Ohio Valley Austin Healey Club
  Serving Greater Cincinnati & Northern Kentucky
Monthly Meetings
Meetings are the 2nd Monday of the Month unless indicated - 7:00 PM
Family, friends and guests are always welcome!


January 2012:      Richard Pratt's
February 2012:    Bob and Pat Duffey
March 2012:          Dave Norman
April 2012:            Jacob's
May 2012:              Menkhaus's    

July 2012:              Cox's
August 2012:         Hall's picnic and pool party
September 2012:  The Loos's - Ft. Thomas  Ky
October 2012:        The Parrots-Bonfire - Bethel OH
November 2012:   Bernie and MaryAnn Grabow - KY
       December 2012:    Christmas at the Andorn's

 

 


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  August  Minuets
 

                                                                                    

                                                                               
                                         

                                                                                        
  September 30 - Oct 2 ................................................. Fall Wind Up - Putin Bay, Ohio
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The December 3rd meeting and Christmas party of the OVAH
club was opened by President, Hazel Klein.
The Ballinger's were thanked for hosting a very nice party with good food and conversation,
not to mention a fun gift exchange run by Pat Kreuter
Hazel Klein thanked all committee members for their service this past year.
V.P. Skip Jackson: Absent Skip will be president in 2012.
Jon Andorn will be V.P.
Treasurer and Membership: Pat Duffey said our treasury was in good shape.
Pat sent a sheet around for sign-up as to getting the
Newsleak via E mail or snail mail or both.
Doug Menkhaus will no longer be publishing the Newsleak.
Secretary: Nancy Hall thanked Cindy Loos for taking the minutes for January, February, and March.
Activities: Dale Ballinger: Dale's hours of work and days off have been changed and his days off
are now Tuesday and Wednesday. He is asking for volunteers to help plan activities, especially
week-end drives.
Editor: MaryAnn Grabow: She was given a round of applause for her work on the Newsleak.
Tech Support: Bernie Grabow. No report.
Historian: Judy Chamberlain: Present in Ft. Myers, Florida.
Delegate: Don Klein. There will be no increase in national or local dues.
Old Business: Dale Ballinger thanked all who ordered T-shirts and we thanked him for doing
the leg work and the ordering. The shirts are $10 each. If still interested, contact him for sizes and colors.
John Parrott brought lost and found items from their bonfire. Call them it you are missing anything.
(cooler, blanket)
New Business: The Louisville AH club donated $200 to the Make a Wish Foundation. A motion
was made that we do the same. (Other AH clubs in the U.S. are doing the same.) The motion
was voted on and passed that we donate $200.
A picture of Ivan Bell's car is in the Healey Marque.
John Parrott is working on business cards for our club and is looking for A.H. photos.
February and March meetings need a host.
January meeting will be held at Richard Pratt's house on Saturday, January 7, at 3:00 PM.
Hazel Klein was thanked with applause for being president in 2011.
The Ballinger's were thanked again for hosting a very enjoyable gathering.
Respectfully submitted,
Nancy Hall, Secretary.

Have a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year everyone!!! We'll see you in April
December  Minutes

Journey Stories: an OVAHC Activity
Scheduled for Wednesday, January 18, 2012 at 12:15 PM in Fort Thomas, Kentucky. You can go anytime with
your traveling buddies. Feel free to set up another date.
This exhibit is on loan from the Smithsonian Museum in DC and one of only five cities across the country to get
it. I think we should go. After we tour the small museum we shall have a late lunch about 2ish nearby.
The Smithsonian traveling exhibit, "Journey Stories," begins at the Community Center in Tower Park at noon.
Admissions are free though we LOVE a donation! More than 50 quilts are being loaned for this show. Great family
stories are told through these homemade quilts. A rosary that traveled through three major wars from father to son
and once more. Did they all make it back safe? Find out for yourself. The exhibit is at the Fort Thomas Military
and Community Museum. This exhibit will begin December 10 and end
January 21, 2012. It will be open daily noon until 4:00. It will be closed for the holiday December 23-25 and December
30-January 1. This entire event will be manned by volunteers
Journey Stories – tales of how we and our ancestors came to America – are a central element of our personal
heritage. From Native Americans to new American citizens and regardless of our ethnic or racial background, everyone
has a story to tell. Our history is filled with stories of people leaving behind everything – families and possessions
– to reach a new life in another state, across the continent, or even across an ocean. The reasons behind
those decisions are myriad. Many chose to move, searching for something better in a new land. Others had no
choice, like enslaved Africans captured and relocated to a strange land and bravely asserting their own cultures, or
like Native Americans already here, who were often pushed aside by newcomers.
Our transportation history is more than trains, boats, buses, cars, wagons, and trucks. The development of transportation
technology was largely inspired by the human drive for freedom. Journey Stories will examine the intersection
between modes of travel and Americans’ desire to feel free to move. It is accounts of immigrants coming in
search of promise in a new country; stories of individuals and families relocating in search of fortune, their own
homestead, or employment; the harrowing journeys of Africans and Native Americans forced to move; and, of
course, fun and frolic on the open road.
The story of the intersection between transportation and American society is complicated, but it tells us much
about who we are – people who see our societal mobility as a means for asserting our individual freedom. Journey
Stories will use engaging images with audio and artifacts to tell the individual stories that illustrate the critical
roles travel and movement have played in building our diverse American society.



September RoundUp 2011
Now is the time to Register for Conclave in Louisville  June 17 - 21, 2012  www.AustinHealeyConclave.com
                                                                                                         
                                             

                                                                                                      
                                                                                                         
February 13 ..................................................................................... Meeting at Bob and Pat Duffey's
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March 12 ........................................................................................ Meeting at Dave Norman's shop
                                                                                                           (  Check Newsleak for details  )