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Thenor'wester THENOR’WESTER Newsletter of the Olympic Peninsula Region / Porsche Club of America March/April 2015 J a Board of Directors Committee Chairs *President: Jon Wyman *Membership: Kip Sparber [email protected] [email protected] *Vice President: Pete Bonfrisco *Social Events: Pete Fischer [email protected] [email protected] I *Secretary: Amy Bonfrisco *Webmaster: Maryann Elwell [email protected] [email protected] w *Treasurer: Maryann Elwell *Newsletter: Brian Forde o [email protected] [email protected] u *Member @ Large: Neil Green *Goodie Store: Neil Green l [email protected] [email protected] d *Past President: John James *Technical: Alex Raphael [email protected] [email protected] [Type a quote l *PCA Zone 6 Rep: Tim Hagner *Auto Events: John James from the document or i [email protected] [email protected] the summary k of an e Nor’Wester is the official newsletter of the Olympic Peninsula Region of the Porsche Club of America and is published bimonthly in Bremerton, WA. Opinions expressed are those of the authors and do not necessarily constitute opinions of the Porsche Club of America, Olympic Peninsula Region, the Board interesting of Directors, or the Nor’Wester Editor. Articles and photographs by OPR members are encouraged and should be submitted to the Nor’Wester Editor, Brian point. You t Forde at [email protected] no later than the 15th of the month prior to publication. can position Classifieds (Auto Platz) are free for Olympic Peninsula Region members, must be Porsche related and typically run for two months. Please send submissions the text box o to the Nor’Wester Editor. $20.00 fee for non-members. OPR Website can be viewed at http://www.opr-pca.org/. Articles, photos, and classified ads are gladly anywhere in accepted by Webmaster, Brian Forde at [email protected]. Commercial advertising is accepted at the following yearly rates, paid in advance. Rates will be pro-rated based on six newsletter issues per year. Checks the document. e should be made payable to “OPR-PCA” and mailed to P.O. Box 3572, Silverdale, WA 98383-3572. Ads may be submitted electronically (jpg, gif, tif, pdf) to Use the Text x editor. If your ad is larger than 10MB in size, then it must be submitted in printed format or on CD-ROM. Box Tools tab t to change the e formatting of In This Issue Ad Size Color B/W the pull quote n Back Cover ¾ page $570 N/A text box.] d Front/Back Inside $630 N/A ……………………5 From the President Full Page $630 $318 a Itches……………………………………..6 Half Page $360 $222 Tech……………………………….....9 Quarter Page $180 $126 s Quiz…………………………………12 Business Card $90 $78 p Eastside…………………………….13 e c Mizu………………………………..16 Zone………………………………..17 i ON THE COVER: a Got Diff?…………………………..19 Dinner at Mizu Steak Seafood and l Minutes……………………………21 Sushi in Gig Harbor was hosted by Test…………………………………23 T our own Sue and Don Knievel. Grand Tour …………………….....24 h See page 16 for more pictures from a the event. n I k n 3 Y o T u h PCA Olympic Peninsula Region 2015 Event Calendar Event/Social Chair: Pete Fischer e-mail: [email protected] or (360) 275-8811 January 2015 July 2015 14th – 6P/7P – Dinner/Member Meeting at Clubhouse 3rd-5th – 9A – SOVREN Pacific NW Historics Races Restaurant, McCormick Woods &Sat. Car Corral 24th – 7P Social Dinner at Mizu Steak House in Gig 11th –5P – Dinner/Member Meeting in Shelton area - Harbor – Sue Kneivel details TBD 31st – 9A-3P Tech Session/Lunch - Eastside 18th 19th – Drive/Tour - Mt Rainier- Packwood-Mt St. Transmission, Bellevue – Pete Bonfrisco Helens – Don Knievel and Pete Fischer February 2015 August 2015 11th – 6P/7P – Dinner/Member Meeting at Clubhouse 8th –3P-10P – Tour/Happy Hour/Dinner/Dancing – Restaurant, McCormick Woods Selah Inn, Belfair – Pete Fischer 15th – March/April Nor’Wester Deadline 12th – 6P/7P – Dinner/Member Meeting at McCormick 21st - 7P Social Dinner - Yacht Club Broiler Woods Clubhouse Restaurant 27th – 10A-2P - Tech Session/Lunch - Spectra Labs in 15th – September/October Nor’Wester Deadline Tacoma – Oil Analysis – Pete Bonfrisco 29th – Club Picnic –Mason Lake – hosted by John and March 2015 Susie James 11th – 6P/7P – Dinner/Member Meeting at Clubhouse September 2015 Restaurant, McCormick Woods 12th – 5P/6P – Dinner/Member Meeting in Port 22nd – 2P – 11th Annual Chili Cookoff at Elwell’s in Angeles Gig Harbor 20th – Sunday Drive - TBD 28th –2 :30 PM Saturday - Tour/Dinner- Meet up at 25th-27th – 7:00A – Depart Port Angeles for 3 Day the General /Store in Port Gamble Tour to Lake Cowachin BC - Corby April 2015 Sommerville 11th – 2P Tour to Kalinski's in Sequim – meet at October 2015 Poulsbo McDonald’s - Brett