PONY Xpress the Official Publication of the Garden State Region Mustang Club
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PONY XPress The Official Publication of the Garden State Region Mustang Club September 2019 Vol. 27, Number 9 1 photo, on August 25th, at the annual GSRMC club picnic at President’s Message Picatinny Arsenal BBQ Pavilion picnic area. It was an amazingly cool day for our club picnic! often use the President's Message, as a platform for current We couldn't have done events. Hopefully, in years to come, you might pick up an this without Frank Costanzo I old newsletter, read, and reflect. Lately, I did a lot of (missed you Wanda) who arranged checking on the Weather Channel phone app for the Sept. the “Save the Date” for our club’s 15th projected forecast. Of course, while praying for no rain. annual picnic. Frank opens and The weather news was Hurricane Dorian. A storm that closes up the picnic area for us and affected the Caribbean Islands, Bahama Islands, Florida, assists with restroom facilities Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, and Canada. (plenty of TP and hand sanitizer but no running water this year) Alabama people had quite the scare themselves, with an and garbage receptacles. Frank brought delicious assorted inaccurate approaching hurricane indicated by a “Sharpie” bagels and spreads and Jim made 50 cups of coffee, breakfast marker on a map, not projected by NOAA, now nicknamed was provided. Joanne and Jim Signorelli did all the shopping “SharpieGate”. Dorian devastated people and obliterated parts and setting up for this event. Hamburgers, hot dogs, of the Bahama Islands. Three countries were affected by condiments, soft drinks (provided this year), coffee and desserts Hurricane Dorian. Just gut wrenching. My thoughts and prayers were supplied, by our club. Our hardworking chefs were Jim, are with the people in the Bahamas, whose lives are just turned Norm, and Don, who really worked those grills. upside down, and the unimaginable loss of life that is I would like to thank everyone from our GSRMC that anticipated. People stranded on barrier islands of North assisted setting up and cleaning up, with Jim S and Joanne S Carolina, who could only be helped by air or water rescue. and Joanne L. Thanks to club members for bringing a variety of ASPCA and Wings of Rescue, they fly sheltered animals to delicious side dishes for all of us to share. other shelters. As always, thank you for your patience as we tried to As I am reading weather app updates, I see something get a nice club picture of the members that attended, with their about “Colonial Spanish Mustangs” that cluster together and cars, in a formation. We tried to configure a portrait of my face, ride out the storm on higher ground. Mustangs, well that caught for the club photo, as a presidential tribute, but sadly, there my attention. Now I am intrigued. I keep on reading. It was weren't enough vehicles. However, Mike D, did a nice job about “the wild horses of the Outer Banks won't evacuate. They creating a “starburst” of colors utilizing our Mustang vehicles. have a special trick to survive hurricanes”. “500 years” these Around the Labor Day holiday, it was nice to see club animals have been roaming the Outer Banks and survived many members enjoying themselves at Dead Man's Curve and Lead hurricanes, by “sensing a change in air pressure and grouping East. GSRMC members also attended the 2019 MCA Grand together in huddles, butts to the wind.” Today there are about Nationals, which took place in Fredericksburg, Virginia. They 100 Mustangs that still roam free on the N.C. beaches. There is accumulated 8 Gold Awards (Kudos to all of you). a farm, with a herd manager, who stocks up on hay, grain, and Gold Awards went to the following GSRMC members: troughs of water. There is the Corolla Wild Horse Fund, which Tom Thompson, Scott Dobbs, Bill Schultz, Bill Hartmann, manages the herd, in case you were wondering. Ralph Linares, Steve Yamin & John Pestrichelli Thanks to Mike D, we huddled our Mustangs, placed Also, Bill Hartmann qualified for his Blue medallion our butts to the wind, and drove to higher ground for our club and John Pestrichelli qualified for a RED medallion, John Pestrichelli is now a MCA Gold Judge too. Congrats to ALL. Welcome New Members September 15 is the “Nielsen Ford End of Summer Dennis Sowell Netcong ’18 Mustang Show” chaired by Tom and Maureen. They have been very Rodrigo Cardenas Morristown ’12 Mustang busy dotting their i’s and crossing their t’s for a successful car show. Please support Tom and Maureen anyway you can. Ron Luzniak Sussex ’07 GTCS See you, September 18, 2019 at the next general Tom Decker Convent Stn. ’88 Mustang GSRMC meeting Lisa Malleus Toms River ’09 Bullitt GT Bill Chernack, #473, GSRMC President 2 GSRMC Contact Information President Bill Chernack 973-214-4060 [email protected] . Vice President Dale Favia 201-306-8127 [email protected] Treasurer Jim Signorelli 201-845-7014 [email protected] Sept. 15 GSRMC End of Summer Open Car Show. Secretary Pete Cullen Nielsen Ford, Wantage. Raindate: 9/22. 