Member Appreciation Picnic and Parade
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—————————————– Columbia Gorge MG Club THE CLUB FOR ALL MGs http://www.columbiagorgemgclub.org Volume 40, Issue #6 June 2014 Notice the subtle change in the club website address! Missing an ‘a’. Be sure to update your bookmarks! ULTIMATE GORGE TOUR - JULY 19TH Tom and I are MG folks to the core, long-time club members and we've driven some fantastic roads over the years. We searched old club tour and rally routes and put together a collection of the best routes and roads for super summer tour. Join us for a great Driving Tour of challeng- ing and scenic roads in and around our club's namesake - Member Appreciation Picnic and The Columbia River Gorge. We'll explore Washington roads generally intersect- Parade—Saturday June 28 ing and paralleling Washington's SR14 climbing up and By Donna McNabb down canyons and long scenic stretches. Back in Oregon, Every year, in appreciation of our members, we provide enjoy the Rowena loops and more great roads and scen- a picnic lunch and games on the lawn. It is free to all our ery. We'll end the tour in the Hood River Valley where it's members and their guests. The last few years, we have gone a short drive back to Portland via either I-84 or "round the to Cascade Locks to have our lunch in the Lock Tender’s mountain" on OR 35 and US 26. Be sure to put this tour House, then play croquet and other lawn games (remember on your driving calendar. the catapult with water balloons?) on the beautiful shore of Start - 9:00am - K Mart parking lot - NW corner - the Columbia River. We will return there this year with a 122nd & NE Sandy twist. Lunch - Noonish - Goldendale, WA. - Restaurant TBD That weekend Cascade Locks celebrates Sternwheeler End - 4:00 ish - Hood River Valley Days. On Saturday, June 28, they will have a parade down Length - 200+ miles, not counting mileage back to their main street from 11:00 am to noon. We are signed up the Metro area. to drive our cute little sports cars in the parade! It would be so cool to have our club magnetic signs on our cars, or Ron Hillbury & Tom Franco some nautical decorations to go with the Sternwheeler theme. Maybe Ed & Marianne will show up with their Easter bunny on the front and rabbit ear sunglasses! I am hoping for good participation. There is just nothing like a small town parade; it fun to watch and fun to be in. To get ready for the parade, we can practice by going in a caravan from Portland to Cascade Locks. Meet at the Lewis and Clark State Park just off I-84 in Troutdale at 8:45 am. We will leave at 9:00 and drive the old highway as far as we can, leaving only a few miles on the freeway before we get to the staging area in Cascade Locks about 10:00. After the parade, we will gather at the Lock Tender’s House at the Marine Park (take a left after you enter the park). If you don’t want to parade (spoilsport) you can just meet us there a little after noon. Cascade Locks is about 40 miles east of Portland on I-84, or the same distance east of Vancouver on Hwy. 14 continued on page 11 Page 1 Columbia Gorge MG Club OFFICERS – 2014 President Dominic Daly [new cell coming soon] [email protected] (preferred) Vice President Chad Cansler 503-679-2766 (text preferred) [email protected] Secretary Gary Eddings 503-789-0341 (text preferred) [email protected] Treasurer Marianne Shumaker 503-896-9635 [email protected] Activities Tom & Sue Stose 369-601-7002 (preferred) [email protected] Past President John Dutra 503-786-0851 [email protected] (preferred) IMPORTANT VOLUNTEERS We want to recognize the volunteers without whom our club would not run as smoothly as it does. Thank You! ABFM Reps John Dutra 503-786-0851 [email protected] Jan Whittlesey 503-538-8610 [email protected] Regalia Sales Ed Mullowney 360-607-4928 cell [email protected] Raffle Tom Franco 503-235-1246 [email protected] The MGAnnouncer The MGAnnouncer is the official publication for and Storage Locker Kenny Snyder 360-263-4047 published by the Columbia Gorge MG Club. A mailed sub- Manager [email protected] scription is included in the club’s yearly dues. Electronic distribution (PDF by e-mail) is available—contact the edi- Nametags Peggy Oliver 503-709-3616 [email protected] tor. Permission is hereby granted to reproduce any material Membership Steffi Rollins 360-576-7973 provided credit is given to the