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Go Fly A Kite
 
In the Spring of 1968 the club was but a few months of age and was starving for a treasury and really needed to wean themselves of the founding fathers purse strings.
 
The club was still small of membership and had but only a couple or so official club meetings. The club was desperate for any idea that might make for an interesting but more importantly a profitable event. 
 
Surprisingly enough several outlandish ideas were presented and one of those chose was the idea of having a kite flying contest. Back then it not matter if the event was Corvette related or not. The club badly needed capitol.
 
In 1968 most every member that joined the fledgling club truly understood how important fund raising was to the future success of the club. The vast majority on members were excited about the prospect of the novelty of having a Corvette club in Waco and was eager to supported that cause.  
 
One may ask how can funds be created with such a crazy idea. Well here is how it worked.
 
Prior to the event club officers provided the necessary funds to purchase kites and string for the contest. All kites and string was equal to assure fairness to all. The event was scheduled on a Sunday after lunch and the weather had to be good and it was. The event location was an area of undeveloped property in Bellmead, Texas close to the intersection of Hiway 84 and the now Loop 340. This property was also used for other events as well. Corvette Club members/contestants had to pay to participate (an entry fee) purchased their kites from the club at the price paid for them BUT the string also had to be purchased from the person in charge of string sales and it was sold by the 50 foot roll at a marked up price. When a participant got to the end of their string they would have to continue to buy string if they wished to remain competitive. The person that had their kite the highest or the most amount of recorded string won the award. Yes we had awards even when we were near broke. Would really like to find any awards from that event. History lost!
 
As can be imagined as with most every competition there were a very small group of particpants that opted not to confine there participation in the true spirit of competition and quickly figure out alternate methods of trying to short cut the system which caused alot of discussion so that event was never attempted again. Ashamed there are always of this caliber that existed and will and forever more.
 
It may have been a lame idea that profited the club well enough to reimburse the out of pocket expenses that primary offers invested.