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	Raritan River Region Meeting Schedule Is Changing BACK To The Third Thursday of Each Month!
*From Our "THE MORE THINGS CHANGE - THE MORE THEY REMAIN THE SAME" file....*

Based on a vote of the membership at our January meeting it has been decided to revert back to our 3^nd Thursday of the month meeting schedule. This will begin with the March, 2012 meeting. Due to the short notification time the February meeting will be held on the 2^nd week of February, 2/9/12
Meetings begin at 7:30 pm.
Our corrected schedule is as follows:
Jan 19 - Monthly Meeting	Jul 19 - Monthly Meeting
Feb 09- Monthly Meeting (2nd Thurs)	Aug 16 - Monthly Meeting
Mar 15 - Monthly Meeting	Sep 20 - Monthly Meeting
Apr 19 - Monthly Meeting	Oct 18 - Monthly Meeting
May 17 - Monthly Meeting	Nov 15 - Monthly Meeting
Jun 21 - Monthly Meeting	Dec - Holiday Party, Date & Location To Be Announced


Monthly Directors Message Is Being Discontinued... Member Articles Needed For Caddy Corner Newsletters!
At the recent board meeting it was decided to discontinue the monthly Directors Message. This decision, quite frankly was made because our board members have run out of ideas for future articles. They have put forth a valiant effort over these many months and have contributed greatly to the quality and readability of our newsletters. But now it�s time to hear from our silent majority, namely you our members. There is an old saying that a picture is worth a thousand words. If that's true, then a picture and an accompanying story about your classic car should be worth at least a couple of hundred words. We want to encourage each and every club member to consider submitting an article for inclusion in our upcoming Caddy Corner publications. Your story should be car-related, and could be a personal story about one of your classic cars, such as how you found and acquired your first classic car, or the article can cover any other car-related topic. We have so many members with interesting stories that de-serve to be told, so please put pencil to paper and write a story to share with your friends in the club. To mark this new beginning, we have our first member submission by Pat Rizzo which appears on our website Home Page. Here Pat tells a poignant story in poetic form of a dream, a car and a loving spouse. Thanks, Pat, for this great submission and thanks to all of our board members for a job well done. Now it�s your turn, so get the pen and paper out and start writing. Please submit all articles to Lynn D'Agostino at LynnD@rrrclc.org

The CLCMRC (Cadillac-LaSalle Club Museum and Research Center) museum, the Cadillac Gallery, is now in operation at the Gilmore Car Museum in Hickory Corners, MI. As part of their agreement with Gilmore, the CLCMRC is renting the Gilmore's Carriage House until their new museum building is constructed.

Please take the time to view the CLCMRC's new 7-minute video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGK_UTp_-7k

More information about the Museum's fund raising campaign will be in the October issue of The Self Starter.

Check out the Museum's new website at:

http://www.cadillaclasallemuseum.org/

Revision 3 is now available!

The Raritan River Region is proud to announce the publication of the Cadillac Color, Upholstery & Accessory Database. This database covers the years of 1940 through 1979 and is available in Excel spreadsheet format.

We are indebted to RRR member and Director, Ralph Messina for his efforts to compile this extensive database covering our favorite marque.

We also thank Paul Allen, Lou Commisso, Jim Eccleston, Tom Hall, Hill Jenkins, Mike Josephic, Warren Rauch and Jim Salmi whose contributions were numerous and invaluable.

Visit the Database, here, and enjoy! Comments and questions may be directed to Ralph Messina at RalphM@rrrclc.org

Local �RRR� Referrals

Through discussions at our October meeting, we thought a compilation of local vendors and service people who have assisted us with our vehicles would be useful to all. There are many vendors we have had good experiences with that we have shared with our fellow club members through questions and conversations. The thought is to compile a quick list we can share with all. This could include general repair shops, body shops, local vendors, specialized vendors by production year, some guy who has a bunch of inventory in his garage that is always in good shape and well priced, etc. Any business that is local that you would recommend to a club member is the goal for this list. The template, below, is what we would like to include in our directory. If you have a vendor you would like to include, please fill out the information request and email or mail it to Ted Mandalakis. We will distribute the compiled list in the near future.

Company Name:

Street Address:

City, State, Zip:

Owner/Contact (if known):

Phone Number:

Website:

Their Specialty: (electrical repair, exhaust, etc.)

Vehicle Years Serviced (if specific):

Additional Comments:

Recommending Club Member: (your name)

Please email to: tedmandalakis@comcast.net , or mail this form to:

Ted Mandalakis, 1 Edna Court, Somerset, New Jersey 08873

This form is also available in PDF format (1 page) here.

No doubt you enjoy reading Caddy Corner. Have you ever considered writing an article for an upcoming issue? Articles don't have to be long - a few paragraphs is fine. Ray will certainly help with the editing and "word-smithing", too! Articles can be about any Cadillac or LaSalle related topic....for example:

	The acquisition and/or restoration of your car.
	A technical article.
	A maintenance article (engine detailing, leather or vinyl care).
	Your significant other's perspective of this crazy hobby.
	A summary or commentary of an RRR event you attended.
	News about modern Cadillacs.

The Raritan River Region Merchandise Factory has been working overtime, cranking out all sorts of great region merchandise.

Window Clings ~ Patches ~ Hats

CLUB JACKETS !

Click here to see all the latest stuff !