Photo Album

The AACA LER March Presentation March 10, 2013 photos by Barb Noonan The Lake Erie Region hosted a presentation featuring the Union Volunteers Fife and Drum Corps in March. Jim Pace and Brian Seibel marched into our meeting at the Donovan Post in authentic civil war uniforms playing the fife and drum. Their demonstration explained the value of the Fife and Drum Corps during the civil war, and the pair played a number of different tunes as well. They explained their critical value in communications of tactical commands from the officers to the field soldiers as well as nearby troops.
Bob & Barb Manke offer split club tickets.	New Member Don Alexander	New Member Michael Mesi	Dennis Upton introduces the Fife & Drum Corps	Janet and Herm Kuebler listen to the corps as they march.


The AACA LER Annual Officer Installation Banquet January 26, 2013 photos by Lon Wilson & Steve Kepner
This first group of members earned more than 150 points in Member Activity Awards	This second group of members also earned more than 150 points in Member Activity Awards	These five people earned more than 200 points in Member activity Awards.	Barb and Ray Noonan present a new award to members who judged at the annual LER car show.	George S. Nash is presented the new Judges Trophy Board by Barb Noonan.	George R. "Bob" Nash is presented the new Judges Trophy Board.	George, Bob & Peggy Nash, Ed Erler, Kathy Vaccaro, Bob Manke, Dennis Powers, & Tim Cryan receive the Judges Trophy Board.	Ray & Barb Noonan, Mark Yearke, Al Forster, Elaine & John Haid, David Nash, Jonathan Agnello & Chuck Facklam receive the Judges Trophy Board.
Tim Cryan presents the Member Awards for Member Hosted Events while Ed Ferber looks on.	Outgoing President, Ed Ferber, installs new 2013 President, Al Forster.	Fred and Betty Coon visit with George Nash during the evening.	The new 2013 Board: Front Row: Darlene Powers, Barb Noonan, Lynelle Schloerb,-->	Al Forster, Lon Wilson Back Row: Russ Galbo, Tim Cryan, John Haid, Bob Manke, Chuck Facklam, Dennis Powers, Ed Ferber	Ken Knoll provides musical entertainment for the evening.	Ed Ferber, Ron Billo, Sam Yanek and Eileen Holden.
	The Forsters	The Schloerbs	The Facklams	The Erlers	The Kepners	Dave Nash & Jonathan Agnello

The AACA LER Christmas Party December 9, 2012 photos by Barb Noonan Dennis Upton and Peggy Nash entertained members with a fun skit. Eileen Holden arranged for table decorations and a nice buffet dinner that was served by her band of elves. Musical entertainment was also provided, and the turnout was well over 100. Eileen also collected donations of toys from members that she delivered to Children's Hospital of Buffalo.


The AACA LER Fall Foliage tour October 21, 2012 photos by Barb Noonan Ron Billo served as host of this tour that included not only viewing the leaf color changes of the New York southern tier countryside but also a stop at the Wizard Cooling custom radiator manufacturing plant, stops in Colden, Ellicottville, and Pumpkinville and a delicious meal at Holiday Valley.

The tour starts on Union heading south and we are in a Caddy following another Caddy.	The day is sunny and cloudy, cool, and a perfect day for a cruise in the country.	Members await their turn to visit the Wizard Cooling Plant.	Ray Noonan & Paul Crowley discuss cars...what else.	The line up of members cars on tour.	Valerie Wilson takes Loki for a walk.	Recent rains make the parking lot muddy but it doesn't stop our gang.	A beautiful fall tree stands majestic next to Ed Ferber's Chevy.
A Tour of the Wizard Cooling Plant
	The Wizard Cooling Plant Building	One of our tour guides explains the process of creating custom radiators.	Another tour guide takes us around the plant. George Nash has many questions for the guide.	Roger Ware's Ford is parked right outside the plant.	Mark Schleicher's Plymouth is parked at the street entrance of the plant.	The hills of the southern tier are filled with beautiful color.	Another tree is full of bright reds and oranges.
A Stop in Colden
	Gordy Allan stands in front of the Colden Market.	Our members visit the Colden Country Store.	Our cars line up on the corner in Colden.	A picturesque church stands tall in Colden	Tim Cryan and the Yearkes look over the snacks in the Market.	Fred and Betty Coon relax over a cup of coffee.
A Visit to Pumpkinville
	This place has pumpkins everywhere	Lon and Valerie take Loki to visit the pigs and chickens.	This puppy loves his visit to Pumpkinville.	The Galbos watch the corn shooting contest.	This is the place to come for a good pumpkin selection.	These pumpkins are in front of the cider mill.	Our member cars get front row parking.
And Ellicottville
	Main Street	Some of our members relax in the tavern.	Town Hall	The Town Clock
And finally, Holiday Valley
	The Holiday Valley Main Lodge	Our dinner is in this lodge	The lodge room is big and in a beautiful setting.	President, Ed Ferber, thanks members for attending.	Ron Billo, our host, has taken us on a great tour.	The color of the valleys and hills is endless.

