Editor's November Update
The weather forecast kept our participation for the fall overnight trip to Tennessee smaller than last year but the weekend turned out great. Memory Lane in Rogersville was incredible. It was worth the trip just to see the large number of restorable classics setting in a fence row waiting to be rescued. Several buildings were full of high dollar collector cars and memorabilia. A complete diner, service station, and Ford showroom have been rescued from the local area and moved to the property. A country store, church, covered bridge, several homes and other buildings were built on site to house a huge collection of memorabilia. Many thanks to John Blair for arranging this visit and to Jeff Rhodes who set up a Sunday visit to Harold Worley’s antique car collection.
Our club participation for the Jack Kain Ford Model A event was fantastic and so was the weather. Lots of visitors came by to enjoy our old cars and some good food. Thanks to Jack Kubik for coordinating the event and serving as grill master.
Only one more event remains on the 2008 CKMARC calender. Our annual Christmas celebration will be Saturday, Dec. 13th at Southern Hills Baptist Church, 3408 Clays Mill Road. (Take Man O’ War to Clay’s Mill and turn toward downtown, the church is on the right.) Lunch is planned for 12:30 but the doors will be open at 11:00 if you would like to come early and visit. The club will furnish the meat, bread, coffee and tea. You’re invited to bring your favorite side dish or dessert. If you can’t cook bring a couple of jugs of soft drinks to share with the non-coffee/tea drinkers.
As usual we will have a silent auction after lunch. Look around the house and garage for an item you’re tired of dusting or tripping over that your Model A buddies might pay a few dollars to own for a while. Maybe you bought something at the auction last year you haven’t used yet, bring it back and we’ll resell it. What a deal, you get rid of something you’re not using, a friend goes home with a great buy and the club makes a dollar or two in the process. Everybody wins!!
This will also be a good time to pay your club dues and save a stamp and envelope. Treasurer Mike Tearney will be on hand to help you with this process.
President Alan Wickersham will conduct our year end business meeting. This will include the election of officers and directors for 2009. You will also have the opportunity to suggest possible tours for next year. We visited several interesting places this past year for the first time thanks to our members suggestions.
Several of our members haven’t been able to get out in their Model A very much this year, hopefully they will be able to make this event. This is also a perfect time for new members to see what a wonderful group of people make up their club. Come out and enjoy a good meal with friends.

Condolences to Delance Blevins family
Long time club member Oscar Delance Blevins 79, husband of Geneva Mynatt Blevins, died Tues., Nov. 11, 2008 at his residence. He was a veteran of the Korean Conflict and a retiree of IBM. His hobbies were antique cars, woodworking, and traveling. Geneva and family will be in our thoughts and prayers.

Directory Assistance
We are blessed to have many members in our club who volunteer to work on projects that benefit all of us. At the beginning of the year several thought it would be a great idea to have a directory of members to help us get to know each other better. Grant Baker volunteered to put this booklet together for us if members would provide a picture with their Model A and brief description of how they got involved with the hobby. A year has now passed and not many photos have been collected. Help us finish this project, pick out a picture of you and the old Ford and bring it to the Christmas dinner. We’ll collect the information we need and get this project completed this winter. On a related matter, our club is mighty proud of the way our members enjoy driving their Model A. Jerry Baker is collecting the mileage our members have driven in their Model A this year. He would like to compile it and write an article to submit to the MARC magazine. Please send him your best estimate of the number of Model A miles you’ve driven this year. 859-227-0695