WANADA Bulletin # 17-07 May 10, 2007 BOBBY MITCHELL HALL OF FAME CLASSIC Better Than Ever, Get On Board Today! Five New Hall of Famers Join BMC F.B.O. Leukemia /Lymphoma Research July 7 & 8, Lansdowne Resort bile Dealers Association, July 7 boys, will join tournament vet- and July 8, 2007 at the Lans- erans such as Oscar Robertson, downe Resort in Leesburg, Vir- Steve Largent, Sonny Jurgen- ginia. sen, and Meadowlark Lemon as More than five Hall of Fam- part of a field of nearly 50 pro ers new to this year’s golf clas- football and basketball legends sic, including James Lofton of who will donate their time to the Green Bay Packers and Ray- this truly classic event. field Wright of the Dallas Cow- (Continued on page 2) WASHINGTON AUTO SHOW UPDATE Charlie Stringfel- low (left) and Bobby Mitchell signing an auto- Tamara graph for a young fan at the 2006 Darvish with Hall of Fame Classic Steve Wilhite, COO of Hyundai News Flash: 2007 Hall of Motor America on Fame inductees Roger Wehrli recent WANADA of the St. Louis Cardinals and visit to LA-based Charlie Sanders of the Detroit automakers Lions will join fellow sports legends for the 17th anniversary of the largest annual hall of fame reunion, The Bobby Import Automakers Updated on WAS Vision Mitchell/TOYOTA Hall of Fame Preparations for The Washington Auto Show (WAS) is an ongo- Golf Classic sponsored by ing process, which includes an annual visit by WANADA leader- Washington Area New Automo- ship to the California headquarters of import automakers to update executives on the rising status of WAS as a tier-one, international show. Inside… “This trip gives us an opportunity to sit with them, review the LoJack to the Rescue……….p.2 KINDRED KORNER: E-Tec....p.3 success of last year’s show and discuss our strategy and plan for the AutoTrader Sweepstakes upcoming show and how we can work with them as partners relative Winner…………….…….....p.4 to their participation in The Washington Auto Show,” said WANADA Open………….……p.4 WANADA CEO Gerard Murphy. “It’s also important to provide a Wash. Business Journal Article On SoberRide……….….…p.4 (Continued on page 3) Page 2 WANADA Bulletin # 17-07 May 10, 2007 BOBBY MITCHELL HALL OF FAME CLASSIC the Leukemia and Lymphoma event. Society nearly ten years ago, the The Bobby mission has been to accelerate Mitchell Hall the pace and promise of cancer of Fame Golf research. “Together, we have Classic offers raised and funded over $5 mil- a myriad of lion for research and patient ser- opportunities vices,” she said, noting that the to get in- survival rate among those volved, in- stricken with blood cancer is cluding re- over 50%, overall. warding spon- The exciting two-day event sorships and is complete with networking, donations of receptions, exceptional celebri- auction items, ties, dinner, along with practice player participation, and spe- Redskin Hall of Famer Sonny Jur- and tournament rounds with the cial event attendance. For in- gensen shows off his golf swing at the 2006 Bobby Mitchell/Toyota Hall NFL and NBA Hall of Famers. formation call Tamara Darvish of Fame Classic. Lansdowne Resort, now with at (301) 622-0300. two championship golf courses (Continued from page 1) and top shelf facilities, takes the LoJack Helps Recover Once again, WANADA is event to a level of exclusivity. Land Rover Stolen in VA the golf tournament sponsor of Hall of Famers confirmed the 2007 Bobby Mitchell Hall besides Former Redskins organ- LoJack Corporation reports of Fame Golf Classic benefiting izer Bobby Mitchell include: that its Stolen Vehicle Recov- the Leukemia & Lymphoma Lem Barney, Bobby Bell, Elvin ery System was instrumental in Society, and event Co- Bethea, Mel Blount, Lou Creek- assisting police recover a Land Chairman Tamara Darvish of mur, Joe DeLamielleure, Bill Rover that had been reported DARCARS, an officer of Dudley, Carl Eller, Wayne stolen in Virginia. WANADA, is inviting dealer Embry, Hal Greer, Marques A Newark, New Jersey po- members and other area busi- Haynes, Ted Hendricks, Ken lice aviation unit received a ness leaders to get on board for Houston, Sam Huff, Charlie signal from the LoJack- a fabulous event. Joiner, Sam Jones, Sonny Jur- equipped Land Rover, and the “Every once in a while an gensen, Leroy Kelly, Paul helicopter tracked the LoJack event comes along with just the Krause, Willie Lanier, Yale signal to a steel shipping con- right mix of theme, location, Lary, Dante Lavelli, Meadow- tainer sitting at a Newark port purpose and panache to be truly lark Lemon, Larry Little, James awaiting shipment overseas. memorable, and I believe we’ve Lofton, Tom Mack, Gino When the container was done exactly that with the Marchetti, Mike McCormack, opened, police found the Land Bobby Mitchell Hall of Fame Tommy McDonald, Lenny Rover they had been tracking Golf Classic,” said Darvish in a Moore, Anthony Munoz, Joe along with two other stolen ve- letter to WANADA members Perry, Mel Renfro, Oscar hicles. The investigation into and friends. Last year, the Robertson, Charlie Sanders, this illegal export operation is BMC’s combined efforts