River Valley Vettes Corvette Club 1992-2012

Happy Valentines Day

2012-02-10T19:18:00.001-04:00

Happy Valentines Day, a photo by redvette on Flickr.

RVV Member Eleanor Robertson Birthday

2012-02-04T19:10:00.001-04:00

River Valley Vette Members like to wish Eleanor Robertson a Happy Birthday this Saturday !!!!!
Posted by Tom Hiltz aka redvette !

RVV "After Christmas Christmas Party " 2012

2012-01-22T14:01:00.001-04:00

IMG_8890, a photo by redvette on Flickr.

River Valley Vettes held the annual "After Christmas Christmas Party" Saturday night at Rick Kelly's home.Outside was freezing but inside things were hot with John Thompson's games and the great food on the tables. A total of 30 members showed for the "Pot Luck" , "Yankee Swap" evening! Was nice to see Roger and Angie Bourgeois up from the Moncton club and Danny and Karen from Woodstock.John's entertaining games and new version of the Yankee Swap made things a very exciting and fun filled evening! President Vernon Patriquin and Secretary John Johnston each gave their presentation of some possible new hats and coats for the club. Now the problem of getting everyone to agree on what style is another story but the coats will be black.
Thanks to Rick for opening his home again this year to the club and hope we didn't cause too much damage.

For more pictures of the evening click below!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/redvette/sets/72157628983734731/show/
Written and posted by Tom Hiltz aka redvette

Corvette - poor man's plow !

2012-01-17T11:23:00.001-04:00

Corvette - poor man's plow !, a photo by redvette on Flickr.

Arnie's still diggin' out ! The way we plow in New Brunswick ! Waste no time !!!!!!
Posted by Tom Hiltz aka redvette

RVV Member Birthday

2012-01-10T00:26:00.002-04:00

Tuesday , Jan. 10th is River Valley Vette member , John Johnston's birthday. Happy Birthday John, have a good one !!!!!!!!!!!!!! "Count your life by smiles, not tears.Count your age by friends, not years !"
Cheers !
Written and posted by Tom Hiltz aka redvette

RVV Members Birthday

2012-01-08T00:21:00.004-04:00

Friday evening some members of River Valley Vettes got together at Fairley's Sport Bar in Oromocto to help member Sam Dow celebrate his birthday. Members attending were Kelly and Leigh Kelly, John Johnston , Tom and Lois Hiltz and Vernon and Julia Patriquin. It was Karaoke night so Kelly and Sam hit the stage and entertained us all. A great time was had by all !!!!!!!!!!!

For a few pics of the night , click on link below !

http://www.flickr.com/photos/redvette/sets/72157628770134923/show/
Written and posted by Tom Hiltz aka redvette

My favorite Corvette commercial - Banned

2012-01-07T12:50:00.000-04:00

Happy New Year from RVV

2011-12-28T14:05:00.001-04:00

Members of River Valley Vettes like to wish everyone out there a Happy New Year ! Looking forward to the 2012 corvette season !
Published by Tom Hiltz aka redvette

Santa Comes Early to Dawn Garwood

2011-12-04T18:24:00.001-04:00

Old man Santa came early to RVV member Dawn Garwood this year. He dropped off this beautiful 2009 yellow C6 convertible in her driveway .Apparently it has some very nice features such as the power roof and the very cool dual mode exhaust...! I guess Dawn was a real good girl this year. Now , ya only got to wait a few months to hit the pavement.. Hopefully winter will come and go fast ! Unfortunately not fast enough for me !!! Congratulations Dawn , I know you're gonna have fun in this puppy !!!
Written and posted by Tom Hiltz aka ( redvette )

Merry Christmas from River Valley Vettes

2011-12-04T13:45:00.001-04:00

VP Mystery Run 2011

2011-10-23T17:09:00.002-03:00

Saturday , October 22nd was RVV's last run of the year. It was VP, John Thompson's Mystery Run. It took us from Oleary's through to Vanceboro ,Maine and onto Houlton for a very fast shopping session. We met up with Danny Calhoun and Pat and Harley Smearer in the Mardens parking lot. Than on to Woodstock for dinner at John Gilles Restaurant. Going on the run were Ron and Anne Gould, Kelly Kelly and Linda MacDonald, Wayne and Eleanor Robertson, Wanda and Mark Gadd, Vernon and Julia Patriquin, John and Pauline Thompson, Jerome Connors, Peter and Marilyn Wood, Malcom and Simone MacDonald , and Tom and Lois Hiltz . Meeting us at the restaurant were John Johnston and Jim and Fran Good.

Written and posted by Tom Hiltz aka ( redvette )

For a slideshow of the day click below !

