Welcome to the 3rd Quarter Newsletter.
                                                 July 2025

We lost another member since the last newsletter. Lon Olson of Des Lacs past away. The Magic City Car and Trade Show went well. The Magic Place at the fairgrounds was filled with cars, vendors and the RC Cars track. The Dakota Cruisers did well with memberships, raffle ticket sales and clothing. On April 19th we had our first cruise of the season to Carpio. We went to the Des Lacs Valley Toy Museum. WOW! what a place, filled with all types of toys, mostly farm related. Pete, one of the curators that showed us around said they have over 10,000 toys in the building. There was about 20 of us that had a beautiful day to cruise there. It's a free will donation to see it and the club made a donation to them also.

June 8th we went to Rugby for their Rhubarb festival and car show at their museum. The 2 of us that cruised there had a good time, 2 other members showed up later in the day. Weather was a bit cool and one rain shower around 2PM but lots of buildings to be in and they had music and lots of good food. They had 62 really nice cars turn out for the event. 

Motor Magic and Season Finale will be here before we know it. Both will need lots of help to make them successful! Contact Bruce Chapman or Blaine Klein to help with Motor Magic. Setup Friday. Work admission table. Work Model car show. Raffle ticket sales. Clothing sales.

Season Finale will need help also. Contact Michael Nelson, Gene Tague or Mike Enslin to help. Plan on signing up to help or Season Finale will go away. We changed to Friday night and Saturday only this year due to lack of help from our membership. The following are areas that will need help. Registration both days. Raffle ticket Sales both days. Friday night Activities at Moose Lodge. Set up car show at Pioneer Museum on Saturday morning. Saturday activities at Museum. Bus tour guides for garage tours. Shuttle bus driver to mall? Saturday night meal and awards setup at Bones event center. There is a Finale flier included in this Newsletter. If you want the newsletter to continue we need info from members.

Presidents Message
Well, here it is June already. I can't believe it, but here it is. I can't believe how many small towns and even larger towns have car and truck and motorcycle events. I can't almost keep up with the dates and times and events. MAFB car show/open house, Sherwood, Devils Run, 4 Bears, and on and on!!! Please check the club web site at: www.dakotacruisers.org and decide which one or more of the shows/events you can attend. The first Wednesday in July, July 2nd we will be having the club meeting in Burlington at Old Settlers Park. Same as the Surrey event. We'll try and eat at 6 or so. Bring your lawn chairs. Catered by "The Big Dog Saloon". Cost is only $8 per person. Come and enjoy. July 2nd! (First Wednesday in July!!).

Actually, my hat is off to any small town that puts on a show or event to have everyone enjoy. We all know what it takes. As a matter of fact, we can get to enjoy these shows by just driving our classics to their towns. Then we kick into gear: Motor Magic and then the Season Finale. Fun times ahead. Each are taking different turns and will be fun times for all of us. Even if you volunteer to help somewhere, this is what makes this club neat...the help we get to pull off these two great events!

Raffle tickets are selling like hot cakes! Only $1 each. Easy sell for everyone! And for $10, you get 11 tickets. A great deal. We did our early Bird drawing at U-Haul on Wednesday, June 4th. The winning ticket was pulled by Jarrod Nelson with 3 Club officers there. Winner: Mr. Ron Patten of Minot. Thanks to The Minot Automotive Company for supplying this Automotive Detail coupon! And thanks to all who have bought tickets so far and keep going!

Continued prayers for all of the members of this great club. Some spouses have lost love ones, some have health issues, and -- well, just keep all members and their family members in the prayer chain. Thank you.

I hope to see a lot of you on the 2nd of July in Burlington. Should be a fun evening. Rain or shine. Bring a lawn chair!!

Thanks to our business members for their continued support. It really helps with our activities throughout the year.

Keep in mind, please, no alcohol will be allowed at The Moose Club for our monthly meetings. At least, none in the meeting/dining room. Only in the bar area, and only for Moose Club members. We'll keep announcing this, but please help here. If anyone brings alcohol into the dining room, there is a $169.00 fee charged to the cruisers.

Anyway, let's enjoy the summer and get those cars out and drive them. That's what they are for! 

George Masters,
President Dakota Cruisers 

Calender of Events:
July 12th Mohall car show
July 16th Wings and Wheels, Dakota Territory Air Museum 6PM
July 18th-20th Street Machine Nationals St Paul MN
July 19th State Fair Parade
Aug.1-3 Western Canadian Nationals, Brandon MB
Aug. 2-3 Pioneer Village Museum Minot car show
Aug.9 Car Show Garrison Aug. 16 Car Show Carson ND
Aug. 29-31 Motor Magic Sept. 12-13 Season Finale 

Club Officers & Board Members President George Masters
Vice President Michael Nelson
Treasurer Dave Alberts
Secretary Tina Chapman
Board Member Dennis Zieman
Board Member Bruce Chapman
Board Member Jason Bratvold
Board Member Blaine Klein
Board Member Gene Tague
Email- [email protected]
Facebook- Dakota Cruisers Car Club
Website-www.dakotacruisers.org
Hotline-701-852-KARS (5277)

BUSINESS MEMBERS
Please support our Business members
Aardahl Insurance Agency,
State Farm, 2151 36th Ave SW Minot 839-3436
AutoValue, 1539 S. Broadway, Minot, 701-852-0511
Big O Tires 701 21st Ave SE Minot ND 701-578-8844
Buffalo Wild Wings, 3820 S. Broadway, Minot, 701-838-9464
C&R Radiator, 2112 E. Sweet Ave, Bismarck, 701-223-0585
Farmers Union Insurance, 701 3rd St NE, Minot, 701-852-4061
Funtyme DJ, 18 Harmony Blvd, Surrey, 701,721,0621
Hacienda Restaurant, 135 Colton Ave, Burlington, 701-838-7099
Harry's Tire, 1604 20th Ave SE, Minot, 701-838-1823
Jerry's Repair & Alignment, 1306 1st St SW, Minot, 701-852-0332
LFS Elite 111 45th Ave NE Ste D, Minot, 701-818-9694
Magic City Auto & Truck Repair, 406 20th St SE, Minot, 701-852-2589
Masters Auctions, PO Box 215 Minot 701-227-0746
Master Restorations, 2500 20th Ave SE, Minot, 701-240-6771
Mi Mexico, 3816 S. Broadway, Minot, 701-858-0777
Minot Automotive 3615 S. Broadway Minot 701-852-0151
Minot Welding, 915 30th St NW, Minot, 701-838-0513
North Country Sportswear, 5320 N. Broadway, Minot
North Velocity Repair, 300 30th Ave NW #N, Minot 701-240-3529
NW Tire, 1500 20th Ave SE, Minot, 701-852-3308
Paul Siebert Financial & Insurance, 1125 N Broadway, Minot, 701-833- 9086
Ryan Chevrolet, 1800 S Broadway Minot 701-852-3571
The Remote Start Guy, 3108 Willow Lane SE Minot 701-500-5196
The Muffler Shop, 725 20th Ave SE, Minot, 701-852-7473