Iniezioneiniezione the Newsletter of the Northwest Alfa Romeo Club
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IniezioneIniezione The newsletter of the Northwest Alfa Romeo Club Summer in the NW Words by Fred Russell It’s hard to imagine how an act of animal cruelty can lead to a number of wonderful things, but that is exactly what we discovered on our 2014 NWARC Annual Summer Drive. After our driver / navigator talk in a large sunny parking lot in Woodin- ville, our leaders, Ken & Louisa Case, handed out the route guides and gimmick questions, and we headed out. Just under 20 cars joined in for the run as we wandered east toward Duvall long wooded roads with a little construction going on. We then turned north along the scenic West Snoqualmie Valley Road with the valley floor, farms, and the placid river on our right side. Eventually, we turned right over the river to follow Tualco Road past flower farms, the former Wash State Penitentiary Photos by Gordy Hyde Honor farm, and a rural tractor show. Another couple turns and we were on Ben Howard Road as it twists its way along the south side of the Skykomish River to the town of Sultan. As we left Sultan, we again found back roads but this time we wound our way to a gate at Pasado’s Safe Haven. Our guide met us at the gate as we entered. Our walking tour commenced and we stopped at the first enclosure. Two huge pigs greeted us as our host petted them and told of their story. Across from the pigs, a couple donkeys enjoyed a field with shade, sun, water, and a nice shed. All of these animals had come from either abusive or neglect situations. We even met a number of pigs that had been rescued from the Cle Ellum forest fires. Our guide introduced us to the on-staff Vet who shared a little about how they care for animals then the guide gave us the history of Pasado’s Safe Haven. Sitting on 85 acres of rural donated land and using funds raised from numerous people and business’ in the NW, this has become a safe place for domesticated and farm type animals in need of rehab or just a place to live. Named in honor of the friendly donkey named Pasado who greeted families and friends at Kelsey Creek Farm & Park in Bellevue for many years who was cruelly killed by three punk kids back in 1992. Though the kill- ing of Pasado was an isolated incident, the trial and subsequent efforts to create tough laws against animal cruelty ex- posed larger problems. The farming industry had evolved into factory practices that would be deemed cruelty by most people. (Dragging a cow when they can no longer walk. Tossing a live pig into boiling water to kill it so it is blemish free for a luau. ) Over a year later, the Pasado Law was passed after satisfying farmer by excluding farming practices. Perhaps we should take the time to consider our choices when we buy our food. Perhaps find where it comes from, who grows it, what chemicals are used and what is not used. Though we cannot see it while standing in the store, we should simply consider the ethical process of animal treatment. If we cannot afford free range, organic meats, then perhaps we shouldn’t eat them and not support the factory chicken farms, or indus- try cattle ranches. More info about the great work Pasado’s Safe Haven does and how you can help, can be found at http://www.pasadosafehaven.org After our tour of the dedicated spaces for dogs, cats, horses, pigs, goats, and much more, we headed out onto more back roads. The route wound up and down past farms, streams, and rural homes as we enjoyed Florence Acres Road, Old Owen Road, before passing through Monroe and back towards the Maltby area and into Woodinville. Ending at the Round Table Pizza, many of us gathered to eat and talk about the drive, and turn in our Answers to the Gimmick Questions from along the route. They were too tough for me, but three others turned them in with Gordy Hyde getting the most correct answers! Nice. Thanks goes to all the great folks who brought out a nice variety of cars, the kind people at Pasado’s for the tour, and especially to Ken & Louisa Case for putting this all together. Another excellent day in the lives of NW Alfisti. Inside this September 2014 issue… * Summer Drive …….…….. pg 1 * Viva Italia …………….….. pg 5 * Calendar …………...….… pg 12 * President’s Column …... pg 2 * Concorso Italiano ….. pgs 6,7 Next club events… * Half Lap Reservations ... pg 3 * Monterey Auctions …..... pg 8 * Club Meeting ………..