The AACA LER Overnighter September 16 and 17, 2012 photos by Barb Noonan Al and Janice Forester put a great two-day tour together for AACA LER members to enjoy. Sunday started with a breakfast at Milo's in Williamsville, then we boarded our cars, started our engines, and ventured on the road through the WNY countryside with a first stop at the Gooseneck Hill Waterfowl Sanctuary. This place has about 150 geese and ducks and the sanctuary owners share their love for these creatures and impress us with this special place for an awesome variety of waterfowl. Our next stop is Ellicottville where the annual car show that fills the town streets is in progress. After this stop we head west through Jamestown and land at our hotel, Chautauqua Suites on the banks of the Lake in Mayville. Our dinner is at Olive's in the hotel and Ray Noonan entertains us after dinner with his style of ragtime piano music. We are up early on Monday, and travel to Jamestown, arriving at the Cummins - Jamestown Engine Plant. This is the assembly plant for the giant engines for trucks. The company staff are very accommodating, providing us with a walking tour while answering all of our questions. Our final stop is the 21 Brix Winery, where we have a delicious lunch and some wine tasting.

Kathy & Steve Vaccaro, Bob Manke	Donna Vergils, Betty Coon, Loraine Todd	Valerie Wilson, Fred Coon, Lowell Todd	Our Overnighter Leader, Al Forester	Al Forrest, Tim Cryan	Mark & Sue Yearke, Bob Hartinger	Barb Manke, Marilyn Hartinger, Miriam Foshee, Russ & Jackie Galbo	Al provides direction for the tour as we get started

Follow the leader, with Al in his Mercedes Convertible	The cars line up at the first stop - the Gooseneck Hill Waterfowl Sanctuary	We learn about the "house birds" with owner Rosemary Miner. This one is an African gray parrot.	This bird is preening Rosemary's hair. She says it doesn't hurt.	This bird has a beautiful color neck feathers and loves being petted.	The koi fish help to keep the ponds clean.	The Barhead is from India. It is the highest flying bird in the world.	The Ne-Ne-only Endangered Goose in the U.S. They liked the lettuce greens we fed them.

Three Barheads stroll the bank.	These birds scattered as we approached on our tour.	This is the lower sanctuary, that is used for the younger flock, and for all of the flock during the winter months.	A beautiful pair of Emperor Geese from Alaska.	A trio of Barnacle Geese from Scotland	Beautiful coloring on the Red-Breasted - Endangered Goose from Siberia.	A gagle of Falcated Teal.	Scaups from Alaska.

A Hottentot Teal - the smallest duck in the world, only 6 ounces, from Africa.	Puna Teals from Peru. The male and female have identical markings.	The Long Tailed Duck	A Red-Crested Pochard from Europe	More Puna teals	Some beautiful ducks resting on the shore.	A Mandarin Duck - the most colorful duck from Japan.	One of the female ducks watching the flock.

A female Puna Teal	An air balloon flies high in the sky on the way to our hotel	The depot in Mayville on the shores of Chautauqua Lake	Our hotel - the Chatauqua Suites	Ray Wedekindt, Barb Able, Ray Noonan, George Nash, and Kathy Vaccaro	Mark Schleicher, Ron Billo & Mark Brylinski	The Galbos and the Coons	Our new members discuss this event with event chair, Al Forester

Noonans' follow Ed Ferber's newest Chevy	The cars on tour line up in the front parking lot of the Cummins - Jamestown Engine Plant					Paul Crowley & Roger Ware George Nash stands next to one of these huge engines. >

	Our last stop is the 21 Brix Winery	We enjoy a delicious lunch at this stop.	Marilyn Hartinger, Mark Schleicher, Betty Coon	The LER gang enjoys a little wine tasting.	Kathy Vaccaro, Mark Schleicher, Ken Knoll

The AACA LER August Visit to Forest Lawn Cemetery and the Buffalo Waterfront August 12, 2012 Chuck Facklam was the host of this great event that took LER members on a guided tour of Forest Lawn Cemetery where we visited gravesites of many famous people from Buffalo, including some from the automotive industry. Next was a driving tour to the see the gardens and homes in Elmwood Village, a stop at Canalside in the downtown Buffalo waterfront, and a meal at the Pearl Street Grille. photos by Barb Noonan

Sandy Starks and Peter Filim were our guides for this tour. The first stop was at the Blocher Mausoleum, which is world famous, and has some symbolism attached to it. The Blocher family produced shoes and boots and when the son died, this mausoleum was created for him. He is laid out with Mom and Dad nearby, and is wearing a very prominent pair of boots. This family was the first to create both a right and left shoe, when previously all shoes were made to wear on either foot.

The George N Pierce Mausoleum, which houses about eight family members, includes some very elaborate windows, floors, walls and a small lobby. George actually showed up in person at Birge Mausoleum site and talked about his life in producing the Pierce Arrow automobile. He had some nice things to say about the array of antique cars we had driven.

Sandy and Peter talked about the Frank Lloyd Wright designed crypts that expand across a section of the cemetery and appear to be a series of steps, the high steps in the set being the most expensive. Some of these are still available for purchase. The Darwin Martin family has a plot in Forest Lawn, with a stone designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. Millard Fillmore has a family plot on a hill with a very tall marker, and a very simple stone that says "M.F.". Our visit included stops at the Cramer Mausoleum, and the Oishei Mausoleum a well.