CLICK HERE

RVV Covered Bridge Tour 2011

2011-10-16T17:48:00.001-03:00

Corvettes from the" Maritimes" : RVV, CSNB, GMCC and the Nova Scotia Club were participants in a "Covered Bridge Tour" on Saturday. Weather was great for October and there was a total of 39 corvettes taking part in the run.Lois and I never participated unfortunately. I decided the day before to check the tire tread on my vette and there was none !!!!! I took these photos off a Facebook account ( Kelly's and Pat Smearer's ) and hope you enjoy them !
To view them on SkyDrive click below : If you can not access, may have to use a different Browser ( try Firefox)
CLICK HERE !
Posted by Tom Hiltz aka ( redvette )

Hi all,

To those members who participated in the GMCC President's run yesterday, thank you !

It was fantastic to see 39 corvettes in a row on the roads in the Sussex/Hampton/Norton areas. If the colors in the trees didn't generate ooo's and aaaa's, our corvettes certainly did.

I apologize for the delay in getting your playing card at the first bridge and for not having a "bio" stop before heading to Norton, but I hope everyone got through that ok. The restaurant sends their apologies to the couple of tables that were late getting their food. Marty did the best he could in letting them know the numbers ahead of time and I don't think it was for lack of servers (who took the orders to the cook, one table at a time). I think they just fell behind with the quantity of food we were consuming. Not sure how that could have been handled differently other than to split us up.

But I hope that the day was considered a success.... lots of friends from the NS and 3 NB clubs. It is great when we can all get together like that.

Thank you again for coming on our run.

Roger Bourgeois GMCC

River Valley Vettes 2012 Executives

2011-10-10T22:54:00.001-03:00

The new RVV 2012 club Executives : President : Vernon Patriquin
                                                       Vice President : Kelly Kelly
   Secretary : John Johnston
         Treasurer : Julia Patriquin
Posted by Tom Hiltz aka ( redvette )

Thanks

2011-10-07T12:10:00.002-03:00

Kelly and I would like to thank everyone that came out to our Birthday Party last Saturday for the lovely cards and gifts ! I know the weather wasn't the best but that didn't stop the big crowd that we had. Roger and Angie Bourgeois even traveled from Moncton in the rain in their new beautiful Grand Sport Corvette. By the way Angie it sounds great ! Raymond and Kathleen Cromwell, Donnie Watson , Fred and Joyce Godwin, Calvin and Paula Seward, Bob Cromwell and Joanne Campbell from CSNB . From RVV were Ron and Anne Gould, Vernon and Julia Patriquin , Wanda and Mark Gadd, Mac and Simone MacDonald, John and Dawn Garwood , Harley and Pat Smearer and of course my neighbors and friends and Kelly's friends made a fun day and night.
Written and posted by Tom Hiltz aka ( redvette )

Wasn't that a Party !

2011-10-04T12:28:00.003-03:00

Wasn't that a Party ! "Could have been the whiskey , might have been the gin , could have been the 3 or 4 six packs , I don't know but I think everyone had a good time , despite the rain ! Party celebrating my and Kelly's birthdays.
Saturday, Oct 1st night's birthday party....Wicked Cry entertained in latter part of evening...some super celtic music...wow..and the day started off with -Theresa Malenfant and Katey Day and that super band - The Instigators...Mr Nichols did a super job on the 'pig on a spit....Leigh cooked up a lot of bacon wrapped scallops,mussels , corn and friends brought salads,appetizers, rolls, etc etc etc...........
Written by Tom Hiltz and Kelly Kelly, posted by Tom Hiltz aka ( redvette )
Pictures taken by Logan Hiltz ,( my grandson), Kelly Kelly and John Garwood
For a slideshow of the day click on below
!Click here

