ROLLING PRAIRIE CORVETTE CLUB

Dear Corvette Club ,

We appreciate any help you can give us in getting the word out to your club members about our 2010 all Corvette tours. If you are no longer the contact person for your club, please let us know who is so that we can update our records. We try to keep our club database as up to date as possible. If you can also provide us with the club’s current mailing address, we’d like to verify it with the address we have for our records. Thank you very much!

NATIONAL PARK TOUR (2^nd Year Offered)

When:  June 7 – 11, 2010 (Monday – Friday)

Where: Begins in Flagstaff, Arizona and travels to Lake Powell (Glen Canyon National Recreation Area), Grand Canyon National Park (North Rim), Bryce Canyon National Park and Zion National Park

Number of Corvettes Accepted:  Limited to a small number

Eligibility:  Any Corvette 1953 to 2010

Route:  The route will cover 470 miles (no freeways or interstates). The entire tour is a labeled Rand McNally scenic route.

Theme:  No worries, no thinking and no disappointments trying to plan where to stay and eat or what route to take. It’s nothing but great roads, great scenery and great Corvette entertainment.

Scenery:  The best scenery the west has to offer starting in the mountain town of Flagstaff and visiting Lake Powell (Glen Canyon National Recreation Area) as well as three of America’s most beautiful national parks:  Grand Canyon, Bryce Canyon and Zion National Parks

Included:  Professionally organized tour, 4 nights deluxe lodging, 75% of meals, Lake Powell boat tour, group photo, great Corvette camaraderie, a comfort basket including a Bloomington Gold Tours cap and a route book with additional information on the tour area

Cost:  1 Person $1450 / 2 Persons $1695

Club Discount:  5 or more registrations receive a 10% discount on each registration. That means you save $145 for 1 person or $170 for 2. Registrations must be received by April 7^th. Please be aware, space is limited for this tour so early registration is recommended.

Application:  Registration opens January 2010

Intensity Level:  Exciting!

4^TH ANNUAL ROCKY MOUNTAIN TOUR

When:  July 26 – 30, 2010 (Monday – Friday)

Where:  Begins in Flagstaff, Arizona and travels to Monument Valley and then onto Colorado to the San Juan Skyway towns of Cortez (Mesa Verde National Park), Durango and Silverton

Number of Corvettes Accepted:  Limited to a small number

Eligibility:  Any Corvette 1953 to 2010

Route:  The route will cover 400 miles (no freeways or interstates). 350 miles of the tour is a labeled Rand McNally scenic route.

Theme:  No worries, no thinking and no disappointments trying to plan where to stay and eat or what route to take. It’s nothing but great roads, great scenery and great Corvette entertainment.

Scenery:  Cool mountain pines of Flagstaff, the Painted Desert, Monument Valley, Mesa Verde National Park and the breath-taking beauty of the Colorado Rockies

Included:  Professionally organized tour, 4 nights deluxe lodging, 75% of meals, country-western chuck wagon dinner show, group photo, great Corvette camaraderie, a comfort basket including a Bloomington Gold Tours cap and a route book with additional information on the tour area

Cost:  1 Person $1450 / 2 Persons $1695

Club Discount:  5 or more registrations receive a 10% discount on each registration. That means you save $145 for 1 person or $170 for 2. Registrations must be received by May 26^th. Please be aware, space is limited for this tour so early registration is recommended.

Application:  Registration opens January 2010

Intensity Level:  Exciting!

Note:  This tour has been rescheduled from Fall 2009 to Summer 2010

When:  August 20 – 22, 2010 (Friday to Sunday)

Where:  Begins in Kingman, Arizona and travels on historical Route 66 to Hackberry, Seligman, Williams and Grand Canyon National Park (South Rim)

Number of Corvettes Accepted:  No Limit

Eligibility:  Any Corvette 1953 to 2010

Route:  The route will cover 200 miles with 98 miles on historical Route 66 (the longest stretch left in America) and 150 miles of the route is a labeled Rand McNally scenic route.

Theme:  What could be better than combining the history of Route 66 and the beauty of Grand Canyon National Park?

Scenery:  Following old Route 66, the high plains and valleys give way to cool mountain pine country ending at Grand Canyon National Park.

Included:  Professionally organized tour, great Corvette camaraderie, Bloomington Gold Tours cap and a tour participation memento

Cost:  $75 per Corvette

Club Discount:  10 or more registrations receive a 10% discount on each registration. Registrations must be received by July 20^th.

