The 2021 West Coast meet is in the books! Full report coming soon, but wanted to share the TV coverage we got - two separate stories:
First spot:
https://www.kget.com/news/local-news/crosley-car-club-highlights-historic-us-made-vehicles/
Second spot:
Quite a few members have expressed concerns about the new Delta variant of COVID-19 - specifically about sharing an indoor meal at the Banquet on Saturday night.
As a precaution, we have decided to move the Club Banquet to the grounds of the Ablin House, where we can hold the the dinner OUTSIDE. The temperature that evening should be very mild - predicted to be about 65 degrees.
We have a lovely caterer who will offer an EXCELLENT spread: Housemade Pasta, Local Grass Fed Beef and Heritage Pork Meatballs, Caesar Salad with House Dressing and Sourdough Garlic Bread, Locally-made Ice Cream and Cookies and Local Beer and Wine. The cost is the same as the Hodel's dinner would have been - $25 per person.
Unfortunately, this will disrupt our original plan to have a catered breakfast at the Ablin House on Sunday morning.
Given the circumstances, we felt that it was best to put the priority on the safety of the Saturday Banquet, so we are opting to cancel the scheduled events on Sunday, including breakfast and the Crosley Cruise. If you sent in payment for the Sunday breakfast we will send a refund.
Thanks for your patience, and we look forward to seeing many of you in a few weeks.
PLEASE NOTE: Meet is subject to California and Kern County COVID-19 regulations, which could alter these plans
I just got back from dropping the new issue of the Tin Block Times off with Marty and Sherri Stein, our esteemed mail volunteers: they are now working on getting 200 copies stuffed into envelopes, stamped, addressed and dropped off at the Post Office this week. A small blizzard is headed their way as I speak, but you know the saying about the mail and sleet and snow....
The cover date on this issue is "December 2020" -- which seemed like an easy deadline when I was getting everything finalized for print. I should have known that with the pandemic, everything was going to take a bit longer than usual... in retrospect, I'm lucky this got out in January!
That said, I'm very happy with how the issue turned out. As advertised, this is the David Brodsky Memorial Issue; we got so much great material from club members and David's family that I couldn't even fit everything - I had to hold one article back to run next issue!
Thanks much for your patience, and start checking your mailboxes at the end of the week - I'm sure Marty and Sherri will get them posted ASAP!