Trip to Tabusintac

2011-10-02T22:13:00.004-03:00

Tour to Tabusintac and Linda & Alfred’s Cottage
One thing can be said by all about this tour is it was one of the most enjoyable trips that the club has had in years. Weather great and company enjoyable. We started out expecting a big turnout of members to meet up at City Hall in downtown Fredericton, but as John and Pauline waited for the 9 am departure only one car showed up, and that was Vern and Julia, so the two cars departed for the North side to meet up with Ron, Anne and Malcolm and Simone. Ironic there were two coupes, one white and one black and met up with two convertibles, one white and one black. Leaving Targett’s on St. Mary’s road where Vernon took the lead and it was decided to change leaders each half hour. This made driving interesting, (and we would not want to say who made a wrong turn). On our way, we met up with Jacques and Monique Bossy in Blackville, who drive a black convertible, keeping up with the color scheme. After stopping in Miramichi, we contacted Alfred at his cottage and arranged to meet at the Catholic church in Tabusintac. Alfred’s friend Mark from Neguac also joined us with his Blue 08 Z06. From there Alfred led us on a great tour of Tabusintac area of historical sights and points of interest with a full documentary and many stops along the way. Mark brought up the rear. (Color co-ordination had to be kept, red, black, white black white, black and blue). Most of us were not familiar with this area and were all impressed. We ended up at Alfred and Linda’s outstanding cottage on the Tabusintac riverfront with a million dollar view. With financial contribution from the RVV coffers Alfred and Linda put on a great barbeque, preceded by a tray of appetizers, with good and healthy salad and lots of fattening desserts, the open bar was very much appreciated but the lucky prize was a complete hit. A contest about the guided tour was won by Simone & Malcolm with second prize going to Pauline & John and third prize to Vern and Julia. I am sure if we had known ahead of time more notes would have been taken. Shortly before we left we had a surprise visit by Linda’s father and he picked out his choice of car and donated a great C5 leather jacket to the winner. Shortly after 4:30 pm we departed for home and had a good run home with a couple of pit-stops. Jacque and Monique left us in Blackville and thanked us for including them in the trip as they really enjoyed the trip as we did with their company.
Anyone who did not make the trip really missed out on and exceptional day.
We want to thank Alfred and Linda for opening up their cottage to the club and arranging a fantastic tour and making us feel at home. We are all invited back again at any time. We are happy that John T. came up with the great idea for the trip.
p.s. All the leftover hotdogs were eaten by Vern…….
For a slideshow of the trip click below !
Click here !

Written by Ron Gould and posted by Tom Hiltz

Fred's Fall Frolics 2011

2011-09-28T00:43:00.001-03:00

Sunday, Sept.25th , Fred Holland's "Fall Frolics" in Kars on Belleisle was the place to be. Weather was perfect , sunny and hot ! Members fom River Valley Vettes that were there were : Tom and Lois Hiltz , Harley and Pat Smearer , Rick Kelly, Charles Gormley, Alfred Kenny, Jim Good and Peter and Marilyn Wood !
For a slideshow of the day click link below !
Click here to view slideshow
Written and posted by Tom Hiltz aka ( redvette )

Houlton Car Show 2011

2011-09-18T18:01:00.003-03:00

Saturday, Sept 10th, River Valley Vette members traveled to Houlton, Maine to a car show ! Lois and I missed this one but I guess you can't be in 2 places at same time. Looks like the RVV members had a good time and weather was great !

For a slideshow of the day , click on link below !

Click here for slideshow

Pictures supplied by Kelly Kelly and posted by Tom Hiltz aka ( redvette )

Corvettes in Carlilse 2011

2011-09-07T17:40:00.001-03:00

Some pictures from Corvettes at Carlisle. The Number 3 car (a 1960 Corvette
racer) was the original car that ran Lemans that year. It was found after
many years searching for it and purchased by the Miller's who own the
Carlisle Fairgrounds. It was completely restored and it did a lap at Lemans
a year ago with the winning driver of 1960 behind the wheel. I believe that
his name was John Fitch. He's no longer a young man! There are also some
pictures of the new 2012 Carlisle Blue Corvettes....I think that colour is
gorgeous. I have one on either side of me. My car made the front page of
the local paper, but you have to look hard to see it. There is a picture of
Will Cooksey and I in front of the grandstand. Will took Joanne as his
guest to the GM executive banquet. She was thrilled. Will was Plant
Manager at the Bowling Green facility for years and was loved by all. He
did a burnout at Carlisle a year or two ago with a new GM owned Corvette.
He literally tore it up. Tire came apart and it destroyed the rear fender.
GM will no longer authorize a car for the burnout event! We also got to
meet and spend a little time with Lance Miller the son of Chip Miller (who
passed away at 61 years of age) who created the car events in Carlisle and
owns the fairgrounds. You can also see the marquee with Carlisle in lights
and a few shots of the parade. One picture shows the Palmer's '71 with
Joanne cheering them on and another of Betty May Madden's '85. She won a
trophy for one of the celebrity cars. There are also some shots of the
Saint John crew that caravanned down. There are a couple of shots of retro
cars....for the years 1963 and 1967. Some nice pictures of T REX 03. It's
incredible the work that some people put into their cars. It was a great
time. Hurricane Irene made her presence known on Saturday and the event was
closed on Sunday with many tents having been removed, others blown down but
no cars damaged as most everything had been taken away. Our Vettes were
nicely stored in underground parking at the Holiday Inn Express. We still
lost power for half of Sunday however. Bill Brown made a purchase but it
wasn't a Corvette. Vern and Julia were the only Fredericton folks that we
saw during the event. I encountered no one from my Florida clubs.
For pictures click below

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Written by Bob Cromwell and posted by Tom Hiltz aka ( redvette )

Corvettes in Carlisle Parade

2011-09-04T23:52:00.001-03:00

As most of you know 13 Corvettes just got back from Carlisle, another great trip, most of us are looking forward to next years.

