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THENOR’WESTER Newsletter of the Olympic Peninsula Region / Porsche Club of America Sept/Oct 2012 In This Issue: Rally, Parade 2012, Porsches On the Pier, Rainier Tour & More…
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THENOR’WESTER Newsletter of the Olympic Peninsula Region / Porsche Club of America Sept/Oct 2012
In This Issue: Rally, Parade 2012, Porsches On the Pier, Rainier Tour & More…
OPR’s Tour/ Putting Tounament/ Dinner
Though it rained like the devil during the day and washed out the driving tour with potenital water
hazards, Pete Fischer and Susan Smith were able to chip out to make the Putting Tournament and Dinner
portion a success at the Trophy Lake Golf and Casting Club, located near Port Orchard. Congrats to Kip
Sparber for winning the first place Men’s title and to Maryann Elwell who won the Women’s division of the
Putting Tournament. The competion included Susan’s Father, the Scheids, Mellons, Bonfrisos, Rapheals, Kip
Sparber and Anna Hoey, as well as Rick and Jean Wall. Next year perhaps, The Long Drive Contest.
PCA Olympic Peninsula Region 2012 Event Calendar
Event/Social Chair: Maryann Elwell (253) 853-4003 [email protected]
January 2012
5th
– 6:30P/7P – Dinner/Calendar Planning Meeting at
Bremerton Airport Diner
12th
– 6:30P/7P – Dinner/Member & Board Meeting at
Silverdale Round Table Pizza
21st – 7P Dinner at 2 Margaritas Family Restaurant
February 2012
11th
– 5P/6P –Member & Board Meeting/Dinner at 7
Cedars Restaurant
15th
– March/April Nor’Wester Deadline
25th
– 7P Movie Night at Brownsville Y/C
March 2012
10th
– 8:30A Tour to Bainbridge Island
14th
– 6:30P/7P – Dinner/Member & Board Meeting at
Silverdale Round Table Pizza
17th
– 10A – Cub Scout Pine Wood Derby Show &
Shine at Silverdale Lutheran
25th
– 2P – 8th
Annual Chili Cookoff
27th
– Porsche Parade 2012 Reg. Open
31st – 6:30P Dinner at Bay Street Bistro in Port Orchard
April 2012
11th
– 6:30P/7:00P – Dinner/Member & Board Meeting
at Silverdale Round Table Pizza
15th
– May/June Nor’Wester Deadline
20th
– 7P Social Dinner – at That’s A Some Italian
May 2012
4th
– 6th
– Weekend Tour to Columbia River Gorge –
staying at Dalles Inn.
9th
– 6:30P/7:00P – Dinner/Member & Board Meeting
at Silverdale Round Table Pizza
19th
– Armed Forces Day Parade/Lunch at MAXRPM
June 2012
1st–3
rd – LeMay Museum Grand Opening in Tacoma
9th
– 9A Tour to Seabeck/Picnic – Gloria Mellon
13th
– 6:30P/7:00P – Dinner/Member & Board Meeting
at Silverdale Round Table Pizza
15th
– July/August Nor’Wester Deadline
16th
– 10A/7P – Tech Session/Customer Party at
MAXRPM – Alex Raphael
23rd
– 3P/5P Tour/Golf Putting Tournament/Dinner at
Trophy Lake Golf Course – Pete Fischer
29th
- 1st – 9A – SOVREN Pacific NW Historics Races
& Car Corral – see www.pnwr.org
30th
– Rally/Lunch – Donated by JR & Tina Leaman
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July 2012
8th
– 14th
– Porsche Parade 2012 Salt Lake City, UT
21st – 7A-3:30P – Bremerton Elks Car Show
28th
– Overnight in Port Angeles – Super 8/Olympic
28th
– 6P – Member Dinner & Board Meeting in Port
Angeles – Bushwacker Restaurant
29th
– 11A – Porsches on the Pier in Port Angeles -
August 2012
1st – PCA Escape 2012 Registration Opens
4th
– noon – BBQ in Belfair – Kip Sparber/Anna Hoey
8th
– 6:30P/7:00P – Dinner/Member & Board Meeting
15th
– September/October Nor’Wester Deadline
11th
– 9A - Tour to Mt. Rainier/Dinner – Pete Fischer
12th
– 8:30A – Cruz Port Orchard Car Show
25th
– 9A - Tour to Sequim – Dan Kalinski
September 2012
1st – 9A – Bremerton Blackberry Festival Car Show
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th – Charity Car Show – at Great Wolf Bob Becken
12th
– 6:30P/7:00P – Dinner/Member & Board Meeting
15-16th
Weekend Olympic POOL Tour – Brooks &
Barb Hanford, Overnight @ Rainforest Village.
21st – 7P Social Dinner – Green Turtle, Gig Harbor –
Maryann Elwell
22nd
– 9A – Brownsville Appreciation Day Car Show
October 2012
6th
– 6:30P/7:00P – Dinner/Member & Board Meeting
at 7 Cedars Restaurant in Sequim
13th
– Oktoberfest Dinner at Alderbrook Inn – Pete
Fischer
15th
– November/December Nor’Wester Deadline
31st – 2013 Board/Chair Nominations Due
31st – Holiday Party Payment Due
November 2012
TBD – Tech Session – we need a volunteer to plan event
8th
– 11th
– PCA Escape 2012 to the Ozarks
14th
– 6:30P/7:00P – Dinner/Annual Membership
Meeting TBD
21st – 6P – Pre-Thanksgiving Party – Gloria and Keith
Mellon
30th
– 2013 Election Ballots Due
December 2012
8th
– 6:00P/7:00P – Cocktail Hour/Holiday Party at
Bremerton Convention Center
15th
– January/February Nor’Wester Deadline
Board of Directors Committee Chairs *President: Brian Forde *Membership: Gloria Mellon
[email protected] [email protected]
*Vice President: Jon Wyman *Social Events: Maryann Elwell
[email protected] [email protected]
*Secretary: Linda Wyman *Webmaster: Brian Forde
[email protected] [email protected]
*Treasurer: Robert Becken *Newsletter: Brian Forde
[email protected] [email protected]
*Member @ Large: Maryann Elwell *Goodie Store: Jon Wyman
[email protected] [email protected]
* *Past President: John James *Technical: Randy Baisden
[email protected] [email protected]
*PCA Zone 6 Rep: Dave Cooley *Speed Events: Jeff Smith
[email protected] [email protected]
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In This Issue
From the President…..……..6
Social Chair………….……...7
Treasure Hunts.…………...10
Rainier Tour………….……12
Parade 2012……….……….14
Ethanol Free……………….17
Technology on the Road.....18
Porsches on the Pier……….20
New Members…………..…21
Meeting Minutes……….22,23
Auto Platz………………….24
Dan’s Tour……………...…25
ON THE COVER:
The Bonfrisco Boxster S radiating
an august sheen during this year’s
Summer BBQ at Kip’s in Belfair.
From the President – Brian Forde
This issue is filled with great articles that members have submitted covering OPR events and I have
been having agreat time this summer breaking in the 9-1-4. The season is far from done as the schedule shows;
The Great Wolf Charity Show, The Olympic POOL Tour and Ocktoberfest at the Alderbrook Inn are yet to
come. Please plan to attend our October 6th
Dinner/Meeting at the 7 Cedars Restaurant near Sequim if you can.
