The Prez Says… June 2008
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The Prez Says… June 2008 by John Lillian In This Issue Last weekend, thanks to Glenn & Marilyn Pierce, Ken Brown Page 2 and Mel & Evie Dias, we had our fabulous 50Th anniversary picnic Porsche Past at McNielly Park in Clovis. Among our distinguished guests were New Website Link Kurt Gibson, Vice President of National PCA and his wife Angie. Also present were Larry Sharp, Zone 7 Representative and his Page 3 wife KC. What’s Driving David? We had approximately 45 cars lined up on the beautiful lawn at POTM McNeilly Park. Wouldn't you know it had to be one of the hottest Picnic in the Park days of the year? Dave Goerlich had a professional photographer taking pictures of Page 4 every ones car and they should be on the web site real soon. The food was plentiful Michael Porsche Ad and delicious; also, we had lots of raffle prizes. Upcoming Events Our next celebration will be the Oktoberfest on October 4th. This will be held at the lovely home of Barry and Annelie Lockton. There will be more information at a Page 5 later date. I hope the weather will be a little cooler. Dave Goerlich will be in charge Porsche Pantry of this event, so anyone who would like to help let Dave know; phone #439-2887. PCA Region Focus Online As most of you know we have secured an auto cross site. The location is Shields Name Badge Info and Biola Streets, near Kerman. Our first event will be on Sunday June 8th. For Contact Info more information contact Kevin Molineaux at 233-8467. This first event will be low- PCA Podcasts key. We will focus on learning to set-up, test and operate the timing equipment, Coastal Weekend developing basic operational procedures, as well as some discussion about course set-up and driving. Page 6 David Crabtree has set up a super tour to Yosemite on Sunday, June 22nd. You Ahwahnee Buffet and should be registered by now – if you haven’t and are still interested, Call David at Classifieds 960-1129 to check on space availability. Page 7 PCA Raffle Don't forget to make your din- Zone 7 Concours #3 ner reservations for the June 10th dinner meeting at Chapala Page 8 Grill. Contact Evie Dias at 446- GGR Car Control Clinic 0400 before Sunday the 8th of June. And as always don't forget Page 9 raffle prizes.............. The Carolina Trophy See you there… Page 10 The Hottest Cayenne Ever Evie & Marilyn John Page 11 Our Picnic Hostesses Porsche in the News For Zeitung Subscription Information, email: [email protected] Page 1 Porsche past… by Glenn Pierce History—History—History Well the picnic is History. More next time, deadlines etc. I think we left off on the 12 day 4- nite Ensenada Trip! Our June dinner meeting was at Walkers 5/27/85, B-B-Q, swimming - oh yeah! swimsuits. Here's one for you 5/14/85 no dinner meeting; instead it's "Goerlich's Malibu Grand Prix," and later a box dinner. You new members, Malibu Grand Prix car tack was where Costco is now on Blackstone & Herndon! Tours were to Columbia in May led by Mike Wickstrom. Gotta do that again. In July we toured to PCNA at Reno (Sparks NV) $45.00 per nice at the nugget, Wow, what a trip. Ask some old Mem- ber. Little known fact P.C.A. has 5000 members and a projected 11,000 by 1972, what is it in 2008? Dining out for July at the Tokyo Gardens for $11.00 each, included dessert, call Shari. Here's one for you, 356 gathering at Briggs Cunningham Museum in Costa Mesa; Lunch & Tour at $10.00 per person. Porsche Past Prices 1/5/65 Shalumar Resturant 10 oz steak or Lobster Tails $4.00 1/16/67 Gourmet Basque Dinner 9 items includes wine $7.00 Drinks .50cents 8/5/69 Tropicana Lodge, Beef Brochettes $5.25 per person 11/30/74 Sunnyside Country Club, Cocktails/Dinner/Dance $12.50 per person 2/2/75 Pardini’s, Beef Brochettes $6.25 per person 2/12/80 Phoenix West, Asian Buffet $7.00 per person 3/3/81 Feed & Fuel, Top Sirloin $10.00 per person 3/82 Papagallo Mexican $7.95 per person 10/4/83, El Torito $8.50 per person August 17, 1985: We toured to Riverland on a Saturday. We had dinner, humidity & mosquitoes for $13.00 per person. Instead of our annual Death Valley Fall Tour, Dick Arnold is going North to Mendocino. Yeah, you thought Dave & Glenn had always done this; wrong. According to Dick the rates are too high so we are going to