Burroughs 8th – 2016 Board/Chair Nominations Due 11th –5:15P/6P – Member Meeting/Dinner at Old Mill 9th-11th - Rennesport Reunion V - Mazda Raceway, Restaurant in Sequim Laguna Seca, Monterrey, CA 19th – Sunday Drive - TBD – Hosted by Pete Fischer 14th - 6/7P- Dinner/Member Meeting - TBD 25th – 7P Social Dinner - Massimo's in Purdy - Jon 15th – November/December Nor’Wester Deadline Wyman @ [email protected] 17th – Social Dinner - TBD st May 2015 31 – Holiday Party Payment Due 31st – Silent Auction Donation Responses Due 9th – 7P Social Dinner - A Thai Restaurant in Bremerton - Alex Raphael November 2015 13th – 6P/7P – Dinner/Member Meeting at Clubhouse 11th – 6P/7P – Dinner/Annual Membership Meeting at Restaurant, McCormick Woods McCormick Woods Clubhouse Restaurant. 16th – 8A – Armed Forces Day Parade/Lunch at 18th – 6P/7P – Dinner/2016 Calendar Planning MAXRPM, Bremerton. Meeting at McCormick Woods Clubhouse 31st – Sunday Drive – TBD Restaurant 31st – SOVERN Pacific NW Historics Car Corral 30th – 2016 Election Ballots Due ticket ordering deadline December 2015 June 2015 5th or 12th – 6:00P/7:00P – Cocktail Hour/Holiday 10th – 6P/7P – Dinner/Member Meeting at TBD Party at TBD 15th – July/August Nor’Wester Deadline 15th – January/February Nor’Wester Deadline 20th - Social Dinner - Cliff House Restaurant in Tacoma – Jon Wyman 28th – Sunday Drive – TBD 4 From the President – Jon Wyman Welcome to an early spring here in the Pacific Northwest! I don't know about you, but there have been so many days this winter where it has been clear and sunny that I have had ample opportunities to drive my favorite marque. Thanks to El Nino I believe we are going to have a warmer than normal year, which should afford us more drive time. The year is off to a great start with two informative Tech Sessions organized by Pete Bonfrisco, and a great social dinner at the Yacht Club in Silverdale, organized by Debbie Raphael. There some more great events to come this year, including a September trip to Lake Cowichan on Vancouver Island, another dinner at the Selah Inn, some interesting Sunday Drives, and board meeting/member dinners planned on the Olympic Peninsula. There are also some multi-region events planned, like the annual Black Rock Event on Vancouver Island in May, organized by the Vancouver Island Region, the Whistler Event in Whistler, BC, organized by PNWR, and, the Zone 6 Grand Tour, which will begin in late July, and end about 2 weeks later. While this tour is for all PCA members, most participants are expected to come from the regions in Zone 6. Basically, the plan is to tour all 16 regions that make up PCA Zone 6 over a 2 week period. Our region will be the second on the tour, and will start out at the Tacoma Narrows Bridge and end in Port Angeles. Members can participate for all or part of the Zone 6 Grand Tour. I believe there are a few who will follow the entire route. Watch for more details in future announcements. We are trying new ways to connect with members, outside of our planned events. For example, we had an impromptu breakfast for OPR members in the Gig Harbor area in early February on the day of our planned Tech Session in Bellevue. Members were invited to come for breakfast even if they could not attend the event. We had about 10 members join us, and, several were ones that we had either not met or not seen in some time. We will do more of these throughout the year. Please join us at one of our upcoming events. The calendar is updated on the club website: opr-pca.org. We look forward to seeing you this spring! Jon Wyman 5 Itches and Aches Has your right foot begun to develop it yet? You know that familiar itch that comes about this time every year. The one where you can’t quite find the right spot where to scratch it unless there is a gas pedal there to scratch it with. Look at your right foot. Flex it. Wearing a shoe? If so take it off, sock too. That my friend is a naked and powerful tool for you to use when powering through the bends in the road of life. Perhaps for some of you there is an ache in the palm of your right hand, which does not throb as long as that familiar shift knob is nearby. Stretch it and flex those fingers. Crack some knuckles, then make a fist, relax. Feel it? You know what it is? Think back to those Porsche moments that have blessed you on this journey. Motoring with the sun on your face, a morning’s dew at sunrise glistening over fenders or the notes from your car’s exhaust throbbing at sunset. Can you see the faces of the friends you have made along the way? A Porsche is more than the sum of its parts and was built with intent.
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