It is also that time of year for elections and I encourage any member who would like to participate at the
board level to please let me know and we will get you on the ballot.
Planning for the Holiday Party is being finalized. It will be held at the Convetion Center in Bremerton
on December 8th
and space is limited. Please pay before Oct. 31st to reserve your seat.
On a personal note I would like to thank JR and Tina Leaman for the their donation of a US Navy
organized Gimmick Rally for OPR members. Also I want to congradulate JR on his recent retirement as well as
thank them both for their many years of dedicated service to our country and send the very best of wishes to JR
on his new career as head swabby of the Sea Hound.
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Brian,
Thank you for the help in locating my car badge. I have it installed and it is beautiful, my thought is that
everyone should display one. Those who do not have grill work, will find it very easy to install with 3M double
sided tape which causes no problem to the paint. I hope you enjoy the pics.
Thank you,
Neil
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For a Limited Time
Grille Badges $30.00 each
Belt Buckles $35.00 each
For Name Tags,
Belt Buckles and Grille Badges
Send your order with full
payment to:
OPR/PCA
P.O. Box 3572
Silverdale, WA 98383
From the Social/Event Chair – Maryann Elwell Finally our summer has arrived and hopefully everyone is out driving their Porsches to take advantage
of the beautiful weather we’ve been having. Let’s hope it lasts for a couple of months more at least. It has been
a fun summer of events for the Olympic Peninsula Region of PCA. We have enjoyed a number of different
events ranging from car shows to rallies. I would like to thank those members who have stepped up to organize
events this summer: JR & Tina Leaman, Pete Fischer & Susan Smith, Gloria Mellon, Kip Sparber & Anna
Hoey, Pete & Amy Bonfrisco, Dave & Patty Meyers, Cecil White and Dan & Sue Kalinski to name a few. You
are the ones that make this club so great. Take a look for our latest calendar of events inside and be sure to
RSVP by the deadlines specified, so we can properly plan ahead for the number of attendees.
We have our Annual Charity Show & Shine coming up September 9th
at The Great Wolf Lodge, so be
sure to RSVP to Bob Becken and send in your $25/car registration fee ASAP to OPR-PCA, P.O. Box 3572,
Silverdale, WA 98383-3572 Our Annual Multi-Region Event, the Olympic POOL Tour, is coming up
September 15th
-16th
around the Olympic Peninsula backwards If you haven’t already RSVP’d, please do so to
Brooks and Barb Hanford, via e-mail: [email protected] or phone (360) 710-1000 (Brooks) or (360) 710-
6214 (Barb). Saturday overnight is at the Rain Forest Resort Village on Lake Quinault. Call to reserve room at
(800) 255-6936. If full, try Lake Quinault Lodge at (866) 875-8456. Also don’t forget to pre-pay $25 per car
registration fee via check to OPR-PCA and mail to OPR-PCA, P.O. Box 3572, Silverdale, WA 98383-3572 by
9/5/12. See our calendar below for our events coming up in the next couple of months and for up to date
information see our website at www.opr-pca.org.
In early May registration opened for the Annual Canada West Weekend, which is at Spirit Ridge Resort
in Osoyoos, B.C. on September 6th
-9th
; see http://www.pca-cwr.org/ for more details. If you plan to attend the
PCA Escape 2012 to the Ozarks in Eureka Springs, AR on November 8th – 11th , registration opened on
August 1st. For more information visit their website at http://www.pca-escape.org/.
September 2012
1st – 9A-3P Bremerton Fly-In/Car Show at Bremerton Airport in conjunction with Blackberry Festival
downtown via shuttle bus (fare $2 each way). Also many aircraft on display and free airplane rides
for kids age 8 to 17. If interested, contact Gloria Mellon at [email protected] or (360) 405-
0211 for where and when to meet.
9th
– 9:30A-2P – Great Wolf Charity Show & Shine with Corvette Club – Meeting at Gig Harbor
McDonalds (Olympic Dr.) at 8A. Departing at 8:30A to drive over as a group or meet at the Great
Wolf Lodge at 9:30A. Registration cost of $25 per car benefiting Big Brothers Big Sisters of
America. Includes 2 free water park passes for the day and 2 lunch passes per car entry (see their
website: http://www.greatwolf.com). Must RSVP to Bob Becken at [email protected] or
via phone at (360) 710-7666 no later than 9/5/12. Also don’t forget to send in your registration form
with $25/car payment. Checks should be written to OPR-PCA and mailed to OPR-PCA, P.O. Box
3572, Silverdale, WA 98383-3572.
12th
– 6:00P/7:00P – Dinner/Member & Board Meeting – At the Airport Diner located at 8830 Highway 3
SW (Bremerton National Airport). Our Zone 6 rep., Dave Cooley and the Bremerton Mayor Patty
Lent ,will be attending so we can discuss our plans for a PCA Escape in our Region for Sep. 2015.
Those interested in helping us plan the Escape should contact Gloria Mellon at
[email protected] or (360) 405-0211 and/or attend the meeting.
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15th
– 16th
–Olympic POOL Tour – Why is it called the POOL TOUR? It's our popular Olympic LOOP
Tour in reverse with some new tricks and turns. This will prove to be an exciting weekend to cap off
the summer in the great Pacific Northwest. Meeting at QFC on Kitsap Way in Bremerton at 8:30A
for 9A departure. Lunch stop at Tokeland Hotel around noon. After lunch we will explore Westport
with shopping, Harbor and Museum then back to Hwy 101. Arrive at the Rain Forrest for overnight
in Lake Quinault at the Rain Forest Resort Village. Group dinner around 7P. Sunday we’ll continue
around the Hwy 101 loop stopping off in Forks then onto the Blackberry Cafe in Joyce for lunch with
wonderful Blackberry Cobbler and other treats. Finally, we head back to Bremerton by around 5P.
RSVP by 8/19/12 to Brooks & Barb Hanford at [email protected] or phone (360) 710-1000
(Brooks) or (360) 710-6214 (Barb). Saturday overnight at Rain Forest Resort Village on Lake
Quinault call to reserve room (800) 255-6936 (request Porsche Club 10% discount) thru 8/19/12). If
full, try Lake Quinault Lodge at (866) 875-8456.Also must pre-pay $25 per car registration fee via
check to OPR-PCA and mailed to OPR-PCA, P.O. Box 3572, Silverdale, WA 98383-3572 by 9/5/12.
21st – 6P/7P Social Cocktail Hour/Dinner – At 6P Marcia & George Pollitt are hosting a cocktail hour at
their condo in downtown Gig Harbor. Then at 7P we’ll have dinner at the Green Turtle Restaurant on
the deck overlooking the Harbor. Located at 2905 Harborview Drive in Gig Harbor. See menu:
http://www.thegreenturtle.com/menus.php. Please RSVP by 9/14/12 to Maryann Elwell at
[email protected] or via phone (253) 853-4003.
October 2012
TBD – Tech Session or Tour – we need a volunteer to plan this event. If interested, contact Maryann
Elwell at [email protected] or via phone (253) 853-4003.
