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Exhaust Notes On the Starting Line, what’s going on… March 5th Think Spring Party… Doug & Carol Leavens March 15th Lunch… Art and Maureen Davis March March 16th AWD… Margaret Watterson March 17th Monthly Mtg and pizza party @ Cascade… Greg Selby 2016 April 5th AWD… Dan Cali April 12th Italian lunch… Gary & Barb Savage April 16th Freeze Your Butt Off Tour… John & Donna Garsteck May 10th–15th Spring Miatas at the Gap… Bill & Rancie Titley June 8th AWD… Dennis BeckMan and Maryann Tower June 9th – 12th ZooMin’ the Mountains of East Tennessee…. Bob Maurer June 25th-26th Mansfield ReforMatory and Ohio Caverns… Kerklo & Davis June 26th Mid-Ohio Vintage Grand Prix… Bob Maurer & Rich Velardo July 28th–31st Miatas @ the Gap, 20th anniversary… Rich & Lilas Velardo Aug. 12th-13th Chautauqua B&B Tour… JiM & Joyce SiMMelink Sept. 22nd–24th Laurel Highlands Tour… DustMan’s & Baker’s Sept. 22nd–25th Miatas in Boone… Phil Daly Under the Hood… Greg's Gear Grindings Page Hi everyone!!! 1) calendar, president’s report Well, it is March and soMe exciting things happen this Month. March 17, ( St. 2) The Parking Lot (past events) Patricks Day) will be the Northcoast Miata Club Meeting and we will have pizza 2 - 5) Start Your Engines (coming for everyone. Also, Spring arrives this year a day early, on March 20th because events), of Leap Year. Every year it is a race to see whether I have My first Miata sighting 6) Sunshine, Rookies & Meeting Minutes or I see My first Robin of Spring. 7-8) The Tail Pipe (officers & The roster of club events is growing nicely. If you are planning an event web- sites) FSOT, Newsletter please let Rich Velardo and Darryl Baker know so it will be posted in the Exhaust News, Historian News Notes and on the website. This lets the Members know ahead of tiMe of the 9) Mazda History event. 10) The Garage Club MeMbership dues were due in January. If you have not paid theM yet please contact, Ava SingerMan, [email protected]. When you see Jason DeMoss of Cascade Auto Group be sure to thank hiM for everything that Cascade does for our club. We are very fortunate to have their support. Think Spring and Miata’s and great roads……………. Looking Down The Road Greg Selby, President The Parking Lot… past events; Page 2 February AWD February's AWD was hosted at Olesia's Place in North Royalton.Twenty and a "half" members were in attendance.(one of our dear members experienced an "unproductive" discussion with a GPS and as a result cruised by the venue five tiMes. But he finally arrived.! ) Olesia's specializes in Ukrainian cuisine and they didn't disappoint - the cabbage rolls were both huge and delicious. The evening was filled with great food and great friends. What could be better? Thanks to all who attended, hope you all enjoyed the evening! Lo and Mike, Gary and Char Start Your Engines… coming events; Think Spring Wine Tasting Party March 5, Saturday 6pm till ? Doug and Carol Leavens Not too late to attend this Mid winter Miata party. Please bring a bottle of your favorite wine to share plus an appetizer or dessert. We will have Meatballs and Mini hot dogs and haM and cheese. If wine isn't your thing coMe anyway as we will have plenty of pop, tea, coffee and of course good coMpany. RSVP by Feb 27to 440.734.5632 or eMail. A great tiMe to kick off ZooM ZooM season, can't Make it by 6pM? Just coMe later. Where?: Doug and Carol Leavens 4327 Dogwood Trail North OlMsted, Ohio 440.734.5632 [email protected] Please coMe and socialize with 40 – 50 of your closest friends. Please do not park on the side of the street with fire hydrants. Our hoMe will leave the lights burning both Red and Green on the front of the garage. AW Lunch, March 15th Art and Maureen Davis On Tuesday, March 15th at noon, the club will Meet for lunch at the Stone Mad Pub located at 1306 W. 65th in Cleveland, Ohio. The phone nuMber is 1-216-281-6500. Email Art and Maureen Davis at [email protected] or call 1-440-734-1178 if you would like to join us. Start Your Engines… coming events; Page 3 AWD, March 16th Margaret Watterson If you have never visited the Happy Dog on Cleveland's West Side now is the tiMe. The Club will be Meeting at 6:30 March 16 5801 Detroit Ave, Gordon Square. (Parking across 58th Street) The Dog is noted for it's quarter pound hot dogs both beef and vegetarian with your choice of any or all 50 toppings and 75+ tap beers. Send reservations to [email protected] April AWD, TUESDAY April 5 Dan