Valley Vettes Corvette Club
The purpose of this social club is to promote the fellowship of Corvette enthusiasts.
June/July Club Events
Check out the Club Events page for more details
June 4 Board Meeting
June 6 Big Cheese Parade
June 7 Trip Around the Lake 55th Annual
Not a club event yet.
June 11 Club Meeting
June 13 75th Annual Flag Day Parade
June 27 Tour at Classic Mechanics
July 2 Board Meeting
July 9 Club Picnic 600th Meeting
Valley Vette News
New Banner on Display at the National Corvette Museum
Time is Short!
Please bring your Hot Wheel cars or a cash donation to the next club meeting. We are getting close and the final push is important to meeting our goal.
May 31 Dinner Cruise to Schwartz’s
It was a warm and sunny 76 degree day for a cruise. There were 14 cars and 27 people that attended the cruise to Schwartz’s in Saint Anna, mailing address New Holstein. We had great conversation, food and service.
Hosts: Greg Ziegler and Sue Krenz
May 3 Spring Kickoff Dinner Cruise
Nineteen cars left the Darboy Plaza on a sunny afternoon for a ride through the countryside. Unfortunately we lost one car due a mechanical issue. We ended up at Eddie Whipps Dining Hall located on Hwy 29 east of Green Bay. After a round of drinks and meeting a lot of the Whipp family, we sat down to a chicken dinner served family style with many side dishes and just when we thought we were done, a variety of desserts show up including yummy cream puffs! Well done! Thanks to those of you that participated in my cruise.
Host: Phil Gross
Corvette Museum News
Lainie and I are very happy to announce that Valley Vettes has officially reached Level 3 with the National Corvette Museum! We have received 4 NCM admission passes good through the end of 2026. Two Family & two Individual memberships to the NCM.
Valley Vettes should be very proud of this major accomplishment and we finished in the top 5 in the nation!
Also, we are nearing the end of the Hot Wheels drive and still have a lot of need cars to make our goal. Bring your Hot Wheels or Matchbox cars to the monthly meeting. We will also gladly accept cash donations to help purchase cars.
Mark & Lainie Renfro
April 12 2026 Chili Cook Off
We had a turn out of thirty one members, with six chili contestants, at the new location, Combined Locks Civic Center. Thanks go out to our chili contestants, Diane Blessing, Sharon Ziegler, Debbie Steichen, Sandy Bender, Joyce Allen, and an anonymous cook. Our guest judges this year were Brad Schinke Combined Locks Village Trustee and Michael Bartelme(Sue Krenz’s son). I’d like to thank everyone in attendance who brought add-ins, appetizers, or desserts, help set up or clean up and special thanks to my co-hosts Jim & Teresa Karls who not only took care of the judging, set up, cleaned up, but also arranged for the great room we had.
We were also graced by the presence of long time member, Ivan Schrodt who was visiting from Florida.
2026 Winners were:
People Choice Chili-Diane Blessing/chili #1
Judge Michael’s chili choice-Debbie Steichen/chili #2
Judge Brad’s chili choice-Sharon Ziegler/chili #3
Each winner received a plaque made by Marty Garofalo and a $25 Amazon gift card!
No one left hungry!
Hosts: Susan Meyer, Jim & Teresa Karls
April 7 Breakfast at Chico's
Happy Birthday Joyce
March 23 American Legion Pizza Fundraiser
Phil Gross and Susan Meyer were the only ones to attend the Fremont American Legion Pizza Fundraiser. THANKS PHIL for coming, I enjoyed learning more about your trips and the "Callaway"! We each enjoyed a beverage and a Pizza from the Hotel. Members, Ron and Barb Siebel showed up just as we were leaving. It was a beautiful day for a cruise, I wish it had been drier so we could have had the vettes out!
Host: Susan Meyer
March 22 Breakfast/Brunch
Due to a snow storm, our 3/15 Breakfast/Brunch was moved to Sunday 3/22.
Held at the OutPost in Sherwood, 14 people attended, including a guest Cindy
Reffke, a friend and Corvette owner of Susan’s.
About half of the group tried the “Build your own Bloody Mary Bar” which was a hit! We found out upon arriving that they didn’t have a breakfast menu, just Breakfast Buffet. All you can eat for $14. which included 2 choices of omelettes, and lots of other breakfast choices. I’ll be back to enjoy the food again! Great conversation was had by all. Thanks everyone for attending.
Host: Susan Meyer
Auto Trim Design
Back To Original Auto Body
Christensen Heating & Cooling
Cooney's Embroidery & Sportswear
Geiger Auto Body, Inc.
Georges Steak House
Jorns Chevrolet
Lathrop Real Estate
Mama D's Cafe
Marks East Side
Memorial Florists
Radtke Rhone Insurance
Randall's Auto Haus
Shiny Garage
Tennies Jewelry
The Damn Yankees
The Machine Shed
The Meat Block
The Outpost
The Waters Supper Club
Tri-County Overhead Door
Van Zeeland Oil Co
Wolf River Lodge Bar & Grill