6th
– 5:00P/6:00P –Member & Board Meeting/Dinner at 7 Cedar’s Double Eagle Steak & Seafood
restaurant near Sequim. Located at 1965 Woodcock Rd., Sequim, WA 98382, just west of downtown
Sequim (not located at the casino). RSVP for dinner to Maryann Elwell by 9/28/12 at
[email protected] or via phone (253) 853-4003.
6th
– 2013 Board & Chair Nominations Due – The following board positions are up for election:
President, Treasurer, and Member at Large. The following Chair positions are open: Web Master,
Safety Chair, and Advertising Chair. To nominate yourself or another member for a Board position,
please notify Brett Burroughs our Election Committee Chair at [email protected] or (360)
697-6309 by October 6th
, so that ballots can be prepared and sent out. For Chair positions, please
notify our President, Brian Forde at [email protected] or (360) 620-1227 know if you are interested
in volunteering by October 6th
.
13th
– 6:30P – Oktoberfest Beer Pairings Dinner at Alderbrook Inn – Cost $79/person, see more at
http://alderbrookresort.com/wine_dine/ on the Hood Canal hosted by
http://www.lazyboybrewing.com/. The menu isn't published yet ... but Pete’s been to the past two
Brewmasters Dinner's at Alderbrook and they were first class.. Make hotel reservations at
https://aldiplomat.alderbrookresort.com/Trip-Planner/Lodging or (360) 898-2145. RSVP by 9/20/12
to Pete Fischer at [email protected] or call (360) 275-8811.
15th
– November/December Nor’Wester Deadline
31st – Silent Auction Items Wanted – Each year our club raises funds for a local charity through our
Holiday Party via a Silent Auction. We are now seeking donations and request interested parties to
contact Debbie Raphael by 10/31/12 at [email protected] or phone (360) 340-1583.
31st – Payment/RSVPs Due for Holiday Party – Must send in payment of $40 per person for dinner
including tax & tip and $5 per person for dessert to OPR-PCA at P.O. Box 3572, Silverdale, WA
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Also provide meal choice (Prime Rib Au Jus; Chicken Pasquale with Artichoke Hearts, Asparagus &
Black Olives; Grilled Salmon or Vegetarian) for each person and if ordering dessert, include dessert
choice (Carmel Apple Granny, Red Velvet Cake, or Chocolate Thunder Cake) to Maryann Elwell at
[email protected] or (253) 853-4003.
Did you know that you can earn points by chairing and attending OPR events, writing articles and
submitting photos for the newsletter/website, getting a new member to join, and getting a new advertiser for the
newsletter? The current standings for the 2012 Member Participation Awards are as follows. The top three
woman are: Debbie Raphael (1st), Tina Leaman (2
nd) and Susan Smith (3
rd). The top three men are: Bill Elwell
and (1st), Brett Burroughs (2
nd), and Alex Raphael (3
rd). Gloria Mellon has moved into the top board/chair
member. There is still plenty of time to rise to the top.
If you would like to help out with a club event, please contact me via phone: (253) 853-4003 or e-mail:
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Like Treasure Hunts on Speed – June Moore
Brian and I did a rally last Saturday. It was
sponsored by the TTF (Trident Training Facility) on
Bangor - in some complicated way it was connected
to winning a fundraising auction and one of the
Porsche club members won 8 spots in the rally. I
love rallies. They are like treasure hunts on speed.
We showed up in the 1970 914 that followed
Brian home from Portland the previous week (he
sold the 1985 black Targa - it's gone to live in
Maryland - imagine buying a car sight unseen and
paying big bucks to ship it cross continent? Oh well.
Car dudes are a baffling breed) -- um I am quite
convinced that Brian just happened to be in Portland
for no good reason at all and he definitely left a trail
of gas and oil-laced bread-crumbs so the 914 could
easily find him;).
Porsches are low cars. 914 Porsches sit mere
inches off the ground. I opened the door and looked
down - I could hear my 55 year old body audibly
groan and feel it wince as I looked at the seat. The
'height' was somewhere near my ankles. The top of
the seat was MAYBE 4 inches off the floor. The
floor was MAYBE 8 inches off the ground. I
sighed. I scooted in. Getting OUT of the car would
be a different story altogether- it would require the
use of muscles I don’t think the average human
adult possesses.
Anyway the rally only had about 12 cars
show up - the fresh-faced young officers did a very
good job. Rallies are not easy events to put together.
Maps, times, clues, and confounding are part and
parcel of what one must endeavor to come up with -
and the confound must only be confounding long
enough until a light bulb pops on in respective
brains else everyone gets hopelessly lost.
The clues and puzzles are added to ensure
no one just drives to the check point at a time. I
should have been clued in when we were required
to seal our car registration, driver’s license and
insurance docs in an envelope. If it was returned
with a broken seal it at the end of the rally, that
meant disqualification because you were pulled
over and had possibly gotten a ticket.
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We started at the mall in Silverdale - grin.
Now you must remember I am a Realtor. I have
pretty much lived in the County for most of my life.
Brian was a Realtor. He's also designed a couple of
rallies. He's lived here most of his life as well. We
had the first leg of the route figured out before we
even started the engine - I was even planning a
bathroom pit stop at an empty house I manage on
the route (nixed vociferously by my absurdly
competitive husband. Oh wait - I'M the competitive
one. Didn't know that did you?). We got to Kitsap
Lake - made the check point and eyed the
competition.
Then came the surprise at the checkpoint -
not only did those nice fresh-faced innocent looking
officers demand that we answer questions on the
route sheets, but we had to take quizzes at each
check point. OK - you tell me. How many
submarines were lost during WWII? Hmmm? Well,
ok, they threw in Porsche questions as well
(everyone knows what the Porsche emblem is all
about, don’t they?).
Then….the citations. Citations? The first check
point we got cited for a barely visible repair line on
the body of the car. Eh. Ok.
Next leg led us to Seabeck. The intrepid
checkpoint master was lounging by the side of the
road in a folding chair. He was on the wrong side
of the road. We almost missed him.
We got dinged for not answering country
music, being too old (over 40) to drive a sports car –
but received bonus points because Brian did NOT
answer how old his wife was when asked.
Onward….this time we raced ever
northward to … Suquamish via Poulsbo and an
awesome stretch of road along Lemolo Shores.
More citations…sigh. We were still in the running
at least. What kind of Citations now? Window
rolled down in the rain, not asking about the
checkpoint master’s straw hat (Hawaiian State
Patrol chapeau) Oregon plates, but not a Duck
fan… but our competition got cited for having the
top down in the rain and whining about the Navy
questions. Ok...we are not alone in the quizzing and
citing.
This time when we left my husband’s jaw
was tight and teeth were gritted. Are you OK,
honey? Focused…I’m focused. I daresay he was
smelling blood.
We ended up close to Minder Rd – via
Kingston. I used to own a house on the corner of
Minder and Port Gamble. Piece of cake, yes?
Wrong. We missed the turnoff into the next check
point. Three miles down the road we turned around
…. and discovered we were the first car to arrive.
Though we were lost, all is not lost. Then I got cited
because I walked into a brewery and did NOT have
a beer. The nefarious, evil Navy officers also cited
me for having way too much fun.
We left …. And got lost. OK….we were on
Minder. I used to live here. I knew this country
like the back of my hand … and… We Got Lost
Again! Some miles down the (wrong) road we
turned around, went back to where we started from
(remember Brian was focused)…and plunged ahead
on what we hoped was the right route. It was.