Cali The Hooley House Sports Pub & Grille 6:30 Dinner @ 7pM Montrose Location 145 Montrose West Ave Copley, Ohio Phone: (234) 466-0060 [email protected] Italian lunch "with a twist”, April 12 Gary & Barb Savage Please join us for an Italian lunch "with a twist" at Mario Fazios Restaurant in Willoughby Hills on Tuesday, April 12 at noon. Yes, you May order a haMburger if you prefer. All Meals are served with garlic toast and and Italian salsa as well as a coMpliMentary cassata taster. The salads are generous and delicious' with no skiMping on veggies, the wedding soup is coveted, and Main dishes such as eggplant or veal parMesan are available as well as pasta, pizza, and sandwich selections. (See Menu selections: mariofazios.coM.) Full Menu and separate checks will be available. Mario Fazio's is located at 34400 Chardon Road, Willoughby Hills, 44094. (Near the Rt. 91 exit froM interstate 90) Phone: 440-585-3883. Love to hear you will join us: [email protected] or 216-731-2914. And....Foster's Ice CreaM is just up the road...I'M just saying. FREEZE YOUR BUTT OFF TOUR" (FYBO), April 16 John & Donna Garsteck Please join us Saturday April 16, 20016. for the 20 th annual "FYBO" tour. This has been a yearly tradition with the club. What is a freeze your butt off tour? We bundle up , put the top down ( unless it's is snowing or raining)' soMe even turn their heaters on. Traditionally it is cold but last year we enjoyed soMe warM sunny weather. After a drive on soMe country roads made for Miatas we will stop for lunch and hopefully ice creaM. Details will follow on tiMe and place . Hope you will join us. Contact us at [email protected] or 440-238-9363 and leave a message Spring Miatas at the Gap May 10th – 15th Bill & Rancie Titley It’s tiMe for the 16th annual spring trip to the Gap. This year it will be froM May 8th through the 13th, returning on the 14th. There will be two new side trips, to the Devils Triangle & Oak Ridge. This trip is all about getting to run “The Dragon” at Deal’s Gap, one of the Most thrilling roads to drive in the USA. It straddles the rural state line between NC & TN. It’s just you, your Miata and a passenger (optional) along with huge elevation changes and 318 curves in 11 Miles. What More could any Miata gear-head ask for? We will be staying at the Highland Manor Inn in Townsend, TN., rates are $69.50 for all days. Call 800-213-9462 (www.highlandmanor.coM) for reservations and be sure to Mention that you’re with the Miata group. Rancie & I will arrive around noon on Sunday. For More inforMation or if you have questions, please call Me at 386-478-1233 until April 14th and then call 740-269-1723 after that date. ZooM! ZooM! AWD, Wednesday, June 8 Dennis BeckMan and Maryann Tower Bourbon Street Barrel RooM, 2393 Professor Avenue, Cleveland (TreMont Area). A taste of New Orleans. Drinks 6:30 p.M., Dinner 7 p.M. LiMit 24 people. Phone 440.238.0176 or e-mail [email protected] Zoomin’ the Mountains of East Tennessee, June 9-12 Bob Maurer , Rich Velardo Save the dates so that you will be able to join us for a ZooMin' good tiMe in 2016. Here's the "411" thus far... HOTEL Reservations are being taken for ZooMin' The Mountains Of East Tennessee , June 9-12, 2016 at the Holiday Inn Johnson City, Tn 101 W. Springbrook Dr. JC 37604 CALL 423-282-4611 and Request Reservations for the Tri-Cities Miata Event June 2016. The event schedule will be out toward the end of March. AnnounceMents and schedules can be found at the Tri-Cities web-site; http://www.tri- citiesMiataclub.coM/ztMoet Follow the discussion on Miata.net; http://forum.Miata.net/vb/showthread.php?t=583622 Start Your Engines… coming events; Page 4 Mansfield Reformatory and Ohio Caverns Tour, June 25th-26th Mike and Lois Kerklo and Gary and Char Davis Please join us for a Miata weekend trip as we travel to the Mansfield ReforMatory and Ohio Caverns. Listed on the National and State Historic Places the prison has a unique and varied history.In addition to serving Many years as a prison it also has been a location for several Movie productions,the most famous being " The Shawshank RedeMption." After our tour we will depart to lunch at a nearby location.FroM there we spend the afternoon Motoring over a collection of Miata roads to Marysville where we will be spending the night. Saturday's dinner will be at the Der DutchMan in Plain City just a short drive froM the Motel.Please be sure to bring an "eMpty belly" as there is a vast assortMent of teMpting goodies.