After the cemetery tour, Chuck provided us with a tour through the Elmwood Village to see all the pretty old homes with their colorful array of beautiful gardens, and then a visit to the Buffalo Waterfront and Canalside. Chuck provided some nice background on the discovery of the beginning of the Erie Canal and how the waterfront has started to develop. The area includes some Naval Ships, tall masted ships, the Miss Buffalo, the Moondance Catamaran, the concert venue on the waterfront, and our final stop was a delicious meal at the Pearl Street Grille.

The AACA LER 60th ANNUAL CAR SHOW June 10, 2012 photos by Lon Wilson

Registration at the car show is a constant stream of beautiful automobiles. The registration team is busy from early morning right thru to closing the gates at noon.

Jay Milligan's 1910 Stanley Steamer	Dennis Powers explains some judging details	David Nash checks out this engine for judging	Bob Nash & Mark Bojek complete judging forms	Ray Noonan checks out the car classes	Shirline Schmitt provides some directions to Ken Knoll	Pedal cars are found in the flea market	Lynn Waterstat's 1966 T-Bird

Rows and rows of a wide-variety of cars fill the show field.

Richard Koch's 1939 Flint	A high level view of the show field					Larry Nagode's 1947 Chevrolet	George Nashes 1936 Chevrolet Sedan

The AACA LER Rustbuster Tour May 6, 2012 Each May, the Lake Erie Region sets up a tour in May to encourage members to get their antique autos out of storage, dust them off, fill up the tank and go for a ride. This year, Tim Cryan put together a great tour that stared out on May Street in Lancaster and started our travel through the Western New York countryside to Yancy's Fancy for a first stop at this great cheese factory. After that we enjoyed a ride with a rest stop at a great gift shop and a walk through an impressive garage, known as Muscle Car Alley, with some restorations in progress throughout the facility. Our tour ended after about two hours of driving at the Hearth for a delicious dinner. What a great way to spend a Sunday under blue skies and sunshine! photos by Barb Noonan

Some of Lake Erie Region's pride and joys	Sue and Mark Yearke	Lowell Todd, Roger Ware are in car related discussions	Elaine & John Haid	Mark Brylinski's new Chrysler	Steve Vaccaro & Bob Nash in front of Steve's GMC truck	The muscle car garage has some great cars in various stages of restoration

More muscle cars in the garage	John Haid and Lon Wilson check out the paint bay	Fred Coon	Mark Schleicher and George Nash	The Warnicks and Ron Billo	The cars are lined up at the gift shop and muscle car garage stop	Looking up the car line-up toward the gift shop.	Mike Kosmowski's 1954 Buick Century

The AACA National Meeting in Philadelphia, PA February 9 to 11, 2012 photos by Ed Group

1917 V8 Chevrolet	1925 Buick	1932 Chevrolet	1941 Chevrolet	1957 Jaguar	1958 Chevrolet	1977 Pontiac Firebird	President's Dinner Table Favor

Brenda & Steve Rinaldo	Mary & Joseph Gagliano	Rachel & Steve Boger	Rachel Boger & Shayna Geller	<-----------	Simeone Museum	----------->	----------->

The AACA LER Annual Installation Banquet January 21, 2012 AACA LER members and guests enjoyed a lovely evening at the Polish Falcons celebrating members' achievements for 2011 and the installation of the 2012 president, Ed Ferber, and the new board. Shirline Schmitt was the hostess of this great event and the food, entertainment by Ken Knoll, MC compliments of Ray Winzig were perfect. photos by Barb Noonan





Lake Erie Region's Awesome Autos July 2011 on the banks of Lake Ontario in Wilson, NY photos by Barb Noonan If you are interested in an 8x10 print of your car, contact Barb Noonan.
Stevo & Lana Baich 1946 Buick	Mark Schleicher 1954 Packard	Gary & Linda Harrod 1937 Chevrolet	Roger Ware 1955 Ford	Mark & Sue Yearke 1969 Chevelle	Bob & Eileen MacDonald Mustang Cobra	Fred & Betty Coon 1949 Ford	Jerre & Noreen Walker 1936 Ford
Donald & Carol Conklin 1939 Ford	Russ & Jackie Galbo 1969 Buick Skylark	Don & Doris Warnick 1951 Chevrolet	Jennifer & Mark Przybylski 1973 Charger	Fred & Connie Warnick 1953 Chevrolet	Chuck Facklam 1966 International	Gary & Vallie Alt 1935 Chevrolet	Paul & Donna Crowley 1953 Chevrolet
John & Elaine Haid 1967 Buick Skylark	Paul Troppman 1975 Chevrolet Caprice	Ed Ferber 1957 Chevrolet	Joe & Peggy Bropst 1963 Corvair	Paul Vergils 1935 Dodge	Steve & Kathy Vaccaro 1968 Chevelle	Lon & Valerie Wilson 1970 Cougar	Bob & Peggy Nash 1938 Chevrolet
			Ray & Barb Noonan 1955 Buick	George Nash 1968 Cadillac