We ended up at that point ignoring the
directions because, well, they took us in circles and
using the route questions (we found out later they
had changed the directions at the last minute and
when they saw us plunge straight across the road
onto Minder they all went -”Uh oh”.
The endpoint and finish line was in sight.
Buck Lake, near Hansville via a “Wicked Good”
Little Boston route and saw a milling group of
people under a picnic-table cover, hiding from the
rain ….. and found out we were the first car in!!!!!
We enjoyed hamburgers and cookies. We
chatted. We stretched. We drank water. We
nibbled on more cookies. The next two cars
showed up a bit later. An hour later the last car
turtled in, a blue Corvette no less.
My favorite competitor? The dauntless
young woman in the Kia with the kids. She got
cited at every single checkpoint for having a Kia.
There were three cars that did not make it to the
finish. I have a sneaking suspicion they are still
circling Minder.
Longest, Highest, Greatest One Day Tour – Pete Fischer
As we were sitting in the Creekside Buffet at the Little Creek Casino just a few miles south of
Shelton, devouring Dungeness Crab with drawn butter….Nancy Scheid said, “You know what Pete, that
was the longest, highest and greatest tour we’ve been on.” Yes, perhaps it was, after 10 hours, 300 miles
and a height of about 5,400 feet above sea-level…The Mt. Rainier Tour of August 11th
had finally come
to a relaxing close.
On a sunny Saturday morning in Gig Harbor at 7:45am my father-in-law Bert Smith and I met up
with Ed/Nancy Scheid, Rick/Jean Wall and Maryann Elwell along with her friend Liz for the first leg of
our tour. We drove sixty miles to Elbe, WA to ride on the Mt. Rainier Scenic Railroad…the longest
continuously operating steam train railroad in the Pacific Northwest,
Traveling through the verdant timbered forest, a rider feels suspended in time. The plaintive wail
of a vintage locomotive whistle sends a lonesome echo rolling against the hillsides as travelers relax to the
pace of a bygone era. Passengers discover that train travel allows for a chance to visit, make friends and
share an experience. The trains rolls along at only 15 mph.
A host of volunteers operate and maintain the vintage rolling stock. And they are the heart and
soul of the organization. Each year thousands of passengers step aboard the train for 90 minute ride to
Mineral Lake and back. http://www.minerallake.com
At about noon we traded steam powered transport for our Porsche horses and began the 31 mile
leg with 19 miles of turns and switch backs up to Paradise, WA located about 5,400 feet above sea-level.
Paradise is famous for its glorious views and wildflower meadows. When James Longmire's daughter-in-
law, Martha, first saw this site, she exclaimed, "Oh, what a paradise!" The park's new main visitor center,
Paradise Jackson Visitor Center, is located in the upper parking area. Needless the say both parking lots
were absolutely full as I knew they would be from the “scouting tour” I took with Pete Bonfrisco three
weeks earlier. By this time it’s about 1 pm and it’s in the low 80’s great top down driving.
So as planned we drove down the east side for about a mile then stopped in a road side parking
area for a photo shoot with obviously the stunningly gorgeous mountain as the back drop.
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There is a Drive Lapse video showing the 20 mile exhilarating 30 minute drive down the east side
thru Stevens Canyons twists and turns….in only 7 minutes and 35 seconds…see what you missed here:
http://www.takemytrip.com/11rainier/08n_27a.htm
Then was onto Hwy 12 to Packwood, then the next town of Randle where we pulled in for a pit
stop at The Randle One Stop meaning a food store, restrooms and Ethanol Free Premium gas. I had found
the station on http://www.pure-gas.org which lists all the ethanol free stations in the US that have been
reported by motorists….that sell “pure gas” which is obviously much better for your engine. I was
surprised to learn that the six pumps at the station are all pure-gas…and only Pump#4 had premium and
for only $4.09 per gallon. See this Hwy 12 jewel at http://www.tinyurl.com/c948dde.
During the pit stop (now about 2:15pm) we all filled up then decided that based upon the planned
route that we would arrive at the casino around 5pm.
The original plan was to proceed west on Hwy 12 from Randle for 28 miles then to turn northwest
and take the less traveled back roads to Centralia, then a quick jaunt up I-5 then west on 101 to the casino.
Since everyone wanted to eat a little later we decided that once we arrived in Centralia we could take the
back roads on the west side of I-5 north to an area west of Olympia where we could hop on Hwy 101.
Well how do you plan that on the fly without a GPS?
I did it the old fashioned way…with my old dog eared Thomas Brothers 5 County map book in
the trunk….the rest was easy. I plotted a route that turned out to have just enough turns to keep us happy.
Oh, by the way, with my trusty V-1 mounted on the dash we encountered just one bogey all day.
He was sitting a mile up the road in plain view waiting for cars to come over a hill the other way in a high
traffic area just north of Centralia on Hwy 12.
And so as I am sitting here at my desk, pecking away on the keyboard, needing to send this
newsletter article to Brian before the deadline today….I think back to a few hours ago when I had just
finished playing 18 holes….and wished, oh how I had wished that I had encountered…. just one Bogey !
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PORSCHE PARADE 2012 – SALT LAKE CITY – Gloria Mellon
Finally the trip I had yearned for from the
moment I became a member in 1995, Porsche
Parade. Everyone who is someone has gone to a
Porsche Parade. This year, was the year for us and
we went! Along with Keith and our Rain Forest
Green 911, we headed over to the Seattle side to
meet up with the PNWR group that was
caravanning over to Salt Lake City. We also met
OPR members George & Marcia Pollitt for the first
time. Although it was a long day of driving, the
911 showed its true spirit, hunkering down when
pushed to the brink on the long meandering roads to
McCall, Idaho. The temperature sometimes hit 105
degrees, but the air conditioner worked
tremendously and the scenery was spectacular. It
looked like all the photos taken of the Grand
Canyon, but on a smaller scale. Awesomely
beautiful!
As we drew closer to the venue, we would
stop for fuel or a rest stop and get asked, “What’s
with all the Porsches?” We knew then we were
getting close. Upon our arrival to Salt Lake City,
which it is surrounded by mountains, we were
surprised at how bustling the city was even for a
Sunday. Heading towards the Little America Hotel,
the Porsche sightings increases exponentially. And
wow! The garage was packed, 2 floors worth.
Every make, model and color imaginable. Seven
Hundred cars were registered.
The Parade was at least as much as I
expected when it came to getting registered at the
hotel and event. We had a very nice room and the
staff was completely engaged to meet our needs.
The view from the room showed off the most
amazing vision of the foothills. We did have to
laugh though, no refrigerator to keep the beer cold,
but you could pay extra for one… After registering
and getting our Parade badges, which gets you into
every venue, we headed to the hospitality room. It
was filled with sponsors
and Porsche owners from all over. The couple that
drove the farthest, actually came from
Newfoundland.
Anyway, while at the hospitality room, I ran
into Debbie Starrett-Fry from PNWR, who was
trying to arrange a surprise 50th
birthday party for
her husband. She was being pulled away for
meetings so Keith & I found a local grocery store
where we were able to get the cake along with the
decorations on top. We managed to complete the
task to celebrate a successful surprise party without
Erik ever suspecting a thing.