….. Sept 10 * Alfa News ...................... pg 3 * Alfa 4C Test Drive … pgs 9,10 * Half-Fast Lap …….... Sept 13-15 * Club Meeting / Event ….. pg 4 * Classifieds ………….…. pg 11 * Club Meeting …………..…… Oct 8 President’s Column By Bill Gehring as the median was $99,000, but still a little rich for my blood. It is an average increase of 28% more per car than last year, so I guess the market is still pretty strong. Speaking of local collectors, a couple of them are go- ing to be honored at America’s Car Museum, popu- larly known as the LeMay, in Tacoma. Some of you may remember a movie night meeting we had at Club Auto Kirkland, which also included Peter Hageman’s collection being open next door. Peter wasn’t able to host us, as he was out of town, but his friend, Al McE- wan, did. Al opened Peter’s site for us, and enter- tained us with some good stories at our meeting. Al “NWARC Member Makes History, “Modern” Car and Peter both have some great cars in their collec- Wins Pebble Beach Concours” tions, and, perhaps partly because they are founders Even though we don’t see him often, Jon Shirley is of the Kirkland Concours, are going to have some of one of our members, and we all appreciate his Alfa them featured in Americas Car Museum, starting Sep- Romeos and awards. He owns a few Alfas, but the tember 6. It will be fun to see what is there, as mu- most important are the #12 P3 that Nuvolari drove to seum entrance is included in the price of the ticket to the famous win at the German Grand Prix in 1935 the Pacific Northwest Concours d’Elegance, on Sunday and the 8C2900 that won Best of Show at Pebble September 7. Beach in 2008, the trifecta at Ville d’Este and numer- We’ll go to the Concours, but I certainly have mixed ous other big time awards. This time Jon made his- feelings. It doesn’t seem the same as its predeces- tory with one of his Ferraris, the 1954 Scaglietti sor, the Kirkland Concours d’Elegance. In Kirkland coupe that Roberto Rossellini had built for Ingrid through 2011, we used to have entrants from some Bergman. Many of us have seen it in his collection in of the top collectors, such as Bruce Meyer, Sam Bellevue. After he Mann, The Peterson Museum, John Mozart, David bought it in 1995 and Gooding, The Blackhawk Museum, The Cavallino Col- restored it, it won a lection, Arturo Keller, The Nethercutt Collection, Peter Best in Class in 1998 at Mullen, Jules Heumann, and many Pebble Beach ex- Pebble Beach. Like the hibitors, as well as all of the prominent local collec- 8C2900, he drove it a tors. We used to have special classes, such as Ulti- lot, then decided to mate Packards, Alfa Romeo Sports, Historic Hot Rods, have it completely re- Sweet Sixteen (cylinders), and others. Now the fea- restored. (With the only changes being the leather ture classes are such as Lincoln, Mustang and BMW. interior. Editor) Butch Dennison handled the work. When it was still in Kirkland, I used to attend selec- We’ve seen many of Jon’s cars in Butch’s shop and tion committee as well as general committee meet- Butch presented this car at Pebble Beach. Jon’s Fer- ings and was very impressed with the local talent rari won Best of Show at this year’s Pebble Beach and knowledge, and they always succeeded in pro- Concours. This is especially newsworthy as it's the ducing one of the top concours in the United States, first time since 1968 that a post-war car won Best of probably one of the top five. My big highlight was, Show and also the first Ferrari to ever win. So, Jon’s for years, getting to greet every entrant as they en- win surely broke the mold and will always be famous tered and direct them to their display area. Seeing for being the first one. Kudos to him, and of course, and hearing those cars move was a priceless experi- to Butch Dennison and his team. ence. Judy used to say the Kirkland event was a Also on the Monterey Peninsula were the auctions. “Little Jewel box” in the way the cars were presented. This year, Bonhams had the Ferrari GTO, which was Now, we drive down to Tacoma and see the cars anticipated to be the highest auction sale ever, and it spread out on the lawn. It just isn’t the same. was, at $38,000,000. Various pundits had predicted The next regular meeting is September 10, at more, but that is comparable to what a local collector Angelo’s, where we’ll hear about wheel repair as well (also with notable Alfa Romeos in his collection) re- as collector car insurance, and of course, there is the portedly paid for the ex-Sterling Moss light green GTO Half-Fast Lap of Washington, September 13-15.