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Friday, July 01, 2011
Julie Waits Passes
Julie Waits passed away at the Cumberland County Hospital as the result
of an extended illness Friday July 1st, 2011.
Julie had been an
original member of the Cruisers and had served as the
Secretary/Treasurer until giving up her position in February due to her
illness.
Funeral Services will be held on Sunday July 3rd, 2011 at
2:00 P.M. in the Memory Chapel of Norris-New Funeral Home with Dr. Mark
Shelton Officiating. Burial will follow in the Perkins Cemetery.
The
Cumberland River Cruisers wish to express their sincere condolences to
the entire family for their loss.
Monday, July 04, 2011
July 4th Independence Celebration Car Show
The Swap Meet began at 7 AM and there was a $10 setup fee. Some people
were ready to enter the grounds at 6:15 AM at setup their items. The
Independence Celebration Car Show at the park in Burkesville, KY
sponsored by Duo County Telecom had some minor problems. A few cars came
rolling in early and then things began to get ugly quickly. The clouds
began closing in and there was talk of rain in Glasgow. Pretty soon it
was sprinkling rain on us, then it began pouring with several bolts of
lightning and claps of thunder shaking up the early arrivals. People
were huddling together under the tents and in their vehicles for about
45 minutes at least. As the rain lightened up, people began stirring
around and as it kept clearing off cars began arriving again.
I'm
sure the number of cars was held down because of the weather, but what
can you do when you have trophies and dash plaques, all with the "4th of
July" on them? You continue on 'as advertised'.
The
Cruisers extended the car show registration time because of the delay
caused by the weather, but held to the schedule of awarding the door
prizes and trophies at 3 PM. A band named "Highway 449" played rock and
roll music from the stage while votes were taken, tabulated and put into
a list for the trophy presentations.
The
door prizes were passed out as fast as the numbers could be called and
people could pick up their prizes because there was still a threat of
bad weather on the horizon. Nearly everyone entered won some sort of
door prize. The "Top Twenty" trophies were awarded to the appropriate
people and their pictures were taken.
The
group that called themselves “M&M” from Monticello was awarded the Club
Participation Trophy that was donated by DC Auto Service. M&M brought 7
vehicles to the car show.
The
Best of Show Trophy, donated by First Place Trophies of Albany, was then
presented to Mike Burton for his yellow Chevy Nova.
The
50/50 Drawing was held and the money presented, then everyone began
leaving. The Cruisers took down the tents, cleaned up a little bit of
trash and the whole event was over.
The Cumberland River Cruisers
wish to thank Duo County Telecom for their generous sponsorship of this
event. We also want to thank NAPA of Burkesville for several of the door
prize donations. Thanks to ALL the individuals that brought their
vehicles and rode the storm out! A big thanks goes out to the
Burkesville/Cumberland County Event's Committee for their efforts to
make positive things happen in Burkesville that people can enjoy.
You
can view the pictures of this event at this LINK.
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
Country Cafe Cruise-In
We left home a little after 5 PM and drove towards Columbia, then turned
right on the Cumberland Parkway and exited at the 49 mile marker. We
went North on SR 55 and turned East on SR 80. After passing through
Russell Springs and going a few more miles East on SR 80, we turned
South on SR 76 and headed towards Alligator Boat Dock. A few miles down
SR 76 on the left was the Country Cafe. They are having a cruise-in
every Tuesday evening. It begins at 5 PM and is over at 8 PM ( I think
it is EST). There are no door prizes, but they are playing music and
enjoying each other's company. I parked the 56 Chevy, then Stacey, Linda
and I went inside the restaurant for supper. Linda and I had delicious
cat fish suppers with Cajun fries and cole slaw for $7.99. Stacey had
the Tuesday Night Special of Spaghetti and a salad with Texas Toast for
$4.99. Everything we ate was excellent.
When
we finished eating, I went outside and took pictures of the cars that
were parked in the lot.
We
rolled out of the parking lot and headed back towards Burkesville. It
was a nice ride as the sun was vanishing below the horizon and the air
temperature was cooling down.
Questions: Call Darrell or Roxanne
Smallwood @ 812-343-4839 or 812-343-0849
or you can call the Country
Café @ 270-866-2427.
4152 South Highway 76 Russell Springs
42642. (near Alligator Boat Dock)
Thursday, July 28, 2011
July Meeting @ Hot Rod BBQ
The Cruisers held the monthly meeting for July at the Hot Rod BBQ on
Thursday, the 28th, at 6 PM.
President
Dave Neff called the meeting to order as the waitress was taking our
food orders. A little bit of club business was done before she returned
with the food.
After
the meal had been finished and the club picked up the tab, we conducted
the rest of the meeting.
Our new CRC Club business cards were passed
out to our members that were present at the meeting.
Several
members are meeting on the Square in Burkesville on Saturday, July 30th
at 8 AM to cruise to Columbia. The CRC members voted to attend the Rolling
Rods 4th Annual Fall Cruise-In at Dry Fork, KY on August 20th. The
club will be meeting on the Square at 8 AM and heading to Dry Fork. The
activities begin at 10 AM with FREE food and music. The meeting was
adjourned at 7 PM.
Saturday, July 30, 2011
Green River Kruzers' Car Show
A few of the CRCruisers left Burkesville at 8 AM and headed north on SR
61 to Columbia to participate in the Green River Kruzer's 2011 Car Show.
The
Cruisers parked in the lot, set up their canopy and entered their cars
in the car show. The temperature was slightly over 90 degrees and the
shade provided by the canopy was welcomed. The canopy became even more
necessary when the rain began. We all huddled under it, inside a ten
foot square, for about a half hour, then the rain stopped for a while.
The Green River Kruzers quickly passed out the trophies during the time
there wasn't any rain falling. Our Cumberland River Cruisers Car Club
won the "Club Participation" trophy for having the most entries from a
single club.
Several
of the CRC members were awarded trophies for showing their vehicles.
The
picture below and to the right is with all the special class winners.
The
CRC members were happy with the "gold" we were able to take home to
Burkesville.
You
can see all the pictures from the Green River Kruzers' 2011 Car Show by
clicking HERE.