The Parade highlights for us included tours,
rallies, an art show, and the Goodie store. Plus we
learned so much about how each part of the Parade
works.
The whole thing was remarkably
choreographed. The local region and all the
volunteers did an exceptional job by doing what
was needed to manage events and more! The 2
tours we went on included at least 100 cars each
time. We caught up with some wonderful people
from other regions we had met at the Canada West
Escape 2010, and found new friends, as well as
reacquainted ourselves with all the members we
saw from the Pacific Northwest Region. It really
was like a family reunion for us. Seeing all the
family we hadn’t seen in awhile and meeting the
new relatives that you know existed, but had never
met.
The Corral and Concourse was Monday
morning in front of the Capitol Building. It was
phenomenal to see so many different cars there.
Over 400 cars were on site. Most times when I take
the Cayman to a car show, it’s the only one, but if
there are others, it’s the only Carmona Red
Cayman. At this Parade, there were 4 of them.
Glad we took Keith’s car. It stood out and when a
number of people asked us which car was ours, they
actually had a photo of it on their phones. Yeah,
baby!!! It was 2 days later when I spotted a Boxster
that had the Rain Forest Green paint. There was a
911 Cab that had the Forest Green on it, which was
slightly different. So ours got a lot of attention.
My greatest highlight had to do with a
change in schedule. On Wednesday morning, we
couldn’t go on the tour we had signed up to do. I
got a hold of Dave Cooley, Zone 6 Representative,
to see what his plans were for the day. There was a
group setting up the autocross track and doing fun
runs. Of course I wanted to go! Again, there were
a couple of hundred cars at the event.
We drove in, showed our badges and
parked. We stopped and talked with people we
knew, but the attention was on the fun runs. In line
was none other than, Ferdinand Porsche, son of
Wolfgang. At nineteen, he was racing around in a
new 991 and beating the times of all the
experienced drivers on the track. As well as
Ferdinand, his father Wolfgang, was also in
attendance along with his uncle Hans Peter. I
could not believe it! I was in the midst of the
family Porsche! OMG!!
For those of you that can date back to the
screaming girls when the Beatles came to town,
that’s what I felt like inside. This was truly a chance
meeting as the Porsche family was leaving at the
end of the day! But I was finally within feet of the
men of Porsche. Luckily, a brave woman went
passed me and the next thing I knew, there was a
sharpie in Herr Dr. Wolfgang Porsche’s hand. I
start yelling in German, “me next, me next!!” and
pulled my badge from around my neck and had all 3
of them autograph it. Wow!! This changed the
whole dynamics of my Porsche Parade experience.
I was able to get Debbie Starrett-Fry to take
the picture of Herr Dr. Porsche and me. I was so
excited I could not see straight. How amazing is it
to know that everyone drives a car with your name
on it? And I got a picture with him…Wow! It
didn’t stop there, once I had their attention, I
mentioned the Bremerton Escape 2015. I told
Ferdinand to mark his calendar too! So perhaps
they can be convinced to come to our region event
in the future. Just a side note, since it’s so
important to get the word out about an event as
large as the Escape, I told everyone that would
listen. There has been another region that stepped
up at this Parade that wants to do Escape 2015 so
we have a little work to do, but our chances are
good. It will be announced at the next Porsche
Parade 2013 in Traverse City, Michigan. We are
planning to go, so please let us know if you are too!
Back to the story, we did a gimmick rally
where we met the other OPR couple that attended
the Parade, Janice Steele and Jason Westgard.
Neither of us won though. But we did have a fun
time afterwards at the beer tasting event, no driving
involved.
The next day we went on the Canyon Tour
up to the Wasatch Range along with some of the
employees from the Porsche Museum. The drive
held a 9.2% incline up to Snowbird where we took
an aerial tram ride up to Hidden Peak at 11,000 feet.
I’m not much for heights, but the club members
were supportive and didn’t laugh at me for staying
on the tram waiting for it to descend. I was glad I
went, but there were many people that stayed at the
bottom. By the way, driving back down the peak
was a lot faster than going up.
On Saturday, Keith and I participated in the
5K walk around Liberty Park, then it was time to
get lunch and prepare ourselves for the Farewell to
Salt Lake Parade. More than 200 cars gathered
together, with the help of SLC PD, who closed
down all the roads, we drove up to the Capitol
Building and back. So many Porsches, so little
time.
The last part of this event included finding
one of the writers for the Panorama whom I met a
few days earlier in the hospitality room. Bill Burris
is a technical advisor for 944’s. My maiden name is
Burris so I wanted to catch up with him one more
time before the Parade was over. Our last name is
like Porsche, all Burris’ are related in some way.
Although we don’t have as the presence Porsche
does, all of us with the Burris name know we are
related.
I am preaching to the choir to all the ones of
you that have ever attended a Parade in the past. If
you haven’t, it’s worth planning to go. The schedule
is this: Traverse City, Michigan 2013, Monterey
2014 and the Escape schedule will be at Eureka
Springs, AR 2012, Pomona, CA 2013, and Orlando,
Fl 2014. Any of these events will draw you in to do
the next and the next. Just go ask anyone! It was a
tremendous experience for both me and Keith.
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ETHANOL FREE GAS, WHERE ARE YOU? – Pete Fischer
This is one man’s search to find the elusive corn free fuel that we all once loved but didn’t know it. We
loved it because it was “pure gas”. Then Uncle Sam came along and said that bio-ethanol of up to 10%....and
now up to 15% may be added to pure gas.
While pure gas costs more that E10 or E85 the increased mpg more than offsets the costs. Here is a link
to a test by Edmunds.com http://www.edmunds.com/fuel-economy/e85-vs-gasoline-comparison-test.html. To
find locations that sell pure gas go to http://www.pure-gas.org
When I first found the pure-gas website, I started to track down the local site owners. One of the sites is
located at 400 Wilkes Ave. in Bremerton near Auto row. The website showed that this site only sold pure gas
with 87 octane….we need at least 91 for our Porsches. So when I contacted Sean Mason, VP of Sales for Masco
Petroleum, I asked him why he only had 87 and not 91+ also. He said it was a question of demand and
price…premium costs more. I also learned that any branded or unbranded dealer can sell ethanol free gas, but
choose not too because 98% of the market buys on price.
My reaction to Sean was that most Porsche owners and other owners of high performance cars would
rather pay more to take care of their engines. I then said to Sean that if he would put in premium at his
Bremerton location that we would promote it among our members and by word of mouth to our other friends.
He said that he would consider it and get back with me. Well, he called me a week ago and said that by
September 1st he’d have premium at Wilkes Ave!!!
There are some independent dealer locations with manned stations, however most site owners belong to
the CFN or Pacific Pride networks and the vast majority of these fuel sites are unmanned, so you must have an
account card to get the pumps to work. There is no charge for the cards. You are billed once a month for fuel.
I have negotiated an arrangement with Masco for our club. And by the way, Sean is a car enthusiast who
races his BMW at http://www.ridgemotorsportspark.com/.
He is giving our club a 50% discount off his normal markup of thirty cents a gallon. He will bill us his
cost plus taxes plus only a 15 cent per gallon mark up. At any network site that is foreign meaning not owned
by Masco....there is additional 5 cents per gallon charged that goes to pay the actual network site owner. So in 9
times out of ten, according to Sean you will be billed less than what you are actually seeing on the pump.