If you missed this year or you were in the parade like us and did not get to see the parade this video is just like you were there.

Enjoy the video.

Debbie and I (1971) are at the 2:24 and so is Chris & Candace White (1975) Betty-Mae (Red 1985) is at 3:35

Click to see video

Written by Debbie & Brian Palmer & posted by Tom Hiltz aka ( redvette )

RVV member Lois Hiltz's Birthday

2011-09-02T00:32:00.001-03:00

The August 30^th Ice Cream Run

Well, it was a bit different run than usual.........but there was ice cream - a couple different flavours and there was a delicious cake.....following a few other nibbles and pop, wine or beer. No coffee because the coffee pot is packed away in some warehouse for a couple months......(long story)

Lois Hiltz was having a birthday, so we decided to do an impromptu surprise party.............I was hoping to see the ‘regulars arrive for ice cream run..planned to lead the ‘crew on a short run to 338 Golf Club Road ! Those who did the run to ‘338 were :Vern and Julia, Ron and Anne, Wanda and Mark and, Linda MacDonald. ....special guest, Lois was accompanied by her favourite chauffeur, Tom. )))

A pleasant evening was spent on the deck until those flying critters decided to join us...then we were forced inside to enjoy the cake and ice cream. A tour of the empty basement was given by Leigh. A good time was had by all.

For a slideshow of the night click below !

Click here !

Written by Kelly Kelly and posted by Tom Hiltz aka ( redvette )

RVV members at Jemseg Classic Car Show

2011-08-28T18:43:00.001-03:00

Weather was perfect on Saturday when members from River Valley Vettes traveled to Jemseg for their 3rd Annual Lion's Club Classical Car Show. Attending from RVV were John Johnston , Peter and Marilyn Wood, John and Dawn Garwood, Charles Gormley, Kelly Kelly, Tom and Lois Hiltz and John Pattison. Lots of great prizes were given out , some great food and entertainment was the order of the day. A small tour after and a corn boil after the show was offered to any who wanted to participate.A nice drive around Grand Lake and a stop for an ice ceam rounded up the day.
For some pics of the day click below !
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Written and posted by Tom Hiltz aha ( redvette )

RVV members in New Hampshire, USA

2011-08-17T00:03:00.001-03:00

Here is a picture of RVV members in North Conway, New Hampshire. From left to right are : Peter Wood, Pat Smearer , Harley Smearer , Vernon and Julia Patriquin , Jean and John Johnston , and Lois and Tom Hiltz. Taking the picture is Logan Hiltz , my grandson. Thanks to John Johnston for sending me the pictures and the rest I added to the set " RVV Members Conquer Mt Washington".
Written and posted by Tom Hiltz aka ( redvette )

Kelly wins Mayors Trophy at CSNB Show & Shine

2011-08-16T16:16:00.002-03:00

River Valley Vette member Kelly Kelly wins Mayor Trophy in this past CSNB Show and Shine. Congratulations KK on the win . A beautiful 2002 torch red roadster done up very nicely !!! It was the car that "if he could take any one vette home with him" , out of 88 corvettes, was the one he chose ! Kelly took the win calmly ,,,,,,, NOT !! Needless to say she was quite excited and why not !
Written and posted by Tom Hiltz aka ( redvette )

Harvey Community Days 2011

2011-08-15T18:56:00.003-03:00

What happens in Harvey, stays in Harvey. ( not all )

The Saturday weather was perfect as 3 Corvettes met at O'leary's and made their way to Harvey to join 3 more R.V.V. Corvettes for the Harvey Community Days Parade. Participating members included Wanda Gadd, Tom & Lois Hiltz, Vernon & Julia Patriquin, John & Pauline Thompson, Peter Wood and Granddaughter and Arnie Adams & Grandson. The 9:30 form up at the High School was very well organized as was the entire parade!! We threw candy to the kids, had each car acknowledged at the reviewers stand, glowed with pride at all the envious comments from the hundreds of spectators and arrived at the Fair Grounds at 10:45. We viewed some incredible antique engines, crafts, lots of games etc. and eventually made our way to the Thompson residence. Because of threats of bodily harm I can't reveal too much about the next 4 hours except to say that food was involved as was wobbly pop, a party barge tour of Harvey Lake, a topless person and a very, very giggly female from Geary. All of that plus a memorable run home in time to go the stock car races!! You will have to consult a participant for details.

For a slideshow of the day click below !
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Written by Vernon Patriquin and posted by Tom Hiltz aka ( redvette )