L-R Anita Rossvitch and Bette Worth of the Community Center are all smiles after Pres. Ron presented them with a check for $1574.

Thanks to a great extent to the efforts of the Roamin Angels in gettig the community involved in supporting the Nevada County Community center, over $17,000 has been raised to cover the rent for a year. Although it still is not near the $36,000 needed, it has helped and the Roamin Angels' contibution of $1574 is the largest from any organization or business. When the Roamin Angels get involved, nobody does it better. Not even James Bond.

Rick L. took a second with his Charger at the Mopar day in the park at Hagan Park in Rancho Cordova on June 23. See the story & photos.

The Roamin Angels raised $345 for the American Cancer Society from donations at the bar at Jim Dent's Celebration of Life.

Ever hear of the adage of “never take a knife to a gunfight?” What about taking a car engine to sell tickets at an airshow? Well, we did. We took the raffle engine to the Nevada County AirFest at the Grass Valley airport to sell tickets. We were stuck off the beatenpath, out with the token cars, but it didn’t go too badly. In fact we sold more tickets than at car shows, like Pinole! The only places we sold more were Autorama and the Downtown Car Show in Grass Valley, where we had primo locations and large car crowd. Thanks to Dave R., Steve O., Don D. and Ken M. who worked with me in ticket sales and Barry G. who hauled the engine there and back, our Airshow Aces.– Ron C.

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August 2007
From Ron, Roamin Angels' President
The nights haven’t been too bad, but it looks like we’re in for Hot August Days. Of course anything over 80° is too hot to me. You can guess how much I love Reno in August. I would be there to help sell tickets for the engine, but I have another commitment. Last year I sold tickets to a guy from Hawaii. I told him I would accompany the engine over if he paid the fare. Actually I didn’t say that, but it makes a good story. Why not help sell tickets at Hot August Nights and see if you get a good story too?

The reason I won’t be in Reno is that I will be in SoCal, land of O.C., O.J. and OTT. For those who are not into computer-eze, OTT is Over The Top. The other two, you should know. Anyway, it’s my 40th high school class reunion for Claremont High. When I’ve told other Roamin Angels this, I get, “Your 40th?” I guess the Geezers think I’m a contemporary.

Speaking of the Geezers, wasn’t that a killer picnic? If you weren’t at Condon (noticed I used an “n” on the end) Park, you missed a great time. B-B-Q Master Chef Chuck was walking around with his knife set hung low on the hip for quick-draw. There was so much tri-tip and wine that left-overs were sold at discount price at the end. This was the first year for Geezer bibs, but they were well received. And they really seemed to help. No offense, Geezers.

Now let’s step back to earlier in the month. I will only chat about those events in which I participated. When I look at the calendar, there were many I missed. If anyone made them all, step forward. I will give you a hearty handshake. I went to all three Hot Summer Nights in Nevada City. We took the engine and did sell some tickets, although we really didn’t push them very hard. After all, it looks like we will be a sell-out this year, and possibly before our own show. How great is that?

The second one was a bit . . . aggravating since sixteen signed up and it looked like we were only going to have two cars. This in a parking lot that was totally reserved for us. Thanks to phone calls and a couple of double-carrings, we did have nine. The Stonehouse was a little disappointed, but the next week made up for it. I bitc- . . . uh, complained at breakfast and we had twenty-one cars the next week. Seven were signed up. Kudos, gang. The Stonehouse owners were so gassed (pardon the pun) that they invited us for next year.

This brings me to my last point: if you sign up, be there or let the person in charge know you will not be. We make it a policy not to commit the club to anything the club doesn’t support. That being the case, when we do commit to something, people expect us to be there. Sometimes they put announcements in the newspaper and on the radio based upon that. I know there are too many events to make them all, but if you sign up try to be there or call someone if you can’t. It’s the Roamin Angel way to do things.

‘Nuff said, I’m outta here.

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