If you’d like an application I can email it to you in a Word doc… just send me an email at
[email protected] . On the application block print on top PC for Porsche Club, this alerts the billing
department to apply to your account the special 15 cent mark up. Also do not fill in the SSN unless you want
too. Apply for both the Pac Pride card and CFN card. And for "Card 1" put in the 4 digit Pin number you want.
For your CFN card they will give the same pin, but will add a 1 as the first digit to make a 5 digit pin for your
CFN card. It is that easy and Happy Pure Gassing it!
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Technology on the Road GPS 2 – Bill Elwell
My last few articles must have struck a chord
with some of you. More of you have approached
me to talk about one of my pieces in the past 2
months than in the previous 6 years combined.
Thank you!
This story starts in December of 2010 when I
bought a 2003 Harley Softail Deuce from my
brother in New Jersey. In May of 2011, I packed as
much as I could on that bike and started riding west
toward Washington. I mounted a Garmin GPS on
the handlebars. The audio navigation instructions
were patched into my helmet via a Bluetooth link.
It was a pretty slick setup and it saved me a lot of
heartburn during my 12 days on the road. But it
also caused me a few headaches too. So as a
follow-up to the last piece I wrote about GPS
systems, I figured I would share some of what I
know about GPS navigation and some of what I
learned on my trip.
Let’s start with a quick recap of the first GPS
article I wrote. GPS stands for Global Positioning
System and enables users with a GPS receiver to
determine their location on or above the earth. The
receiver calculates its location by measuring the
distance to 4 or more GPS satellites orbiting the
earth. The system is generally accurate to within
about 65 feet. The GPS navigation systems we are
all familiar with use an enormous database of roads
in North America and combine that with your GPS
derived location to show you a picture of where you
are right now and how you can get where you want
to go.
Very few of us think about where all that map
information in our GPS comes from. New streets
are constantly being built. Roads like the RT16/I-5
interchange are being reconstructed all the time.
How does your GPS know about all these changes?
The data inside our GPS navigators is bafflingly
complex. We think of it as just a map of all the
streets and roads. Every road has speed limit
information associated with it. If the street is one
way, that information is there too. The database has
boundary information for lakes, streams, and
oceans. Notably, there are political boundaries in
there as well as a huge database of businesses in
there so we can find that new Ethiopian restaurant
that everyone’s been talking about. If we’re talking
about an Internet mapping tool like Google Earth,
then there are satellite images of everything as well,
but this article just scratches the surface.
Data comes from hundreds of different places.
Road information comes from local, state and
federal government sources as well as surveys
performed by map makers. Business information is
collected from business phone listings and web
crawlers that search the Internet for business
websites. Geographical and political border
information comes largely from the Government.
Companies like Digital Globe, GeoEye, and Spot
Image maintain their own satellites and sell images.
But that really doesn’t tell the whole picture.
Geospatial data providers are companies that collect
all that information and either sell it or use it for
their own products. This industry started with
NAVTEQ and Tele Atlas. Until 2009, they were
the only two companies that could provide the
whole package of information needed to create a
GPS navigation tool. NAVTEQ uses a road
database based entirely on first hand road surveys
and doesn’t use government mapping information.
They are the source behind the data used by
Garmin, Bing Maps, Yahoo! Maps, and MapQuest
to name a few.
Tele Atlas was purchased by TomTom in 2009
for the TomTom brand as well as the GPS systems
of many auto manufacturers.
Over the years, Google has developed a
geospatial database and was once the provider of
data for Apple’s navigation products. In 2009
Apple ended their relationship and bought
Placebase to develop their own data. There are
other smaller firms out there and one particularly
interesting solution is called Waze. It’s a product
that provides turn by turn navigation and traffic
information. What makes it different is that the app
allows users to provide real time feedback on road
conditions and traffic. The idea is that users get
more immediate information on road conditions.
All of the providers these days collect their own
data and have a fleet of vans equipped with
cameras and an array of sensors. They collect
enough information to allow the construction of a
3D computer model of the streets and roads they
drive on. It won’t be long before we start seeing
products that use this modeling technology.
Does all this data ever have mistakes? You bet
it does and I’m sure everyone has run across a
mistake or two. Here’s an example that some of
you may remember. Back a few years, OPR had a
tour up in the Port Townsend area. We stopped at a
little shop down on Water Street in Port Townsend.
From there we were to drive to a local winery. The
directions told us to drive southwest on Water Street
and turn right on Tyler Street. Tyler is really just an
alley there with no street sign. It doesn’t connect to
anything. In fact there wasn’t another place to
make a right turn for over half a mile. The problem
turned out to be that MapQuest thought Tyler Street
was connected between Water Street, at the bottom
of the cliff and Jefferson Street at the top of the
cliff. You could see the mistake when you zoomed
in on the map showing a semi-transparent line
representing where Tyler Street was supposed to be,
but didn’t have a real street under it. Mistakes like
this can be reported, but you have to find the right
people to report it to. If you’re using Bing Maps,
Microsoft can’t help you. You have to know that
they buy their data from NAVTEQ and report the
problem to them. Both NAVTEQ and Tele Atlas
have websites to report mistakes. But it takes a long
while for mistakes to be corrected and to make their
way into the active road databases.
Some of you may wonder how the GPS
navigator finds the best route. It’s all based on
variations of Dijkstra's algorithm. For the purposes
of explanation, let’s call every intersection of two or
more roads a node. There is a travel time calculated
along all roads between the nodes. To find the best
route, a computer calculates the travel time for all
possible routes between your starting point and your
destination.
Dijkstra's Algorithm
The path with the shortest travel time is then
selected. The implementation of the algorithm is
much more complex but you get the basic idea.
If you have a GPS navigator it may be able to
receive traffic information over local FM or XM
radio. Our phones simply get the information over
the internet and actual traffic conditions are
obtained from multiple sources such as commercial
fleet operators who often report the speed and
location of all their vehicles to traffic information
providers. Traffic cameras are analyzed by
computers to determine traffic speed. However,
there is often a significant lag between when the
traffic condition changes and when those changes
show up on our navigators. This lag can make the
information much less valuable.
Hopefully by now it’s pretty clear that you need
to keep the database in your navigator up to date.
This doesn’t apply to your phone. I’m talking about
either in-dash navigators or dedicated navigators
from companies like Garmin or TomTom which
except for the oldest of these systems, can all be
connected to the Internet somehow to get the latest
road database.
The one thing that I learned on my 12 day cross-
country motorcycle trip, is that 99 times out of 100,
the GPS will get you where you want to go, but you
may not like how it takes you to where you want to
go. I’m not kidding.
In my opinion, the biggest issue with navigators
is that they don’t account for traffic lights. Let’s
say there are two routes to get from point A to point
B. One way is 1 mile long, has a 25mph speed limit
and has 10 traffic lights. The other way is 3 miles
long, but has a 60mph speed limit, and no traffic
lights. The navigator thinks that the first route
should take about 2.4 minutes (1 mile at 25mph)
and the second route about 3 minutes (3 miles at
60mph). So it will tell you to go down the 1 mile
road with all the traffic lights. In reality, the 1 mile
route will probably take about 2 to 3 times longer
because you’ll be sitting at traffic lights (average of
18 seconds per traffic light). The longer route
would have taken less time due to the congestion.