stay in Fort Bragg at $58.30 per night, including tax & blankets. Mike Wickstrom is heading up the Monterey Historics. Rooms for rent at $150 … for 2 nights. Well, in Sept. 1985 the V.P. had the dubious honor of prepar- ing the election procedures. Hey! try being a V. P. Its fun, call Fred & he will throw your name in the hat. Also don't miss the Santa Barbara Wine Tour, 10/19 & 20 S.J.R. went “sideways” … before the movie! Here's tears in your eyes, 1973 911RS seen at Sports Car Fantasies $28,500.00, Ron Walker bought it, repainted it and sold it; Sorry Ron, someone else has a gem now! In Oct. 1985 Cheryl is working on the Election Committee for 1986; sure she is. Our Nov. 19, 1985 dinner meeting was at Cask & Cleaver $12.00 per person. Call Shari. The Mendocino trip was a blast. Stopped in Yountville for lunch, stayed at the Little River Inn, Lots’a C. B. chatter; had a great dinner, then searched out the night - life (which turned out to be Grazing Deer), ask Shari! Christmas party in 1985 at Uni- versity Piccadilly Inn, $55.00 per couple, door prizes, frolic! Fun Fun. Gone but not forgotten. Until Next Time, Glenn For up-to-the-minute information, Check out our website: PCA Sequoia Website Page 2 What’s Driving David ? by David Crabtree, Zeitung Editor Spring has about sprung all it’s gonna spring. The wildflowers along the foothill roadways are faded at the lower elevations. The weather has been mighty fickle and it appears that it might continue the trend for a short time longer. Summer is approaching and in the Central Valley, we know it can get quite warm. Take a look at the calendar to see what we’ve got in store for you. A tour to the Sierra high country on the longest day of the year and a tour to the Monterey Coast on what could be one of the warmest. The anniversary picnic was a wonderful experience, especially for this relatively new and young member. Seeing the whole family of Porsches lined up, the pictures of gatherings past, and listening to reminiscing “old-timers” really put a shine on the Porsche experience for this newbie. (that and all the Adam’s car-care products I won in the raffle.) What a success thanks to so many people who helped with the organizing, set-up and clean up. Special thanks to the McNeilly’s for sharing their “park” with us for the day. There are photos on the website, and more to come – courtesy of Rick Dodd Photography; thanks, Rick. For those of you who have been waiting and wanting for a local Porsche autocross, there is good news. A venue has been found and it’s time to bring out the gear, dust off the cobwebs, and set out some cones. Even if you’re not ready to drive in the autocross (we’ll talk about that later), there are activities for you to join at the event. You’ll definitely learn more about your Porsche, even if you’re just watching. See you on the road! David Photograph of the Month “Does it get any better than this?” By: Jack Back May POTM Submission Deadline 6/23/08 Picnic in the Park It all started 50 years ago! But more recently, in the fall of 2007, I Glenn Pierce, raised my hand at a Board meeting and vol- unteered! Between my co chairs, Marilyn Pierce, Mel and Evie Dias we decided to have a picnic. But where? Why not Mc Nielly Park. Mel and Steve are old friends, and Steve finally said OK, and we had the site. We knew we had plenty of Por- sches, so this should be easy. Sure! With everyone helping, we had shirts and pins designed and made and we were on our way. With 50 cars in mind, we ended up with 41 cars, thanks to each one of you again. Evie got the caterer, Marilyn the chairs and tables, Mel ordered the good weather, but later told him he should have talked to the main man not his assis- tant! Really Mel, 103!! Everything was laid out on Friday night, thanks to all that showed to help out, and to Mike Van Hooser for helping lay out the field with me, and again helping on Saturday with the assignment of cars. We had EZ ups from every- one, thanks again members. When everyone arrived, they were quite surprised by the grounds, it takes Steve 12 hours to mow, vacuum and fertilize his backyard! Good food, great showing of cars, goodie bags, raffle gifts and a great bunch of members who helped breakdown the stack it all up on Saturday. Thanks again to my co chairs and to everyone.