Application:  Registration opens January 2010

Intensity Level:  Exciting!

When:  September 22 – 26, 2010 (Wednesday – Sunday)

Where:  Tour participants stay in Flagstaff, Arizona and travel to Sedona, Oak Creek Canyon, Sunset Crater Volcano & Wupatki National Monuments and Grand Canyon National Park (South Rim)

Number of Corvettes Accepted:  Limited to a small number

Eligibility:  1953 to 1973 Corvettes; Bloomington Gold award winners can achieve the new Tour Certified Award

Route:  The route will cover 500 miles (no freeways or interstates). The entire tour is a labeled Rand McNally scenic route.

Theme:  A vintage Corvette tour challenging driver and machine with 500 miles of canyons and mountain splendor while enjoying the beauty of the great southwest.

Scenery:  Cool mountain pine forest, red rock canyon country of Sedona and Grand Canyon National Park

Included:  Professionally organized tour, 4 nights deluxe lodging, 75% of meals, trailer parking at host hotel, IMAX movie at the Grand Canyon, support team (tow trucks) following tour, security at all restaurants & host hotel, group photo, great Corvette camaraderie, a comfort package including a Bloomington Gold Tours cap and a route book with additional information on the tour area

Cost:  1 Person $1695 / 2 Persons $1895

Club Discount:  5 or more registrations receive a 10% discount on each registration. That means you save $170 for 1 person or $190 for 2. Registrations must be received by July 22^nd. Please be aware, space is limited for this tour so early registration is recommended.

Application:  Registration opens January 2010

Intensity Level:  Get your Corvette Tour Certified. No other place in America presents the final challenge to Bloomington Gold Certified Corvettes.

Contact Information:  928-527-VETT (8388), www.BloomingtonGoldTours.com or info@bloomingtongoldtours.com

Hope your club can join us in 2010,

Dwayne & Cindy Bublitz

Tour Owners & Operators

Bloomington Gold Tours
1001 N. Wakonda St.
Flagstaff, AZ 86004
(928) 527-VETT (8388)
Fax (928) 526-1095
www.BloomingtonGoldTours.com
America's Best Corvette Tours!

Kids give a strong thumbs up to long-awaited Scovill Playground

By TONY REID - H&R Staff Writer 

DECATUR - All you need for a perfect Mother's Day gift is about $300,000 and a dream.

The magic ingredients finally came together in Decatur, and on Sunday afternoon, Decatur Park District board members cut a yellow ribbon to open a state-of-the-art $326,000 playground in Scovill Park.  

The gleaming riot of powder-coated steel and fiberglass sprawls over more than 10,000 square feet and was besieged by kids of all ages.

The wooden playground the new one replaced was splintered and deteriorated and sat on a dirty, dusty base. The mark two version, all smooth, rounded surfaces and armed with multiple slides and everything from an interactive music station to a fossil wall, sits on a clean, rubberized surface that absorbs bumps and feels like a spongy trampoline underfoot.

For moms, it was a chance to relax on Mother's Day with the best of all rewards: safe, happy and fully occupied kids. "It's beautiful," said Becky Newton, who's just arrived as director of recreation and facilities for the park district. She spoke as her children Will, 4, and 2-year-old Drew went exploring.

"And it's accessible, so kids in wheelchairs can have access to the whole playground," added Newton, 36. "And you can see right through it, see where your kids are."

After a thorough shake-down cruise, Will was ready with an instant evaluation: "I like the slides," he announced, but admitted there were other joys he loved even more. "Well, the swings," he said. "You can swing back and forth."

It took some back-and-forth efforts to free up a $236,000 state grant that paid for much of the project. Much of the rest came from individual and group donations, the playground having a wide appeal. "We had a car show, and all the proceeds from that went to this playground," said Rolling Prairie Corvette Car Club member Rod Finke.

The club, which drives out in pursuit of worthy causes every year, had given a check for more than $4,000. "It's something good for the kids and the community," added Finke, 63.

Don Luy, playground project coordinator and park district commissioner, said it was only fitting the new facility should open on Mother's Day. "This is a community treasure," added Luy, 52.

"It shows a lot of support, care, sacrifice and love on behalf of the Decatur community to the children of this community."

Herald & Review photos/Lisa Morrison