Another issue is that you may end up in areas
that you don’t want to travel through or you may
end up on roads that look more like dirt paths
between farm fields. I’ve had it all happen to me
and the only advice I can give is to look over your
route before you set off. Like I said, the GPS will
probably get you where you want to go but you may
not like how it gets you there.
Thanks for reading. I always welcome
suggestions for future articles. You can write me at
POP 2012 – Maryann Elwell
We could not have asked for better weather
for the weekend of Porsches On the Pier. After
having a ton of rain and cool temperatures most of
this summer, it was so nice to see the sun shining
bright and the Olympic mountains in all their glory.
My girlfriend Liz and I headed out from Gig Harbor
around 1:30P and arrived at the Olympic Lodge in
Port Angeles around four. It was such a nice day
and the view from our room of the Olympics was
stunning. We hung out around the pool with Amy
and Pete Bonfrisco until it was time to get dressed
for dinner.
When dinner time rolled around, we walked
over to the for Bushwhacker Restaurant just down
the street from the hotel. Dinner was set up in a
separate room that allowed us to have our monthly
meeting at the same time. It was nice to see several
new members and catch up with members we don’t
see very often, since they live across the Hood
Canal from us. After ordering dinner, we headed up
to the salad bar. It was the most incredible salad bar
I had ever seen, with a ton of great items including
homemade soups and breads. I had the shrimp for
dinner and they were delicious. Everyone seemed to
enjoy their dinner and then we held our monthly
board and membership meeting. The best part was
our Peanut butter pie that we took to go and ate
back in our room before bed. Liz and I both highly
recommend it; although we found out that they
don’t always have it.
Sunday morning we all headed over to the
Daily Grind for coffee and to line up for Porsches
on the Pier. Thanks to the Bennetts for providing us
the space to line up. Around 10:30A, the cars from
Poulsbo McDonalds arrived and filled the
remaining space in the parking lot. After a drivers
meeting on parking procedures for this year and a
deer spotting nearby, we headed to the pier on the
Port Angeles waterfront. This year we had around
35 cars and they all looked incredible. We had
911s, 924s, 928s, 944s, Boxsters, Caymans, and one
914. The only models we were missing were a
Cayenne and a Panamera.
Special thanks to Roger Jobs for sending over a
brand new Boxster to add to our display. We had a
lovely time enjoying the sunshine on the pier,
wandering around the arts & craft booths and voting
for our favorite sand sculpture. We also had a nice
lunch at the Smuggler’s Landing Restaurant, they
really make a great Crab Louie salad. Thanks to
Cecil White and the Port Angeles Rotary for hosting
us again this year.
When 3pm rolled around, it was time to
head over to Patty & Dave Meyer’s incredible home
in Sequim for our ice cream social. Again the
Meyer’s didn’t disappoint, with those famous ice
cream pies from Elevated Ice Cream in Port
Townsend and mini cupcakes from That Takes the
Cake in Sequim. We had such a great time. Thanks
to Patty & Dave Meyer for hosting our ice cream
social.
____________________________________________________ Other Zone 6, National PCA and Local Events 2012
9/1 – 8A – Caffeine & Gasoline at Griot’s Garage 3333 South 38th Street in Tacoma.
9/1 – 8A/7:15A PNWR Autocross #7/Driver Skills at Bremerton Motorsports Park. See www.pnwr.org for details.
9/6-9 – Canada West Weekend – Registration opened early May. To be held at Spirit Ridge Resort in Osoyoos, B.C.. Special
Porsche club rate for rooms at $149 + tax (Can. $). Includes a golf tournament, welcome reception BBQ, winery tours,
driving tours, Porsche show & shine, gala banquet and Sunday brunch. See http://www.pca-cwr.org/ for more details.
9/5-11 – Porsche Tour of Southern Germany –For details go to http://www.porsche.com/usa/eventsandracing/travelclub/tours/
9/8 – 7A-5P – PNWR Driver Education Day held at Pacific Raceways in Kent. http://pcapnwr.motorsportreg.com.
9/14-16 – Porsche Alpine Tour –For details go to http://www.porsche.com/usa/eventsandracing/travelclub/tours/
9/19-25 – Porsche Tour of Provence/Côte d’Azur –For details go to www.porsche.com/usa/eventsandracing/travelclub/tours/
9/26-10/2 – Porsche Tour of Provence/Côte d’Azur –For details go to www.porsche.com/usa/eventsandracing/travelclub/tours/
9/29 – 7:15A PNWR Driver Skills at Bremerton Motorsports Park. Register for Drivers Skills at .pcapnwr.motorsportreg.com
10/3-7 – Porsche Tour of Tuscany –For details go to http://www.porsche.com/usa/eventsandracing/travelclub/tours/
10/3-9 – Porsche Tour of Provence/Côte d’Azur –For details go to www.porsche.com/usa/eventsandracing/travelclub/tours/
10/4 – 7A-5P – PNWR Driver Education Day held at Pacific Raceways in Kent. http://pcapnwr.motorsportreg.com
10/8-12 – Porsche Tour of Tuscany –For details go to http://www.porsche.com/usa/eventsandracing/travelclub/tours
10/17-21 – Porsche Tour of Morocco –For details go to http://www.porsche.com/usa/eventsandracing/travelclub/tours
10/20 – 8A/7:15A PNWR Autocross #8/Driver Skills at Bremerton Motorsports Park. See www.pnwr.org for details.
10/22-26 – Porsche Tour of Morocco –For details go to http://www.porsche.com/usa/eventsandracing/travelclub/tours
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WELCOME to the
Olympic Peninsula
Region
Josh Crabtree – Port Angeles
Brett Anderson Port Orchard
2000 Boxster
Pedro Aguilar – Bremerton
2000 Boxster
Ken Hoffman – Port Angeles
2006 Cayman
Tyler Thorton – Gig Harbor
2000 Boxster
Jim Milner – Belfair
1986 911
Russell Fitts – Ocean Shores
1996 911
OLYMPIC PENINSULA REGION-PORSCHE CLUB OF AMERICA
Meeting Minutes July 28, 2012
President Brian Forde called the meeting to order at 7:45 pm at The Bushwacker Restaurant, Port Angeles, WA.
Board Members Present: President: Brian Forde, Vice President: Jon Wyman, Secretary: Linda Wyman, Member At
Large: Maryann Elwell. Members Present: Pete and Amy Bonfrisco, Gloria & Keith Mellon, Judy Berrian & Kevin Strilcov,
Dan & Sue Kalinski, Linda & Ben Pisciotta, Cecil White, June Moore, Jeff Bennett, Gene & Betty Stahl, Bill & Sue Robards ,
Fred & Christy Mitchell, Shilo Bennett, Maryann Elwell.
A motion was made by Dan Kalinski to approve June 2012 meeting minutes. A second to the motion was made by Sue
Kalinski, and they were approved by unanimous vote.
BOARD MEMBER AND CHAIR REPORTS
President: Brian gave members the opportunity to order club name tags and provided an order form that could
submitted that evening. Brian discussed the new goodie store items: club logo baseball caps $15 each, Porsches on
Pier 2012 T-shirts, Grille Badges, Belt Buckles, Emergency road kits for $20.