author and to the Columbia Database [email protected] Gorge MG Club or the original publisher if applicable. Contents, including technical advice, are the views of the Mailbox Marianne Shumaker 503-896-9635 author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the or- Monitor [email protected] ganization. Application of this advice is at your own risk. Webmaster Donna McNabb 503-645-9302 Wants and disposal advertising is free to members and [email protected] $5 insertion for non-members. Each ad runs one month. Send ads to the editor by the publication deadline below. Commercial advertising is $100 for 12 months for a large ad; $50 for a small (business card size) advertisement. Con- tact the editor for insertion or changes. Membership Copy and advertising deadlines are the third Friday of The Columbia Gorge MG Club was formed for and is the month preceding publication; in other words, one week active in the promotion and driving enjoyment of MGs. after the Club meeting. All MG enthusiasts are welcome to join and share infor- mation and fun. The Columbia Gorge MG Club is affili- Editor: Donna McNabb — 503-645-9302 ated with the North American MGA Register, and the [email protected] North American MGB Register. Membership dues are 17658 NW Rolling Hill Lane st Beaverton, OR 97006 $25 per year, $12.50 after July 1 . See the Vice President. Page 2 —————————————– Columbia Gorge MG Club Dominic’s Drivel a MGB! That school year I recall my literature teacher giv- By Dominic Daly (and Chad Cansler) ing me a hard time about reading service manuals on the Well May started off much MGB in her class. But, interestingly enough, she owned a like April; wet and windy. None- MG Midget back in the day and she shared stories of how theless a hardy bunch gathered she drove the wheels off the thing. early on a Saturday morning for a It was freshman year of High School when the dream cruise along highway 14, through finally came true. My dad and I were driving past a tow Stevenson, Carson, and up into shop when out of the corner of my eye I spotted a bright the mountains. Lead by Reid mustard yellow 1973 MGB. I went mental and my dad Trummel in his “new” MGA, a turned the truck around and off I went to inspect it. Long good bunch of A’s , B’s and story short I was young, stupid and in love! Coming from “vertically challenged” MGs appeared for the tour, some Wisconsin it had serious rust issues, the car was towed in even with the tops down. My personal favourite was Paul because it broke down at Pizza Hut. That was just the be- and Steffi Rollins MG Magnette. We stopped at the Curly ginning: the title was lost and the shop owner sold me the Creek rest area for a picnic lunch where there were no car with just a bill of sale. Little did I know the $600 I paid sightings of Mt. St. Helens. for it was going to set in motion a massive amount of hard Now this month I am going to do something a little dif- work and frustration. All the same it was a proud day when ferent with my Drivel. I am going to give up some of my I was biking home from school and saw my MGB en route valuable Drivel space to my right hand man, and your Vice to my house! (being towed). President, Chad Cansler. Like me, Chad is a relatively new I met some great friends and learned a lot in High member to the club who most of you have probably not had School. The deal was: I got good grades and my parents the chance to get to know. He has been passionate about would help fund the restoration. I did odd jobs to help fund MG’s from a very young age (ok he still is young com- the dream as well. My wise and extremely kind friend Dick pared to most of us!!!). So I thought it was time that you O’Connor helped me every step of the way in restoring the got to know Chad and his passion for our hobby. So Chad, MGB. There was a point in time that the only thing holding take it away… the front of my B to the rear was the transmission tunnel. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ continued on page 4 Where to start… As far as I know I’ve loved cars from my earliest childhood memories. My most favorite matchbox cars were a white Talbot Lago, a cream Jaguar xk120, and a 1970’s Plymouth Police car. (two out of three isn’t bad!) In elementary school I had a poster of a 1957 Chevy Corvette hanging on the wall, I would stare at that picture for hours, the goal was to own one someday.