers started registering the vehicles around 9:30 and completed the day with at least 50 entries. Terry Riley, the manager of Alex Montgomery, had broken his leg a few weeks before the car show and was limited to moving around the car lot in a electric golf cart, so Shawn and James took his place for most of the day, helping with the setup and providing drinks and food for the car show entrants. At 2 PM, voting was closed and the ballots were counted while tickets were drawn and several door prizes were given away to start the awards.

The Good Ol' Boys car club had the most members attending the car show and they were given the Club Participation Trophy from the Cumberland River Cruisers.

Shawn used a computer in the office to determine which entry had came the farthest that day. It was Clifford Norris from Bowling Green that received the Long Distance Trophy and he had driven 1.6 miles farther than the owner that had came the next farthest.
 
The votes cast by all the vehicle owners were totaled and a Top Ten Trophy was passed out to each vehicle owner that had placed 2 through 11 in the vote totals. Terry, James and Shawn collaborated on which vehicle to receive the Alex Montgomery Dealer's Choice Trophy. Their selection was made, and Anthony Flowers was presented the Dealer's Choice award for his 1930 Model A.
 
The top vote getter was then announced and Don Thompson was presented the Best Of Show Trophy for his Blue 1957 Chevy BelAir.
 
Terry was able to join all the trophy winners for a group photo near the end of the car show.


Click HERE to see the pictures from the Alex Montgomery Car Show 2011.

The Cumberland River Cruisers would like to thank the Alex Montgomery Dealership, employees James and Shawn, and especially manager Terry Riley for the support during the year and their sponsorship of the Alex Montgomery 2011 Car Show. The Cruisers hope we can work together again in the future and that the event will grow even larger. We also want to thank First Place Trophies for the nice trophies they put together for the car show and for donating our Club Participation Trophy. Our club also wishes to thank the various merchants in town that have donated merchandise and money to help provide some of the door prizes that were presented to those participating in the car show. Thanks to the Cruiser club members that helped with the logistics of running the event. Thanks to all the people that came to the event and brought their vehicles.