Vice President: Jon Wyman: Additional t-shirts may be ordered for $20 for Porsches on the Pier 2012. Will order
insurance for Dan Kalinski’s upcoming tour. Mt. Rainier club tour is already covered.
Secretary: Linda Wyman: nothing to report.
Treasurer: Not present. Beginning balance $6097.82: total debits $448.79, total credits $190.00, - ending July 2012
balance $5,839.03.
Member at Large: Maryann Elwell - nothing to report.
Past President: not present
Membership Chair: Gloria Mellon: – 153 primary members and 125 affiliate members for a total of 278 Club members.
Three new members with two received from transfer.
Newsletter Editor: Brian Forde. Encouraged members to submit articles, ideas and photos for the publication.
Website: Bill Elwell – Not present. Maryann Elwell: Board member email addresses to be listed on site. Club calendar
has been kept up to date on site.
Social Chair: Maryann Elwell: postcard of upcoming events made available to all members present.
Advertising: Nothing to report. An advertising committee chairperson is needed - volunteers are welcome. Maryann:
Advantage opening in Bremerton. She sent rates and deadlines – they appear to be interested. Pete Fischer visited
Pennington shops. Offered to provide this year’s rates if money put forth for advertising now. Jon Wyman: On
another topic MAX RPM will be at Griots in Tacoma on August 4th. Gloria Mellon: Roger Jobs Porsche, an advertising
contributor to the club, will have the 2013 Boxster at Porsches on the Pier this weekend.
Technical/Speed: Not present
Goodie Store: Jon Wyman – Product catalog forthcoming
OLD BUSINESS:
Gloria and Keith Mellon attended 2012 Porsche Parade in Salt Lake City, UT. Gloria discussed the highlights of their trip.
NEW BUSINESS: The 2013 Porsche Parade will be in Traverse City, Michigan. Porsche Parade 2014 will be held in
Monterey, CA. Upcoming locations for the Porsche Escape are Branson, MO, in 2012, Pomona, CA, in 2013, and Florida
in 2014. The club applied for the 2015 Escape to be held in Bremerton, WA. Clubs in Canada and PNWR will assist if we
receive the honor of holding the event.
Gene Stahl – 28 members do not have affiliates.
Meeting adjourned at 8:14 p.m. with a motion made by Keith Mellon/seconded by Maryann Elwell.
Respectfully Submitted:
Linda Wyman, Secretary
NEXT BOARD MEETING WILL BE Wednesday, August 8, Round Table Pizza in Silverdale, WA
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OLYMPIC PENINSULA REGION-PORSCHE CLUB OF AMERICA
Meeting Minutes August 8, 2012
President Brian Forde called the meeting to order at 7:00 pm at The Roundtable Pizza, Silverdale, WA.
Board Members Present: President: Brian Forde, Treasurer: Bob Becken, Past President: John James.
Members Present: Gloria Mellon, Brett Burroughs, Barbara & Brooks Hanford, Steve Dadabo, and Alex & Debbie
Raphael.
A motion was made by John James to approve July 2012 meeting minutes. A second to the motion was made by Brett
Burroughs, and they were approved by unanimous vote.
BOARD MEMBER AND CHAIR REPORTS
President: Brian commented on the great turnout for the meeting last month and what a nice experience we all had at the
Bushwacker. Also, if you need a grille badge, please contact him.
Vice President: Jon Wyman: not present.
Secretary: Linda Wyman: not present.
Treasurer: Balance $6509.82. There was $40 deposited. Grille badges cost the club $1248, so far $615 worth have
been sold. He thanked the club for the well wishes on the loss of his father.
Member at Large: Maryann Elwell: not present.
Past President: Went to Ridge Motor Sports Park in Shelton June 27th for test and tune. Then on the weekend the SCCA
had vintage racing where all closed wheel cars were together; Triumphs and Porsches.
Membership Chair: Gloria Mellon: – 155 primary members and 126 affiliate members. Total of 281Club Members.
Three new members with two transferred out.
Newsletter Editor: Brian Forde: Asked members to submit articles, ideas and photos by Aug. 15th for next issue.
Website: Bill Elwell: Not present.
Social Chair: Maryann Elwell: Not present. Group discussed events. There were 37 cars at the Porsches on the Pier
event in Port Angeles. Six were from PNWR. Upcoming events: Cruz this Sunday in Port Orchard; Great Wolf event
on Sept. 9th and the Olympic POOL Tour which needs updated contact phone number to
Brooks’ (360) 710-1000 or Barb’s (360) 710-6214.
Advertising: Vacant. Steve Dadabo submitted a new business card for Brian to put in the newsletter.
Technical/Speed: Not present
Goodie Store: Jon Wyman: not present.
OLD BUSINESS:
How many people are signed up for Great Wolf? At the meeting 3 people raised their hands.
NEW BUSINESS: Next meeting the Mayor of Bremerton, Patty Lent and our Zone Rep, Dave Cooley will be attending.
Discussion was raised about the service we’ve gotten the last few times at the Roundtable. It was agreed that we
will head back to the Airport Diner for September’s meeting.
Meeting adjourned at 7:50 p.m. with a motion made by Brooks Hanford/seconded by Bob Becken.
Respectfully Submitted:
Gloria Mellon for
Linda Wyman, Secretary
NEXT BOARD MEETING WILL BE Wednesday, September 12, Airport Diner Bremerton, WA
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Auto Platz (Classifieds)
FOR SALE: Tired of track days and auto-
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FOR SALE: Five Fuchs wheels in good
condition. Size 5.5 X 14inch. $400. John James [email protected] or phone 253-265-2500
For Sale: 2003 Porsche 911 Carrera Cabriolet Arctic silver, Gray leather interior, 54000 miles,
Tiptronic, Bose sound, Crested power seats
w/memory, wind screen. Car is immaculate!
$34,000 Contact: Larry Byrne
360.452.8750
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Trivia Question: 1970 was the first year Porsche won Le Mans.
The winning car was a 917 driven by Hans
Herrmann & Richard Attwood. A Porsche also
won the GT class that year with a sixth place
overall. Do you know what model Porsche that
was and who drove it?
The answer to the previous Trivia Question –
A POOPER
.
Olympic Peninsula Region
Name Tag cost is $20 each. Please
provide your name as well as your
Porsche year and model as seen below.
For all of your OPR Goodie Store Needs -
Catalog is available by contacting Jon Wyman at
Dan’s Magical Mystery Tour – Brian Forde
Dan and Sue Kalinski were gracious enough to invite members of the National Corvette Restorers
Society (NCRS) as well as members of the Olympic Peninsula Region for a lunch, tour and treat. For those
acquainted with the Kalinskis, you know what wonderful club members they have been and if you attended this
event, then you know how generous they were in opening up their wonderful home, garages and waterfront
venue for lunch and subsequent car show. I even think they ordered up the perfect weather.
After lunch came a brief self-guided scenic tour to the home of another auto enthusiast and his wife who
were equally gracious in opening up their collection of classic, vintage and exotic vehicles. I shall let the
pictures tell the tale of this four hour event, but remember; if ever offered a chance to participate in a Kalinski
event and you decide to pass on it, you will be sorry.
Porsches at The Elks, The Cruz and Kip’s BBQ in Belfair
Olympic Peninsula Region/Porsche Club of America
P.O. Box 3572
Silverdale, WA 98383
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