973-650-2957 [email protected] Sept. 18 GSRMC Meeting. Board of Directors Sept. 21 2nd Ann. Public Library Car, Truck & Bike Past President Mike DeLiberto Show. Rec Center, Koelle Blvd. Secaucus 201-933-6915 [email protected] [email protected] Tom Addeo Sept. 27-29 Northeast Regional Meet. Shelby, Cobra, 973-229-7735 [email protected] Mustang & Ford driving tour & car show. John Gaschler Center Valley, PA. www.lvpasaac.com 973-333-8882 [email protected] Rich Izenberg Sept. 27-29 43rd Ann. Fall Swap Meet & Car Show 973-769-7920 [email protected] Raceway Park, Englishtown. Ken Najarian www.racewaypark.com 201-666-9669 [email protected] Sept. 29 6th Ann. PBA Car Show. Challenger Rd. Al Vizzone Ridgefield Park. Info: [email protected] 201-826-6071 [email protected] Oct. 6 Elks Club Charity Car & Truck Show. MCA Nat. Dir. Helaina Semmler Paramus Phone: 201-637-1343/E-Mail: 856-642-0764 [email protected] [email protected] Oct. 16 GSRMC Meeting. Election slate finalized. Membership Joe DeLeo 201-790-4372 [email protected] Oct. 18-20 Fall Foliage Tour. Oct. 19 4th Ann. Fast Cars…Fast Hounds Car Cruise. Newsletter Mike DeLiberto 11 am – 3 pm. Benefits Elite Greyhound 201-933-6915 [email protected] Adoptions Inc. 81 Two Bridges Rd., Fairfield. [email protected] Webmaster th Oct. 19 9 Ann. Flemington Speedway Car Show. Facebook Bob Acker Hunterdon Cty. Fairgrounds, Lambertville. www.flemingtonspeedwayhistoricalsociety.com 201-694-1325 [email protected] Oct. 29 Tri-County Chamber of Commerce Classic & Sunshine Joanne Leser Modern Car Show. Wayne. www.tricounty.org 973-865-7134 [email protected] Nov. 20 GSRMC Meeting. Potluck Supper, Elections & toys for Tots Drive Hospitality Norm Leser 973-248-5895 [email protected] Dec. 18 GSRMC Meeting. Holiday Party 3 Our annual club photo was taken at the picnic on August 25th. Those who participated will be given a commemora- tive copy of the photo. It will also be used on the club website and for various club advertising & promotional purposes. See Mike D. at the meetings or contact him at [email protected] or 201-933-6915 to get your copy. Thank you to all who participated and/or took photos, with a special thanks to the Picatinny Arsenal Fire Dept. for their aerial assistance. 4 CLUB by your computer until CLUB NEWS your Musang gets the ELECTIONS star status it deserves. It really is just that simple. t is almost time for the annual GSRMC You may be saying, “I don’t have one IElections. This year we have all 4 Officers and 1 of those vintage picture taking thinga-ma- Board seat up for election/re-election. That means bobs”. No problem, Mike has a camera that we are looking for at least five of you to take a and he’ll take them for you. Like at the more active role in the club. The qualifications are upcoming car show or a meeting. Just let simply that you have been an active GSRMC him know ahead of time so he can dust off his antique member for at least one year, that you are an MCA picture-taking device. member during your term and that you attend at least 8 of the 10 Board meetings held each year. We are looking for people who can spend a little extra time NEW ONLINE CLUB to help guide the club for the next 2 years. The election process starts at this month’s MERCHANDISE STORE meeting where we will form a three-person NOW OPEN Nominating Committee. The committee will put together a slate of nominees that will be presented at he GSRMC online store is now open and ready the October meeting and voted on at the November to take your orders. As you will see, there are a meeting. If you are interested or would like to T variety of items ranging from apparel to tote bags and suggest someone, please contact a member of the even beach towels. The site gives us the flexibility Election Committee after the September 18th to add or remove items from time to time as well as meeting. offer items in a variety of colors that would not be possible before. The site accepts PayPal as well as most major credit cards. The address is COVER CARS WANTED www.svtstore.com/garden-state-regional-mustang- club our car on the cover of your club’s newsletter. We will, however, continue to sell our 2019 YWhat could be better than that? And it’s so easy “Timeless” shirts at to do too.