raised Bob St. Clair, Billy Shaw, John ongoing, but LoJack says its $705,000 for the Leukemia and Stallworth, Jan Stenerud, Char- tracking system was also in- Lymphoma Society, which Dar- ley Taylor, Charley Trippi, Paul strumental in helping police vish and other organizers are Warfield, Roger Wehrli, Dave uncover four chop shops and looking to top this year, “on the Wilcox, Kellen Winslow and one international theft opera- road to $1million.” Rayfield Wright. More names tion in five different states in Darvish points out that since will be added closer to the April. WANADA began working with WANADA Bulletin # 17-07 May 10, 2007 Page 3 KINDRED KORNER Import Automakers Powering up With E-Tec (Continued from page 1) progress report on our vision to transition “Even though your electrical sys- Washington into the Congressional Auto tem may look good from the surface, Show,” he said. an electrical hazard may be lurking Meeting with top automaker leadership at below! And as a WANADA Kindred Hyundai, Honda, Toyota, Jaguar and Land Member, we understand how impor- Rover was a WANADA delegation that in- tant electrical power is to dealers,” says Molly Williams, an engineer and cluded Charlie Stringfellow, Brown Automo- very persuasive salesperson for Elec- tive Group; Tamara Darvish, DARCARS; tric Technologies Inc. (E-Tec Inc.) Gerard Murphy; Barbara Pomerance and Bob Molly Williams E-Tec Inc. is a full service electri- Yoffe WAS promotions director and show cal, certified minority, contracting firm located in Chan- manager, respectively. WANADA leaders be- tilly, VA, and serving the greater DC area. The company lieve their automaker partners are recognizing provides Electrical Preventive Maintenance (EPM) ser- the value and importance of a major auto show vices to commercial, industrial, retail, government, and in Washington that is coming through in meet- military markets with general electrical construction/ ings like WANADA had with the Los Angeles- electrical service work. sitused automaker executives last week. A quality EPM program will offer these benefits: • Minimize business interruption due to electrical fail- ure. • Minimize life safety risks associated with electrical distribution system malfunctions. • Reduce, on average, $1,000-$4,000 in wasted utili- ties. • Meet insurance requirements for risk reduction due to electrical failure. • Meet manufacturer’s requirements for periodic main- tenance. • Meet requirements for NEC, NFPA, and OSHA. • Increase your electrical distributions system’s life Above, from left: Bernie Bradford, Toyota national expectancy from 17 years without an EPM to an aver- manager corporate marketing department; Tamara Darvish; Donna Walter, Toyota manager, auto shows, age of 35 years with a quality EPM. and Charlie Stringfellow. Below left: Stringfellow with • Provide asset management by documenting your Hannah Ashor, auto show event specialist, Jaguar Electrical Distribution System. Cars/Land Rover North America. Below right: String- E-Tec’s EPM services also include: inspection by li- fellow and Bob Yoffe with Anne Clinard, communica- tions and PR manager, Jaguar Cars. The WANADA censed electricians, infrared thermography, de-energized group also met with American Honda public relations services, voltage & current diagnostics, power quality, and auto show executives Kurt Antonius, Brian Butts, ultrasonic service, and electronic documentation of your Steven Montes, and William Palm, Jr., who are not pic- EPM program. tured. “We guarantee Electrical Distribution System for life!,” says Williams. “Most insurance providers require an EPM program, and the cost is tax deductible.” In addition to general electrical construction, E-Tec has ex- pertise in fire alarms, security systems, data/telephone, fiber optics, instrumentation/telemetry, energy manage- ment, and electrical preventive maintenance. For more information Contact Molly Williams at Elec- tric Technologies Inc. Mid-Atlantic Division, 14700-G Flint Lee Road, Chantilly, VA 20151; tel: (703) 961- 8830, (571) 436-9773 (cell); [email protected]. Page 4 WANADA Bulletin # 17-07 May 10, 2007 LUCKY LADY! AutoTrader Sweepstakes Winner Ms. Brenda Palmquist (center) of Alexandria was the lucky winner of the AutoTrader.com $25,000 Sweepstakes at the Washington Auto Show in January. She was randomly se- lected as the Grand Prize Winner last month and recently received her big check from AutoTrader.com District Sales Manager Denise Adebesin (left) and Consultant Sandra Wilson. The check presentation was made at Springfield Toyota in Springfield, VA, an AutoTrader.com dealer cus- tomer and conveniently located for Palmquist, who said she plans to use some of the money to get the brakes re- paired on her current car before thinking about buying her “dream car,” a MINI Cooper. DON’T MISS OUT!!!! 2007 WANADA Open Monday, June 4, Lansdowne Resort We can’t bear to think of anyone being left out of an extraordinary day of golf, dinner and awards at the annual WANADA Open, Monday June 4, at the spectacular new Golf Club at Lansdowne Resort in Lees- burg, VA.