ANOTHER SHOW

It is 5:31 a.m. Patrick got up with me and went downstairs to sleep with Junior on the couch as he is wont to do every morning. Boarder is in Rm #4 with two cats.

That guy that killed his wife and baby got convicted yesterday and will go to prison for life. Shepherd Smith of Fox commented "He killed His wife because he didn't like his sex life. Wonder how he'll like it now?" BURN!

Another show:

Kroozin in the Park to be better, promoter says

June event to change a little this year

BY GEORGE DICKEN
reporter@comteck.com

Published: Sunday, June 8, 2008 1:09 AM EDT

It might never be as big as James Dean weekend for antique cars, but Jerry Hendey, show chairman for the Ninth Street Gang Car Club, couldn’t be more pleased with the progress of Kroozin in the Park set for June 27 and 28 at Marion’s Matter Park.

In its third year, the show has seen significant growth each year. Hendey anticipates more than 600 cars this year.

“I have goodie bags for more than 600 car owners this year,” he said. “Hopefully, we will have that many. Our first year we had 275 cars. That broke my heart because I wanted 1,000. The second year we went to 407. If we have the same increase this year, we should be over 600.”

Counting the entrants is easy. Determining attendance at the show proves more difficult.

“We’re so busy with the show that we don’t have time to make a count, but we have estimated the crowds at 4,000 to 5,000,” Hendey said. “We are hoping for a lot more. Our goal is not to equal the James Dean weekend, but to build toward that. Eventually, we hope to hit 2,000 cars.”

The show will run from 4 to 9 p.m. June 27 and 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. June 28.

“We will have all kinds of craft booths,” Hendey said. “We will have automotive parts dealers. A Lifeline helicopter flew in last year and that will probably be back again this year. We will have everything. We will have cars from $4,000 all the way up to $250,000. Last year we had a Duesenberg and a Cord This year we're hoping to have Trader Rick Jr.'s hot 2002 "Last of the Breed Trans-Am, as well as some other rather famous local cars.”[Ed. Just kidding!]

The club has made some changes for the 2008 show.

“We are changing the judging area to speed things up,” Hendey said. “We had a really good band, The Bel Aires out of Fort Wayne, on Friday night. This year we aren’t doing that because Friday is a poor night for us. Last year, we only had 85 cars there. Instead, I have hired Brandon Howard from Fairmount, an Elvis impersonator, to perform for a couple of hours and we will have the top 50 awards on Friday instead of the band. In addition we will be giving some specialty awards.”

Also, last year the show presented 93 awards on Saturday. This year it will have 130.

“We will be separating the cars into classes — the 2000 cars, the 1990 cars, the ’80 cars,” Hendey said. “When we get into the ’70s and before, we break those into categories — roadsters, coupes — 41 different categories altogether. With that many, we think we have just about everything covered.”

The club donates all proceeds for its shows to charity.

“Not a dime is spent on the club,” Hendey said. “Each October we meet to decide whether the money will go to one charity or distributed among several. Whatever charities we donate to have to be 501 charities. This year it will go to the Marion-Grant County Senior Center. We have donated to them three years now. Last year we donated $8,750.”

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